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


instantly killed at Galena by Frisco
passenger train. Hills head was com
pletely severed from his body. The
supposition is that he was lntoXlcat
ed and fell asleep on the track
Minneapolis Mills Sold.-Harry ant
Samuel Jackman have purchased the
Markley roller mills owned by Rich
ard c. Jackson at Minneapolis. 1t Is
understood R. c. Jackman has pur
chased the Bowersock mills at Law
renee. Kan, and will run their work
ing capacity to 1000 barrels per day.
S32 to the Acre. - Last year was
not specially good for cane, yet Sid
ney l., Smith of Anthony raised 500
bushels of seed and 200 tons OF dry
fodder on fifty acres. The seed sold
for nearly a dollar bushel and the
fodder was worth $3.50 a ton on the
farm. A crop worth $32 per acre
isn't bad for an off year.
Will Have Sewer System. - Nc
Pherson City is to have sewer sys
TEN. The necessity for a perfect sys'
TEN of sewerage from the city has be-
come so manifest that the candidates
of the election on the city council this
spring have recognized the demand
of it and every instance have pledged
themselves to vote for it,
Boys Bought Neutrality-suspicious.
were taken by the county attorney at
Empora in securing evidence against
Edward Brier, an alleged jointist, on
whom an injunction to prevent him
from running a joint was served re"
Gently. Five boys, from lG to 10 years
old, testified that they had bought
whisky of Brier repeatedly.
Oil and Gasoline Cheaper.--West-
ern Kansas towns have begun to feel
the effects of the oil agitation and the
anti.discrimination law. Refined oil
out there is now selling at 10 cents
Il gallon Up until the legislature
met it sold for 20 cents Gasoline
formerly sold at II cents in small
quantities and IS cents in barrel
lots.
Want Assistant Attorney General.
Word comes from Topeka that
many Prohibitionists at Leavenworth
have requested the state officials to
appoint an assistant attorney general
for Leavenworth county. The move
ment is to have the assistant attorney
general appointed before the conyen'
ing of the grand jury April 10, 50 as
to secure indictments against saloon
keepers,
High School Dedcated.-The Chero-
kee County High School was dedicat'
ed at Columbus under most favorable
conditions. The crowd was estlmat-
ed from four to eight thousand. Chan
cellor Frank Strong of the state uni
versity; Prof. Frank R, Dyer, assist
ant state superintendent; Prof. X. A,
Russ, superintendent of the Manual
Training School at Pittsburg, were
among the prominent men who spoke
upon the subject of education, Gov
ernor Hoch was expected to be pres
ent but failed.
No Pardon For SmiIey.-Goyernor
Hoch will not grant a pardon to E. j,
Smiley, convicted of violating the
Kansas antitrust law while acting as
secretary of the Kansas Grain Deal
ars Association. &" Mr. Smiley is a
miniature Rockefeller, said Govern
n Hoch today, in discussing the case.
II his methods were to prevail the
farmers Of Kansas would have receiN-
ID only $20,00000O for their wheat
his year, instead of $G0,OO00O0, am
clad we have law that will protect
he men who raise the wheat. - |
Open Old Plant. The National
Packing Company, owner Of the plant
If the Hutchinson Packing company,
hrougs its representative, w. E. Rem
TO, of Hamilton, Canada, announces
hat the local plant will be opened in
side of sixty days. The building has
not been operated as a meat packing
liant for seventeen years, being clos
ID down after the boom days. The
Salt Company leased the
liant for five years after the Armours
Ought It and made salt there a part
If the time, until last November, when
he lease expired. 1t has been idle
since that time.
For the Semi.Arid District. At
lays City the new experimental sta
ion will make an experiment in grow
ne wheat this season. The object is
o get a variety that will be adapted
0 the semi-ard district Of the West
More than fifty varieties will be test
3D. The station will develop more
work in horticulture this season than
,ver before, A horticulturist from the
agricultural college has been sent out
o have charge of the department,
md plans are in process for work
with fruits, vegetables, in forestry
md landscape gardening. New stocks