The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-03-06

Senator Smith has been receiving
very fiattering notices from the press
on account oil his recent speech in the
senat in behalf of the tax bill. In
stead of talking the measure to death,
as some OF Lh, members attempted. h.
talked life into the corpse, and by his
pursua-ive elOQuence carried II
through Il hostile senate.
Mrs. D NJ. Blair died at her sons
residence in South Brown Tuesday m
this week at noon. The funeral will
take place today at half past eleven
O'clock from the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. a. G.. Fisher, in this
city The deceased came to this
county with her husband about three
years ago aud has been living with
/ her son. MIR. a. w. McClanahan, I'M
til her death.
At the meeting of the city dads
j Nj ondav night it was decided tn order
| fifty water meters for immedi ate use.
Others will he ordered rs they are
needed Some people have stated
that they would stop taking water
when the change i made to the meter
rate. 1t would b.' II good idea for
them to wait until they find out for
sure that they have been hurt before
making any such rash resolve.
Miss Jennie Henderson, of Guthrie,
| Oklahoma, who has been visiting her
/ brothers and friends in this county
for Il week, returned to her home
Tuesday. Miss Henderson was form
erly a resident of this county. She
has pros pered greatly since going TO
Oklahoma. the rents from her proper
l. I,.r, Inn IL
dollars month. Her old friends
here are greatly pleased to learn of
her success.
If any doubt previously existed that
the railroads control the Legislature
the action of this body in the lnvesti
CATION of the shortage of coal must
have dispelled it. The. proposition "f
the senate is to leyalize the cOnti- a
tion ot coal If the railroad steals
your car of coal it. will he II leya! ACT
Justified by public necessity. 1t a
suffering woman takes Il lump of coal
from the, railroad it is n crime. OIe
law for corporations, another for tht
individual.
The story of "The Lumber In
dustry uf the Pacifir Coast, by AiviI
| Hovey- King. in the Review of Review
| for March. will open tue eyes of some
people who have heretoforn beet
| ignorant OF The vast timber resources
| of our Pacific Northwest The illus
! tratiuns emphasize the differe noes TIE
tween the methods of numbering en.
| p!o,ed in Michigan. Minne-sha. ant
| WISCONSIN,. and these adopted in lii
newer timber regions of Washington
| and Oregon
ii Prof. Bau2her has instituted ne'
feature in the High School. he: ha
FIVE minute talks in the auditorium
twice week by the seniors II is
very fine. thing for the students. Man
| pupils go through school, obtaInin
n gt,ud educAtion but Rnahle To eA
press themselves clearly and quical ~
1.-THE Sophomore. Junior and Grau
/ mar school students enjoy Tie talks
Thus do the Kinsley schools k-e
abreast s,f The progressive tide in edu
cational matters.
A telegram WAS received Mouda
|, stating that John Foran. Jr.. IA
BEEN killed in the sneiter at Pacs'if
liColo. There were NO particulars {
the ac..ident. He leaves wife an
lone child Jonn f. Foran Was II
second son of John and Mary Fora
OF this s<nlnty and WAS thirty ~
years of age at the time ut his dt'ssf
ilLater VIC learn that John with thrs
iloIiser meg was caught under a fssiir
door. which weighed 9 thoussn
lpounds. H. wss killed and tt
loshers escaped With their lives b
we're seaA TO the hospital.