The Globe-republican., 1905-12-28
KANSAS COMMENT

Methodist church which has been In
course Of erection during the summer
b Norton, has just been completed
1t cost OF $500.
Unanimous to Pave. Salina will
pave. Santa Fe Ave. from the south
vide Of the Iron avenue, north to the
main line Of the Union Pacific, will
b be paved with bitulithic, as soon as
LII arrangements can be made. The
ordinance is already passed and moth
ing is left but to appoint appraisers
Ind let the contract.
Old Road Being Opened Up. - The
government has just commenced work
on public road north Of Junction City
bn the TT. Riley reservation, known as
The "Old Governor Harvey road" 1t
has been closed for couple Of years,
but at the last session of congress
In appropriation Of $4,000 was made
10 reopen the highway and make a
nrSt-claSS ROAD OF H. t.tA
Null Poisoning case.--On the sixth
lay Of the Null poisoning case at King
man the most important witnesses
were the two young daughters Of the
defendant. Mary and Clara, aged IA
md ~ years. The prosecution was
unable to shake their testimony.
IEighty-four witnesses are in attend
ance, and 1t will take at least two
hays yet to finish the case.
Building "Katy" shops.-At Parsons
every one Of the eighty-six houses
which were on the ground purchased
by the city for the location of the
Katy railroad shops have been moved
to other parts Of the city and the rail
road company will let the contract
for the erection of the buildings.
Graders have been at work for the
past two weeks and the contract calls
for the completion of the shops with
In two years. The shops are to cost
H,000,000
Haskell Barn Burned.-One of the
fine barns at Haskell Indian Indus
trial institute, one mile south of Law
renee, was burned and seven horses
were burned to death. The horses
were the driving teams of the school.
Several vehicles were also destroyed.
The barn was a total loss. The fire
Is supposed to have originated through
defective wiring. Haskell has been
yery unfortunate in the destruction of
barns through fires, this being the
sixth structure burned.
Big irish Potatc~-Rev. Father Hay
fen, the Topeka Catholic priest who
spent the summer in Ireland and
who returned to America with his
friend, the late G. j. Devlin. has pre-
sented Secretary Coburn's department
with genuine Irish potato raised in
ireland. When dug it weighed three
pounds and two ounces. 1t now
weighs three pounds. Father Hayden
wanted to show the secretary what a
real Irish potato looked like. Coburn
believes he can, dig up bigger one
in Kansas.
! Trace Escaped convicts. - w. H.
Haskell, warden of the Kansas peni-
Tertiary has had q neat pamphlet
printed continuing the names and pic
lures Of thirty-two convicts wanted
at the penitentiary. OF the number
twenty-seven escaped and five are
wanted for violating their parole.
Nearly all these cc1victs escaped be-
fore Mr.. Haskell took charge as war
den. Only five of all the prisoners
paroled have violated their obligation
and are now fugitives. A reward of
$50 will be paid for the capture of any
of the thirty-two. The pamphlet will
be sent to sheriffs and police officers
and to other penitentiaries in all parts
of the United States.
Fire at Altamont. - A fire at Alta
mont, town on the ST. Louis & San
Francisco railroad, twelve miles west
of Oswego, destroyed the elevator of
]. H. Rust, together with $4,000 BUSH
els of shelled corn, 5000 bushels of
ear corn, 5000 bushels of wheat and
two nearby residences. MIR. Rust had
$4,000 insurance on the elevator and
$4,000 on contents, all in mutual COM
panies His loss will exceed SIS 900.
How the fire originated is unknown
Million Dollar Factory.-The Santa
Fe construction outfit is In Garden
City and will at once begin work on
the switches to the $1,OOO,O0O sugar
factory to be constructed at this place.
The building of this factory has given
an added impetus to the already rapid
development of this county, and 1000
acres OF sugar beets will be put out
In the spring within q radius Of ten
miles from the city. Even under cir
cumstances as unfavorable as they
were this year will yield 10000 tons
with value of $1SO.OOO. The people
of Finney county feel that prosperity
has come to stay and are not slow
to take advantage Of the things they
have worked an hard III hrinU about