The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-12-21
KANSAS COMMENT

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Petition in Bankruptcy. - An in
voluntary petition Of bankruptcy has
been filed against the Taylor Grain
Company OF North Topeka in the Uni
ted States district court.
Death Ends Long sIeep.-lsrs. LII
liam Alexander, the woman who slept
for weeks at time at her home at
Leavenworth and in Kansas City,
Kan, died at the state asylum at Osa-
watomie.
Insurance Rate War Over. - The
Atchison insurance war seems to be
off. Several Of the agents admit they
are writing policies in accordance
with the rate book, in use before the
war opened two weeks ago.
Rob Newton JewcIer.--The iewelry
store Of G. w, Hates was broken into
;at Newton. The plate glass window
was broken with a piece of gas pipe
and seven gold watches and a guam
tity Of solid gold brooches, rings and
stick pins to the value of 5000 were
stolen.
Found Roommate Dead. - When
Buck Hollingsworth went to call his
roommate, j. A. Stevenson, at Arkan-
sas City, he found the latter dead,
supposedly from heart trouble follow
ing years Of indulgence In liquor.
Stevenson was G2 years of age, and
was sign painter.
Prison Guard Wants Divorce.-John
w. Keirns a guard at the state penn
Tertiary, sued his wife for divorce
on the grounds of extreme cruelty and
threatening to kill him. Keirns sued
his wife for a divorce in Osborn coun-
ty five years ago, but they patched up
their differences them
Lead Goes Up Another 81. - The
feature of the MissouriKansas lead
and zinc ore marl.et was the 81 adj
vance in the price Of the former ore.
Lead is now worth SIT per ton. The
producers anticipate another dollar
advance before the close Of the week.
The price of zinc ore remains I'M
changed, the basis price for GO per
cent ore being $51 per ton.
Macaroni Wheat.-Efforts are being
made at the Kansas Agricultural col
lege to produce a winter variety Of
macaronj wheat. AS spring variety
it is adapted to Kansas soil and eli
mate, having done better than any 9TH
er spring wheat. 1t is hoped to pro-
!duce superior winter wheat as it
now is superior spring producer. In
the tests made one variety Of the
macaroni wheat has already passed
two winters without winter-killing,
and last season produced AZ IL BUSH
els per acre. The sowing for the
third test has recently been complet-
ed.
Marshall County Pros2srous.-Corn
harvesting is almost completed in
Marshall county. There are few
farmers who are yet at work in their
corn fields. In nearly every case the
yield will be above the expectation Of
the farmer. Conservative farmers
who have been over the county say
thirty bushels is a fair average for
the entire county Most of the farm
ers are rushing their grain to market,
the high price being an inducement to
them to turn it into cash. AS re-
suit the elevators are taxed to their
utmost and there are few elevators In
the county that have been able to get
cars fast enough to dump their bins.
The acreage of wheat in Marshall
county this year is larger than last
year and this grain is making a fine
stand for this time of the year. This
county seems to be on the, eve of the
greatest prosperity in its history
coTeyville'c First Fiats.-Arthur G.
Hess and Everett H. Hess have re.
Gently purchased two lots 50x190 feet
in size as. site for the first row of
modern fats in Coffeyville. The
plans for the apartment house con-
template building thoroughly up-to-
date in all it's appointments and hand
some in architectural design. The
structure Will be of brick and 1t will
contain nine apartments of six rooms
each. The factories and business en-.
terprises of the city have brought
large numbers Of new people to COT
feyville and increased the demand for
houses TO rent. Many houses have
been erected for rental purposes this
fall but they have been insufficient t,
meet the demand
Starving Bees. = Honey bees that
are. not being fed, are dying in East
ern Kansas. There seemed to be no
honey in the blossoms this year, and
the bees are hard up as a conse-
quence. w. X. Norbury, Of Hart
ford, has lost nineteen hives this fall
while s. A. Thompson Of tho same
place lost fifteen. They are feeding
their remaining bees to carry them
over the winter.