The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-04-06
KANSAS COMMENT

fire started near Leon, Kan, and oW-
ing to strong wind, much damage re-
suited The farm houses of W. Creas'
on and ]. Davis were burned.
illness Causes Sucde.-ln fit OF
mental alteration George Lemler, who
recently came from Pittsburg TO FOL
som Camp, committed suicide at his
: home by shooting himself through the
head The young man had been sick
for long time. and his illness preyed
upon his mind until he became men
tally unbalanced. He shot himself
in the head, using a revolver Inc
bullet entered the temple.
Wallace County Prairie Fire. - :
Driven by heavy north wind, a llerce I
prairie fire is burning everything be-
fore ii in the south half of Wallace
county The fire is driven with great
rapidity and the people are powerless {
to stop its progress. 1t is Impossible t
to estimate the loss but it will be c
heavy, The Clark ranch, on Rose O
creek, was burned over and several s
hundred tons of hay were destroyed. o
The origin of the fire is unknown. t
Run Over and kiIIed.-R. L. Nc
Rae, of Peru, Kan, was killed in the "
yards of the Frisco railroad at Vnita, h
/. 7. lie was riding freight gong /
to Tulsa, and car was sidetracked "
here. He got out of the car and was II
trying 10 get across the tracks to an C
other. when he was struck by a car 0
backing in the yards, knocked down "
run over and cut to pieces. He left
a widow and three children at Peru -.
Kan. 4,
Farmers Body Found-John Wobl' a
forth farmer living in Paramount o.
township, in IeayenW0rth county, Il
was found dead in a creek on his N
premises, The water was four feet ft
deep where his body was found and q,
the indications pointed TO suicide 10
Mr. Wohlforth has been in i'll health
for several years. He was CS years -
old and lived there twenty-four years. ~,
He owned half a section of the best h,
farm land in the county. g,
Fort Riley Building Bids.-The pro- 1C
posalS for the construction of veter- nj
mary hospital and subsistence g
store house at Fort Riley were open in
ed, Zeigler & Dalton, Of Junction 10
City, proposed to erect the building 1t
for $l6,SGG. Zeigler & Zcisler, Of
Junction City, are TO build the sub kt
sstance store house, sl4,714, GRADER ed
Bros. of Lawrence, Kan, got the &C
plumbing, heating and electric wiring e(
at s4,432. It will be ten days be- &c
fore the contracts are awarded from We
Washington. al
Heavy Hail at Wchita-0n March ~. ~
q Wichita was visited by fierce u
rain and hail storm. The storm come '''
rom the southwest and great deal UP
Of damage resulted from the heavy VI
hail. Five greenhouses sustained V''
great damage and many windows IN
the city were broken. The rainfall Hf
was l.9O inches. The rain and hail sn
was accompanied by severe electri' ~
cal storm Two homes we're struck SCI
by lightning and one badly damaged or,
by fire. The velocity of the wind was mi
.hirtyfye miles an hour. or
Sorry He Sold His Farm. - A. C. vi
Gray sold his section Of land five iaI
miles from Peabody a week ago 10 eu
Samuel McFadden Of Cad2, Ohio, for 'lll
S2l 900 It took only few days 10 slt
Mr. Gray that he had lost Vhf
a good thing and this week he bought
it back at a great advance in price, pa
for Mr.. Mcl'adden had also become of
convinced that it was a good thing, III,
Land has been steadily advancing fro
around Peabody. the result of good tb,
crops and an influx of moneyed East sid
ern farmers for The last two or three mo
years, Land that was held at $50 per r,e
acre a year or 50 ago, can not be "a
bought for SEQ per acre now. r1o
Wheat in Central Kansas. With pa
one of the two most critical months Lo
in the progress of the wheat past the OF
farmers have reason to be very much tll'
encouraged by the situation. The Sin
fields are covered with an even, rank
growth, showing a fine color and as Tia
plenty of moisture has fallen the like 10
lnood of damage by winds is little ~,
considered A recent trip from the .a
Texas line to Peabody by leading -
wheat grower brings report of SINH NJ,
lar conditions throughout the entire w.,
distance. The Texas wheat Is high IVY
enough to wave in the winds West a,o
ern Kansas reports the best wheat ~
in its history for this date and expects 1
to excel the record Of 1903, Thomas "
Taylor of the Pearl nelghborhood, the -"
wheat raising center of Dickinson W.
said In all my twenty "
years in Dickinson county have new
er seen wheat look better at this date WV
than now. 1t is not so large, but is "
strong and even and promises exceed 81
lngly well. " wv
First Independent Refinery. = Ma
terial for the big Uncle Sam Oil re- '9
finpry is arriving al Cherryyale and h''