Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-10
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WIN GET Two Gents a Day.

VIII Get Two Cents a Day.
Beginning July 1, the inmates of the
Hutchinson reformatory will each re-
ceiye a salary Of two cents per day.
IL thespast they have worked for their
board and clothes. 1.-The board has
reached, the conclusion that the in
mates can be better disciplined if they
are put on nominal salary" said
Phil Kelly, president of the board of
managers. The. amount of salary
doesn't amount to so much as the fact
that they are on salary. When we
Parole. a boy we fit him out with
new suit of clothes and send him
home. By putting him on a small
salary he will have a little spare
change also when he is paroled. Many
years ago the convicts at the peniten-
tiary received no pay. They were
finally given three cents day and it
improved the discipline very much"
Can't Pay for Home Tuition.
Attorney General Coleman has ruled
that school funds in sparsely settled
districts ca mot be used for home tut
houses are few and far between. So
are the Inhabitants. One family lives
six miles from schoolhouse. Under
the law the parents draw pay for con-
Veying their children to school. The
parents devised more satisfactory
scheme The mother agreed to teach
the children at home, provided the dis
trict would give her the money she
earned hauling the children to and
from school. The county superintend
ent wrote to see if such an agree
ments could be legally made. The at
torney general held that it could not.
Living and Wages.
estate Labor Commissioner Johnson
hase prepared some interesting statis-
tics concerning wages and the cost Of
living for the past three years. They
show that wages have increased 16 per
cent. on an average, while the cost Of
living has increased A per cent. The
averageswaees in 1900 was $685. year;
in 1901, SOL, and in 1902, TAI. The
average cost of living in 1900 was $455;
in 1901, 1897, and in 1902, 1858. The
average increase in wages of 1902 over
1900 was .$1O5; while the increase in
the cost of living in 1902 over 1900 was
aS2O3. -.
Free From Labor Troubles.
Kansas labor and capital are at
9 peace with each other. There is not
a single strike on in the state at the
present time. Conditions were never
Better said Assistant Labor Com
missioner Robinson. while the men
oh
much as they should, yet they are
making no trouble about it. 1t is
somewhat remarkable that the state
is entirely free from strikes. Such a
thing has not been known of before
in years."
Dropped Money and Fled.
. Two boxes of money were rescued
from burglars by r. G. Schoonhoven,
a Manhattan druggist. Two men
entered the room where Schoonhoven
sleeps. They took. two boxes of money
from a drawer and were making their
escape when discovered by Schoon-
hoven. A fierce fight followed, in
, which several shots were fired. The
burglars dropped the money and fed.
No Rates for Veterans.
For .the first time in the history of
the G. A. r. of this state there is no
competition by the railroads to carry
delegates to the national encampment,
which will be in San Francisco in
August and although it is a long haul,
the railroads are not offering any
special inducements, any more than
the usual excursion rates.
MfstOoI< Brother for Rat.
Clarence Rawlings, aged ten, who
lives near Havensville, was acct
dentally shot with 22-rif1e by his
brother. They were on opposite sides
of the barn and the brother mistook
Clarence for a rat. The ball struck
recovery is doubtful.
Chance for an Argument.
Senator Cubbison says the reason he
did not vote for the relief appropria-
ton was because Gov. Bailey made him
promise. not to before he would agree
says that he exacted no promise from
Mr.. Cubbfson or anybody else.
Pioneer of Marshall County.
Marquis de Lafayette Duncan is
dead in Marshall county. Mr.. Duncan
turned the first burrows of the virgin
soil and put off the first hay in Mar
shall county. He was the second
sheriff of MARSHALL county He held
the Office until 1858.
More Time to Build Line.
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