The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-17
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREsT.

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is not compelled to attempt to grow
tlue grass lawn. 1t is not compu
sorry.
That resignation of the Garden Cit
postmaster has been lost in somebody
inside pocket, says a prominent new
paper.
All a Wellington boy needs is a pal
of skates and girl and he has war;
time, even if the thermometer is dow.
to zero
The first snow of the season arrive
earlier than usual in Kansas this win
ter and remained long enough TO
sleighing.
A genuine black jack rabbit wa
killed in Sumner county the other day
Black jack rabbits are very scarce il
this country.
In the olden days of roughness ant
toughness the most distinct sound in q
bad town at night was the high, hard,
dry click of the billiard balls.
A special election was held in Coffey-
will for the purpose of voting on a prop
Osition to issue the bonds of the city to
the amount of SIT, 200 to be used in put
ting in an electric system to be owned
and operated by the city. The vote
in favor of the bonds was nearly three
to one.
In one of the school districts of Lo-
gan county the directors employed a
young woman to teach seven months
at $40 month. Early last fall she
had two or three pupils, but when cold
weather came they quit attending, and
for month not single pupil has en-
tered the schoolhouse. The young
woman tired of her lonely occupation,
has offered to compromise by taking
five months salary and closing the
schoolhouse as soon as she shall have
completed the three months of the fall
term. The directors agreed to COM
promise and County Superintendent
HasEinson wrote to State Superinten-
dent Stryker, asking if such compro-
mise could be legally made. Superin-
tendent Stryller sent the letter to AS
Sistant Attorney General Smelling,
who says the law makes no provision
for snch an arrangement. The only
remedy left the teacher is to abandon
her school and trust to the board not
to sue her for specific performance of
contract.
Secretary Bliss has taken prominent
action to avert a possible invasion of
the Wichita reservation in Oklahoma
by whites with the idea of forcing
upon congress the opening of the coun-
try to white settlement. Reports have
just reached the department that GER
tain persons are declaring their inten-
ton to organize a large party in the
state of Kansas or elsewhere, TO invade
the Wichita lands with the object
stated Instructions have been wired
to all the agents and inspectors in that
section to make inquiries and ascer-
tain as far as possible the truth of Ike
rumors, and report the result here.
The agents are called upon to exer-
else great vigilance to prevent any
such invasion, and in case ofnecessitv.
where the Indian police force is inadi-
quate; military assistance will be
promptly furnished. This action is
more of precautionary measure than
in anticipation of real danger. Officials,
while taking proper steps to meet any
emergency, do not apprehend any ser
ious disorder.
In Mcpherson county, Frank Slade
has just sold his farm for 50, 500 Thos
Wortley, ncighbor of SHADES, sold
his for So, 200.
Coyotes in the southern part of Har-
er county are unusually numerous and
bold, frequently attacking calves and
swine. The farmers have formed an
determination organization. The
members contribute to a fund from
which So 40 is to be paid for each scalp
The increase cultivation of Oklahoma
and the adjacent country is believed to
have driven the animals northward
1t is now just $50 years since Coro-
nado came to Kansas and cussed the
state because it wasn't what it was
cracked up to be.
The 30 Kansas stockholders of the
Santa Fe own less than a third of a
mile of the road. There are 20 stock
holders in Kansas. OF this number Il
persons own 1924 shares of common
stock, valued at $50, 400, the par value
being 500 per share. Eight persons
own II shares of preferred stock, maxi
ing the total amount of stock in Kan
sas reach the vulue of s34, 100.
The Leoti mills are running in full
blast again and the farmers in that
community rp boppv