Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-01-07
The Best Kansas News.
Judge w. ID. Atkinson.

Judge w. ID. Atkinson.
On Saturday Gov. Bailey appointed
w. d. Atkinson, of Parsons, to be Judge
on the supreme court to succeed ]. G.
Pollock. William DeBoice Atkinson
was born in Dubuque county, Ia, in
1861. Three years later his parents
moved to Jones county, la. At the age
OF IL he taught the home district
school and the following year entered
the state agricultural college at Ames,
Ia. where he graduated in the class of
1882. His parents in the meantime
had moved to Kansas, settling on a
farm in Neosho county. In the fall of
1883 he came to Kansas, taught school
and In the following spring entered
the law Office of Walter L. Simons, of
Parsons. Kan, now Judge of the Sixth
judicial district, was admitted to the
bar on December G, 1886, and has since
been engaged in the practice of law at
Parsons.
Teachers VIII Look Into Taxes.
cided upon step which marks the first
venture Of the organization into the
political field. The teachers have con-
cluded that the tax system of the state
as the basis Of good schools and they
have decided to investigate the sys-
tenn for the purpose of ascertaining If
improvements cannot be made where
by the schools will be benefited. The
state superintendent, Mr.. Dayhoff, has
appointed a committee of three super
intendents to investigate the state
taxes and report to him and the legis-
lature next year. The members of the
committee are: T. J. Perry, superin-
fendent Of Wabaunsee county; w. w.
Mays. superintendent of Ellsworth
county, and L. NJ. Knowles, superin-
tendent Of Marion county.
Interesting Phase of Truancy Inv.
Fort Scott furnishes an interesting
phase of the truancy law. A man sent
his boy to school. The boy raised such |
q disturbance with teacher and pu-
pills as to threaten the breaking up of |
school and was expelled. The father
says: 81 am liable under the law If l
don't send him." and back the lad
went. Then the board expelled him
and the father sent him back. Next
the county superintendent expelled
him and he was on hand the next day.
Finally the truancy officer got out an
injunction to compel the father to keep
the boy from school.
More Charges Against Campbell.
At the instance of County Attorney
ID. L. Burton, warrants were issued at
Oswego for Representative Dan Camp
bell, Of Bourbon county, charging him
with bribery and attempted bribery on
three counts. One of the counts is
practically identical with the charge
made against him in the indictment re-
turned by the recent Labette county
grand jury, which was subsequently
luashed by Judge Flannelly. !
To Revise Course Of study.
A committee composed of the follow
ng county superinter was named {
BY State Superintendent Dayhoff to re- {
rise the present Kansas course of 8
'tudy in the common schools: ]. w.
Jackson, Reno; Miss Mary McCreary,
lyons; w. F. hurry; Kingman; Frank c
= Ennen, Rice; w. e. Lyon, Lincoln;
lula NJ. Stone, Geary; w. w. Mays,
J. s. Gilman, Leavenworth;
/ r. Wright, Shawnee.
CampbelIs Enviable Position.
In being made a meN,Ser of the com :.
nittee on the District of Columbia :.
Phil Campbell becomes a =
city councilman. The Of
&c carries many privileges and Camp
ell Is being joshed by his friends and
nportuned for theater tickets, rail- =,
'ay passes, etc. !,
Did They XIII Mrs. shortf u
DR.. Eugene P. Notrebe, a specialist :,
Kansas City, and DR.. C. C. Kesner y
nd his son, DR.. G. G. Kesner, of Le-
", are under arrest in Burlington
larged with causing the death of Mrs. -
abelle Short, Of Yates Center, by ad- a,
chloroform carelessly and 70
sgligently. y.
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