The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-06-12

DEAD AnIMA1s.-The board of health
and the emergency board OF Topeka
find it no small affair to dispose OF dead
animals drowned in North Topeka
The frstplan was to place as many as
practicable in the current but the
board decided That it you'd not be
fair to neople down the river, besides, n
federal law prohibits such disposition
of the animals. 1t was decided to get
the carrion out Of town as soop as pos
sible and burn and bury it.
PENITENTIARY TwINE.- prison
Irvine plant at Lansing has SO large y
demand for Irvine that it is now op-
Grated eleven hours day instead OF
eight 1t is making $4,000 pounds or
Irvine daily and has already. sent OUT
this season., 500, 900 pounds;l twice as
much us the total of last year. War
den Jewett believes that the sale OF
Irvine this year will exceed 100000
pounds as against /, $50, 600 pounds last
year
His CLAIM House DESTROYED
Frank DeWalt, at Newton, has received
word. from Oklahoma stating that the
house on his claim was completely de-
stroyed by cyclone. The claim is To-
Gated in Woodward county and the
g.. CT, thnf fhic the
first cyclone ever known in that coun-
ty.
Up THE NEosHo. -Emporia is not
SO generally unfortunate in the losses
by the floods as are the people and
towns farther up the Neosho river
At Americas lady teacher went to
the barn to unite horse so that 1T
could save itself and before she had ac-
complished it the water rose so that
she had to be taken out in boat
LINwooD IN DISTRESS. -Near Leav-
enworth the little town of Linwood
has been flooded and the people have
gathered in the school house on high
ground half mile away. Half doz-
en- houses were washed away and all
the bottom land around Linwood is
flooded.
FIGHT ON THE RANGE.-A brief spec
ial from st. Francis, Kansas, says that
i've men were killed in u fight there
between farmers and cattlemen. ST.
Francis, Cheyenne county, is in the
the extreme northwest corner of Kan
sas on the Colorado Nebraska line.
SANITARY CONDITIONS. In North
Topeka the greater danger is the
wrctched sanitary conditions. The
health board members are busying
themselves with the problem of SANTA
ton and will do all possible to prevent
an epidemic.
STATE NORMAL SENDS HEI.P.-At the
close of the first annual banquet of the
State Normal school at Hays City 1928
for the Kansas flood sufferers was
raised This will be sent to Governor
Bailey at once.
IL FLOODED TowNs. From Mannat-
tan, Abilene, Salina, Florence, Lin
coin Center and Hutchinson come re-
ports that the flood has about spent
it's force and that the towns are slowly
recovering.
STILL FINDING BODIES. Seven more
bodies have been found in North To-
pelsa bringing the known dead to II,
with 30 more not yetidentifed. There
are scores of others reported missing.
APPEAL. SENT Our. The Armourdale
flood association has sent out an appeal
for the relief of the 10000 homeless
people there, who have lost all of their
possessions.
Prison BRICK PLANT.-A new brick
plant with daily capacity of 1000
mas been put in operation at the state
penitentiary at Lansing.
Loss OF BRIDeEs.-The county com
missioners of Shawnee county estimate
the loss to the county in bridges at
5000, 900.
WORKING TOGETHER Winfield and
Wichita are uniting their efforts to Sc
cure a southeastern railroad.
ToBACCo COMPANY GIVES. --Goyerror
Bailey received this telegram from the
Continental Tobacco company of New
York: "You are hereby authorized to
make draft on us for $500 TO be APP
piled to the relief of those who are IN
need because of the recent food.
Two-THIRps COVERED. The water
covered two-thirds of the city of Hutch
inson. and of its $4,000 people two
thirds moved upstairs. There is no
loss of life reported. The damage is
immense. Relief measures were
promptly taken.
In THE OLD WAY.-Kansas mules are
hauling mail out of Topeka, eastward
1t isn't costing the government any
thing. The postmasters at Lecompton