The Globe-republican., 1906-01-11
KANSAS COMMENT

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Quit Prospecting for oIl.--Work d
drili'''g wells at Junction City in pros
pccting f.. oil or gas is being aband
oned and the casing Ii now being
pulled out Of the last we'll. which IL
1870 feet deep. 1t was the deepest
wen ever dug in that part Of the state
and flc only one shat ever produced
any oil. The oil was in such small
qprnti'y, however. as to be vers far
from paying proposition.
Highland Gets IialIroad.-Ths city
o. Hlghalnd, In Doniphan county
which has 500 people. good college
and no railroad. is offered branch
line from point on the Grand Island
near Severance. provided the right
81 way OF six miles and terminal fa-
cilltles are donated to thct road. The
proposition will be accepted and the
city. one of the oldest in the state,
will have railr Id connection in the
carly spring.
dickson Succeeds West. =. F. S.
Jackson a prominent attorney of
Eureka, has been appointed as as
sistant attorney general by Mr.. Cole
man TO fiji the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Judge J. S. West. who
quit that Job 70 become assistant
United States district attorney. Mr..
Jackson is one of the best known
lawyers In the Fourth district. He
has served two terms as county at
torney OF Greenwood county.
Hutchineon Elects Delegates. - AT
the Getting Of the Commercial club
the club voted that representatives
be sent to the State Freight Rate
Con rention al WichitG on January
10. This is to be meeting of great
Importance. HutchiL. on will send a
man to respond to t.c address Of
well )me. This will probably be Mr..
w. Y Morgan. A number of dele
gates Will go. There are several club
members who viii attend and they
will be given credentials.
Arrests in Shawnee County.-Dur-
ing the year Just closed there were
3,O9S persons arrested in Shawnee
county. OF this number 2,340 were
taken into custody fcr violation of
ordinances in Topeka. and lodged in
the police station, and 1853 arrests
made Oh state warrants and the pris-
oner5 locked up in the county Jail.
March, June and August were the
banner months for crime. During the
year sixteen men were sent to the
penitontiary from this e. Inty.
Wichita Wants rs ArtIllery.-Citi-
zens of Wichita will contest the ac-
ton of the stale military board on
its order tbat all the equipment Of
local Battery A, Kansas national
guarl, be- sent to Topeka. A petition
has been sent to Gov. e. w. Hoch,
asking him to issue an injunction
against the carrying out of the mill
tary Loard's order. The petition cites
the bill passed by the legislature last
winter which says that companies,
batteries, regimental bands and bat
talions shall be continued as the pres
ent organization and muster pro-
vides.
A New Oil Acknowledgements
tive c. A. Stannard, of Emporia, own
er &C SuE2y Slope farm, has within
the pass year built up :; bigger bust
ness than raising Herefords on his
Sunny Slope ranch. He is now sup
plying crude oil fc: fuel to the manu-
featuring interests of the state. He
owns twenty oil wells in the south
ern part of the state, but has con-
siderably more business than can be
supplied from his wells, and aside
from the Standard Oil Company he
is one of the biggest oil buyers in
the oil district.
New Mortgage Buslness.-Foreclos-
use of real estate mortgages used to
keep the lawyers Of Kansas busy.
That vein has been worked out COM
pletely. But the lawyers have anoth-
err field OpeninG up = foreclosure OF
mortgages on automobiles The first
case of that kind was started at Otta-
wa few days ago.
Oil and Gas Assessments. - Attor-
ney General Coleman has rendered
an opinion to the eject that all oil
and gas leases must be assessed by
the local assessors. except those ca
land used for pipeline purposes, tank
farms and other business Incidental
to the pipeline concerns. Pipelines
and appurtenances are assessed by
the state board.
SINE Eplleptics In AsyIum.--Taere
are twenty-five sane ep.leptic child
rem Ct school age at the Parsons asy-
lun. The Legislature made no pro-
vision for their education. The state
board OF control took the lit In Its
own teeth and au, orized the super
intendent to At UP one ROE at the
institution with school furniture and
emIloy an additional attendant to