The Globe-republican., 1906-07-26
KANSAS COMMENT

Towanda State Bank Is Opened. =
The Towanda State Bank opened fo
business in their own building with ;
capital stock Of $4,000.
Government Depository. - Wichits
will soon have another government
depository. The fortunate institution
is the National Bank Of Wichita
Newton Oil Company Sells. - The
Newton Oil and Gas Company sold
their stock to Stewart Griffin & Co.
of Ohio, for $4,000.
Veterans at Dodge City.-The 18th
annual reunion of the Southwestern
Association will be held on August
%, 20, 80, 81 and September 1, 1906,
in the Wright park, at Dodge City.
Bread for the Troops-A Junction
City milling company has been award
ed the contract for 100000 pounds of
flour to be used by the regular and
state troops during the maneuvers at
Fort Riley.
Was First Prison Governor. -
Brigadier General Edmund Rice, who
died recently at Wakefield. Mass,
was for many years stationed at Fort
Leavenworth, and was the first gov
ernor of the military prison there.
Will Improve the PIants.-The city
council let contracts to Roy w.
Stookey, of Belleville, ILL.,, and to the
Electric and Steam Engineering Com
pany of st. Louis for remodeling and
improving the municipal water and
light plants at Ottawa.
Crushed by Fall of Rock. - Louis
Focco, an Italian coal miner employ
ed as digger in mine No. 16 Of the
G. c. Cockerill Coal Company. situat-
ed five miles southwest Of Pittsburg,
was crushed to death while at work
In the mine by a fall of rock.
Charged With Bootesgins. Lam
bert White was taken to Wichita by
a deputy United States marshal from
Belle Plain, Kan. where he was ar
rested on charge Of selling whisky
illegally. The indictment was found
against White in Fort Smith, Ark.
Pullman Back in Jail.-Sheriff Cody
has returned to Ottawa with Arch
Pullman from New York. Pullman
was lodged in Jail at Olathe where
the Franklin county prisoners are be-
ing kept while the new jail is being
built. He is the horsethief who broke
Jail with M. M. Let's.
Claim They are obeying the Law
DR.. S. ]. Crumbine. secretary of the
state hoard Of health at Topeka. has
received assurances from all of the
packers and food manufacturers that
they are complying with the new
rules issued by the department.
Creamery Begins Its Work. - The
Ell Dorado creamery, with w. H.
Fountaine, proprietor, made the first
butter recently. The chun holds $50
gallons of cream, the machinery Is
first class and you can get the butter
on the market or at the creamery
This is new enterprise.
Cut to Pieces by the Cars-Henry |
A. Frewert. a Kansas City Southern |
switchman, was run over and instant
ly killed at Pittsburg while at work
in the Northeast yards. While Ere
vert was setting switch string OF |
cars backed down upon him, and be-
fore he could get out of the way he
was struck. He fell directly across
the track and was literally cut to
pieces. The body was taken to his |
former home at Chanute for burial.
Pumping Station Burns. - Fire of
unknown origin badly damaged the
pumping station of the municipal wa
ter works system at Burlington, but
did not materially damage the pumps
which were in deep pit and were
soon covered with water from a burst
pipe. The boilers also escaped
serious damage The entire roof was
burned off and the brick well dam
aged. The plant was able to resume
operations.
After SLAUGHTER Houses.-Dr. S. J.
Crumbine, secretary of the State
Board of Health, has started war
on the slaughter houses, big and lit
tie. all over the state. He is issuing
orders to the commissioners of every
county to investigate the conditions
In their respective counties and II
they find them unsanitary to order
the owner to clean up. Then If the
places are not in proper shape with
in five days the commissioners are
instructed to arrest the owners.
Will Bridge the Kaw.-The quarter
masters department at Fort Riley
notified the war department that an
appropriation of $1S,5O0 had been
made for building bridge across the
Kaw river at the post. Fort Riley
had a bridge over the Kaw until 1t
was wrecked by the flood and since
that time the south part Of the reser-
walton across the river has been of
little use in the operation Of the troops