The Globe-republican., 1905-11-23

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they will convert into a flrst-class
club house. VIt cost them $4,000 and
they will spend $4,000 improving 1T "
Tie Preacher Knows.-W Whenever
hypocrite gets prominent in church
work, says the Osborne Farmer, peoi,
pie always say: Il should think
someone would tell the preacher about
him. Don't worry about the preach
er. HE isn't being fooled for a min
ute.
Turkeys for Expressmen. - The
Wels-Fargo Express Company,
through its local agent, placed an pr-
der with the j. P. Baden Produce
Company for 500 turkeys to supply,
the employees OF the Kansas division
with Thanksgiving birds, with the
compliments Of the company.
Farm Lands Sell Well. -- Four hun
dred acres Of farm land in Ridge town
ship, Dickinson county, sold for g$1GT
b00 A. X. Ruse sold 100 acres north
eastfof Abilene for $4,000 cash., More,
land buyers are in central Kansas
than ever before and land prices con-
tinue high with farms in good de-
mand.
Problem Solved. A shaleonaire is
getting rich off his Trego county gold
sha1e land He has quit looking for
gold and gone to raising onions on
it. People who got swindled on the
shale game have always wondered
what the gold shale land was good
for. They are glad to, know that 1t
will produce onions. 4.-...s.,4.
Franklin County Fair Paid Out. -
Contrary to all expectations every
expense incurred by the fair INCLUDE
ing the premium list In full, have
been paid and there is still 5000 left
in the bank to the credit of the fair
fund. Considering the bad weather
that lasted during the entire fair
week, this is not only unexpected but
is remarkable.
The Way to Get inf you are con-
templating a visit to the Atchison
county Jail you will have to postpone
1t for awhile. The sheriff has posted
a notice that no visitors will be ad-
mitted there until the smallpox scare
subsidies. This quarantine, however,
doesn't apply to people charged with
crime. They will be admitted any
old time, regardless of smallpox or
any other pest.
Abstract Covers $3.50 Pages. -
Judge s. S. Ashbaugh, Of Wichita,
chief counsel for Kansas in the Kan
as-Colorado water suit, left for Den
yer, Col, to revise the last proofs of
the abstract Of testimony in the case.
The abstract will then be shipped to
Topeka to be presented to the SUI
preme court The testimony is com
posed of 1859 typewriter pages Of
300 words each, making 2,5677Oo
words.
Dropped the Guardsman. =, For the
first time under the new law. a sol.
dier has been dropped from the ranks
of the Kansas national guard because
he failed to attend drill, The soldier
who has been given his Dismissal
without the customary honorable
attached is Chester B. Kellar, Of Com
pany |, Emporia. The discharge
says that Kellar must leave the ranks
of the guard for the good Of the. SER
vice. 1t il expected that the example
which has been made Of Mr., Kellar
will serve to show that the new order,
of things under which the guard Is
conducted means business, and that
unless the enlisted men attend to
business they had better step out,
Gathering Statistics. - G. F. Good
ing, special agent Of the census bur
eau, has completed the statistics Of
wealth, debt and taxation In Wichita,
and sent his report to the department.
Mr.. Gooding has spent three weeks
going over the records in the city
clerks Office and making up his stat
istics, which show what the cost Of
running the city is for each year,
what the value of the property is, to-
tailed by different classes, and the
rates and amounts of taxes. A num-.
Der of large books were filled with
tables from the records in the office
of the city clerk.
Plague Of Dphtherla. The state
board Of health has taken charge of
the diphtheria epidemic that has
Yates Center In its grasp. Physicians
and medicines have been sent there
to combat the disease and it is hoped
to stop the further spreading of 1t. AL
ready the local physicians have for
hidden any public gatherings and adj
vised against any private parties or
gatherings Of any kind, until the dis
ease has been checked. Six deaths
have resulted since It first started, a
week ago.
Toronto Schools Closed. w District