The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-08-17

loads Of sheep. II not sold readily hi
will feed them In Sedgwick county,
Install Manual Training. III,
board Of education Of Winfield has de
cided to put manual training in thu
city schools. G. J. Smith Of Wichits
will give the preliminary instrnc
tions.
Teachers Wages Small. -- Male
school teachers In the rural districts
are giving up their schools and tax
Ing jobs DIS section men on the rail
roads at slips per day. They say
there Is more money in 1t.
Special Trains In Lincoln Park
Special trains brought crowds to Lin
coin Park. Cawker City. to attend the
ChautauQua.u Tents were put up tC
the number of $50 and the constant
attendance is estimated at over 1900
people,
State Teachers Meeting. - The
annual meeting of the Kansas State
Teachers association will be held De.
cember 2G. 81 and 49, The executive
committee is already getting out ad
vertising matter telling OF the attrac.
tions which will be offered.
Not Enough Money. The. State
Board Of Control has but $1,000 to
pay for the secretary, stenographer
and book-keeper. They have arrang.
ed to pay the secretary $4,000, the
stenographer 5000 and allow them to
pay for the assistant or book-keeper.
The next legislature will be asked to
make proper appropriations to pay
for the help in the office of the Board
Of Control
Dr.. Clark Appointed. - DR.. I W.
Clark Of Edna, Labette county, has
been appointed superintendent Of the
state school for feeble minded youths
at Winfield by the Board of Control.
He will take the place made vacant
by the removal of DR.. c. s. Newton.
DR.. Van Mugs who has been in charge
Of the school ad interim the past two
weeks will return to his place in the
Topeka hospital.
Cowboy Boots.--Most of the COW.
boy boots worn in the cattle sections
of the United States are made by
Charles Hyer of Olathe. Mr.. Hyer
employs fifty men In his factory. He
sells his boots direct to the cowboys,
sending them through the mails. 1t
was Hyer's mail order business that
put Olathe in the free delivery class
President Roosevelt has pair Of
Hyer's boots in his equipment. /,
A 2so,oo0,ooo BusheI Crop. IT. b.
Jennings. section director of the gov
eminent Weather bureau with head
quarters in Topeka, thinks the Capt.
tails estimate of 290,000,000 bushels
for this years Kansas corn crop will
be verified when the final statistics
are secured. All Of the bulletins re-
ceived by Mr.. Jennings from different
parts of the state are very sanguine
in their predictions Of large crop.
A Paint Plant. - Coffeyville has
landed new industry. A firm Of
Kansas City. Kan. has secured so
acres in addition to the town. con-
venient to the Missouri Pacific tracks.
The industry will bring 300 workmen
and the immediate expenditure of the
company for the erection of buildings,
which are to cover thirteen acres of
the tract, and the eouiping Of the
same ready for the carrying on of the
work of the immense factory will be
$250.O00.
Philippine Army Society. - A local
branch of the National society, Army
of the Philippines. will be formed in
Hutchinson. Robert Campbell. Rue
Thomas and Alfred Emmett are Sc
curing the signatures of ex-Philippine
soldiers and will secure charter.
There are probably. 200 men within
reach of Hutchinson who have served
in the islands. General Wilder s. Met
calf of Lawrence is one of the ma
tional officers and is urging the Hutch
inson soldiers to get together. The
object Of the organization is much the
same as that of the G. A. R.
Say Melvin Is lnsane.-C. L. Mel
wins attorneys announced that the
wrecker would plead not guilty to all
charges against him. His counsel
will try to show that he is insane and
save him from the pen by having him
sent to an asylum. There has been
no demonstration Of any kind against
Melvin. Visitors are not allowed to
see him.
Veterans Object to carnival.-Some
Of the old soldiers interested in the
Pittsburg reunion are advocating max
ing a radical change. The veterans
who want the reunion to be reunion
of old soldiers in the true sense pro-
pose that the carnival feature be done
away with. They claim that the side
ehowc prafters falers and rough