The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-10-10
Kansas Events
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| CASTOR BEANS NOT GRAIN. tate
Grain Inspector b. j. Northrup has re-
ceived number of requests that he
take charge of the inspection of castor
beans for market. He referred the
matter to Attorney General GODDARD
and the latter rendered an opinion to
the effect that he could not see how
they could in any way be classed as
grain; consequently Kansas raised cas-
tor beans will have to continue to go
| to market without the states certificat tie
as to their quality.
KANSAS DIRT FOR FERTILIZER
Champaign county, Ills, famed for
more than half century as one of the
most productive in the Mississippi val
ley, is importing Kansas dirt for fer
tilizer and finding they can well nigh
double their yields of some crops by so
doing. Further, its use produces re-
suits they have been unable to obtain
by the use of other fertilizers. This is
officially acknowledged, and published
by their state experiment station at
Urbana.
OLD JETMoRE SETTLERS Hodgeman
county has just held its first independ-
ent old settlers reunion at Jetmore.
Heretofore the county has joined with
the Ford county people The speakers
,nara Co,,nt,, Aftorpau TT \Vi1cop
Judge Charles E. Lobdell, Michael
Sweeney, 7. S. Maun and others. A..
E. Wilson presided and permanent
organization was effected.
STATE TwINE PLANT.-It is probable
that at the coming session of the legis-
lature bill will be introduced pro-
viding for the increasing of the state
Irvine plant to three times it's present
capacity. The enlarged plant will fur
nish employment for much larger
number of convicts and in addition
will greatly swell the cash earnings of
the penitentiary.
Brown COUNTY CoRN.-William Heff-
ner, of Brown county, has thirty acres
of corn that will average nearly fifteen
feet high. Most Of the ears are eight
feet above ground. Seven sample ears
weigh eleven pounds. The corn, to-
gethcr with 76-pound pumpkin, were
taken as Kansas exhibit to the G. A.
r. reunion, Washington.
Won THE BEST CORN PRIzE.-Brad-
ford Miller has won the ten dollar
prize for the best ten ears of corn of
Shawnee county cultivation. The
prize was offered by the Topeka Com
mercial club. His corn was OF the
white variety, the ten ears weighing
IS pounds ~ ounces and having an
aggregate length of 100 inches.
MORE TwINE MATERIAL. Warden
Jewett, of the Lansing prison, has just
purchased $50, 900 worth of sisal in Yu-
catan for the prison Irvine plant. The
sisal cost 0 cents pound. This means
that binding Irvine will not be any
cheaper next year than it was this sea-
son. Sisal is twice as high now as it
was three years ago.
BURGLARS IN PosToFFIcE. The post
office and Cochran's store at Willard,
Shawnee county, are totally destroyed
by fire. 1t is believed that burglars
looted the two places and set fire to
them to hide the the crime.
BRAKEMAN KILLED. La
mont, a freight brakeman on the Santa
Fe, was instantly killed at Olathe
while attempting to make coupling
on the local freight.
TEACHERS CERTIFICATEs.-Supe
tendent Nelson decides that school dis
trict treasurers cannot legally pay
teachers who do not hold legal Ger
tificates.
THE FLORENCE ELEVATOR. The So
900 bushel elevator built at Flor
ence by the Parker Grain company,
began handling grain October 6. The
company will clean and prepare for
the market about twenty cars of grain
a day, but it does not intend to do a
local business.
LIGHTNING's FREAK. During a thun-
der shower at Hutchinson lightning
struck shovel in the hands of A. j.
Hooper, a laborer, knocking him in
sensible. He will get well, but the
shovel handle was shattered.
A LABOR TEMPLE.-The labor unions
Of Topeka have appointed committee
to select a site and secure plans for a
Labor Temple.
MALE TEACHERS SCARcE.-There is
scarcity of male school teachers in
Reno county. There are only about
dozen young men teaching in the
county, while there are score of
schools which would have employed
men teachers in preference to women
if the men had been available. The
men teachers can make more money in
other callings.
RoPING PRIZE AT WIcHITA.-The