The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-14

KANSAS FLOUR. For the first time
in the history OF the milling industry
of Kansas the entire output Of -four IL
the state this year will be sold in east
ern and foreign markets as Kansas
-four Heretofore it has been custom
airy for the Kansas millers to market
their -four under some of the more pop
popular Minnesota brands. Hereafter
Kansas millers will refuse to brand the
Kansas -four as anything other than
the product of Kansas mills.
New CHURCH AT PRATT.-The build
ing committee of the Baptist church al
Pratt have secured prepared plans
which show very elaborate structure.
The building will be 49x91 feet, divided
into convenient apartments. There
will be an auditorium, Sunday school
room, six class rooms, three dressing
rooms, ia baptistry, three vestibules,
an infant class room, two front en-
frances, one rear entrance and one
side entrance; also large basement
REUNIONS MERGED. The Forest Park
Veterans Reunion association, an or
ganization including the counties OF
the Second congressional district, an
nounces that it's annual reunion, fixed
for September to 4, has been called
off and that the event will be merged
with the state reunion at Lawrence
September to 20.
SCHELL APPOINTED w. II. Schell,
of Wichita, has been selected by the
Worlds Fair commission to have
charge of the Kansas horticultural eX-
hibit at st. Louis. Mr.. Schell was
recommended by Fred Wellhouse, the
apple grower. w. II. Barnes was an
applicant for this position.
HAVE No CoNvIcTs. Twenty one
counties in Kansas have no convicts in
the Kansas penitentiary. They are:
Cheyenne, Cove, Grant, Gray, Greeley,
Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Lane,
Morris, Morton, Ness, Rawlins, Rush,
Scott, Sheridan, Stafford, Stanton,
Thomas, Trego and Wichita.
FOUND PEARLs.-For month II
party has been searching for mussels
in the Neosho in Allen county, and the
lola Register is told that $500 worth of
pearls have been found by them.
CATCHING FISH BY HAND.-Thc MIN
ncscah river was up two feet the other
day. The banks were lined with fish
erman and many catch was made
without hook or line.
LARGR PRICE PER ACRE --Mr. Han
son living four miles southwest of lola,
sold quarter section of land for S197
per acre. Two years ago he purchased
the land for $40 an acre.
NAME WAS MAURER. report
that j. Meyer, a farmer living north
of Milan, was found dead was incor-
rect The person found was Jacob
Maurcr.
GENERAL RAINs.--The rains of July
80 and 81 were general over the state
and were heaviest in the corn belt
where rains were most needed.
HAIL N MEADE.-It is reported that
about Globe, Meade county, during
one of the recent rains big hailstorm
damapnd the feed crOn
For A CITY PARK. -Coffeyvillc is to
vote upon issuing $1,000 in bonds for
the purpose of buying land for city
park.
LINE OF THEIR OwN.-Arlsansas City,
Geuda, Wellington and Winfield threat
en- to build an interurban line of their
own.
HAIL STORMS. Topeka, Atchison,
and Troy report hail with heavy rain
on August ;. The hail did no damage
SHORT TAX LIsTs.-The delinquent
tax lists of many counties are not long
enough to pao for publishing them.
NINE PARTIES OUT.-The University
of Kansas has sent out nine scientific
expeditions this summer.
NEW TELEPHONE LINE.-The Santa
Fe-Garden City telephone line is open
and doing business.
PETmFIED SEAI~-Councilman L. o.
Pcikcr, of Paola, has purchased from
john Reed farmer at Louisburg,
petrified seal, and has placed it in the
city park ut Paola. Mr.. Reed discov-
cred it ON his farm some years ago,
and many scientists have sought to buy
it.
QUARANTINE RAISED. The cattle
men of Graham and Cove counties have
convinced the sanitary.bonrd that there
is no mango there and the board ex-
empted those counties from the dipping
order
MUST TEAR DowN ALL FENCES. "A.
II. Burtis, special agent of the interior
has returned from WASH
ington and says the department is