The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-18

Newton is after better parks and a
better sewer system.
Seven women have been authorized
to practice law in the Kansas Supreme
court.
Summer county has contributed 49,
664 pounds of -four to the Cuban relief
, fund.
A Kansas newspaper is running de-
} partment printed in the French lam
guage.
Secretary Coburn is now sending out
blanks for the assessors statistical re-
ports.
The Santa Fe railroad will soon have
a double track from Kansas City to
Florence.
The Smith County Pioneer is onto
man in Smith county who walks one
mile and back, weekly to get to borrow
the paper. That is, he travels 104
miles year for 81. That ought to be
taken as compliment to the sheet.
81 never saw as many new wagons
as have been sold throughout the coun
try this year. At almost every farm
house between Phillipsburg and Good
land can be seen a new wagon, new
buggy, or something new in the way
of farming utensils" So says Engin-
eer Jenkins, of the Rock Island road,
and his chances for observation are
certainly good.
The central Kansas counties have
had a generous rain which has been a
God-send to the wheat and cats.
large amount of the latter is already
in the ground while the wheat is con-
sidered past the danger point. Expe.-
fenced wheat growers say that the
Golden Belt wheat section, including
eight counties of central Kansas, has
not for years had so fine prospect.
The editor of a Hebron newspaper
also runs second hand store in con-
nection with his newspaper plant.
Over at Cuba, in Republic county, one
of the ''moulders of public opinion
runs restaurant and lunch counter in
the front end of the printing Office
when not busy moulding the minds of
his valued subscribers, he is moulding
Goldfish balls and hot tamales for the
stOmachs of his hungry customers.
The eastern half of Kansas was
favored with general rain March II
and at night. The fall was heaviest
along the eastern border, and grew
lighter westward. The largest portion
of the wheat belt received moisture.
The rain extended into the territory
along Santa Fe and Rock Island r. r.
On the Union Pacific, rain was report
ed as far west as Russell. The rain
has improved the already bright pros
poets for heavy wheat crop in Kansas
The schools of Smith Center appear
to be in a bad way. Not long ago the
superintendent was let out because his |
conduct was said to be unbecoming to-
wards some of the young ladies in the
schools. There did not appear to be
much in the charges brought against
him, but it was thought best that he
quit. Another man took his place on
months contract, at the expiration of
which he, too, is out, and now third
man is at the helm. This will of
course, work great hardship to the
schools.
The board of county commissioners
is preparing blanks to be sent to asses
sors of townships along the Arkansas
river in Sedgwick county for the pur-
pose of collecting data to be used in
the suit which the protective associa-
ton of the irrigation ditch companies of
Colorado. In Reno county similar
steps have been taken and special re-
port will be made to the commissioners
of both Reno and Sedwicl1 counties up
on the matter of crop yields in the river
bottom prior to the opening of the
Colorado bitches and since that time.
1t is to the credit of Kansas papers
that only one or two of them have been
hysterical in the Maine disaster They
have been white and black and read all
over, instead of yellow all over.
The Methodists at Beloit are feeling
good just at present, as
they are now out of debt. At the ser
vices last Sunday collection was tax
IN up, and something over $500 was
'aised with which to complete the pay
nents on their handsome building,
which is said to be the finest church
edifice in that section of the state.
Scrub boss races form regular Sat
1rday afternoon feature in the west
ern Kansas towns now; a sure indica-
ion of good times. A western Kansas
farmer boy with money in his purse is