The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-08-06
A hopper trap is the latest Kansas

II OTb ocObt Will bOOH nave louT SpiiIBs
of mineral water all of different and
very bcalthful properties.
Marshalls band will shortly give a
concert, every number on the program
of which will be by Topeka com
poser.
No Kansas man who has called at
White House has failed to see McKin-
ley. One editor from Massachusetts
has waited in the ante-room three
months and hasn't seen the president
yet.
A Lcavenworth elevator, on it's up
ward trip got beyond control recently
and the passengers were only saved
from probable death by jumping out
| through the open door like circus
riders through q hoop.
! An Atchison woman made wager
that she could start in with an empty
larder, and feed her husband, self and
| four children for month at an expense
/ of SIS. She won the wager, but her
husband looks like the picture of Z" Be-
fore Taking"
j. P. Pomeroy. the widely known
Atchison capitalist, who has been de-
voting his attention to gold mines at
Cripple Creek for number of years,
left Colorado Springs 4 few days ago
for Alaska. His Atchison friends hard
ly believe that he will venture into the
Klondike.
There is no doubt but that the Kan
sas City postoftice is holding Southern
Kansas mail in order to get it in on
the Fast Mail and make showing.
Complaints have been made and refer.
red up and down through the depart
ment at Washington until they are
worn out.
Texas fever broke ont last week on
the c. =. Dewey cattle ranch ten miles
south of Manhattan. Dr. Mayo, State
Veterinarian, pronounced it to be such
early in the week but would give out
no report He telegraphed for the
State Sanitary commission, which con
firmed Dr. Mayo's report after an in
vestigation. Some twenty-five ani
mails have died and many more are in
fected. The disease is, however, con-
fined to the one bunch of cattle. The
ranch being an isolated one, positive
quarantine has been declared and
there is no possible chance for spread
of the fever.
The cattlemen of Clark county met
on July 81 to form an organization to
protect their interests Some OF the
features will be the establishment OF
court Of arbitration to which shall be
referred FOR arbitration and settlement
of all questions of differences between
its members, thus saving the unprofit-
able litigation and vexations OF per-
sonal animosities. To guard herds
against Texas fever and other ontagi-
GUS diseases To make united effort
to advertise Clark county as desirable
market for stockers and feeders. To
offer rewards or otherwise assist TO
detect and punish cattle stealing.
There has been some wonder on the
part of the grain dealers that more
wheat is not being marketed in central
Kansas. The loads of grain one sees
coming into Salina at present are ex-
tremely few and far between. The
dealers who expected Il big rush to
market as soon as harvest was over are
disappointed. There is some grain go
ing in from farther west, but not near
ly so great rush as was anticipated
The Missouri Pacific is sending i'll
some wheat from west of Geneseo, two
train loads going in July IS .over the
cutoff. The largest shipment from
any one point was from Claflin, which
shipped sixteen cars July 2sth.
The joints have been closed at Lar
ned.
The fruit farm adjoining the home
of w. A. McCroskey of Logan is sight
worth seeing. He has about 200 cherry
trees which yielded close to so bushels
besides, his peach trees are laden
down with fruit
The Phillippsbnrg Swimming station
is about to be enlarged and made into
full fiedged creamery. The skim
ming started out with $500 pounds of
milk on the fist day and on the eighth
day had s,711 pounds.
At the funeral of Harrison Kelly, his
wife and daughter were dressed in
white. This was his dying request.
There are endless possibilities in the
advertisement of ice but those mer-
chants in southern Kansas now adver-
Using ice merely keep one advertise
ment standing and it gets very monot-
| onous