The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-04-05


ton, the Kansas university sprinter Of
some years ago, has been selected as
one Of the team to represent America
In the Olympic games which will take
place In Athens, Greece, this spring
Moulton will run in the 400-meteI
race.
Hand Picked up by Dredee. - A
sand dredge on the Kaw river at To
peka picked up a human hand. 1t Is
the right hand Of white man ant
its state of preservation shows thai
1t has not. been in the river long. The
authorities are now trying to locate
the body.
To Inspect Soldiers Home. - Col
w. e. Elwell, inspector general for all
the National Soldiers homes, arrived
at Leavenworth and will spend sew
eral days making a thorough inspec
ton Of the records. accounts and con
ditions at the military home located
here.
HaIstead Short on Ice. -, For the
first time In ten years the ice deal
ers here have failed to fill their Ice
houses with natural Ice. At no time
during the winter has the Ice on the
river been thick enough to cut and
Ice users will have to depend wholly
on the manufactured product.
Armed Convict at Large. - Private
Empie, of the First infantry, await
ing trial at Fort Leavenworth for de-
sertion, escaped from his armed
guard and took the latters Krag-Jor-
gensen rifle and ammunition. The
sentry reported that he slipped in a
rut and fell, and the prisoner seized
him before he could get up and took
the weapon from him and fed.
Looks for AGjustm ,nt.-The price
Of coal has begun to advance In To
peka on account Of the probability OF
coal strike. Dealers are now ask
ing from rs to so cents ton more
than they did recently. They claim
the mines have lifted prices. Cyrus
Leland, trustee for the Devlin mines,
says that his concern has not lifted
prices any. He still locks for a set
Element of the trouble between opera
tors and miners, aIl feels sanguine
that no strike will occur.
More Aid for Ireland. - Additional
pressure to secure a pardon for A. R.
Ireland will be brought to bear upon
Gov. Hoch by the labor unions Of To
peka. A big mass meeting is to be
held April 3. David Overmyer will
be one of the speakers. The Ireland
matter gets a place in the Topeka
meeting because the labor unions
think that Ireland is mistreated just
as Meyer and other Idaho officials are.
Ireland is vice-presiisnt Of the Ma
chinists' Union, and Is serving a six
months sentence in the Cowley coun-
ty jail for assaulting ]. D. Harrity, a
"scab" machinist.
Forestry OF ,iaI at Fl. Riley. -
Charles A. Scott, assistant forester
from Washington, d. c.. arrived here
about week ago and has been engag-
ed in looking over the reservation in
connection with the scheme for the
of trees on its many bald
hills. 1t was recommended last year
that such scheme be inaugurated,
il practicable, as the baroness of the
hills made 1t almost impossible for the
Of troops when In any
considerable number during man
euver operations. The scheme is a
big one and of course, will take time
to accomplish.
Had Faith and Pitched In. = J. R.
Blythe, who lives four miles south of
White City, added another section OF
land to his holdings, making 5000
acres that he now owns. Mr.. Blythe
landed in Morris county twenty years
ago without any money to speak OF,
but at the present time can count up
his possessions thusly: Three thous-
and acres of land, 400 head of cattle,
thousands of bushels Of corn and
wheat, scads of money In the bank,
and he doesn't know how many hogs.
II anyone wants to know how he
made all this they will tell you he
had faith in himself and in Kansas.
pulled off his coat and pitched in.
Farmers Want lnterurban.--One of
the big questions just now in consid-
Grafton by the interurban people is
whether to go north over the original
survey to Winfield, or to take the
route northeast via the Dunkard
Mills. A careful measurement de-
monstrates the fact that instead of
five miles, it is only two and one-half
miles farther by the Dunkard Mills
route. Also the farmers along this
route are willing to donate $4,000 to
have the road run that way, for the
benefit it will be to them in trans
and the natural increase of
the value of their farms. A conser-
vative estimate Is that the Interurban
will add at least SIS per acre to every
farm 1t touches. Mr.. ]. w. Birdzell