The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-10-16

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this year. They come mostly from
Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesot;
aud Missouri. Some como from In
diana, Ohio and Michigan and few
from Arkansas Ninety per eent o
the homcscelsers who buy land arr
young people.
/ HAULING WHEAT BY MOoNJLGHT.-
The new elevator at Hoxie is prepared
to handle 10000 bvshels of grain daily
Since wheat began to move it has
been receiving from 5000 TO 1900 bush
els daily, some Of it testing as high as
62 pounds TO the bushel. During the
moonlight nights wheat has been ar
irving, the road leading to the elevator
presenting lively sight filed with
farmers wagons
GAS WELL BROKE LOOSE. The Tim
mons gas well, one mile from Fredonh'
broke loose, badly wreelSing the der
rick and demolishing much other drill
ing property. The report was heard
| for miles around. The web is 1,040
feet deep and had been successfully
capped. Much two-inch tubing was
blown out, some of which was fonnd
200 yards away kinhed mp like
straws.
The CITY's SUPPORT. 1.-THE police
court receipts in Leavenworth last
month amounted to nearly 97,00n, the
largest collection in the history of the
city. With the exception OF II few
hundred dollars the amount was col
lectcd from gambling houses, policy
shops saloons and houses of an i'm
moral nature. The two policy shops
alone pay ST. 300 month into the city
treasury.
IGNORE STATUTES. Kansas has cities
which Systematically ignore such state
laws as are considered, locally, as dis
advantageous to business. The latest
law which receives no attention in
some of these cities is the traaney law
which forbids the employing of boys
under Is years of age during the terms
oil school.
QUARANTINE RAISED. livestock
sanitary commission has issued an
order raising the quarantine after
November l in the southern town
ships of Cowley, Chautauqna, Labettc,
Montgomery and Cherokee counties
CAMP SANeER-In honor of the as
sistant secretary of war, Scamp Will
liam Carey SsNger" is the name official
ly adopted for the maneuver camp at
Fort Riley this fall. Camp Root"
was its name year ago.
UNIvERsAIIsr CONVENTIONS. - The
thirty-fourth annual convention OF the
Kansas Univclsalist churches and the
thirteenth annual convention OF the
Young Peoples Christian .gnion have
been held at Junction City.
WILL UsE ELECTRIC MoToRs-
Topeka board of education has decided
to use electric motors in the new school
buildings to drive the ventilating fans
and hot blast heating systems instead
of gasoline engines.
KILLED IN OMAHA.--A. 4. Rauiff
was killed by the blowing down of a
brick wall at Omaha during storm.
The Omaha men we're injured at the
same time.
RANKS Firm The First Prcsby-
terrain church of Wichita is the fifth in
the number of mem bcrs of the churches
of that denomination in the United
States
SCARLET FEvEr- One Mcpherson
school has been closed en account of
scarlet fever. Several eases in the east
part Of the town have been reported.
ARKANSAS VALLEY TEIEPnoEE.--The
Bell telephone system is completed
and IN operation between Hutchinson
and Great Bend.
HIGHWAYS NEGI ECTEp. legis-
laturc last winter passed law giving
farmers the right to pay their road tax
in cash. Mos. of them are paying in
cash. The road overseers are having
trouble finding men 10 work the roads
Every body is employed in other pur-
suits and as result country roals in
many sections are in wretehcd con-
dition.
DEFAUL1ED INTEREST. Interest dine
the state school fund from counties,
and school districts of tho
state amounts TO s917, e23.
WANT ROADS TO CONNER. -fhe
state board of railroad commissioners
visited Anthony this week. 1t seems
that each road believes it's interests
will be better served by refusing to in
tcrchange business there Under the
new law the board can compel roads 10
build connections and interchange