The Globe-republican., 1905-09-07
KANSAS COMMENT

merchants nave asked 1oT decrease
in rates on Wyoming coal. They
claim Wichita has "a rate, while
theirs is $3.50, Notwithstanding the
fact they are thirty miles closer to
Wyoming. They want the same rate
as Wichita.
Drouth In Dickinson county.-Over
three weeks no rain has fallen in this
couAty and 1t is believed by farmers
that the upland corn has been dam
aged 80 per cent. The bottom land
corn Is more nearly made" and will
be a fair crop. The county will raise
only little more corn than last
year.
chanute Sees Better Days. = The
National Refining Company, Of Cleve-
land, o.. the leading opponent Of the
Standard OIL Company in the west,
has made proposition to the Chanute
Commercial Club for the establish
ment Of monster refinery here to re-
fine at least 5000 barrels Of crude oil
per day.
Drowned at Ness City. - Torra
Ohama, a Japanese boy with Camp
bell Bros. show, was drowned in Sun
set lake just west Of Ness City. He
with some companions and his broth
er went. to the lake to take bath and
after being in the water but few
minutes he took cramps and went un-
der.
! Continue to Raid Joints. - Sheriff
Pratt and an under Sheriff arrived at
Caney from independence and found
one joint open. They arrested James
Campbell, A. Toner and G. Huffman,
bartenders for G. w. Connolly, pro-
prietor, who Is now in Colorado. Con-
nelly is now under bond not to sell
liquor for two years.
f; For tuberculosis Patients. - Secre-
tary s. J. Crumbine, of the state
board Of health, says the physicians
Of the state will use their influence
to have the next legislature establish
a hospital for the treatment Of tuber-
culosis. He says one is badly needed
and that 1t should be located in West
ern Kansas, where the air Is light.
Barton County Fair.-The sixth an
nual meeting of the Barton county
fair opened at Great Bend with a
large crowd in attendance. 1t prom
ises to be the largest meeting ever
held here. Races will be the 2:1S
pace, the 3-year-old trot, the 2:35 pace,
the three-quarter-mile dash and the
five-mile branded cow-pony relay race.
An immense crowd is expected. Elk
cursions on the Missouri Pacific will
be run.
Asleep on Track. - John Christie,
who lives near Mound Valley, was run
over by freight train near Oswego
and instantly killed. Christie had
been to Joplin on a Frisco excursion
and was returning to his home at
Mound Valley. 1t is supposed that
when he reached Oswego he thought
he had reached Mound Valley, and got
off the train. He walked back down
the track about mile and lay down
on the track and went to sleep.
Knocked Out the Umpire. Lon
Townsend, king Of Topeka jointists,
is entitled to wear the crown. He
has shown himself. to be holy terror
in fist fight as we'll as in handling
booze against the laws made provid-
ed. Gus Alberts, an umpire in the
Shiveley baseball league, heard that
Townsend was talking about him. He
went to Townsend's wholesale joint
to see about 1t. Townsend knocked
him down and kicked him in the ear.
He turned the other ear up and Town
send kicked 1t, too Albert says he
will swear out warrant for Town.
sends arrest.
Grasshoppers Eat Corn.-Grasshop-
pers are the cause of an immense de-
struction to the corn In Leavenworth
county this year. Ordinarily the ma
tive grasshopper is not considered a
pest. but this year they are more nu-
merous than usual and consequently
the damage is more apparent than be-
fore. Farmers say that the destruc-
'tion will be greater next year unless
the winter Is severe enough to de-
stroy the eggs. Their favorite diet
appears to be corn leaves and husks,
but in some instances they devour en-.
tire patches of weeds also.
Killed by cave-in.--John Baumgart-
ner, who was working with a gang ex-
cavating under the Santa Fe tracks
near Dodge City, was instantly killed
by wall Of dirt falling on his head.y
Many Jails Empty. = The Jail Of
Brown county is empty. That is not
the only jail in Kansas that is empty.
There are seven county jails in the
Seventh congressional district alone
that are without an occupant. Kan
sans are not going to Jail this year
tEey are going to Europe and the Port
land fair.
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