The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-10-06
KANSAS COMMENT

is being enforced about as rigidly
throughout the state as the prohibi-
tory law Why not put the lid on in
the rural districts?
"Arid" Kansas. A farm near
Hollywood, in Western Kansas, sold
for 500 an acre the other day. Still
Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural
department, says that Western Kan
sas is semi-arid and hardly fit for
farming
Died in His Buggy Alone. - A. j..
Bingham, a farmer and old resident
at Abilene. died in his buggy while
driving in the south part of the coun-
ty. He was alone and his team went
to farm house unguided. He was
63 years old.
Big Picnic at Statford.-The big two
days picnic and church fair, to be
contested by the Union Center peo-
pie in DR.. Roses grove. southwest of
Stafford, October 4 and 5, promises
now to be the big gathering of the
season in this section of the state.
Unclaimed Freight Sale. - An an
nual sale of unclaimed freight will be
held in Topeka by the Santa Fe, be-
ginning October 8 and lasting for sew
eral days. A large amount of unclaim-
ed freight has accumulated at this
point during the past year and the
company will dispose of it by
auction.
Hays City Celebration. - Hays is
preparing for big celebration on
Friday, October 6, the day named by
the regents of the school to lay the
corner stone of the $4,000 gym
nasium of the Kansas State Normal
school just west of town. The main
room of the building will be the lar
gest auditorium west of Topeka.
Class Work Opens. - Glass work
opened at the state agricultural col
lege September %. The matricula-
ton and incidental fees received indi-
cate that the attendance will probably
exceed that of last falls term by over
200. While the official count has not
yet been made, President Nichols esti-
mates the attendance at present at
1,044.
New Bank For White City.-A COM
pany has been organized here for the
purpose of starting a new bank. The
president of the company is w. R.
Bigham, and AL Wallace will be
cashier. The bank will have a CAPT
tai stock of $4,000. A new building
will be erected at once and the bank
will be ready for business by the first
Of the year.
Kelly Bond Suits. - Attorneys for
the defendants in the suits brought by
the state on the bonds for 100000
and 100000 respectively against the
Title Guaranty and Trust Company,
Of Scranton, Pa, and T. T. Kelly, and
against the First National bank of To-
peka, William S. Simmons, c. o. Noel,
NJ. H. Rossington and C. j. Devlin,
this afternoon filed motions to make
the petitions more definite and GER
tain. The defense has until Septem-
Der 30 to file an answer.
Filipinos at Manhattan. - OF forty
Filipinos brought to Manhattan by the
United States government under di-
rection of the superintendent of Fill
Pine students, six have been enrolled
in the state Agricultural College and
the other thirty-four, three of whom
are girls, will be placed in other state
institutions. Five of those sent here
will take agricultural and one the me-
chanical engineering course. They all
talk fairly good English. They are
to remain here for the four years
course.
More Wheat Than Ever. - Reports
from many parts of the county indi-
cate that Morris county farmers are
preparing to SOW more wheat than
they have sown for many years.
Farmers who have sown wheat the
past four years have made money by
doing it. Last year and this have
been especially profitable. OF course
a dozen years ago wheat raising fiz-
Zled out in this county with a great
fizzle but that is no indication it will
not do to try it now. And again it
may be that there are several years
just ahead when the wheat business
will not pay. but it does not cost much
to try and the thing may work all
right. Morris county ought to have
100000 acres of wheat sown this
year.
Killed by an Engine-W. ]. Stahl,
a laborer in an extra gang employed
in the construction of a new switch
in the Kansas City Southern yards at
Pittsburg. was run down and killed
by the engine of passenger train No.
/. His head was cut off and carried
about 100 feet from the body. Both
legs and arms were cut off, but were
held to the body by his clothes.
University Cuts Football Out. - At
Wichita President Stanley of Friends