Inland Sea Irrigation Plan for Cheyenne Bottoms
A Hutchinson News correspondent recalls L Baldwin and F Koen proposing to divert Arkansas River waters to flood Cheyenne Bottoms near Great Bend. The scheme envisages a 16 mile ditch 100 feet wide, 4 feet deep at center, funding via 20 foot right of way donations, creating a 30 foot roadway and storage basin to flood 9,000 acres, boosting irrigation and preventing hot winds.
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Thie City
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J. V Brinkman
G. W. Moses
Theo. Griffith
Urrodeh
Walbut
Kansas
Great Natral
Garden City Market sees booming range feed and cattle shipments
Garden City notes booming Wattle Interests with strong range feed. It becomes a shipping point for cattle with ten cars sent to Little River for feeders and two cars of paws and 240 yearlings shipped from New Mexico. Range is good and farming demand outpaces supply. farmers could handle thousands more with financing.
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Garden City
Little River
Neve Mexico
Lattie Commission
Ami Cur Banks
City Theatre Hat Ban Enacted in Atchison
An ordinance passed at the recent city council session in Atchison bans wearing hats during theatrical performances. Theater managers allowing patrons to wear hats face a fine up to $100. The measure, adopted by a narrow margin with only three votes against it, reflects progressive legislation from the last session.
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Atchison
Leavenworth to House New Pump Factory Venture
S E Parker and Kansas City attorneys solidify plans to open a factory in the old Caton Stave works. A Kansas City group will operate the plant, purchasing the site from Jet Gov Morrill for 3000 dollars. The venture aims to produce a patent pump and a patent smelter for ore, with about 10 men to be employed in the first year.
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Leavenworth
S. E. Parker
Kansas City
Caton
Leaven- Worth
Jet
E. Morrill
Tony
Leavenworth City Council Removes Clerk Gray
City council in Leavenworth removed James Gray from the office of city clerk after he had been elected district court clerk and began combining duties with deputies. Gray fled to the clerk’s room, locked the books in the safe, and the city attorney was instructed to install Harry Abrey this morning and pursue legal possession if needed. Ottawa County Farmers Institute in Wellsville announced the fourteenth annual Tri County Farmers’ Institute to be held January 5 and 6 with addresses by F D Coburn Prof Georgeson and Prof S Will.
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James Gray
Cicyclers
Gray
Harry Abrey
Abrey
District Court
Ottawa County Farmers Institute
Ottawa
Farmers’ Institute
Wellsville
Kan
F. D. Coburn
State Board of Esricitare
Prof
Georgeson
Colless
Wants His Price Raid Script Atchison Jan 1
Dick Carpenter a guard plans to go to Topeka to demand money owed for fighting against Price in the war. He served 24 days and $12 in script. settlement is held at the state capital and now totals about $50 with 10 percent interest. Wolves multiply near Atchison County with talk of wolf population rising. A wolf attacked Jake Resers, a prominent Black man, near Oak Mills.
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Dick Carpenter
Cans Guard
Topeka
Atchison County
Jen. J
Atchisu
Eta Wolfenuss
Wolfs
Jake Resers
Due Lefrom
Oak Mills
Burns club to celebrate Robert Burns birth anniversary
The Burns club of Chore county invites the public to the 178th Robert Burns birthday celebration in Cottonwood Falls on Friday evening. The program chair will be J. G. Waters of Topeka.
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Burns Club
Chore County
Robert Burns
J. G. Waters
Topeka
Stella Mott Case Update In Hutchinson Amputations
A new chapter in the Stella Mott case reports the girl’s severely frozen limbs amputated by physicians after exposure in a storm. The condition of Stella Mott and details of the procedure are provided by local medical authorities today.
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Stella Mott
Hutchinson
Jan Ti
Stock Yards Bill Seeks Rates for Kansas Public Yards
Senator Caldwim introduces a bill to fix care and feed rates at public stock yards in Kansas with emphasis on Kansas City yards. The measure raises feed charges to ten percent or wholesale rates of the feed sold at the yard, as listed at the place where the yards are taxed.
