Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-06
Agitation for Roaa-BuilaInx.

WI ia, anu 1SEkl0S, OF hy8nQOCJe.
are working hard for laws to compel
| the working of convicts on public
roads. They particularly urge the
macadamizing of a public highway
from Kansas City to Leavenworth
| and from Leavenworth to Topeka.
Warden Jewett, of the state prison,
is unaiterably opposed to the scheme:
He says the most desperate convicts
could not be taken outside the prison
walls. and that men serving their
first sentences should not be degrad-
ed by public work of this kind.
Among the plans by which it is ex-
2ected to create sentiment in favor
of q state road between Leayenworth
and Topeka is an overland trip be,
tween the cities for allsof the mem
bers OF the legislature who care to
go, and especially for the members
Of the good roads committees. This
viii be one of the most novel junket-
ing trips ever taken by the Kansas
legislators.
Feeding $500 Cattle, $3.50 Hogs.
Richard Holton, of Haven, has sold
to L. w. Robson, of Towanda, 500
feeders, coming four years old. The
feeders were sold for 81 per hundred,
and the parties to the trade think
that when the cattle are delivered
Mr. Robson will have to write. his
check for something over $24, 900.
Mr.. Robson had 1,SO0 feeders before
this last purchase, 600 of which are
now on full feed. About 13e, 900 BUSH
els of corn will be required to feed
them all out ready for the market.
All of the cattle feeders count on
two hogs for three steers. Counting
on this basis, Mr.. Robson will feed
$3.50 hogs by the time his cattle are
bready for market.
Want Another Trial.
The De Boissiere Odd Fellsw Or
phans' Home and Industrial School
association, through the trustees of
the corporation, have fled a petition
in the supreme court for rehearing
OF the case which was decided against
them at the last session of the court.
The supreme court admitted the case
for rehesring last fall and reversed
itself, giving property valued at $751;
900 to James A. Troutman and Rob-
ert Stone, of Topeka
Pleads Tor the Birds
EX-Gov. Samuel j. Crawford has
printed an urgent plea for the enact
ment of bird-protecting law. He
says: "Birds of every kind and va
riety, except the hawk and English
sparrow, are useful, and many of
them are in-aluables They should
be protected by a rigid, stringent law
with a severe penalty attached there
to. One quail will destroy 1000 in
sects in a single day, and many other
birds will do as much"
Monument to Kansas Soldiers.
An effort is being made to induce
Kansas to erect a great monument to
the veterans of the civil war. Rep
resentative Speer introduced a bill
appropriating 100000 for the con-
struction OF such a monument, and
providing for a commission of five.
members to haveacharge of the work.
Wife wouldn't Take Washing.
Because his wife would not take in
washing, George Woodley. OF Topeka,
went home the other night and beat
her with his fist. Had it not been for
fine timely arrival of the police. who
had been notified by Woodley's little
girl, the woman would undoubtedly
have been seriously injured.
1900 Bushels OF Onion Sets.
Richard Wilson, farmer near
Wichita, has shipped the first car of
500 bushels of onion sets from
Wichita. Wilson last spring planted
3A acres Of onion seed from which
the sets were grown, and that little
field produced little more than 1,2o5
bushels.
Knocked oat Labor Eli.
The house knocked out a bill
championed by Adams, Of Sedgwick,
to make employers liable for dam
ages when an employe should be in
jured by the act Of another employee.
The bill applied to all employers as
well as railroads. i
Wall for the Reformatory.
The legislature viii appropriate
sufficient money to erect a wall
around the state reformatory at
Hutchinson.
State Dairy Association.
The annual meeting of the state
dairy association will again be held
at the agricultural college. It will
convene on March 3, and last four
days.
Cane Seed Killed SO Calves.
Osborne county reports number |
of cases of injury to stock from feed |
ing cane seed. One man who had a |
I,,nch of 100 head has lost over so |
calves.
Sold Diseased Meat.