The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-06-07
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

population of 6, 657; neat gain.
Onaga is to have "A telephone eX-
change and chemical fire engine.
The Wolff packing house in Topeka
is to be doubled in capacity this sea-
son.
A factory has been established in
Rice county for the manufacture of
concrete fenceposts.
Governor Stanley and family will
occupy the house provided and furn-
ished by the state, this week.
Ninety-fve Dunkards went to Lin
coin from Mcpherson on a special train
to attend their general conference.
Railroad Commissioner A. d. Walker
is converting a grove of his into pub
lie park for his home town of Holton.
There are 400 pensioners on the list
at the Topeka pension agency who re-
ceived their disabilities in the Spanish
American war.
Harvey Williams, near Ethngham'
lost his large barn by fire together
with six horses, vehicles, implements,
etc. No insurance.
Hail destroyed the wheat about Ba-
varia, Saline county, in territory
about four miles square. The land
will be planted in corn.
There are successful pecan orchards
in Rice county. Mrs. Thomas Parks
planted the first one and she is now
getting good profit from it.
The traqeling libraries sent out from
the state library are proving to be very
popular in the neighborhoods which
have acquired the library habit"
A battery of artillery from Fort
Riley made practice march to Topeka
ard went into camp there for several
days and gave some exhibition drills.
Ed King, the Santa Fe engineer who
went back to Mexico, to prison to de-
mand an immediate trial. has not been
heard from since by his Wichita friends.
Mcpherson has secured the Swedish
Mission college which is to be located
in Kansas 1t was decided at meet
ing of the committee held at Ran
dolph.
All live stock inspectors hired by the
Kansas Live Stock Sanitary commission
have no other way to get their pay eX-
cept to get it appropriated by the next
legislature.
The boards which act for the agri-
cultural college and the state normal
will spend nothing at the Fort Hays
reservation until the states title to the
land is complete.
A Justice of the peace at Eureka Oh
dered the mayor to be ousted from
office for not appointing an old soldier
as street commissioner. The mayor
gave an appeal bond.
Washburn college trustees are at
work to raise the $4,000 required to
comply with c. w. JEWELS will which
gave the college like sum when the
college put the same amount with it.
Mother Bickerdyke, now ga years old,
will be the guest of honor at the an
nual encampment of the w. K. G.,
which occurs at the same time as the
G. A. R. encampment at Junction City.
Decatur county has made great prog
ress in alfalfa culture and has devel-
oped into prosperous and successful
stock growing county. Corn is raised
and farmers have gore into the hog
business.
The death rate in Topeka during the
past year, figured on the basis of a
population Of IS, 900 has been l0.l per
1000.
ACherokee county man sued another
for damages from the bite of bull
dog He was assessed for the costs Of
the suit by the jury. The costs were
several hundred dollars.
Cattle on grass are doing well in
OICChNOOd AhCAS "a WV AANU'y
cattle on grass than ever before. Hogs
healthy and in fine condition. Poultry
and eggs business is immense.
Christian Scientists have purchased
site for new church in Wichita and
also the old Congregational church
which they will move and make over.
Harry Norton, Is, and Todd Blakely,
10 years old, were drowned in the
Marias Des Cygnes river at Pleasanton.
The elder boy was trying to rescue the
younger.
William Sells is to contest the will
of Mrs. Sells on the ground that he is
Mrs. Sells own son and not her adopt
ed son as she claimed. lie says he has
plenty of proof.
People in Western Marion county
are prosperous and satisfied; plenty OF
money and low interest rates; muci
land is selling at advanced prices, yet
still very low as compared with some
other sections of Kansas and with Ok