The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-03-27
KANSAS COMMENT.

Fort Scott.
LANDS SELLING RAPIDLY.-This is
true of Dickinson county. Farms are
selling to parties coming from Iowa
and Illinois at prices nearly double
those of three or four years ago.
INJURED Much GRAIN-The upper
story of the Rockwell g. Co. elevator at
Junction City is badly damaged by fire
and the greater portion of S12, 900 bush
els of grain was damaged by water
FOUNDER OF HUToHINsoN.-C. c.
Hutchinson, who now lives in Oregon,
has visited the Kansas city which he
founded and which bears his name
He still has many friends in Hutchin-
son.
STRIKE GROWING. is reported
from Pittsburg that the mechanical de-
partment of the Kansas City Southern
railroad is tied up; the boilermakers,
blaclSsmiths, coppersmiths and the
helpers all walked out.
No ATTEMPT TO EvADE.-A Topeka
attorney who represents a number OF
slot machine owners says the bill
drawn up to knock out these robbing
devices is so well built that it will be
useless to attempt to buck it.
WEBSTER REAPPOINTED. Prof Ed.
II. Webster, professor of the dairy de-
partment at the state agricultural col
lege, has been reappointed inspector
and expert of the dairy division of the
agricultural department, Washington,
d. c. His salary will be $1,000, which
is an increase of $3.50
HEAVY FIRE Loss The burning of
the Hoxie roller mills and Crum's ele-
vator at HoXie was a loss of $4,000 on
the mill and So 900 on the elevator
The mill was fully insured but there
was no insurance on the elevator.
part o. the wheat, about 1000 bushels,
which was in the elevator was saved.
CAUGHT FROM BALLOTS L.
T. Carver, of Topeka, is seriously i'll
from erysipelas. He caught the disease
from handling ballots in the Hamilton
Geiger contest case. Two years ago
II. T.. Doran, another Topeka lawyer,
caught erysipelas in the same manner
and was seriously i'll for several months.
FAKE FERTILIZERS. -Schermerhorn's
bill to put fake fertilizer concerns out
of business passed the Legislature.
Hundreds of farmers in southeastern
Kansas have been swindled during the
past few years by fake concerns claim
ing to sell pure bone fertilizer. 1t has
been discovered that the fertilizer was
made of ground stone taken from the
zinc and lead mines around Galena.
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES. The law
now provides that no convict shall be
sentenced to the penitentiary except
those convicted of murder and treason,
but shall be sentenced for not exceed
ing the maximum term nor less than
the minimum term provided by law
for their crimes. The penitentiary
board is authorized to parole prisoners,
after one year, on their good behavior.
HIGH SALARIED KANsANs. "A. j.
Schilling, who was Hiawatha boy,
receives So, 200 year as secretary OF
bridge company Horton sent young
man to Kansas City who gets salary
of S., 900 year. j. w. Fitzgibbon
went from Horton to Scranton, Pa,
where he gets SIS, 900 a year. Ii. Moore
house, who was master mechanic at
Horton, is getting $4,000 a year at
work for New Jersey railway supply
company.
A LONG LAw.-The charter act re-
lating to cities of the first class, pissed
by the legislature will nearly or quite
fill page and three quarters Of the
official state paper in solid nonpareil.
The miscellaneous appropriation bill is
nearly as long
KILLED WHILE DRUNK.-George Alb
bott, farmer AZ years old, was driv-
ing home at midnight from Sallna
while intoxicated, and he and his horse
were found dead az a railroad crossing
where his more noble dog was watch
ing.
AFTER FIFTY YEARs.-Mrs. Isabelle
Cunningham, born in 1915, is dead at
Cedarvale. The text used by the
preacher at her funeral was the one
used at the funeral of her husband just
fifty years ago. For fifty years she
had carried the desire to have this done
and it took at last the form of death
bed request
MORE THAN THE AvEBAGE.-The
legislature cost about $4,000. This is
about SIS, 900 more than the average.
The additional cost was due to contests,
Investigations and extra help.
PASSED MosT BILLs.--Senator Bus
chow holds the senate record for get
ting bills passed. Fifteen of his meas