From the Lawrence Daily World for March 12, 1910: The recent crippling of some communities due to floods and avalanches has cut mail service but the new night letters on the telegraph are helping many fill the gap. The messages can carry 50 words and go at the same rate as 10 words during the day. . . . Jerome Beatty who helped form the Scoop Club here for journalists is now with the Kansas City Times and will be the master of ceremonies at a KC meeting of the club. . . . The boys and girls both are playing in the state basketball tournament at Robinson Gymnasium and the semifinals for the boys will be Topeka-Clay Center and Newton-Reno County. The tournament has set records with 32 teams and the highest attendance ever. . . . The government continues to look for those who can pass tests to become railway mail clerks at $800 a year and handle other jobs at $2,500 a year. Emphasis is on careers with the government.