The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15

the heaviest SJecrS ever ndrhSVcu ohSio'
There were thirty-two head in the
bunch. At home the heaviest steer
weighed 1850 pounds and tho lightest
1880 pounds. Shirley calls the breed
''the Irishman's scrub" The steers
were of his own raising and feeding
and were 3, and years old. Shirley
had fed them since last fall and had
full fed them the last forty days on
shelled and ear corn with alfalfa for
roughness. The cattle sold at cents
pound. They averaged 1864 pounds,
netting nearly 500 per head.
DELUGE IN SMITH AND NORTON. -Rain
amounting to a deluge fell in those
counties delaying Rock Island train
service in both directions for a short
time. Beaver Creek, short distance
west of Smith Center, was badly swol-
len for time and overflowed the
tracks of the Rock Island for some dis
tance on either side. No washouts OF
any consequence were reported. -Four
inches of rain is said to have fallen in
that vicinity. All the streams west
from Smith Center in Phillips and Nor
ton counties were filled.
KANSAS WINS OVER NEBRASKA
The Kansas State Normal debaters
won in the debate with representatives
from the Nebraska State Normal. The
question was: Resolved, That the
Adoption of the Fifteenth Constitu.
tional Amendment Was National
Mistake" The Kansas debatcrs were:
e. c. BroolSens, ID. G. Sheedy and r. S.
Whitelaw Nebraska was represented
by +. Z. Smith, Julius Gilbert and j.
S. Suva.
CITY MUST PAY.-A Topeka saloon
keeper whose mirrors were smashed by
Carrie Nation, sued the city for $3.50
damages, and got a judgment in the
district court. In his instructions to
the jury, Judge Hazen declared that
the nature of the property destroyed
did not prevent the plaintiff from col
lecting damages.
A FINE REsIDENCE.-R. Il. Upde-
graft, lumber dealer and proprietor
of the Windler hotel at Maple Hill, has
just finished a $4,000 residence which
contains twelve rooms, bath, furnace,
heat and large wide veranda around
three sides of the house with colonial
columns
PROF GREMsLEY SELECTED.
Kansas commission to the Louisiana
Purchase exposition at st. Lonis, Sc
lected Prof G. P. Grimsley, secretary
of the State Academy of Science, to
have charge of the Kansas exhibit of
minerals and mineral products at the
fair.
OUTLAW Shows number of people
in Leavenworth took steps to pre-
vent the appearance there of the Cole
Younger and Frank James Wild West
show. They claim the show is demor-
alizing 10 the youth of the land because
it's principal characters were once out
laws
OLD MAN LOSES LIFE.-George An
derson, OF Pottawatomie county, aged
Sc years, was in the timber on his farm
after load of wood and his team be-
came unmanageable and backed over a
ten foot bank into the creek. He was
substantial pioneer of the county.
MAIL Box PATENTED.-W S. 1sham,
of Maple Hill, Shawnee county, is the
patentee and manufacturer of rural
mail box that has been approved by
the postmaster general as the best that
he has tested.
500 MILES IN THREE DAYs.--A Salina
man made the trip home from Omaha
in his automobile in three days run
ming The distance is five hundred
miles and stops were made for lunch
cons.
VIOLATED THE RULES. Six Santa Fe
engineers and conductors were recent
ly discharged at Dodge City for having
been frequenters of joints.
FAIR BUILDING CONTRACT. The
Kansas worlds fair commission has let
the contract for constructing the Kan
sas building at the fair to c. T. Beeler,
of Ottawa. The entire cost must be
kept within S29,475 and nothing but
Kansas labor and material employed.
SoLDIEIs CAUGHT CoLD.-Eighteen
officers and 377 enlisted men, compri-
sing the command that was at ST.
Louis during the dedication from Fort
Riley, have returned. Many are af-
fiicted with colds or tonsilitis as a re-
suit of the weather
AT MANHATTAN.-Alth the
weather was threatening large crowd
gathered at Manhattan to greet the
president. All the business houses
were closed. The battalion of the ag.
ricultural college consisting of 400 stu