The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-05

| completed into wichita within three
weeks. Sixty men are at work Is
miles south of Wichita. Track has
been laid through the town of Viola
and was laid across the Santa Re
tracks east of Viola Monday. Santa
Fee passenger train 500 was the first
to cross the Orient tracks The whole
force of men employed between WITCH
tia and Milton has been moved tc
Viola and the work is being pushed
Already the road has increased the
population of Viola from 80 to $50
people.
Wheat Is Good.-Ed. Lyman, sue
cessful farmer near Garfield, raised
| 1924 bushels of wheat on so acres OF
land, which tested GO to GO pounds,
which is the best test and yield in this
part of the county this year. The
same so acres averaged 81 bushels per
acre last year, and parts of it as
high as 40 bushels per acre. Mr.. Ly-
man had $500 bushels altogether this
year, part of which he sold for &c
cents per bushel. Mr.. Lyman be-
lieves in thoroughly preparing wheat
ground and his success proves his
belief.
Lyon County Pioneers.-Joseph
Rickabaugh and John G. Davis pio-
neers of Lyon county, died July 81
Mr.. Rickabaugh came to Lyon coun-
ty in 1857 and settled on the farm
which was his home until he died. He
was lieutenant in the Eleventh Kan
SIS cavalry during the Civil war. He
was II years old. A wife and eight
children survive him. John c. Davis,
who came here in 1870, died of heart
disease. He was a farmer, 81 years
old. He leaves a wife and seven chill
dren.
Wheat To Market.-In Cowley coun-
ty the wheat that so many thought
would be a total loss, because of the
recent rains and high water, is be-
ginning to be marketed and is bring
ing a good price. 1t ranges all the
way from CT to 70 cents a bushel, as
the grade of wheat is concerned, and
is in most localities of good quality.
1t is showing a yield of from Is to
25 and so bushels to the acre.
New Rural Routes.-Rural free de-
livery letter carriers have been ap-
pointed as follows: Larned-Herbert
A. Bell, carrier; Robert H. Bell, sub
stitute. Mineral Point-Egbert p.
CASTOR, carrier; Lillian CASTOR, sub
stitute. Norcatur-John A. Bern, car
rier; Buren, Speak, substitute. Pleas
anton-Mary Hazel Baker, carrier;
Shadrack McGlothlin, substitute.
Good Wheat Yield.-Threshing is
in full swing at Concordia now, and
wheat is running all the way from
eight to twenty bushels. The most
of it will weigh from fifty-six to fifty
eight pounds, and the berry is bright
and clean. The average yield the
county over is estimated by thresh-
ers at from thirteen to fifteen bush
els.
Ruined BY FIoods-The latest floods
killed the beet sugar industry in the
vicinity of Emporia for this year at
least. The beets survived the pre-
vious floods and came out fresh and
green, and those who had planted
them were congratulated on having
at least one crop that high water
could not hurt.
Green Corn Dance.-The Pottawato-
mic Indians began their annual green
corn dance at Nadeau, Kan. There
is much interest in the event, and as
the preparations were extensive, it
will be a success. Many white peo-
pie are spectators.
Building New Pens.-The Santa Fe
is making preparations for big cat
lie business in Kansas this fall. Ad-
tional yards and pens are being
built at Emporia and several other
points along the line.
A Working Girl.-Anna NJ Odden,
who drew No. "a in the Rosebud lot
terry, works in Murray's store at Den
ton, Kan. She is an adopted daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Odden of Don
iphan county.
Atchson At Observation-Disclosures
has been represented at the South
Dakota land drawing by three hundred
men and about twenty women.
Temporary lnjunction.-At Winfield
Judge Swartz in the district court dis
solved temporary injunction grant
ed some two weeks ago, restraining
the Missouri Pacific road from ship
ping cattle at Davidson, Cowley coun-
ty. The order was granted at the
request of farmers in the vicinity of
Davidson, who claimed the cattle were
infected with Texas fever.
Fertilizers For Kansas-Five manu-
facturers of commercial fertilizers
have been licensed by Secretary Co
burn of the state agricultural board
to sell their products in Kansas.
Public library-Stafford is to have
a public library through the generosi-
ty of one of her citizens, ]. d. Laribee.
He erects a building to cost $4,000
and the city is to agree to maintain
it. Petitions have been circulated and
literally signed asking the council to
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