The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-03-29
KANSAS COMMENT

H y VII
RequIsltlon for Mark Klllion.-- Gov
Hoch issued requisition \ on Judge
Gill, of the Northern district of Indian
Territory, for the return Of Mark XII
lion, wanted in Montgomery county
for felonious assault. Killion beat up
VIII Smith, at Caney, In bad shape
recently. He is under arrest at Cop
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Smallpox In Wichita. ~ Over forty
cases of smallpox had been reported
to the board of health. The small
pox scourge started here about five
weeks ago, but has only become SER
ious In the past week. No deaths
from the disease have been reported
SO far and the most stringent quaran-
tine regulations are being enforced to
prevent its, further spread. ,t,ao,
"Roughness" Running Short. -
Farmers in Western counties are be-
coming alarmed at the lateness of
spring, as rough feed is running short,
1t is reported from Russell county
that some farmers have begun to feed
straw, as the supply of other rough
ness" has been exhausted! The Sc
we're weather of the past week has
been the hardest Of the year on cat
tle NE
Vital Statistics Compulsory. = DR..
s. ]. Crumbine, secretary Of the state
board of health, is sending out notices
to the county commissioners in each
county of tho state calling their at
tention to the law which forbids them
from paying the salaries of assessors
until the assessors furnish vital
statistics Of their districts. This
means the record Of birth, marriages.
deaths and so on.
Better 3eed, Better corn.-Kansas
farmers who get good seed corn this
spring will make the biggest profit
on their investment they ever made.
is Barney Sheridan says, "Kansans
now grow too much stalk and too lit
tie corn. Iowa raises an average of
eight bushels of corn more to the acre
than Kansas, yet our tate is better
adapted to growing corn than Iowa.
Iowa began planting the best seed ten
years ago."
Would Raise Asses -ments. - ]. C.
Rupenthal, county attorney Of Russell
county, has written long letter to
the state board of equalization, urg-
ing it to assess all property for state
taxes on its true value. as the law
provides. He shows the inequalities
now practiced by the various counties
and says the only thin to do Is for
the state board to take the bit in its
teeth and lift the assessment to its
full value. The safe board will likely
follow the cid plan until the legisla-
ture gives the state new tax law.
Burton Carworks Sold.-The Ameri-
can Warehou4 Company has pur-
chased the Burton Car Works from
]. H. Bartlett, one of the old directors
OF the company, and the site and
buildings are to be remodeled and
used by that company for warehouse
purposes. Two of the buildings will
not be used by the company, but will
be occupied by factory. The other
three buildings will be fitted up for
the company, giving Wichita the To-
cation of the largest broomcorn ware
house In the United States.
Daring Boy Burglars. - Willis
Wright and Charles Fisher both of
whom are under 20 years of age, have
confessed daring burglary at Wich-
tia. They carted away $500 worth of
rifles and revolvers, and covered their
tracks with two pounds of cayenne
pepper to prevent being followed by
bloodhounds. They told the police
how they made trip after trip to the
down town sporting goods house and
carried away loads of plumber. The
guns were hidden In barn at one
boys home and in an old chimney.
Investigate Your Titles. - Kansas
people who now own homestead land
should investigate their titles and see
that they are all right. If they are
not, steps should be taken at once to
correct them. This warning Is due to
a new line of work which government
officers seem to have taken on recent
ly. Not being content to simply look
after the business of the Offices to
which they were appointed these
officers are looking UP defective titles
and giving their friends tips where to
settle. Not long ago government in
spector discovered that the final
proofs on farm in Marshall county,
owned by w. H. Smith were defec-
tice. Smith homesteaded the farm
more than forty years ago. He thought
all the time that he had a valid title.
But the inspector believed he saw
a defect and he had his brother home
stead the land. The matter went
through the land Office here and was
annealed to the general land office at