The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Recruiting officers secured fifty-si1
men at Wichita recently, all for this
cavalry.
The bond bill before the Connecticut
legislature which boycotted Kansas
bonds has been killed.
For over forty years Y. Guittard has
been postmaster of Guittard Station, a
hamlet in Marshall county.
Summerville voted to build 81, 200
city hall. The town has 5000 in cash
with which to make a start.
Coffeyville will get that sorghum
factory provided the promoter has the
assurance that the farmers of that
vicinity will put in at least $50 acres
of cane for delivery at the mill.
A 2S-pound buffalo was caught IN
the Marias DIES Cygnes near Ottawa a
few nights ago. A stream that sports
fish of that size ought to be able to
II is said that Spain has not yet in
timated in what shape she desires that
payment of twenty millions made
Kansas can square the account with
hen eggs inside of reasonable time,
should the dons prefer to have the
score settled in this manner.
Nortonville is little town, but the
Seventh Day Baptists of that place
raised $500 last week for an indus
trial mission of the church in Africa.
A travelling evangelist raised the
money. Is there another town in the
state prosperous enough to raise that
much for foreign mission?
The examination at Fort Leaven-
worth of applications for lieutenacy in
the regular army has been practically
completed and it is known that at
least four of the thirty-two applicants
have passed Among them is Charles
Doster, son OF the chief justice of Kan
sas.
The United States civil service COM
mission is DESTROYS of establishing an
eligible register for the position of
cook in the Indian service of the de-
partment of the interior and has is
sued call for persons who desire to
compete to at once write to the COM
mission at Washington for application
blanks From the eligibles resulting
certification will be made to the posi-
ton of cook at the Pottawatomie
school, Kansas, at salary of $420 per
annum.
There Is come damaged wheat in
Ford county. Mr.. Hoover's farm, in
that county, shows it. Of the 235
acres planted to wheat last fall not
more than 100 acres will make stand,
and this is in stubble ground. In plow-
ed ground the wheat died out during
who has charge of the farm, is pillow,
ing up the ground and putting it in
barley In few weeks some of the
ground will be planted to corn and
Kaffir corn.
Secretary Coburn says that there
have been various reasons put forth in
explanation of the non-appearance OF
q report on the condition of Kansas
wheat until now. Some have said that
the secretary was scared" that the
condition of the fields were SO bad
that he was afraid to investigate. 9th
ers have claimed that the matter was
allowed to lag because of the great
work involved in getting data: but it
goes without saying that parties max
ing this absurd claim are short on
knowledge of the work of the depart
ment and it's interchangeable secretary.
Mayors OF Kansas towns are issuing
their spring ''clean up orders. An
early cleanup checks the microbes OF
disease and trouble.
The Cooper Hollow plart at Galena
made turn-in of S., 200 worth of zinc
ore last week and they would have
done better had it not been for a
breakage in the machinery, which de-
layed them some. They received SIS
per ton for their ore. This not only
beats the record OF the Missours- Kan
sas zinc district, but Of The entire
world.
Out Of ITO schools in Lyon ;o'44tJ n
are equipped with libraries
When the new city officials OF Beat
tie, all ladies, assumed their duties
they were sworn in in the presence Of
crowd of citizens and local minis
ter presented each one of the ladies
with bouquet as tokes of esteem
and confidence Now if the ladies viii
only so manage affairs that at the con
clusion of their term the citizens will
feel like expressing their esteem anC
confidence in this manner all will b,
well.
Receipts of the independence post