Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-01-08

Olathe.
The nineteen inmates of the DOOR
mouse OF Atchison county were given
banquet on Christmas at the ex.
pense Of Atchison citizens.
The postoffice at Terrytown, Finney
county, has been moved two miles
southwest of the present location,
with Mary H. Carey as postmistress.
The merchants of Central Kansas
towns report good holiday trade.
Farmers have bought literally and
less "gimracks" than formerly. The
postoffices have done the largest bust
ness IN their history and much money
has been sent away as gifts in S., $40
and $40 amounts.
Fire recently destroyed a ten-acre
apple orchard for Jacob Geiser, a farm
er OF Leayenworth county. He claim
ed the fire was caused by spark from
Santa Fe engine. He filed suit for
$1,000 damages and got Judgment for
$500. The Santa Fe appealed the case
to the supreme court.
The Kansas papers are discovering
the youngest" old soldier, but Judge
0. l.. Moore, of the Eighth district, has
the best record yet given. He enlisted
in Company M, Third West Virginia
cavalry, on March 20, 1864, at the age
OF IA years, months and 10 days, and
served sixteen months under Phil
Sheridan.
Representative Adams of Sedgwick
county will stand sponsor this winter
for resolution to call convention to
frame new constitution for the state,
but there are no signs Of a "boom" of
that kind. The wise men argue that
the peope are not ready for new con-
stitution. They don't know what they
want, and for the present the constitu-
ton can be patched" by amendmentC
If necessary.
1t has not been officially announced,
but 1t is decided that G. w. Trickett of
Wyandotte county will be deputy in
the office Of Attorney General Cole
man, at a salary Of 81 900 a year, and
John Dawson of Graham at $1,000.
The remaining deputy, at salary Of
$1,000, will be Close Of Republic, or
Wilmoth of Cloud. Dawson for four
years has been Treasurer Grimes
bond clerk.
The third annual exhibition Of the
Coffeyville Poultry and Pet Stock AS.
sociation will be held January 7, 8, 9
and 10, 1903. The premium list Is a
liberal one and several hundred dol
lars will be paid to competitors. AL
ready large number of entries have
been made. G. H. Rhodes, Of Topeka,
will act In the capacity Of Judge in the
competitions. He will also deliver sew.
eral lectures on poultry and pet stock
raising.
AS matters now stand in the district
court, the city Of Arkansas City can.
not collect revenue from its joints and
disorderly houses. BY decision rem.
dered by Judge Lawrence, an order
has been issued ousting the city from
collecting revenue from such places.
Some time ago the county attorney in.
stituted quo warranto proceedings for
the purpose of finding out what right
Arkansas City had to collect revenue
with the above result. The decision is
a new one in Kansas and will probably
bring forth much comment.
According to its annual report, the
board of railroad commissioners has
accomplished a vast amount of work
without making much noise about It,
The board was created two years ago
Since then, 202 cases have been dock
eted, aside from a large number OF
minor cases that were disposed of by
correspondence. OF the 202 cases on
the docket, 152 have been settled by
trial, 13 dismissed for want of jurisdic
ton, dismissed for want of prosecu
ton and 30 are still pending. OF the
1852 cases tried, 110f were decided in
favor of the compliments and 46 in
favor Of the railroads.
Superintendent Haney, of the Hays
City experiment station, assisted by
an expert from the agricultural depart
ment at Washington, will try a new
method Of irrigation on the expert
mental farm. He will food about / ,00G
acres of the bottom land early in the
spring with food water from the
stream which runs through the farm
His aim will be to soak the soil thor
oughly several feet deep and depend
upon this moisture, together with the
natural rainfall, to pull the crops
through. No irrigatng will be done
after the crops are put in. The expert
ment can be tried at small cost, as nc
bitches wlll have to be built. The only
expense will be in the construction OF
a dam across the small stream,
At meeting of the Kansas commits.
sioners to the st. Louis worlds fair
the competitive plans for a Kansas
building at the worlds fair were open.
ed. Eleven Kansas architects submit.
ted plans. Not a mark was on any
set Of plans to show who made them
A plain envelope, with the name Of the
architect inside, was submitted with
each set. The commissioners number.
ed the sets and envelopes, and then
turned over all the envelopes to the
governor, unopened. When the com.
missioners select the prize set of
drawings they will tell the governor
what number received the award.
Then he will open the envelope Of that