The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-15

the old officers were reelected as FOL
lows: w. L. Wolverton, Holton, pres
ident; ]. NJ. Barnett, Soldier, secre-
tary; E. D. Forney, Cottonwood Falls,
vice president. The next place OF
meeting will be Emporia. They will
ask for the benefit of the mechanics
lien law.
Lots of Money in Kansas-The COM
bined statement of all national, state
and private banks of Kansas, showing
their condition at the close of bust
ness on November 27, last, has been
made public by State Bank Commits
sioner Albright. 1t shows total de-
posits of s167,000,000, or s145 for
every man, woman and child In the
state This is an increase of $4,000
600 over a year ago and an increase
OF s1,400,00O over the next previous
high water mark of August, 1907.
5o7,s3o Pupils in ksnsas.-The bien-
NAL report OF State Superintendent OF
Schools Fairchild, just made public,
shows the school population of Kan
sas to be 507,630, with an average at
tendance of 10000. There are $3.50
schools in the state with 1885 tea>l-
ers, 3.646 OF whom are graduates OF
colleges. The average monthly salary
OF country school teachers was SAX
and the city teachers $63. Tho cost
OF maintaining common schools was
SITS a pupil and high schools 1888.
Teachers were paid total OF $4,7S,-
SS1 In wages. More than half the
common schools, 1882 to be exact
have Libraries. Forty-one teach do
nestle science and manual training,
and twenty-three agriculture. There
are sixty-two consolidated schools
with an attendance of 1852 and thirty
two of them are doing high school
work.
May Haul Seed Free.-Two rail-
roads, the Rock Island and the Mis-
souri, Pacific, have been granted au-
thority by the State Board OF Rail-
road commissioners to haul wheat,
barley and oats for seed purposes free
Of charge to the western part OF the
state. Both companies made applica-
ton for this permission. The officials
state in their letters that there are
thousands Of acres OF land in western
Kansas upon which wheat, barley or
oats could be grown properly II 1t were
properly introduced. The roads pro-
pose to help the land holders and In
cidentally to help themselves by en-
couraging the sowing OF such crops
by hauling in the seed free OF charge.
1t is said that about thirty thousand
acres in the western part of the state
has not been seeded for the reason
that the settlers have no seed.
New Dairy Teachers at A. C.-Mr
Andrew Logan of Tavistock, Canada,
has been appointed instructor in COM
mercial dairying at the Kansas State
Agricultural College, and assumed his
duties January /. Mr. Logan is a
graduate of the Reading Agricultural
College, Reading, England; also of the
Midland Dairy Institute, Derby, Eng
land. He holds the national diploma
in dairying by the Royal Agricultural
Society of England and the Highland
and Agricultural Society Of Scotland
He is also a holder of the British Dairy
Farmers Associations diploma; holds
a silver medal for dairying. and also
a butter and cheese and factory man.
ayers certificate, from the Midland
Dairy Institute OF England. In con-
nection with this he has had extern
sive experience in creamery manage
ment. He spent the past season I'M
der one of Canadas best known and
qualified cheesemakers.
Teachers Elect offieers.-The Kan
sas State Teachers Association, in
session at Topeka, elected officers for
the ensuing year as follows: Presi.
dent. Superintendent S. G. Risdon OF
Independence; first vice president,
Miss Elsie Maddox of Emporia; sec.
ond vice president, Superintendent r.
G. Mueller Of Seneca; third vice pres
ident, Principal ]. B. Stonebsrry OF
Fort Scott. Auditing committee, Coun-
ty superintendent NJ. T. Barnett Of
Oberlin; Principal z. B. Albaugh o;
Clay Center, and Superintendent R. r.
Price of Hutchinson.
Scientists Elect offlcers.-The forty
first meeting Of the Academy OF
Science was held in Topeka. Profess
sor F. B. Dams of Washburn College
was chosen president to succeed e.
Haworth, state geologist, OF Law
renee. Other officers are: First vice
president, ]. NJ. McWharf, Ottawa;
second vice president. A. ]. Smith, EN-
poria; treasurer, F. W. Bushong, Law
renee; J. T. Lovewell was reelected
secretary. The meeting next year will