The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-02-08

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Well Shaken. - Phillips county
didn't get the earthquake, but 1t got
q pretty good shaking up, neverthe-
less Assistant Attorney General
Pratt has secured the conviction Of
eight firms In that county under the
nuisance law. Most of them were
druggists who had been selling
| liquor.
Great Advantage to Dealers.--J. H.
Turner, "a Wichita hay dealer, wants
the railroad board to require rail-
roads to give hay shippers the inspec-
tion-in-transit privilege. This privi-
lege was extended by the roads for
some years, but was withdrawn not
long ago. Turner says 1t was a great
advantage to dealers and wants to re-
establish 1t. q
OH DriIler Killed. - Milton Not
strand was instantly killed on the
Geo. Fisher farm northwest of Hum
bolt. He was drawing casing from
an oil well when the crown pulley
dropped from the top Of the derrick,
striking him on the head and split
ting his skull He lived near where
he met his death and leaves wife
and three small children.
Explosion Killed Fireman.--Engine
No. 473 Of through freight Of the
Santa Fe blew up two miles west Of
Bellefont, Kan. killing J. M. Shell
don, the fireman. George Plumb, the
engineer, escaped unhurt. Plumb, the
engineer permitted the. water in the
boiler to get too low No one else
was injured. Sheldon, the dead fire.
man, lived at Oklahoma City.
Prison Clerk Abroad. - M. W. Nc.
Claughry, record clerk and Bertillion
expert at the UL.ted States peniten-
tiary at Leavenworth, started for
Europe, there he will spend three
months visiting prisons. He will
make study Of the finger print iden-
LITIGATION system at Scotland Yard in
London and to obtain additional in
formation relative to the method of
keeping the records. Mr.. McClaughry
will meet Bertillon, the famous Grim
inal expert, in Paris.
v. p. Makes mprovements.-The
Union Pacific has just completed
new iron bridge over Mud creek on
which work has been progressing
for several weeks. The depot has
been refttted and improved, a new
coal house built and many other i'm
provements made In the property.
The track will be raised foot
through lower part of Abilene to
give the bridge sufficient height for
the food waters.
Two Fairs in Dickinson. - The
Dickinson County Fair Association
has raised $4,000 for a fair ground
and race track west of Abilene and
the plans include county fair and
race meeting here next fall The
Hope stockmen have organized a
South Dickinson and North Marion
county fair association and propose
to hold fair at Hope. The county
has had no fair for. ten years and the
interest in the rivalry promises to be
an active one.
Reports Lack observation-disclosures
are being circulated through the
newspapers in southwestern Kansas
that the Santa Fe has purchased the
short branch line from Bucklin to
Dodge City from the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific and that the latter
road has secured from the Santa Fe
the Wichita & Western branch. SO
far as is known by the officials of |
the Rock Island. who are located
here, these reports are without foun-
dation If any such deals had been |
consummated or were under way the
officials Of the roads here would have
heard of them.
Water Plant Doubled. - The first
few weeks of 1906 have been full OF
promise that the year will be one OF |
great improvement for Coffeyviile.
One of the improvements and one
which is nearing completion Is the
enlarging the capacity Of the pump
ing plant of the water works. The |
rapid growth of the city in the past
few years has increased the demand
for water until in many seasons OF
the year the old pumps were not able
to furnish an adequate supply The
new machinery which is now being |
installed will more than double the |
capacity of the plant.
Harvey County Farms Valuable
j. d. Crellln has sold his S0-acre farm |
east of Newton to Sam Williamson
of Livingston county. Illinois, for
$4,000, and has purchased the Spore |
place near Putnam, in Harvey coun-
ty for $1O,5OO. James Pearson of
Macomb, ILL.,, has purchased the John
Toeys place east of Newton for $500,
and Frederick. Shriver Of Roanoke,
ILL.,, has purchased the 4O0-acre tract
in Macon township owned by Jacob
linn paying $4,000. This land has