The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-06-22
KANSAS COMMENT

Kansas. A. w. Hines, west OF Salina
began cutting and farmer IN tne
northern part of Mcpherson county
commenced recently. The dry weath
er has hurt the crop considerably
North and east of Salina it is better
than south and west.
RuiIding Another Elevator. The
Hutchinson Mill Co. is building
"neat~elevator at Medora. Ibis not
a large one, being only of 5000 bush
els capacity, butts sufficient to do
the work. The mill company has two
other elevators, one at Silica and the
other at Whiteside. OF the three, the
one at Medora is the smallest The
company expects to have it complet-
ed by July l.
Alma Has a Boom. This town is
having a business boom at present.
one of the evidences is the erection
OF an $1,000 modern school house.
Many new homes are being built. A
late statement of the Commercial
State Bank, seven months old, shows
deposits of $62, 26205, not to mention
capital and other earnings. J. N.
Dolley is president and L. Palenske
cashier
Standard Oil in Kansas. - The
Standard Oil Company, of Kansas,
filed with the secretary of state a no.
tice that it has increased its capital
stock from 100000 to 81 100000. The
increase, according to Earl Evans, of
the firm of Stanley & Evans, of Wich-
ita. general attorneys for the Stand
ard Oil Company, is necessary be-
cause of the increased business
which the company is doing in Kan
sas this year
Will Investigate Mystery. - The
military authorities at Ft. Leaven-
worth ere making preparations to de-
termine whether or not the body ia
ken from the river near Richmond,
Mo-. is that of Private Furr, who has
been missing from the post for some
time. FUR disappeared on June 2
when he was supposed to have gone
to the river to fish. The body found
at Richmond was clothed in a uni
form thought to be that of Fur.
Checking Prison Accounts. - j. c.
Gafford, state accountant, is prepar-
ing to make an investigation of the
state penitentiary. Gov. Hoch has or
dered Gafford to make an investiga-
tion of the state institutions and the
penitentiary is the next on his list
He is now going over the accounts of
the penitentiary as kept in the Office
of the auditor of state and these will
be compared with the records in the
Office of the warden of the institu-
Jtion.
r Hiawatha Library Secured. - The
provision that a site be furnished by
the city to go with Carnegie's gift
of $4,000 for public library at Hia-
watha has been met by Ex-Governor
E. N. Morrill,, who has given two lots
for that purpose. He asked that the
citizens give money sufficient to raise
the lots above the level of the sur
rounding ground. and Miss R. D. XII
ner, the librarian, within a few days
purpose.
" Wheat Conditions Weak. - Accord
ing to the crop report issued by F.
D. Coburn, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, the wheat con-
ditions in Kansas are rather discour-
aging at this time, the condition be-
ing 70.5, a decline of 10 points since
the April report. Indications are,
therefore, that Kansas will harvest
only three-fourths of a full crop this
year. Corn, while it is backward in
the northern counties owing to dry
weather, has been helped materially
by recent rains. The condition is 70,
which compares favorably with the
past three years.
! $50 Days in Jail. - In the district
court at Paola as final result of the
prosecutions begun by b. L. Sperling,
assistant attorney general of Miami
county, four joint keepers and two
clerks were sentenced, the sentences
aggregating $50 days in Jail and fines
of $1,000, with bonds from each for
lubulf 6OOu btlldNlOI. he lOuI JOlul-
keepers have taken an appeal to the
supreme court.
Took a Good Nap.-Charles Rowe,
of Hiawatha. who is So years old, and
doesn't look to he more than GO, fell
asleep at his home and didn't awake
for two whole days. The doctor says
he was not asleep but was sham
ming. Rowe is living with his third
wife and has remarkable vitality for
a man of his age. He has two small
children, one only about a year old,
and another about 3.
Loss on the cottonwood.-The Cot
tonwood river is now in its banks at
Florence. Telephone reports are
coming in telling of damage done to
the farmers along the Cottonwood
valley. It is estimated that a loss of
one-half million was sustained by the
farmers along the Cottonwood.
Organizes Old Fashioned Fair.-At
meeting Of farmers and business