The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
The Kansans are busy sowing thor

bushels OF wheat
Travelling men are rejoicing over the
action of western railroads in adopting
the interchangeable mileage ticket.
Taxpayers are discussing the matter
of voting bonds to build new school
house, since the old one has been con-
demned at Ottawa.
While digging well in north Dick
inson county, farmer nociced gilt
tering substance at a depth of seventy
feet, which jeweier has pronounced
gold.
The test of superiority in Northwest
Kansas towns is where the big circus
stops. This year Ringing went to
Phillipsburg and that town will put
on airs until next season.
Just because Kansas has good crops
this year the state is oyer-run with a
lot of fake shows gotten upin the hope
of getting some of the peoples hard
earned dollars, says the Cherryvale
News.
Reports for the towns in Kansas
show an improved feeling IN real es-
tate, but not to such an extent as in
farm real estate; the farms feel the
prosperity frst-the towns come later.
Most of the towns need paint, new
fences, better drainage and lots of
things that go to make up pleasant
place to live in.
Ewing Herbert of Atchison says. At
ter all the fuss is figured out that less
than So, 600 900 was taken out of the
Klondike last year. Several Kansas
counties will sell more than 49, 900, 900
worth of wheat this year. to say moth
ing of cattle and hogs and corn and
other truck. And nobody froze or
starved to death while they were doing
it either. A Kansas farm in hand is
worth several Klondilie mining claims
1000 miles away and thirty feet I'M
der snow.
A circular has been issued by the
general freight department of the Rock
Island announcing the appointment of
Mr.. John Fox commercial agent of
the company with headquarters at
Hutchinson. The territory under his
charge will extend from Mcfarland to
Liberal and include Dodge City branch
and the branch from Harrington to and
including Salina. The appointment is
in effect on and after October LIST, and
Mr.. Fox will have an uptown office.
His successor as local agent has not
been announced.
The Salina Cement Plaster company,
whose mill is the chief business inter-
est in Dillon, so far this year has man
ufactured and sold twice the amount
of plaster that was manufactured in
the corresponding period of last year.
During the month of August it shipped
sixty car loads more plaster than was
shipped in August 1896. During the
past week the mill has been running
night and day in order to supply its
product fast enough to meet the de-
mand. Every indication points to
rush of business that has not been
equaled since the organization of the
company.
A Waltz cf0nI fhn 6nYna
of the Sumner county court house and
counted 81 threshing machines in oper-
alton. He is said that the farmers OF
Sumner county will not finish thresh-
ing until march of next year Ma
chimes are engaged for months ahead
and they are working as they never
worked before. The big wheat crop
has set business in motion all along
the line The Santa Fe, Missouri Pa
cific and Rock Island railroads have
each increased the time of their shop
men at Wellington, Caldwell and Con-
way Springs from 40 to "a hours per
week, and besides this, many new men
have been placed to work.
There will be no grand jury in Lyon
county and the refugees may return.
A Sumner county man put sign on
the gate of his pasture where his
horses were, which read: Take one,
but close the gate" He did not want
any more horses straying into the pas
ture.
Ellis county will vote this fall on a
proposition to issue $4,000 bonds to be
applied to the rebuilding Of court
house and other county buildings. The
county will also refund $1,000 of out
standing Indebtedness.
| A government revenue official an
nounces that no stamps or druggists
permits are issued in Morris county. hs
On account of The continued drouth
the water company at Fort Scott have
been compelled to channel the Marina
ton river five miles from town, all the
intermediate depressions in the bed
having been drained. The streets have