Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-06-17
THE STATE OF KANSAS.

ton for congress from the old second
district, his opponents at different
times being s. A. Cobb, B. w. Perkins,
D. Q. Haskell, II. w. Cook and Thomas
Annable. He was always opposed in
the convention because he was weak
and ailing and because he was not
considered TO be physically able to
perform the duties of congressman.
Judge Simons still appears TO be weak
and ailing, but the others are all dead.
Secretary Coburn's report for Nav
says; Unusual and almost uniDter-
rupted cool weather, with abundant
seasonable rainfall over much of the
state, has been excellent for wheat,
and its general condition of SO IS an
advance OF three points over that ut
date OF last report. From very few
localities of least rainfall some old
crop chinch bugs are reported, but not
yet doing much in material damage or
propagation. The general condition
for the state is given at SAT-, and the
reporters note considerably increased
acreage in uine-tenths of the counties
The average condition of oats is N.
There is an increased average for
broom corn.
The state board of railroad assessors
increased the Missouri Pacific assess
ment over that OF 1896 in the sum Of
1851, 900. The Rock Islands assess.
ment was increased $4s3, 400. The
other increases were: Santa Fe, S1O,-
900; Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf,
$50, 900; Memphis, SCI, 200; Missouri,
Kansas g. Texas, SIT, 900. The de.
creases were: St Louis & San Fran
cisco, $l3s, 500: Union Pacific, Sl61, 900;
B. 81 M. $61, 900; st. Joe g. Grand ISL
and, $41, 400. The total increase is
$7l7,200. The Frisco, which was de-
creased, was the only road raised in
1895.
Elk county is probably an average
Kansas county. 1t has o population
OF l0,655 The assessors returns show
that 1t has the following crop acreage:
Corn $1,000 acres, wheat 1900, fax
1900, Kaffir corn 6,547. 1t has 632, 900
bushels of corn on hand. Last years
butter product was 1000 pounds.
The egg and poultry product was
worth $4,000 Multiply all this by
105 and one has fair idea of what
Kansas agricultural regions produce.
1t is a pretty good state and is taking
care of itself as well as any in the
union.
Ex-Governor Porter of Indiana, who
was recently gathered to His fathers,
at one time owned 21, 900 acres of land
in Brown, Nemaha and jackson coun.
ties, Kansas, and his estate is still pos
SCISSOR of vast tracts of those regions.
In 1878 Governor Porter sought in vain
for purchaser for these lands Mt S.
an acre. They are now worth $40 an
acre, and it is estimated that the es-
tate's holdings in Kansas would bring
$500, 900.
There are some steady-headed old
cattlemen in Kansas who believe that
the price of stock cattle is ranging too
high, and that lot of people now in
vesting will regret it John Rehrig of
Usage county went to Oregon the other
day, where he paid $17 apiece for
yearlings, and then about S. head in
freight to Kansas.
A monument has been erected at
Cottonwood Falls to perpetuate the
memory of the late Sam Woods, who
bit the dust in Stevens county at the
crack of Jim Brennan's pistol. Bren-
nan has good homestead near Enid,
Okla, and is said to be leading
peaceable life.
During the boom an eighty acre
town site was laid out in an oat field
on the line of the Missouri Pacific
railroad and named Oatville Lots
were sold at eXorbitant prices and the
village promised to develop into city.
Last week the townsite was vacated
and will be again sown to oats.
All Western records for fast time
were broken by the Santa Fe one day
last week. A special train with Pres
ident Ripley and other officials was
taken over the line from Florence to
Emporia, distance of 44.7 miles, in
just A minutes, an average of CO.
miles an hour.
Lawyer G. 7. Atkinson, speaking to
Captain James McDermott in Judge
Burnett's court at Winfield, last week,
observed that the captain was a liar.
"And you are another" observed the
captain. 1t cost 'em $40 each.
A Kansas newspaper which carries
liquor advertisement in it's columns is
not often found.
Over 500 old soldiers at the home at
Leavenworth have left within the past
week to spend furlough visiting at |
their homes. This is done every sum
mer, but the number leaving this year |
is larger than ever before
The Smith county car of corn rs now |
on its way to India. 1t is labeled,
Car load of corn from Smith county, |
Kan, for the starving of India. Mo, |
hammedan or Atheist, we can feed the
world"
Cnlderhead is announced positively |
as candidate for congress from the !
Fifth district, and there is a move
ment in Cloud county to have either
w. w. Caldwell or Judge Sturgis con-
test the nomination with him.
A rabbit has been caught near ARh-
isoa that has two heads, and a Calf
with ten legs has been born in Finney
county. Queer things happen in
Kansas.
R. F. Mobins, Henry Georges chief
lieutenant, has opened up single tax
in Kansas, commencing in
Wichita He brought letters with
him from Jerry Simpson and others.
Labor Commissioners. ToInso l. $50 !