The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-12-26
Suit has been flied against Joe

Suit has been flied against Joe
OR3o by w. 'thc l,r 5000 I"
not know anytul L about The ca +,
but i, doe. seem ,uco thing ahiWld
not be between father and son. They
should gA fngethrr aud Tx the wat
ter up Tt are bplh well know
| mere aud IL 80, ms STRANGE theV -hnuid
! nave such SERIOUS fferences thst
| they caunol be .tdju- ed without r,-
sort 10 the courts Joe was gre
favorue n ['hapu'e ,ud IL lmpn'>'.
BILE that he would try Ia wrong his
, fatb.r. Fix The matter W, geOl Il,
men. In t,r1e manner. Donttlet THIS
thirg 90 on Both b reaSoH 'h'e a'd
fair AID nere VIII he some means
| found IT, settle the matter without
the costs and disgrace of suit be.
tween father and SOD.
Quite Number OF land owners abo
GllCIT WIVES. uOiuIHk AS"" N'"' "
river, east OF Austin, we're In town
Monday signing up leases for gas ard
oil ME- A. Rider is taking the
leases and paying dollar an acr'
in advance for them. Mr., Rider ex
poets to he drilling on the land in
very short time. We noticed MesSr>.
aud Me~dames Flank Williams. T W
Hanks, J. NJ. Birdsong, l.. l.. Brown
ing, E. A rolaw, signed up and took
their checks.
Senator Porter Of Crawford county
was in ChanuLe last Monday. The
senator viii Introduce a. bill in the
Kansas senate the coming session,
allowing cities 10 vote Il special scho0t
tax for the purpose OF maintaining
manual training school similar to the
one now in Plttsburg. This would be
a great step IN advance for our Kan
sas schools and we hope to see the idea
prevail.
l seems we are goint to have new
telephone line. A line is to be built
from Beuedict into this city. We sup
pose the oi companies operating in
the two fields want rapid communica-
ton. Should they bring in gusher
over there they would want to phone
over to Chanute for hand car load Of
shovels to dig pool to hold the vast
ing oil.
w III. Nation of Shaw WIS in Cha
mute, last Monday. Mr. Nation says
tue farmers about Shaw have organlz-
ed an oil company, secured drill and
will begin work ia few days on the
Mathews land north of thier city. We
commend their enterprise and sincere
ly hope they may be successful.
Prof. Haworth of the State Univer
slty was looking over this part OF the
country, a day or two, this week. He
expresses himself as surprised and
pleased at the developments that have
taken place here particularly ia the
line of oil and gas.
There is a new lease man IN the
field. He is blocking up leases south
and east of Austin and says he will
20 to work at once. He pays dollar
an acre in advance. He seems to have
no trouble in getting all the land he
wants.
M. K Green, erstwhile the TINES
hustler, BOW with the Abilena people,
is home for the holidays. Mr.. Green
is meeting with great success in his
road job. He surely deserves it for
he is hustler of the hustlers.
The Commercial Company has To-
Gated we'll on the west side Of the rlv-
er on the Wickstrom land. This, of
course, will be a splendid oiler as it
was located by the Crawford county
wizard.
jeff Afford was in town Tuesday to
meet a cousin from Indiana, who will
visit the Affords about Leanna and
probably hold meeting there.
If you want anything in the line Of
buggies or carriages see us promptly.
We are now closing out at cost-HEM-
niger g. MONTAGUE,
}. W. Toomey, one Of the enterpris-
young farmers of South Valley, visit
ed the TINES office, Tuesday and left
memento of his visit.
The best line you can find in South
eastern Kansas to select a fine Christ
mas present from, at Burch & Ho
shaw's.
Tony Bradley says he Only uses a
crutch now so his wife won't make
him carry in the water.
When you are looking for Christmas
presents examine Burch & Hoshaw's