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Kansas
Khosas City
Idas
Second Fort Scott Normal School Bill in Senate
Senator Shaffer introduces a bill to establish a second state normal school at Fort Scott. The measure would purchase the Kansas normal college property for the site and provide 20000 dollars to acquire it plus 10000 dollars annually for maintenance in 1998 and 1999.
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Schafers
Fort Scott
Senate
Shaffer
Kansas Normal College
Repeal Move Targets Police Commissioner System
Representative Hackbusch of Leavenworth introduced house bill no 9 aiming to repeal the present police commissioner structure. He argues cities should gain power to govern local business by a majority rule and hopes a home rule law passes later in the session.
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Hackwusch
Hacksnbuseh
Leavenworth
Hackbusch
Topeka land entries questioned in Union Pacific grant
Washington reports Secretary of the Interior replies to a House resolution on homestead entries in Kansas lands within the Union Pacific grant. The secretary says land officers lacked authority to permit entries and that patents were withheld due to the railroad’s default on subsidy bonds, affecting lands in government possession at default time.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Francis
Topeka
Kansas
Union Pacific
Platt Calls Report on Senate Decline Nonsense
New York January report of January inquiry shows Platt denying a rumor he would decline the United States Senate seat. He dismisses the question as nonsense and refuses to comment further, saying the matter is not worth answering.
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York
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Cau
United States
Inaugural Train Fixed for McKinley Trip From Canton
Colonel George A. Garretson announced plans for special trains carrying President-elect McKinley and escorts. The Canton departure is March 1 at 2 p m, arriving Washington next morning. The Eighth Ohio Regiment and Troop A Cleveland will escort, with Alliance joining en route.
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George A. Garretson
McKinley
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Washington
Imaugural Transportation Committee
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Sherman Visits W kinley in Canton for Cabinet talk
Senator John Sherman visits President elect McKinley in Canton arriving at 10 30 am and is hosted by Major and Mrs McKinley. Congressman Burrows also travels with him as rumors of cabinet appointments swirl and attention focuses on potential invitation to General Alger for the war cabinet.
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Sherman
Ohio
Major
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Mansield
Congressmean Burrows
Michigan
Congressman Burrows
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Burrows
Defeated candidates praise campaigns and Parks victory
The defeated state printer candidates thank supporters and express satisfaction with Mr Parks campaign. Lyman Nautle comments on a gentlemanly canvass while Brown extols Osage county coal. The Southwestern Facel ad appears amid the text.
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Brown
Osage County Coal
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Southwestern Facel Co
Chloral emergency sickens Intererats figure Price
Kansas City dispatch reports major 6 Ewing Price, who arrived December 5 with interests of the Intererats, found unconscious in his hotel room at Victoria Hotel this morning from a chloroform medical emergency. He was rescued after strenuous effort and remains under care as new state officers and senators hear poetry by Mary French Field.
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Kansas City
Ewing Price
Victoria Hotel
Market Report On Wheat Corn And Provisions
The report summarizes Chicago and Kansas City market activity for wheat corn oats and provisions. Wheat prices fluctuated as Liverpool reaction lagged with May and July futures touched and then eased. Corn and oats showed quiet to steady moves while provisions remained dull near previous closes. Livestock receipts and market tone at Kansas City and Seattle are noted with mixed price signals and strong to steady tendencies.
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State Journal
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Liverpool
Northwestern
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May
Sue
Sie
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Site Inis
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Antwerp
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Fiat
Jeanary
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India
Hotchkiss
Indiana
State
Ohio
Gifford
Chicago Market Roundup Ends In Turbulent Trading
A fragmented report notes wheat and corn movements with Chicago prices and bids. Delayed car shipments, firm prices and cautious optimism push traders to buy on breaks while bears face pressure from mixed tips and a cautious outlook.
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