The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-07-22
KANSAS COMMENT

n. Pendleton, a pioneer Methodist
minister in Kansas, and a trustee OF
the Baker university, is dead at Bald
win.
Good Chance For Wheat.-Heavy
rains at Woodston, Kans., have dam
aged the crops. Wheat is not ripe
enough to be damaged much, and har-
vest will begin in few days. The
prospects are favorable for large
yield.
First New Wheat.-The first load
of the new crop of wheat was brought
to Mcpherson by Blackman brothers
and was sold The wheat tested hfty-
five pounds and had a good color. 1t
sold for IS cents. The machine meas
IRE runs fifteen bushels per acre.
kansans Want Free Farms.-Fif-
teen men, left Eureka over the MIS-
souri, Pacific, and the Santa re
took out number with more to 1oi-
low. all bound for Yankton, South
Dakota. to register for farms IN the
Rosebud reservation, which is beng
opened for settlement.
Saloon Victim Asks Damaees.-For
the first time in the history or Kan
sas the supreme court is asked TO
award the victim of saloon smash
ing damages. The destroying OF G'
p Stevens saloon stock took place
in Anthony in 1901, and the work was
done largely by women. Stevens
lost his case in the lower courts. He
asks for $4,000 damages.
Insane Immigrant Deported.-Au-
gust Meill. a German of Reno county,
who has been found insane. Will be
taken to Chicago Immediately, where
he will be turned over to the imml-
grafton Office for deportation to Ham
burg. Germany, which country he lett
ten months ago. The state asylum
would not receive him because ne
had not gained a residence here, and
County Attorney Brown took the mat
ter up with the government agent
who will have him sent home.
Neqro Mistreats Chidren.-Whlle
the 11-year-old daughter OF John
Fronke, with her S-year-old brother,
were picking berries near Atchison,
a negro compelled the girl at the
point of a shotgun to walk TO re-
mote place in the woods, where he
attempted to mistreat her. He COM
PEELED the boy to go along, so ne
would not raise the alarm. Both OF
the children screamed, and the negro
A hn,Irc later ne
gro named John Mitchell was arrest
ed. and he confessed to the crime
He is now in the county jail.
To Close Stock Yards.-The stock
Yards at Davidson, Kan, are to be
closed if the county attorney can DO
so. The yards have been used to
unload Texas cattle for the Usage
and Kaw country pastures for years.
After the cattle fatten upon the grass
in the reservation they are shipped
to market from the same point. The
farmers have had much trouble
caused by southern cattle breaking
into native pastures and are demand
ing that the yards be closed. Inc
Missouri Pacific has been operating
the yards and will lose much busl-
ness if they are closed.
Plans to Protect Track.-Santa Fe
engineers are planning to make I'M
provements on the Southern Kansas
division of the Santa Fe, which Will
help do away with the annoyance
and inconvenience caused by high
water every spring and summer in
that section of the state. The plans
of the engineers are that the road
bed will be raised several feet al
every point where the tracks cross
stream or where there has been
trouble with high water Surveys
will be made and estimates will be
made on the cost of the work at
once.
Around Conway Springs.-A report
from Conway Springs declares 1t diff
ficult to make a close estimate, but
It is presumed that probably not more
than one-third of the wheat in that
locality remains uncut, and some OF
that will probably never be cut, as
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possible to get in some parts of the
fields with a machine in less than
week, even if it should quit raining
now.
Bailey at Girard.-W. ]. Bailey de
livered the Fourth of July address a
this place.
Caution About Well Water
think it would be well to caution thu
people" said a well known physi
clan, concerning the use of wei
rater during the flooded condition
or Wichita. City water should b.
used exclusively. Persons not hav
ing access to that kind of waite
should boil that taken from well
fully twenty minutes before using.
will prevent all kinds of disease
In Spite of Mud.-A McPherso
county farmer is harvesting in spit
of the mud. He wraps the wheel
of his binder with canvas.
Ran Prices Up.-The merchants
some of the flooded towns OF Kansa
took advantage of the people an
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