The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A Nemaha county farmer has sound
apples in his cave that are two years
old.
One Kansas City firm claims to have
bought million bushels of wheat at
and near Salina.
Emporia college will not have foot
ball team this year. The BARRIERS Sc
cured an injunction.
Many editorial-wliters enormously
use the word tragedy in speaking of
deaths by accident.
Two colored boys at SIS. John have
been found guilty of violating the
game law, and SIS.
1t is not safe to undertake the rgors
of Kansas politics unless you are fully
provisioned for ten years.
The Minnesota river is so low that
the larger class of catfish have to get
out and wa Tx over sand stretches.
The hay crop throughout the state
is good this season and is yielding as
well in proportion as the various other
crops.
All over the blessed land of Kansas
the plowshares are turning up the
brunette soil for the largest acreage
of wheat ever soTn.
Tie w boxes in the printers cases in
Kansas are empted every day in the
setting up of wheat items-eXcept
where machines are used
1t was Wichita schoolma am that
suffered the loss of tooth in the EN-,
pora wreck and received 500 for it.
Teeth are valuable at Wichita.
An eastern dude ira Yelling in Kansas
thinks butter is awfully cheap consid-
cring the great number of butterflies
he sees prowling over the prairies.
The Citizens State bank of McPher-
son, Kan, with capital stock of $lO,-
900, has filed it's charter and will be
ready for business on or before Oct. /.
1897.
The Ferd Helm Brewing Company of
Kansas City has brought suit against
Chief of Police Steele of Topeka, for a
lot of joint phernalia and beer lleg
captured in raids.
The Salt Fork Livestock Association
is an organization of Southwest Kansas
cattlemen for mutual protection. The
The next meeting will be held at Kio-
wa in February in 1898.
A man who has been going about the
state representing himself as Dr. Coo,
of Goes Private sanltarium, Kansas
City, Mo-, is under arrest at Salina
He has victimized people all over this
section of the country. He told every
one he was Dr. Coe and was building a
branch of his sanitarium at Topeka.
1t is reported that he made 4 rich har-
vest of notes and cash. Before coming
to Salina he canvassed Solomon and vi
cinity and there also represented him
self as DIR. Coe, claiming to give free
treatment of the eye one week in each
county in order to advertise his new
branch in Topeka From Solomon he
visited Salina and obtained money.
He told his customers that if the glass
es did not give satisfaction to send
them to the sanitarium and the money
would be refunded and thus as COM
plants poured in by the score he set
his own trap.
The broom corn crop in western
Kansas is reported to be better this
year than the general average. 1t was
thought a few weeks ago that this
crop would not turn out so well but
the recent harvest of this crop has
been a pleasant surprise to the farm
ers.
w. L. Wilson, who has been connect
ed with the State Soldiers Home at
Dodge City for many years, has been
appointed superintendent of the Moth
er Bickerdyke Home and Hospital at
Ellsworth.
A Kansas City preacher is going to
dispense with prayer at church. A To-
pelSa preacher will dispense with pray
err meeting. These fellows will soon
have everything dispensed with except
the drawing of their salaries.
The telephone line at Junction City
will be extended to Salina within a
month. 1t will then be extended to
Bennington, Minneapolis and north
into Nebraska, and toll line south
through Lindsborg, Mcpherson on to
Hutchinson, connecting with the line
already there.
The receipts of the Burlingame fair
will pay all the current expenses this
year and pay about 81 200 on the debts
of the association.
C,n;d hoe haan raol,laee 4l,;. ,-o,- =,