The Globe-republican., 1906-03-15

Bankers at Abilene March q. =
The fifth annual meeting of Group
-Four Of the Kansas Bankers Associa
ton will be held Here on Wednesday
March 81. .@ li
Oflcers Laugh at Stcry. ~ The Off,
GERS at ut. Lcayenworth place. little
credence in the report sent out from
washington to Cincinnati papers that
all the troops at TT. Leayenworth will
leavessoQn for the Orient in command
OF Gen.Bell. No hint of such a move
ment has been rqceiyed here and tie
officers treat the matter Gs d joke. y
Train Through Shower Of Oil. -
AT. least one Santa Fo train is well
painted with oil froll IT, Thayer
field. There was break In the high
pressure oil line north of Thayer near
the railroad, and the oil was being
thrown high in the air as the train
came along The wind which was
very strong from the southwest,
threw the greasy fluid in thick
spray all over the entire length of the
train.
Kansas Elevator Fire. - The large
mill and elevator Of II. S. Edwards &
Co., in Chetopa was totally destroy.
ed by fire. The mill had shut down
for the night and no one discovered
the fire until too late to save the
building. A heavy thunder storm pre-
coded the fire and it is believed the
elevator was struck by lightning. The
estimated loss is $4,000 for the mill
and elevator and $4,000 for 1900
bushels Of wheat.
Anthony's Big New MilI.-The bet
terments in the Kramer mill are now
practically under way. 1t was de-
cided to increase to seven hundred,
making it one of the largest mills in
southern Kansas. Contracts for the
machinery, which will all be new and
of the most modern type, were let
early in January. 1t will be operated
by a 200 horse power Cross COM
pound engine of the Corliss type
which, with its battery of boilers and
engine house will cost $4,000.
Steam Pillow In Beet culture.-The
old method of blowing is too slow for
Kearny county, on the sugar beet lands
of the United States Sugar and Land
company, and A. H. Vogle is at Lakin
with steal Flow to comm ence oper-
atoms on the company's land south of
this city. I've hundred acres will be
plowed and replowed at once and put
in condition for growing beets. The
acreage 20 beets in the county the
coming season will more than double
any previous year
Spring Resumes at Emporia.-All
the snow and ice has disappeared
from the trees and ground and beau
tiful spring weather prevails. Inter-
views with many farmers in this vi
cinity show great preponderance of
opinion that fruit has not been ma
terially harmed by the sleet and ice
formed on the trees. On the other
hand, the opinion is unanimous that
immense benefit has accrued to wheat
and that the ground could not be in
better condition than 1t will be In
day or two, when the sun and wind
have done their work of drying out
the superfluous moisture
Republic countys surpIus.-There
are probably a million and a half dol.
lars of idle money In Republic coun-
ty today. The financial statements of
the banks of the county at the last
report shows about a million dollars
on deposit. Many border towns like
Concordia, Clyde, jamestown and
Chester draw heavily on the Republic
county deposits. besides the money
hid away in old stockings and carried
personally for the purpose Of floating
deals, would probably run The idle
money in the county up to million
and half dollars. This Il nearly 500
for every man, woman and child in
the county. This docs not represent
the wealth Of Republic county--it
only shows the amount of surplus
money that people do not know what
to do With. ;.
AIlirator as Watchdog.-Ed Kelley
is going to open up new industry in
Kingman. It being nothing other than
an alligator farm. This week he re-
ceived from Frank Wenschenk. who
is down in New Orleans, pair of
genuine French alliga.ors, by express.
They are male and female, and 1t is
KeIley's intention to make business
OF raising them for sale. AS is well
known, an alligator makes one Of the
most reliable watchdogs, II such they
may be called. there is In existence,
and they can be trained to keep off 4
all yarmints and even suspicious per-
sons from the premises. They can be
taught to bark like dog and their
bark much resembles that of a genu-
ine bulldog and owing TO their UNI
couth or repugnant appearance there
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