The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-01-22

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the teachers who usually work in the
harvest fields during the summer will
take this course. The second series
will begin June and end June rs,
the third will begin June 20 and end
July "a, while the fourth will begin
July 81 and close August 81.
| SALE OF FEEDERS. Richard Holton,
of Haven, sold to L. W. Robinson, OF
Towanda, 500 feeders coming four
years old. Mr., Robinson had been
buying feeders at the Union stQckyqyas
\ in Wichita and when the cattle came
too slow to suit MI. Robinson some Of
the commission men put him on tie
track of MIR. Holton's herd. The feed
ers were sold for 81 per hundred and
the parties to the trade think that
when the cattle are delivered Mr., Rob-
inson will have to write his check for
something like $4,000.
Corn YIELD IN DoNIpuAN.-M $.
Peck, Of Highland, has finished gather
ing a 15O.acre field which yielded an
average of rs bushels to the acre. ].
Z. McConly got the same average for
100 acres. A great many farmers in
that section have fields thatlyield from
fifty to eighty bushels to the acre and
the average is about the best ever
known there From 80 to 80 cents per
bushel is being offered.
LOOKING For Rock IsLAND--People
Of Dickinson county are encouraged by
the reports from Lincoln, Neb, con-
corning the appropriation for addition
al Rock Island construction and think
it means the immediate building Of the
cutoff from Tairbury, Neb., to Herring
ton by way Of Abilene. 1t will make
a direct north and south line and add
materially 10 the butiness Of that sec.
ton.
A New LIGHT PLANT.-The new
electric light plant, for which Emporia
voted $4,000, is very near completion.
The new system will include day
and night service Of both light and
power. Over a hundred Of the newest
model arc lamps will also figure in the
new system.
CoNGREssMAN's LII LUCK. Mr.. jack
son, one of the Kansas members Of
congress, whose leg was broken atnear
the opening Of the campaign last sum
mer, shortly after reaching Washing
ton had to go to New York City to
have his limb re-broken and reset.
COMMERCIAL CLUB PRosPERs. THE
Abilene commercial club has accom-
plished much good, At recent meet.
ing it gave S2OS, the balance in the
corn carnival fnnd, to the public IL
brary started by the womens clubs Of
the city.
WEILEP WANTS PLACE.-E. c. Wei
lep, Of Galena, ex-representative from
Cherokee, is an applicant for the po-
sition Of Democratic member Of the
railroad board to succeed j. N. Tike.
SUNDAY THEATERS, Judge Hazen
of the Shawnee county district court,
has rendered decision declaring in
valid the city ordinance prohibiting
Sunday theaters in Topeka.
DIED IN CoRNFIELD. Andrew Ross
a well.to.do farmer Of Dickinson coun.
by, fell dead while working in his corn
field. lie was aged SO years, and was
highly respected.
KILLED BY His HoRsE-Daniel
Thompson, Of Douglas county, O5 years
old was kicked and stamped TO death
by one of his own horses which was
running loose.
RELIEF DOES Nor COME. Topeka
and many other places are still out of
coal. The railroads have sent large
Of cars to the coal districts.
WIND RAN OFF WITH IT.-Blue
Rapids, in common with many other
Kansas towns, has been experiencing
great difficulty in getting a sufficient
supply of coal. The high wind blew
unloaded car from the siding
onto the main track and carried it clear
to Irving, five or six miles to the east
ARRIVED ON DATE. The Orient rail-
way was finished through Harper
county in time to secure the S495OO Of
bonds voted which were conditioned
upon getting across the county with
their completed railway by January /.
ELKs WILL BUILD.-The Elks of
Winfield have decided to erect build
ing Of their own and have bought a
lot on Main street in the center Of the
city. A three story building will be
erected at once. The Elks, organized