The Globe-republican., 1904-07-07
River Runs Around Bridge. --whlle

on dry land several miles from the
stream. The bridge was built severa
years ago at great expense to the PEG
pie Of Noble and was the pride Of tht
town. It was Of no small benefit be
ing the means Of bringing farmers t
Noble from q big territory In thf
FChickasawg nation, THE people q
Noble say they will build another
bridge over the new stream.
Terrible Hall Storn,.-Reports Of de
vestation by the terrible storm thai
swept the Blue and Kaw valleys just
east of Manhattan, were brought II
by farmers, who say the damage te
crops was most severe. In many
places small hail stones fell, complete
My covering the ground and splitting
corn stalks into ribbons. In other 10
calities hail as large as hens eggs fell
Orchards were stripped Of their fruit
and oats and wheat just ready tc
harvest were beaten to the ground.
oil Leases Hgher-There have been
some big trades in the oil country
about Chanute, during the past week.
despite the untoward influence of a
food, which has now, however, happi'
ly subsidized. A party Of Minneapolis
people bought some leases south and
southeast of the city and they paid a
good price for them. Some Iowa fl
nanciers bought large tract west OF
town and will 60 to work drilling on
1t right away. e
Secures Gas Rlghts.-The 1ndepend'
ence Gaas company, which proposes
10 pipe gas to Joplin Topeka and Kan
sas city, paid $55O,OOO for the local
gas holding of the Consolidated Gas
& Oil Manufacturing company The
new company secures the gas right
on $4,000 acres Of land and will have
1OO,00O,OO0 cubic feet Of gas a day at
their plants at Independence, SYRIA
cuse, Bolton and Jefferson.
Explosion of FireWorks.-Four boys
were injured by the explosion Of fire
works and cheap cannon in Hutchin-
son. One, Jennie Jamison, was Sc
verely injured. His jaw was broken,
two, fngers shot away and several
teeth knocked out. He will recover.
Hutchinson people did not celebrate,
but many of them went to Sylvia and
Sterling.
will Bore at Horton.-The business
men Of Horton have circulated Pc
titlon and raised $4,000 for the pur-
pose or boring prospect hole for
oil, and an organization will be eff
| fected in a few days. The state &C.
ologist will visit Horton and recon-
mend a place for the boring.
Drowned In Ditoh.-Mary and Clara
Holthaus, IL and Q years old, respec-
lively, we're drowned near Seneca, in
ditch. They had gone to the place
with their father to see the results
Of the recent heavy rain. The bank
gave away and they fell into the
water.
Milling by EIectricity.-The Alex
ander Milling company at Winfield
has installd its own electric lighting
plant. Some day, each bolter, reel,
and stand of rolls in the mill will be
run by a separate motor.
Bonds Voted.-Wellington had an
election on issuing bonds for water,
lights and natural gas, The first two
propositions named carried, but the
bonds for prospecting for natural
gas was defeated.
Attend Wedding. - Congressman
Charles Scott and Victor Murdoch,
with their wives, attended the wedding
at Medicine Lodge Of Ralph FaIon,
the private secretary Of Senator Ches'
ter l. Long.
Phillips County Wheat-It Is in good
condition and will make an immense
yield, providing the crop is not beaten
down by hail or rain. The present
prospects for a fine corn crop are
favorable.
Saved by Twenty Feet.-A Waverly
man blowing in the heat Of the day
left his team to get a drink. When 20
feet away a flash Of lightning killed
the horses.
Cement Abutments.-Harvey county
Is building its new bridges with Port
land cement abutments.
Outlook Never Better.-John Keif-
ner, a resident of Garden Plain, said
in Wichita that wheat will make rs
bushels per acre in the vicinity OF
Garden Plain, and that the general
outlook was never better for all of
the CROPS, adding that in all Of the
twenty years that he has lived in this
part Of Kansas he has never seen the
wheat and corn better
Is Dead.-A. P. Wall, a farmer who
lived at Lawrence, is dead from a
paralytic stroke. His widow was at
one time national president Of the
4 Woman's Relief Corps. q
viii Raise Sheep.-Fred Dold, Of
Wichita, will GO into the sheep rails
Ing business on a large scale If his
alfalfa turns out as bountifully as
he is expecting 1T to. He has an acre
Of the finest alfalfa that has been seen
in this section of Kansas. His idea
Is to buy a small amount of corn and
feed 1000 head of sheep on the al.