Barton County democrat., 1902-09-19
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state University. opening.


State University's Opening.
The address of Henry j. Allen, of
ottawa, marked the formal opening
of the fall term of the thirty-first
year of school at the University of
Kansas Chancellor Strong made his
first appearance among the students,
and was given the college yell as he
mounted the platform. In the course
of his address Mr.. Allen said: 1.-The
good wishes which go out from
Mount Dread to-day are from the
hearts Of the Kansas people. They
have watched with loyal pride the
progressive labors of Chancellor
Snow for a dozen years; they viii
always have an affectionate and
grateful memory of his work. They
will watch with hope and high expec-
tation the labors of the splendid man
WHO comes to take his place and lead
the university into a new admins
tratiye era. He brings us a good
name. We welcome him to Kansas.
I'm told that when all the different
degrees which he has earned by his
scholarship in the universities in the
east arrived there were a wagon
load of them. If in addition to this
on the Kansas polish what a Kansan
we will make of him."
Should Have Courted at Home.
This dispatch recently came from
Washington, Ind: August Hackmeis-
ter, well-to-do German farmer of
Osborne county, Kan, is locked up
in the Jail here on charge of break
ing into sealed box car on the Bal
timore e Ohio railway. A trip to
Cincinnati to visit his sweetheart is
responsible for all his troubles. He
left his home in Kansas Friday and
soon after his arrival in Cincinnati
he was robbed by two men of all
the money on his person. He knew
no one in Cincinnati except the young
lady whom he was visiting and,
rather than tell her of his financial
| embarrassments, he decided to beat
his way home. He got as far as
Georgia, Ind, and when Baltimore
G Ohio train pulled into the little
town he opened the door of box car
and craw1ed in. Some of the train
men saw him enter and, thinking
him thief. they closed the door and
locked him in. He was turned over
ia this city. In his pocket was found
a warranty deed to $50 acres of land
in Osborne county, Kan.
Apples from Old Orchards.
At the Brown county fair Stephen
Quay1e, of Robinson, showed some
fine apples from his orchard, which
is nearly 40 years old, but has many
ctsn
from some of the trees to the Cen
tennial exposition in Philadelphia in
1876 and they were no better than
the ones which still grow there.
Farmer Cyrus Leland goes his one
better in Doniphan county, however,
with some apples from tree set out
in 1865.
Emporfa to Entertain Bankers.
P. I. Bonebrake, vice president of
group 2, of the Kansas Bankers as
ISOLATION, announces a meeting of
his group at Emporia on October %.
This group is composed OF the bank
ers of Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Doug
las, Johnson, Morris, Chase, Lyon,
Usage, Coffey, Franklin, Miami, An
derson and Linn counties. Emporia
proposes to entertain the bankers
In fine style.
Best in the United States.
An English gentleman, long con-
lected with the penal institutions
of that country, recently made tour
of the United States, visiting the va
rious state penitentiaries. After
visiting the Kansas penitentiary at
Lansing he unequivocally pronounced
it the best regulated of any in the
country, as regards discipline, sani-
tation and treatment of prisoners.
To Denver for n Market.
A Pottawatomie county sweet po-
tato raiser, r. Sackrider, has gone to
Denver to search for a market for
his crop. He has 25 acres of as
fine sweet potatoes as ever grew and
this places him in the class of
sweet potato kings of the Kaw val
ley.
More Money for Schools.
Warden Jewett, in his annual re-
port, will recommend that $1,000 be
allowed by the state toward paying
teachers in the Lansing public
schools. The schools are largely
made up of children of state prison
officials.
Big Money from Tomatoes.
G. II. Watson, of Shawnee county,
expects to get between 700 and 500
bushels of tomatoes from four acres
this season. He is getting 25 and 80
cents a bushel for the tomatoes and
the crop viii pay him fully $50 per
acre.