The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-05-13

The Woman's Relief Corps OF clay
Center gets up dinner every pension
day.
Since their congregation in Topeka
only four of the soldier boys have talk
en- sick.
Up to few days ago they were still
raising money in Barton county 1or
the Cuban relief fund.
The graduating classes have begun
in Kansas and they are still talking
about the Alps and Italy.
The Kansas farmer is reading the
daily paper and he doesn't look at the
market reports first, either.
Russell stands ready to furnish the
officers, including chaplain, surgeon
and band for regiment of men.
The other day at Arkansas City the
Arkansas river ran north. Its waters
struch the Arkansas river bank full
and had to go back.
Independence will bake crackers
with gas fuel. Gas is so cheap at In
dependence that it is thought the
cracker trust can't freeze the new com
pany out.
The banks of the Kaw river will soon
be full and overlooking, like all the
other banks of the state, if it contin-
ues to rain like it has for the past few
days.
Cotton planting continues and Will
continue another week or two unless
the weather improves. Early planted
cotton is coming up slowly in the
southern section, but does not grow as
it should.
1t is reported that the grape vines
are fruiting well in Kansas this year.
Some of the early varieties of this crop
are said to be slightly damaged by
frost. Grapes are expected to make
big yield this year. The apples have
not been damaged by the cold weather
and an enormous yield is anticipated
in this line. Although some of the
early peaches in different sections OF
the state were killed by the March
cold snap, there is said to be enough
left of this variety for home consump-
ton.
Although the weather has been cold
and cloudy for a week, the crops gen.
orally are looking well. Wheat never
looked better in Kansas at this season
of the year, and unless it is visited by
by hailstorm later on, the wheat
crop this year will excel that of last
season. The weather has been very
unfavorabe to the oats and the crop
is very backward, but with plenty of
warm weather and occasional rains In
the future much of it will come out all
right. The corn is growing very slow.
This crop also requires an abundance
of warm weather and sunshine All
crops are said to be backward except
ing the wheat.
E. T. Snyder of Oakley, is back from
Alaska. He got rich lot of eXper-
fence while there, but that is the net
result of his journey, and he says that
country is good one to stay away
from now. Snyder says that large
| e -; al, twill a
made up there are pure fakes gotten
by the transportation companies for
the purpose of Turing other suckers on
SNYDER knew a man up there who was
dead broke and who wanted to get
back to the states. A ship captain Of
fered to give him transportation back
on condition that he would sign a
statement to the effect that he had
cleaned up $50, OOO which he willingly
did, and it is on the strenth of just
such statements as that that many
men are forsaking sure thing on a
Kansas farm in the hope of getting
wealthy in the Klondike country.
Some men will strike it rich up there.
The majority will panhandle their
way home.
White Cloud has single factory.
It is run by a man who made the shin
giles which covered the houses that
were built in 1857.
The members of the North Central
Kansas Editorial association, which
holds its annual meeting in Concordia
this summer, will take trip to Omaha
after the meeting. There are prabably
no newspaper people in the state who
manage to have any more fun on the
side than the members of this associa'
ton. Last year they went up north to
the lakes.
The Lord tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb and this rain was prolong'
ed in southern Kansas for the benefit
of the silk petticoats, which otherwise
might have blushed unseen.
A Connecticut capitalist is talking
about starting a rabbits foot factory
in western Kansas. He is following