Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-10
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST

The gold fields at Trego In this state
are declared TO be a fake, Chemists
say there is no gold In the shale. II
this II true 'lots OF Topeka people have
been worked for gOod-sized chunks OF
coin.
Corn stalks are being used for tele-
graph polesin some parts OF Oklahoma.
II Is said that they are superior to the
old poles, as the projecting leaves do
away with the necessity OF using
climbers.
The most valuable single service the
Kansas newspapers do Is their constant
attempt to educate the people Of their
communicate beware OF peddlers and
falslrs and buy only OF reputable mer'
chants.
Ed Learned, OF cowley county, sold
his farm for $4,000 and has taken the
hard, bright, flcklo cash to Arizona
with him to prospect for gold Some
body should chain him up and appoint
Rguardian,
While the young men In Hutchinson
are neglecting their privileges and
frittering away their chances, some Of
finest young women in the town are
going Off to net as missionaries TO
China and India
There never wnS yeArin Oklahoma
easier than the present one on finance
committees, This Is shown by the
rapidity with which funds for street
fairs, carnivals and fall festivals arc
up in various towns throughout the
Oklahoma.
A herd OF $50 cattle from Clarendon,
Tex, have been quarautined on the
Holmes ranch at Clements, Kan, on
the advice OF the state sanitary board
on the claim that "TeSns fever" has
been found among them These are
the first Texas fever cases found in
Kansas this year.
Merchants at Council Grove have
raised the price, and hereafter the
band will give weekly concerts Many
Kansas towns have taken similar ac-
tions this summer; more than ever be-
fore in the history Of the state 1t Is
good scheme and one that Is bound
to grow III Is getting rather late to
fall into line for this season, but next
spring every town in the state should
take steps to secure public concerts
The annual old soldiers reunion at
Washington, Kansas, will be held
August 80, 81 and September !, 1899.
Elaborate preparations are being made
TO have big time Many prominent
speakers, camp fires every night, plcn-
ty OF tents, free wood, straw and wa
ter, ample accommodation for all.
Old soldiers and sailors OF every war,
ana everybody else are cordially in
vited,
pi.aree-fourths Of the entire acreage
OF corn planted in Lincoln county this
year will yield very heavy crop, In
some favored locations the corn will
be immense, and nowhere will there
be less than good paying crop. Pre-
fuse rains during the past few days
insure the maturity Of every stock
and ear and has started fall blowing,
In the Pleasant Vale church, nine
miles southeast OF Lincoln, there is
rornstalk cut green which measures
l9lG feet in length, nine feet to the
first ear eleven feet to the second and
two ears above that yet, 1t was
grown by John Pitcher, in the open
Geld, without any special attention
whatever
A soldiers monument will be erect
ed in the park at Iiawatha, A gun IA
feet long, weighing $500 pounds, will
be mounted upon it.
In Dickinson county last week the
county commissioners passed rcsolu-
ton instructing the county treasurer
to buy in all delinquent taxes for the
county under the law, Several years
ago the county followed this plan un'
der the old law but gave 1t up as toe
expensive. 1t is believed that 1t will
save the county money under the new
regime.
Kansas papers are noting q grea'
many sales of real estate; farm prop
erty, especially.
Somebody in the clouds Is playing
with Kansas Last week things look
cd dangerous. The screws OF no
weather began to creep down on Kan
sas. Kansas never squeaked. 1t look
ed like the corn was gone sure If /
didn't rain. NJ u soul croaked
Something in the sky saw that Kansa
was going to stand the thing withou
n protest, pulled the lid and let it raj
like thunder
Farmers in western Kansas have
new way to relieve bloat in COWS