The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-01-02

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most required. The children were I'M
vited to the Ellss' hall on Christmas
night, and they all came that had been
visited; $50 of them. An entertain
ment was given them after which they
were marched into the big hall where
was Christmas tree upon which were
the needed articles before listed besides
condies, toys, etc.
FARM PRoDUCTs. This seasons ship
ments of farm produce aside from stock
from Wamego have SO far exceeded all
previous falls as to leave little room for
comparison. Since October Is, from "a
to 40 cars of apples, corn, potatoes and
sweet potatoes have been shipped
weekly. More 'sweets" than anything
else have been sent out. The crop OF
these exceeded 200 carloads.
FIGURES ON CORN CROP Reports
that are coming in from the farmers of
Geary county, who have finished husk-
ing their corn, show that the yield of
that grain in that county this year will
average about thirty-ive bushels to the
acre. Fields are yielding all the way
from twenty-five to sixty bushels to the
acre, but there are not very many of
the latter.
SECTION HAND KILLED. Hezikiah
Blount, a section track walker, was
struck and instantly killed by a Santa
Fe passenger train, about two miles
east of Larned. Blount was making
his regular trip on railway veloci-
pede and was found by nearby farmers
some time after the accident with his
head badly mangled.
SALIVA MAN IS CASHIER Frank C.
Miller, of Portland, Ore, former res
ident of Salina, is 10 become cashier of
the Pioneer Trust company of Kansas
City, recently organized with a capital
of one million dollars He has for sew.
eral years been the head of the United
States National bank at Portland.
DIED ON TRAIN - Mrs. Bloomer
Quimby, of Ness City, died on the Santa
Fe train from the north just as it was
reaching the station at Humboldt.
Heart disease was the cause of death.
She was Il daughter of Joseph Mercer,
of that city, and was on the way to visit
her parents.
Strong, of Kansas University, is slated
for discussion concerning methods Of
educational value before the National
Association of State Universities, which
will hold series of meetings in Wash
ington on January 3-5.
COUNTY CLERKS. -The next meeting
of the County Clerks association is
postponed to January 21-22. This dis
appoints to the clerks who will go out
of office January 10, as they had hoped
to meet with the association once more
before retiring.
NEGRO HANGED. Montgomery God
ley, a negro of Pittsburg, shot and
killed policeman, while he was trying
to protect himself from crowd of ne
groes. Cooley was placed in Jail, but
was soon taken out hanged.
On A HUNT.-General Manager II. u.
Nudge, of the Santa Fe with his son
and several of the students of Went
worth Military academy, went TO In
dian Territory on hunting trip.
ATTHE Poor FARM. People of Atch-
ison, after proper preparation, gave
the inmates of the county poor farm
a real, old fashioned, joyous Christ
mas.
SEVEN New SCHOOL HOUSES.
has voted Sl9 900 for another new school
building. She has erected six since the
boom began.
GAVE SO TURKEYS May Busby, of
Parsons, gave fifty turkeys to the poor
Christmas day. And turkey is turkey
this year.
FREIGHT WRECK. There was a freight
wreck on the Frisco five miles north of
Winfield in which six boxcars loaded
with merchandise were derailed and
200 feet of track torn up. The car be-
hind the engine became uncoupled on
curve and jumped the track as a re-
suit of high speed.
mo NoMNATIoN" MUST Coat
least 90 per cent Of the members of the
legislature have said that the ballot law
must and will be amended so as to
strike out the squares after the no
nomination lines of the official ballot.
LARNED MEN IN WREcK.-W. II. YER
non, an attorney of Larned, received a
dispatch announcing that his brother,
Charles Vernon, has been killed in the
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