The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-03-20
KANSAS COMMENT.

MEMO hPPLE MEN.-Ine apple grow
ers of Reno county have organized a
combine for mutual benefit.
The GOVERNOR SICK. -Governor
Bailey had his turn with the grip last
week and was away from the executive
Office.
FISH CoMMIssIoNER.-Gov. Bailey has
announced his selection of Dell Travis,
of Pratt, for appointment as state fish
commissioner
Mrs. FoRTER Is ILL-Mrs- Emma
T. Porter, president of Kansas W. Il.
c., is confined to her home in Marysviile
with pneumonia.
Cows DROWNED. Kearse, of
Niles, southern Ottawa county, has
lost IS cows by drowning. They crowd
ed onto the ice and it gave way.
ELEVATOR Is BURNED. The Rock
grain elevator at Pawnee Rock, is
burned at loss Of $4,000. There was
several thousand bushels of wheat in it
Two TO ONE. The city of Parsons,
bv vote of two to one voted for issu-
ing about $40, 900 in bonds for site
and school building in the second
ward.
SIaN1FIcAN seen a lot OF
things around this legislature" said
girl employee the other day, that
couldn't 90 through the United States
mails"
Low DEATH RATE.-At the Topeka
insane asylum it is five and three
tenths per cent; the lowest reported IN
a list of 10 asylums in nearly as many
states.
MORE OIL LEAsEs.-They are Still
being filed at the court house and cover
more leases in the Mulvanc gas and OIL
field. The machinery for drilling has
arrived at Mulvane.
RIVER BRETHREN. Another colony
of this religious sectin Dickinson coun-
Ity are seeking a place to move TO.
Fourteen of them have gone to Call
fornia to spy out the land.
COLLEGE RoDYIsM.-The trouble at
fhe oratorical contest at Atchison is
having good results in that number
of Kansas colleges are likely to be rid
of the long prevailing rowdyism.
PENSION SUKGEoNs.-Pension exam
lining surgeons appointed in Kansas:
DIR. L. w. Merriclk, at Wichita; Dr. d.
A. Rea. at Wellington; j. w. Darling
ton and A. w. Somerset, at Holton.
No SALT P1ANT.-Buclllin's bill pro-
,vidinp for the establishment OF a state
salt plant at the state reformatory at
Hutchinson has been killed by the
house ways and means committee. Inc
bill carried an appropriation of $500
Wichita RATE CAsE.-The hearing
of the case of Wichita VS.. certain rail-
roads involving charges of discrimina-
ton in freight rates in favor OF Kansas
Gtv. has been had at Washington be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion.
WRECK AT FLORENCE. The Califor-
MIA Limited train on February 70,
crashed into local freight which was
standing on side track Mt Florence
The Limited was running 25 miles an
bour and when it struck the switch the
engine Jumped to the side track leaving
the tender on the main line. The mail
car toppled over and two mail clerks
w. O. Rogers and r. o. McGee were
standing in the door ready to throw
ont mail and were thrown out and
dragged along the ground. McGee had
n leg broken in two places, while
Rogers escaped with only a sprained
ankle.
Buys CHANUrE WELLs.-C. j. Devhn
of Topeka has bought controlling in
terest in 10 acres of land in the Cha
mute oil and gas field, which has seven
oil wells, with flowing capacity for
at least 81 wells. Colonel j. ID. Norton
of Topeka, is to be manager of the
property
FARMERS INSURANCE CoMPANY.-A
recent statement of the Brown County
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany shows that with over s4'ooo'ooo
at risk, the loss was only about $4,000,
or less than one-sixth of one per cent.
WoN GOLD MEDAL.-Grace Tier, of
Furley, SedgwiclS county, won the
gold medal in the essay contest at the
state normal school at Emporia. Her
essay was entitled 1.-THE Home of My
Forefathers," and those who heard it
give the young woman the highest
praise for her work.
DEPOT MISUNDERSTANDING struck
the Santa Fe depot at Elk City and it
was burned. The ticket rack was all
that was saved. A box car will serve
for a ticket Office until a new depot is