The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-05-27

all looking favorable.
| Early wheat is heading in Cowley
county and corn cultivation has COM
menced.
The ice in Kansas this year seems to
have formed on the clouds instead of
on the ponds.
In the Cherokee county company
there are fifteen school teachers and
five lawyers.
A Kansas paper announces that To-
cal doctor has enlisted in Uncle Sans
service providing he can get in the
hospital corpse"
The first thing the Philippine regi-
ment of Kansas boys attacked was a
pie counter in Colorado. Pies were 40
cents apiece and the boys retreated in
confusion.
Within the past two days, what is
supposed to be the web worm, has
made its appearance and in some in
stances has stripped entire orchards
of every leaf and bud in the vicinity
of Emporia.
Everything is looking fine in Barber
county and the farmers feel much en-
couraged over the excellent prospects.
Corn, cane and kaffir corn planting
progressing nicely. Cattle on range
in good condition.
Itwould be just like the usual run of
contrary luck of Kansas for the boys
who go to Cuba to never see fight
and for the boys who have gone to
Manila to get into the thick of it and
be shot all to pieces.
Fine growing weather is reported
from Barton county. The early plant
ed corn is coming up and indicates a
good stand. Garden truck of all kinds
abundant. Alfalfa is ten inches high
and everything in fine condition.
Wheat is heavy in Butler county and
some of it is beginning to head. Corn
planting and replanting IS being push
ed. Some of the corn is up but shows
a poor stand and bad color. Canker
and codling worms are bad on apple
trees.
]. N. Smith has made his escape
from the Kansas penitentiary. He
was wheeling to an embankment and
went down over the dump, wheelbar-
row and all, and was not missed for
20 minutes. He had served two years
of four years sentence for larceny.
Guards on horseback and dogs have
not been able to run him down.
The month of April, according to the
records of the register of deeds, shows
the people of Leavenworth county to
have released $4,217 more mortgaged
indebtedness than was fled for record,
even including the building and loan
association mortgages in the total of
those filed. The total number of mort
cages fled during the month was "a,
amounting to $37,759.oo, of which 10
were building and loan mortgages and
amounted to S11 900. Fortytwo mort
cages were released, representing
property value of $41, 977, and 60 trans
fers of property represented $685.
In the last year or so quite Il number
of Kansas cities have organized com
mercial clubs which have been effect
i've in promoting the legitimate growth
of the town. Are there not enough of
these clubs in the state to form state
organization, not only for state work
but as well for mutual advantage? If
such plan is feasible the initiative
should come from the Topeka CONNER
cial club, or perhaps from the Topeka
and Pittsburg clubs together, as they
are the two largest organizations. If
feasible the plan would be easy of ar
rangement if some commercial club
will take the matter up officially.
The school children of Morrill, got
up little Dewey celebration of their
own.
The bareback the Kansas boys will
get in Cuba will be stamped "Remem-
Der the Maine" 1t was not necessary
to stamp the pies they got in Topeka
to get them to remember Topeka.
What fame George Matthews, the
Wichita rainmaker, could have attain
ed if he had waited to spring his sys-
TEN this year instead of 1896. He
would have no trouble in finding the
conditions favorable.
One Topeka firm while the volun-
teers were all in Topeka sold them
SIS, 900 worth of groceries.
Before going to the war Major "Bill'
Brown of the twenty-frst regiment ar
ranged his affairs in the interest of his
wife. If he should fall she will have
property and money to the value of
S25, 900, to say nothing of life insur-
ance. There is one thing he wants his
children m inherit he saws and that