The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-05-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The quarterly report of the Stat'
Board Of Agriculture for the quarter endin,
March 81 gives tabulated statement show
ing the growth and development Of the Stat.
from the date Of its admission into the Uniol
to the present time. The table shows g.,
00O.0 900 acres Of land under cultivation: So,
600, 900 Of taxable lands; 1000, 900 of tow
lots; 81, zoo, 900 of railroad property; $34,
600, 900 Of personal property, or an aggre
gate taxable valuation of $40, ZOO, 900, thu
true valuation being $SS41 ,OOO, OCO. March /
1881, there were $4,000 horses, 200, 00'
cattle. 100000 sheep, and 1,174,0O0 hogs ii
the State. OF the million people in thu
State, 34S, 900 are of school age; $1,000 ART
enrolled, and $4,000 attend school. Eigh
thousand teachers are employed, in $40:
school houses valued at 81, 100000.
The annual spring crop reports from
the Offices of the Land Department, Kansa:
Division of the Union Pacific Railway, have
been received by S. J. Gilmore, Land Com
missioner. The information Is obtained
from agents of the company located alons
the central tier of counties of Kansas from
East to West. The Commissioner issued
blank circular on April 10, with request
that the recipients furnish accurate replies
to the questions, after consulting reliable
authority in their districts. The questions
propounded were: Elbow does the acreage
of wheat compare with last year?' "What
is the condition of wheat at present time?'
''Have the rains been sufficient and In
proper season?'' "What is the opinion
generally regarding the present wheat
crops" "In what condition are sheep and
eattle?" Prompt answers were received
from twenty.six agents, representing fifteen
counties in the heart Of the spring
wheat region. Ten correspond
ents report an increase in the wheat
acreage from nominal area to 100 per cent.
Ten other sections vouch for a decrease Of
% to Is per cent, and eight give the condi-
tions Of the land as unchanged. On the
whole the crop will show a marked Ieduc-
ton from the harvest of last year, owing
principally to decrease in the acreage OF
land sown in wheat. The agricultural re-
turns for last year shows that in the forege.
ing counties AS, 900 acres were cultivated in
wheat, and with the returns Of the Union
Pacific Land Commissioner the tillage is ap-
proximated at 426, 900 acres, or loss OF 40,
900 acres. The superior returns from the
land may in measure counteract the loss.
but it is difficult to imagine Il glorious crop
that will repay the country for the with
drawal of such large area from wheat rails
ing. One correspondent aflirms the loss In
acreage is % per cent, while two equally re-
liable writers say there is no change in the
amount Of land cultivated.
The new Missouri Pacific extension
from Atchison to Omaha is completed from
the latter city to Hiawstha. Mr.. Gould
during his late visit gave orders to have the
section between Atchison and Hiawaths
finished as quickly as men and money could
do it, and that he desired the entire line
from Atchison to Omaha open for pasaen-
ger and freight traffic by the 10th day o,
June. The Geographic service of this line
have been completed, message Of con-
graduation being sent and received. The
late losses and breaks Of the bridges on the
various lines, caused by the heavy rains and
high waters, as before reported, have all
been remedied, allowing trains to make
schedule time.
The recent storm was very severe in
the vicinity Of Atchison. Rain fel! in tor.
rents, and remarkably large hail-stones
pelted down with the force of bullets. Barns
we're unroofed, as we'll as smaller houses;
fences and trees came down, signs and
went whirling like reeds. The
damage by water to cellars and culverts was
llso great. White Clay Creek was higher
han for years, and five or six migrating
'amiles who lived in tents in the low fiat near
he Central branch shops lost all their eff.
ects. The water came up so suddenly and
asst that one man with his wife and two chill
lren, who started to wade across, were COM
,elled to climb into neighboring tree and
pend the night there. A bridge on the
Kansas City & Northern road was washed
tut at midnight, all trains being delayed.
After the recent storm in Topeka, q
ady picked up a Maidstone 2 inches long,
1-2 inches wide, and about ee-fourths
# an inch think, that bore perfect resem.
dance to . full-blown rose, showing the
caves, petals and stem. It was quite q
Rev. A. N. Experidon, a Bulgarian
monk or priest Of the Greek Church, is trav-
ling through the country, living after the
manner of his own people at home, in a
ent, and delivering lectures upon the Holy
epulcher, the Holy Land, the Turko- Rus.
ian war, and other subjects Of interest.
The new school building at Clay Cen.
er is nearly finished. 1t is one of the finest
chool buildings in the State, and is an honor
o the town. 1t is built of brick, two stories
Ugh, with a cupOla, has ten recitation
ooms, several cloak rooms, and will be
eated by a hot-air furnace.
Building associations are being formed
II over the State.
Junction City thinks the geographical
ituation of that town protects it from cy.
lOnes.
The second anniversy of Capital LIE.
ion No. of Select Knights, A. o. q. w.,
vas appropriately celebrated in Topeka .
ew days ago.
Early potatoes have been injured by
he frost in some localities.
Wichita is building more brick
ouses this spring than ever before.
James Adams, recently arrested for