Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28

Prosperity at Baker University.
The forty-third year of the Baker
university at Baldwin has been one of
more than ordinary prosperity. Three
years ago the board of trustees
planned a rigorous campaign against
a debt of many years standing. Five
months saw it paid. A few months
later Judge Nelson Case made hand
some subscription towards a new Ii
brary; other generous subscriptions
D. Fogle, Mrs. F. D. Whitaker and
w. 0. Sturgeon, toward a gymnasium.
w. d. and Mrs. Amanda C. Rippey
each gave $4,000 to be spent as the
trustees deemed best. All these gifts
for the three years aggregate cash,
$780, 500; real estate and equipment,
$500, total of $4,000. The attend
ance, too, has gradually increased
from 53S three years ago to 629 for
the year just closed.
Must Buy or Move Out.
In one day recently the Union Pa
cific land department sold IL, 900 acres
of territory in western Kansas in
different lots. This is mostly grazing
land, and the fact that sales of that
magnitude are becoming almost daily
occurrences brings out sharply the
predicament in which the big cattle
men and extensive stock raisers are
finding themselves in the sunhower
state. Where not so many years since
they simply assumed the right to use
the western grazing lands, and where
just recently they were compelled
only to lease it from the railroads,
they now find themselves under the
necessity of buying the land outright
if they wish to retain feeding ter
ritory sufficient for their stock.
Two Girls from Kansas.
Two young Kansas women are re-
ceiving not little pleasant recogni-
ton of their ability just now in places
where recognition is worth having.
They are Miss Agnes Lapham, of Cha
mute and Miss Katherine Grew, of
Lawrence. Both are graduates of the
state university. Miss Lapman has
been studying music in Berlin and she
has received great praise from the
press of that city. She will return
to Chanute in August. It is said she
has aspirations toward the concert
platform. The distinction attained
by Miss Crew is as portrait painter.
She is studying in New York, where
her talent is recognized by the best
artists in the land.
Found His Pocketbook.
A year ago G. M. Hommon, farm
er in Smith county, lost his pocket
book containing 81 in silver and two
SIS bills while blowing in a field. This
spring while blowing in the same
field he brought the pocketbook to
the surface. The silver, of course,
was all right, but the bills had rotted
till they scarcely could be recognized.
However, they were sent to the treas
ury department at Washington and
redeemed at their face value.
Odd State of Things.
In Newton there is a helper about
the Santa Fe shops who gets $1.25 a
day. In the same shops is another
man who gets 81 day. Yet the wife
of the 81 man does washing for the
wife of the SLIPS man at the rate of
so cents a week. Which, among other
things, shows that the wife of the
SIPS man has the best husband
Kansas City Journal.
Science and Live Stock Breeding.
Kansas university will begin exper-
iments this fall to throw the light
of science on some of the entomology
ical problems connected with the
breeding of live stock. Prof. Hunter,
of the chronological department., will
leave soon to carry on some labo-
ratory Investigations in the marine BIZ
illogical museum at Wood Hall, Mass.
Changes VIII BE Gradual.
It is expected that M. W. Sutton,
collector of internal revenue, will sur
render his Office to j. M. Simpson
next month. I. E. Lambert, United
Statets district attorney, is expected
to give way to B. II. Tracy in August,
and along about January L. S. Crum
will succeed w. E. Sterne in the
Office of United States marshal.
Is Young Anthony to COT
It is said that Congressman Curtis
and Senator Baker are hostile to the
reappointment of D. R. Anthony, Jr,
for postmaster at Leavenworth.
SeatOn Buys I'm with Herbert.
Don Seaton has bought half inter-
est in the Atchison Champion with
Ewing Herbert. Mr. Seaton is a son
of John Seaton.
Father Stabbed by His SON.
George Hebb was stabbed by his
20-year-old son in an alteration at
the Hebb farm near Howard. The
father may die.