Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-06
KANSAS ITEMS oT INTEREST.

population Of 6,657; neat gain.
onNga is to have u telephone en-
change and a chemical fire engine,
Bourbon county lands are selling AT
an advance OF from 10 TO 90 per cent
The observance of Memorial day in
Kansas is more general than usual,
Governor Stanley and family will
occupy the house provided and furn'
ishcd by the state this week,
Nlnety.lve Dunkards went TO Lin.
coin from Mcpherson on special train
TO attend their general conference.
Railroad Commissioner A. u. Walker
is converting n grove Of hia into pub
lie park ior his home town Of Holton,
New people are coming into Cowley
county all the time and lands sell read
ily at an advance OF 10 10 80 per cent,
Colonel George w, Veale, of Topeka,
is to be made superintendent OF the
state house grounds on and after July l.,
Fnncy county people have large
reserve OF cash. Grazing lands have
advanced 81 per acre and farming lands
So an acre.
Ghere are 400 pensioners on the list
a. the Topeka pension agency who re-
Ceived their disabilities In the Spanish
American war.
All live stock inspectors hired by the
Kansas Live Stock Sanitary commission
have no other way to get their pay en-
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,
Graham county has good demand for
farm and grazing lands, Actual set.
tiers have purchased more land during
the past IS months than during the
ten preceding years.
Mother Bickerdyke, now 81 years old,
will be the guest OF honor at the an
nual encampment of the w. Il, G.,
which occurs at the same time rs the
q, A. r. encampment at junction City,
Decatur county has made great prog
reSs in alfalfa culture ana has devel.
oped into prosperous and successful
stock growing county. Corn is raised
and farmers have gore into the hog
business,
A sorry report about the wheat crop
comes from Ellis county Someone
writes from there that wheat on plowed
land may make u bushels to the acre,
while that put in on stubble will not
pay to cut
Brothers named lIossfclds have been
operating trunk factories, one of them
for > years in Topeka and the other
for 10 years in Wichita. They now
propose to consolidate and remove to
Kansas City,
The Rock Islands extension from
Liberal, Kansas, is completed to Del.
hart, Texas, making so miles in Texas,
and 80 more will bring it to the New
Mexican line, Grading is done % miles
beyond Delhart,
The banks of ChOutauQua county
have on deposit $3.50 per capita Of popu.
lation. Any desirable piece of land
sells readily at an advance Of 25 to so
per cent over five years ago. Many
purchases are made by tenants who
usually pay one-fourth cash, Crops
are good, fruit promises an abundant
crop
The death rate in Topeka during the
past year, figured on the basis of n
population of oj,0OOhas been l0.l per
1000
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,
Cattle on grass are doing well in
Greenwood county more of the heavy
cattle on grass than ever before, Hogs
healthy and in fine condition, Poultry
and eggs business is immense.
Harvey Williams, near Enlngham,
lost his large barn by fire together
with six horses, vehicles, implements,
etG, No insurance.
Harry Norton, Is, aud Todd BlalSely,
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 o
money and low interest rates; mucl
land is selling at advanced prices, ye