The Globe-republican., 1908-10-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review Of the Happenings Of Week Condensed Into
Paragraph for Busy Readers

tory of the bond Vault In the state
treasury just completed shows an az
gregate of $15.12S,2lO in bonds and
coupons belonging to the state.
Hoch Grants Requisition.- Governor
Hoch has honored a requisition issued
by the governor OF Oklahoma for the
return OF A. G. Robson, wanted at
Pawhuska for alleged bribery. Robson
Is accused of giving w. P. Steele. a
Pawhuska councilman, 500 for his In
fluence In securing the appointment OF
D. B. Merry as city engineer
To Fight the clrsarette.--The Kan
sas W. c. T. u. proposes to wage
relentless war against the cigarette be-
fore the Kansas legislature next win
ter. It has rented rooms In Topeka
and will maintain headquarters there
from now until the close of the legis
lative session. A corps Of clerks Will
be employed at once to work up senti'
ment In the rural districts against the
cigarette, and to get members of the
legislature pledged to such legislation
long before they come to Topeka for
the session.
Wichita Bonds in Demand.-Wichita
Is rather proud Of its credit just now
The city clerk, r. N. Dorr, has one
check of $500, another for $500, and
$500 In cash locked up In his safe
The money has been entrusted to him
with instructions to turn 1t into the
city treasury the minute the city OF
Wichita issues some bonds, and te
turn over the city bonds to the par
tES putting up the money. Wichita
issued several hundred thousand dol
lars worth of bonds in the past year
and all were readily taken.
Nine High Schools Teach Farming
Nine Of the twenty-one county high
schools in Kansas teach agriculture
according TO the reports made to r.
7. Fairchild, state superintendent
These schools are in the following
counties: Atchison, Chase, Crawford
Dickinson, Cove, Norton, Scott, Sheri
dan, Sumner. The county high schools
are primarily for the children OF the
country districts of the county. In
most OF the county seat towns there
Is a high school course offered and
in most instances the county high
schools were established for the coun
try. AS agriculture Is the chief indus
try it is considered proper that il
should be one of the coursese Offered
in these county schools. 1t has only
teen a short time since the recon-
nendation for this work was made
and already nine of the schools have
adopted 1t. Others may be working
on similar course, but the reports
made to the state superintendent dc
not show it.
Good Interest on Deposiis.-The an
nuaI report of States Treasurer Tul
ley shows that the state received $19,
618 as interest on its deposits in the
state repositories last year. This is
almost double the amount 1t received
for the year previous. The increased
amount is due to two reasons: First
the state had more money In the
banks; second, 1t got bigger interest
rate. The report also shows that all
OF the Western Kansas counties have
settled their seed wheat accounts but
tnree-Garfield, Seward and Haskell.
In 1891 and in 1895 the state bought
seed wheat for many western counties
that had had crop failures. The coun-
ties agreed to return the loan. About
half OF them did 1t promptly. Others
delayed. The attorney generals depart
ment got after them and 1t has sue
ceeded in getting settlements in full
from all but the three counties named
above. Garfield county Is now part
Of Finney county. The total amount
due from these three counties ag-
gregntes $1,795, and the treasurer be-
lieves that it will be paid this year.
Horse Killed Young Farmer.-H. Ad-
ser Hanson, prominent farmer OF
Republic county and at one time quite
prominent in politics in his county,
was kicked by horse and killed
No Tuberculosis Germs Here.-Ac-
cording to the official report to the
French government, made by COM
mission of French doctors sent out to
investigate the whole world with re-
gard to climatic conditions and tuber-
culosis, Woodward is within one hours
ride OF the center Of district which
this commission describes as not only
FREQ from tuberculosis at this time, but
Of such popularity of climate that the
tabercular bacilli will not develope or
live here.
Arcadia kansan suicide.-After
drinking the contents Of two.ounce
vial OF carbolic acid, Sim Humphrey
OF Arcadia fell to the ground in the
back yard of his home and died in
great agony before any of the men,
hers OF his family could get to him.
No reason is given for his act. He
was SS years old and was born and
raised in that part of the country and
was In good circumstances. He leaves
widow and three children.
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Body Found in FieId.--A body be-
lieyed to be that Of James P. Dolan
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