The Globe-republican., 1905-10-12

Hasn't Paid lts Taxes.--rhe Illinois
Life Insurance Company has failed 70
pay the taxes on Its securities held
BY the state superintendent. and the
treasurer Of Shawnee county issued q
tax warrant for $4,000 due from the
company. 1t was placed in the hands
of the sheriff and he must now devise
some way to collect It.
Great Bend Pastor TO Leave. -- Rev.
volncy Evcrs has arranged to leave
Great Bend and will sever his conncc-
ton as pastor Of the Methodist church
in about three weeks. He will SO to
the Oregon conference and will have
charge at Seattle Rev. Summerville,
Of Oregon, formerly a Kansas minister,
will preach for the Great Bend Meth
odists the balance Of the conference
year.
Would Not Announce Frank Nelson,
former State Superintendent OF Public
Instruction, has gone on a lecturing
tour in some OF the states in the North.
He was asked to make o formal an
nouncement of his candidacy for the
United States senatorship before he
went, but refused to do so. 1t is un-
derstood that Mr.. Nelson will get in
the race when he returns from his lee
turing tour.
Opening of Chautsuqua Court-The
October term Of the Chautauquc coun-
ty district court convened October 4th
al Sedan and will probably grind for
several days thereafter. In spite of
the general cleaning up at the May
term when court lasted over week,
there are III civil cases and 10 Grim
inal cases on this docket. OF the civil
cases, is are divorce cases. Many OF
the civil cases originated from the
slump in the oil business which sent
several of the weaker companies to the
wall.
X. @. X, Joint Wharf.-The secretary
Of the State Temperance Union and It's
attorney, ]. X. Codding, held con-
ference with Attorney General Cole.
man in regard to the joint situation at
Kansas City, Kans. Codding has been
there fling some injunction suits and
framing up for fight to make tia
dry town. II is understood that the
advisability of appointing an assistant
attorney general to reinforce the steps
already taken was discussed. The
chances are that Wyandotte county
will soon have an assistant attorney
general.
Wagon Factory at Parsons. = Par.
sons is after the new wagon factory
which the Dealers Manufacturing
Association proposes to build in this
section of the state. The Commercial
Club is making a strenuous effort to
secure the factory and plan is on
foot for the M, X. & T. railroad to
$4,000 to the required
bonus. Subscriptions for the rest Of
the amount have been secured from
the business men Of the city. In addi-
ton to the bonus J. F. Steele, a mem.
Der of the committee having the mat
ter in charge, has been instructed to
offer the directors of the company a
site of ten acres and free gas power
for ten years.
lrrigate at Garden city.-Congress-
man Victor Murdoch received tele-
gram from Washington notifying him
that the department of the interior
has approved the irrigation project at
Garden City. The farmers whose
places abut upon the ditch, which Is
to be supplied with water, have In
corporated and complied with the
necessary requirements and work will
begin on the plant at once The plant
will be one of the largest pumping
stations in the world. The water will
be carried across the river to the
ditch. Professor G. s. Silchter, after
a test with the underhow, evolved this
plan Of irrigation in that locality. 1t
was then approved by board of gov
eminent engineers. The farmers to
be benefited by the irrigation have
formed the association which is ne
cessary under the reclamation act.
The final step was the approving OF
the plan by the secretary Of the in
terror.
Western Kansas Booming. = Fred
Knapp, secretary Of the board of con-
troll, has just returned from Leoti.
Speaking of conditions In Western
Kansas, no said: Last Wednesday
morning when | got of the train at
Leoti, it seemed to me that the train
finished unloading. Twenty-six OF us
dismounted and twenty-one Of that
number were homeseekers. From a
half-dozen to twenty-five land buyers
come in every day and l was told that
fully rs per cent Of them invest. Land
is selling from IS to $40 per acre
which FIVE years ago would hardly
bring the government price Of SIPS
an acre. Crops have been good for
the last four or I'VE years and II they