The Globe-republican., 1905-06-22
KANSAS COMMENT
DODGE CITY,
KANSAS

Operated Joint. Chod Thomas
was found guilty at Winfield in po-
lice court Of operating joint con
trary to the prohibitory law and sen
fenced to pay $1,000 fine and to spend
300 days in the county jail. He ap-
pealed..
Closed Clyde Joints. - The county
attorney has concluded an inquisition
into the liquor violations in Clyde
and secured evidence sufficient to in
dict all the saloonists. The Clyde
joints are closed by order Of the
mayor.
lnaugurated New Service. The
Kansas & Southern railroad has in
augurated Sunday passenger service,
leaving Arkansas City at 11:15 a. m.
for Geuda Springs and Anthony. The
train reaches Geuda springs each
way in time for Sunday dinner.
Must 90 to Prson.--A jury in the
case Of Homer Lamotte, charged with
committing larceny from Santa Fe
freight cars in the yards at Arkan-
sas City, returned verdict of guilty.
The conviction carries with it pen
atty Of from one to seven years.
Small Fire Near Florence.--A large
tent belonging to II. Wolfenberger,
who is doing some grading for the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail
road, two miles west of Florence,
caught fire from sparks from an en-
CINE late Tuesday and was completely
destroyed. Five horses were burned
to death. The loss is more than
$1,000.
Again Drinking Geuda Water. - A
temporary injunction has teen issued
against James futile, owner of the
springs at Gueda, restraining him
from charging for the water The
people are now using the water as
they have for the past eighteen years.
The hearing of the case will take
place on June Is in the district court
of Cowley county.
Charged With Robbery. James
Lewis, negro about rs years old,
was arrested charged with the bur-
glary of four Wichita homes. The
robberies have taken place within the
past week. Lewis was arrested in an
East Douglass avenue pawnshop
while trying to dispose of a gold
watch which had been stolen from the
home Of DR.. Fabrique, a prominent
Wichita physician.
I Great Alfalfa Crop. - Albert Robi-
doux was in Goodland recently. He
said: Il sowed 40 acres of alfalfa
the 9Th day of March, and that same
field is ready to cut and stands from
a foot to IS inches high. In few
years will have one Of the finest al
falfa meadows in the state of Kan
sas." 1t is a remarkable thing to cut
alfalfa three months after sowing.
Men Teachers Scarce. = Though
their salaries run from $50 to $40 a
month, men teachers for principals
of the smaller town schools in Brown
county are almost impossible to get.
There are more than enough women
teachers, but the young men seem to
prefer to work for less money every
month in the year than to take
teachers place for from seven to nine
months at a good salary.
Damage to Notwithstanding the
past week the web worm has been
very destructive in number of corn
fields in this county. South of juno
ton City about FIVE miles is a field
of about five acres where the corn has
been completely killed. Every stalk
of corn in the field Is wilted and is
lying on the ground covered with the
white web left by this worm. The
worm has already made its appear
ance in many other fields in that VI
cinity.
| Appalling Waste Of Gas. - County
Gas Inspector Laney has just COM
pleted his inspection in Montgomery
county and reports that only one gas
using plant in the county, the Caney
glass factory, is complying with the
law. respecting waste Of natural gas.
He says the waste of gas in this
county is appalling Those guilty are
belligerent and refuse to obey the or
ders of the inspectors. The law is
stringent and the inspectors say they
will resort to the courts.
Testimony For Kansas. Testimony
for Kansas was taken at Hutchinson
in the case of Kansas against Color
ado, involving the right to use the
waters Of the Arkansas river for irrl-
cation purposes. Witnesses testified
as to the underflow Of the river, and
compared the quantity Of water In the
river with that Of ten years ago. The
Kansas side of the case will be com.
pleted in Topeka on June II, Is and
49, Soon after this the evidence will
be submitted to the United States SUI
preme court by Special Commission