The Globe-republican., 1904-03-10
KANSAS COMMENT.
KANSAS

"a LAND SALE.--W. 0verfleld latel
sold twenty-five acres Of land nea
Hiawatha for $3.50, or Slal per acre
RAISED A SURpLus.--At the dedica
ton Of the new N. =. Grace churcl
Sunday at Winfield $500 had to b
raised before the ceremony could taxi
place. Within an hour 50, 200 was snb
scribed.
COMMITTEE SUCCESSFUL. The com
mittee appointed at Wichita to sell
$4,000 worth Of the Orient construc
ton company stock completed its can
vass and succeeded in disposing ofthat
amount.
Dusr STORM ON WHARF.-The dust
storm is reported from junction City
as having done great damage to wheat
fields by blowing the dirt away from
the roots. A like report comes from
Hutchinson.
The TRANSFERS STRrKE-Kansas
City, Kas.. is having its share OF
troubles over the truckmen's strike, A
driver was stoned SO as to be hurt Sc
verely by union drivers, the mob being
mostly made up Of negroes.
FAMINE or TEACHERS. For the first
time in the history of Wichita there is
famine Of teachers in the public
schools. There is at present one va
cancy in the regular list and there are
no substitutes to fill the place.
To ENJOY HER PRIZE. Mrs. N. Pers-
son, of Hiawatha, has gone to Ores
den, Germany. A few years ago, for
her excellent sketching and landscape
work, Mrs. Person was awarded q
1000 prize which entitled her to q
four years scholarship in the Dresden
art school. She goes to take up this
work.
A MlLLERs' TRUsT.--It is published
that the Topeka millers have served
notice on the local groccrs that they
must not handle outside -four under
penalty Of having no Topeka -four to
handle In addition to this the To-
peka millers will advance the price
The grocers met to decide upon plan
OF action.
Two BURGLAR GANos.-Morton Al.
baugh, state bank commissioner, says
there are no less than twenty robbers
operating in the state. They are d.
vided, he believes, into two gangs.
Within the past eighteen months more
than twenty state and private banks
have been robbed and also railroad
stations and big mercantile establish
ments. But they steer clearof national
banks and postoffices in order to keep
out Of federal courts.
DRILLING IN SAND HILLs.-An oil
man representing one of the big oil
concerns in Southeastern Kansas, has
leased several thousand acres Of land
in the sand hills just north of Hutchin-
son, and has moved the big well drill
ing outfit Of the Hutchinson, Kansas,
Salt Company there. Work will be
started and a hole will DO sunk 5000
feet at point on the south slope Of
the hills, where evidences Of oil have
recently been discovered.
95TH BlRTHDAY.-Mrs. C. NJ, Rice, or
''Auntien Rice as she is known, cello
brated her ninety-ffth birthday ut
Hiawatha on February %, Washing.
toms birthday. She was the subject
Of much attention and was the recip- |
lent Of many presents on that day. |
Mrs. Rice still retains her keen hear
ing, has fairly good eyesight and a
brilliant mind. ,She insists that she
will be a centenarian. She still re-
tains her wonderful memory,
FROM INDUSTRIAL School Mrs.
Dassler, superintendent Of the Kansas
art exhibit at the worlds fair, has
made arrangement with Mrs, Perry,
superintendent of the Industrial school
Tor Girls at Beloit for an exhibition Of
needle and art work at the exposition.
Mrs. Dassler considers the work of
;hese girls above the average.
SCATTERED Corn SnocKs.--IA the
Kaw valley corn shocks were scattered
md limbs blown from trees. Thesand
storm came with the velocity Of tor
lado.
Now A PENsIoNER. Jonas Stafford,
II Dodge City, is said to be the Oldest
,mploye Of the Santa Fe. Flo began
work for the Santa Re in 1868, on the
rack between Atchison and Topeka in
,harge OF construction gang and be
las never left the service since. For
'ourteen years in succession he did not
wen lose an hour in ''laying off," At
Eighty years Of age he is still hale and
hearty and until recently has had