The Globe-republican., 1906-02-01

lledged the money and work Will be-
gin at once. The structure will cost
about $4,000 and will be arranged
both as theater and a convention
hall. tt will seat $500.
\ TO Contain 100000 3rlck.--Slx hun
dred thousand brick will be used in
the Kelly flourino mill, started at
Hutchinson. 1t will cost $4,000 and
will have a capacity Of 500 barrels
daily. 1t Is to be ready for work by
July l. One hundred cars Of material
will be used In Its construction.
For Storage Tanker. :. Sutton;
Of Cherryvale has purchased tract
Of land near the tanks Of the Stand
ard OIL Company, beside the right-of-
way Of the Santa Fe road at Hutchin-
son for the Uncle Sam refinery and
will at once erect tanks for the stor-
age and distribution &, oil locally.
Stopped a County Seat Wharf.-The
voters of Rawllns county declared
themselves almost tree to one in
favor Of issuing bonds to BULL new
court. house at Atwood. When the
old one burned recently there were
rumors Of county seat war, which,
however, did not find much favor
The new building is 20 COZ $4,000.
Fire at Eskrldge. The Trivelt
building, one Of the best business
buildings in that city, was burned to
the ground 1t was a store building
with two stories and basement. oc-
cupied by a furniture store and
Offices. The loss will be $1,000 or
$4,000 and no insurance. 1t was only
by reason of an absolute calm that
the Security State Banli building adj
joining and the entire block were
saved.
Wants Long for Orator. Senator
Long, of Kansas, has been invited to
deliver the first address to the newly
organized Kansas Association Of New
York City, which has membership
Of several hundred former residents
Of Kansas. The association has chos-
en- January 81 for its opening session,
that being the anniversary Of the ad-
mission of Kansas as state. Sena-
tor Long, however, will be prevented
by important matters in the senate
to attend the function.
Escaped Convict Caught. = w. B.
Haskell, warden of the Kansas peni-
tertiary, las received word from the
chief of police at Fort Scott that Jas.
Meese, supposed to be an escaped
convict, was under arrest there.
Meese escaped while working outside
as a trusty in August, 1908. He had
nearly two years more to serve on
two and half year term for lar
ceny. Captain Hiatt will 60 to Fort
Scott to identify Meese and bring him
back.
Old Bill of Ladng Swindle.-A man
using the name of Gus Witt, of Hud-
son. Kan, beat the Helm Grain Com
pany out of $3.50 on fraudulent bill
of lading for car Of wheat, on which
the company advanced him a check 1
for $1,000, which he deposited with
the Bankers Trust Company and
drew check for $3.50 on the account
before the fraud was discovered. Gus
Witt, who was impersonated, Is
wealthy merchant and grain dealer
living at Hudson. Kan.
$4,000 Government Bonus. = s ,cre-
tary of State Burrow purchased $780,
600 in goverL-.ent bonds for the
state sinking fund. to redeem state
bonds outstanding when they be-
come due. Under the law at least
$40 900 In government bonds must be
bought each year for the sinking
fund. The state has a $G32, 900 bond
ed debt. 1t is all held by tie state
school fund. When the bonds fall
due the government bonds will be
sold and the proceeds used In paying
off the state bonds.
Shipping Rabbts.-Hinkson & Co.,
at Kingman, are shipping an average
of / 500 jackrabbits daily, to the Kan
sas City market They wrap them
in paper, feathers and all, packing
forty in a barrel and ship them in
this manner. A jack will weigh on an
average about six and half pounds,
so each barrel will weigh 250 pounds
or more, or an average daily ship
ment Of more than 10000 pounds. AL
lowing half for loss in dressing them
this would mean that fully 5000
pounds of jack rabbit goes out of
Kingman daily to Kansas City, where
1t is repacked and then shipped to
New York in the form Of potted ham.
ported chicken, tamales.
Gas for Central kansas--At the an
nual meeting of the Abilene National
Bank directors, C. H. Pattison, q pro-
moter of the gas propositions for
central Kansas informed those at the
meeting that the towns of the Kaw
and Smoky Hill vall.es will get nat
ural gas in a short time. 1t will take
a little time to complete the work,
hut the outlook Is good for the pip