Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-06-01

Everybody Ia pleased with the pres
ont crop outlook,
This Is COMMENCEMENT seasoni"
great time for the dress makers and
photographers sh
A Hanover frm paid out close TO ten
thousand dollars for eggs during the
month OF April,
1t Ia getting about the time OF year
for the band boys 10 dig up their
Fourth OF July music.
A deal has been contaminated where
by Henry Weis, of Waterloo Town,
secured a large interest In the Ellis
worth Paper company at coffeyville.
Within sixty or ninety daya the Gu
paoity OF the plant will be increased
totem tons per day, which doubles ita
present output New machinery will
be added and the plant put In condi'
ton where every part OF II can be
utilized 10 It's maximum extent These
new improvements will be begun At
once.
Business men OF Soldier, over In Jack.
son county, have adopted novel adj
vertislng scheme. They offer cash
wrlze of $40 TO the farmer who drives
the greatest distance TO trade ut that
point between May 20 and May 81
The only conditions TO be complied
with are that the farmers purchase
$3.50 worth OF goods, and register at
one OF the stores The business men
OF Soldier believe that In this way
they will succeed In lmprcssing II upon
u lot OF people that 1t will be TO their
advantage to do their trading at that
point.
The university geological survey OF
Kansas now has almost ready for the
printer the annual report on the min.
eral resources OF Kansas for 1893, pre-
pared by Prof u. Haworth OF the uni
versity. According TO this report, the
total mineral industry. Of Kansas for
1903, including the smelling industry
reached the enormous sum of S97, l00,.
900, 80, This Is greater than the cor.
responding figures for 1907, which
were $50, 900, 53i, 09, During 1893 some
ofthe mining industries were decidedly
larger than in 1897 while few Of
them suffered slight decrease
Cheap Rates to Pacific Coast via Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe are selling tickets 10
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
and other California points at the very
cheap rate OF S39, so.
To Portland and points in Idaho and
Oregon S2s s5. For particulars call
on or address, l.. r. DELANEY, Agt,
Wichita, Kans
HomcSOckora' Excursion via Santa 10
Route
On June 9th and Goth, the Santa Fe
will sell round trip tickets at the very
cheap rate OF one fare for the round
trip plus 81, 90 to all points in Arkan-
sas, Arizona, Indian territory and New
Mexico. These tickets will bear going
limit with stopovcr privileges of fifteen
days; final return limit twenty-one
days from date OF sale. Before pur-
chasing tickets you will do well to call
on some representative Of the road
reaches nil points OF importance-The
Great Santa Fe,
L. r. DELANEY, Agt,
State Auditor George f. Cole, having
acquitted himself with credit in the
early completion of the state railroad
assessment, is now engaged in prepar-
ing for the meeting Of the state board
of equalization. This board meets in
July to hear persons or corporations
having grievances against the work OF
the assessors in fixing valuations this
year. This equalization board is COM
posed of the auditor, treasurer and
secretary OF state. These three Off
GERS are also, by virtue of their offices,
members of the board Of assessors;
hence It is improbable that action
taken by them MS assessors will be
rescinded in the board Of equaliza-
tion.
Phillipsburg and Osborne beat all
the other towns of northwest Kansas
, to the rubber-tired buggy grade of
style.
Since Governor Stanley has learned
that the unanimous desire Of all Kan
, sans is to have the Twentieth Kansas
, volunteers mustered out at home he
0 has changed his plan, which was to
wait until he heard from the Kansas
/. boys on the subject before acting, and