The Globe-republican., 1905-01-12
KANSAS COMMENT

state grain inspector. He believes he
has a good show to win. He buys
grain for o Topeka milling firm.
Needing Moisture. - Pratt county
farmers have had no rain since last
summer, and while the prospects for
wheat are not so bright, there prom
ises to be an abundance Of corn
ground.
Leavenworth Joint Robbed. - Two
masked men held up saloonkeeper
named Anton Trum in North Leaven.
worth and relieved him of SIG which
was in the cash drawer, besides TAX
Ing his revolver This is the third
time Trum's place has been held up
in this way.
Has Smallpox. - "Bob' McGoni-
GAL Of Colby, one Of the Republican
leaders Of the Sixth district, will not
be at Topeka to help run things this
winter. He has taken down with the
smallpox. He Is brother Of G. S.
McGonigal, the Republican polititian
of Kansas City Kan.
Tax Limit Higher. & State Superin-
tendent Dayhoff believes that school
officers in Kansas should receive
more pay, that the tax limit should
be made considerably higher, and that
the qualifications of teachers should
be raised. The last proposition may
be said to include the second.
A Great State. - Many Of the little
towns over the state that never
thought Of such thing are now enjoy
ing the luxury of burning gas. In
many Of the towns drillers are at work
prospecting and drilling for gas and
oil and they are invariably success
full. Kansas is, indeed, becoming a
great state.
Poultry Show cIosed..-The Wichi- |
to Poultry and Pet Stock Association
closed lis fourteenth annual exhibit
ton. Over $50 birds were In the show
room. The scores were unusually |
high, and the competition in all !
classes was exceedingly warm. The |
veteran, |. X. Fetch, of Natick, Mass,
Judged the stock.
Struck BY Live Wire.-0n January
3 while Ex-Governor W. ., Stanley
was driving past in front of The Man
haitian hotel, at Wichita, live wire
fell and struck him on the shoulder.
He did not receive any of the current.
As the wire glanced off from him it
fell ON the horse. The shock knock
ed the horse down. It's injury was
slight.
County Delivery Soon. - Represen'
tativo Campbell was notified by the
postoffice department that county de
livery will be instituted in Crawford
and Cherokee counties, Kan, as soon
as the inspectors can make the prop
er arrangements, When the new
routes are added to those already es-
tablished It will give the county from
thirty to forty routes,
Legislator Hurt.-At Pleasanton D,
A. Warren, Republican Representa-
tiye-elect from Linn county, had his
collar bone broken and is in a
serious condition. He was at his
home, and while leading two horses
one of them reared up and struck him
with its hoof II is doubtful if he will
be able to attend the session Of the
legislature till it is nearly over,
Kin to conger,--Since the death Of
John Dillon at Salina by his falling
downstairs, it has developed that his
name was Conger, and not Dillon. II +,
Is also said that he Is highly connect I
ed in Indiana, and that he Is a rela-
tive Of Minister Conger, who repre-
sents the United States in China, In
diana relatives have been notified and
the body will be held pending an an
swer.
Fight Gas company.-At lndepend-
ence mass meeting was called by
the mayor to formulate q plan to Sc
cure municipal ownership of gas wells
and establish city plant. The legis'
lature will be asked to pass bill au'
thorizing the city to issue bonds to
the amount of $2J0,O0O TO buy the
present plant of the Kansas Natural
Gas Company or to establish one in
competition.
Can Pay "Tax Ferrets. - Attorney
General Coleman has ruled that
county commissioners can legally pay
a commission to tax ferrets' for
turning up property secreted from
taxation. In several counties ferrets
have recently been employed to find
property hidden from taxation. This
of course, is very distasteful to the
tax dodgers, and they have threaten
ed in several instances to enjoin the
county board from paying commission
10 the ferret. In order to get rul'
Inc on the question county board, {
which has thus been threatened,
wrote the attorney general and he has !
replied that the board has a legal I
right to pay the ferret. II
ORGANIZE Reform League. The