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

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Prosperity? The farm of T. j
White, deceased, sold at auction il
CowIey county for S7,430. The farm
has 400 acres and il said to be splendid
land.
A southern Kansas man makes hi
living by polishing COW horns anC
making them into hat racks. He re
Gently purchased 500 horns at ont
time.
A bachelor in Southern Kansas
burned his house down while "whoop
ing up" his stove to make hot biscuits,
There seems to be moral somewhat
in the incident
Topeka has &c policemen; Leavea'
, worth 80. The population of Topeka
} is larger than Leavenworth's by about
10000, yet Topeka has six policemen
less than Leavenworth. If Topeka
had policemen in the same proportion
as Leavenworth, it would have about
40.
Six tramps were arrested in Cowley
county recently for burning railroad
ties. They were brought into court
One of the tramps was a lawyer. He
rolled up his sleeves, pulled down the
statutes and cleared himself and his
companions, the county attorney col
lapsing.
| The lola Brick works which are now
shut down after running steady for
little over n half year have dong per-
haps as much to build up lola as any
thing else. Up to the present, over
1000, 900 haye been sold and delivered
and there are about 500, 600 on hand,
part of which are already contracted
for. Over IS per cent of the product
has been used in lola, no effort having
been made to work the outside trade.
The largest shipment made out of town
was about SOC to Hutchinson, and car
lodO lOtS nave DScu SSuJ All ONcI lhC
state. The work has given employ
ment to about thirty-fve men, nearly
all home people The recent break in
the machinery will be mended in n
short time and work will be resumed
and the output increased.
Mr.. Jno E. Frost, land commissioner
of the Santa Fe, states that the sale of
Kansas farming land still continues,
and that the majority of purchases are
being made by local parties. Much Of
the land held by the Santa Fe in the
central and western portions of the
state has been sold in quarter section
and half section tracts during the past
eight months. Much of the money re-
ceived in the state this year for wheat
and corn is being placed in Kansas
lands by the Kansas farmers There
is more inquiry for farming land at
present than there has been at this
season for years, and sales are being
made steadily. While some land is
being purchased by outside parties,
the larger number of sales are being to
local landowners.
John E. Gilbert, The Kansas stock
man, brought suit in the common pleas
court of Kansas City recently against
the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island |
railroad companies, jointly, to recover
81, $685. damages. Gilbert charges
that the railroads failed to disinfect
cattle cars after cattle afflicted with
Texas fever had been shipped in them.
Gilbert's petition sets forth that he
purchased los head of cattle last Aug
ust, which had been shipped to Kan
sas City from Lyon County, Kansas.
He shipped them to Lost Springs, Kan
sas, for feeding and soon after they
were placed on his ranch they became
sick from Texas fever He alleges
that the two railroad companies vio-
lated the Kansas quarantine regula-
tions, which require cars TO be disin-
fected
A special meeting of the Cofferville
school board will be held on the even.
ing of Deccmbe 20, at which tine the
of the principal teachers and
janitors of the public schools of Cof-
feyvile, for the month of December
v i'll be allowed This meeting was
arranged SO that the teachers and 9th.
or employees might receive this months
salary before Christmas and would be
better prepared to celebrate the holi.
days.
Rabbits are said to be numerous in
western Kansas this year.
The Wellington papers would be
more up to date if they would adver
tise to take rabbit scalps on subscrip
ton.
Sand from the Arkansas river is be.
ing shipped to Kansas City.
The following is an excellent treat
ment for barbwire cuts: Wash the cut
thoroughly with CASTLE soap. using |