Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago July 18, 1923 Belief that the industrial court has ceased to function apparently prevails in the minds of some restaurant proprietors in Pittsburg, according to Miss Alice K. McFarland, director of women's work in the industrial court who is here from Topeka. A misunderstanding relative to the minimum wage scale provided by the law is apparent and it may be necessary to institute legal action, she said today. With Robert A.