The Globe-republican., 1905-09-28

KANSAS COMMENT

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county. was struck by fast Santa Fe
stock train and instantly killed. He
was walking on the track when the
train rounded a sharp curve and
caught him.
Frats Drop Behind.--An investiga.
ton Of school records at Lawrence
shows that members of the high
school fraternities are inferior in
scholarship to those who are not mem
bers. This is the basis for the fight
the teachers are making to abolish
high school frats.
Suicide Smashed Furniture. - Jas.
Dougherty, a laborer, broke into a
physicians Office at Newton and took
quantity of atropine He was found
in dying condition after he had de-
fnolished nearly all the furniture In
his struggles. No cause for the sui
eide Is known.
Frats Drop Behind.-An investiga-
ton Of school records at Lawrence
shows that members of the high
school fraternities are inferior In
scholarship to those who are not
members. This is the basis for the
fight the teachers are making to
abolish high school frats.
Objection to Oiled Roads.-The ex-
pertinent Of an oil road through the
sand hills of Finney county has not
proved complete success. Wagon
wheels cut through. A wide tire law
might solve the trouble, but it would
cost more to convert Western wagons
into wide tires than to macadamize
the sand hill roads.
Wheat Is Moving.-The wheat NOV
ing season Is now on and the rail-
roads are rushed. To move the big
crop along the Lincoln branch the
Union Pacific has put on two special
wheat trains. These trains make a
trip up and down the branch every
day and do nothing but haul wheat.
The trains pull from thirty to forty
cars of wheat each trip.
Salt Water Gushes In.-At Junction
City the prospect we'll is 1880 feet
deep. At that point the drill punctur-
ed the strongest vein of salt water
that has been struck since the well
was started. The water came into the
well in such great volume that the
work of drilling had to be stopped
until 1t could be determined what
means should be employed in shutting
1t off.
Build New Cement Plant.-George
E. Nicholson, president and general
manager of the Kansas Portland &C.
ment Company, of lola, announced
that arrangements had been complet-
ed for the building of a plant at indie
pendence. This plant, together with
the lola plant Of the Kansas Portland
Cement Company, will give a COM
bined output of $500 to 5000 barrels
daily. The capital stock of the indie
pendence plant will be 100000.
Surplus Of Binder Irvine. - The
prison Irvine plant has about 100000
pounds of binding Irvine on hand. 1t
was unable to sell all of its product
this year. Ex-Warden Jewett says
several things contributed to the mat
ter. One was the advance in the
price OF Irvine. The trust gave very
liberal terms and the farmers bought
more of II than usual. Another was
that more farmers used headers this
Year. Still another was that the
board refused to sell Irvine outside of
the state. The plant is sure 1t will
be able TO dispose q the product next
year without trouble. "a 4, /,
s9nd Compromise; a Assistant At
torney General Dawson has returned
from Stanton county, where he went
to straighten up some delinquent
school bonds held by the state school
fund. The defaulting bonds amount
ed to sS,92S. He succeeded in get
ting $1,903 in cash and STOPS in new
bonds bearing low rate Of interest.
He RENTED $1,242 in bank interest,
and got 1854 cash In delinquent in
terest. This now winds up the COM
promises on defaulted bonds in merg-
ed districts.
Tough on Mssourians. - Missouri
school teachers cannot fill the short
age in Kansas unless they take the
Kansas examination. Teachers from
most other states are not required to
take an additional examination. But
Kansas and Missouri have no recipro-
cal relations. Kansas wanted to en-
ter into such relations couple of
years ago, bvt Missouri declined. Kan
sas is shy on teachers now. Missouri
has surplus. Several Of them have
applied for Kansas schools, but none
will be employed unless they have a
Kansas certificate. Other states are
furnishing teachers for the vacancies
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