The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-05-04

pal development of the week In loca
oil circles was the securing by the
Uncle Sam Refinery Company Of ovel
1000 acres of productive oil leases
with number Of good wells, pumping
plants and piping. Some Of this prop
erty is In the independence field ant
portion is in the Coffeyville dis
trict.
Lawrence Dry Town.-The sheriff
and police of Lawrence made rait
on numerous joints that have
been operating in the city. Four ar
rests were made and large amount
of contraband stuff was captured
The town is remarkably free from
joints IN and drinking clubs. ant
the city and county officers Intend
that 1t shall remain so.
Complaint Of Lumber Rate.--Carl
Taylor, attorney for the railroad
board. is getting ready to bring q
complaint before the interstate com
merce commission against the lum
Der rates charged in Kansas. He
claims they are excessive. He has
been making some figures recently
and says he finds that the railroads
get about s95,OOO,OOO a year out Of
Kansas in freight charges of all
kinds.
Work Will Be Thorough. - Judge
Clark, Judge Benson and s. T. Howe
the advisory board named to investi
gate suspected state house records
arc in session with Governor Hoch
They refuse to state what depart.
r6ent will be overhauled but they de.
clare that the work will be begun at
once and be thorough and far-reach-
ing. 1t is generally understood in
Topeka that the state treasurer's
Office will be the first on the pro.
gram.
May End Fights. - May Day has
been declared a holiday at the Uni
versity of Kansas, in honor Of the
sophomores, the class Of 1907, who
have decided to take no part in any
May Day demonstration such as have
occurred in the past. at the institu-
ton. The chancellor and members
of the faculty of the school are much
gratified at the stand that has been
taken by this class, which If adhered
to, will bring to an end the disgrace
full fights that have hitherto marked
the day.
viii Be An Open Shop.-T. A. Nc
Neal, the newly elected state printer,
says that under his administration
the state printing plant will be an
open - concern and the Topographic
cal union will not be recognized off,
cially. The Office will run on the
eight-hour plan, however, and the
union scale will be paid. Charles s.
Sutherland, president of the local
typographical union, says this ar
rangement will be satisfactory. At
present the state printing Office, I'M
der George A. Clark, is union shop.
The new plans will make it the only
open - plant in Topeka.
Getting Divorce Statistics. The
government census bureau is prepar-
ing to gather complete statistics in re-
gard to divorces in this country.
Special agents will be sent to every
county in every state and territory in
the Union to get a list of the d.
vorces granted, the causes and all in
formation of that sort. The divorce
laws of the various states are also to
be compared. When the work is COM
pleted it will show what class of peo-
pie figure the most in divorce suits,
what percentage of divorced people
have children and a lot of other in.
formation that will make good read
ing.
Inspection Mandatory. - State Oil
Inspector Hussey has notified the
Marshall OIL Company, of Marshall
town, Ia, that 1t cannot sell oil in
Kansas unless it is inspected by
Kansas inspector. The company is
developing a trade in Northern Kan
sas. Its oil is inspected by the Iowa
and it wants the Kansas
to take the Iowa inspec.
ton. But Hussey declines to do so.
The Kansas department doesn't in
spect any oil that goes out Of Kan
sas, said he. 1t only inspects oil
that consumed in the state. If the
Iowa concern wants to get out of pay
ing two fees it must get Iowa to drop
the inspection Of oil that comes into
Kansas and let us inspect it. -
Taxes to be Returned.-At Ottawa
District Judge Smart made a decision
ordering the return to property own
ers of $17,275.94, paid into the county
treasury of tax ferret assess
ments. The total payment on these
assessments, which were
taken from the county mortgage rec
ord, amounted to $27,143.68. Judge
Smart holds that $9,SG7G9 rightfully
belongs to the county. The practice
Of assessing real estate and personal
other than money and Sc
curity at rs per cent and less of its