The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-03-07

can college that is Indifferent to size
and thoughtful only of quality. What
is to prevent Kansas from making its
own Washburn college the Williams of
the West?
Barber county's bonded Indebtedness
is reduced to $213, 900.
Parsons has appointed May 14-17 as
the time for street fair.
The tree bugs appeared in Ottawa in
the last days of February.
1t is said that it is no use for Chau-
tauqua county druggist to apply for
license to sell liquors.
A "Gold Bond Investment Company"
swindler has been caught and brought
to Great Bend for prosecution.
DR.. j. A. Moore is dead. He had
been a practicing physician in Emporia
since 1860. He was born in Virginia
in 1929.
1t is claimed that Medicine Lodge
patronizes more mail order houses
than any other town in the southern
counties.
Lieut.. Adna G. Clarke wears for
watch charm steel Remington bullet
which he caught in his shoulder in the
Philippines.
Kansas expends SO per capita for the
support of the public schools instead
of $4 as has been published. There
are so, 500 children of school age.
Miss Minnie Liggett, aged 40, who
was one of the victims of the hotel fire
in New York, was at one time head
dressmaker in a Wichita drygoods
store.
General Funston and Lieutenant
Mitchell have been made life members
of the Ell1s at lola. There was swell
banquet. Many EllSs were there from
out of town.
a. e. Case, of Marion, was the secre-
tary of the first Sunday school in
Marion county when the county eX-
tended to the Colorado line and to In
dian Territory, comprising more than
one third of the state.
The Seneca Tribune tells of farmer
in Nemaha county who cut $50 tons of
hay more than he needed and offered it
at IS ton in the fall without finding
buyer. He has now baled the hay and
shipped it to Kansas City, realizing $1l
n ton net.
II. p. Welsh, an old and prominent
citizen of Ottawa died of apoplexy re-
Gently. He came to Franklin county
in 1858, making the journey with three
yoke of oxen and wagon. He was
twice member of the legislature, in
1sCs and 1871.
The United Brethren church at At
tica was burned by fire started from
filling a gasoline lamp. Two resi-
dences caught fire but were saved.
Some fool sent dispatch to the Kan
sas City Journal reporting a rain and
wind storm in Wichita on February 90.
There was no rain and only an ordi-
nary breeze.
There are six forty acre tracts of
public land remaining in the Topeka
land district. They are in the flint
hills of Chase, Greenwood and Chau-
tauqua counties and of but little value.
"Polar creameries" are the latest
graft. Parties who have worked their
plan in Iowa are in Kansas. They
take notes for polar creameries"
which prove to be worthless. The
notes run as high as SIS, and they turn
up in bank.
On Washington's birthday 16 years
ago Grant Hornaday was earning S15
a month as collector for the First Ma
tional bank of Fort Scott. Now he is
the president of that bank and owns
much of its capital stock. HustlingP
Yesi
Ben Hamilton, son of J. r. Hamil-
ton, judge of that district, it is learned |
at Norton, was caught in snow slide
in Idaho about the middle of February
and lost his life. Before his death he
was offered SEQ, 900 for his interest in
mine there.
Congressman jackson received let
ter from one of his constituents which
said: 81 received a sample of your
r-,rda,, col a11 20 r-1n aarI 80 .
catalogue and price list of all govern
ment seeds, think can work you up
a nice trade