The Globe-republican., 1905-08-10

Shaff Of Douglass committed suicide
by shooting herself In the right tenn
pie with revolver. The husband was
In an adjoining room with their baby
when he heard the shot. Rushing To
his wife he found her dead. She was
81 years old and had been married
four years. She had been Ill for sew.
eral months and had been home from
Z Winfield hosrital only three weeks,
II is suppossceaa dependency was the
cause Of the suicide.
Kansas Reciprocity Delegates. -
These delegates were named by the
governor to represent Kansas at the
national reciprocity conference at
Chicago on August 1917: Calvin
Hood, Emporia; A. w. Smith, Nc
Pherson; G. X. Wells, Kansas City;
E. H. Funston, lola; w. e. Stanley,
Wichita; 3. N. Morrill,, Hiawatha; +.
B. Dawes, Leavenworth; r. W. Blue,
Columbus; J. B. Adams, Dldorado:
Fremont Leidy, Leon. az -
Collecting Animal Specimens. D.
e. Lantz. Of Washington. d. C.. who
is connected with the United States
biological survey, visited Medicine
Lodge, collecting animal specimens
for governmental purposes. He is an
expert trapper and gets about every.
thing in this line. Among the most
interesting of the specimens 80 far
captured are lot Of Kangaroo rab-
bits which he got in the sand hills.
He also has many other small AMI
mails peculiar to Kansas soil.
Some Harvesters Enlist. = During
July 81 men, or. an average of one
each day, were enlisted at Wichita
into the service. Of Uncle Sam. A
great many of these men were har-
vest hands who had come out here
from the East expecting to find an
easy time helping the Kansas farmer
take care of his wheat crop. Not lik-
ing the life Of a harvest hand. they
joined the regular army. AS fast as
enlisted these men were sent to Col
umbus barracks. Ohio.
Building Steel EIevator.-The work
on the Robb-Bort elevator in Wichita
is progressing. A concrete founda-
ton has been laid for the big grain
tanks. These foundations have been
put ten feet below the ground and
stand seven feet above the ground,
the building needing the massive
foundations because 1t will be solid
steel structure and absolutely fire
proof. It's holding capacity will be
$4,000 bushels. The structure will be
one of the largest in the state when
completed.
MiIlers Associatlons.-The Millers'
association has been holding con-
ference in Emporia. The millers are
holding meetings in various parts Of
Kansas, and three more are to be
held in the southeast part of the
state. Railway rates received con-
siderable discussion and were decided
to be especially unjust to makers Of
high grade -four. F. d. Stevens OF
Wichita strongly recommended the
use of crude oil as a fuel, stating
that most Of the millers in the terri
tory covered by the Union Pacific
use oil burners and more were put
ting them in.
The State Forestry station.-A half
million trees year for Western Kan.
sas farmers sizes up the work Of the
Dodge City forestry station. The
state now supplies half million trees
annually to the farmers. These are
produced at the station and shipped
out in the spring. The farmers sim
ply have to pay for their delivery. No
charge is made for the trees by the
state. When the station was first
started, the chief object was to show
the people that trees could be made
to grow out there. After this was
demonstrated, the state quit cult.
waiting and taking care of the big
trees and began raising small trees
to supply the farmers. AS a result |
The forestry station hasn't very
charming appearance, but in supply
ng young trees to the farmers 1t is
loing more good than by keeping up
! big grove at state expense.
New Asylum superintendent. - DR..
W. c. Van Mugs. who was appointed |
% take the place of DR., Newton as
of the asylum for the |
feeble minded at Winfield, is the son |
If J. D. Van Mugs, who is now super
ntendent of the insane asylum at
osawatomie. DR.. w. c. Van Mugs |
was raised and educated In Wichita,
attending the Lewis Academy.
D. Web. Wilder is 73.-Daniel Web
;ter Wilder. who was at one time one
If the best known men at the state
house and in the state, completed his
wear last Saturday He |