The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-07-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Kansas CrOp4.

Kansas Crops.
The July crop report issued by Sec
rotary Coburn. of the state agricultural
department, says:
The yield of wheat is estimated to be q 320.-
900 bushels. The acreage planted last fall &C.
cording to the assessors returns was 4725. 707
ceres. The acreage actually harvested was o.,
1911 acres. The report says the rains of the
east month have brought the wheat out won
derfully, making in many fields five to ten
bushels per acre, where month ago it was not
thought possible &c raise anything.
TEE cfop Is all in shock or stack, except In
the northern and northwestern counties and
the determination to stack before threshing is
more general tkan In any preceding season. AS
a rtiie the harvest has been from a week to
twelve DAYS earlier than usual except in some
OF the southwestern counties where either SOW
ing or termination were very backward. AS to
the quality, only single reporter from each Of
five of the los counties uses the word poor" to
describe it, while all the others quote 1t as
medium" plump" good" very good"
extra good" and from seventy-three counties
the description is good" or very good
Very little spring wheat was harvested and
the oats yield will not exceed half a crop. The
yield Of rye is about the same as Of winter
wheat; the quality is good.
Without exception, reports indicate that
Kansas presents at this time an area Of grow
ing corn the equal Of which for extent, even
ness OF stand, vigorous growth. propitious soil
conditions and freedom from weeds has sell
dom, il ever been seen before in any state.
The acreage appears to have been increased
during the month 10 per cent. and perhaps
more by planting ground upon which oats,
spring wheat etc, made an unpromiSing start
The Weather at this writing continues very
kindly to the corn. In some localities where
there have been more or less chinch bugs in
winter wheat fields the harvest has caused
their migration to the borders of adjacent corn
which, if backward and small, they have left
their marks upon, but as yet not to an extent
likely to be appreciaDle in the states aggre-
gate product.
The total yield of wheat promises to be large
but the conditions vary widely.
The condition of barley is 4s per cent; broom
corn. 81; castor beans, 90; fax, IS; yrillet, "a;
sorghum SO; clover, rs; timothy, e5; bluegrass,
70; alfalfa,s6; prairie grass,so.
Miscellaneous.
Miss Lena HARRIS employed in a
bakery at Great Bend, was recently
! burned to death by her clothes taking
fire from the explosion of gasoline
while she was lighting a ire.
A man named Alexander was arrest
ed at Leavenworth the other day on
the charge of stealing a car load of cat
tie while employed on a stock farm,
shipping them to Kansas City and SELL
ing them.
Fred Olson and Ben Carter, two boys
aged 12 and IA years, were seriously
injured at Lawrence on the Sd by ex-
ploding powder. Olson's eyes were
put out, and he was burned about the
head and face.
George Smith, who claims Aurora,
Ill, as his home, shot himself in the
forehead at Chelsea park, Kansas City,
Kan, the other night at 10 o'clock,
inf1icting a serious but not fatal
wound. He would give no reason for
the act.
The Bow Creek Irrigation Co. has
filed articles of incorporation with the
secretary of state, proposing to con-
stfuet dams and canals for Irrigation
and manufacturing purposes in Rocks
and Phillips counties. Headquarters
at Stockton. Capital stock, $4,000.
The state board Of railroad commits
sioners made general reduction of
Kansas freight rates in accord with the
wishes of citizens of about fifty coun-
ties, who filed complaint against the
several railroad companies doing bust
ness in the state during the month of
April
Fire at Larned the other morning
destroyed the Lindell hotel, occupied
by S. T.. Payne, store room, Occupied
by A. w. Shady and the Eagle-Optic
block. Both buildings were among
the first erected in the city. The total
loss was $40, 900; insured for about one
half that sum.
Paragraph 2543 of the general stat
tites 81 iss9, so far as it attempts to
confer on county attorneys the power
to commit witnesses for contempt on
account of a refusal to be sworn or
testify in regard to the violation of the
prohibitory law, has been declared UNI
constitutional by the supreme court:
The state board of health has decid-
ed to send committee to the larger
cities of Kansas, with view of exam
ming into their sanitary condition. 1t
is understood that complaint of i'm
proper sanitary regulations has come
to the board from various parts of the
state, which is the cause of the pro-
posed investigation.
Several days ago farm hand named
Ward, living eight miles from Wichita,
killed two good horses with an AK
Willie lliS was dU cnuTCH, "TOtc
a note that his body would be found
burned, went to the pigeon house,
killed several pigeons and drank their
blood and then shot himself in the left
breast, after he had set fire to the
pigeon house.
Attorney-General Little has had por-
traits made of the fifteen persons who
have held the position of attorney
general in Kansas, as follows: b. F.
Simpson, Charles Chadwick, Samuel A.
Stinson, Warren w. Guthrie, J. D..
Brum baugh, George H. Hoyt, Addison
Danford, A. l.. Williams, A. NJ. L. Ran
dolph. Willard Davis, w. A. Johnston,
S. Il. Bradford, L. b. Kellogg, John n.
Ives and John I. Little.
About dozen young fellows, white
and colored, ranging III age from IA to
20 years, procured a key of beer at
Clay Center the other day and went
outside of town to have good time"
The blacks and whites got into a row
and n Swede boy got badly hurt and
Bonnie Brett, the son of Mrs. John
Brett. owner of the Cottage house.
was struck on the head and killed. A
young negro said he did the deed and
was glad of it. He was jailed.
A terrible storm, attended by I'M
usually severe thunder and lightning,
visited Kansas City, KaE.. between ?
and o'clock on the morning of July 4.
The residence of Mr.. Houson. lust out