The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-07-10
KANSAS COMMENT.

Ing Irvine has made the use of headers
more popular.
BELLEvILIE SENDS FUNDS. Belle
vile sent her Fourth OF July cslebra-
ton fund to the flood sufferers
LAST Forty ACHES. The last one in
Sumner county has been taken by
Wesley Evans. 1t is not tillable.
NINE INDICTED. The grand jury has
indicted nine jointlScepers of Valley
Falls and arrests are being made.
SToCKYARps CoMPANY.-Th Hutch
inson stockyards company has incor-
porated with 1000 of capital stock.
STATE REUNION. Dodge City has
put in a bid at the G. A. r. department
for the state reunion. Hutchinson is
also candidate.
HARvEsTER's RATES. The railroads
out of Chicago have granted a rate OF
one cent mile from Chicago to the
Kansas wheat fields.
HENDERSON RESIGNS. &C. r. Hcnder-
son, superin tendent of motive power
for the Santa Fe, has rendered his
resignation TO take effect August l.
MEADE AS CHIEF.-J. NJ. Meade, res
ident engineer of the Santa Fe, with
headquarters at Topeka, succeeds C. A.
Morse us chief engineer of the eastern
division.
EVERYTHING THEY HAD BURNED
Tony Showers and wife of Rocks coun'
ty, attired in their oldest clothes, went
to Bow Creek for the purpose OF catch
ing some fish for sick neighbor. In
the night lightning struck their home
and destroyed it, burning completely
everything they had on earth, leaving
them without even presentable clothes
FLAW IN THE LAw.-It has developed
that n flaw exists in the law, passed by
the legislature last winter, making 1t
unlawful for the probate judge OF
county. to issue marriage license TO
those who are mentally unfit The
law makes it misdemcanor for the
probate Judge to knowingly issue
license to such person, but provides
no way by which he can discover the
facts.
WARNING CORPORATIONS Secretary
of State Burrow is now sending out
blanks to the different Kansas corpor-
ations for statements showing their
financial condition. Accompanying
each blank is circular letter telling
what will happen to the corporation II
the statement is not made and filed
with the secretary of state. The in
formation is taken from the new cor
poration law.
PRIZES AT STATE FAIRS. The worlds
fair commission has issued regulations
governing the awards on county eX-
hibits at the Topeka and Hutchinson
state fairs. Five prizes, ranging from
$500 down to 500 are to be given by
the commission for county displays.
The prize displays are to be sent to st,
Louis to help make up the Kansas eX-
hibit In the grain display the regula-
tions call for sixteen different kinds.
MUST MAINTAIN SCnooL.-Scott
county established high school some
time ago. The county commissioners
are getting tired of it and ask the at
tornev general if they can discontinue
it. The law requires that the commits
sioners shall provide the funds. The
attorney general holds that so far as
controlling the school is concerned
they have no more jurisdiction over it
than any private citizen; that all they
can do is to provide for funds for its
maintenance and this they must do.
AN ESTATE IN GERNANY.-Dr Will
checks, of Valley Center, recently re-
Gently received word from Germany
that his aunt had died, leaving him as
the principal heir to her large estate
He left for Germany Saturday and will
stav there until the estate is settled
He will then return to Valley Center
or Wichita.
TRAIN STRASDED A MoNTH.-A Rock
Island freight train was caught be-
tween washouts for month four miles
west of Abilene. The repair train
reached it and rescued it on June 25.
SPECIAL FOR TEACHERS special
train left Topeka on July l, over the
Santa Fe, loaded with teachers on their
way to Boston to attend the annual
convention of the National Educational
association. The train was one OF the
Santa FEES finest, and it goes through
TO Boston, stopping at Chicago, Mag
nra Falls, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec
and Thousand Islands.
Irrigation CogvENIIoNs.-This is
what the Kingman Leader calls the
gatherings there after the arrival of a
lease" or a ''keg" from Wichita