The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-11-06
KANSAS COMMENT.

ana llSnt p'ahts'
FINEST FAT CATTLE.-Dave Ilaxton,
of Sabetha, won the $500 prize for the
finest load of fat cattle ut the Kansas
City stock show.
A GOLD BnICK.-Robert Forbes, Il
wealthy citizen of Carbondale, has been
"done" by gold brick sharp to the
amount of S., 900
CREAMERY BURNED. The Ulraro
creamery and cold storage plant Is de-
stroycd by fire. The plant cost 5000
and was insured for So, COO
For CRY PARK. AT n special cleo
ton at Wellington a special tax was
levied for the purchasing, improving
and maintaining a city park.
New ORIENT TowN,-Viola is the
name OF new town which has been
located by A. NJ. Denny, right OF way
man for the Orient 1t is in the south
western part of ScdgwiclI county near
where the Orient crosses the Santa lie.
It will be the first station north OF Mil
ton.
FRUIT CRAFTS SCARCE Most of the
roots for apple tree grating IN the
United States are grown in the IA"
river bottoms. The flood swept the
Young trees all away The seed for
the sprouts comes from Europe but the
roots themselves come chiefly from the
Raw bottoms.
LARGEST CRACKER FAcToRY.-A
cracker factory has been installed IN
Wichita which has a daily capacity OF
GAO boxes, which is said to be larger
than that of any other independent
factory in the in the country. One hum
ndred men will be employed for day
work, and when business justilies 1t
q like force for night work.
HANDLED CROP ALoNN-T. NJ. Born,
who lives near Morland in the west
part of Graham county, plowed, sowed
and harvested 230 acres of wheat with
out bit of help. When threshed 1T
welded him 5000 bushels or 2G19 bush
els to the acre. The only work about
producing it which he did not do him
self was the threshing.
W1cu1rA COAL RATE.-The state
board of railroad commissioners has
set the Wichita coal rate hearing for
November 4. 1t will be held at Wich-
tia. The coal dealers there claim the
roads have advanced coal rates The
roads claim that that the rates have
only been advanced little and will
seek to justify the raise by showing
that the cost of maintenance has in
creased.
GIRARD PAYS PER CENT, The state
auditor received $50, 600 in municipal
bonds from Girard, Kansas, for regis
tration. OF this sum $4,000 was for Il
gas plant and 500 600 for an electric
light plant. These bonds draw per
cent interest. 1t is the first time in
two years that any 9 per cent bonds
have been offered for registration. All
bonds issued during hat time have
only drawn from 4 to AZ per cent.
10 DIsrRIBUTE HAEvEsTERs-A con-
tract was closed at Hutchinson between
the International Harvester Company
of America and ]. e. Conlilin, for the
erection of $40, 900 building for the
use of that company in the distribu-
ton of harvesting machinery. Similar
buildings for distribution purposes
will be built or leased at Wichita, Sa
lima, Concordia and Fort Scott. This
town will be the headquarters of the
concern, and the general Offices of the
company will be there.
KANSAS CORN STALKS. The board
of trade people of Des Moines are yet
talking about two stalks of corn that
were sent there from Moran, Kansas.
They and the board fastened to them
weighed 100 pounds. They were IS
feet high and tine cars of corn on them
were IA feet from the ground. The
STALKS we're four inches in diameter.
They were sent TO the Iowa State Uni
versity to be placed on exhibition.
MINING ScHooI~-The new state
mining school at Pittsburg opened
with 100 students.
MAKES A HUsGEY RUN. From Kan
sas City to Pueblo, Col, along the
route of the Missouri Pacific railroad,
the union men assert, Il non-union eN-
pressman cannot beg or buy meal.
An expressman is not supposed to
leave his car alone during the entire
run.
ACREAGE OF Wharf.-The acreage
of wheat sown in Pawnee county this
year will equal that of last year, al
though the work was delayed in the
carly part of the fall on account Of
rain. The yield of corn is fair.
OUTSIDE HARvEsTERs. Il. Gerow,
state free employment agent, estimates
that over 10000 harvest hands from
outside of the state were employed in