The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-04-19
Frank Grimes to Quit.

Frank Grimes to Quit.
State Treasurer Frank Grimes tells
the boys to count him out of poll
tics; says he has quit for good.
That trip to Washington with
Burton seemed to cure him. He
had not chirped since his return till
now. Burton must have set furi
Gus pace in the Capital for his friend
Grimes, that the latter should be-
come so thoroughly disgusted at his
time of life, right when his star
seemed to be in the eastern horizon.
We noticed in the Sunday Capt.
tabs want ads. of the various towns
of the state that some of the locali-
ties are not a bit modest in their de-
mands. They just about demand
new town. Possibly if they would
get up little home hustle and en-
terprise, the good things prayed for
would come. Now Ottawa need not
bother herself about paving brick;
Chanute can furnish her any amount
of good gas-burnt brick cheaper than
she can burn them with any fuel she
has. We distinctly remember that
the last time we were in Ottawa one
of her prominent hotel men said he
was fixing to put up first class 60
room hotel there at once. Wonder
if they will donate that IS, 900 to
their own citizen?
The second edition of the Kansas
Digest is on our table. 1t is neat
little monthly edited by Hon. H. P.
Farrelly of this city, and published
by the Blade office. The mechan-
ical make up is good and reflects
credit on the publisher. Editorially
it is what it claims to be, resume
of current events in concise form.
The second issue is an improvement
over the first, and the third prom
ises still better. Success to you,
Bro. Farrelly, in the new enterprise.
The general car famine, that is
being talked about in all sections of
the county, seems to be one that
cannot at present be avoided or rem
edled. All the car factories in the
country are said to be running at
full capacity with orders ahead from
the various roads that cannot be
filled for two and three years.
The federal water right law, which
gives a man the use of quarter
section of land, in the dry regions,
for constructing and maintaining
thereon a pond, is said to be work
ing great benefit in western Kansas.
Gov. C. NJ. Barnes of Oklahoma
has been turned down by President
Mckinley, and w. M. Jenkins ap-
pointed in his stead. This appoint
ment will probably quiet political
affairs in the Territory.
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Our friends the Cubans do not
seem to take kindly to the suggest
ions made by the Americans. They
will send a commission to Washing
ton to see if the differences can be
fixed up,
The old soldiers of the state are
now petitioning the President to
give them Peters if they can't have
Blue. With the average old soldier
it is, Good Lord anybody but
Evans.
The controversy between Con-
gresham Long and General Corbin
is mainly of interest to themselves
and the reading public cares but
little what either one of them said.
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II seems pretty well settled now
that the Indian lands soon to be dis
posed of in Oklahoma will be dis
tributed by the lottery plan instead
of by the running method.
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The Beers lost out in their suit to
stop the shipment of horses and
mules from this country to South
Africa for the use of the British.
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The Beers are now threatening
English commerce with privateers,
to be fitted out by friends of the
cause.
The Presidential party will see a
goodly portion of the west in the