Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-23

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The Kansas Day Speakers.
Clad Hamilton, secretary of the
Kansas Day club, has announced the
| following list of speakers for the
kannuaI banquet January 90:
Gen. Leonard Wcod~-subject not
announced.
Frederick NJ Harris. Ottawa-.Kan-
| sas."
R. A. Burch. saHna-'sThe Law and
Life" 90
J. W. Gleed, "Lineolnism.
John IL. King. minneapolis Exam
| sas in the Philippines e. g
GomereF. Davies, Concordia-"Jus-
| tification.s Sc
T. A. Noftzger, Anthony @Maude
and the Judge. o
House Has $50 Employees.
Speaker j. t. Pringle announced
the appointment of T. A. Ellis, of Bur-
ingame, as his clerk, and of j. Z.
! James as doorkeeper. The organiza-a
ton of the force of the house EN-
p1oyes is about completed. Up to the
present time log Jobs have been
created, as follows: Chief clerkship.
IS; doorkeepers, 26. esergeants-at-
arms, 90; janitors. II; post office
clerks, 81. minority Q employees, s.;
speakers employees, 4. In addition,
there viii be about So committee
clerks and stenographers, bringing
the total up to the neighborhood of
1so' Sc ea@
Charles Weekly, who escaped from
She new Jail at Clay Center three
mpnthss ago by saving through the
bars, was captured in the depot wait
ing room at Mcfarland and taken
back to prison. After escaping last
fall he went to Texas, where he. was
arrested for robbery and lodged in
Jail, but prison life held no charms
for him and it was not long before
sawed his way to liberty in very much
the same manner that he did at Clay
Center. g. 81 -
Kansas VIII Only "Loan'' Coburn.a
Fl. D. Coburn, secretary OF the Kan
sas board of agriculture, will accept
+ the position of chief of the live stock
section of the ST. Louis exposition.
The Kansas board decided to loan him
| to the exposition for that great
work. While Secretary Coburn will
| retain a general supervision over the
| work of the Kansas board, he will
| spend most of his time in St. Louis.
He is to assume his new duties at
| once.
Interest ON state Funds. @
C. O. Chandler, of Wichita, president
Of the Kansas national bank at
Wichita, and a prominent worker in
the state bankers association, is in
| Topeka working for the passage of
law requiring the state treasurer to
deposit the state funds with the
| banks in the state which furnish the
proper security and agree TO pay
certain rate of interest on the daily
balances. 9s
Don't Want state Dictation.
The farmers of Harvey county are
! very much opposed to the law now on
the statute books regulating the
height Of hedges. They think that
they should be allowed to grow their
hedges to suit themselves and that
the state shouldn't dip in and say
that hedges must be kept down to a
height of three or four feet.
Want Paving Law Amended.
The cities of the second class have
asked the Legislature to amend the
paving law so that the cost of paw
ing may be charged up against each
property owner according TO the
aumber of feet he owns instead Of
according TO the assessed value of the
property abutting upon the street
to be paved.
Indians Claim Not Good. 81
A suit which involved the titles to
400 acres Of land in Argentine, was
decided in favor of the defendants,
the effect being to- confirm the titles
Of the present holders of the land,
which is worth In the aggregate
many hundred of thousand of dollars.
Two SKings' Preferred.
Two Kansas kings were honored by
he Kansas board of agriculture.
john H. Churchill, of Dodge City. the
alfalfa king" was elected president
of the board, sand J. w. Robinson, of
Eldorado. corn king" was elected
vice president. -
Arkansas Ctty's Good Contract.
The city council of Arkansas City
has contracted with a drilling Arm to
sink gas we'll but the city does not
pay until the webb and lease upon it
| have been delivered, and then pays in
proportion to the amount of gas
found. @ e
nNvnnd Na<ure,a limit.