The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04
KANSAS Items OF INTEREST.


wheat. In the western part OF the
state heavy SHOWS have fallen and
there is plenty of moisture.
Two 15-year-old boys were arrested
and fined at Fort Scott the other day
for dressing up in women's clothes and
going to the Salvation Army meeting,
where they firted with the boys.
G. c. Cress, prosperous farmer OF
Dickinson county, has sold his proper
ty and household goods and will leave
for Africa in few days to do mission
ary work. The influence of religion
is powerful when it impels men to
move from Kansas to Africa.
Out in Ness county one day recently
a lot of boys followed an old wolf,
which finally took refuge in well.
The boys secured rope and let one OF
the crowd down into the well. He was
shortly afterward drawn up without
any wearing apparel on. But the boy
was mad, and taking another rope, he
went down again, dropped the second
moose over the VOLTS head, came up
and drew the beast to the surface alive
and kicking.
Probably the first prohibitory law in
Kansas was put in opera ton by the
Ottawa Indians in Franklin county
more than sixty gears ago. One law
prohibited the selling or giving away
of Intoxicating liquors. Another law
crowded fine for drunkenness, S. for
Che first offense, $40 for the oecond and
81 the offense was repeated the bibul-
GUS indian was then turned oyer to the
United States government for punish
ment. Other laws adopted by the
tribe prohibited theft and SANDER.
Five years ago young Barkley Geary,
son of farmer living near Westmore-
land, was sent to bring up the family
cow Nothing was seen or hearl of
him until last Saturday night, when
he drove the COW to the barn, entered
the house, hung up his cap on its &C
customed peg, and told his mother
that he would milk after supper. He
refuses to tell where he spent the five
years, beyond declaring that he was
hunting the COW.
The banks of Dickinson county have
completed the publication of the state
ments for the end of the year and the
showing made is a most encouraging
one The deposits of the banks of the
whole county are S66s, O47. Never in
the history of the county have the peo-
pie had so large deposits as at present
and the fact that many of the deposi-
tors are seeking investments makes
the money market easy in the county.
In addition to the large deposits, the
taxes are paid more closely than in
years, and there is an unusually large
number of cattle being fed in the coun-
ty.
The Kansas railroads are now wrest-
ling with the proposition concerning
the issuance of passes to sheriffs
Under the old law sheriffs were GLOW
ed mileage no matter whether they
had passes or not The roads always
furnished them passes then. The new
fee law only allows them actual expen-
ses paid while conveying prisoners to
the penitentiary or in making other
trips on official business. They can
not therefore now charge mileage if
they have passes and would not be
benefited by carrying passes. The
roads are figuring on giving them
transportation for personal business
but not for official business.
Bounties ar paid for rabbit scalps in
Pratt county, but that county is not
overrun as Sumner county is.
A monograph is entertaining the
people of Stafford county without
price.
Just before the bounty on rabbit
scalps was removed Sumner county
parson started out with a gun and
killed enough of them to stick the
county for So. If he could keep up the
gait it would probably get him more
of this worlds goods than his present
calling.
Elk City will have creamery IN OPP
Grafton by the first of February, and
there is little doubt but that it will be
a success, as there are 500 cows owned
by the directors alone
So many Kansas counties are getting
to the front with stories of the unusu-
ally large amount of taxes paid at this
season of the year that the public is
entirely prepared to hear, without a
murmur of surprise, that some county
out in the wheat or cattle country has
its taxes paid for year or SO in adj
vance.
Travelling statesmen are meeting with
great success in selling SOS ranges to