Hutchinson gazette., 1901-10-17
The new salt works are in operation

The new salt works are In operation
at Anthony,
Kansas apple shippers cannot gct
enough barrels,
Rush county has nearly 1000 Ncrcs Of
wheat this year,
Newton knights of Pythias have
dedicated their new hall,
The Kansas wheat Is receiving warm
rains In ample quantities
The registration Mt Kansasuniverslty
has reRched 1901, which IL lO7 more
than last year
II is said that five per cent Of the pop
ulOtlon Of Cottonwood Falls nre mem
hers Of whist clubs,
Jay Smith, son of A. w. Smith, OF
Mcpherson, has gone TO Europe 10 study
music for two years,
Contract has been let for building u
freight depot at Wichita, TO cost Sl6,50O,
by the Missouri Pacific,
A Salina firm has already shipped
sis carloads OF alfalfa seed this season,
cNch valued at about $1,000,
The annual state convention Of the
Kansas Equal Suffrage association Is 10
meet at Mcpherson on Nov, and :,
Farmers institutes arc 10 be held at
Benton, oct, II, Augusta, Oct Is, and
Douglas, oct, 10, al IN Butler county,
r. Mycr, Of Dickinson county has
cut 35 large loads Of hay from 20 acres
Of alfalfa this season and has sold Sl?O
worth OF seed
The bank Of Narlin has been robbed
Of $1,000 The safe was blown open
The state bank commissioner says thnt
the loss is fully covered by insurance,
The state grain inspectors report for
September shows collections Of 81 ,ls0 20
and expenses Of S3,lOO, leaving u bal
ance of 81, ,3s0T0 for the months bust
ness,
Mrs, Sarah c, Morrison, died at
Hutchinson on the 9TH, She was prom
incnt in the work of the Relief Corps of
the state, and member of various
other lodges,
Business men Of Empolia are propoS-
ing TO increase the capacity Of the city
electric power plant 80 ns to be sufficient
TO furnish II street railroad system TO be
owned by the city,
Tho ladies Of the literary clubs of
Abilene who have in the paSt year
raised S51j for public library, have
assurances of assistance that will bring
their fund mp To 81 ,OOO
The best element of the citizens Of
Clyde demanded that the drink diSpcn-
sNries Of the town be closed and the
four saloons that have been wide open
for years obeyed the demand,
The new $4,000 Masonic temple at
Sterling was dedicated on the 10th, 4
banquet and u ball followed the dcdca-
tory exercises, There was large
number of visiting MOsons present,
Leases have been taken of lands on
Spring Creek east of Jewell City. A
fourteen inch vein Of coal has been
found at depth of l5s feet. This vein
is overlad by II valuable vein of fire
clay.
Anthony has granted right of way
TO the Choctow road through the town.
The road Is building toward Anthony
rapidly. Meantime the Orient Is put
ting in "a switch to the Anthony salt
mine.
The refunding Of all kinds of Kansas
bonds, under the new law, keeps the
auditors Office busy registering the
new bonds, The fees Of the office for
registering during September amounted
TO over S200
Anna lINruet of Horton, sued Daniel
w. Weigman, jointist, for 5000
damages, She bases her suit on the
ground that the jointst sold her hus-
band liquor after warnings not TO do
so, causing him TO lose profitable place
and reducing her to want.
La Crosse, the county seat of Rush
county, has n court house which cost
S23, 900; $1,000 school building, and II
5000 bank building, all of brick
George Eddington is dead of disease
Of the heart, lie had been prominent
among the promoters of the interests
Of the city of Chetopa for thirty
years.
An extra train was ditched near Ok
ford, caused by the washing of the road