Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-08-14

ing a marriage license to prove that his
Parents have never been afflicted with
any OF the diseases mentioned. The
new marriage license law enacted last
winter does provide that where the
probate judge knows the parents of the
persons asking for license to be af-
sicted with such disease, he may refuse
to grant a license.
The Pride of the State.
The University of Kansas now has
IL buildings, seven of which were
erected from appropriations by the
legislature of the state and four by
private gifts. Nine of these buildings
are used for purposes of instruction
and contain 235 rooms, including lab
oratories, recitation rooms, and sew
eral lecture halls, accommodating
from 100 to 200 people. The build
ing and equipment of the university
are valued at 81, 100000. The univer-
sity has granted 2,431 degrees, and
the alumni are increasing in number
at the rate of over 200 a year.
Dewey Invited to Lawrence.
Admiral George Dewey has been in
vited to attend the five days reunion
of the Kansas Grand Army of the Re
public in Lawrence in the third week
Of September. Gen. John c. Black,
commander-in-chief of the Grand Ar
my, is to deliver an address on the first
day of the reunion, and on the second
day George r. Peck, of Chicago, is to
deliver an Grafton on the life and char
acter of Abraham Lincoln.
Flood Weakened Salt Wells.
Tests have just completed on the salt
wells west of Solomon which have been
worked anew recently. 1t is found that
since the flood the water in the wells
has II per cent. less salt than before.
Many of the wells of the city have
become salty and unfit for use. The
extensive soaking of the ground seems
to have scattered the saline deposit
through a wider area, at the same time
weakening it.
The trouble over the salary of the
union military scrip commissioner is
expected to end in mandamus suit in
the supreme court. Mr.. Wells, state
auditor, has refused to pay James L.
Aliens salary for July on the grounds
that Allen did not perform the duties
required of him in connection with his
position Of scrip commissioner.
Church to Honor Benefector.
The official board of the First NJ. E.
church at Ottawa voted to place
bronze tablet to the memory of S. B.
Rohrbaugh in the new church, which
will be dedicated September 6. Mr..
Rohrbaugh has given $4,000 toward
the new $4,000 church.
Exhibit of Jelly.
Director of Horticulture Schell will
depend upon the women Of the state to
fix him up an exhibit of jelly for the
Kansas department at the worlds fair.
Mrs Dassler, of Leavenworth, has
agreed to get the women interested.
Lecompton's High school.
The school board of Lecompton has
come into possession of the property of
Lane university, including apparatus of
all kinds, and a high school will be es-
tablished. Lane university has moved
10 Holton
Indian Made of Corn.
A feature OF the Kansas exhibit at
fhe worlds fair will be a big Indian
made out of corn. 1t will occupy a
prominent place in the center OF the
states display in the agricultural build
ing.
To Bald Fine Road.
A route for the state road from Atch-
ison to the soldiers orphans home has
been selected and work will be started
SOON The legislature appropriated
$40, 900 for the road. State prison brick
will be used.
Chairman AIbaugh Suggests.
Morton Albaugh, chairman of the
republican state committee, favors di-
vorcing state charitable institutions
from politics. He says superintend-
ents should select their own help.
a. o. o. w. Insurgents.
Many of the members of the A o. q.
w. are incensed over the action Of the
supreme lodge in adding to assessment
rates a new burden in relief assess
ment for October.
Lawrence's semi-Centenary.
Lawrence is preparing to celebrate
IT'S fiftieth birthday on October 6. A
committee has been appointed to map
out a programme suitable for the
occasion.
Another Interurban Railway.
Committees from Winfield, yelling
ton and Arkansas City met recently to
discuss the building OF an interurban
railway to connect the-three towns