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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
3
The Kansas Good Roads Law governing cost distribution for road improvements was upheld by the state supreme court in a special decision. It found the 1917 law valid, superseding the old Hodges Road Law, with complainants required to act within five days. The article also notes dairy and meat price issues and remarks by officials on farming and cattle industry concerns.
Prof. W. A. Cochel of the state agricultural college reports a new blue gray steer variety resulting from crosses of Galloway and Angus cows with white Shorthorns. He announced at the Kansas cattlemen’s convention that the experiment succeeded and a second blue gray crop will be produced at Fort Hays experiment station.
Governor Capper announced bids on two pounds of wool clipped from White House sheep. The highest bidder will donate receipts to the Red Cross. President and Mrs. Wilson had the sheep shorn this spring and the clip is divided equally among states, each receiving about two pounds to auction for Red Cross aid.
The Kansas order of the Eastern Star approved a 50000 contribution to the Masonic and Eastern Star Overseas Service War Fund organized in Washington D C. Between 1500 and 2000 delegates attended the closing session of the Grand Chapter in Topeka where officers were elected and balloted. Mattie Davis of Independence was elected grand matron with Julia Hohn of Marysville as associate grand matron and Delia Bennett of Topeka re-elected grand secretary.
The Aero Club of America sent a letter to Governor Capper after traveling by airplane from New York to Washington and then by train to Topeka. The arrival in Topeka occurred forty eight hours after departure from New York. Francis L. Street aged eighty five, long time Wrisco Railway engineer in Kansas, died suddenly at his Neodesha home after a brief illness.
W. R. Carter, head of the Industrial Institution of Topeka, described as a negro institution, will resign on June 1 at the request of Governor Capper. The move follows government pressure and aims to reshape the state program.
The Kansas supreme court has a petition hearing scheduled for May 25 as Attorney General S. M. Brewster files suit to remove Leavenworth mayor James W. Davis from office. The ruling notes selective draft enrollees and Home Guard members are exempt from poll tax.
The attorney general announced that the criminal case against Felix Broeker of Salina will proceed to trial and that additional charges may be filed against several men beyond Broeker. Eight Globe Insurance directors signed a petition urging dismissal of the embezzlement count.
Argentine High School won the fourth Kansas high school typewriting contest held in Lawrence with 18 points. Governor Capper awarded a silver cup. Team members included Elizabeth Dey first in the 15 minute contest at 73 words per minute, Hallie Davis 109 words per minute, Helen Rambo 96 in beginners and 65 in fifteen minutes, with Rambo also taking second in the 15 minute event. Argentina has won three of the four annual contests.
Governor Capper asks Judge R L King to investigate and possibly appoint a receiver for a so called slacker farm in Banner Township Dickinson County. A county assessor cites a premier Dickinson County farm unused for two years with the owner declining to farm or rent it. Judge W S Stuart previously appointed a receiver for a slacker farm and ordered yearly tilled during the war.
At the fifty third annual commencement Ottawa University announced that 17 year old Miss Mabel Dale of Oklahoma donated 35000 to the endowment for a library to be named the Dale Library. She is the daughter of O C Dale of Yale and granddaughter of Judge H Dale of Columbus Kansas. Her oil interests in Cushings field reportedly paid 68000 last month.
The Kansas State Board of Pharmacy reorganized at a meeting in Kansas City with Mathias Noll of Atchison as president and R. B. Bird as treasurer. Floyd Tilford of Wichita joins the board, with F. W. Eastland as the fourth member. Thirty nine applicants took the pharmacist exam in Kansas.
The Salina plant, employing seventy five to one hundred women, will relocate to Kansas City on June 15 and be added to the existing factory. The government has seized all product from the factory. Clarence Leclerc, Wichita auto salesman, was found shot near Cannonball road four miles west of town. He suffered three gunshot wounds with a watch and $25 left in his pockets.
The United States government will send 250 national army men to the University of Kansas for special training in technical branches. Dean G. C. Shadd of the school of engineering announced the plan at Lawrence.
William A. Radford offers free expert advice on painting finishing contracts emphasizing cleanliness and dust control. He outlines step by step prep from top rooms to basement, stain and shellac choices, filler types, dust removal, rubbing methods, and sequencing to avoid delays and ensure durable, well finished woodwork and walls.
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that dressed beef exports rose 177 percent over three years and shortages abroad will worsen. It urges maintaining and expanding beef herds, better breeding, reducing tick areas, disease and predator losses, moving cattle to feed rich regions, and using roughage with more nitrogenous concentrates to boost beef output nationwide.
The text praises a person who, despite persecution and hardship, cultivated buoyant faith and habitual triumphal joy. It notes he was often cast down yet never kept down, his momentum carrying him over life’s hard places with sustained optimism.
The passage notes that what might have overwhelmed his nerves was avoided by the speaker, Rev. C. A. Dwight, highlighting his composure and calm during a challenging moment.
Thunderstorm clouds vary greatly in height from about 500 to 2,000 feet while deep thunderstorm anvils extend two to five miles, creating deceptive distant appearances. Cumulus clouds are intermediate, typically at 2,000 to 5,000 feet above the earth.
The 1917 report urges farmers to boost sheep production through extension services and specialist aides in 12 states. It calls for legal protections against dog killings of sheep, boys sheep clubs, expanded education, use of idle lands for grazing, and banks to back sheep ranching.
The high prices of mutton and lamb encourage expanding sheep holdings. Vast tracts of rough land, weedy lots, and overgrown fence rows offer ideal opportunities for sheep feeding on many parts of the country.
The article warns against allowing sows to gain excessive fat prior to farrowing. It cautions producers to manage diet and body condition to ensure healthy birthing and piglet outcomes.
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