The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-04-22

ing corn and the garden making is il
full blast.
Plenty of rain is reported in Morri
county this spring, but the crops arr
somewhat backward, due to the lat
spring.
Conditions are reported favorable il
Riley county for crops The fruit il
coming out finely with the exception
of peaches.
The Missouri Pacific unloaded over
two thousand head of cattle in Chau
tauqua county last week where they
will be fed.
Cloud county farmers have commenc-
ed planting corn and the soil is said
to be in prime condition. Wheat crop
promises to be fine.
There are but two lawyers in Alton,
and they were opposing candidates for
the mayoralty. Now they will hate
each other worse than ever.
Glen Skinner, of Howard passed a
rafting good examination before the
military board for admission to West
Point, and then was let ont because he
was too fat
A rumor that the Central Branch will
be extended to Denver is due. The of
ficials have been inspecting things
around Atchison.
Allen county has had a late, wet
spring; ground too wet to work; wheat
looks good; oats thought to be killed;
peaches alive and just blooming; early
gardens destroyed.
James r. Hallowell, Kansas man,
is now at Kansas City slowly dying
His trouble is with his stomach and he
is living entirely ON the inside lining
of chicken gizzards.
The dog tax in Kansas City, Kansas
will be collected. A lady is doing the
job, and half of what she gets is turn
ed over to the library which is in
charge of the Ladies Federation.
Everything in the crop line looks en-
couraging in Chautauqua county.
Peaches are in full bloom. some early
ones killed; pears and plums uninjur-
ed; corn planting under way, but very
late.
At a German picnic near Colby the
other day five buns were tied to five
strings and suspended in the air. Each
of five boys had his hands tied and
then they all sailed in, the boy eating
up whole bun first winning the con-
test.
Two Mormon preachers have been !
making house to house canvass of |
county with view of Sc
curing converts to their religion. They |
began last August and completed their
work a few days ago. They carry no
money with them and depend on char
ity for subsistence. Although they !
claim to have visited every family in |
the county they have not made a single |
They belong to a company of |
Mormon missionaries sent into Kansas |
and working in pairs, two to n coun-
ty.
Superintendent Stryker has prepared |
a lecture which he means to make use |
of at school meetings throughout the
state in which he draws comparison
in the expenditure of funds for taking !
care of the criminal classes and in edu-
eating the children of the state. He |
says that the cost to a county for the
of prisoner to the pen
Tertiary is from one to three times
greater than the average monthly sal
Try of the Kansas school teacher, and
hat in the majority of cases the con-
yiction of single criminal costs more
han would an extra month of school,
he reasons that with more education
here would be less crimiuality.
Reports from Wabaunsee county In
licate that heavy rains have retarded
blowing and gardening. The small
acreage of wheat sown looks well;
damage from recent freezes and rains
lot significant. Apricots partly frozen
put the peaches are not Flowing in
progress.
In Shawnee county wheat is in ex-
.ellent condition and the oats are
coming up. Peach and cherry trees
ire beginning to blossom. Pastures
ire turning green and many cattle are
making the way.
Since the last rain and warm wealth
,r the wheat has improved rapidly in.
Barton county, with here and there a
title frozen out. The oats and barley
ire in the ground and potatoes have
been planted. Corn planting is also
progressing.
In Barber county the farmers have
,een listing corn during the past week.
The grass is starting slowly and the