The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-12-15

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week Of December 18th, to be held
| in the Toler Auditorium, This Is
the first large exhibit Of pure food
products ever 6 )wn in The South
west. 1t will be given under the aus.
pices of the Wholesale and Retail
Merchants Association and many ex-
hibits will go direct from the
Worlds Fair" to Wichita for that
occasion. Demonstrators Of the diff,
ferent food products are to be made
every day and thousands of samples
and souvenirs will be given away
free.
Rural Route Men.-The rural car
riers of Brown county have organized
a county association and the following
are the officers: President, Harvey
X. Seburn, Of Hiawatha; vice-presi-
dent, William Simpson, Of Robinson;
secretary, John Lydick, of Hamlin;
treasurer, Lafayette Ball, of Hia.
watha, There are twenty-five rural
routes in this county at present, and
more have been petitioned for. H.
]. Seburn, the president Of the new
organization, was the first rural car.
rier in Brown county,
Warning Of FIoods.-The measure.
ment day by day, Of the stage of the
Kaw and Smoky Hill rivers, has be-
gun. Stations equipped with gauges
have started work and daily reports
are made. The result is tabulated
and sent to P. Conner, observer in
Kansas City, No. During the spring
and early summer the daily stages
will be telegraphed in order to inform
communities down stream Of impend-
ing flood danger
Short on Cattle. - The packing
houses at Wichita are having hard
time to get enough cattle to fill their
orders, Every day the buyers at the
stock yards have larger orders than
they are able to fill, The packing
houses are having heavy orders for
butcher cattle and are killing large
numbers daily, In spite of this they
are unable to secure the number of
cattle necessary to supply their
trade.
Another One Dies.-Robert Vine.
yard, a young business man Of Well
ington died Of typhoid fever con-
tracted at the wedding of the daught-
| er Of Ex.county Treasurer Winner.
More than fifty of the guests of that
function, nearly all people of prom.
inence, we're taken down with the
disease, believed to have been caus-
ed by some impurity in the food serv-
ed by the caterer.
Leaped From Train.--0liver Pick.
EFT, charged with violating his parole,
was being brought back to the State
Reformatory at Hutchinson from To.
peka, when he leaped from a Santa
Fe train inside the city limits, dur
ing the absence of Officer ]. w, Lib
engood, who thought his prisoner
safe with handouts on. He made
| good his escape.
| oil at WinfieId.-The discovery Of
oil in the city's well at the fair
grounds at Winfield is causing great
excitement. This well was drilled
under contract for the city last win
ter AT depth Of 1000 feet oil sand
was struck and found to be thirty.fve
feet thick.
Right.of-way secured.-The survey
has been made and the right-of-way
for 1875 miles secured for the Gulf,
Hutchinson and Northwestern rail
road, and it is reported that the work
of throwing dirt will begin in the
spring.
Acquitted Of charse.-R. l.. Mar.
tin has been acquitted of the charge
of strangling his wife to death on o.
tober 5. Evidence showed that she
had taken poison of her own free
will.
Charter Withdrawn.-The Kansas
City Stock Yards company will not
incorporate in Kansas, the appllca-
ton for a charter to operate in Kan.
sas having been withdrawn.
| Won't Quit Smashing. - Blanche
Boise refuses to agree not to smash
any more windows and therefore will
have to serve her time out In the To-
peka JAIL The county commissioners
figure it Is economy to pay her board
rather than any more prosecution
costs.
Report Denied.-The report that
the Hutchinson Salt company has
abandoned Its well at Caldwell is de-
MED by the officials themselves. Much
trouble is being experienced by cave
ms, but the company expects to over
come these and continue drilling.
Poultry show-The Ninth Annual
show of the Harvey County Poultry
association is in session at Newton.
The number Of entries Is larger than
ever before, more than 1000 fine birds
being shown, as pet stock of all kinds.
The entries are from all parts of the