The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-05-06

= There is n creamery scheme hatchin
: out in Mound City.
The average Kansas militiaman is a
: hot as the elbow of piece of rapid
) bent wire.
Every week a cor of eggs is shippe'
from st. Marys, and it takes u, 20
eggs to make up such load.
1t will be largely a brunette wa
with Spaniards. A yellow fever mi
crobe can smell blonde ten miles.
State Superinten dent Stryker say
the average yearly salary of a country
school teacher in Kansas is only $160
1t is not surprising that teachers change
as soon as possible to some other oc
cupation and leave the schools in the
hands of Juveniles.
j. A. Hoefer, of Kay county, is in
Arkansas City for the purpose of or
ganizing troop of cavalry. Mr.. Hoefer
has permission from Governor Leedy
and the adjutant general of the state
of Kansas to organize troop of 100
cavalrymen which would be called out
in case of need.
Much damage has been done to the
plum industry in Kansas by the plum
curculio. There is scarcely plum
orchard that has not received more or
less injury. The insect, becoming as
it has wide spread throughout the
state, is undoubtedly the worst enemy
of the plum grower.
The son of Warden Harry Lands of
the Kansas penitentiary is lieutenant
| in the Asiatic squadron that is now
face to face with the Spanish squadron
near the Philippine islands. His moth
err does not look at his situation as
complacently as does his father, who
says that he wants him to take his
chances with the fortunes of war.
The Live Stock Sanitary Commission
has modified its rules relative to the
inspection of cattle. Two inspectors
will be located nea.' the Colorado line,
and all cattle coming from New Mexico,
Arizona and the Republic of Mexico
will be inspected there without charge
to the shippers unless the stock is so
located that an unusual expense is in
Cured in reaching them.
George A. Fowler, the Kansas City
packer, has given SIS, 900 to the State
University to rebuild the electrical
building. The gift is conditioned that
$20,0 900 shall be expended to equip.
The university has the money and the
bequest has been accepted. Mr.. Fow-
Ter doubtless decided to take this action
because of his warm friendship for
Prof Blake, who is at the head of this
department. The burned building
will be fixed up for power and heat
ing plant.
Eastern Kansas is noted for its fine
walnut timber and large quantities of
black walnut logs have been shipped
east and even to England. 1t always
brings good price, from $50 to $3.50 per
thousand feet, and is used for making
fine furniture and finishing purposes.
1t is an easy and thrifty tree to grow,
on moist or seepy land. The
nuts should be planted where the trees
are to grow, as it is not an easy thing
to transplant it and make it live.
Every farmer should plant somewhere
on his farm grove of black walnut,
and although he may not live to derive |
a direct profit from it yet it will be a
permanent and valuable improvement |
and someone will eventually rise up |
and call him blessed. When once well |
started it grows quite rapidly and in
six or eight years from the seed will |
begin to bear nuts, which generally |
sell readily for fifty cents bushel, and
about the only work in harvesting is
to pick them up from the ground in
the fall. The white walnut, or butter
nut, has better and more valuable
nut, but the timber is not so good or
as the black walnut.
Neodesha's new $40. 900 issue of bonds
for a municipal natural gas plant have
been registered by the State Auditor.
Col. Tilton, up in Nebraska is Civ
ing Kansas some pointers as to what
kind of an exhibit to put up for the
Trans-Mississippi exposition. The col
onel wants to see a great Kansas eX-
nibit there so that when he visits Om-
lha with his crowd he can point with
pride to the lay out and say, There,
boys, is an indication of what the state
came from can do when she gets
hump on herself"
In Cheyenne county there is man
who advertises that he will tan the
Feelings of dogs and wolves.
w. w. Thomas, an attache of the