The Globe-republican., 1904-10-20
KANSAS COMMENT

land near SedgwlcA SOLO ofiSbS an.
acre last week, And yet "a. party
left that town for Texas to LOOK at'
Southern lands. Hl
Another Hole.-The Kan.0kla Oil
and Gas Developing company will also
drill hole near Arkansas City.
Enough holes, and Arkansas City will
yet strike the real thing"
Causes Excitement.-0il has been
found one and one-half miles west Of
Pawnee Rock, and appears to be Of
good quality. There is great excite
ment in town over the find.
Rural Route carriers-Ed. J. Plaff
and Jay R. Cox of Hazelton have been
appointed rural route carriers out Of
Med.sin Lodge with these substitutes:
Fred Plat and Mrs. Nettie Cox.
More Rural Routes.-Rural free de-
livery routes to be established in
Kansas November IT, Goessel, Mar
ion county, route No. /; Natoma o.
borne county, routes Nos. / and 2.
Forging checks.-After prelimi'
nary hearing, c. Il. Farrell, charged
with forging and passing checks on
banks where he had no money was
bound over to the district court.
Missing Agent.-A rural route car.
rier has reported having seen a man
near South Haven who answers the
description of Guy Gardner, the miss.
ing Santa Re agent at Winfield. Card
ner's father is making a search.
Swell Garrison.-Word Is received
at Fort Leavenworth that Company A,
of the signal corps, is now on the way
here from Fort Meyer, W. Va. The
company number of 100 men and will
swell the number of the Fort Leaven-
worth garrison to 1000, the largest
number ever stationed here.
Will Hold Contest.-At a recent
meeting of the Lyon county teachers
association, President Wilkinson of
the state normal announced that next
spring in Emporia not later than APP
ril, contest will be held in which
teachers holding certificates above
the third grade will be permitted to
enter. The contestants will be one
teacher from each county, with the
teachers association exercise given in
each county during the year. State
prizes will be given in this contest.
Educator Promoted.-Arthur T.
Walker, professor of Latin language
and literature In the university of
Kansas, has been engaged to teach
Latin in Cornell university during
the summer session of 1906. Prof
Walker will take the place formerly
filled by Prof. Bennett, the author Of
Benefits Latin grammar. Prof.
Walker received his A. B. at the I'm.
iversity Of New York City, his Mater
degree at the Vanderbilt university
and his Phi. D. at the university of
Chicago.
Profitable crop.-C. 0. Graham, a
business man of Logan, Kan, plant.
ed a 17-acre tract of land on the Sol.
ONION river bottom to cabbage. 1t
required many hours of arduous la
Dor, but the work was carefully done
and now he is reaping the fruits of
his toll. Careful cultivation and a
favorable season produced a crop that
Is estimated at fully one million
pounds of choice cabh"~n The crop
flooded the local market and supplied
the neighboring towns at prices rang.
ing around 81 hundred pounds. A
little figuring will show that the in.
come derived from this little cabbage
patch would purchase several 27,acre
tracts.
New DEPARTMENT. Is said that
the greatest opening for young man
in this country right now is the
science Of road building. If it proves
so, the Kansas university will nc
doubt establish road building de
partment in connection with It's
school Of engineering.
Teachers Meetlnc.-Asst. State
Superintendent Dyer Of Topeka ad
dressed the Dickinson County Teach
ers Association at Abilene. Officer
were elected for next year as follows
W. B. Hall, Abilene, president; Mis-
Della Rankin, Solomon, secretary
Sugar Rates Lower. Sata r
general freight Office announced anoth
er general cut on sugar rates from
New Orleans to Kansas and Oklahc
ma points, bringing the rate down t
II cents per hundred This Is don
to meet the rate made by other road
to Missouri river points
Many Lodges IncIuded.-The Ger
ira Protective Association began IT
sessions In 0lathe. The associato
is composed of Anti-Horse.Thie asst
atoms and Is for the prevention {
crime. This district includes 20
lodges In Kansas and Missouri.
Into Boiling Waterford has bee
received Of an awful accident ths
happened eight miles south Of Fol
Scott to the 3.year.old.child NJ u