Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-16

Senator Burton Is planning trip to
Mexico with Mr., Stillwell, Of the Orient
railroad.
Wichita has several manufactures
OF excelsior, which Is shipped in all
directions
There Is an NJ, II, church in Augusta
that was built In 1874 1t has been de.
clared unsafe
For the wcel, ending at noon on May
10 the clearing house receipts in Wichi-
In were S73O,6OO,
Tho new court house at lola Is TO be
built In the center OF the city park and
will cost $4,000,
The Salina Commercial club Ia in
favor Of having six saloons, with Il
monthly fine Of 500,
There Is not Il place in Jewell
county where liquor can be legally
sold not Il single druggists permit,
There Is great demand for the scs-
sion laws, but up to date the printer
has been able to supply only the state
officers,
Nearly $1,000 has been expended
within the last year on fruit trees for
the different charitable institutions Of
the state.
Items appear in all parts OF Kansas
about the large number Of bugges and
carriages that are being sold for cash
TO farmers,
A. II, Moulton, OF Cherokee, who has
gone to the soldiers home Is the father
OF Is children, ranging from one year
up He was power in local politics,
State Employment Agent II, B. Gerow
says that 5000 men are need TO harvest
the Kansas crops OF wheat. Wages
that are to be paid range from SEES to
$3.50 per day and board,
An official bank statement issued
last week states that eight banks in
Topeka have deposits amounting to
Si,5OO,OOO, One bank has 81, $50, 900.
four years ago at this date these eight
banks had 81, 9,S3l 900 on deposit
Seventeen councils in Kansas were
represented at the annual grand coun-
ell Of the Travelling Mems association
which met at Hutchinson on May H..
A special train brought $50 travelling
men and their wives from Salina, with
band Of 80 pieces.
AT Abilene recently n boy was arrest.
ed for stealing n team. The boys
father, q banker in Oklahoma, wrote
to tho district Judge before whom the
boy was tried an affecting letter, but
he said sternly in II; III had n mil
lion dollars would not give a cent to
defraud justice"
The Arkansas Valley Fair and Racing
Circuit has named dates, covering seven
weeks, with meets at ST. John, Hutch
inson, Sterling, Great Bend, Newton,
Wichita and I'll Dorado. Where could
n circuit, In as many good towns, be
cast which would require AS short
shipments as this one.
Officers OF the Kansas United Com.
mercial Travellers elected at IIutchn.
son are; Senior councillor, l.. Il. Rees,
of Leavenworth; junior councillor Geo.
q, Hamilton, Pittsburg; past chancel-
lor, c, +, G. Kayser Fort Scott; secrc-
tary, c. c, Daniels, Concordia; treasur-
er, H. c, Noise, Empora; conductor,
W. i. Sattons, Atchison; page, W. u,
Mowry, of Independence; sentinel, i.
d, Gatchell, Of Topeka; members of
executive committee, Il. w, Pondex-
ter, Of Topeka; II, p, Campbell, of
Clay Center; r. j. IIaus, of Hutchinson
andC, NJ, Mitchell of Leavcnworth.
There are eleven cases of measles in
one family in Harper county
Stephen Balch, viueyardiSt of Sedg-
wick comfy, says that the Baltimore
Oriole is tho worst enemy to grape
growers in Kansas. lie complains
about the state law which fixes u pen
atty of $40 for killing one of these
grape thieves The oriolc comes along
from the south just in time to pick
green peas out of the hull, and returns
from the north just as Concord grapes
begin to ripen, and destroys large
quantities of both.
o, w. Daily, conductor on Missouri
Pacific freight, had two fingers mashed
while making coupling in the yards
at Summit, east Of I'll Dorado.
At the state county high school ora.
torical contest at Chapman, j. w. Kay
ser, of Sumner county, took first place,
with A. p. Morrison, OF Norton, sec.
ond All the county high schools were
represented.
Prof. W. NJ Sinclair, president of
the State Teachers association, has
been reelected superintendent of the
I'll Dorado schools.
Next year railroad men can vote