The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-25

Inc EmpOrh chorus mas won Piiooo
in cash prizes and thousands more In
honors,
The chiggers are holding their an
nual state convention at Ottawa and
Winfield
Most of the heavy wheat fields oil
Reno county will be rested the latter
part of this month. A few fields of
late sowing will probably be few
days later.
The water was sent through the
Amazon ditch almost to the Scott
county line The ditch is still full of
water and farmers are making use of
the opportunity for watering their
crops.
There are 40, 433 old soldier pension
ers in Kansas and they were paid
Sc, 321 ,39s 32 last year. There are 500
old soldiers in Butler county. Proba-
bly, 625 to $50 of them are on the PEN
sion rolls.
Arkansas City has donated the old
soldiers handsome lot in Riverview
cemetery. The lot has been selected
and is in good location. The old sol
diers intend fixing up the lot and maxi
ing it beautiful place for the BURIAL
of the veterans In time a soldiers
monument will be erected on the lot.
Pittsburg is to have free delivery
mail system. 1t will be put in opera
ton August 1. At the beginning there
will be but five carriers, one of whom
will be mounted The postoffice de-
partment has had the plan under adj
visement for some time, but not until
now we're the details officially known.
The state irrigation plant at Santa
Fe was sold last week. The plant will
be removed to Garden City and put in
operation at the Windsor Hotel for the
purpose of supplying that institution
with water, including the operation of
the elevator. A large tank will be
placed on the roof for storing the wa
ter.
A new elevator 30x70 feet will be
erected at ouce at Russell. 1t will
have storage capacity of 20, 900 bush
els, and capacity to handle from
5000 to 10000 bushels daily. 1t will
be equipped with 15-horsepower gas
oline engine and latest improved ma
chinery for cleaning and handling
the grain.
The constitution and bylaws of the
Civic FEEDER alton, sort of taxpayers
league recently organized at Leaven-
worth, have just printed neat pam
phlet form, copies of which have been
have been distributed The chief OBJ
iect of the Civic Federation is to dis
cover and correct abuses in municipal
affairs and thereby work for the well
fare of the taxpayer.
The city council of Paola has ordered
the city treasurer to cease paying i'll
terest on $4,000 Of bonds issued some
years ago to bore for gas. The bonds
were fairly voted, the city received the
money for the bonds A portion of it
was spent in an attempt to find gas,
and some of it for free library and
park fountain. Interest was paid for
several years. Paola is not in the short
grass region, but in one of the wealth
lest counties in Eastern Kansas.
Joel Harmell, aged IS years, farm
err who lives two miles south of the
Douglas county poor farm, was drag
ged to death on the 14th by team OF
mules with which he was cultivating
potato patch. He was at work in the
field when the team became frighten-
ed and ran away. He became tangled
in the lines, his feet catching in them,
and was dragged for quite while be-
fore the team was stopped. His injur'
les were horrible. He was dragged
through barb wire fence twice
and the flesh torn from one of his legs
clear to the bone. One arm was broken
in two places, his nose was broken and
his skull was crushed, besides other
minor injuries.
The recent heavy rains insure the
Jewell county corn crop. From seven
to twelve inches of water fell, 1t is
predicted that Jewell will produce
over twelve million bushels of corn
this season.
The farmers of the Kaw river valley
above Argentine have discovered
new potato pest which threatens tc
destroy large part of the crop. 1t is
small bug which digs into the hill
and bores into the vine and up through
it. Every vine it enters is killed and
the growth of the potato is stunted.
Cy Leland has gone to New Mexico
to rest up from politics by playing
with his grand-child.
The station receipts at Dodge City