The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-31
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

year.
The Winfield foot ball team il
charged with backing down by the
Arkansas City team.
An exchange remarks that the man
who gets the fewest letters complains
most of the postoffice; the man who
complains most of his neighbor iG the
meanest neighbor, and the man who
has the least sense is the most con-
ceited. 1t may also be added that the
man who borrows his neighbours paper
has the most fault to find with the
way it is run.
A somewhat novel business transac-
ton all around occurred at Leaven-
worth over two months ago when
Jessie George called on loan agent
and asked for loan of $50 with which
to 90 TO Oklahoma. He sat down to
the desk and drew up note and bill
of sale of his library on the back OF 1t
and took the $50 and departed. About
two months later he sent the lender a
letter, endorsing his check for S@5,
saying he had not time to call, and
adding: II trust this this will be sat
isfactory." The money shark" sent
him his note by letter enclosing his
check for SO, saying that his conscience
was not sufficiently elastic to permit
the acceptance of such robust com
mission and advised him tc be less
generous and more guarded in business
affairs in future.
F. D. Coburn, secretary of tie Kan
sas state board of agriculture, has pre-
pared for general circulation glazed
card printed in purple ink with the
heading kansas on top, the letters
being made of ears of corn and heads
of wheat and beneath table showing
that the value of the agricultural pro
ducts in Kansas for 1897 was S135, $780,
25s, that the value of live stock is $94,
O74,Ss5, and that during the year the
people of the state have paid off SIS ,00O,-
600 of bank Indebtedness and SIS, 000,-
900 of mortgages. There are people in
the east who believe that mortgages
are never paid off in Kansas. Such a
belief cannot maintain itself il the
face of the splendid record made by the
people OF Kansas this year They are
just like other people. They pay when
they have money to pay with.
After two years of suspense, it ia
now certain that the Kansas, Okla
homa Cen tral & Southwestern railroad
from Coffeyville, Kansas, to Vernon,
Texas, by way of Guthrie and Ell Reno
will be instructed, and it is not i'm
probable that six months will see the
roadbed completed. The Oklahoma
Central has been hampered, owing to
lack of proper backing since its incep-
ton. Two years ago the late Secre-
tary Robert Martin made a special
trip to Europe to float the bonds of the
road, but was unsuccessful. The com
pany has a franchise and is fully
equipped for operations. Lately Geo.
Gould has taken an interest in the
scheme for making a Missouri Pacific
connecting link with Northern Texas,
through the territories, and it is stated
on unquestioned authority that he will
build the road. Orders have been is
sued from New York to perfect the
survey of the road and begin active
work. 1t is stated that orders for ties
and iron have already been placed.
AS evidence corroborating these state
ments, officials of the Central are now
in the field examining the survey.
On December 21st James Claire, of
Paola, committed suicide at his hone
by shooting himself with revolver.
Claire was 20 years old and until re-
Gently had been working as harvest
hand In western Kansas. His act was
due to dependency.
In sight OF Alton there are about
1,5OO hundred head of cattle feeding,
requiring much corn, hay and other
products of the farm. Besides making
these products in demand, it naturally
forces the consumer to pay the highest
market prices for everything.
There is project on foot throughout
Usage county looking to the organiza-
ton of Womans Relief corps county
reunion association. The object of the
new society is to bring the different G.
A. R. post auxiliaries in closer touch
by holding annual county reunions,
changing the place of meeting each
year.
During the past week many Oklaho-
ma prisoners have arrived at Leaven-
worth from which place they will be
taken to the Kansas state penitentiary
at Lansing.
The steam heating system in the
round house at Newton is being run in
a peculiar manner. The pipe line from
the round house to the back shop is
not in working order and it is impossi-
s,lo 20 cot e4aor,, from, rho hoilarc 70 , he