Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-05

default Of 81, 900 bond.
Wichita people think If their pros
pect hole can be put down far enough
they will have China mine.
A company has been recently organ
lzed and chartered for the manufac'
ture of a patent adjustable hame in
Lawrence.
The potato market is the first thing
Lawrence man reads when he opens
newspaper. Next he turns to is the
book reviews.
A standing phrase about the hot
weather in Southern Kansas is the re-
mark that it was so hot that it melted
the solder on the handspring Of wom'
ans hustle.
A Leavenworth elevator, on its up
ward trip got beyond control recently
and the passengers were only saved
from probable death by jumping out
through the open door like circus
riders through hoop
j. p Pomeroy, the widely known
Atchison capitalist, who has been de-
voting his attention to gold mines at
Cripple Creek for q number of years,
left Colorado Springs few days ago
for AlaslSa. His Atchison friends hard
ly believe that he will venture into the
Klondike.
Threshing in the wheat belt of CEN
trail Kansas is under way, The yield
is running from fifteen to twenty-five
bushels to the acre, and is exceeding
expectations, both as to quality and
amount The poorest is more than
paying expenses. The weather has
been favorable. Prices range from 50
to So cents bushel, 90 cents more per
bushel than it was one year ago, which
will bring into central Kansas nearly
one-third more money than last year.
Corn is in fine condition.
To keep the flies off cattle, take coal
tar two parts and coal oil and grease
one part each, and mix with small
amount of carbolic acid, Apply with
cloth by moistening the hair and horns
with the liquid In the application
include the feet and legs and it will
drive every fly away, and one applica-
ton will last ten days or more in dry
weather. Apply as often as necessary
and your cows will be entirely free
from flies of all kinds Any old lard
or grease can be used.
The cattlemen of Clark county met
on July 81 to form an organization to
protect their interests. Some of the
features will be the establishment of q
court of arbitration to which shall be
referred for arbitration and settlement
of all questions of differences between
its members, thus saving the unpro6t-
able litigation and vexations of per-
sonal animosities To guard herds
against Texas fever and other contagi-
GUS diseases. To make united effort
to advertise Clark county as a desirable
market for stockers and feeders. To
offer rewards or otherwise assist to
detect and punish cattle stealing
There has been some wonder on the
part of the grain dealers that more
wheat is not being marketed in central
Kansas. The loads of grain one sees
coming into Salina at present are ex-
tremely few and far between. The
dealers who expected big rush to
market as soon as harvest was over are
disappointed. There is some grain go
ing in from farther west, but not near
ly so great rush as was anticipated,
The Missouri Pacific is sending in
some wheat from west of Geneseo, two
train loads going in July 2s over the
cutoff. The largest shipment from
any one point was from Clahin, which
shipped sixteen cars July 2sth.
The most gigantic enterprise that
has yet been undertaken is now being
developed by Larned business men
New England capitalists. They pro-
pose to harness the waters of the Paw
nee river by building a dam one and a
half miles west of Larned and then put
in an electric plant to supply water for
the Touring mills, planning mill, ele-
yators, foundry and creamery now in
operation, and for other similar INDUS
tries that may be established. The
high price of fuel has always, been a
great drawback to manufacturing In
dustries in this section of Kansas, but
with cheap power furnished by the
waters of the Pawnee river, through
the aid of electricity, it Is confidently
predicted that Larned will soon be-
come manufacturing center of no
small Importance. Electric experts
have examined tho situation, and say
the Pawnee can easily be made to fur
nish almost an unlimited amount of
electric power, and that the industries
there can be operated at from half to
two-thirds less cost than at present by