Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
A Mitchell county pOstohace has beln
re-christened Sunfiower

The santa re is hgurlng on putting
up an $1,000 depot at Olathe.
A Stockton merchant took in 500
dozen of eggs on recent Saturday,
That long-looked-for ice plant at
Newton is going to materialize at last.
1t will have a capacity of fifteen tons.
The ground is in splendid condition
for planting corn and many acres have
been planted during the past week.
The acreage this year is muchlarger
than usual.
There was tremendous excitement
in Hanover few days since. The To-
cal joint came near burning up. A
drouth of this nature assumes an es-
pecially hideous form when it happens
to a railroad town.
Triplets were born in Anderson coun-
ty to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hetrick and
have been named Cora Dell, Dora Bell
and Nora Nell. In order to prevent a
jumbling of the names each baby is
distinguished by ribbon of certain
hue.
The petition of Jefferson township
citizens in Republic county for sta
ton between Belleville and Cuba has
been examined by the railroad COM
missioners and a hearing of the matter
will be given at Belleville at an early
date in April.
The Kansas and Southern railroad
company announce that active work
will commence inside of the next few
days, and that the road will be pushed
to rapid completion. All material is
contracted for, right-of-way secured
and all details settled. The southern
terminus of the road will be Kay Cen
ter, Oklahoma. This town is situated
almost exactly in the center of Kay
county on the banks of the beautiful
Chikaslxia river, and in the heart of
the banner wheat region of the world
A western Kansas paper says that
quite number of farmers in that vi
cinity are contemplating visit to
Pennsylvania and other eastern points
next fall. The visits of the Kansas
farmer man this time to the old home
places will be under different condi-
tions from what they have been in
years past. The time was when they
made the trip in prairie schooner for
the purpose of getting chance to eat
regular meals during the winter. This
year they will make the journey in the
vanished cars, and swell up like the
"bloated plutes" you read about as
they tell the truck patch grubbers of
the worn out fields of the east Of the
yield of Kansas soil.
The farmer who is excited over the
possibilities Of big money in growing
beets for sugar should be warned and
go slow. The question has reached a
point where it is somewhat of craze,
and a craze is something in which
farmers cannot afford to indulge. As
matter of fact, there are comparative
ly small areas in which bcets having
the high per cent. of sugar required
can be successfully grown. Look into
the matter thoroughly and calmly,
ascertaining whether your soil is of
the kind which will grow the sugar
beet to the standard required, find out
how much work is, involved in the in
dustry, and then use good judgment in
the action you take. Sugar beets can
be profitably grown as food for cattle
and especially cows and young stock,
as the yield is large and they can be
easily kept in pits for winter feeding.
Superintendent Stryker has compile
ted compilation showing the average
paid teachers in the different
of school work in the cit
les of the first and second class, and
the average number of pupils to each
teacher. In cities of the first class the
average salary paid teachers in the pri.
mary department is $50, and the aver.
age number of pupils to each teacher
Sc; in the grammar department the
average salary is s54, and the number
of pupils 40; and in the high school the
averages are respectively SIS and 40.
In the cities of the second class pri-
mary teachers on an average receive
S41 per month and have 50 children to
look after; in the grammer grades the
salary is s43 and pupils 50; and in the
high schools s67 is the average salary
and "A the average number of pupils.
They are patient lot in Kansas. At
q recent school exhibition in Potta-
watomie county there were forty-two
numbers in the program.
Elk county claims cow which meas
ures sixteen hands. This is mule
heighth. What a great chance there
is for hanging beef on frame like
that.
The Kansas papers would like to see
the war question settled at once. Eas-