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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
3
State officials in Topeka arrested all members of the Topeka Produce and Fruit Exchange on anti-trust charges. The attorney general says the group fixed food prices, aiming to remove competition. Prosecutions may extend to Kansas City and Wichita firms. criminal actions carry fines up to 1090 and six months in jail per offender.
The Board of Control listed meat bids for six months with June steers at 6.23 to 7.75 per 100 pounds, pork at 10.45 to 12.73, higher than last December and last week. Beef and mutton rose less, while pork led the price hikes across the nine state charitable institutions.
Gov Stubbs declares Kansas overcharged by rail freight costs, claiming the state pays 10 million dollars more annually than an equitable rate system would. He argues rates rise as soon as freight reaches Kansas and cites example routes from 300 miles east to interior Kansas showing double the inland cost.
Kansas railroads receive notice that a hearing will decide if intrastate coal shipments of wooden fence posts can be lowered to 30000 pounds. The board says current minimums exceed actual shipment weight, causing shippers to pay about double freight rates and seeks relief.
The state board of railroad commissioners will examine every Central Branch depot to assess condition after many complaints. It plans to require Missouri Pacific to bring all depots up to standard.
At an adjourned annual meeting of the Kansas State Fair association stockholders present unanimously agreed that the Topeka fair next fall should start on the same dates as the Hutchinson Central Kansas Fair.
John T. White, state grant inspector of Kansas, will tender his resignation after the first of the year. White said he had decided to resign and had notified Cov Stubbs.
After an investigating trip to Minnesota Warden J K Codding and Gov Stubbs agree to operate the state penitentiary binding twine on a paying basis by placing it with state dealers rather than direct sales. Dealers and farmers clubs to profit from 1 to 1.5 cents per pound, with extended credit until November.
F D Coburn state agriculture secretary and State Temperance union president argues against including distilleries and breweries in mail advertising. He notes frequent offers of special bargains for bottled goods and warns prepaid express charges and “free with four quarts a bottle” promotions lure recipients toward drunkenness.
Professor L. L. Dyche, famed Kansas marksman and Arctic hunter, will use his rifle skills to enforce state game laws. He plans to puncture running automobiles with rifle balls to stop lawbreakers, rather than shoot people.
The state board of health seeks to require barbers to pass an examination and pay a fee if approved by the attorney general. The previous legislature granted the board power to regulate the sanitary condition of barber shops.
An epidemic of smallpox spreads among clerks and officials at the Santa Fe office building. About 13 clerks from the freight auditor's office are down with the disease.
The Pullman company plans reduced berth and seal rates in Kansas after a board directive. P H Clements and Charles Blood Smith proposed a revised schedule showing 773 berth rates with 238 reductions of 30.8 percent and no increases. Notable cuts include Coolidge Syracuse and Lakin to Kansas City from 3.50 to 3 and Garden City from 3 to 2.50 and several Kansas routes down from 3.50 to 2.
The Santa Fe Railway reports in its November monthly service filing that 2,308 passenger trains operated in Kansas and 1,298 reached their destination on time. The figures come from the state railroad board submission.
The horticultural department at the Agricultural college exchanges fruit with other colleges to study how climate soil and environment affect fruit variations. Students gain access to varieties from Massachusetts Maryland New York Nebraska and Colorado to compare with Kansas fruit.
Kansas City houses a busy holiday program with Willis Wood featuring Paul M. Potter's The Girl From Rector's and Victor Moore in The Talk of New York across multiple evenings. Shubert screens Blanche Ring in The Yankee Girl beginning December 26 with strong advance sales. Grand Theatre opens In Old Kentucky matinee December 26 in its 163rd performance along with the Pickaninny band and a horse race highlight.
Mrs. W. H. Wheeler of Tescott was badly burned when her dress touched a hot stove and caught fire. She rolled in a snowdrift to extinguish the blaze and has a chance for recovery. Her mother, 96, was the only other person in the house.
Col Harris longtime Kansas senator and leading shorthorn cattle authority died in Chicago at his sister in law's home after a brief illness. He will be buried in Lawrence Kansas. he had recently advised the International Live Stock exposition and held leadership roles in livestock groups and a railroad post. He was survived by his widow and five children in several states.
rumor says Attorney General Jackson will sue Kansas City packers for violating Kansas anti trust laws. The attorney general's office offers little real information but one official admits such action is contemplated. A law passed last winter could let the state take over the packing houses as a receiver if a case is proven.
Republic County reports a thriving year with livestock and farm products totaling 500000 dollars. If evenly divided this equals about 300 dollars per person. The average corn yield is listed at 18 bushels.
John McCarthy, laborer, was inspecting a sewer manhole in Atchison when a match sparked sewer gas and exploded. His whiskers were destroyed but his face remained unharmed, the beard acting as protection.
Ottawa University acquaintances report Miss Edna Rice of the junior class has recovered from a fall at her Siloam Springs Arkansas home that caused mental disturbance. A dislocated vertebrae at the back of the neck was set back in place, restoring her faculties.
Atchison physicians debate typhoid cases with one doctor denying an epidemic and blaming local factors, while another attributes the outbreak to city water drawn from the Missouri River. No recent water analysis is known to have been conducted.
The city street commissioner used a common split log drag hitched to a team to clear about 10 inches of snow from all sidewalks and crossings in one day. The owner says the work was fast, thorough, and cost almost nothing.
General Estrada threatens a march on Managua with his rebel army unless the United States blocks Jose Madriz from becoming president. He alleges Zelaya is concealing Madriz and vows to continue the fight for freedom if Madriz is elected.
Jimmie Burns a convicted felon with terms in Columbus Ohio Lansing Kansas and Atlanta Georgia was killed in a nitroglycerin blast in Tulsa Oklahoma. Police Chief H A Thompson testified before the coroner's jury. The pair were believed to have planned a bank robbery.
North End spawnshop scene as Joel B. Mayes, courtly marshal, is wounded by a gunman. Mayes returns fire, killing the assailant with a bullet to the head after steadying against a storefront showcase. Mayes to recover.
Ex Senator Joseph B. Foraker denounced the corporation tax before hundreds in Cincinnati. He called the tax absolutely unjust and advised listeners to refuse the assessment, claiming the law unconstitutional.
Disbursing agent George N. Wise will lead a field party January 10 to distribute 200000 to Cherokee allottees at five points within the Nation in Muskogee Oklahoma.
Clip this out for a valued remedy labeled as a renowned doctor's best prescription for rheumatism. It lists one ounce compound syrup Sarsay parilla, one ounce Toris compound, half pint whiskey, to be shaken and taken as a tablespoonful before each meal and at bedtime. Requires druggist access to ingredients.
The area conceded to the 13 original states by the peace treaty of 1783 was 828,000 square miles, but now the present area is 326,000 square miles, with 502,000 square miles forming in whole or in part 13 other states.
Frank J Cheney of Toledo Ohio swears his firm will pay one hundred dollars for each page of catarra that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, sworn December 6 1886 before A W Gleason notary, promotes internal remedy and testimonials.
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