The Globe-republican., 1906-03-22
KANSAS COMMENT

cefving applicants, AS no arrange
ments can be made for the perman'
ent support OF the home until. after
grand lodge meets In October dona-
tons are being sent from all parts OF
the state.
In Spite of Bad Weather. - Despite
terrible weather, successful farmers
institute was held at Oberlin with 100
In attendance. Two representatives
from the Kansas agricultural college
We're present and spoke on stock
feeding and corn breeding. An or
gani~aton was effected and arrange
ments made for the boys corn con-
test
Paid 81 for Each Penny. - At the
rate of dollar for each penny he
stole, M. A. Fredericks, rural mail
carrier Of Winfield, Kan, was requir-
ed by Judge John H. Pollock, in the
federal court at Winfield to restore
to the government the money he took
thereffom. Carrier Fredericks plead
ed guilty to opening letter and TAX
ing % cents from it.
Interest on State Funds.-The state
treasurer received about $1,25O as in
terest on state funds in the various
repositories for the month OF Febru-
airy. The interest goes into the gen
eral fund. This is at the rate OF
$4,000 year. Still, the interest will
not amount to quite that much, be-
cause state funds run low during the
last few months of the year and the
interest Is reduced accordingly in
amount.
First Flour Over Midland. - The
Arkansas City Milling Company ship
ped out the first car of flour over the
Midland Valley road. The car was
a Midland Valley No. 100. 1t was con-
signed to Mclaughlin & Farrar at
Pawhuska. Thus 1t begins to show
what advantage the new road Is to
the city. Our wholesale houses, mills
and packing houses are sending
freight to this country, part Of which
Is new to our houses.
May Bar Fire companies.-A dozen
fire insurance companies of the East
are liable to wake up some morning
soon and find they have been barred
from Kanst ). They have failed to
turn in their firemen's fund tax for
the current year. The law provides
that the tax shall be paid by Febru-
airy %. Insurance Superintendent
Luling sent telegram to each of the
delinquent3, giving them week to
pay their taxes. If they fail to COM
ply by that time he will shut them out
of the state.
! Increases Mill Capacity.-New ma
chinery which is being installed by
the Ottawa Milling Company will give
its plant a capacity of $50 barrels of
-four a day, making it one of the lar
gest mills in the state. Three large
gyrators are being put in. A Curator
is boiling machine, which takes the
place of the old dresser and reel. At
ter the wheat is ground 1t is run into
the gyrators and by their rapidly NOV
ing selves is in a short tine sifted to
the desired fneness.
Crooks Handy Palm. - A smooth
crook has worked one or two banks
in Central Kansas by asking the bark
ers to give him some bills for gold
coin. At one bank he produced $500
in gold. The cashier gave him paper
for It. In the exchange the crook
"palmed" eight or ten of the $40 gold
pieces. At the First National Bank
of Manhattan he "palmed' ten but
they discovered their loss before he
could get out of town and made him
dig up 5000 in cash under threats of
a prosecution. The State Bankers
Association has notified all its mem
bers to beware of the crook.
Drove It Out of Kansas. L. Day
hoff, state superintendent of public
instruction, > having trouble with
Willard e. Lyon, member of the
state textbook commission, because
Mr.. Dayhoff has refused to call the
commission together to drive out of
the state a concern which Is selling
charts to the country school boards.
Mr.. Lyon charges that the people of
various counties of the state have
been robbed by the chart company,
which claims to have the official in
dorsement of the textbook commits
sion. Superintendent Dayhoff says
that he has driven the chart company
from the state, and that 1t has done
no business here this year. He says
that Mr.. Lyon kept quiet while the
company unloaded all Of the charts
there was a market for in Lincoln
county. and that he is now clamoring
TO have the company driven from the
state three months after 1t has quit |
doing business here. The quarrel has
reached the open" letter stage.
May Impeach Topeka Chief. - I'm.