The Globe-republican., 1906-01-18

Harvesting Ice--With such mil,
winter as Kansas has bad, one cal
scarcely realize that the ice men arr
getting the best crop OF natural ic'
right now that they have cut in .sev
'eral years.
Located on the LIne.---Peck, kan, Il
a modest town. It's name doesn't ap
pear In the big papers once a month
Yet 1t is SO large that 1t takes two
counties to hold It - Sumner am
Sedgwick. se
New Pastor for Salina.--Rev. vii
liam A. Baslser, Jr., of Springfield
Center, N. Y. has accepted call tt
become dean of Christ Cathedral al
Salina and he will arrive in Feb. tc
take charge.
Kansas sail lin Touch" - Kanga
never fails to score. Darius Miller
who was indicted by the Chicago
grand jury for making railroad re-
bates, is a Kansas boy. His parents
live at Moran. One of Yerkes' Chi.
cago sweethearts was a Kansas girl.
Track Built Into onaga.-The con.
struction of the track for the Topeka
& Northwestern railway between
Onaga and Topeka was completed on
Jan. IA. The event was heralded by
the explosion Of dynamite and the
railway officials feel much elated
over the fact.
Two Column Card of Thanks.--An
Eastern distiller wrote to Manford
Schoonover of Garnett, offering him
-four full quarts" on trial. Schoon
over replied in letter that made
two columns in his Journal. Over
100000 copies Of this letter have been
circulated = not by the dstiller
though.
Summers Good Showina.-sumne,
county husbands are either growing
better or growing more careful. Dur.
Ing the past year 245 marriage Ii.
censes We're issued there. while only
Porty-fve divorce suits were filed.
However, husbands in Sumner should
not get too reckless. Their wives
nay get wiser this year.
Farmers Institutes. = Arrange
nents are being made to conduct a
series of farmers institutes in south
western Kansas over the Santa Fe.
The state institute director and Mr..
;. l.. Seagraves of the railroad made
nut a tentative schedule and now
correspondence is being had with
he towns marked in the schedule.
Water Mill at EImdaic Burns. -
he large water power grist mill of
Y. ii. Roberts & Co., at Elmdale,
aught fire and was entirely destroy.
d, together with about 500 bushels
wheat. 500 bushels of corn. 500
ushels of kafiir corn and 4 car, loads
flour. Cause of fire unknown.
and contents insured for
4 500.
Begins Road Building. - Captain
oudez, quartermaster at Fort Riley,
as just let contracts for building a
lad north from Junction City. The
)vernmcnt will pay for the build
g and the first work will be done
c. e. Raulson, of this city. Con.
'ess appropriated $4,000 to start the
ork and an additional appropriation
Ill be asked for.
Penny Subscriptions for Trail. -
rs. w. E. Stanley, a member of the
mmittee to devise ways and means
marking the Santa Fe trail, an ,
unced at Wichita that school child :
n OF this state will be asked to con- I
butte to the fund which will be used
purchase markers. No child will s
permitted to give more than t
Mt. The money will be sent to Mrs.
arence S. Hall. of Lawrence, Kan t
Mysterious Horse Disease.-A mum. d
r of Mcpherson county farmers /.
We lost horses within the last few
,nths from disease which seems =
but which greatly re. :.
nbles the new disease in horses, :,
Itch is discussed in a recent bulle- N
from the veterinary department q
the State Agricultural College. 1t r
a fatal disease and hundreds Of II
rses have died during the past
. months a
falls In EoIing Water.-Otis Arm u
ad, the 3,1-2-year old son of Mr.. IL
Mrs. Andy Armstead, died at EN-. II
ia from burns resulting from hav- y
fallen into tub of 4. hot water. -
e child backed into the tub A =,
tor dressed the child's burns, but a. !,
water contained I've and this AZ
badly fastened hic death.
VII Call on Treasurers.-Seth G. et
lis, auditor Of state. and T. T. W
ly, state treasurer decided to call 81
the county treasurers for a por- hs
| of the state taxes now due the ry
e. Owing to the fact that the ia
nty treasurers have not yet made
II reports to the auditor regard. IN
the amount of money thew have Isl