The Globe-republican., 1902-12-18

a a bonus to secure its location there
The bonds were accepted and turned
over to the permanent school fund. and
are still so held. Lawrence has never
made any payment on the bonds, even
for interest, and is still delinquent
The state claims that the con tract still
holds good, and collection by proceed
ings in court are to be attempted.
WHIsk BROOM FACTORY. = Senator
Bob Findlay, of Rice county, will en-
deavor to get bill through the legis-
1ature this winter establishing a whislS
broom factory at the Hutchinson re-
formatory, to be run by inmates The
reformatory is at the edge OF the great
broom belt of Kansas This state has
no whislz broom factories In fact,
most of the whisk brooms made by
convict labor in other states.
LYON COUNTY COURT HoUsE.-The
Lyon county court house has been ac-
cepted by the county commissioners
from the contractor, after a two days
discussion of extra claims The court
house, complete, cost about SO. .ooo-
The original contract for the building
alone was S53,oO The furnishings,
light and fixtures are the latest kind
and very fine.
SAME AS LABOR DEBTs--The thresn-
ers of Mcpherson county have organ
lied a Threshers' Protective association,
the object of which is to secure 1egis1a-
tiOn along the lines of collections As
the law stands now thresher cannot
collect his bill until mans exemptions
are paid. The desire of the threshers
is make their claims the same as labor
debts.
SEMI-ANNUAL CoNTRACTs.-The state
board of charities took most of the
week ending December 1 8 in awarding
| contracts for supplies for the next six
months to the state institutions. Kan
sas bidders get large proportion OF
the contracts The Kansas City, Kans.
packers get most of the meat contracts.
TROUBLE WITH CAs1NG.-Winfie1d is
having trouble casing her gas well, but
| the flow continues strong ever By
an accident, 200 feet of casing and a
casing spear dropped to the bottom of
| the wen and resisted the efforts of the
| drillers to get out.
THREsuING ENGINE ExPLoDEs.-Otto o
! Piercebarger, Swede employed by L.
| D. Smith & Sons implement dealers OF
| Wichita, had his leg broken by the ex-
| p1osion of a threshing engine. He was
also badly scalded.
COWBOY FEVER.-Dean Wilmer a 16-
year-old boy of Deering, rode away
| from home on pony, wearing a
slouched hat, army leggins and a lariat.
His relatives would be glad to learn
where he is.
| WELLINGTON WANTS A WELL.-The
| business mems club of that city has
made proposition to the parties who
| put down the we'll at Winfield, to give
| them ST. 900 for d sure enough gas well
| there.
For FEDERAL BUILDING.-The see
| retary of the treasury has awarded
! contracts for construction of public
| building at Emporia, Kas., to Latiner
e Belning, of Kansas City, at S34. 657.
| NELSON ADvIsEs.-The state super
| intendent advocates a stricter com
| pulsOry educational law and believes
| pupils should be taught gardening and
flower culture in the common schools.
STATE SCHOOL FUND--An inventory
of the state school fund shows that the
| fund has, all told, SIS, $50, 600 in bonds
the interest OF which goes to the sup
port of the common schools and the
three higher educational institutions
| of the state.
| MONEY IN SHoATs-The Jewell Re
publican tells about man who bough,
a bunch of shoats in the fall fed them
thirty-fve days. shipped them to mar
lzet-they made just car1oad-and the
proceeds netted him SO a day for his
work.
TOPEKA As YEARS OLD.-The forty.
eighth birthday of Topeka was cele
brated by the ld-timers of Dec. will
a basket dinner at one of the public
halls. The Old-Timers' association i.
composed of people who came to Kan
sas between 1854 and 1864. Over thirty
mem bers died last year
RAILROAD V NJ C. A.-The Internss
tional branch of the Railroad Y NJ c
A. will hold its annual meeting in To
pel1ae next May About 600 delegates
will attend Topeka people viii enter
tain the visitors free of charge
To AID ScHooLs--This is what tn.
state superin tendent proposes; tha
when city and county high school
reach certain efficiency the state sha1
give each of them 81 900 a year