The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-25

titic methods OF drainage have Oecn
employed and retaining walls are be-
ing put in wherever needed. 1t is be-
lieved the success attending the con-
struction of this road will lead to the
legislature authorizing the constrnc-
ton of other state roads by convict
labor. The cost of building the road,
it is stated, is not excessive.
ANOTHER GIFT. THE Kansas Wes-
leyan university of Salina has received
another gift of $4,000 this time from
Mrs. Mary johnson, of Barton county.
1t is Il valuable farm in Barton county,
which will come into possession OF the
school at her death. Mrs. johnson
owns five quarter sections, 100 acres OF
which had already been decided to the
college.
SCHOOLS GRow.-Last year the school
enrolment ut Emporia was 1895,
which comfortably filed all buildings.
This year on the third day of school
the enrolment was 1,732. The high
school is especially crowded. There
arc 210 students enrolled, while there
are accommodations for only ITS.
RAISED SINCE THE FLOOD. One OF
the interesting features of the state
fair at Topeka is the display of corn,
beets, cabbages, potatoes and other
crops planted and raised on the Kuw
bottoms since the flood. Many of these
exhibits would attract atten ton at q
worlds fair for size and quality.
GOVERNMENT SURvEyING.-Thc gov
eminent surveying party which is
travelling on foot up the Kaw valley
for the purpose of investigating the
changes in the rivers course made by
the flood, is expected to arrive in To
pelsa in two or three weeks. The en-
ginccrs are now in Lawrence.
GRADING IN KANSAS. The Orient
construction force is hard at work
near hatfield Green. Twenty-Five
teams are at work between hatfield
Green and Enporia, and between Mat
field Green and Ell Dorado there are
over hundred of them. The work is
being pushed.
FORESTRY STATIONS. The Dodge City
forestry station has furnished about
500, 900 trees to Western Kansas farm
ers the past year and the Ogallah sta
tion has furnished about 100000 The
varieties most in demand are honey To-
Gust, white ash and catalpa.
PINES on SAND HnIs,-Coloncl r.
NJ. Wright of Dodge City, believes that
the experiment of the United States de-
partment of agriculture will be sue
cessful in it's attempts To grow pine
forest on the barren sand hills of
southwestern Kansas.
KANSAS PIONEER GONE. john Bis
sell, probate judge of Phillips county,
died at his home in Philipsburg. Mr..
Bissell came to Phillips county in the
carly seventies and ut one time repre-
sentcd it IN the legislature.
MORE RURAL ROUTES. -Sedgwicls
county gets three more +. r. D. routes.
Colwich, Goddard and Maize each get
one; Colwich and Maize each with one
carrier and Goddard with two carriers.
WICHITA HIeH School. enroll
mcnt on Thursday of the first weels of
the term was 466, which is 40 more
than the school had at the close of the
first month last year.
SHIPPING App Es. Eight to ten car
loads of apples were shipped from Win
field in u week. Eastern states are
paying good prices
NEoDEsHA ADVANCES. BY proclama-
ton issued by Governor Bailey that
great gas and oil center is now city
of the second class.
REAL GREEK LETTER Ottawa uni
versity now has real Greek letter
fraternity.
CAPTAIN HIRsr DEAD.-Four years
ago he became mine officer in the
Kansas penitentiary from his home on
his farm near Sedan, where his family
still live. He died of heart disease on
September 10. He was an officer in
the Union army in the civil war, was
q member of the G. A. R., /. o. of o.
T., and o. N. w. lodges.
DEPOSITS AT LAWRENCE. -Published
statements of the condition OF four
banks at Lawrence, three OF them ma
tional banks, show q total of deposits
OF sl,5o5, oa5. %.
VACANCIES FILIED.-Vacancies at
the agricultural college at Manhattan
have been tilled by the election Of Prof.
Frank McClenahan as assistant in
chemistry; and X. ]. Kinzer, OF Amos,
Ia, as assistant in the animal hus-
bandry department Prof. McClenu-
han comes from Yale college.