Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-13
new heating PANT
New Building at the Win
field Asylum


New building at same S,500.0O
For the colored Industrial
School at Quindaro, new
building and ground 100000
New building at Topeka
Asylum s5.ooo.oo
New building at Kansas
City Asylum for the Blind 100000
New building at Agricultur-
al College s5,600.oo
New buildings at Peniten-
tiary .... 11,5oo.oo
Reform School, Topeka, new
building and fire loss 1S,097.76
Completing State House,. 100000
State Normal School gym
nasium 100000
State Normal School Libra
ry building and equipment 100000
State Soldiers Home Hos
pital building .. 100000
State University Natural
History building . 100000
State University chemistry
building 1O,OOO-oO
Total So11, 49I.fo
Out of appropriations of a little
less than two million dollars here
are S577, 497.76 for new buildings and
departments needed in the state in
situations.
In addition here are some other
items of extravagance:
Payment of the Quantren
raid claims, just debt long
deferred 5 S2,603.OO
Transportation of Goth Kan
sas home from San Francis
co 46,491.51
Encoura cement of sugar
beets 100000
DISCRIMINATING prairie dogs 100000
State Agricultural College
deficiency ..... 14,s93.Oo
State Printer deficiency. 100000
Deficiency in Secretary Co
burns salary two previous
years cut out by populist
trick ............. 100000
Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton, to provide buildings
and exhibit ............. 100000
Revolving fund for the state
Irvine plant ............... 15O,000.00
Pike Monument. . 100000
Here are extraordinary appropria-
tions aggregating $975,9S5.27, nearly
one-half the total appropria tions for
the two years. Look these over care
fully and say whether there was one
dollar in this amount of a million
dollars, that is extravaganza, unwar-
ranted, or not for the best interests
of the state.
CRADDOCK CALLED DOWN.
The democratic candidate for gov
ernor has been unfortunate in his
public utterances. He must be gross
ly ignorant or is deliberately at
tempting to deceive the people.
He seems to base his claims for
Il
mayor of Kansas City, Kan, and yet
his statements about the great
things ne has accomplished are con-
tradicted at every turn.
The following communication from
a member of the board of educa ton
of his own town is sample of the
replies that are being made to his
statements:
In the printed report of the address of
Mayor Craddeck at Topeka ON the sd
inst, in his remarks regarding taxation
in Kansas City, Kas-, the following ap-
s.school tax, 1899. s1ss. $40; school tax.
1902. s214 40; increase, $1,000 nth in three
fnses to eas the enS
would be credited to democrats: hence
use use. s74 2oo to take care of the 2.167 addi-
I presume that Mayor Craddock fig
and give him the credit of making what
statement The facts. however. when |
fully set forth. refute Mr. Craddocks ar
gument, least far. the same re-
fers to the Kansas City. Kas-, school
board.
1.-The assessed value in 1899 in the city, |
with the full levy. for school purposes |
allowed by law, not sufficient to |
rtsn the schools over seven months In |
this year. however fortunately, the long
pending Union Pacific litigation was ser |
tied and the school board received, in adj |
dition to the amounts received from the |
siderable other back taxes, enabling the
board to run the schools eight and a |
half months The total receipts of the |
school board for all purposes from July |
1. 1899, to June 80, 1900. aggregated $175s-
$50. instead of $139. $40. would appear
from Mayor Craddock's statement The /
total receipts for all purposes of the
school board from July 1. 1901. to June |
3d. 1902. were $1SS.S3T. and nine months of |
school were had, making an increase of /
So. S57 in two years, with large increase
in school population to provide for and /
a longer term of school
Regarding the levy of 1902 1T is nearly
one mill lower than the levy of 1899 and
will produce, if all paid in. the amount
stated by Mayor Craddock. to-wit: $214.-
1000. As a matter of fact however, 1t
is well known that In ordinary years: In,
GLIDING all back taxes received. the total
receipts seldom exceed so per cent of
the levy and generally fall below The
levy for 1902 includes 81. 600 for the pur-
chase of books and maintenance of the
of maturing bonds, whereas the levy of
1899 provided nothing for library purposes
and the retiring of only 5000 in bonds
1t should be remembered in this connec-
ton that the new school buildings erect
ed each year by the board are paid for