The Globe-republican., 1905-12-28

Went Hunters Fesss Clerks 1t tine
state Of Kansas win try by a test case
before the supreme court to get d
share OF the money collected FOR hunt
ers' licenses.
Crushed Under Moving Truck. =
Irving Williams, SON of Rev. Mr.. VIII.
liams, was killed at hts home q few
miles south of Ellsworth. He was
crushed under a moving truck
Reward ls Offered. --- J. e. Hurley
general manager Of the Santa Fe rail
way, has offered a reward Of $1,000
for the arrest and conviction Of the
men who wrecked the passenger train
near Reading, Kan.
Leedy Getting on. - Word comes
from Ex-Governor John w. Leedy that
he Is doing well in Alaska, where he
has been living since he left Kansas.
He is practicing law at Valdez, Of
which city he is mayor.
Turkeys for the coast.--San Fran
cisco ought to have merry Christ
mas. One Kansas firm has shipped
five carloads Of dressed turkeys there
for Kris Kringle trade. Kansas Is
simply doing things all the time to
make people happy everywhere.
.
Newman to Run for Auditor. ~ A.
Newman, clerk of Shawnee county,
who attended, the annual convention
Of the State Association of County
Clerks at Wichita in the capacity Of
secretary, announced his candidacy
for the office of state auditor on the
Republican ticket.
coIored Financier.--- David Henry.
colored barber, OF Concordia, is
quite a financier. Along in 1873 he
sold some town property and loaned
the proceeds to an Illinois farmer,
taking deed to the farm as security.
The farmer died last spring and
Henry's share Of the estate was
found to be $4,000.
County Commissioners Meet. =.
County commissioners of Kansas met
in convention at Wichita. William B.
Tomas of Williamsburg, Franklin
county, was elected president; w. H
Braden, of Pittsbnrg, Crawford coun-
ty, secretary and treasurer. R. A.
Baggs, Of Cherokee county; ]. A.
Hess, Of Riley county and F. B. Hig.
gio, Of Crawford county, compose
legislative committee to look after
matters of taxation.
kaffir Corn Yield. - Probably the
largest yield Of kaffir corn in Kansas
this year was harvested by w. J.
Thomas from a prairie farm in But
Ter county. He threshed 4S5 bushels
from 7 measured acres, or 70 bushels
to the acre. At the present price Of
thirty cents bushel, Mr.. Thomas re-
ceived $21 per acre for his crop. This
is sample of what Butler county
prairie land will produce in a good
season when properly tended.
The Sunflower. - The Kansas sun.
flower, the buffalo chipless desert sun
flower, the sunflower that originated
here and was here when the Spanish
explorers first visited this region in
1873 may become the national flow
er Of this country. The department
Of agriculture Is agitating the ques-
ton of sunflower culture. believing
that there is much money In the in.
dustry If the farmers Of this country
can be persuaded to take 1t up.
Question for courts--Attorney Gen
eral Coleman has rendered an opinion
to the effect that the state board of
railroad commissioners have no right
to dip into the quarrel between Edo
RADIO and the Missouri Pacific rail
road over the removal Of shops. Many
years ago Eldorado voted bonds to aid
the road in establishing shops at that
place with an agreement that the
shops should be operated there "as
long as grass grows and water fiows.'
Recently the road decided to move the
shops, and Eldorado brought its griev-
ance to the railroad board. Attorney
General Coleman holds that the trou-
BILE between Eldorado and the Mis-
souri, Pacific Is a question for the
courts to settle.
Boys Ran Away.-The Wichita po
hoe have received from Norwich the
description of two boys who ran away
from home and who are wanted by
their parents. The names Of the boys
are Lawrence Oyler, aged II years,
and Ed Peats, aged Is years. Both
wore corduroy caps and blue overalls.
The policemen on the several beats
are looking for the boys
Christmas Presents Burned.--In the
Santa Fe express car wrecked near
Reading there was about, $4,000 in
gold and $4,000 in currency and many
thousand dollars worth of jewelry de-
stroyed by the express car attached tt
the train taking fire. The money was