Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-25
TO CONSOLIDAT. GAS SUITS
Utilities Commission Hopes for Favor
able Decision on Motion at
Hearing September 2.

An attempt to settle all pending
litigation and contests over the Kan
sas Natural Gas receivership, includ-
ing rates to Kansas consumers, will
be made before the Kansas supreme
court September %. This is the date
set for hearing the application of the
public utilities commission for writ
of mandamus against Judge Thomas
tlannelly and his receivers to pre-
vent their changing rates without con-
sent of the utilities commission and
, to compel acknowledgment of the jur-
isdiction of commission. Since the
application was filed with the su-
preme court and the date set for the
hearing, Judge Flannelly has ordered
rates increased to 80 cents, the new
rate to be effective October 1. The
commission will move to consolidate
all gas litigation pending when the
mandamus proceedings come up and
try to get a rate order before Octo-
Der l. Failing in this an Injunction
will be asked to restrain Flannelly
from enforcing his rate order. 1t was
pointed out at the commissions Of
fees that Flannelly's order for extern
sions is what the commission has been
fighting for ell the time, and that a
partial victo ! for the consumers al
ready has ben won.
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Crops Keo Men From Juries.-The
attorneys al district court officials
at Salina he d a consultation recently
and decided to postpone all jury cases
set for this term of court until No
vember because of the difficulty in
getting jurors. The farmers are plow-
| ing for wheat and threshing and all
plead too much business to serve on
| juries.
| Baker Stores Eurned.-F'ire recently
destroyed the two general stores at
Baker, and with them the towns en-
tire stock of groceries and dry goods.
The postoffice was in one store. All
federal property was saved. The
| townspeople. now must drive three
miles for provisions.
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PoIiceman's Wife Routed Burglars.
When Mrs. E. Patchen, wife of
Lawrence patrolman, heard burglars
in the cellar of her home she seized
her husbands revolver and wounded
one burglar. The other escaped.
| Salinas First Preacher Is Dead
Rev. Highland R. Goulden, the first
Methodist minister to enter the Cen
! trail Kansas field, died recently at
/ Salina from injuries received in a fall
/ down a stairway a few days ago. He
was SO years old. DR.. Goulden per-
formed all the marriage ceremonies
/ il. Central Kansas for years in the
| pioneer days, and performed the mar
riage ceremonies in entire families
down to great-grandchildren. He had
! been on the superannuated list several
years and made his home at Barnard.
He is survived by his widow and four
| children.
Child Under Moving Machine.-An-
ME Boitz, year old. went out into
the fields to see her 12-year-old broth
er cut grass with a moving machine
the other afternoon The grass was
tall and the girl got in front of the
sickle. The brother did not see her
until too late to STOP The blades sew
cred her right foot at the ankle and
partially severed the left one The
child was rushed from the home near
Edison to a hospital az Pittsburg- Sur
i geons say she will live
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Found Stolen Checks-A bundle of
sixty-eight Santa Fe roadmen's pay
checks stolen from the Santa Fe pas
senger station August 2 were found
recently by H. A. Baltz, manager of
the New Process laundry in Emporia-
The checks we're discovered on the
floor of a small cement building which
has been unused
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Bridge Worker 1rowns.-Roy Bun
ton. %. of Shelbyville. Mo-. was
drowned at Salina when he fell from
the scaffolding for a new concrete