The Globe-republican., 1907-11-21
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WEEKLY REVIEW or KANSAS EVENTS

o robbers blew open two safes in the
O postoffice at Deering and secured $500
= in money and stamps. Citizens were
= aroused by the explosion but made
O no effort to capture the robbers, con-
O tenting themselves with watching the
q direction in which they went.
o A War on Cigarettes. -. The board
o OF education at Newton decided at its
o last meeting to push the matter of
o an anti-cigarette ordinance The
o proposition has been before the
o board before, it being reported by
o the school authorities that the cigar
o cite habit is more prevalent among
o the youths Of that city than Is gen.
o orally supposed, and that rigorous
o measures are necessary to stop the
o practice. Superintendent Shirk has
o a copy Of an ordinance in force at
o Emporia which Is said to be very eff
o fective and the city council of New
o ton will be asked to pass similar
o ordinance.
To Form Rifle Association. - A
state rifle association will be form
ed In Topeka December 3rd. Adiu
tant General J. w. F. Hughes Is send
ing out invitations to all civilian ri
fle associations of the state to be in
Topeka on that date to meet General
James A. Drain, president of the Ma.
tional Rifle Association. General
Drain was for a time Adjutant Gen.
eral Of the state Of Washington and
organized many rife teams. He Is
now the owner of military mags-
zine known as arms and the Man"
, General Hughes does not know the
exact number Of civilian rifle associa
tions in the state, although there are
D number of them. He is trying to
get together list Of them and as
D rapidly as he secures the address Of
, one he sends out invitations to the
meeting in Topeka. After the asso-
0 citation Is organized he will make ar
D rangements for holding competitive
0 matches between the civilian teams. G
$40, 1928 In Banks. - Kansas
bank conditions make a showing
worthy Of pride. For ten years the
situation has bettered steadily, until
according to the most recent report
of the State Bank Commissioner, the
situation never before was so graft
flying The increase in bank deposits
within the two years covered by the
= last biennial report Of the commits
sioner was thirty millions Of dollars.
= The total deposits then were $780,
195,293G2. In national banks there
' were $71,9G2, STOP; In state banks
SCS,232 ,41G.G0. This might not neces-
sarily make the best sort of showing
= for the state generally were it not
' backed up by other gratifying statis-
tics But Kansas has no large re-
serve centers and 1870 of the $40 mil
: lions of dollars on deposit in the
' banks of Kansas is the money Of in
= dividuals and represents their sur
: Plus earnings. After deducting from
= the total deposits of the state the
= deposits of banks and bankers the
amount to the credit of individual de-
positors amounts to an average of
800 for each man and woman and
child in the state. Increase in loans
also has kept pace with swelling OF
the deposits. The increasing profit
accounts of the banks indicate that
y the banker is prosperous as well as
men in other lines Of activity Dur
ing the time covered by the last BIZ
y ennial report of the state bank COM
V missioner there was not one st9te
e bank failure. On the other hand
s. there were chartered during the two
70 years 15G banks with a capital Of
$1,000 800.
V. Jewell County Druggist Fined. -
d In the district court at Jewell City
Is Mr.. Hutchinson druggist, entered
le plea Of guilty to charge Of VIC
n lating the prohibitory law and was
sc sentenced and released upon parole.
70 permanent injunction was issued
IN against him. Hutchinson is 70 years
IL old and formerly was a member Of
Se the legislature.
~ After the Butcher Boy" The
~ Kansas butchers who have not ia
n ken the new pure food law serious
So ly are in for trouble In large meas
m ures. The state board of health has
10 sent out the papers calling for the
arrest of ten butchers scattered over
the state who are charged with sell
H. ing embalmed hamburger steaks.
If They will be arrested and prosecuted
as under the new pure food law pass
81 ed last winter, which provides spe-
IT, officially that no personalities shall
IL be used In meats or other footstuffs.
ne The board will not make public the
!" names of the butchers who are to
DC be arrested, but they are located at
10 Lawrence, in Sumner county, at Cha
mute. independence and lola.
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rs In fact they have already been cred
hg tied by the state auditor with the
ny amount of taxes ordinarily due the
IN state. "The legislature provided for
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