The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-06-26
KANSAS COMMENT.

CUT THEM Our. -Washburn college
has cut the dead languages out of its
course.
COST OF RErAIBs.-It will cost To-
peka $50, 200 to repair the streets and
sewers of the flooded district.
Hon School GRADUATES Tho
graduating class of the Topeka
high school numbered SO, AZ of whom
were girls.
UNION PACIFIC GIVES. Although
that railroad has been heavy loser by
the floods it has given Sc, 800 toward
the relief funds.
STONE QUARRIEs BUsY.-The quar-
ries of Chase county are busy as there
are prospects of greater demand for
all kinds of building stone.
POTATO CROP DESTROYED. Thou
sands of acres of potatoes in the Kaw
valley are total loss. This is the
chief potato district of Kansas.
LAID OVER AT OTTAwA.-That town
entertained hundreds of returning
transcontinental tourists who were
held there until trains could go east.
MCPHERSON SCHOOLS The board of
education has chosen VIM. A. Sinclair
of Ell Dorado superintendent of the
city schools at a salary of 81, 900 year
COLEMAN 70 AssIsT.-The attorney
general went to St Francis to assist in
the prosecution of Chauncey Dewey
and his cowboys, charged with killing
the Berrys in Cheyenne county.
SUPPLIES SCHEDULED. The Topeka
relief committee adopted regular
schedule of supplies for food sufferers.
1t has fitted out more than 500 fam
lilies already with household furniture
and utensils. Each outfit costs $1,000.
TEAMS CAN CROSS The pontoon
bridge at the north approach to the
Melan bridge at Topeka has been made
strong enough for wagon traffic, and
ing away slime and debris from the
north side.
FLOUR SACKS SpoILED.-The Kramer
Milling company of Wellington, has
received car Of -four sacks which had
been held up by the flood. They are
covered with mud and the printing is
so blurred from standing in the water
that the carload is practically total
loss. The value of the entire load was
$4,000.
FIRST TRAIN DITCHED.-The first
Santa Fe train in two weeks north
bound running fast over food weak
ened track was ditched ten miles south
of Abilene. Fourteen cars loaded with
delayed goods were wrecked. Engineer
and fireman saved their lives by jump
ing. new track built around the
wreck opened the line.
LOSSES ABOUT TECUMsEH. ALL the
bottom farmers there have lost all they
have except the bare land on which
they live The island on which the
16O-acre melon farm of Obadiah Vaughn
was located has been entirely swept
away. number of small houses
lodged near Tecumseh which probably
were washed away from North Topeka.
CHASE COUNTY o. K.-Chase county
farmers were not badly hurt by the
floods, although the Cottonwood river
was higher than the oldest settler re-
members. The corn, except in very
few spots along the Cottonwood valley
is in fine condition, as we'll as alfalfa,
the first crop being harvested. Cattle
are doing well on grass and the hay
crop promises to be heavy. The loss
of livestock was not very great.
HUGE PILE OF DEBRIS. the mouth
of the Kaw there is pile of debris, of
houses, tracks, fences, animals and
perhaps human bodies over mile wide
and two miles long. In the union
wards in Kansas City there is large
hole filled with water, probably made
by swirl, out of which two engines
and four Pullman cars have been taken
already.
PAoLA RAISED RELIEF.-It amounted
TO $500 in money and $1,000 worth of
clothing, which was sent to Argentine
and Armourdale.
OvERwoRKED PosTMAsTERs. "A num-
Der of instances have been reported of
the receipt, after the floods, at post
Offices Of such large amounts of mail
ms to cause the postoffice force to work
all night 10 work all night to distribute
it. Beloit received &C sacks at one
time.
ALL IN SIX MONTHS Harvey Atchi-
son, six months ago became messen-
ger boy at Wichita for the Santa Fe
telegraph department; now he is OPP
orator for the company on the main
line NJ Ca ffordville.