The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-12-21

officers Oh the state association Will be
4 chosen. VI
Poultry Show at Manhattan. - The
State Agricultural College Poultry
Show opened with fine exhibits Of
fowls from various parts Of Kansas.
During the week students chickens
Judging classes will be conducted.
Suicide Took strychnine. - John
Haney, laborer IS years old, com
mitted suicide at Arkansas City by
taking strychnine This was his sec
ond attempt. A year ago he cut his
throat, but his life was saved. Family
trouble and a lack of employment
! were the causes
4 Mutual Pays Up.--Mrs. Mary Dew
lin, at Topeka, received check for
! $4,000 from the Penn Mutual for life
insurance carried by her late hus-
band. This makes 100000 which she
has collected. This doesn't incluC,
the $4,000 which the receiver Of the
First National bank has collected on
politices turned over by Mrs. Devlin
the day before the bank failed.
Believes Packers knew--The beef
trust is very kind to the state. It fur
nishes the charitable institutions with
meat at an extremely low figure. The
board Of control let contracts for the
supply of meats to the various insti-
tutions. The bids called for first
class articles. Six hackers submitted
bids, but their figures were all about
the same.
Good as the Standards. inde.,
pendent refneries are turning out
very good grade Of oil, according to
State Oil Inspector Hussey. From
what can learn. their oil is Just as
good as the Standards said he. 1T
certainly tests just as well. Some of
1t tests better. The independents are
| also increasing their trade. not only.
in this state, but in other sections of
the West"
N..chita After Another Plant. = A
committee representing the CONNER
cial club will 60 to Newton for the
purpose Of inducing the Prairie Queen
Thresher Company to move its manu-
featuring plant to this city. The
company has Low threshing ma
chine which has just been placed on
the market. Eleven machines were
made ly the company and placed on
the market last year. They have
given satisfaction end as a result the
promoters have decided to enlarge
their plant and move 1t to a larger
distributing center.
Eudora Has Her O.9n Gas.-Eudo-
rams are happy. Gas has been turned
into the mains Of that thriving vii
lage. All the gsJ is supplied from
wells within the towns own borders.
and the supply, apparently, is mex
haus..hle. More than two miles Of
main pipe have been laid and plumb
ers and gas filters have been busy for
two months or longer preparing
houses for It's use. The rates charg-
ed consumers are rs cents for 1000
feet for residence and business
houses, 20 cents for schools and Is
cents for churches. The city hall is
heated and Illuminated free of
charge.
Building Owner Must Tl'.-In the
trial Of whisky case In Salina Judge
Rees made an important ruling. I
which, II affirmed by the Supreme
court, will make 1t an easy matter
Hereafter to enforce that section of
the prohibition law which declares
that places where liquors are sold
contrary to law may be declared
nuisance. A "iointist" named Storms
is on trial for maintaining a nuisance.
The owner of the building was call
ed and refused to answer the question
as to whom he rented that part of the
building in which the "jolnt" was
kept e refused to answer the ques-
ton on the constitutional ground that
it might incrimfnate him. Judge Rees
held that he must answer the ques.
ton.
ireland Ready to Do Time.-A. e.
Ireland, national organizer of the In
ternational Machinists' Union, gave
himself up to the sheriff at Winfield
to serve six months sentence in
Jail for assaulting a non-union ma
chinist at Arkansas City last win.
ter during the strike of Santa Fe ma.
chlnists. The American Federation
of Labor is making strong effort
to secure his pardon from Governor
Hoch.
A. H. 7. A. = Since the passage of
the new hunting law the local lodges
Of the Anti-Horse Thief Association
are busy. AT their orders almost ev-
cry farm within a radius Of twenty
miles is placarded with from one to
half dozen mo Hunting" signs.
Their notices appear In the columns
of every country paper.
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