The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-22

| The Santa Ee railroad has already
paid out in the neighborhood of $33,
600 for the Emporia wreck.
The first annual reunion of Kentuck
ians at Wellington was pleasan
gathering and social success.
Topeka has secured the next meet
ing of the National Creamery associa
ton, which is to be held next Febru
airy.
Leavenworth's reunion was grant
success. Everybody knew it would be
Leavenworth is great and goot
town.
Under the new ballot law Jefferson
county will get its ballots printed fol
95 cents per hundred. 1t cost 81. so two
years ago
The temperance people of Kansas
ask all Christians in the state to OBJ
serve the third Sunday in October as
temperance day.
The Topeka Journal says that 1877
people have been drowned in the Kan
sas river at or near Topeka since the
town was founded in 1854.
Kansas will never hang anybody.
Kansas used to threaten to string JEFF
fecson Davis up on sour apple tree,
but even that song is forgotten.
1t is remarkable now many intelli-
gent men make mistakes in voting.
This year you must put your mark In
the square to the right of the candi-
dates name.
Emporia is the champion guying
town of Kansas. A poor short grass
young man recently mistook macar-
oons for ginger snaps in that town and
he is in danger of being run out.
Atchison is p pretty old fashioned
town, notwithstanding its corn carnl-
val and its mp to date politicians. A
bridal party leaving there the other
day was covered by showers of rice.
Atchison's corn carnival is more IA
nous than any other Kansas event of
the year. The eastern high-grade pub
locations are illustrating it, and many
of them writing up her wonderful re-
sources
A well known Kansas breeder of
hogs recently said that he never suf-
fered loss from socalled hog cholera or
other swine diseases. He also said
that he gave the hogs all the fresh
water they wanted to drink and never
a wallow on his farm.
James Russell, private grain in
spector of Kansas City, Mo-, was ar
rested recently charged with inspect
ing grain on Kansas territory contrary
to the Kansas State grain inspection
law. The arrest is the first legal &C
ton taken in the fight that is being
made on the Kansas State inspection.
RUSSELL it is alleged, has been going
into the railway yards at Kansas City
Kans., and Argentine and making in
spections without being re9ularly APP
pointed.
Judge Simons of the district court at
Leavenworth has decided that the new
text book law does not abrogate exist
ing contracts for text books because it
does not apply to them. Nearly every
district in the state has contracts and
some are observing the law and some
are not All other district courts that
have ruled on the question haye found !
that the law does not effect existing
and now the boards will not |
nave settled policy until the supreme
court decides the point. 1t is Judge |
Simons' opinion, however, that there
S no law authorizing district or city |
school boards to enter into contract |
since the repeal of the old law and the
,udCOLlCuO VI CllO SOuhOJ uhllOl AlIJ |
aw of 1895, and that, therefore all ex-
sting contracts may be assailed.
A farmer was in Wellington a few
lays ago drunk and dressed up with
Il, 900 in his jeans. An officer was de-
allied to watch him until he left town.
Isaac Augusta, half breed Potta-
Indian attending school at
he Haskell Institute at Lawrence,
while in Kansas City went to rough
rouse and while there exhibited $40 in
silver. That settled it He was fol-
owed, knocked down and robbed by
our negroes. They don't teach every
hing at the Haskell. Some important
essoDs are taught outside.
Stick to your land. Hang on to your
,attle. Take a fresh grip on hope end
! little tighter clutch on faith. He
hat sticks to the saddle will soon have
IN opportunity to lasso prosperity and
brand it as his own.
A handsome young fellow has been
gushing unsophisticated
nilliners in southeast Kansas and
northwest Arkansas by selling goods