Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-16
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600 acres OF farm land near Solomon
for Sl7, 500 cash,
Dickinson county farmers are al
ready worrying about where their seed
Oorn will come from.
Out Of $50 so-called eases OF smallpox
reported in Kansas In December there
was but one fatal case
Peach growers Of Douglas county say
that the peach crop never was more
promising than Sst now,
The health oihGer OF Mitchell county
has forbidden all public meetings on
account oi small poN scare,
A dispatch from Holton declares that
900 conversions haze occurred at the
great revival just closed there,
Glen Elder Is reported to have 40
cases of smallpox The mail is fnmi-
gated before II leaves shc town,
Kansas wheat tops all markets,
thanks 10 the new seed wheat imported
by the State Millers' association,
There Is a beautiful natural park nj
Wancgo and preparations are going ON
20 put II In the best condition possible
The school children of district is, in
Barber county, numbering A pupils,
sent In ST95 TO the Mckinley memorial
fund,
David Duncan, Of Doniphan county,
declares that one bushcl Of wheat is
equal 10 two bushels Of corn for ratten.
ing hogs,
The executive council has contracted
for the removal of the horrid 'deeora-
tions' of the rotuuda Of the state house
and for re.frescoing it,
Judge Smart, Of the district court All
Ottawa, fined the police Judge Of Of
tawa for not appearing In court when
summoned as witness,
The Cottrell Bros, of Marshall coun-
ty near Irving, are Hereford breeders,
They have recently purchased more
land and now have n 900 acre ranch.
Many Kansas towns are forming COM
mcrcOl clubs just in time to have n
representation at the Reciprocal con-
vcnton at Topeka on January 90 and
90.
l., w, KObler bought Kingman
county farm for $500 n few months
ago, Recently an Indiana man offered
him $40 900 for the farm and Kablerrc
fused It.
A LeNvcnworth furniture company
has contracted for convict labor in the
Kansas penitcntiary at 80 cents n day
of ten hours, with power, heat, shop
and storage room included,
Judge Ha2en Of the Shawnee county
district court has decided that the
sheriff has no right to send papers TO |
an out Of town officer, by mail, and |
then charge mileage for serving them,
Superintendent Nelson's report shows
the average Of term Of public schools
in Kansas Is ~ weeks, or little over,
Cherokee county averaged 80 weeks
The average school district tax levy for
schools Of the state is ten and nine.
tepths mills,
Reuben Weeks, n Pottawatomie
county farmer kept cattle in corral
without water, his windmill having
failed, The cattle broke out and rushed |
toward the Kansas river II half mile
away. There were 60 Of them and they
went in a body oyeria high bank and
at least 40 Of them were drowned,
A double criminal was arrested at
Emporia on two charges, one for an at
tack upon l3.year-old girl and the
other for peddling obscene literature.
The young villain got off with one fine
Of S25.
Journeymen plumbers Of Wichita |
have struck without previous notice,
and demand one hours less work n day |
and 80 cents per day more pay. They |
will get neither The master plumbers
would have considered the demand II
notice had been given in time to make
contracts to fit the new terms.
Money is coming into the state treas
ury Mt the rate of $4,000 n day from
county treasurers, but 1t is expected |
that before the middle Of January it
will be coming in at several times that
rate.
The republican state convention is to
be dated by the state committee on Jan
uary 20, when they meet with the Kan.
sas Day club.
Clay county's handsome new court
house stands in the center of block
300 by 460 feet which was planted with
forest trees 2j years ago
Ben johnson sold hog at Alma that
weighed over GOO pounds and brought
$40. The hog buyer says it was the
finest hog that ever passed through the
Alma Yards.