Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
: KANSAS STATE NEWS.
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The new flag pole ordered By the
government for the Soldiers home
has been received. The pole came in
on three Al foot flat cars in two sec.
lions, one a hundred feet long, the
other eighty feet Each is of Oregon
fir and the two when set up and
dressed will cost just $1,70O. The
freight bill amounts to considerably
over $500. When the pole is set up
at the home, it will be $50 feet in
height. Twenty feet of it will be be
low the ground, and ten feet will be
used in the splicing of the two sec
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and finest in the country. It is the
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tuition.
Inspection Law Needs Changinx.
J. w. Radford, state grain inspec
tor, has returned from Mexico, where
he made investigations which he be
lieves will result in changing mater
tally the Kansas grain law when the
next legislature meets. Mr.. Radford
says he found conclusive evidence
that several Kansas City grain deal
ers substitute inferior grades OF
wheat after the state grain inspec
ton department has inspected and
given grades on the grain in cars.
A Family Intact Fifty Years.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis Echelberger
celebrated their golden wedding at
Peabody. They were married in Full
ton county, Pennsylvania and came
to Peabody in the spring of 1872. The
Echelbergers have four children, fit
teen grandchildren and one great
grandchild. The family is remark
able in that there has been no death
of children nor serious illness of par
ents nor children in the fifty years
of their married life.
Wichita's Big Mil.
1t has taken fifteen car loads of ce-
ment and more than one hundred car
loads of crushed stone to build the
concrete work for the big mill and ell
evator of the Kansas Milling company
at Wichita and the work is not near
done yet This mill will be the 1arg-
est and finest in the state. 1t will
have a milling capacity of 1900 bar
rels a day and a wheat storage capac-
ity of 100000 bushels.
Her Cause for Divorce.
Sometimes a man can push a good
thing too far A Cherryvale woman
is asking divorce on the unusual
grounds that her husband "annoys
his neighbors by going to their houses
to pray for them, disturbs the rest OF
herself and little ones by going
through the house praying loudly at
all times of the night, and at other
times makes life miserable for her
by praying definitely and loudly for
her."
Negroes to Sue wichita.
An injunction restraining the board
of education from continuing the
separate school system will be asked
by Wichita negroes after the opening
of the fall term. Three hundred and
ten negro pupils were enrolled in the
Wichita schools last year. Prepera-
lions have been made by the board
of education to segregate the races.
suitable building has been secured
and teachers employed
Fred Beaman, a young man living
near Netawaka, forged the name OF
George Talbert to a check for $3.50,
which he cashed. He was caught at
Muscotah, confessed and was taken
before a justice of the peace, who
bound him over to the district court
and under $1,000 bond. which he fur
nished Beaman claims he was drunk
His father is farmer and highly re-
spected-
Many Had ssKidncy Trouble
E. D. Mikesell, assistant attorney
general for Wilson county, instituted
three suits against each of two Ne
odoeho DRUGGISTS who have Dermits