The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-07

ties, held at Hutchinson, Kansas, April
24-30; one fare for the round trip.
Tickets on sale April 24-27, good to re-
turn on and including May 1st
L. r. DELANEY, Agent
Only SI.41! Only S1.41! Only S1.41!
Kansas Musical Jubilee, Kansas
State Sunday School Association,
Hutchinson, Kans. For these events
the Santa Fe will sell tickets to Hutch
inson and return for one fare-$1. Al
for the round trip. Tickets on sale
May s, 10 and May IS and 10. Good to
return until May II and May 20, 1899.
L. R. DELANEY, Agent. O
Great Santa Fe Route.
On May Is, 16, II and IS the Santa
Fe will sell tickets to San Francisco
and return on account of the National
Baptist Societies meetings at the rate
of one fare for the round trip-$60. CO.
limited for return to July 18th, 1899.
The Santa FEES California service is
unsurpassed, having two trains daily
from Wichita, leaving $3.50 a. IN. and
ITO p. m. L. r. DELANEY, Agt.
Homoseekers' Excursion via Santa Fe
tn
On April 4th and IS, May I'd and 1G,
and June 9th and Goth, the Santa Fe
will sell round trip tickets at the very
cheap rate of one fare for the round
trip plus 49, 90 to all points in Arkan-
sas, Arizona, Indian territory and New
Mexico. These tickets will bear going
limit with stopover privileges of fifteen
days; final return limit twenty-one
days from date of sale. Before pur-
chasing tickets you will do well to call
on some representative of the road
reaches all points of importance-The
Great Santa Fe.
L. R. DELANEY, Agt
The Missouri g. Kansas telephone
company has definitely decided upon
extensive improvements in its service
in Oklahoma. The line from Guthrie
to Arkansas was begun last week, and
will be completed in ninety days
Poles have been ordered for a line
from Ell Reno to Kingfisher. 1t is
probable that this line will be extend
ed to Caldwell Kansas. Poles have
been ordered for an extension of line
from Norman to Purcell and Licking
ton and from Oklahoma City to Shaw
nee and Tecumseh. The gap between
Newton and Emporia, Kansas, will be
closed this next summer, giving Okla
homa direct telephone communication
with eastern cities.
There was a great roar at Atchison
when the committee saw the John A.
Martin monument. 1t was broken
column and the committee made a
great fuss at first, saying that it had
paid for a whole monument and want
ed it.
A Wichita young man who leaned
against wire before finding out
whether or not it was alive is now dy-
ing. There is great wonder that he
was not killed instantly. The wire
carried 2,75O volts But Wichita
man is not easily shocked.
A man is going through Kansas
with one of the old machines which
turns out greenbacks when fed blank
paper Some day he will meet man
who don't read the papers, and unload
the outfit on him.
At Atchison 4,612 voters registered,
the largest number in the history OF
the city. Leavenworth also broke all
previous records with Obs names on
the books. The latest figures show
ing the population of the two towns
give Atchison, 16,266; Leavenworth,
2O,657.
Captain ]. P. Grinstead, a veteran OF
the civil war whose pension of $50 a
month was looped off because he en-
listed in the war against Spain, will
endeavor to have it restored.
The st. John Weekly News issued
an Easter number on March "a which
is deserving of high comment. The
edition contained six pages, including
a beautiful illustrated cover of fine
book paper, which was printed in roc
ink. The number 10 a neat one ard
bespealss for its editor workmanship
taste and prosperity.