The Globe-republican., 1904-10-27
KANSAS COMMENT

Serious Accidental Viola boy wa
cutting clothes line when the knit
Slipped and slit his eye ball.
Monster Onions. -Trego county Il
raising u and 1S-i.~h onions. On
farmer has a 300 bushel patch.
Earned His Money.--This was {
busy summer for the Hiawatha cour
house janitor. He as compelled tt
NOV the lawn IS times.
A Good Example.-Hore's an exam
pie for women. A Brown county cit
lien of 50 years has put up" 12s
quarts Of fruit this season.
Big Hay Crop.-One hundred acres
OF wild hay in Harvey county yield
ed twice as many tons this year. The
crop has never been beaten.
Share In Dividends. cap
italists have leased land near Cleve-
land, 0. T., and will bore for gas and
oil. Anthony expects to share in the
dividends.
Chose Nelther-With a choice be-
tween the divorce court and suicide
sure cure for domestic trouble an
lola man chose neither. He skipped
with another woman.
Receiver Appointed.-Donald Rob
ertson and William G. Robertson of
Mulvane have been appointed carrier
and substitute, respectively, in the
free delivery rural mail service.
From Own Gas.-At Arkansas City
the Mountaineering company, Of Chi
cago, started two wells in the field
north of town and engines are being
run by the gas from the company's
wells, which were completed short
time ago. Another well will be start
ed in the country between the pres
ent gas wells and town by the Kansas
Oklahoma company.
Woodmen Cut Corn.-At Burlington
"a number of the members of the Mod
Iern Woodmen camp at Halls Summit
showed their brotherly love for Geo.
Bennett, one Of the members of the
camp, by cutting 1853 shocks of corn
for him, Mr.. Bennett has been laid
up for more than a month with a
sprained ankle as a result of an ac-
cident on haystacker, and had got
behind in his work.
Benefits From AIfafa-Robert
Snodgrass of Shawnee county, has a
honey crop of 10000 pounds, with
enough honey left in the hives to
maintain the bees this winter. Just
think OF 10000 pounds of extracted
honey, will you? Five big farm wag-
ION loads of honey. This is one Of the
things alfalfa has done for this part
ot Kansas. Before alfalfa raising be- ,
came general little honey was produc- .
ed in this country.
First Beet shipment,-The first
shipment of beets left st. Francis
when Mark Weidenheimer and John
i. Finley each shipped a carload to
the sugar factory at Ames, Neb, Mr.,
|Weidenheimer gathered little over
tWenty-one tons from single acre. All +
beet growers are harvesting and from
this time forward the shipment will
be brisk and continuous for several
weeks. Beets will prove the most
profitable crop in the valley this year
Cavalry Transferred The head
quarters band and the First squadron
OF cavalry, including more than 800
officers and men, under command of
ICol. E. z, Steever, Fourth cavalry,
have been transferred to Fort Walla
IWalla, Washington, from Fort Riley
Kan. 1t will be relieved by the First
squadron Of the Ninth cayalyry, a ne
gro squadron. The Ninth will be the
hrst negro troops to be stationed at
Fort Riley in almost twenty years,
Ask for Franchise.-Paul Norton
secretary of the navy, is the seMor
partner OF the firm of Morton G. Lev
erlhg,Whlch struck two rich gas wells
recently near Arkansas City. They
are the first wells that have been
STRUCK in that vicinity and the people
are enthusiastic. Morton & Lever.
ing are asking for franchise to SUD.
ply Arkansas City with natural gas.
Much Capital InvoIved-Thirty mil.
lion dollars capital is represented by
nine firms of pillow manufacturers who
are defendants in an Injunction be.
fore the federal court at Wichita.
Unitarian Conference. Mis-.
Isouri Valley Unitarian conference is
being held at Topeka. Some of the
principal speakers are: Prof W. Fl.
ICarruth OF Lawrence, Mrs. J, j. Marsh
Iof Lincoln, Mrs. Chas. Ferguson of
Kansas City, and Mrs. Alice Barber
Bennett Of Lawrence.
For Examination.-Eyerett A. Pal.
Imer OF Eldorado, Edward D. Hardcas.
|tle OF Emporia Mark Thompson of
Norton and David M. Randall Of New.
ton have been designated for exanina.
Ition to be appointed second lieuteD.
ants in the marine corps.
Choice Potatoes.-A. ]. Watson, who