The Globe-republican., 1906-05-24

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festival Is to be applied on the new
convention hall T
AbIIene's City Park. - The city
council has approved the valuations
Imade for the whole city hall block,
Ind work will begin Immediately in
The clearing off Of the unsightly
structures that have made the block
a picture of desolation for years. The
city voted bonds for the improve
ment Of the property last spring and
these will pay for the entire prop
erty.
Big Shipment Of Wlre.-A decorat.
ed train through Kansas in a daylight
run from Pueblo by the Warner Fence
Company Of Ottawa was greeted by a
great demonstration. The mayor and
leading citizens met the train at EN-
poria. The shipment is said to have
been the largest ever sent out Of the
Pueblo mills. It Is estimated that the
shipment would build a fence of nine
wires around the state of Kansas.
St. Johns Commercial cIub.--The
st. John Commercial Club met and
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, Howard
Gray; vice-president, o. B. Shepherd;
secretary, H. J. Cornwell: financial
secretary, J. W. Rixon; treasurer, R.
W. Thompson. The club starts out
with a membership Of over sixty and
1t promises to do much good in a
commercial way, as well as making
the city more attractive.
Junction City Gets Contract. = The
bids on the big meat contract at TT.
Riley for the last six months Of this
year were opened at Fl. Riley and
the Junction City Packing Company
had the lowest bid. Severtl big
packing companies of Kansas City
bid on the contract and it was the
first time in many years that the 10.
cal contractors have succeeded In I'm.
derbidding the outside packers. The
lowest bid on the meat was 1924 a
hundred.
Boom for Prof. Rhoades.-A boom
has been started here for ]. M.
Rhoades for president of the state,
normal school. Professor Rhoades is
now filling the chair of political econ.
omy and is the third man in the ia.
Guilty. He was for years superintend.
ent OF schools in Hiawatha. It is un.
derstood that Prof. Rhoades will have
the friendship and support Of Gov.
Hoch In the contest. The board of
regents will meet next month to
elect a president to succeed Prof. Will
kerson.
Adopts Parking System. = AT the
last meeting Of the city council of
Marysville an ordinance was passed
looking to the parking of all the resi-
dence streets of Marysville. The plan
outlined is similar to the one used at
Topeka and 1t is the intention of the
council to inaugurate the system at
once. Eventually every residence
street will be parked for a width of
ten feet from the sidewalk line to the
curb line on each side and trees will,
be set out on the parking.
Kelly Draws $21e,6s2. - T. IT,
Kelly, state treasurer, has made
drafts on the county treasurers for
$219,6S2. This is the amount which
the auditor and treasurer have esti
mated that 1t will require to pay the
expenses of the state for the month
OF June. The new law requires the
auditor and treasurer to make their
drafts by the middle of the month for
the money which will be needed to
pay expenses for the succeeding
month.
Violated Elght-Hour Law.-W. R.
Robinson, assistant labor commits.
sioner, has returned from Pittsburg,
where he adjusted case of violating
the state eight-hour labor law, and in
vestigated the coal strike situation
H. r. Nash, the state paving con-
tractor, who has been violating the
eight-hour law, paid fine of $50 and
has promised to obey the law in the
future. Mr.. Robinson says that the
miners are looking forward to an
early settlement of the coal strike.
Report Of Dairy Products. - Secge-
tary F. D. Coburn. of the Kansas
State Board Of Agriculture, reports
the dairy products of Kansas for last
year as having value of $8,499,-
243.36. Adding to this the value of
milk and butter consumed in the
home, the total would easily be $751;
1000 per year. Although In Its in
fancy, the dairy business of Kansas
far exceeds In value the total yearly
product Of all Of her gas and oil
fields, and all Of her orchards and
gardens. The dairy is gold mine
for Kansas, and Kansas butter has
therefore ranked high in the New
York and home markets. Lately,
however, 1t is found that a large per-
centage of Kansas butter ranks only
as seconds" in the New York mar