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


DEXTER is THIRD Dexter Is ranked
third in personal property valuation in
Cowley county.
SHEEP AND Docs. According to the
assessors returns there are 100, 1858
shecp in Kansas, and 12o,955 dogs
DIpHrHERIA IN SCuooLs.-The public
schools of Baldwin, Kansas, are closed
on account OF the prevalence Of diph-
liberia.
Boil WATER FOR SCHOOLS.
intendent Davidson of tho Topeka
schools has arranged to supply the
schools with boiled water.
New DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT. &C.
w. Strain has been appointed division
superintendent of the Frisco at Wichita
70 succeed d. Il. Dunn, resigned.
KANSAS CoAL.--The coal mines OF the
state give work during the past year
to 9. AGO miners. The total production
for the year was $3.50, 433 tons OF coal.
A PROPER AcT.-A woman horse
whipped young man at Arkansas
CITY. He had hit her with one OF those
little rubber balls shat always come
back"
TAX VALUATION. -The total tax val
uation for Cowlcy county has been re-
turned ut sc, 1OO,7l7. This is s193o2 for
every man, woman and child in the
county.
HIAwATuA FAIR The Brown coun-
ty fair had one day of good weather.
Several thousand people were on the
grounds on that day. 1t was the 37th
consecutive annual fair.
To BORE FORTY WELLS. Ohio parties
have concluded deal at Independence
for n lease OF 1900 acres under COLI
tract TO bore not less than 40 wells
The land is in two tracts not adjoin'
ing.
HE COUNTED TIE EAEs.-Walter
Darlington, of Concordia, the largest
cattle feeder in Northwest Kansas, has
q field of corn in which he counted the
cars on one acre and estimates that the
field will average 100 bushels an acre.
STORM NEAR DEEBY. Ferrcl
and her two-ycar-old child met death
in wind storm which passed just
north OF Derby. The Ferreil family
had taken refuge in n school house
northeast of Derby. Early in the even
ing the storm arose, passing directly
over the school house, demolishing 1T
completely and killing both the woman
and her child, besides injuring slightly
her husband and boy.
PIowINe BY STEAM.-A steam plow
has been ut work on the Amos johnson
place between Great Bend and Ellin-
wood. disc gang plow throwing i've
I2-inch burrows is attached to q trac-
tiou engine The work is very salts
factory. Flowing can be done in this
way when it is entirely too dry to pillow
with teams The engine can be run
from daylight to dark and in the
neigh borhood of fifteen acres turned
over day.
CoILECr1Na SEED ACCOUNTS. Assist
ant Attorney General Pestana has re-
turned from a trip through the South
western countless where he went to
collect moneys due from the counties
to the state on seed grain account
He got $3.50 from Greeley county and
sC70 from Meade. Greeley county
owes 81, 500 all told, but it has agreed
20 paw up in annual installments
Meade paid its account in full. Pratt,
Stafford and Pawneo agreed to pay
theirs next month.
WOULD Nor FEED HM.-A negro
employe of Chanute hotel stopped at
Yates Center when going home to see
his father. He tried 10 get something
90 eat at every eating house he could
could find, but WAS refused service and
had to leave hungry although he Of
fered double prices. This is the negro's
story.
CAUSED BY RURAL RouTEs.
rural route service has wiped out %
Kansas towns or postofiiccs, caused
twenty new towns TO be named and
nine To change their names.
AnrssIAN SALT WATEI-The drill
ers who are at work putting down
gas wei, at Bison struck an artesian
dow of salt water at depth OF 49S
feet. The water is clear as crystal and
very briny. They continued drilling
and found 500 feet of the sand produc-
ing salt water The flow Is very
strong.
No UNpRI1.LED RECRUITS. -Adjutant
General Kelsey advises captains OF
militia companies 10 avoid taking raw
recruits into the maneuvers at Fort
Riley.
PUBLISHES DEUSKARDs. - Police
Jndqe DRYDEN, Of Chanute, believes