The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-02

fiouring mill.
No one made light of the meteor
when it was in mid-air.
The Anthony base ball club has
pretty new uniforms.
There is bunch of 1000 cattle in
Barber county owned by young lady.
The fax and oats crop throughout
the state of Kansas is reported to be
good.
The potato crop in Kansas this year
is said to be better than for several
years.
Some of the people at Newton claim
ed that the earth trembled during the
flight of the meteor.
A large corrugated iron car shop is
under construction at Topeka at which
place 100 men arc employed, and an
other large force is working on the
new branch tracks into the car shop
and the new main line track from the
starch factory to Fourth street. 1t is
expected that the work on both the
tracks and car shop will be completed
early in July.
There appears to be spirit Of rival
ry in Waterville, and especially among
the women. as to who can Guido the
other in the erection of homes. Mrs.
Flora Berry. wife Of ex-State Senator
L. A. Berry, is overseeing the erection
of a handsome residence, while Mrs.
Mary Thompson, widow of N. b.
Thompson, is building $4,000 resi-
dence in the Queen Anne style, with
all the latest modern improvements.
Mrs. Sarah Thompson, widow of James
Thompson, contemplates the erection
of residence in the near future,
which, if carried out, will eclipse any
thing in the residence order in Water
vile. The homes of S. II. Powell,
| Frank =. Tnornc, j. u. Flannery and
j. p. Burtis arc costly as well as at
tractive.
A Cowlcw county citizen writes to
the Winfield Courier as follows: Secre-
tary Cobun sent his report on alfalfa
and in it told how this plant would
penetrate 'gumbo' and render it por-
GUS and greatly improve the soil There
is layer of gumbo under my orchard
and to improve the soil sowed alfalfa
a couple of months ago. Along comes
a man who tells me that his father had
an orchard killed by alfalfa. Here was
dilemma, and wrote to tie secre
tary for information and received an
answer which it would be well for the
people of Cowley county to know. He
saws: Don't SOW alfalfa IN an orchard.
and especially in young orchard.
Wherever it has been tried it has prov
en- disastrous to the orchard. Alfalfa
is strong root-growlrg plant and
great drinllcr 1t will absorb the mois
ture from the ground aud rob the trees
Of nourishment, and eventually kill
the orchard.
Christian Endeavore at San Francisco.
The Denver and Rio Grand Il. r. the
"Scenic Line of the World, presents to
the Christian Endcavorers the most
varied and beautiful scenery and the
best accommodation of any of the
u,,,,e Con+;pon+u1 iunc
Endeavorers en- route to attend the
National Convention at San Francisco,
in July, 1897, will find it to their adj
vantage to use the Denver and Rio
Crande r. Il. in one or both directions,
The choice of two routes is offered
via that line, using the stand guage
line through Lcadville, Canon of the
Grand and Glenwood Springs in one
direction; and the narrow guage line
over the famous Marshall Pass and
through the Black Canon of the Guni-
son, in the other. Both routes take
the passenger through the world-fam-
ed Royal Gorge.
For full particulars and beautifully
illustrated pamphlets call on or address
S. X. HOOPER, G. p. & T. A,
Denver, Colorado.
Work on the skimming station at
Milan is progressing finely. The build
ing is now enclosed and will soon be
ready for the machinery, which has al
ready arrived. AS soon as the machln-
cry is put in order operations will be-
gin at once, as 23O milk cans have been
received to start with.
Henry Billings of Catron, Kansas, an
armless soldier, sold his grocery store
to another armless veteran this week,
and the Catron Gazette chronicles the
fact by saying: 1.-The Billings grocery
has changed hands"
A big turtle has taken up hcadquar-
, ters in the dam at Ell Dorado. and none
of the boys dare go in swimming there
according to reports. Same thing true
of Winfield. Same thing true of EN-
. poria. Do you see? Scheme to keep