The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-06-27
salina is figuring on putting up d

Geuda Springs joints have been raid
ed by the county officers.
G. w. Miller's large barn in Winfield
is burned at loss of $50, 600.
Wichita received its first carload OF
tomatoes from Texas the other day.
Three wrecks occurred at Florence
within ten days; each delaying traffic
The old style agricultural fair is to
be resurrected in "a Kansas towns this
year.
Oswego has put in mile of macad-
am from the Frisco depot into the
city.
There are more acres of potatoes
now growing in Ellis county than ever
before.
The 18th annual session of the Chris
tan Endeavor society was held in
Leavenworth.
The striking carpenters of Wichita
received over 81, 600 from their national
organization.
A Morganville miller advertised that
he would give feeders corn for wheat
bushel for bushel
Pittsburg shows up with popula-
ton of IA, 463. Last year the city as
SCISSORS found only 1870
Pension Commissioner Ware has APP
pointed w. L. Connolly, of Topeka, as
a special pension examiner.
A rare coin CRATER has been arrested
at Mcpherson. He gave the name OF
J. Z. Mcdowell of TonganoXie.
The new glass plant at Cherryvale
on the first day in practical operation
commenced on tumblers and wine
glasses.
A. A. Nelson, of Labette county, sold
bunch of steers at Kansas City aver
aging 1,475 pounds, for S7.65 hun
dred pounds.
Representative Bowersock, of Kan
sas, is member of seven committees,
which is more than any other member
of the house.
Sam Tracy, of Shawnee county, is
marketing his potato crop at 60 cents
bushel. He says his crop isaveraging
200 bushels to the acre.
Exit, mortgage sale advertisements.
Enter, hungry capital seeking invest
ments. Columns of Kansas newspa-
pers exhibit this change.
The Salina city council has increased
the amount of monthly blood money
from the joints, which has been from
SIS to $50, to from $50 to 500.
John Scott, aged so years, died at
Atchison June 10. He had resided
there since 1854. Mrs. Scott survives
him. They had lived together So years.
Allen county has two women NOM
mated for county offices; they are Miss
Francis Wilson for county treasurer
and Miss Olive Knowlton as school
superintendent.
Cowley county harvest is delayed by
the ground being too soft for machines
to work over it. The same conditions
extend over the state line into Kay
county, Oklahoma.
Artificial stone for foundations,
veneer, building stone, curb stone and
ornamental designs, is to be manufac-
tured in a $40, 900 factory in Wichita.
The stone is made by hydraulic pres
sure, and the press employed has
capacity of two tons day.
The 30th annual catalogue Of the
state agricultural college at Manhat-
| tan shows total enrolment of 1896
! students. OF these 1,136 are in the
four year course and $40 in the short
courses. This includes 50 twice count
ed. There are 90 Kansas counties rep
resented by 1894 students and 62 come
from II other states.
Commander II. C. Loomis and past
commander O. ii. Coulter have gone to
Washington TO invite President Roose-
welt to attend the semi-centennial of
the G. A. r. in Topeka on Memorial
day, 1904.
The railroads expect to handle 1900
carloads of potatoes grown in the Kaw
valley this year. Shipments will COM
mence about July l.
The first Presbyterian church of Sa-
lima has just installed new $4,000 or
gan. The organ was purchased by the
women of the church.
At wedding at Jewell City some of
the guests slipped out, put on old
clothes and started charivari. The
town marshal gathered in two of the
crowd and found that he had the mayor
and the police judge.
Dan Ruth, farmer near Mound
ridge, has, with Mrs. Ruth, started on
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