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FROM KANSAS Happenings of More or Less Interest Gathered From Many Sources. MAY CONSOLIDATE BOARDS Plan to Merge Tax, Utilities and Industrial Court Into One Body Under Way. of the big proposals for consolidation of state boards to be submitted the legislature when convenes January will the consolidation the public utilities commission, the tax commission and the industrial court into one body Ben Paulen, has urged that there some consolidation of the departments try to remove some the duplication of work and far as possible. It expected he will devote con siderable section his message the department of finance and industry from the utilities commission, in dustrial court and commission. There is much duplicate effort in the three big boards now. The tax commission and utilities commission both have large forces of countants. The industrial court at times is required to have the services of an accountant in handling some Its work. There does not appear to any reason prevent the account working the figures in assessment time and the rate figures and railroad valuations the the Governor Paulen has suggested that proposed new board should con five members. There are now nine members of the three commis sions. One of the members would and one would be designated the chief of the labor bureau. Another would be general charge railroad prob lems, another might have charge the telephone business and the fifth would assigned electric light power and similar utilities. suggestion has been made that three of the could sit rates or service, hours of labor of employees, scales, rates elecand the three would particular make the The proposal seems to have with quite general from members of the legislature who have studied the plan Miss Nellie Cline, recent Democratic candidate for congress in the seventh district, in the Larned hospital from broken leg, the result of an accident when slipped on the her home, steps. The Merchants National bank of Lawrence purchased the securities Citizens State Bank and its deposite The business the Citizens bank be trans ferred the Merchants bank, effectonce. Parker, 16, son of Greeley, was fatally stab bed Floyd Cunningham, 43, un in restaurant at Greeley the night near Greeley, being group boys in the officials the sheriff's was reported and knife from drove into the heart pocket immediately and in the Anderson County jall Garnett. poisoning resulting from scratch proved fatal to George Carter, retail clothing merchant at Emporia. McCarter cut his finger six weeks ago. an operation the finger, McCarter contract which him he could not survive the poisoning Samuel Whitebred 80 years old. who came from Pennsylvania in 1869, dead in the home \daughter, Mrs. Walter Pleasant He veteran of the Civil war. Joplin Pittsburg railroad, line, has filed plication with the state public utill commission reduce passenger rates from 3.6 cents mile cents. The company's petition stated that the competition Fern Ballyards 15, high school girl Eureka, died Wichita recently from days She struck by the fender of ding Rabney, Independence, has formaly the American Kansas here deed to home Frank Council Grove, state commander, deed for the legion. cepted werk the farm will begin The ceremony was held meeting of the legion. years dead in bed the home Mrs. Ray the other
