The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-10-17

of Odd Fellows ut Cheney. A large
crowd is expected to attend and the;
Santa Fe is making arrangements to-
equip it's regular trains with extra
coaches for the meeting. If it is
thought the crowd will justify it, a
special train will be run. Speakers
from over the state have announced
their intention of attending the meet
ing and it is anticipated that the gath
ering will be large one.
BLUEGRASS SEED.-The crop of blue
grass seed in Kansas this fall is I'M
usually large, but the price is low.
c. w. Mitchell, of Gardner, has pur-
chased 43, 900 pounds of seed from the
farmers in that vicinity, paying $685.
per hundred pounds. This is about
one third as much as bluegrass seed
brought last year. Notwithstanding
the low price, the farmers will net
more profit per acre this fall from their
bluegrass seed than from any other
crop.
The STATE REFoRMAToRY.- Superin-
tendent j. S. Simmons of the state re-
formatory has submitted his biennial
report to the board of managers. 1t
shows the property of the institution
to be worth $500, 40l, the land being
valued at $250,0O0 and all the rest,
represented by buildings, furniture,
fixtures, livestock, feed, supplies and
the like. During the last biennial
period cell house having 200 cells has
been built, almost exclusively by in
mate labor.
KANSAS CONNECTS, AS UsUAL.-Kan-
sas was bound to get mixed up in the
great Stratton will case at Cripple
Creek. The judge, j. A. Orr, who ig-
nored the terms of the will and APP
pointed set of administrators of his
own choosing, was raised in Kansas
and formerly practiced law at indie
pendence. One of the administrators
appointed by Judge Orr was Mr..
Grimes, his brotherin-law, who used
to live in Howard county.
BRAKEMAN HESS KILLED.-BralSe-
man Hess, of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad, was killed six miles
south of Junction City. He was riding
in the engine and was standing in the
gangway when his hat blew off as the
engine ran onto bridge. In his eff
fort to save his hat his head was struck
against the bridge and his body fell
into the river below. lie was about 81
years old.
KANSAS BROOM CORN.-There is a
scarcity of good whisk brush in the
Kansas broom corn district this year.
The brush is red and coarse and the
quality is so variable that prices range
from $40 to 500 per ton. A few sales
were made this week for 500, but the
most of twelve carloads shipped to mar
ket brought from $40 to $50 per ton.
BIG CORN IN KIowA-A. e. Hager-
man, had load of corn in Kiowa.
The ears were all very large, of uni
form size and firmly filled. Mr.. Hager
man had GO acres of this corn and hi
father has 60 acres more equally as
good. He says the entire crop will
yield As or SO bushels per acre.
SWEET Potato ExPLoDEs.-At Leon
the other day hot sweet potato ex-
ploded, seriously injuring woman
who sat at the table.
CAwKER CITY FLOODS. Floods so in
iured Cawker City that the Ledger re-
quired supplement to tell of the dam
age.
MIAMI COUNTY PEARs.-George Wat
son last week took pair of pears each
eleven inches in circumference, to the
La Cygnc Journal Office. Up to that
time they held the banner. A few days
later, however, Robert Bass, of Pleas
anton, took pear to the Herald Office
which measured fourteen inches around
and he still holds the record.
ADVERTISING FLoTsAM-A Stockton
man wants information of a large
white tank which the high water car
ried off. He might do well to adver-
tise in the New Orleans papers.
SCHOOL BOND CLERK.-A. V. Lindell,
bond clerk in the state superintendent
office, has been chosen assistant cashier
of a new bank in North Topeka and
has taken the position. 1t is not likely
that Superintendent Nelson will namo
a clerk to succeed Lindell as the work
for the year is almost up in the office.
STRANDED BY THE EBB.-A Beloit
party "doing" the Smoky and Solomon
rivers in n steamer would have reached
their journeys end sooner IL falling
waters had not left them stranded on
the dam at Minneapolis.
ANTI-FUsIoN CASE CoSTINUED.-0w-
ing to the absence of Judge Doster,
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