The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-07-10


supper by the women of the town. A
large hall was secured for the supper
and the men were given change OF
food that they enjoyed. The officers
had been feted at the Merchants Ath-
letc association previously, and were
entertained at dinner at the New Ed
ridge by General Henry Carroll, who
was formerly stationed at Fort Leavcn-
worth.
FLOOD COMMITTEES represent
alive meeting of the flood committees
of the Kaw valley from Salina to Kan
sas City was called to be held at To-
peka on July 6. This meeting will be
for the object of establishing co-opera-
ton between all the relief agencies
now at work. After this meeting
circular will be issued addressed to the
people of Kansas, and asking for finan-
cial aid for people who have suffered
from the food.
A KANSAS HEROINE. Miss Zadie
Price, of Ashland, Kansas, with her
friend, Mrs. J. o. Mathews, had started
from Alva TO Kiowa, and on driving
into the river discovered it was Doggy;
both horses went down, the ladies
jumped into the river. Mrs. Mathews
ran for help while Miss Price remained
with the team, succeeding in getting
one of the horses to the shore and pre-
venting the other from drowning until
help arrived.
For KICKAPoo School. c.
Edwards has been appointed superin-
tcndent of Kiclsapoo Indian school in
Kansas and is in Washington to look
after the interests of the school and to
consult with the officials of the depart
ment in regard to the policy to be pur-
sued in it's conduct. He will also have
charge of the affairs of the Sacs and
Foxes and part of the Iowa tribes.
DEMAND A HoME--A soldiers widow
of Norton county is in condition of
poverty and the county commissioners
wanted her to go 10 the poor farm;
but she demands to be cared for else
where, according to the provisions of
the Tapp bill, now law, which re-
quires the county or township to sup
port her.
WHEAT RIPENED RAPIDLY.-The hot
weather has ripened the wheat very
rapidly, causing the harvesting to start
several days earlier than expected.
The wheat in Stafford county is well
filed and of very fine quality. The
yield is variously estimated at an
average of from fifteen to thirty bush
els.
U. c. T. OFFICERS. The u. c. L. su-
preme council has elected officers. w.
L. Day of Kansas City supreme coun-
cillor and c.. c. Daniels of Columbus,
O., supreme secretary. Both formerly
lived at Concordia and still hold their
membership in the Concordia lodge of
the U. c. L.
FIRE AT PERRY. The loss is about
$4,000. The property destroyed in
cludes hardware and implement cs-
Enlistment, two residences and a
blacksmith shop. The town has no
fire protection. Many women took
part, making "A gallant fight against
the flames.
Two CENTS A DAY.-The inmates of
the Hutchinson reformatory begin on
July to receive a salary of . cents
day, under a new law. The convicts
of the State penitentiary have been
given cents a day for some years.
tent city at Forrest park rapidly sprang
into being in anticipation of the 25th
annual assembly, the silver anniver-
sary, which began on July 6.
GEN. WooDsoN IMPROVED. Gen. +.
A. Woodson, u. $. A., retired, who suf
fered Il stroke of paralysis in April, is
much improved, and with Mrs. Wood
son, is now at Paola, Kas.
$50, 600 FOR FRUIT How.-The state
Horticultural society is bringing pres
sure to bear on the worlds fair com
mission to have it set aside about $50,
GOO for Kansas fruit exhibit at st.
Louis So far the commission has not
indicated what it would do in that
line.
ONE VoTE AGAINST BoNDs.--In Min
neapolis only one vote was cast against
the proposition to issue bonds to the
amount of $4,000 10 aid in the con-
struction of the north and south
road.
Work on n. X. e G. RAILWAY
Graders, scrapers and metal for the
construction of the Nebraska, Kansas
& Gulf railway is beginning to arrive
in Salina and it is expected that work
on the new road will begin within a
few days.