The Globe-republican., 1905-09-21
KANSAS COMMENT


where he was engaged in stripping
cane for the sorghum mill of the in.
stitution, and has not been heard from
since. A field Of corn adjoins the cane
patch on the east, and the convict is
supposed to have gone In that direc.
ton.
Game Law In Force.-The first case
brought under the game law has been
decided by district Judge at WITCH.
ita. He held the law constitutional
and held further that man with a
hunters license must have the writ.
ten consent Of the land owners on
both sides Of road before he can
even hunt in the road.
4 buffalo Jones" Resigns. - G. J.
Jones, better known as Buffalo
JONES' for number of years resi-
dent Of Wichita during the early days,
and well known by the early settlers
of southern Kansas, has resigned as
game warden of the Yellowstone park,
and will move to Arizona and devote
his attention to raising buffalo on his
ranch in the Grand Canon timber re-
serve.
Naval cadetships Coming. - AL
though Kansas is entitled to twenty
scholarships in the naval academy at
Annapolis, she only has seven stu
dents there. This is not the fault Of
the school, but of Kansas. Her boys
seem unable to pass the examination
required. Only one Kansas boy-Will
Leland, son of Cy Leland, passed the
last examination. Six failed.
Binding Legislative Journals.-Fred
Knapp, chief clerk of the house, and
W. S. Kretsinger, secretary of the SEN
ate, have completed their indexes to
the legislative journals. The state
printer is now binding the books. They
are about two-thirds the size of the
old legislative journals, and will not
cost the state much more than half
what the old ones did. All superf1u-
Gus matter was cut out.
! Say It's Petty Graft. = At we'll
attended meeting of the State Grain
Mems Association, held at Topeka,
the grain men almost unanimously de-
lcided to employ legal action at once
to stop the custom of grain commits
sion firms at Kansas City of deduct
ing 100 pounds from the weight of ev-
cry car of grain regardless of quality
or price they receive from shippers.
The grain shippers argue that it is
a petty graft and propose to stop it.
Experimental Road Making. - The
Legislature made an appropriation for
the purpose of experimenting with
new method of town and country road
building. The work is being done Tin
der the direction of the board of re-
gents of the State Agricultural Col
lege, and Prof Albert Dickens, pro-
fessor of horticulture and superintend-
ent Of orchards and gardens, has been
selected to oversee the work. A quar-
ter of mile will be built at Hutch
inson and quarter Of mile will be
built at Manhattan.
Charged With Murder.-Fred Vols,
member of prominent family in We'll
lington, was arrested charged with
the murder of Ray Shaffer, real
estate man at Newkirk, o. t., April
10, and was taken back to that city
by Under Sheriff Moore, of Kay coun-
ty. Shaffer was shot about IL o'clock
at night while returning from the de-
pot, robbery being the motive. He
lived long enough to give descrip-
ton of his assailant. Vols, who was
here with his wife on visit, has been
under surveillance for some time.
Wesleyan University Opens. = The
Wesleyan University opened at Salina
with the largest enrolment in the his
tory of the school. The opening ad-
dress was delivered by Hon. ]. ].
Bristow. y
chanute's Carnegie Library. - The
workmen employed on the public Il
brary building have been delayed on
account of rain. The second Of the
engraved tablets, the one bearing the
word Carnegie, 1906" which belongs
south of the main entrance, has been
set In place, and the front is in a
measure beginning to assume shape.
A request has been sent to the man
ager Of Carnegie's library fund ask
ing for $4,000, this amount having
been spent already for material and
labor.
Attached Machinery.-The Interna-
tional Harvester Company tries to
dodge its taxes just like other people.
1t failed to pay $3.50 in taxes in Re-
public county last year. The sheriff
caught carload of its machinery in
the railroad yards at Belleville the
other day and attached 1t for the taxes.
The company had to dig UP.
Lives With Broken Neck. - q. R.