The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-28

The Fort Scott street railway system
is now owned and operated by home
men only.
The opinion that Kansas will have
another big wheat crop is certainly
widespread.
Thirty-two parties have left Yelling
ton on the excursion to Sabine Pass.
They will be banqueted Mt the leading
hotels for 81 days free of cost. None
are expected to return home before the
experation of the time limited
The county commissioners have sold
Dickinson county's new refunding
bonds, $276,0Oo, to Splitter g. Co., Of
Toledo, Ohio, at par and 1915 premium.
They are issued at per cent and re-
fund all the county's indebtedness
which was at per cent.
The new messenger boy at the Santa
Fe in Wichita is going through a course
of initiation. He has been ordered in
all serionsness hereafter in answering
the telephone to show due respect to
patrons by removing his hat Now
every time the bell rings he hastily
jerks off his hat before he takes down
the receiver.
The war between the Hutchinson
city council and the Salvation Army il
not yet over. The members of the
army have shown determination in the
fight, number of them going to jail
at one time rather than submit TO hav-
ing their parades on Main street stop
ped by the police. The city ordinance
taxing the parades was knocked out in
the district court, and the army cele'
brated its temporary victory by a great
demonstration, The city council has
taken up the fight anew and will ap-
peal the case to the supreme court.
The Wellington city council has pass
ed an occupation tax ordinance. The
ordinance is blow at the department
store system. 1t provides that all
stores engaging in two or more kinds
of business at the same time shall pay
a seperate license on each and every
kind of business represented. The or
dinanee is particularly severe also on
the instance agents and insurance
In addition to "a tax of
Bis per year imposed upon each fire, ac-
cident, tornado. marine or other insur-
lnce company doing business in the
city, except local concerns having their
nome office there, the life insurance |
agents are required to pay a license of |
$40 per year for each company they
The state historical society library
low contains 90, O34 volumes-of books,
and newspapers; besides
mberless manuscripts, pictures and
historical relics of every description.
During the period of ~ months from
November |. 1896, to November 1, 1897,
here have been added to the library
"a volumes of books; 2,351 unbound
-olumes and pamphlets; 1887 volumes
# newspapers and periodicals; IS sin
rle newspapers containing matter OF
historical interest; SO maps, aliases and
harts; SO manuscripts; 222 pictures and
'ther works of art; two pieces of scrip;
Sc relics and other miscellaneous con-
ributions. The library now contains
IN it's shelves 1890 bound volumes of
Kansas newspapers and magazines.
The regular issues of all the newspa-
,ers and periodicals published in Kan
as are, with very few exceptions, now
icing received end preserved by the
ociety. They are the free gift of the
publishers of the state. They are
,ound IN annual or semi-annual vol
mes, and are preserved in the library
or the free use of the people. They
lumber no in all. OF these Sc are
allies, 62s weeklies, semi-weeklies,
. monthlics, semi-monthlies, l BIZ
nonthly quarterlies, 6 occasionals.
hey come from all over the 1O5 coun-
les Of Kansas. These facts are taken
rom Secretary Adams annual report
o the board of directors.
There are still thousands of Kansans
,ho do not feel dressed up if they
aven't bright silk handkerchief
wrapped loosely around their neck.
Walter Gray, winner of the Inter
tate Cakewellx held at Wichita re-
emily, is making money selling his
wn photographs. The idea was in
ected into Wallace's head by an Ok
ahoma newspaper man. He had six
Oxen photographs taken and has dis
osed of all of them at so cent each.
Yearly four dozen went to parties in
he East
If times turn out still better in Kan
as this year, by next fall the the Kan
as man will have his chin in the air,
nd will be wading through autumnal