Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-12-25


H. J. Bone. attorney for Southwest
ern Kansas cattlemen, says they will
the government lands
A story is being told about Gaylord's
prize stingy man. He had three
sound teeth pulled by travelling den
list who offered to extract them for
nothing.
An inventory of the state school
fund IS just finished. 1t shows that
the fund has, all told, $3.50. 900 in
bonds, the interest of which goes to
the support of the common schools of
the state.
To prevent skating on ponds and
creeks in Leavenworth before the ice
is thick enough the city council is
considering the appointment of an in
spector to MAKE thorough examina-
ton and announce when the ice is
ready for skating.
The meeting, in Leavenworth, of
group one Of the State Bankers asso-
citation OF Kansas, representing banks
tended, bankers being there from
nearly every important town in the
northeast part of the state.
The grip has struck Kansas again.
Cases Of that disease have been re-
ported to the state board of health
from various sections Of the state.
DR.. Lowry, secretary of the state
board, says the disease is quite gen
eral, but that it is in mild form.
Kansas has thirty-eight telephone
companies, with a pole mileage of s.
796. They are assessed 1897, 1925 for
taxation purposes. The pole mileage
of the three telegraph companies do
ing business operating in the state
amounts to 1924 miles and the assess
ca value is $851,828.
Andrew Brasch, wealthy farmer
living on Tennessee prairie, five miles
south of Galena, is dead from injuries
received while driving through the
woods on a loose load of hay. He was
knocked from his seat by an overhang-
ing limb. He suffered conclusion of
the brain and never regained con-
sciousness.
The dealers in Kansas horses have
shipped setveral carloads in the past
week from Abilene and several more
will go in the next few days. The
farmers are receiving more for their
horses than ever before, almost any
kind Of good horse bringing $100.
The Kansas horses are topping the
Chicago and ST. Louis markets regu-
1arly.
During the November term of the
federal court not single jury case
was tried. This is the first time in
the history of the court that this has
happened. Usually this term of court
is the busiest of the year and more
jury cases are tried than during all
the other terms combined. For this
reason it is remarkable that no jury
cases were tried this time.
j. w. Wilcox, farmer, who lives
near Muscotah, bought several young
foxes for pets. The little animals
grew up and finally escaped. With
few natural enemies they soon multi
piled, and now there are any number
of them to be found in the neighbor-
hood of the Wilcox home. Mr.. Will
cox has kennel of dogs and frequent
IL organizes hunting parties.
Notwithstanding the trouble which
arose when the Topeka board of edu-
cation instructed it's teachers to read
the Bible each morning in the public
schools, State Superintendent Nelson
still insists that the Bible should be
read in schools. "The law in this state
provides that teachers may read the
Bible in the schools, without com
ment," said he, "and every teacher
should exercise that right. We need
not apologize for teachings and ideals
of the Great Teacher"
Duck hunters will be barred from
killing wild ducks by the wholesale if
a bill which Representative Husey, of
Sedgwick, purposes to introduce in
the legislature this winter becomes a
law. cit is simply outrageous for
hunters to slay ducks by wholesale
just because they can" said he. ''The
Wichita Gun Club and other similar
organizations in the state want the
practice prohibited. will Introduce
bill making it unlawful for person to
kill more than twenty wild ducks in
any one day. That is plenty OF shoot
ing for any sportsman, and 1t will pre-
vent hunters from making living by
shooting ducks for the market"
The escapade of Mrs. Edith Willets,
who married young man at Linds-
borg while her husband was at home
on the farm, attracted attention two
months ago. Shortly afterward, with
C. F. Elliott, her second husband"
she dropped from sight. Thursday it
was learned that Emory Willets, the
husband of fhe woman DaSSed through
Lindsborg early this week on the way
to Western Kansas, where he met his
wife by appointment and purchased
the property rights in the estate OF
her father, Frank Simmons, and also
her rights to the property now owned
by Willets. 1t is said that Mr.. Wilets
found his wife happy with her second