Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-06-09

Farmers living near Arkansas citl
say II il next 10 impossible 10 oct har
vest hands 10 take care Of the wheat
crop, They are willing TO pay goot
prices, but 1t is hard to get men at any
price, u0
From reports made by the township
aaaehaora OF Pawnee county filed with
the county clerE an increase OF 800 In
the populatlonjsshow The ihcreaa,
In populatIon,ia credited to the great
wheat cropof last year lR
The Kansas farmers pre arranging
just as fast az they cantor the coming
harvest. Every fdan who wants work
from now until the threshlng season
Is over can get IL and good wages with
H. The threshlng will continue until
winter,
Miss elsie Reaaoner, nm Osborne
girl, Is getting favorable comment
from the press on accountof the work
she is furnishing daily papers and
magazines concerning the Omaha eS'
position.
Damage suits for an aggregate %
S05,50O have been removed 10 the fed-
eral courts from the court Of common
pleas OF Wyandotte county on request
OF the defense. j, A. Ketchum, who
brings one OF the suits asks for SEQ, OOo
damages. He was caught between two
cara on the companys Kansas river
bridge Susan j, Bates sues for S9O,-
900 damages for the death OF her hus.
band, who died from injuries received
In q collision between u buggy in
which he was riding and street chr
on the bridge, A third suit is for ss5,'
500, IL Is brought by Benjamin Nis'
man who was knocked from the track
OF the elevated rond In Kansas City,
Kansas, by u cart pushed by fellow
workman,
General Superintendent Nudge, OF
the Santa Fe has just returned from
an inspection OF the lines In Kansas,
lie says that the state will raise the
largest wheat crop this year in It's his
tory. He estimates the crop Mt from
s5,OOO,OOO TO 100, 900 900 bushels, Upon
his return he gave the ear service de.
partment orders to rush It's work and
get as many freight cars in shape to
haul the grain us fast as possible.
Last year large amount Of grain
went TO the Gulf ports, said he, "but
/ look for almost all OF II to go to the
eastern seaboard this year. Export
dealers will not want TO risk large
cargoes Of grain on the Gulf Of Mexico
while the Spanish fleet is in the neigh.
borhood, Should our feet destroy the
Spanish fleet and run all the Spanish
vessels out OF the Gulf, then, OF course,
II would be safe to ship stuff that way
and it probably would be done, but
until the exporters are positive that all
danger is past they will do their ship
ping from the eastern senboard,"
Some people refer to the big sums
that many Of the Kansas farmers are
receiving for last years wheat just as
though they were finding the money
or getting It from home" But It
takes work to get all this coin; hard
work, The man who plows the land,
trudging his weary way from one end
to the other of the immense Kansas
fields knows this. He finds it out
again when he follows the harrow;
and there are lots funnier things than
acting as chief engineer OF grain
drill. Then sometimes, in the western
portions of the state the ungentle
rephyrs come zephing along, ripping
up the top two inches of the farmers
domain and scattering the seed he has
so carefully planted along the high'
way, or spreading it over the next
county. This means rcplanting and
it makes farmer as grouchy to havd
to replant field as it does woman I'd
re-knit stocking that the baby has
raveled out, or printer to reset
galley of type pied by n careless cub.
Then comes an anxious interval when
the farmer hopes and prays that his
growing grain will be successful in
lodging hail, hot winds and rust. And
then harvest, The only really pleas
ant thing about harvest time is sleep
ing at night after the days work is
done. Threshing caps the climax. 1t
is hard, hot, swift and dirty work, and
every one on the farm is glad when it
is over, especially the women who have
to get up the grub for the hands. A
threshing crew can out-eat any aggre-
CATION of workers ever assembled, not
barring the roustabouts OF q wagon
show 1t is work, worry and work,
from the time the ground is prepared
until the grain is in the bin; but when
the farmer loads up a string of wagons
4. ~ l. d. g.,