The Globe-republican., 1906-02-22
KANSAS COMMENT

dl COHcOrQla from Salt Lax
Wy announces the Killing of Charlie
Lawyer, a railroad man. whose HON
Is IN this city in railroad acclden
there.
Snow at Junction City. ~ Over al
inch of snow fell. The wheat field
OF this county are beginning to shoy
the need of moisture. There has beei
very little rain or snow on them sine,
fall.
Farmers' Institute at colony.-Tht
first farmers institute ever held her,
was held last week. There was
large attendance despite, the BAT
roads. This was the ninth Of the
present Santa Fe series.
Soldiers Fighting Fire.--A prairie
fire has cen burning on the Fort Ri
Icy reservation for more than week
and has swept over several thousand
acres of the reserve. The six bat.
teries of artillery in the post. about
700 men. wc"e sent out to fight the
fire near the community ammunition
magazine. The Repub lean bottoms
north of Junction City have been
burned OF.
Fire Near leavenworth.-The resi-
dence, stable and small buildings sur
rounding the home of Sherman Me-
dill OF Leavenworth county, eight
miles west of Leavenworth, burned
The fire burned SO fercely that mem
bers of the family had scarcely time
to escape from the house and did not
save any personal effects. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. 1t is partly
covered by insurance.
Wants War With chna.-Col ].
W. F. Hughes, adjutant general CT the
Kansas National Guard, is fairly itch
Ing TO get up war with China. He
wants to go to the front providing he
can go as colonel of Kansas regi-
ment. He says if war comes he will
resign as adjutant in case he can get
command Of regiment. He doesn't
make any threats, however, about go
ing to war as a private.
Fifty Years of Kansas. - John ".
Proctor, of Brown county, has round
ed out a half century as a citizen Of
Kansas. In that I re he has improv-
ed nine places, put In thirty-nine
crops, buried two wives, six children,
drove cattle across. or part way
across, the plains seven trips, pack
ed" a musket in the Thirteenth Kan
sas regiment three years and now
resides with his third wife and two
small children. on the Horton and
Hiawatha road. He remembers when
he often crossed the ground upon
which Hiawatha has since been built,
through prairie grass knee high.
Wichita G. A. R. Protest.-Five hun.
dred veterans of the Civil war living
in Sedgwick county will send petit
tion to President Roos 9vet asking
him to prevent the erection of.a monu-
ment to the commander of Anderson
vile prison, as is proposed by ex-Con-
federates. The petition has already |
been signed by several hundred of |
the men who wore the blue, and as
soon as every member of the G. A. r.
posts has had an opportunity to at
tach his name the petition will lie
sent to the president G. A. r. posts
throughout the entire state will be |
asked to join in the movement.
Fair February Business.-The in.
dependent oil refneries Of Kansas
are doing a little business right long.
The Uncle Sam company sold LAO
barrels of oil and 1876 barrels of gaso-
line in Kansas last month. The Paola
refinery sold Goa barrels of oil and
fifty barrels of gasoline. The Su-
perior refinery sold Gil barrels of oil
and sixty-nine of gasoline. The Web
ster sold 20S barrels of oil This
made total of 3,213 barrels of oil
and 275 barrels Of gasoline. The
sales to other states are not included
here. The figures were given out by
the state oil inspector who only has
Jurisdiction over oil and gasoline sold
for consumption within the state.
HoIyroti Is Growing. - Holyrood
challenges any town in the Kansas
wheat belt to show more improve
ments now under way. A lew 300
barrel Touring mill is started with
$4,000 raised by popular subscription
in less tlan a day. A large hall for
entertainment purposes is under way
II would be called an auditorium In
cities. j. II. Davis is moving his ci-
gar factory there, and handsome
hotel building is under way. The
streets are being macadamized and
cement walks and crossings are go
ing in. A score of residences are un-
der contract for spring, A good COM
mercial Club, backed by Editor Allen
of the Banner and Conductor James
Ross of the Santa Fe, is making Holy
rood, at present terminus OF the
Santa Fe, one Of the important towns
OF the state.