The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-10

S ey away from it.
A few weeks ago the commissioners
' of Sumner county offered bounty OF
5 3 cents each for rabbit scalps. More
S than 5000 of them have already been
received and paid for
: If the Frankfort girls wish to remain
I solid with their "steadies" it will be
, well for them to pay no heed to the
dealer who advises them to buy those
dollar-a-box cigars for the boys.
= A funeral service was held in Csnge
5 county the other day in commemora'
ton of five members of one family who
, had died within space of three weeks.
: OF the dead three were young men
: aged 80, 90 and 49, and two were girls
aged II and II. Malarial fever was
the cause of their taking off.
The premium list of the Mitchell
county poultry and pet stock associa
ton has been issued. The dates fixed
on are January 4, 3, and :, and will
be held in Belot. This is the second
exhibition made by the association,
, the one held here last year being one
of the largest and most successful ever
given in north central Kansas. Liber'
al premiums are offered, while special
premiums are given by most of the
Beloit business men.
1t has developed at Leavenworth
that the inspection being made there
of coal mines by State Mine Inspector
McGrath is for the purpose of furnish
ing foundation for big suit to be
commenced by the state against the
various coal companies for royalties.
McGrath came here several weeks age
and began an inspection OF the Leav'
enworth Coal company's mines lie
/ has had an expert along with him, and
several times they have stayed in the
mines all night making surveys. 1t is
claimed that the Inspector has discov'
cred that the company has mined over
| 10 acres of coal belonging to the state,
and that over 900, 900 bushels of coal
has been taken out. The mines OF
other companies will be surveyed also
to ascertain if they have been mining
on state property. 1t is understood
! that all the facts obtained concerning
the matter will be laid before the gov
ernor and attorney general, and that
proceedings will be instituted in d
short time to collect the royalties.
Some interesting reports have been
made by Indian agents in their annual
review of developments in their fields.
| At the Pottawatomie and Great Ncm3.
| ha reservations in Kansas there are
about 10000 acres of surplus lands in
the prairie band reserve that are likely
to be a subject of contention in the
future, and there seems to be a grow
| ing sentiment in the tribe favoring
their sale Major Woodson, of the
| Chcyennes and Arapahoes, in Oklaho-
ma. writes: "Thc mothcr-in-law is
much in evidence among these people
She makes herself holy terror unless
the family affairs are conducted ac-
cording to her IDEAS. Much of the
agents time is occupied in the settle
ment of family quarrels and in bring
ing together husband and wife, whose
| trou bles have been of sufficient gravity
to cause a separation. His powers of
persuasion are frequently eXertcd in
vain, however. In most instances the
wife, backed up by the mother-in-law,
is most obstinate and proof against all
argument and entrcaty to return tc
the family abode " Recommendation
is made for Withholding gratuitous
subsistence from the nOn-progressive
Indians not disposed to labor for their
support Many of the Indian agents
recommend discontinuance of the issu
ance of rations and clothing, and urge
the substitution of policy of making
CASH payLnCuJS W GlC lHulduS lOr
time.
In some sections of Kansas the Roch
Island is experimenting with the
Campbell system. The Campbell sys-
tenn consists in pulverizing the soil
down to a depth of eight inches. 1t is
believed that it will then hold mois-
ture.
Reno county farmers will find the
taxes lower this year than last. They
will then turn TO the tax receipt and
read that the state levy is not lowered
and will wish that the party which re-
duces taxes in the county had n chance
at the state, says a prominent Reno
county paper
A new creamery has been opened az
Paola and the cows around there will
now be ranked up in the same class
with the Kansas hen.
Rev. Paul Tonsing, pastor of the
Lutheran church at Beloit, is writing
the life of his father-in-law, the late