The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-08

Abilene has raised 1000 for corn
carnival in October.
The 250 box cars now building at the
Santa Fe shops in Topeka, are for the
San Francisco & San Joaqu Valley
railway.
Osborne Farmer: Tom Mcbride own
ed the John Cropk farm exactly three
months to day. and cleared about
$500 on his inves' ment.
The Twelfth Kansas infantry will
ho'd its annual reun on at Paola. Out
of the original ] 200 members of the
reg ment but 400 remain.
Leavenworth citizens and farmers
are much dis atisfied with the shut
ting off of the sale of coal at the pris-
on, and a determined effort will be
made to have the law passed last VIM
ter repealed.
State campmeeting of Seventh
Dav Advent SITS opens at Wichita's big
park S. pit. :. For nearly week pri +
to that dat. Preparations were going
on and campers arriving; large city
of tents were in place iuclud ng dining
hall and grocery stocks
A big force of laborers are preparing
the Union Pacific track for ballast.
The ballast to be used is burnt gum
DO, the action of water upon which
makes it as compact as asphalt. The
ballast will do away with the dust
and add greatly to the comfort of the
aveling public.
Downs Times: Perhaps the largest
load of wheat ever hau ed into town
by one small team was brought in by
Jim Richardson 1t consisted of three
wagons coup ed together the COM
bined weight of which was 12, $50
roands, ma king 143 bushels, and was
delivered at the Davis elevator.
Cheap Rates to Pacific Coast via Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe are selling tickets to
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
and other California points at the very
cheap rate OF s32. so.
To Portland and points in Idaho and
Oregon S2s. IS. For particulars call
on or address, L. r. DELANEY, Agt.,
Wichita, Kans
In a recent bulletin OF the expert
ment station of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college is a record of four lots,
whole, skimmilk and alfalfa pasture;
lot on kafr whole and sllimmilll lot
on katir whole, alone, and lot on
katir whole and alfalfa pasture. The
result that lot l sold in Kansas City at
81. 10; lot . at 81. O75: lot at 81. 90, and
lot at ST. 5. Lot gave the heaviest
weight and the most desirable meat,
lot was second both in weight and
price.
The Hutchinson, Oklahoma q Gulf
railroad is known as the hog road,
while the initials of the Denver, Okla
homa & Gulf railroad add dog" to the
territorial menagerie.
The annual convention of the diocese
of Kansas will meet in st. Johns
church, Wichita, on Sept. 81 and 2s.
The Episcopal clergy of the state and
lay delegates. members of the women's
auxiliary and Daughters of the King,
especially appointed, will be in atteu-
dance. The Ri. Rev. Frank r. Mills
paugh, d. D., will preside.
The street fairs in Kansas will be a
big advertisement for the state.
Too many cattle and horses are kill
ed by lightning while standing near
wire fences Why not prevent all this
loss and really make the pasture safer
with the wire than without? Connect
each wire at intervals to the ground
by a wire reaching the moist soil.
The ground wire will conduct the
electricity during a thunder storm
from the fence to the ground A fence
wire we'll grounded is as much preven-
tion as a lightning rod is to building.