The Globe-republican., 1906-01-18
KANSAS COMMENT

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business .aen, fifty strong, organize
~ commercial club to advance the il
teresss OF town and county.
Mrrketino Corn crop.--An unusua
eisaN on the street at Lyons was tina
of fourccn full wagon loads Of nc,
corn Chained together one after tn
pt''el and headed by threshing en-
Cl.c.
Prizss for Best LaWno.--Many Kan
sls towns arc now Offering prizes fol
the best kept and most beautiful
lawns This Is done to encourage
people to improve their lawns, thus
identifying the town
New Swedish Buldlng.-A Swedish
building patterned after the archi
lecture OF Sweden has just been er.
ccted at Lindsborg and the owner
mas offered prize to the first cou-
PIE that win be married In the build
mug under the genuine old-fashioned
S"SNioH CST6NlUuy.
Ccnvicts TO RuiId Driveway. -
Franklin Bell has made the state
ment that a new driveway connect
ing the fort will be established. 1t
VIII be along the high bank skirting
the river and will connect with either
Third or Fourth street. The work
OF making the driveway will be per-
formed by prisoners confined in the
new military prison a. Leavenworth
An lola Truancy Case - Truancy
officer Lcmaster las commenced &C.
ton In Justice Potter's court against
William Mcfarland for viola ag the
state truancy law. 1t l. alleged that
Mcfarland has not ,pt his four
teon-year-old daughter II school. 1t
was necessary to start similar pro-
ceedings against the same family a
year ago, The case filed is the first
prosecution Gnde" the truancy law
which has become necessary this
year
To Rush Atchison Rofinery.-H. H.
Tucker, Jr., the big man of the I'm
Gle Sam Oil Company, is in Atchison,
accompanied by S. D. Faust, who will
be in charge of tho building of the
Atchson refinery. The boilers for
the refinery Lave been in the rail.
road yards here for several days and
the first big oil tank is being loaded
for shipment here. 1t is steel, and
will require three cars. The tank
will have a capacity of 10000 gal
Ions
Leavenworth Real Estate. - The
sale OF the opera house to |. B. Win
mig is one of the best indicat is of
how people feel towards Leaven-
worth real estate at the present time.
Four years ago the opera house was
offered for $1,000 and purchaser
could not be found The present
lessee of the opera house leased for
a term of years with the right to buy
at any time for $4,000. And now
comes Mr.. Winnig and he has paid
$4,000 for the property. He expects
to spend $4,000 in remodelng it and
then he flgure1 that it will pay him
good interest on his money.
To Reduce Cement Rate.-A letter
has been addrc sed to the sta-e BOARD
Of railroad commits iChers by the, st. {
Louis & San Francisco railroad COM |
nissioners by the st. Louis C San
Francisco railroad company asking {
permission 10 lower the rate on do
nestle cement from Fort Scott to {
Wichita. The rate at the present time t
s IL cents. The railroad company {
proposes to reduce 1t to II cents. to |
with the rate now in ef-
ect between lola and WicL. ia. 1t a
s understood that tie other railroad I
will make similar reduc- S
ions. t
Cattle Dying of Disease.-A disease
5 prevalent among cattle near Sher- F
nan City which is killing many of n
hem. One farmer, A. w. Walker, II
I near Sherman, has lost % head p
ut of herd of 40 head from the S
isease. 1t always appears to be a 7
isease of the mouth, which prevents n
he stock from eating, and they s
tarve to death. C,
Rebuilding Kansas Road. The q
lissouri, Kansas and Texas Railway 81
omplny has begun the work of re- OF
uilding its line between Junction
ity and Parsons. The road is being r
allasted and the old rails that were Fl
I'D about 35 years ago will be taken W
p and replaced with G0-pound steel re
ills. The line is 157 miles long fr
he work of rebuilding the line will a
3 finished by summer. te
Buried In Wedding Gown. Miss &C
adie Oldsen, daughter Of Geo. Old nj
IN. proprietor Of the hotel at Downs, X
ed In st. Joseph's hospital at Con- OF
'rdia, following an operation for FL
NOR. She was to have been mar pc
ed soon, and in compliance with an tn
lte-mortem request. will be buried re
the gown made for her wedding an