The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-07-30
New Postotflce Inspector Named

for years, has been made postoffice
inspector in the Wichita territory and
will make his headquarters at Wich
tia.
Negress Sues Amusement Company
Mary "A. Jones, a. negress, has filed
suit against the Wonderland Park
Company a Wichita summer resort,
asking $4,000 damages, alleging dis
elimination. Mrs. Jones alleges that
the park management hung posters
in the windows of her place of bust
ness, giving for the privilege two
tickets of admission, and that when
she presented the tickets she was
refused admission.
| Used Knife on Officer.-While drunk
Lige Wilson, Of Wellington, cut Off
Ger Turner on the left side of the
face with pocket knife when the
officer went to arrest him for cursing
W. B. Seymour. The knife with
which the cutting was done was found
| in the weeds near the scene of the
trouble. Wilson was held for a state
charge. He cut a man at the round
house last winter but was not prose.
cuted.
Auto Wins Long Chase.-A race
horse and two mules were stolen
from A. J. Gregg at Sterling. City
Marshal Fox and Mr. Gregg pursu-
ed the thieves in Sam Hoston's auto
and after covering 300 miles in TWEEN
ty-four hours, came up with the out
fit at the Chicaskia river, twenty
five miles southwest of Kingman.
They captured two men and all the
plumber, landing the men in the Rice
county Jail.
Kansas Gains $4,000 Population
Kansas has total population of
1,611,460, net gain of 76,3O4 over
the figures of two years before, or q
percentage gain of 497. Kansas has
1913 cities and towns with 1000 in
habitants or more, as against 800 in
that class one year before. Kansas
City shows the largest increase, with
1929; Wichita, 4,431; Topeka, 4,245;
Parsons, 1893; Coffeyyille, 3,271, and
independence, 2,29S.
$140,195,1J3 in Kansas Banks
Kansas bank conditions make a show
ing worthy of pride. For ten years
the situation has bettered steadily
until according to the most recent
report OF the state bank commission
err the situation never before was so
gratifying. The increase in bank
deposits within the two years cover
ed by the last biennial report of the
commissioner was thirty millions of
dollars. The total deposits then were
$140 1873, 293.62.
Tried to Run With Show Case
A man giving the name of Charles
Anderson, age 45, grabbed a show
case filled with jewelry at Wichita,
and attempted to escape with it. He
was quickly captured and locked up.
Anderson went into a general store
and requested that he be allowed 10
sit and rest. When the proprietor was
in the rear of the store Anderson
grabbed the case and ran. He was
i1Oht in pnrEo11 OBJ 3,;,,
Few Prisoners Iliterate.-The Kan
sas state penitentiary can claim the
smallest per cent of illiteracy among
its inmates of any penitentiary in the |
world. Out of total of 1900 pris
oners now confined in the gray walls
of the Lansing institution, but four
cannot read or write the English Ian
guage, and they are prevented by
racial limitations, two being full
blood Indians and the other two Hun
and none of them knowing
more than a few syllables of Eng
fish.
Counties Have No High School
There are only seven counties in the
state which have no high schools and
with some vigorous campaigning
State Superintendent E. T. Fairchild
expects to have high schools in these
within short time. The
seven counties are Greeley, Grant,
Stanton Stevens, Morton
and Haskell. Superintendent Fair
'hild is sending flood Of literature
nto these counties urging the estab.
ishment of high schools and giving
ome strong arguments to back them
Up.
For Better Wheat-The Kansas
state Agricultural college is preparing
o distribute 10000 bushels of i'm.
proved wheat seed this year. This Is
big increase over the usual guam
ity. In the past three years about
900 bushels have been distributed
The varieties include !
lharko, Malakoff, Turkey, Bearded
life and Defiance, all hard wheats
nd Fultz, Zimmerman, Fulcaster and
Mediterranean, soft wheats for East
IN Kansas. The station also has
bout 1000 bushels of Tennessee win \
er barley for the eastern part of il
he state.
Fined for SEEMING Fish. - Deputy h
anne Wardens Curtis and Walk sur Z
rised party Of seining fishermen