The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-24


Fe at NiclSerson is being rebuilt for
passenger use and will be occupied
Oct !.
The station at Hutchinson will be
completed by Nov. l. 1t is similar in
arrangement and size to the Topeka
station.
The deposits in the First National
Bank at Kingman aggregate $l6s. $685.
20. They have S1O2, l04 16 in cash and
sight exchange 1t is almost double
what they had year ago.
Three young men, near Lyons, went
into Il melon patch, gorged themselves
and then destroyed large number of
melons and vines. They were arrested
and paid SOS and costs for their miser-
able meanness.
A pickpocket stole $l75 from n
| drunken man on train near Coffey-
vile. The marshal of that town was
on the train and arrested the thief.
He put him in charge of a guard and
went to interview the robbed man.
The thief slipped the money out of %
window, it is thought, for the marshal
could find nothing on his person and
had to let him go.
In her lack of reference for the old
men of the state of Kansas is brutal.
The states heroes change as often as
the moon and no man can hold the
hurrah of the people after he has fail
ed to be an active factor. This is why
the old men in Kansas are kickers.
They have to knock few of the ire
weren't Youngsters down to maintain
themselves.
Joe Henderson, farmer residing
near Wellington, sold his wheat and
got on spree in that town. He scar
ed some ladies from residence and
lay down in the yard. When some
neighbors aroused him he began shoot
ing and so did they. Nine shots were
fired. but no one was hurt. Hender-
son was subsequently arrested and
fined $50 and costs.
A Kansas farmer ended his prayer as
follows: "And we return thanks for
the high price of wheat for l have
paid off half that mortgage, and while
we deplore the grievious condition OF
the poor of Europe who have raised
nothing and thus made our wheat
high, it is our sincere wish that they
shall not suffer Give us another crop,
we pray, next year and keep the price
up and the whole mortgage will go.
Amen"
NJ. L. Workman is a sadly disappoint-
ed man of Sumner county and he has
good cause. He had 3S15 acres, meas
ed, of wheat, which only threshed out
1905 bushels of 81 yound wheat Add
ed to this is the fact that his oat crop
only made 50 bushels of 40 pound oats
| to the acre and his only hope now is
the corn crop, which he is satisfied
will make no more than 60 bushels to
the acre. That is the reason he mopes
and refuses to be consoled.
Here is true story without frills:
Into little Kansas town a year ago
last summer came farmer lie had
failed to make it go on the farm. He
and his wife talked it over and decided
that it was best for him to go into
town and get a job with salary.
Drouth could not find him there He
went. He secured a clerllship in gro
cerv store at $50 month. He was
new and awkward and was fred the
first week. He went back to the farm.
| He and his wife resolved to make one
supreme effort. They borrowed money
and put most of the farmin wheat.
The harvest came. He had $4,000 in
cash after all debts were paid. He
went to town last week, bought out
the grocer who had bounced nm ana
has SIS, 900 left.
The Rock Island road hauled out Of
Lebanon in the month of August Ill
loaded cars of grain and stock, besides
did business Of nearly $1,000 outside
of the express handled The place
will celebrate it's anniversary Oct. l.
The registration Of new students at
the university of Kansas is the largest
ever known at the beginning of the
fall term. At the close of the second
dav it had exceeded by 200 all former
records for the opening days. ii the
present ratio continues, the attend
ance will reach 800 this year
The statistics show that there arc
3s5, 900 children of school age in Kan
sas. and if that is right it would take
the hide from 10000 calves to equip
their feet for the first day of school,
besides a vast sum of money TO equip
them with books.
Among the several enterprises talk