The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-12-19

price paid for beef cattle for several
weeks was paid for load of fancy
Christmas baby beevcs, 81 head, ship
ped by j. Stern, of De Soto. They
were Is and 10 months old, high grade
shorthorns, and averaged $50 pounds.
They brought s6.15 per cwt
PROFESSORS WIFE DISAPPEARS. -
Mrs. Marshal A. Barber, wife of pro-
fessor of Kansas university, who had
been suffering from insomnia, disap-
peared from her home. On the second
day 1000 university students organized
search for her, but no clue was found
on that day. On the next forenoon her
body was found in the Kansas river.
SHoRTHoRN SALE.-The sale which
was to have come off at the Wichita
stockyards on December ~, is post
poned till December 81. At that time
65 well-bred cows and heifers will be
sold. There has been large demand
for catalogues, and much special in
qury.
CONTEST FOR SUGAR FACTORY. TO
such an extent has the beet sugar in
dustry grown in Western Kansas DUR
ing the last year that a contest over the
location of beet sugar factory has al
ready sprung up among the towns
along the Arkansas river.
WANT STATE MoNEY.-The Eastern
Kansas Bankers association at their
meeting in Leavenworth adopted re-
solution in favor of the states loaning
its surplus to banks over the state at
the highest rate of interest the banks
could afford to give
COVERED MosT OF STATE.-Rain fell
all day of December II, which was fol-
lowed by heavy storm, covering the
icy ground. This is reported to have
covered the state; yet neither the rain
or snow reached the south-central part
of the state.
BARRows KEEPS THEN. The secre
tary of state elect has announced that
he will not make changes in the office
force left by Secretary Clark, mainly
because new men cannot meet as well
the rush of work incident to legisla-
| tive session.
COOPERATIVE IRRIGATION. = c. Il.
johnson, assistant chief of irrigation in
vestigaton of the Department. of agricul
ture, has been visiting the Fort Hays
branch experiment station, with view
OF arranging some cooperative work in
irrigation.
STILL USING ARMY BLANKET. Ben
Melchi, Wellington man, is using now
on his horse blanket which was is
sued to him during the war by Uncle
Sam and saw service on the famous
march from Atlanta to the sea.
ROOTED THE WALL DowN-A Cloud
county farmer lost 20 head of hogs, all
of them killed by the falling of stone
wall. They had rooted away much Of
the earth at the base, and rainy wealth
err caused it to give way.
THIS Is JUSTICE. Lawrence a
small boy was arrested for petty steal
ing. He owned up, but was released
without punishment, while the junk
dealer to whom he sold his loot was
fined $40.
ANNUAL FARMERS MEETING. Score
tary Coburn has given ont program
for the January meeting of the State
Agricultural society which seems to
cover about all of interest.
TROUBLE WITH CASING. Winfield is
having trouble casing her gas well, but
the flow continues strong as ever. BY
an accident, 200 feet of casing and a
casing spear dropped to the bottom of
the well and resisted the efforts of the
drillers TO get out.
W uNbC ~. w Gov
has reconsidered his acceptance of his
appointment as assistant attorney gen.
eral, and has concluded not to take the
place. He assigns no reason for pub
LEGATION except that lie does so for pri-
vate reasons.
STATE School FUND.-An inventory
of the state school fund shows that the
fund has, all told, Ss, $50, 900 in bonds,
the interest of which goes to the sup
port of the common schools and the
three higher educational institutions
of the state.
MONEY IN SHoATs.-The Jewell Re-
publican tells about a man who bought
a bunch of shoats in the fall, fed them
thirty-fve days, shipped them to mar
ket-they made just carload-and the
proceeds Melted him $40 day for his
work.
TOPEKA As YEARS oLD.-The forty
eighth birthday of Topeka was cele-
l,rafad bu fho old -f;,,ors ~ nao ,,-stL