The Globe-republican., 1905-08-10
KANSAS
KANSAS COMMENT


tpreee rnan-faced white owls and will
place them, when mounted, In thu
Sumner county high school museum.
Large Tomato Shipment. - H. A
Carpenter, q Wichita fruit shipper
shipped 5000 pounds Of tomatoes t
Colorado the other day via the Pa
cifc express.
Change Of Cattle inspectors. = DR.
M. B. Lamb. Of the bureau Of ANNA
industry, arrived at Ashland from
Kansas City to take DR.. R. B. Grimes
place as cattle inspector.
Using Steam Gang PIow.-Severa
farmers in the vicinity Of Andale
Sedgwick county, are contemplating
using the steam gang pillow altogether
and dropping the old fashioned walk
Ing and sulky plows.
To Shorten the Smoky Hill. = Sa
lima is holding meetings anent the
project Of Strengthening the Smoky
Hill river, to prevent the flooding
Of the city and adjacent farms. II
was estimated that to cut path
10000 square yards of earth would
have to be removed. The ditch would
be slightly over 5000 feet long. II
was stated that the river could be
shortened easily forty.five miles in
Saline county alone.
Gas Pipe Line for Topeka. - T. J.
Adams, Of Vincennes. Ind, and w. s.
Kilmer, of Kansas City. have been
comforting with business men Of To
peka relative to a proposition to pipe
gas into that city from the Indian
Territory fields. The proposition is
to run pipe line from the Bartles-
VILE territory to Topeka. The pipe
line is to be run by way Of Winfield,
being tapped there to supply that
point.
Cutting Out Postal Routes. - The
postofIlce department is saving some
wages which has resulted in the
Of the seven routes out
Of Caldwell to thirty miles each. This
cuts out numerous routes which go
out from small postoffices. Whereas
before there were 62 rural routes in
Sumner county, this order reduces the
to 81. looping off of IL rural
routes and the dismissal of an equal
number Of carriers.
Dead and Not Identified.-An I'M
known man, age 16 to 81 years, was
found dead on the Missouri Pacific
right-of-way six miles south of Hia-
watha. There was nothing on his per.
son to identify him. He was five feet
and eleven inches tall and weighed
1856 pounds, and had dark hair and
gray eyes. chin contracted. scar on
right side Of face, scar on wrist and
arm, wore gray trousers, cottonade
shirt and faded brown coat. Death
was caused by wound on the head,
which may have resulted from a fall
from a train. or from an assault.
Reservoir at Peabody.-The repairs
On the big dam which the Rock Island
built year ago at Peabody, are prac-
tically completed, said Rock Island
man. The damages done to the dam
we're caused by last years flood.
In order to be rid Of the expense of
a steam engine to pump the
water for the engines, the Rock
Island company built this dam. 1t
also saves the expense of making
he water soft, 1t taking long and
expensive process to do so. A 6-inch
water pipe runs from the north end
If the lake along the Rock Island
racks to Peabody, where it is run
INTO the common water tank. 1t is
laid the Rock Island company will
build such lakes wherever 1t is posi-
'le to make 1t pay.
Bought IS sectIons.-J. L. Maurer,
IN Iowa banker. has great faith in
Western Kansas. He has just pur-
chased fifteen sections Of land in
Hamilton county.
A $500 PAGER. = Colonel Loomis,
he Cowley county PAGER, has been
'old to DR.. G. s. M. Morris Of Arkan-
las City for $500.
Believe II viii come.--The people
It Lawrence believe there is no ques-
Ion concerning the building Of the
Kansas City. Olathe. Lawrence and
Topeka electric line.
Forest Reserve In Kansas. = The
for the reservation of
he land for the forest preserve near
Garden City. has been issued. The
and which was reserved includes a
-egion Of almost worthless sandhills,
Unfit for agriculture. but 1t is believ-
ID well adapted to the growth Of
hardy coniferos trees. The forest SER
rice will in the near future establish
as has been done on a nm
,er OF other western reserves. The