The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-05

Emporia Pastor Has a Call Rev.
Frank G. Ward, pastor Of the First
Congregational church Of eEmporia.
has received q call to the First Con-
gregational church at Lansing, Mich.
AS vet he has not decided to accept
Tie cali. "a .E fss1
ty Held Winning nd.-Eheriff Davis,
Of Rice county, played an important
hand In game Of poker at Geneseo
the other night. He not only raked
In all the chips, but captured the
kitty" cards and other paraphernalia
and took the players to jail. \,
Land Buyers Busy. Large num-
bers Of land buyers are coming in
again from Eastern Kansas and Iowa
and sales are made daily at increas-
ing prices. One 240-acre farm pur-
chased two years ago for $29 an acre,
sold recently for $40, or $4,000 cash.
VIII Try Sugar Beets. ~ Arkansas
City is figuring on becoming a sugar
center. It has organized a company
which has leased 5000 acres Of Ar
kansas river land, and is now dick
ering for the location of q sugar re-
fnery. 1t proposes to raise 6,000
acres Of beets, provided the American
Beet Sugar Company will build the
factory.
IoIa's New Phone PIant.--The Mis-.
souri, and Kansas Telephone Com
pany will begin within the next ten
days to rebuild the local plant and
convert 1t into a central energy sys-
TEN. There are now six car loads Of
lead cable here and eight car loads Of
poles. The cable carries a number
Of wires inside Of It and these are SO
protected from the outside that wires
cannot get crossed.
Freight Brakeman Killed. - H. A.
Cramer, a freight brakeman on the
M, X. G T. railroad, living IT Parsons,
was killed in the yards at Fort Scott.
While switching a train he stepped
on the rear end of the tender, missed
his balance and fell under the wheels
and was ground to death. His head
was severed from his body, and both
arms and legs were cut off. The de-
ceased leaves a wife and one child In
Parsons.
Hurt by Lime Explosion. - Three
children Of Frank Henry and one
child Of Juan Zumbado were serious.
ly injured at Junction City by lime
explosion. They poured water on
lime that was in can and an ex.
plosion followed. They were knock.
ed down from the explosion and we're
badly burned about their faces. Their
eyes were burned by the lime, and
two Of them will probably lose their
sight.
Home for the Masons. - The old
court house at the corner of First and
Main streets, Wichita, has been sold
by the county commissioners to the
Sunfower Masonic lodge No. Sc for
$4,000. The deal Is not complete I'M
til 1t has been definitely ascertained
that no legal barriers to the sale ex-
list. The deed was to have been made
when this doubt arose and the mat
ter was referred to County Attorney
Eckstein for his opinion. Mr.. Eek
stein has not been able to look up the
point involved.
Good for City Attorney. - At EN-
poria the last meeting of the city
council one Of the city ordinances
was amended so as to give the city
attorney $25 as fees for every case in
the district court, whether tried or
settled, and $3.50 for every case that
comes into the police court, whether
he puts in an appearance or not. The
records show that the city attorney
appears in police court in about one
case in ten, but for the other nine
that he has nothing whatever to do
with, he will, by this ordinance, re-
ceive $3.50 in each case. Much I'M
favorable comment has been made
regarding the so-called graft" and
the city has been flooded with circu-
lars denouncing the action Of the city
council, and calling on it to repeal the
obnoxious ordinance. E@
War on DandeIIons. - At yelling.
ton relentless war is to be waged on
the dandelions at the court house.
The beautiful grounds surrounding
the building are being plowed up to
destroy this pest II possible. Later,
earth from the excavation for the
county high school will be placed on
the grounds, the whole leveled over
nicely and an ideal lawn produced.
Fined for Being Consistent. = TIL.
trades and labor council Of Topeka
has suspended the BARRIERS union and
fined 1t $25 for failure to march In the
Labor day parade. The BARRIERS re-
fused to march because the trades
council didn't employ Marshall's band,