The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-04-15
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

he will have to wait until day after to
morrow.
Brewster L. Kies has sold his hors,
Merrick Dyer, who is full brother t
John R. Gentry, to Joel Haws, of Mag
nolia, Ill.
The bondsmen of Paddy Shea hav,
consented to the release of Slater.
from the bond, and Shea has been giveI
his freedom.
There have been three deaths il
Cherokee county as result of bite
from a rabid dog. There are too many
dogs in Kansas.
No wonder our little boys gladly
plunge into the blood and sweat of war
when all we offer them at home is q
course in vertical handwriting.
The old fashioned photograph car is
familiar sight in Kansas, but out II
the western portion of the state some
enterprising dentists have adopted the
idea.
The U. S. senate has passed a bill to
extend $50, 900 to the University of Kan
sas as relief. Among the other bills
passed were; To authorize the secretary
of the interior to issue permit to the
American Invalid society of Boston to
occupy 16O acres of land on the aban
doned Fort Stanton military reserva-
ton for the treatment of pulmonary
diseases, and to extend the right of
communication to certain homestead set
tiers on lands in Oklahoma, opened to
settlement under the provisions of law.
Otto Fox, Miami county boy, ought
to be placed in cage. He recently
pushed a playmate under train. The
boy was killed and the coroner's jury
found that he met his death by being
"maliciously pushed under the train
by Fox" He once threw a switch hop
ing to see a passenger train ditched,
but it was discovered in time to avert
the accident. At another time he fred
house for the fun of seeing it burn,
and he has long list of other acts of
minor cussedness placed to his credit
or discredit, rather. No occult power
is necessary to predict his future.
Practically every farmer in Kansas is
acquainted with the canker worms.
Those who did not know it before, re-
ceived an introduction a year ago. 1t
made its appearance in every county in
the state and ravished the orchards so
that the fruit crop was partially dam
aged. 1t proved the severest pest that
the farmers of Kansas had been called
on to encounter for a number of years.
This year it promises to be with the
Kansas farmer again. The promise is
of such sincere nature that Mr.. Fred
ericlk Wellhouse, president of the State
Horticultural society, has issued a
warning to the fruit growers of Kansas
to prepare for battle with the pest
He says that the indications are that
the worm will be more in evidence this
spring than ever before in the history
of the state. From the men in charge
of his orchard in this state, which have
earned for him because of their extent,
the title of the Kansas apple king, adj
vices have been received that already
the female moths are making their APP
pearance in great numbers, and that
the pest of last spring only more severe,
is to be repeated. The female moths
are wingless and crawl up the trees and
deposit the eggs which produce the
worms.
Western Kansas cattlemen are feel
ing particularly good just at present
over the reported shortage of the cat
tie supply in the mountain states. This
means an advance in the price of Kan
sas cattle.
A Plainville man brought down two
white swans at one shot, each of which
weighed close to Is pounds. One was
mounted and sent east to friend in
Massachusetts. Imagine the surprise
of the eastern man on receipt of a
white swan shot out in what was
known as the desert" country.
The law department of the state Ii
brary will be moved to the new rooms
at once, but the remainder will stay
where it is until the permanent finish
of the rooms is decided upon.
Harmon Wilson, the philosopher of
the Topeka capitol concludes from the
altitude at which muskrats are build
ing their nests this year that there will
be plenty of rain in Kansas. Harmon
believes that the ground hog, the
musxrats and other animals know a
thing or two about the plans of the
weather clerk.
John Montgomery-age Ca coal
hauler, was struck by the switch en-
CINE in the Santa Fe yards at Law
rence on April 5th and instantly kill