The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-07-31


down raise of four feet into the
Smoky Hill, which washed part OF
the wall of the mill dam at Junction
City away. The dam had been weak
cned by the flood in May. This high
water is hinderng the work of build
ing wall across the channel that was
cut around the end of the dam last
month and continues to go through
this channel doing considerable dam
age.
IRRIGA ToRs MADE DEFENDANTS.
Mcssrs. Ashbaugh and Smith, attorneys
for Kansas. in the Kansas Colorado
water suit, went to Colorado to get the
names of officers and the properties OF
the big irrigation companies which
take water from the Arkansas river.
| These companies are to be made de-
| fcndanas in the suit. The amended
bill must be filed in the supreme court
| by the middle of August.
U. p. IMPROVEMENTS. Tile Union
Pacific has been shipping in machinery
and material for the new improvements
which the company intends to make at
Salina. Crushed stone is being UNI
loaded in the local yards; also turn
tables, gasoline engines to furnish the
power for unloading cars of coal, which
has heretofore been done by hand, and
machinery of other description.
| BLACKBERRIEs ON SAND.-West of
Abilene is large body of sand land
that has been considered worth nothing
except for pasture. N. G. Dyer has
made fruit farm of it and has raised
three acres of blaclSberries this year
that have paid S26 an acre on the first
picking, one-fourth Of the crop. The
land that cost $40 an acre will return
500 an acre this year.
LOSSES BY TIE ELOoD.--A careful es-
| innate of the damage done to property
in Shawnee county by the flood COM
piled by the Topeka commercial club,
shows that the losses will aggregate
about 81. csc, 900. J. T. Anderson, the
secretary has made II careful invcstiga-
ton, having secured his information
from reliable sources.
G. A. r. RELIEF FUND. The G. A.
r. flood relief fund now amounts to
5000. Money is still coming i'll and
it is thought the fund will grow for
some time yet. Department Command
or A. w. Smith will distribute the
money among the various posts in the
flooded district The relief corps fund
amounts to 81 ,000
EFFECTS RAILROADS. Kansas rail
roads are opposing the proposed raise
of wages for miners because it means
higher prices for coal. Even the roads
which do not own their own mines are
Interested for they must buy their coal
and an increase in the cost of produc-
ton means an increase in the cost of
coal to them.
SAIINA GAS FRANCHISE Pennsyl-
vania capitalists have gas leases and
oil leases on 600 acres east of Salina;
the city council has given The company
Il 20-year franchise to supply the city
with gas, if they find it, at 81 per thou
sand cubic feet.
FLOOD bills AUDITED. The bills
whi:h were jointly incurred by Topeka
and Shawnee county during the flood
amount to S4, 4SG0 %. The city and
county will share this expense equally.
The cost of the pile bridge is included
in this amount.
OTTAWA COUNTY WHEAT.-Wheat is
turning out splendidly in Ottawa
county. John Bucus had an average
of thirty-seven bushels TO the acre.
Large quantities of new wheat are
coming into market.
OIL OF Pooh FARM. The Chautau'
qua county poor farm has three pro-
dncing oil wells. The farm raised
good crops of corn and wheat this sea
son.
AT WoRLD's FAIR.--Thc girl band
of Wetmore, has dates at the st. Louis
exposition
BEER FIRST on NEW BRIDGE.-A
brewery wagon was the first vehicle tC
cross the pile bridge over the Kaw
opened for traffic at Kansas City. II
was loaded with beer and crossed into
Armourdale at fifteen minutes before
o'clock. No other wagons were al
lowed to cross until after five o'clock
Two SsnTm CENTER GIRLS. Miss
Kate Tinlley has been appointed us
sistant librarian in the agriculture
, college at Manhattan, and Miss Jessie
Dean rs register and librarian at Wash
burn college, Topeka.
Houses LOST IN FLOODS. Complain
, is being made to The Topeka officials o
persons below town who have talleI
mp stock since the flood and have beer
working it failing to advertise it s.