The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-07-26
1t Happened TX A n S A S
OUR WEEKLY GIsT OF CONDENSED ITEMS


yield in Kansas this year will be
100000 bushels. The yield last
year was about 90,000,000 bushels.
Mr.. Bowersock says that while the
crop is 100000 bushels short, the
price SO far has been away ahead of
what it was last year and therefore
the farmers will be just as we'll off.
The quality of the wheat is much
better than was expected. Pracu-
cally all of it weighs heavy and is III
good condition.
Green Bug Cost S15,ooo,ooo. - An
expert in the agricultural depart
ment approximates the damage done
wheat in Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas by the green bug this spring
at $15,000,000 He makes these fig
ures after a personal visit to the
stricken section. However, as the
figures are only a guess, they will
not be included in the official green
bug" bulletin soon to be issued.
Makes Big OF! Sale. - Receiver j.
C. o. Morse. of the Uncle Sam Oil
Company, made a 50000-barrel sale
of residium to an Emporia company
for $4,000. This was from the
Cherryvale refinery and is the lar
gest sale ever made in the mid-con-
tinent field. Residium is used for
fuel, being oil run through the REIN
cries and all of the kerosene and
gasoline extracted. This is the COM
pany of which H. H. Tucker, now in
the Leavenworth JAIL was the pro-
moter.
Is 1903 Years Old.-The 103rd birth
day anniversary of Mrs. Mary Ann
Boicourt was recently celebrated at
the home of her eldest daughter, Mrs.
Caleb Carver. one mile northeast OF
Moline She was born in 1904 in
Harrison county, Va. In 1928 she
married Thomas Boicourt, who died
in Illinois. in 1854, leaving her with
large family to care for, ten child
rem having been born of the union,
eight of whom lived to be men and
women. OF these. three are now Nv
ing.
Killed in Kansas HoIdup. -
While beating their way home TO
Western Kansas after having work
ed in the wheat fields in the south
ern part of the state, o. j. Brown and
Otis Taylor were attacked by rob-
bers, who held up the st. Louis q
San Francisco freight train, on when
they were riding, about five miles
east of Cherryvaie. and tried to take
earnings. Brown and Taylor resist
ed. Brown was shot and killed al
most instantly. Taylor was wound
ed twice, one bullet striking him in
the left shoulder and the second In
the stomach. Taylor was taken to
the hospital. He is in serious con-
dition. but may recover.
The Bull Gored His Horse.-While
to drive bull from MS
pasture Chef Alexander, a young
farmer living a few miles southwest
of Waverly, was thrown from his
horse and seriously hurt. The horse
was gored repeatedly by the vicious
brute and during its rearing ana
jumping Mr.. Alexander was thrown
to the ground. His arm
was broken in two places by the fall,
his elbow dislocated and he was in
jured internally. After Mr.. Alexand-
er's fall the bull continued its attack
on the horse and could not be driven
away until neighbors secured shot
guns and fired two charges into the |
tough hide. The injured
man was hastily brought to town and
his injuries dressed. The attending
physician says he will recover, pro-
viding no complications arise.
Neqro Woman Dies, Age 119.-Mrs.
Ann Owens, a negro, known TO De
more than lis years old and resi-
dent of Hutchinson twenty years
died last week.
Finds Many Rusty Freezers. -
The state board of health is COM
a crusade on ice cream
Freezers. At one factory in a large
Town sixty-four cans were found
carroded so badly that their use is
The cans are worth
about IS each.
Tried to Mob the Umpire. - Be
cause il was claimed he gave de-
,isions unduly favorable to Joplin in
he first inning. the crowd surged
cut on the diamond during the Leav-
baseball game at
Leavenworth and tried to mob UNI
oire Eckman. One man struck at
Eckman with a baseball bat hard
enough to kill him. but the blow was
xarded of by another Ecl1man was
inally gotten off the field safely by
he police. He awarded the game to
Joplin. An exhibition game of six
innings was played. Leayenworth
by a score of 5 to 1. Every
nan on the Joplin team changed po'
sitions during the game.