The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-02-08

Jointlst Was Dismissed. 49, Lon
Townsend, known as the king" joint
list Of Topeka, was acquitted OF sell
Ing liquor By 4 Jury n the distric,
coErt.
Big OIL Meeting. THE Chanute OIL
Producers Association is arranging
for big oil meeting to be held in
Chanute Some Of the best speakers
In the state will address the meet
linz.
Primary In March. nm Charles f.
Scott and Henry ]. Allen, rival candi
dates for congress in the Second dis
trict, at q conference at Paola agreed
to hold the primary election some day
during the last week Of March.
High School Agriculture. - The
Cherokee county high school board is
considering opening an agricultural
course In the county high school. The
course would include the study Of
soils, adaptation, grain breeding and
grass culture. stock breeding and
stock feeding and few actual field
experiments.
Came Over in the Mayfower.--John
Burge, Sabetha boy, the seventh Of
that name in as many generations,
has gun which his great-great-great.
great-great grandfather brought to
this country in the Mayfower. 1t was
used first as protection from the In.
dams and later was carried in the Re.
evolutionary war.
Church Caught Flre.--The First M.
e. church of Kingman caught fire
while Sunday school was in session
and panic among the pupils was
narrowly averted. No one was badly
injured. The fire did considerable
damage to the building before,it was
extinguished. 1t originated in the
furnace room and burned to the audi.
forum.
To Build creamery.-Swift C Co.,
who have poultry, packing and feed
ing station at Hutchinson, have
bought the large building which was
rented by the company, and on other
lots along side will erect large
creamery, to be finished early in the
summer. The company will spend
something like $4,000 here in three
months time.
Sanitarium for consumntives. AT
Wichita Prof. H. Samuels in negotiat-
ing for the purpose Of erecting sani-
tarium on College Hill, to be devoted
entirely to the treatment OF patients
suffering from consumption. He al
ready has selected the site for the
sanitarium and is now waiting to hear
from parties In the east who are in
terested In the venture. .
Jackrabbit Millions.-The new edi
tor Of the Caldwell Advance has been
counting the jackrabbits and makes
the following report: There are s..
000, 900 jackrabbits In the state of
Kansas. A full grown Jack" can do
several dollars damage to young corn
and other vegetables during season.
They are usually very choice in their
eating and always take the best
Just to Show She Could. - Charles
Graves. Hiawatha man. has black
Langshan hen which has laid giant
egg, larger than goose egg, nine and
0ne.fourth inches around the long
way and six and seven-eighths inches
the other. 1t weighs five and one
fourth ounces, or about three times
as much as an ordinary egg. The hen
is still alive and laying common eggs
as usual.
Winfield Architecture. - w. w.
of Winfield. is building
unique house. The cellar and first
story are perfectly round~ The wood
work, window frames and window
glass are built on the curve. The Sec
ond' story Is an octangle. The build.
ing is thirty-two feet in diameter and
is surrounded by circular porch. II
Is the only house of the kind In the
No Discounts NoW.-There was
time in Kansas when the local banker
would go to public sale and make
money discounting notes given by
farmers for the purchase Of stuff.
But that time has passed. The farm
ers now all pay cash for the stuff they
bid in. Local papers report more
than dozen public sales during the
past week where every purchase was
paid for in spot cash.
Millers Talk Freight Rates.-Secre-
tary F. d. Stevens, Of Wichita, of the
Southern Kansas M.lle-s' Club. will
be in Hutchinson and the club will
hold a meeting in the Commercial
Club rooms. Representatives from
the Northern Kansas Millers' Club
will also be here. and mills all over
the state will be represented. The
club Is said to be social organiza-
ton, but freight rates will be talked
Of, 1t is understood.
Enforcing the Game Law. - A war
rant was sworn out for Samuel Huds-
feth, farmer living near Cheney In
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