The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-12-30

ton with thirty members
1t is hard to tell why Maple Hill wa
so named. The town could hardly b.
more destitute of trees if it were loca
ted on the treeless prairies of western
Kansas.
Kansas, at some stage of her caree
or another, always manages to induce
great men to put their money an her
Olney, the great olney, owns a farm
in Greenwood county.
After all, there is one thing the OK
ira session might do with accruine
popularity in act repeal the
law which calls for the election of any
legislature whatsoever.
More than one disappointed office
seeker who imagines himself to be
enough of a wedge to split his party
wide open afterwards finds that his
splitting powers are not so great after
all.
State Superintendent Stryker has a
bill ready for the consideration of the
extra session of the Legislature, pro-
viding for the extension of the text
book law so as to include High school
books and apparatus.
The waterworls company at Salina
has just received new pumping en-
CINE 1t weighs eight tons, is thirteen
feet long and has a capacity of 2,ooo,-
900 gallons every twenty-four hours
1t throws one barrel at each stroke.
1t will be set up alongside the engine
now in use and will be ready for work
in few days
The farmers of this section of the
country have every reason to be hope
full. Their faith in the country is
based on experience. 1t is said that
large portion of money on deposit at
the different bank, belongs to the far
mers They are rapidly accommodating
capital. There is little demand for
eastern money here.
1t is told that Spiritualist lying in
trance in Colts, Kansas, four years
ago located very rich gold mine in
Arizona in a locality where he had
never been. He went into trance
for the purpose of locating gas near
home but the spirits, who seemed to
have it in for Kansas, played very
mean trick on him and took him off to
Arizona.
The investigation made by the Kan
sas Experiment Station of the cream
cry business of the Meriden Creamery
revealed the fact that there was one
man that sheltered his cows in winter
by two wire fences, another by wood
lot, and still another by wind breaks.
Out of 50 patrons there were 10, or 90
per cent that compelled their cows to
drink ice water from creek or pond
in winter. When we stop to think
that the dairy COW, unlike the steer,
has thin hide, with little or no fat
beneath the skin and poor surface
circulation, we can understand one of
the reasons why the yield of some
herds is so low. The dairy COW is a
very sensitive animal, and when she is
forced to keep up animal heat and to
stand shivering while taking her fill
on ice water she certainly cannot be |
expected to make very good showing |
at the milk pail. Few people realize
the loss sustained from cold barns. In |
an experiment carried on in England |
it was found that with herd of 80 |
COWS the profit was three pounds or
about So per week more when the |
of the barn was kept at |
63 degrees than when at 50 degrees. |
At this rate it would not take long for !
a herd of good dairy cows to pay for a
barn. The barn should be tight
enough so that the animal heat of the |
cows will always keep the manure
from freezing.
The Saline county Poultry show was
in session last week, and the entries
are more numerous and of better quail
ity than usual
An ordinance which went into effect |
in lola last week provides that a Ii
cense of $50 day shall be paid by any
one bringing in stock of goods tenn
porarily, and auctioning them off. 1t
was passed at the request of business !
men of the town who wanted to head |
off parties who were about to bring a |
stock of damaged cooks TO lola for the |
purpose Of working them off.
There is little defense of Miss Bah
cock among the women of Kansas. No |
matter who she marries she will be |
cut by other women.
A Beloit man who owns considerable |
property in Arkansas says that he new
err kicks on the school taxes, no matter |
what they may be placed at, and if |
schools are needed anywhere it is in
Arkansas. All he asks is that the money |
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