Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
May Dam Blue For Electricity.

| a COuiIuittSe- from the Mduuesstah
Commercial Club has been appointed
to investigate the possibilities of
damning the Blue river at Rocky
Ford. four miles north of Manhattan.
| for the purpose of creating power to
be utilized in operating an electric
plant to furnish electric power in that
| city.
Why PHILIPPINES Are Little. Be
cause they are excessive users OF
cigarettes and carry everything on
| their heads are reasons which Will
/ liam e. Rutledge of Mound City as
/ signs for the dirinntive size of the
Filipinos Mr.. Rutledge has just gone
to the Philippines to supervise nine
| schools there. He says Filipino pu-
pills have little enthusiasm for their
| work.
Brave Motorman Killed. - Frank
/ IIurd. motorman was killed in a
collision between electric cars on the
| Fort Leavenworth reservation. The
car in charge of Hurd slipped as 1T
was coming down grade, because of
WCt 6ldSS Ou liic IIdCA. diu SIdSLCd
| into another car wrecking the vesti-
| bules of both. Hurd stuck to his post.
| No one else was injured. Hurd was
81 years Old and his home was in
Orange county. He was soldier at
Fl. Leavenworth until recently.
/ Issue Challenge to Whole State. -
| The Republic county fair association
officers have sufficient confidence in
the exhibition to issue the following
challenge: Republic county chal-
lenees any county in the state on the
products of the farm, including live
stock and grain, to be shown in any
county or city in the state, the county
Or city getting the show to pay the
transportation of the live stock and
products, the newspapers to desig-
nate the town.
Segregation Is uccessful.-The at
tempt of the Wichita school board to
separate the white and negro school
children of that city proved success
full, although out OF over 500 negro
pupils in the city but thirty enrolled
at the building designated for them.
The rest went to school buildings
for white children and were refused
admittance At a mass meeting of
negroes it was decided to enjoin the
school board from maintaining sepa-
rate schools. Money was raised to
fight out the case in the courts AZ
the result of the action of the teach
ers in refusing negro children admit
lance at other schools than the one
designated by the board numerous en-
counters between negroes and white
people have resulted.
Put 1t Out of Business-C. II. Lul-
ing, state superintendent of insur-
ance has revoked the license of the
: Topeka Cooperative Burial Company
and the concern is now without legal
: right to transact business in the
state. Mr. Luling's action is based on
: a recent decision from Attorney Gen
eral Coleman TO the effect that the
: organized are operating in violation
: of the Kansas antitrust laws The
notice served on the Topeka company
of the revocation of it's license is
simply the forerunner of similar no.
: tees to be served on a number of
other associations. Under the former
/ plan of operation the face of the pol.
. icy has been paid to the official I'M
| dertaker of the association and the
, beneficiary has been compelled to go
to this official undertaken for burial
r Under the new ruling the amount
: of the policy must be paid to the
. beneficiary or those legally repre-.
senting him.
Wanted on Larceny Charge. =
Gov. Hoch has issued requisition on
: the governor of Nebraska for the re
/. turn to Shawnee county of Charles
: Estes who is wanted on a larceny
t charge.
TerriiI Is Turned Down. = C. C.
Coleman will not help Ira N. Terrill
prosecute the wardens OF the Kan.
sas penitent;ary or help him collect
. $4,000 which he claims is due him for
z work while in the penitentiary. Some
time ago Terrill called upon the at.
torney general and asked him to
bring actions against E. B. Jewett. w
H. Haskell, j. B. TomIinson and H.
s. Lands, wardens. for alleged false
imprisonment. He also wanted three
guards of the penitentiary prosecuted
for taking from him some poetry. He
also complained of Lee Bond, county
attorney of Leavenworth county. for
his refusal to prosecute the men, and
he wanted the attorney general to adj
wise the board of directors of the
: rsnitentiary to pay Terrill Sc 1000. The
: complaints were all made in writing
by Terrill and the attorney general
replied to it, saying that he would dc
none of the things asked
Prnh;hitionisfs Make Honnina4.na.