The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-12-26
KANSAS ITEMS
SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

w, Hills, Of Salina. has issued an
order that all boys under 16 years Of
age caught smoking cigarettes or
using tobacco In other forms be
taken to juvenile court as incorrigi-
BILE. A city ordinance recently pass
ed, forbidding the sale Of tobacco to
boys, the mayor says. will be rigidly
enforced henceforth.
Increase EnIistments. = Enlist
ments In the army have increased
considerably during the past few
weeks, and thirty-two men have been
recruited into that branch Of Uncle
Sans service through stations in
the Kansas division. Three appii-
cants were passed successfully at Sa-
lima. six at Hutchinson, one at Kio-
wa, two at Pratt and one in Arkan-
sas City in one week. The class of
men received into the army is Of a
very high grade.
Supreme Court to Decide. The
supreme court will have to decide
whether or not the act of the legis-
lature Of 1907 authorizing county
commissioners to build high schools
Is special legislation. The Scott
county fight came to the supreme
court recently from Judge Charles
Lobdeil's district. The commission
ers Of Scott county ordered $4,000
high school built in Scott City,
whereupon Charles Deng and others
promptly got temporary restrain
Ing order.
Gets Big Damages For Injuries
In the district court at Arkansas City
the jury in the case of Evelyn Payne
against the city of Arkansas City re-
turned a verdict In favor of the plain.
tin and fixed the amount Of damages
that the city should pay at $4,000.
This case has been grinding In the
district court for the past several
days. 1t was given to the jury and
the verdict was reached before noon
the same day. Mrs. Payne few
years ago fell into a coal hole at the
corner of First street and Fifth ave.
nue.. She sued the city for $4,000
for damages which she alleged she
sustained in the fall.
Honors Two acquisitions. - Gov.
Hoch has honored two acquisitions,
drawn on him by the governors OF
Michigan and Arkansas. The gov,
time and the Michigan officials want
turn of Charles Snyder, who is
wanted in Jackson county, Mich, for
burglary. Snyder is now in the fed.
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth,
serving time for robbing a postoffice
but he will be released In a short
time and the Micrigan officials want
to be prepared for him. The other
requisition ia for Moses Stitt, who is
wanted In Conway county, Ark, for
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses Stitt is under arrest in Kan
sas City, Kan.
30 Per Cent of Cows Sick. = John
B. Baker. live stock sanitary COM
missioner, in his annual report to the
governor, says that tuberculosis In
cattle is prevalent in some sections
Of the state. Many herds have been
inspected and the test showed as
high as 80 per cent of the cattle in
fected in some instances. The SAM
tary commissioner and the state vet
erinarian have joined forces and are
testing all the suspected herds as
rapidly as possible. The state agri-
cultural college experiment station
has perfected a test which is being
sold at cost so that farmers and
stockmen can make their own tests.
According to the report 1t will not be
long until mango in cattle Is entire
ly stamped out.
Died From Blood Poison. - Dexter
D. Colley, a pioneer Kansan, died at
Salina at the age Of "a years. About
six weeks ago he was scratched on
one of his legs by pet dog and
'ood poisoning resulted, causing his
death.
Glass Plants to start. The an
nouncement has been made that the
Coffeyville Window Glass plant
would start to make glass on the
morning of December 2S. This
means that 275 idle men will 60 to
work at good wages. The Sunflower
is expected to start about the first of
the year, This plant is the same
size as the Coffeyville plant The
Kansas has already started and Is
working about rs men.
Forger Is Pardoned.--J. e. MARCEL,
whose remarkable forgeries and Jug
Cling of the funds of the Bank of
Highland astonished Kansas only
few years ago, will walk out of the
state penitentiary at Lansing free
man on February 25, 1908, after hav-
ing served a minimum sentence Of
Ave years, with time OFF for good be-
havior. Gov. Hoch granted the com
mutation Of sentence.
Was Rather Expensive. - It cost
xxa 40 mo A Al -,.4 thnA h.,t