Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-15

nOluS out
The city school enumeration Of the
Parsons school has been completed and
shows 2,465 children of school age,
This is good increase over that Of
last year.
The allowance for clerk hire in the
Dodge City postotfice, which was re
duced from $500 to $40 annually or
May 1, has been restored to the orig.
lual allowance, $500.
The tenth annual reunion of the Old
Settlers association of Clay, Riley and
Washington counties will be held at
Clay Center on Tuesday and Wednes.
day, August II and is.
A company Of boys, 10 to 10 years OF
age, from the farm school of the Chill
dren's Aid society of New York will
arrive in Council Grove, July 90, to
find homes among the citizens of Nor
ris county. These children are mostly
orphans.
Active work has commenced on the
new electric telephone plant at Conn
ell Grove. The company's agent ex
poets to have eight Or ten men at work
for the next six weeks putting up poles
and wires Over fifty telephones have
lDoon .,,oI,ov, 60. a., 1ra,d a.,
Scarcely day passes at HoIton but
someone in town secures swarm of
bees. swarm alighted on a wagon
wheel on Main street the other after
noon. Another entered the side of
house through Il knot-hole and are
busy laying up their winter store.
D. w. Roberts, at Strong City yards,
handled for rest and pasture last year
80, 263 head Of sheep, and thus far this
year he has handled IS, 2O4 head. The
sheep came from Colorado, New Next
co and Texas, and are unloaded and
rested few days at Strong City EN-
route to market
DR.. c. A. Milton has made the first
wheat shipment from Ford county
this season. Threshe7s are busy on
his place, aud he is loading cars at
Wright station for shipment of 1000
bushels to Syracuse, at 81 cents bush
ell. He will have about $500 bushels
wheat, averaging 20 bushels or more
to the acre. The wheat will grade No.
2, and weighs 60 to coz pounds to the
bushel.
J. s. Haskell of Blue Rapids, has APP
piled for patent on new lawn now
err The machine is built on the tricy-
Gle plan, has two side wheels and a
wheel at the rear for steering. The
operator sits between the side wheels
manipulating the rear wheel with his
feet, while with his hands in circular
motion he propels the machine and
works the cutter in front The cutter
is two feet long. and extends beyond
the wheel to the right so as to cut UNI
der the shrubbery, etc.
The johnson City, Stanton county,
journal says: candy Davis of Mitchell
township sold fifty head of yearling
steers last week for the neat sum of
81, 900. lie bought these same cattle
last October for $40 q head. In other
words, he made $500 in nine months on
a $500 investment by the way. Andy
is not kicking any about this part of
the country We do not want the
rustlers who are living in Eastern
Kansas, in the land that is visited by
floods, cyclones and other pests toe
numerous to mention, to read this
item. The Short Grass fellows have a
cinch on the business of cattle raising
and do not want to give way to any
eastern man. We have a good thing
and are selfish enough to want to keep
II undivided"
A successful irrigating pump is in
use in Wichita county on the farm of
j. Il. Guilbert on Beaver creek The
pump is IL feet in length, and lG inches
in diameter; is run with Il belt, by
horse, or any other power. Its capaci-
ty is estimated from 400 to 900 gallons
of water per minute, varying accord
ing to the speed at which the pump is
run. In test the highest speed reach
ed with low geared horse power was
something over $50 revolutions per
minute. throwing about 500 gallons, a
little over half it's estimated amount,
yet at that speed nearly solid stream
was forced out of the 10 inch spout. A
most commendable feature of the pump
is its simplicity and durability-simply
a water wheel (the reverse of a tur-
bine) at the bottom of the pump oper-
ated by perpendicular shaft. does the
work and requires but little power.
There is no danger OF clogging up
with mud, sand or gravel; no valve to
wear out or cause trouble; the rapid
revolution of the wheel simply forces
the water through the pump with q