The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-06-03

SCHOOL LAND LEAsEs.-While the
state is getting some money for school
land leases the new law is not work.
| ing as we'll as it's author expected.
| The minimum rental is entirely too
| low. The law fixes the minimum at
S25 per section. Most of the land
leased goes for the minimum rental.
The leasing interferes with the sale OF
| the land. The leases run for five years
and the land is sold subject to the
leases. Not many people will buy the
leased land because they cannot get
hold of it at once. The state gets more
out of the land in the way of taxes
and interest by selling it than it gets
by leasing it.
BOARD OF HEALTH.-The state board
of health meets at Topeka June ..
This meeting will be of much more i'm
portance than the regular quarterly
meetings, and the county health Off
GERS are expected to attend. There
will be number of papers read and
the importance of enforcing quaran-
tine regulations during epidemics and
on sanitary science in general will be
presented.
CHANUTE's PoPULATIoN.-The asses
sor's enumeration shows that Chanute
has 10, JIG population, gain of 1904
over last year. In addition to this
there are 400 living in suburbs not in
corporated in the city, which places
the real population of the city over
1O, 500, a gain of so per cent over last
year. The county returns show 25,-
1922, or gain of 1909 over last year.
CADET INsPECTIoN.-T annual in
spection of state agricultural college
took place at Manhattan with Captain
Herman c. Schumm, of the Twenty
ninth battery of Fort Leavenworth, as
the inspecting officer. There are 2O4
young men now taking drill, but in the
fall and winter terms the number in
creases to nearly $50. The cadets use
Springfield rifles.
TROOPS AT Topeka. troops of
cavalry and battery of light artillery
were sent to Topeka from Fort Leav-
enworth to participate in the semi-cen-
tennial celebration. The troops were
secured after Governor Bailey had sent
the request for them to President
Roosevelt.
WALL.EYED PIKE.-The people liv-
ing along the Blue river in Northern
Kansas are feeling elated over the fact
that the state fish commissioner OF
Nebraska is to stock the stream with
millions Of wall-eyed pike which are to
be Matched at the South Bend hatcher
les.
A REPORTER THERE.-A young man
was admitted by mistake into the au-
ditorium of the Masonic temple in
Wichita, while the Scottish Rite re-
union was conducting the secret work.
The young man was after interviews
WIFI ulSUluR ulSutu NioiUolo.
TEACHERS BLAMED. kansas teachers
are notified by the attorney generals
office that it is unlawful to compel or
attempt to compel or to encourage
tattling; or in other words to encour-
age pupils to tell on one another.
Down Observation-Disclosures Normal,
aged IS, fell down a chute in the ele-
vator at Talmadge, eight miles north
of Abilene and was killed by being
buried beneath eight hundred bushels
of corn.
GAS AT VERNoN.-A good gas well
was brought in at that place at a depth
of LOIS feet. This is new field.
Other wells are going down now with
promise of good success.
BY AccLAMATIoN.- Chanute Judge
Leander Stillwell was renominated for
district judge by acclamatian for the
sixth time. He will have no opponent
at the poles
Boys ARE AAEAD.-An unusual di-
vision of graduating classes in high
schools occurred in Dickinson county.
Nine of the thirteen graduates are
boys.
STUDENTS RAISE 6,OoO.-At a mass
meeting of students of the State Agri-
cultural college for the purpose of
raising $685. 900 for the erection of Y.
M. c. A. building, $4,000 was raised,
and only students were solicited. Three
$3.50 subscriptions, twenty-four for
500 each and many donations ranging
from So to SIS were received.
FEDERATION MEETING.-The Fedora
ton of Commercial Interests will hold
meeting at Topeka May 81 to discuss
lot of things-railroad board, legis-
lature freight rate bill among them.
BERRY PIGKERs.--Berry growers in
the Neosho valley have applied to I.
B. Gerow, state employment director,
for 1000 berry piclxers. They want