The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


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lola had population Of 2765 on Sep
TENDER 81.
An organized band is stealing horses
near Independence.
Leavenworth is looking for counter
feiters during the reunion.
A number of Kansas postoffice fights
are being settled by popul ar vote.
The private supply of all water con-
sumers has been shut off at Yelling
ton.
Galena produced $54, no worth of
zinc and lead ore last week; twice as
much as Joplin.
Scarcity of water for drinking pur-
poses is reported in parts of southeast
Kansas
The good crops and demand for
everyth ing that was raised has placed
the State of Kansas in the column of
wealth.
The latest trick among frauds is to
go to bicycle repair shop, pay for re-
pairs and take the wheel. Repairers
are getting onto it.
When the fire boys at Dodge City
have nothing else to do they get out
two pieces of the big hose, two nozzles
and attach them to hydrants, turn on
the water and have fight
An exchange says: The Kansas sun
is getting to be very red in the west,
just as it disappears. The air is full
of fine dust. One of the worst drouths
in the history of the state is on. But
no grumbling. Grumbling has gone
out of fashion.
Acknowledgement Boyle has given an
opinion in which he says that the tick
cts in the various counties this year
must be placed on the ballot according
to the relative strength of the various
parties in the counties in the last cleo
tion.
A bright Abilene boy leased his
father for watch till he was forbid
den to mention the matter again. At
family prayers next morning when
asked for his scripture verse the young
ster repeated: what say unto you
say unto all-watch."
w. j. Young, vice president of the
Standard Oil company from Pittsburg,
Pa, is at Neodesha inspecting the COM
pany's works. He said there would be
no resumption of active work in the oil
field for some time owing to the low
price of oil. While Pennsylvania oil
has declined from 9Oc to soc, Kansas oil
has held to the 40c mark. This is the
price being paid now at the refinery of
the Standard Oil company to the For
est for crude petroleum delivered to the
refinery.
The Santa Fe is building 81 new
switches in the east end of the yards
at Newton. The business of the Santa
Fe has grown to such an extent that
the already large yards are too small
to accommodate it and it has become
necessary to nearly double the size of
the yards. The total length of the
new switches being put in is nearly
five miles and will for time, at least
accommodate the rapidly increasing
business of the Santa Fe at Newton
The new painting machine has arrived
and was immediate put to work on the
machine shops.
Trego county has reduced it's mort
gage Indebtedness over $35, ZOO. Coun-
ty treasury is receiving five times rs
much money as last year and farmers
are rapidly paying off their debts
Nose Gum lost his threshing machine
by fire Thursday near Caldkell. He
had been threshing in the neighbor-
hood and pulled in at home to thresh
his own wheat. The machine had not
been running but few minutes until
it caught fire and burnt up, including
about 200 bushels of wheat. 1t is not
known how the fire originated.
J. R. Turpin, of Gueda Springs, has
raised FIVE bushels of the famous East
India tree beans. The beans are cook
ed like butter beans and forms lucious
dish when served up with butter.
A lebanon man drove up to hitch
ing post through which an auger hole
had been bored. He doubled his strap
and pushed it partly through the hole.
Then he reached in from the other side
and with his middle finger and caught
the loop. Just then the horse jerked
back and pulled his finger off at the
second joint
A Topeka dispatch reports that more
farms have changed hands in the State
of Kansas during the past two weeks
than In any similar period during the
boom, numerous sales for cash being
reported from every county