The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-11-30
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Lakin is the shipping and banking
point for Grant county stoclSmen.
The governor will probably appoint
the four new supreme court judges
soon.
Two hundred hooks have been added
to the travelling library department OF
the state library
E. G.. Martin, government postotlice
inspector of long service has removed
his headquarters to Topeka.
Mr. Henderson, of Council Grove, has
purchased the Larned electric light
plant and will make needed repairs.
The reservoirs of the Lansing prison
hold $500, 900 gallons; about 100000
gallons are used in the prison each
day.
Secretary Coburns 1.-The Horse Use
full has been adopted by the Washing
ton State Agricultural college as text
book.
1t is said that Governor Stanley re-
ceives as high as so letters day which
suggest new laws and amendments to
old ones.
Ellis county elected a Russian as dis
trict clerk, who had never taken out
citizenship papers; and now there is a
vacancy to be filed.
Frank Montgomery says that there
is locomotive engineer running out
of Topeka who is paying alimony to
three divorced wives.
The Rock Island has bought a strip
of land along their tracks in Armour
dale, which is IA rods wide and 40 rods
long, for more sidings.
Inquiries come to Auditor from East
ern owners of large tracts of land in
Western Kansas, upon which taxes are
in default, as their amount.
The total enrolment in the schools
of Neosho county is 5,64S of which
Chanute has about one-fourth. The
county employs 1877 teachers.
Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson an
nounces the sale of his Barber county
farm and his intention to remove to
the western part of the Seventh dis
trict.
DIR. Shultz of Wichita seems to have
demonstrated that an extract of alfalfa
seed will add to the weight of the
human body. He will not patent his
discovery.
The Girard canning factory put up
10000 cans of tomatoes and Is, 900 cans
of apples this year. They now want
to contract for $50 acres of tomatoes
and 500 acres of sweet corn.
Kansas University will ask this win
ter for appropriations of 500, 900 for
new museum building, $25, 900 to COM
plete the chemistry building and gen.
eral maintenance fund of 100000.
Elk Sheriff Ben Huey, of Pottawato-
mic county, died at his home in Wame-
go on November 81. He served in the
Sixty-Second Pennsylvania infantry
and was a member of the Grand Army.
The residence in Topeka occupied by
Pension Agent Cyrus Leland lost its
attic and roof by fire, all under that
being thoroughly drenched with water.
The fire department worked three
hours.
Estell, one of the escaped convicts
from the Kansas penitentiary. married
girl in Allen county. When he was
arrested she learned his history and
left him. He swore he would kill her,
and now the people there are nervous
while he is at large.
Cattle are being rapidly shipped out
of Finney county and fewer feeders
are beiug brought in than usual; in
consequence there is surplus of hay.
The judicial amendment provides
that the governor-elect shall appoint
the judges so it was mistake when
the statement was made that they will
he appointed soon.
Lawrence merchants, and perhaps
those of other towns, complain that
rural delivery of mails has cut down
their trade; which benefits the country
villages and stores
Wyandotte county pays the largest
average salaries to teachers; for male
teachers $50 so a month, for female
teachers S52 month.
The name of Lieut.. NJ. Koontz, Forty
Fourth infantry, is in the last list of
killed from Manila. He served with
the same rank in the Twenty-Second
Kansas
Josiah Moose, the man who guided
the Mormons across the plains and
wrote book about it, just celebrated
his goth birthday at his home in Win
field. He is still strong and hearty
Six paving contractors of Kansas
City, Kas., have been convicted OF vio-
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