The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

Made q Fatal DiVe,-Ora Spanglef,
a young man % years of age, died at
Oswego as the result of injuries rH-
ceived willie swimming in the Neosho
river. In diving into the river his
head struck on a rock which rendered
him unconscious 1t was found that
his backbone was bl ken.
Hail Hog For $4,000. w. Ding
man, a Poland China hog breeder of
Clay Center has sold to A. and Z.
Schmitz of Alma, Kan. half interest
in the line Poland China male, Victor,
for $4,000 This hcs was bought by
Mr.. O;a man last winter in the East
and is to be shown at the big State
-:i.1 this fall. He is pronounced Dy
many to be the best Poland China
hog alive today and the price of $4,000
Cor a half interest makes Victor the
highest priced hog ever sold.
kancas A. F. 1. Organizes. - me
Kansas branch of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor completed its or
ganization at a meeting in Topeka
with tue election of Sim Bromlet OF
M,leral. president and w. f. Bryan,
of Wichita, secretary. Bromlet was
known as the federation" candidate
in the rumors oe differences between
the STATE Society of Labor and the
federation The resolutions embraced
sympathy fo. the striking telegraph
ers Another resolution called for a
closer alliance between the farmers
and the laborers.
Serial Number no Guaran' Com
plant Is being made to the board
of health that represent; ives OF
chemical manufacturing houses are
attempting to sell preserve ives for
meat products like bologna, Gamburg
and veal loaf in Kansas. 1t Is declar-
ed that these statesmen say the pre-
servative is guaranteed and author
lied because the chemical carries
serial number. The board of health,
at the instance of John Kleinhaus,
chief inspector. is planning to punish
some of these people.
10000 900 Bushels Short Kansas
raised 70057,362 bushels of winter
wheat this year according to the re-
ported issued by F. d. Coburn, secre-
tary of the state board of agriculture.
Last year the yield was approximately
81 100000 bushels. Reno county has
the BANNER crop, 2,903,927 bushels.
About 100000 more acres were sown
this year than in 1906. The present
average condition for corn for the
whole state, Mr.. Crbuon figures at "a
per cent with per cent more acreage
than last year. The statement is the
first given out by the board of agri-
culture as to this years wheat yield. l
Kansas Population Increasing. -
The population of Kansas March /,
1907, was 1,G51 ,331 a net increase Of
$3.50 or "a per cent over the pre-
ceding year, according to the enumer'
alton of inhabitants, returned by as
SCISSORS through their country clerks
to the State Board of Agriculture
This is the largest population ever re-
ported for the State. BY far the larg
er per centages of increase are in the
western counties. Seventy-four coun
tis show an aggregate gain of 4SS36
and 80 loss, altogether of 1926. The
largest increase reported is in Mont
gomery county, which has gained 3,
940 followed by Wyandotte with
$50, Crawford with 2,757, Finney
with 2,441 and Leavenworth with
2,09G. The smallest increase is ir
Osborne county, which gained 2. The
largest decrease is in Usage county
whose officials certify to falling off
of 1889. Neosho, Johnson, Jackson
and Chautauqua, as named, show the
next largest decreases.
1902 Per Capita for School. - The
apportionment of the state school
fund for August as announced by Sup
erlntendent Fairchild shows that the
per capita is G3 cents, or a total Of
$317, This is the largest semi.
annual apportionment since 1879 and
the largest total for the whole Neat
since 1892. The February apportion.
ment was SO cents, total for the
year of S1.02.
Fine and Jail for Eagles Tom
Jones, II. A. Mechtley, John Gallam
John Perrier, James Meohuey and
Robert Sims, members of the Eagles
lodge at Emporia who brought replev.
in suits against Marshal Francis for
the recovery, of beer seized in the
raid on the lodge room two weeks
| ago. and who were afterwards arrest
ed on charges of maintaining nuls-
ance, were each fined 500 and sen
fenced to thirty days in the city jai,
by Police Judge Parker w. ~ Smel
zer who appeared for the defense. al
/ the close of the trial gave motive OF
an appeal TO the district court Al
of the cases will probably come up il
| the October term.
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