Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-18


nues of the plant and applied on the
purchase price.
A Great Wheat Crop.
The wheat crop of Kansas has
turned out far beyond the expecta-
lions of any one who attempted, prior
to its harvest, to make estimates of
the output. The threshing has now
gone far enough to indicate that the
state has raised about 9O,000,OOO BUSH
els of wheat, or $1,000, 900 more than
in 1905, and, with one exception, the
largest crop that Kansas ever pro-
ducsd. The final returns may raise
the estimate above the crop of 1903
which, as reported by Secretary CO.
burn, was 100000 bushels.
a New Leavenworth Map.
A party of topographic engineers
from the United States geological sur
vey has commenced work on a map
which is to be known as the "Leav
enworth Special" 1t will cover an
area of about 400 square miles and
extend ten miles in each direction
from Fort Leavenworth. The map is
being made on a scale of 4 900 feet to
one inch, with contour interval of
twenty feet. 1t will be the most ac-
curate map that has ever been made
of that section.
To Transfer Departments to Topeka
Upon completion of the addition 20
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe's
general Office building at Topeka a
transfer will be made of about zoo
Office clerks from the offices of the
Santa Fe's coast lines from Los An
geles to Topeka. 1t is understood
that the change will affect practically
all of the clerks of the California Of
fees of the Santa Fe, except local and
division superintendent, such as d.
vision superintendent, roadmasters,
dispatcherS, etc.
Helen Gould Orders "See-Saw."
Miss Helen Gould, the woman phil
anthropist, with the purpose in view
of providing amusement for the child
rem of Greater New York, has written
to a Wichita man, Fay w. Stevens
who has invented a childs seesaw, and
requested him to go to New York and
there place one of his amusement APP
paratuses in every public playground
in that city. The seesaws are to be
paid for by Miss Gould.
Extra Pay for Guardsmen.
All the enlisted men in the Kansas
national guard who have served con-
tinuously for more than one year
and the enlisted men who have quail
flied as marksmen or better, will draw
10 per cent. additional pay during tbs
week of August 10 to August &c
while they are participating in the
maneuvers at the regular army camp
of instruction at Fort Riley.
Attack Drainage Law.
The constitutionality of the state
law of 1905 providing for the creation
of drainage boards in the Kaw river
valley has been attacked in a case in
stituted in the federal court at Tope-
ka by the New England Trust COM
pany against the Kaw Valley drain
age district and the members of thu
drainage board.
Fast Typesetters.
A type setting contest is now on
among the Kansas country weeklies.
A girl in the Concordia Blade Office
the other day set 1880 ems, loaded
BREWER, in eight hours. Lille Baum
berger, in the Washington Register
ter by setting 13,104 ems in eight
hours.
Doctors Are Prosecuting Hun.
Complaint was made in justice
court at Ottawa against Joseph HUFF.
living near Rantoul, for violating the
medical laws. HUH is charged with
prescribing a paste for the cure OF
cancer without having physicians
license. The county medical society
is backing the prosecution.
Dayton to Urge Separate Schools.
State Superintendent of Instruction
Dayhoff will make a recommendation
to the next legislature for the enact
ment of a law separating the races
in all the public schools of Kansas
where the conditions will justify.
New Railroads Chartered.
One sign OF the general prosperity
of Kansas is the increasing number
of railroad charters granted during
the past six months Five charters