The Globe-republican., 1906-01-11

with an attendance Of about 100. Al
permanent county Organization was
formed providing for annual meetings
at Waverly, Lebo, Leroy and Grid
ley.
John Doe to 90 Dry.--Assistant At
torncy General Mikesell, having clean
cd out all the Joints and saloon drug
stores in Wilson county. has started
In on bootleggcrs and express COM
panicsa He has filed suits against
all the express company agents in the
county.
100000 Corporation. In order to
meet the growing de-.ands Of his
business, .. X. Rinehard, proprietor
c. the Ottawa Mills, has Incorporated
the Ottawa Grain and Milling Com
pany under the laws of the state. The
paid up capital of the corporation is
100000.
Drowned In Shallow Water.--Ralph
Morris. a 10-year-old boy az Junction
City, broke through the ice while
skating on the Republ. n river near
Junction City, and was drowned in
water less than four feet deep, His
companions could not get him out
and he was standing in water up to
his neck when they left him to get
assistance. When they returned he
had gone under.
Useful Invention. - A Lndsborg
man comes to the front with an in
vention that will clean stovepipes and
chimneys. II = will also do away
with the language which has here
tofore usually accompanied the job
of cleaning stovepipec, US Clarence
Mats !, the Lindsborg man will have
made the work of the recording an
gel much lighter.
Peach Tree Suit Appealcd.--A fruit
tree nit was appealed I the supreme
court from the Riley county district
court s. B. Moore. a nursery agent,
sold H. Strong 600 peach trees for
$3.50. Strong refused to pay for
them, claiming they we're not what
he ordered. Moore got judgment for
the amount in the district court, and
Strong appealed tc the supreme
court.
Slight Inaccuracy. A story was
sent out from lola recently that the
Kansas Natural Gas Company was
pumping sixty parts air and forty
parts gas into its pipe line there and
selling the mixtures at Topeka, Law
renee, Kansas City, Kas., and other
towns at rs cents per thousand feet.
The Kansas Natural hasn't yet start
ed any of the pumps on its pipe line.
Otherwise the lola story is correct.
New Version of Mary's La ,b.-A
large buck sheep entered the school
house at Moray and started a rough
house by jumping over the seats and
butting the children, who quickly ran
out doors, laughing with delight. The
teacher, Miss Larzalere, took the
sheep by the horns and threw 1t out.
Now there is a movement to Civ her
lie certificate to teach in any sheep |
district in Kansas.
Witness chargc With Contempt.
Assistant Attorney General Carver,
of Shawnee county, will test the ques-
ton as to whether special assistant
appointed to enforce the prohibitory
law can npel a witness to attend
al inuuisitiCl. He summoned c. F.
Shaffer to appear before him to tell
what he knew about the existence
Of joints In Topeka. Shaffer refused
to appear. Carver filed contempt pro-
ceedings in the district court to pun
ish Shaffer.
Potato Lore. = w. S. Williamson,
the champion potato raiser of Lyon
county, says that invariably potato
raisers harvest their crop early and
in thi way not only injIre the quality
of the potatoes, but diminish the size
of the crop. The prevalent idea. he
says, is that the potatoes are ripe
when the vine dies, but the facts in
the case are much to the contrary;
that the potatoes are only half grown
when the vines die. That they in
crease in size and flavor after frost
Commissioner Walker unlucky. -
A. D. Walker, railroad commissioner,
is having more than his share of
trouble. His little daughter was
on for appendicitis few
days ago. His wife is now quaran-
tined with scarlet fever. While driv-
ins out to his farm near Holton he
was thrown out of the buggy and had
a rib broken. He will be unable to
attend any meetings Of the railroad
commission for some time.
Sheriff Had Chase. - Three en-
war.od in Kansas we're captured
within a quarter Of mile Of the Ok
lahoma line. They are charged with
into the general store and
postoffico at Climax, Kan. and were
captured by the sheriff Of Greenwood
County, who had been following them
for a week.
Major Coffin to ManiIa.--Maior w.