The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21

county commissioners oi DicNiheoh
county have returned $685. which was
awarded to that county by the food
commission. The Dickinson county
people have decided that they can care
| for their own flood sufferers and are
willing that their share shall go tc
other counties whose people Jared
worse than theirs.
| A BLAcKsMITn's TRUST. The black
smiths of Hoyt, Elmont and Mayetta
held meeting and a schedule Of prices
| for iron and woodwork was presented
and the schedule mutually agreed &c
as the 'ruling prices" in the future.
1t is contemplated that the agreement
will be extended to other Jackson coun'
ty towns.
! The AUTOMOBILE LAw.-The attor.
ney general says that the law govern
| ing the use of automobiles in Kansas is
constitutional and will be enforced il
complaint is made. The law requires
automobiles to be registered and mum
bered, the number to be put on its
back.
ATTENDING INSTITUTES State SUI
perintendent l. l.. Dayhoff and his as
sistant, Prof. Dyer, are kept on the
jump now visiting county institutes.
1t is the custom for representative OF
the state school department to visit
each county normal in the state.
ANOTHER HEAVIEST The heaviest
rain OF the season fell at Cottonwood
Falls dnring the early morning of Aug.
s. Three inches of water swellcd the
streams Along with the rain was the
regulation heavy wind. There was no
serious damage.
NEVER HAD BETTER CoRN.-J. T..
Hanning, farmer near Goddard, has
sixty acres of corn, which he says is
the best he has raised in 90 years. 1t
is the "Bloody Butcher" corn. He has
harvested 700 acres of good wheat this
year.
AHEAD ON THE DEAL. Amos Lin
gard, Franklin county farmer. lost II
$3.50 span of horses during heavy
rain. neighbor sympathized with
him and Lingard said he was $3.50
ahead as the rain would make $500 for
him.
SALOON LICENSE RAISED.
Bend now charges booze sellers SIS a
month. There have been eight saloons
paying $50, and the council raised the
figure to lower the number of saloons.
DEsERrIoNs Az FoRr RILEY.-Four
men from one Fort Riley cavalry troop
deserted in one day last week. There
have been nine assertions from the
troop in the past nine months.
Texas FEvER-It has proven fatal
in the southern part of Cowley county,
and several pastures have been quar-
antined. The disease is said to be
under control there.
SECOND CROP STRAWBERRIES. Mrs.
DR.. st. John, of Wichita has a second
crop of strawberries, large and juicy
end of good color; equally as good as
the first crop.
KILLED BY STRAMoNIUM. Tommy,
aged three years, son of Lee Motfctt,
of Galcna, pulled a pod from a jimson
weed and ate the seeds He died in a
short time.
INCREASING ALUMNI Univer-
sty of Kansas has granted 2,43l de-
grees and the Alumni are increasing in
mum Der at the rate of over two hum
dred year.
MAKE TABLE GLAsswARE.-A COM
pany of that kind of Cicero, Indiana, is
to move to Coffeyvlle. The company
is capitalized for $50, 900 and employs
$50 men.
BETTER THAN BEFORE. people
who lost their homes in the Wellington
cyclone are moving into new homes
much finer than the RACED ones.
PREMIUMS ON SmEEP.-The Kansas
State fair, to be held at Topeka in the
week beginning September IA, offers
SO prizes on sheep.
FIRE FROM LIGHTNING. A SO, 500 fire
at Williamsburg; caused by lightning.
WANT LOCAL SERvICE.-The state
board of railway commissioners has re-
ceived petitions from 1900 citizens of
twenty three towns between Bellevillc
and Goodland asking that the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railway be COM
PEELED to establish n local passenger
train service in that territory.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Last week
Perry Richards, near Valley Center,
lost six cattle, which were feeding
through Il wire fence, near together,
and were in contact with the wires.
The lightning struck the wire.
LECoMPToN HIGH SCHooI.-Al the
property OF Lane university has been
turned over to the Lecompton high
school, 1t consists of complete appar-
atus Of all kinds, chemical and physic,