The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-10-23
KANSAS COMMENT

16 ACRES OF PAsTURE.-A field of
this size in Sedgwicl1 county produced
this season los, $50 pounds of hay, or
over 81 tons, netting fully $780,
BAD RoADs--At Ottawa the roads
are in such a condition that the water
plant may have to shut down owing to
the difficulty of hauling out coal.
SHOT AT MINISTER ]. NJ. jack
son, Topeka Methodist pastor, was
shot at in his own yard. He has been
very active in the anti-sa1oon agitation
RIGHT Arm CRUsHED.-Wm- Tracy,
who works in the plating room of the
Santa Fe shops in Topeka, had his arm
badly crushed. having caught in a
wheel
BELoIr HAS GADDERs.-A Missouri
Pacific conductor told reporter of the
Call of that city that the people of Be
lott do more gadding than those of any
other place on the line.
AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARs-F. 8. De
Long, who has been living at Preston,
accidentally discovered that Mrs. Shack
lee, who lives at Pratt, was a sister of
his he had not seen for eighteen years.
FARMERS OPPOSE IT.-The farmers
of Clay county are opposed to the con-
so1idation plan for district schools, al
though the county superintendent has
made efforts to promote the scheme
during his round of visits to the
schools.
WAsHBURN GIRLS TO SING.-A quar-
tette of young women from Washburn
college will make tour of a portion
of the state during the next holiday
season. Some of the singers of the
music department of washburn have
shown remarkable ability.
aTEEE MnSr
Mirror believes that Olathe has more
blocks of modern cement sidewalks
than any city of twice it's size in the
state. Almost all the walks in the
business portion of town are made of
this material, and there are a good
many of them in the residence district
CHURCH AT THE SHoPs.-Bishop Mills
paugh has planned and negotiated for
the building of an Inexpensive but suf-
ficient1y commOdious mission church
near the Santa Fe shops in Topeka for
the convenience of the shopmen who
may be Episcopa1ians and others who
desire such services in that part of the
city.
LARGEST TELESCOPE IN KANSAS
The observatory at the Wesleyan uni
versity at Salina was opened to the
public the occasion of the eclipse of
the largest and best telescopes in the
state and the students and citizens
joined in watching the eclipse and also
to view Perine's comet which is now
said to be visible.
LARGEST FREIGHT DEPoT.-That of
the Missouri Pacific in Wichita is the
largest railroad freight depot west of
the Missouri river the continent.
The building, in addition to the office,
closet and bath rooms, has a freight
room 397 feet long and "a feet wide,
and on either side of this is a covered
platform eight feet wide, giving them
a width for handling freight of forty
feet and floor capacity of nearly 1000
square feet. 1t will be seen from this
that the road has space for handling
freight in Wichita considerably over
one third of an acre
YOU'VE FARMER ArrACKED.-August
Martin, a young farmer of Saline coun-
ty, was attacked by two strangers
while returning home from dance
at early hour in the morning. They
fired two shots at Martin, one entering
his left leg
TALLEsF CORN STALKs.-The tallest
corn stalks exhibited at Kansas head
quarters in Washington, measuring II
feet inches, were grown by a. s.
SPore, of Newton They have been
placed in the museum of the depart
ment of agriculture.
a IL MAN AUTo.-A Winfield real
estate dealer has purchased an auto
mobile with a carrying capacity of
IL people which he will use in shown g
his customers about over the country.
He believes he will be able to cover
more territory and do it at less expense
than by the old plan of using car
riages.
GOES on THE BALLoT.-The secre-
tary of state has started his force to
certifying the state ticket to the coun-
~ clerks The fusion ticket goes under
the name of Democratic
SUSPENSION BRIDGE BREAKs--The
suspension bridge which crossed the
solomon river between Minneapolis
and Lindsey, has broken down. The
bridge was a substantial wooden
bridge swung on heavy cables The