The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-10-02
KANSAS COMMENT.

one day last week.
FROST IN CHICAGO PRESS. The
Hutchinson News puts it this way;
Fortunately the Kansas corn crop
was not injured by frost except in the
Chicago newspapers.
A VETERAN EDITOR. Judge Mcln-
tire, of Arkansas City, who is eighty
Ave years OF age, fell from porch he
was building and was badly injured.
Judge McIntire WAS for many years IL
Kansas editor.
MATRoN AT WAsHBURN.-Mrs. Lua
Rose, matren of the girls boarding de-
partment at Washburn college, died
suddenly of heart disease. The de-
ceased was n widow. Her original
home was at Valley Falls.
EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH LINE.-At n
cost of abont $4,000 the Santa Fc
railroad has completed an exclusive
telegraph line between Wichita and
Kansas City, by way of Topeka, that
will be used only by those three cities
WooD B CHEAPER Shawnee
county commissioners are considering
the proposition to furnish wood to the
poor this winter because of the high
price Of coal The wood would be
cheaper than the coal and the wood
ward would furnish employment to
some Of the poor.
A TuIusnINe RECORD. The worlds
wheat tlreshing record has been bro
ken by ]. W. Groachmer, farmer of
Trego county, who in eleven hours and
and fifteen minutes thrcshed 4,O71
bushels of wheat, which surpassed the
old record by eighty-one bushels for
the same length OF time.
FELL Sixty FEET. -FranlS Hammond,
general foreman of iron bridge works
of the Santa Fe, was killed at elk
Falls, Kan, by falling from new iron
bridge which is being put in over the
Elk river at that place. He fell about
sixty feet. alighting on his head and
shoulders among pile of timbers, and
was instantly killed.
ANOTHER PIONEER -Silas Rain, aged
rs years, pioneer of Topeka and one
of the present county commissioners OF
Shawnee county, died after an illness
of two months. Mr.. Rain came to
Kansas in 1859 and has lived in Shaw
nee county continuously ever stree
Mrs rain Survives him. They celc-
brated their golden wedding few
months ago
GRAIN INSPECTION RECEIPTS. Tine
August receipts of the grain inspection
department were the largest on record.
Not counting the money which was
taken in at five fee stations, to; nj of
SIS, ISL so ras collected by j. w. Rad
ford, state grain inspector. the de-
partment paid out So, 554 so in Salaries
and $3.50 for expenses, leaving bal
ance of S9,137 Mr.. Radford says the
receipts would have been $40, 900 If the
railroads could have handled the grain.
Sixty -RINEEs CELEBRATE. The an
nual reunion of the old settlers of
Montgomery county, known rs the AS
ISOLATION OF sixIy-niners, will be held
at Dunkin's grove in Independence ON
October / and 2. That county WAS Il
part of the Osage diminished reserve
and the early settlers had many thrill
ling experiences with the OHnge In
dams These annual reunions are
looted forward to with much pleasure
by the old timers and people all over
the country in large numbers. An in
teresting program has been arranged.
ESCAPE or A TRusTY. Harry Glass
pool, an Oklahoma convict and trus;y
at the Kansas pcnitenliary, has es-
capped. Glasspool was a soldier in the
Spanish A merican war and was wound-
ed. He draws II pension. The prison
officials believe that he will come back
because he will be unable to coniin re
to draw his pension while an ESCAPED
prisoner.
WELLINGTON MAKES CLATM-lt
claims that the city has more miles OF
cement walk than amy other town OF
it's size in the country.
DrcATuR's CROPS Decatur county
erop this year amounts to over $500
pcr capita. That county has about
Q, 900 population. This year 1t raised
s.. 972,O67 worth OF wheat, 81, 37s, 2Ss
worth of corn, $4,000 worth of live
stock and s544, 900 worth OF other crops,
making a total of S3,6O6.355. Tnis
would be $500 to the person or about
s.. 600 TO each family.
PRATT COUNTY GIVES STrE.-The
commissioners of Pratt county have
purchased 19 acres and presented them
70 the state for fish hatchery site.
TIE TRUAECT LAw.-Attorney Cen
eral Coleman holds that the law re-