The Globe-republican., 1904-12-22

| lNo tHC CouulcoiVlClo VI h1ietWhs
county propose 10 increase the salar
Of every clerk in the court house s
, per month for each new baby born |
bis family, "ln placing a premium
on babies" said W. L. Stcrnc, ore {
the commissioners, I'VE are simpl
carrying out the Republican policy {
encouragement to infant industrie
| and the Roosevelt idea Of big fam
/ les In case Of twins the clerk wi
get a raise Of $40 a month and
! triplets, $15 "'The county board ha
no way of Offering a bounty to tn
} people generally as an inducement t
raise big families" said Mr.. Sterne
"but 1t can reach clerks employed b.
: the county through salary increas
and we propose to do It,
Corn Husking Story. - Reflection
from the Kensington Mirror; Lee
Hobson savs it will take $500 to pa.
two boys for husking corn nine hours
on the 18th day Of this month. Harr!
League husked one hundred bushels
leaving his wagon onehalf mile from
the house at noon to 60 to dinner ant
unloading three loads. Charley Weld
erman husked one hundred and thirty
bushels, going to the house a quarter
Of o mile away with his corn and un
loading four times.
Cheney Is Confirmed. - The ap
pointmcnt OF 0. A. Cheney as post
master at Fort Scott has been con
| firmed by the United States senate
Cheney's appointment was demanded
| by Senator Burton in return for work
done for him. Congressman Bower
sock compromised the matter by d.
yiding the term between Eldon Lowe,
who was an applicant for reappoint-
ment and Mr.. Cheney.
Should Be Encouraged.-W, R. Car
Ter, superintendent of the Topeka
! Industrial school, colored, wants the
| legislature to give his school $1,000
this time. 1t has been giving it 1000.
He says that the institution is trying
| to make useful citizens Of the colorel
youth by teaching them how to 10
things with their hands and that it
, should he encouraged in this work
Z, Auditorium Dedicated.-The $4,000
/ auditorium at the state agricultural
college was dedicated with appr0-
pirate exercises. Regent F. 7, Fair
child, Of Ellsworth, made the address
Of welcome. President =. R. Nichols
| followed with address on aims and
needs Of the college. President A, B.
Storms, Of State college at Ames, Ia,
made The dedication speech.
| Only One pesertion.-Only one de-
sertion from the Kansas national
guard is reported for the past two
years by Adjutant General Kelsey.
During that period 1,0O4 honorable
discharges were issued, thirty-fve
without honor issued, five dishonor-
able, four physical disabilities and
| 1875 mustered out by reason Of COM
paui9s going out Of business.
Child Lost in coId.-The J-year-old
son Of George Lewis Of Jamestown,
near C0ncordia, wandered away from
home and could not be found for "a
hours. He had wandered all day and
night in a corn field north of town
with The thermometer 10 degrees
above zero. He had wadod the creek
in the night and his hands and feet
were badly frozen.
Fire at Y. M. c. Attire, caused by
defective electric wiring. broke out
in the new Railway Y. NJ. G. A. build,
ing at Topeka and for while it was
threatened with destruction. The
department put out the flames after
500 damage had been done. This is
the building of which President
Roosevelt laid the corner stone.
Killed BY FalI.--At Loavenworth
Mrs. Wilhelmina Wederbrook, 50
years old, fell down a stairway and
received injuries from which she died
almost Immediately, at the home Of
her daughter Mrs. John Schneider.
Mrs. Wederbrook had lived in Leav.
euWOrth since 1864
Gasoline Stove Expoded--Mr. and
Mrs. u. L. Myers were badly burn
ed by gasoline explosion at their
home in Topeka. While preparing
breakfast the stove exploded and set
Mrs. Myers clothing on fire. Her
husband succeeded in putting out the
flames, but both were badly burned
about the hands and arms.
Increased Population. Sedan
claims $500 inhabitants. This is an
increase Of about 1000 over last
years population and due to the oil
and gas development in Chautauqua
county.
Implement Men Mact.--Implement
and hardware dealers from all over
Kansas and Oklahoma, as we'll as
manufacturers from other parts Of
the United States, are in Wichita to