Free press., 1903-07-25
KANSAS COMMENT.

SALINA GETS ANOTHER. Another
elevator to be erected there is to have
a capacity of 60, 600 bushels.
FOUND FIooD MoHEY.-A St Mary's
man found two $50 bills sewed up in a
dress skirt washed up in the flood.
Twenty NINE DENTISTS. - That is
the number of them practicing in
Wichita. This is said 10 head the list
of Kansas towns in that particular.
JASETs PRoDUcIyG BEST "A larger
part of the horticulturists in the cast
ern part of the state where the largest
orchards are, report that the Janet
premises to'yield better than any othcr
variety of apples.
HARVEST IIo,K PICNIC.-At Lucas
the annual harvest home picnic was
held on July Is. Hundreds OF farmers
and their families from Russell, Os-
borne and Lincoln counties spent the
day rejoicing over the big crop.
RICE COUNTY Towns. according to
the spring census the towns of Rice
comfy havo the following populations:
Sterling, 2,l17; Lyons, Ills; Genesco,
44s; Little River. 44O; Chase, 255; Fred
cricll, 214; BushUon, 1877; Raymond. 125.
FoR LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES. The
members of the legislative committee
which investigated conditions at the
different asylums this spring, will
have to wait until tho next legislature
10 get their pay. OF the $4,000 ap-
propriated for legislative expenses only
S279 now remains in the treasury.
This will not pay the stenographer's
<e9 for taking and trauscribing evil
dence in the investigation.
ALLOTMENT IN KANsAs.-W. Z. Hon
nell, for many years agent of the Pot
towatolnies and Kicllapoos in Kansas,
has been promised by the Indian bu-
reau that the surplus lands of the
Pottowatomics be divided among the
children of the tribe born since the
former allotment, and to absentees.
There are about 10000 acres of unal-
loted lands, which will give each child
about so acres
WHY DEPOSITS INCLEAsE. Bank
Commissioner Albaugh says that lit is
impossible to givea specific reason why
deposits should have increased so much
in recent months. II wasn't the sea-
son when farmers were selling any
stuff. 1t was their planting season;
the time when they draw money out
instead of putting it in. The only rea-
son for the growth of deposits is the
increase in the general development of
the state"
SCAB ATTACKS APPLIES Recently
the ''scab" has attacked the apples in
the northeastern part of the state
where the largest crops have hereto.
fore been produced. The apple grow
ers are using every remedy they know
but seem unable to check its destruc-
tion of the green fruit According to
the rsports of apple growers, the fruit
did not revive after the killing frost as
rapidly as the smaller fruits and its
progress since that time has been very
slow.
NUMEROUS CELEBRATIONS. North
western Kansas, always noted for its
numerous celebrations, will have more
than usual this summer. Here is the
list: Stockton jubilee, July "a; Downs
anniversary, July %; Lincoln Park
Chautauqua, August Ill; Smith Cen
ter fair, August 1921; Logan jubilee,
August 2G-3s; Osborne jubilee, Septem-
ber L; Lebanon jubilee and g. A. r.,
September IA; Jewell City old settlers,
September .; ManlSato fair, September
14-17; Beloit fair, Sept 80 to Oct ;.
LEADING SHEEP COUNTIES. Riley
county leads in sheep, with "a, 400;
Wabaunsee is second with 1909:
Mitchell third with 12,662, and Reno
fourth with l1,l9l. Kiowa county has
only three sheep in it and Osborne
only 81. Sheep are assessed from 40 cents
to 81 head. The average is about -
cents.
WoRTu MORE THAy THE LAND
There are many farms in Western Kan
sas which have produced more dollars
worth of wheat this year than would
buy the farms.
CASH AND WIEAT-Kansas has 500,
900, 600 on deposit in her banks and
for every dollar on deposit she has 4
bushel of wheat additional ready for
market.
AS TO HOGs.-In Wyandotte county
hogs are returned by the assessors AT
81. % cents each; in Gray ut Sc cents.
in Smith at S5.IO and in Shawnee al
S4 96
SCHOOL POPULATION. That of Cof-
feyvillc is l 1,6sI white and 235 colored.
A separate school fight is nov going ON
there
AT FogT RILEY IN OCTOBER. -Rcgu.
lar troops will be at the mancuvers.a a,
Fort Riley in October in larger num-
6ers than last year. Kansas, Nebraska
Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas are asked
10 send one regiment each of infantry.
The militia will be brigadcd with reg
ular>>
NEw PESTERATIoS.- Friends of a
Salina bride and groom fastened a fifty
pound bell on the axle of the hack thai
fool fha,,N m tho A 1850 -.