The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-12-24

KANSAS City ny men Who Weie oo'ht
for gas.
Another crop report was Issued Mon.
day, extoliing the splendid condition
Of wheat The reports arc so boast.
ful that each one tempts Providence.
In Osborne county the other day th'
probate Judge Issued marriage licenses
to a father and two daughters a
triple wedding Of this character IL not
often recorded.
Victor Murdock will be tho third ma.
tive .Kansan In the congro 'siUnal dele
cation. The other two are Charles
Curtis and Charles +. Scott OF the
ten Murdoch and Scott are the only
editors.
Sheriff Gleason Of Mcpherson conn
ty has not found It nocc. sary to make
an arrest since he took his office last
January and County Attorney Lindsay
has not been called upon to issue .
warrant.
A brother.in.iaw OF Grant Gillette.
the Astounding cattle king OF
Woodbine. says there is no truth In
the report that Gillett has struck II
rich in Old Mexico.
According TO the bank commission
er's latest report Kansas Is lending
money To New York. II is hoped Kan.
sas ha, not 50 far forgotten its own
days Of tribulation as to become op.
pressiye and foreclose ruthlessly.
A man out In Dighton was married
n few days ago TO tire woman from
whom he had been divorced less than
two months. He explained that hs
had been too busy with his spring
plowing to get acquainted with anoth.
er woman.
An Arkansas City paper relates that
an elderly man rushed mp TO a middle
aged woman on the depot platform,
embraced her with much enthusiasm
and kissed her before he discovered
that she wasn't the woman he was
looking for.
Forty members Of the German Agri.
cultural society are coming to Kansas
To study the science Of farming one
great lesson the Kansas farmers had
to learn was To devote more time TO
soil culture ard not 50 much To states
manship.
Carrie Nation, the saloon smasher.
has bought the old Twelfth street
Otel in Topeka and has told hef
friends that she will convert II into 4
Iome for drunkards' wives. She has
declared her intention Of rcmodolin.;
the hotel and annex and making a
comfortable hospital for the wives ~
drunkards She Is said to have paid
about 81, 500 for the property.
S p. Howland. city marshal OF Gard.
ner. last week shot and killed Bud
Briggs while Briggs. together with his
brother. Dick Briggs. and Virginia
Boles. were trying TO take away from
the marshal Estcll Briggs, another
brother, who was arrested for intoNica.
ton and being taken to the city prison.
The officer was knocked down several
times. He rctrcated and finally drew
his revolver and killed Bud Briggs.
Professor l.. I Blake. 81 the Unlver.
sity OF Kansas department Of engineer.
ing. has recommended Bet McCullom
and v. A. WolCott Of the senior class.
for good positions with the General
Electric Company. Of Schenectady. n.
Y. The General Electric each year
gives employment IN seventy.nve Of
the best graduates from the univcr.
stiles of the country. This is the Arst
time Kansas men have received posi-.
tions.
Word has been received that the
Rev. David S. Ilibbard and Mrs iiib'
bard have started for America from
the Philippines. where they have been
missionaries for the last four years
The Rev Mr.. Hlbbard was ore Of the
first American missionaries ever sent
to the Philippine Islands, and was ap
pointed over ffty other applicants
] after a competitive examination by IA,
Presbyterian board Of foreign mis-
sions.
Winfield thinks II has been de
Cciyed. The city offered $4,000 as 4
honus TO anyone who would drill a gl'
well that would produce ~ million
cubic feet Of gas a day, A syndicate
dug the well, struck gas in consider
able quantity, and took the $4,000
Now Winfield finds that only 3O,G0l
cubic feet OF gas In day Is produced
II is suspected the syndicate used {
meter.
, The death of Harry Heck at Ottaw;
: affords another example Of how a mat
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