Baxter Springs news., 1919-07-25
KANSAS WEEKLY.
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

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building 140x145 is being erected.
Almena votes bonds for electric ser
vice to be furnished from Phillips
burg.
Federal aid 10 the amount Of $751;
500 was granted to Sedgwick county
to construct the Cannon-Ball road.
Hutchinson-A minimum Of $16,-
100000 will be realized from wheat
alone in Pawnee county. The average
return to each farmer will be $17,926.
One Kansas farmer has a payroll Of
$1400, a day for harvesting.
Kansas sS,OO0,OOO appOrtiOnment Of
the federal good roads appropriation
has already been exhausted. It is the
aim of the association to build in Kan
sas 1000 miles of hard surface roads
each year.
Arkansas City-Construction Of
new 100000 hotel to begin.
Kansas letter carriers are demand
ing an increase in salary to a mini
mum Of 81 800 per year and an an
nual vacation Of 80 days. Time-and-
a-half for overtime and double pay
for Sundays.
Ottawa university's financial cam
paign, begun five years ago, was
closed with pledging of final dollar in
$4O0,OO0 drive for three new buildings
and additional endowment. The en-
dowment will be $500,000.
Medford votes $4,000 bonds for
new school house.
Dodge City-Utility commission al
lowed $4,000 to improve water works.
Change in railway schedule means
a $1OO0,O0O more livestock business
for Wichita.
Elkhart-Bonds passed to improve
electric light and power plant.
Kinsley-Contract let for nine
blocks brick paving at $S.44 square
yard.
Columbus-A 100000 government
building is one of the possibilities.
Hays has n new broom factory.
Hutchinson Crescent Park Co. Of
fers parks to the city for $500.
Topeka-The State Highway Com
mission has sent its ''ultimatum" to S5
counties to the effect that unless they
start construction of highways at once
the obligation of the Federal govern
1ment to pay half the expense will be
annulled.
Wichita-Addition to the Riverside
and Sunnyside schools to cost $42, 800.
Salina-McPherson county approved
Meridian Highway for hard surfaced
road through the state north and
south.
Lawrence will spend $14S,850 on its
city schools next year.
Arkansas City-Five acre site and
switch track connecting with the rail-
road is asked by the Kansas Usage
Petroleum Co. for the location Of a
| 1000 barrel refinery here.
In Western Kansas $4,000 head of
cattle have been dipped to prevent
cattle scab.
Wichita-Board of education plans
to purchase GO acres in east part Of
city and have building ready for oc-
cupancy by 1920.
| Topeka-Contract let for paving %
blocks amounting to $1O5,5S4.97.
Hutchinson AN extensive addition
building to plant of Reno Flour Mills.
This work, with the big new dairy
mill being built at the Carey salt
works, and other construction work,
adds much to building business.
Helium gas is a non-combustible
product for dirigibles. The hellium-
bearing area of Kansas is far larger
than any yet discovered and contains
number of fields which in the ag'
4 gregate yields much more gas than
petrolia.
Topeka-Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient railroad must pay $75, ,753.75 to
the Wichita Union Terminal railway
company for its participation in the
construction and use of the new Wich-
ita union depot.
A. P. Campbell of Wichita has
well rated at $50 barrels in No. /
Priddy farm in Cotton county. Top Of
sand was found at 2192 feet with the
drill three feet in.
Phillips Petroleum Company has
completed its No. / Haupt at 2,6O2
feet and the well is pumping about
100 barrels of fluid. 0ne-half of this
Is said to be water.
National Union Oil & Gas Com
pany's No. 8 Nix farm Blackwell dis
ftrict, made 1900 barrels the first "a
hours when it just touched the sand at
S2SS feet, and drilled itself in. It was
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