The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-10-13
KANSAS COMMENT

Bit by Horse.-The biting Of tn
middle finger Of the 4-year-old son o
Frank Drain Of Anthony by a horst
that he was feeding, necessitated am
putatlon. The finger was stripped o
the flesh NN
Skipped With Purse.-H. Scott,
man arrested near Langford last week
charged with skipping with $500 tina
he was holding at the races at Larnet
has been taken back to Pawnee coun
ty for hearing.
At Any Time.-At Arkansas Cit!
the Mountaineering company thai
Is boring on the Hill Investment com
panys land Is now down more thar
600 feet and is expecting to strike 9
flow Of gas or oil at any time.
For Good Roads.-The good roads
convention was held at Girard in con
junction with the farmers institute
Great interest was manifested by the
farmers and townspeople, and sub
stantial good roads association has
been organized for the county. Hun
dreds of farmers were in town from
all over the county. The court house
was SO crowded that an overflow
meeting was held in the court yard,
To Wreck Train.-An attempt to
wreck passenger train No. 5 on the
Santa Fe, at Raymond, a station IL
miles west Of Sterling was frustrat-
ed by the carefulness of the engineer
who discovered the switch lights out
IN time and stopped before reaching
switches which were found to have
been thrown open and locked. Sus-
picion points to some former railroad
men and search is being made for the
key that locked the switches.
Win Gold MedaI.-At Garden City
word was received that the first gold
medal Of the worlds special compe--
tition on alfalfa seed at st. Louis was
awarded to McBeth & Kinnison.
Kansas seed is second to none. Win
ming the gold medal at the worlds
flair means merely winning the title
Ito it. If the winner is willing to pay
for the medal it is struck, otherwise
all he gets Is diploma.
Certificate Forgery.-Kansas edu.
cational circles are much stirred up
over the discovery made recently that
"A. H, Schoenfeld, an Atchison county
teacher holds a forged teachers GER
|tifcate, which he purchased from the
manufacturer, Riley county printer.
The discovery was made after some
very shrewd detective work on the
part Of |. L. Dayhoff, state superintend-
ent Of school, and o. O. Hastings, sup
erintendent Of the Atchison county
schools. The state superintendent has
now begun an investigation for the
purpose Of ascertaining to what extent
the forgery has been carried on.
About to Clash-The denomination
al and public school systems in Lyon
county are about to clash, In the
south end of the county is a German
Lutheran school where the children
are taught German instead Of En-
glish. 1t has an enrolment Of twenty
pupils The Lyon county school Off
GERS have been investigating the mat
ter and have found that the course
Of study taught in the Lutheran
school is not up to the standard of
the public schools. A truancy officer
has sent notices to the parents of
all children between the ages of s
and Is years that the children are
not conforming with the truancy law
in attending the Lutheran school.
The state school law stipulates that
a private or denominational school
must be equivalent to the public
schools, and that public schools shall
he taught in English. The Germans
have not yet responded.
In Jail Again.-At Wichita Carrie
Nation and her companions, who, af-
ter being convicted in the city court
appealed to the district court and
were released on appeal bonds of $500
each, enjoyed but brief liberty. With
I'm two hours after their release, Mrs.
Nation and Mrs. Myra McHenry were
An the city Jail, charged with disturb
ing the peace.
Too Young to Marry.-A Winfield
fudge denied a couple a marriage II.
cense because the girl is only six.
teen years old. The couple went to
Oklahoma.
Make Test Case.-A farmer arrest,
ed at Chanute for violation Of the
occupation tax ordinance by selling
beef at retail within the city, says
that he will take the case to the su-
preme court. To his Just mind, limo
cent Of the terrors Of law, 1t is IN
reasonable for anyone to expect to
RESTRAIN a farmer from selling the
product Of his soil and labor.
On Serious charge.-David Brown,
one Of the negroes charged with at.
tempting to kill W. T. Sanford and
Joseph Burt at Topeka, has been ar.
rested at Sedalia, Mo.
Fenclnu Class.-The latest fad In