Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-12-30

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these products in demand, it naturally
forces the consumer to pay the highest
market prices for everything.
Two parties have died at Elk City as
a result of drinking rough on rats with
coffee. Two more parties are very i'll
from its effect and are expected to die.
The fifth, which made up the party,
will probably recover. The poison ar
ticle was placed in the knife box and
sifted through into the coffee with the
above results.
An exchange remarks that the man
who gets the fewest letters complains
most of the postoffice; the man who
complains most of his neighbor is the
meanest neighbor, and the man who
has the least sense is the most con-
ceited. 1t may also be added that the
man who borrows his neighbours paper
has the most fault to find with the
way it is run.
A Rocks county farmer, who has
done as much toreclaim the prairies of
western Kansas by his constant talk
and practice of irrigation, as anybody,
will set out in the spring on his Bow
creek irrigation ranch 5000 peach
trees, 1000 apple trees, 500 cherry
trees, and will make test of German
prunes. He will also start five acre
strawberry patch, all of which he in
tends to grow by irrigation. His sys-
tenn of irrigation, on Bow creek, in
Rocks county, produces 200 gallons a
second. Eight acres of sugar beets
yielded over 5000 bushels, which he is
feeding to his stock. His alfalfa yield
ed him five tons to the acre. If the
season is favorable he will plant
number of acres in potatoes and cab
bage next spring.
A somewhat novel business transac-
ton all around occurred at Leaven-
worth over two months ago when
Jessie George called on a loan agent
and asked for loan of $50 with which
to go TO Oklahoma. He sat down to
the desk and drew up note and bill
of sale of his library on the back of it
and took the SEQ and departed About
two months later he sent the lender
letter, endorsing his check for S25,
saying he had not time to call, and
adding: 81 trust this this will be sat
isfactory." The "money shark" sent
him his note by letter, enclosing his
check for SO, saying that his conscience
was not sufficiently elastic to permit
the acceptance of such a robust COM
mission and advised him to be less
generous and more guarded in business
affairs in future.
F. D. Coburn, secretary of the Kan
gas state board of agriculture, has pre-
pared for general circulation glazed
card printed in purple ink with the
heading "Kansas" on top, the letters
being made of ears of corn and heads
of wheat and beneath q table showing
that the value of the agricultural pro-
duets in Kansas for 1897 was Sl35, 1885,
25S, that the value of live stock is S94,-
074,sS5, and that during the year the
people of the state have paid off S5,OOO,-
900 of bank Indebtedness and So, O0O,-
900 of mortgages There are people in
the east who believe that mortgages
are never paid off in Kansas. Such
belief cannot maintain itself il the
face of the splendid record made by the
people o. Kansas this year. They are
just like other people. They pay when
they have money to pay with
r F. Bond of Erie, has invented and
patented a novelty in cyclone retreats
which is attracting considerable atten-
tion. He calls it a disappearing
5tormhouse," and it consists of water
tight easing about nine feet deep and
six feet square, having bevelled stills
around the top and post standing in
the center, the casing being into the
ground, so that the bevclled stills come
even with the surface. A cage or ele-
Vator car, is made to move up and
down in this casing hole being in
the floor of this cage to allow the cen
ter post to pass through. The roof
projects over the sides of the cage
about five inches, which, when sunk
into the ground, fits suugly over the
bevelled stills of the casing, thus max
ing it impossible for water or wind to
enter The cage when not in use
stands constantly above the ground,
and is held in position by four bolts,
which are located under the cage floor
and controlled b. lever, one move
ment of which moves all four of the
bolts. When the floor of the cage is
even with the surface of the ground,
by moving the lever the bolts are
thrust out into mortises made in the
sill at the top of casing, thus locking
the cage. The cage remains in this
position when not in use. When it is
wanted for use it is only necessary TO