The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
1t Happened Pr X a n s A s
OUR WEEKLY GIsT OF CONDENSED ITEMS

plaintiffs Attach Brewery Property.
The supreme court has permitted
Emma Bair and Martha Smith to file
attachment claims on property of the
Val Blatz Brewing Company in this
state. subject to the receivers. These
women sued tho Val Blatz and other
brewing companies for damages over
a murder which took place in North
Topeka drinking resort.
Receivers Got s3.75o.-The Anhors.
erBusch Brewing Company has sGc.
rendered completely to The ouster a"-
ton brought asaln3. Il bz the attcr.
ney general By paying vp full costs
assessed against It, summing mp a tot
al of s3.9770S. 'ff ths sum the three
receivers got Jointly $3.50. Iue ex-
penscs were $,O0; sopositions, S1O7.
9S sheriff fees. s:.73; court costs,
$1G.4o
Last Dividend PAID The check, for
the payment CT the last 'iNid-nd OF
- per cent to the dnp0sitors of the
First National bank at Topeka, winch
failed in tho Devlln craeh, have been
filed out and forwarded to the comp
troiler at Washi1gtor He will in.
spect and sign tho chccks and return
them to TOPEKA Tho morey will
probably ho available witk;n a few
days
G. a. r. has Grievsnce.-The G..
A. r. Of Kansas has Gled a coriDi+int
before the Interstate cormcrcr
commission aliaGing discrimination
against the rates granted them to
Saratoga for the national encamp-
ment and i'll favor of the Jam es;owr
rates. Not enough storovcr privi-
leges. It /. alleged, arc granted while
the jamestown trip g favored in that
manner. Nebraska joined the Kan
sas complaint.
FiftV Counties Cr'meoss. Fifty
counties in Hars's sert no prisoners
70 the state peni,srtiary during the
past fiscal year, according to the re-
port OF expenses fo- the conveyance
OF prisoners to Lansing. The total
cost per diem e9r expenses. guards
and board of prisoners was $4,700. A
total Of 207 prisoners we're sent TO the
penitentlary during the year. Wyan-
dotte had the largest number, TWEEN
ty; Montgomery was next with fif-
teen; Geary third with ten.
Gift Larger thar She Knew.--Mrs.
Fanny Murray. Of Lancaster, Atchi-
son county, died three years ago. leav-
ing lot in San Diego. Cal, and two
lots in Middleton, Cal, to the Wom-
ems Home Missionary Society of the
Kansas conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church and to the Women's
Foreign Missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal church of New
York. At the time of her death the
lot in San Diego was believed 10 be
worth about $4,000, but it sold last
week for $4,000
Who Owns This LAMBDA new
phase In the liquor traffic has present
ed itself in the vicinity of Caney and
is the subject of much speculation. 1t
has developed that a strip Of land was
left in the surveys of Kansas and In
dian Territory. The strip is about a
mile long and ten feet wide in the
center tapering to point at each end.
It lies between Kansas and Oklahoma
and is still government land. Two
"jointists" have filed on this strip
which is a part of the public domain,
and have erected {; Joint building
and gambling house. 912 feet wide.
They believe they are immune from
the laws of either Oklahoma or Kan
sas and will run a little country Of
their own The matter will be taken
up by the authorities and the juris-
diction over the strip established
Harvester Wore Low Shoes.-Jack
Kyle. a st. Louis clerk, wore loose
low shoes while at work in the har-
vest fields in Kansas recently. His
feet became badly bIistered and bruis,
ed from striking the stubble. After
working a week his right foot became
swollen and blood poisoning set IN
He is now at the Topeka Provideut
Association hospital and the doctors
fear his leg may have to be amputat'
ed.
state Leans Nor sy.-The state of
Kansas has loaned S97100 TO banks
of the state under the depository sys'
TEN, The highest rate of interest Of
fered was Sls per cent, by the North
up National bank, of lola. Seventy
seven banks bid for the money. II
was given to thirty. The Commerc al
National bank of Kansas City. and
the Bank of Topeka each got 100000
The smallest sum was $4,000, to the
Louray State bank. The lowest rate
of interest accepted was 2.75, while
the majority ran over 3 per cent
There was one bid of Sl5 per cent
but Il was unaecompanied by certi
fed check.
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