Hutchinson gazette., 1902-02-27
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST.

their state council In Wichita, opening
Feb, IS,
Three Wichita men have purchased
$4,000 acres OF land IN KeNrncy county
The land Is covered with buffalo grass
There Is q retired farmer living II
Hiawatha who recently made 81 800 II
one week by buying and selling
farm.
The Kansas Society OF the Sons ot
the American Revolution holds ban
quets In Topeka annually on Washing
tons birthday.
Contract has been awarded for the
new building by the regents Of the
Emporla normal school TO the lowest
bidder at si7,977,
The Santa Fe has contracted for a
complete new electric light and power
plant, for It's new shops in Topeka, TO
cost s75, 900 TO $4,000
The bin providing for federal build
ing In Emporla has been reported
favorably by the house committee on
federal buildings and grounds,
The validity Of the law requiring
doctors TO secure state licenses before
prootlcing Is to go before the supreme
court in case from Barton county,
Alfred Shinn, OF Fort Scott be-
qucathcd to WOshburn college, two
twclfths Of his estate, which Is con-
sdcred worth from sl9, 1000 to sl5, 900,
Trains were bloclSadcd by snow in
the Flint hills Of Butler county on
Feb 90, Passenger trains were held
mt stations until the track was cleared
The Kansas Horticultural society has
just received u handsome gold medal
from Paris, as u reward for the exhibit
Of Kansas apples at the Paris eSposi.
ton Of 1900.
A row occurred over the employment
Of non.union plasterers on the compile
ton Of the basement Of the State house,
in Topeka, The contractor surrendered
10 the union
The report of Grand Secretary Will
son shows the total Masonic member.
ship in Kansas TO be 99,3sG, with
limitations during the past two years
exceeding $500.
Henry Gricc of White Rock township
has u lot of 1900 corn which he held
over and which he Is selling for seed
corn. It's about the same as so much
gold. Smith County journal,
], A, Peel Of Finncy county recently
sold Jersey red hog that was raised
on alfalfa and finished with 800 pounds
OF corn. The hog netted him S9isO, !
the profit paying his taxes for 1901.
Eugene +. Ware Of Kansas, has been
appointed by the president, member
of the visitors TO attend the annual en-
animation at the National Military
Academy at West Point, in June 1902
The salary Of the city attorney of
Winfield is $1,000 n month. The city
council gave him special fee for
certain work and one of the council
men has sued TO recover for the city
the money so paid
Two New Workers. have bought
10, 92O acres OF Meade county land for
$4,000 This land was considered al.
most worthless few years ago. One
Of the two men, Mr.. Wilson, owns
8 900 acres near Anncss, Kas,, and
large amount Of land in Butler and
Sumner counties.
The KingmOn journal announces
that "since the advance in the price of
wheat rubber-tired buggies have been
seen on the streets"
L. B. Denison, n Chicago man, pro.
poses to put $975,OOO into a sugar mill
at Independence this spring, and have
it ready to handle the sorghum crop of
1902. lie asks for gas well and site
for his mill. He is asking the farmers
TO make contracts to grow 1900 acres
Of sorghum the coming season; for
which he will pay $3.50 a ton at the
factory,
j. II, Clark of Lyon county is hero.
He had dynamite in box near u stove
to thaw it, He left the room and upon
returning saw that the box was on
fire. He carried it out in his arms and
threw water on it.
Palmyra grocers refuse to buy butter
from farmers who order everything
from Chicago The ladies of q church
bazaar of Palmyra, wrote to the Chi
cago firm which has been filing their
mail orders for contribution, and the
firm replied that it confined its giving
to charity to their home town. SeeP
TIE semi-annual apportionments
among the school districts, Of interest
on the invested school funds. will be 80
cents for each person Of school age in
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