The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-03-09
KANSAS COMMENT

Company have been secured by Wei
lington people.
$102.5O Per Acre.-Rasmus Jansen
sold his farm of so acres, several
miles northwest of Atchison, tc
Henry Hagen for $4,000, $1O2.5O an
acre. This Is the highest price by
several dollars ever paid for farm
land in this section.
AtIanta's New Bank.-A new bank
with a capital stock of $4,000 has
been organized at Atlanta, with M.
M, Parish as president; H. |. Wilson,
vice.president, and W. H. Pauley, OF
Benedict, Kan, cashier. 1t will open
for business March 10.
A. o. U. W. at LeavenWorth. -
The grand lodge of the A. 0. U. W.
of Kansas held two business sessions
at Leayenworth. L. NJ. Forde, of EN-
pora, was reelected grand record
er for the twenty-fourth consecutive
time and +. y. Fearl of Wichita was
elected grand fnancier
May Be a 100000 easser. = The
Arkansas City Gas, Oil & Improve
ment Company brought in another
gas well Just north of Arkansas City
near the city limits. 1t is claimed
this is the strongest of the five wells
now in, and drillers claim it will test
100000 cubic feet per day.
Pumping Plants Resumed. - At
Colfeyville the pumping plants that
have been shut down for the past few
weeks on account of the winter wealth
er have about all resumed operations,
and the regular daily flow will soon
be reached again. AS yet there are
few drilling rigs in operation, but it
is thought that business will pick mp
in a now territory in a few days
While Doing Housework. - Mrs.
William Beissel, wife OF William A.
Beissell, postmaster of Westphalla,
dropped dead of heart disease while
about her household duties. The
families are quarantined in Garnet
with the smallpox and will not be per-
mitted to attend tho funeral. Mr.
BelsscIl is a prominent Republican
politician in this part of Kansas.
For Postal Robbery,-The local an'
thoriles have arrested four man liv'
Ing in Floral on suspicion of having
been implicated in the postofilce rob
berry there One of the men was
traced by a crippled footprint in the
soft ground about the building, They
are all residents of Floral and stoutly
denied that they are guilty. They
are being held pending inveStlga'
ton.
Threw Eggs at Referee. - L. G.
Smith, an Ottawa university student
was eggod by four Baker students al
Baldwin, Smith refereed in the OIta'
wa-Bakcr girls basket ball game and
dissatisfaction over his decisions
promulod the action, Strohn, a
Baker official, said the decisions were /
fair Two Ottawa PLAYERS were struck
with eggs. Score; Baker 49, otia'
wa. IT,
Charged With Bisamy - H. Z. |
Bradbury owner Of the Royal hotel,
in Garnet, was arrested on the +,
charge of bigamy. The complaint is
made by William Weideman. The
woman who says she is wife No. I Is
n resident of Joplin, Mo. The sec
ond Mrs. Bradbury has left town A
similar case against Bradbury IN
Kansas city in June, 1902, was dis
missed.
Kansas Farmers Crime. William
p. Hart. a farmer living four miles
north Of Newton, shot and killed his
lO.yearold daughter, Myrtle, as she
was dressing and then went 10 his
room and sfot himself through the
right temple, Hart had been acting
strangely Of late. but the family dld
moi think him crazy. He seemed per
teclly rational before the shooting
His wife died few years ago and
his youngest child a year ago, and
another loss is supposed to have I'M
settled his mind, He had lived IN
Harvey county mtny years, and was
highly respected throughout the
county.
Plan to Improve Roads. - W. D.,
Kreamer, county attorney of Cowley
county. secured the conviction Of two
young men for yagrancy and they
were fined $500 and sentenced to
serve sixty days in the county Jail. 1t
Is the plan of the prosecuting attor
ney to get about twelve young men
in jail, then 90 before the commits
sioners and have them hire guard to
take charge of the prisoners and work
them upon the county roads. 1t is
estimated that during the summer
months large amount Of road i'm
proyement could be made.
18th ceIebration.-March End was
ST, David's day among the Welsh peo.
pie, and members Of that nationality
in Enporia and Lyon county held
ui,, Gftoa,f, annual celebration Of