The Chanute times., 1903-05-01


of Hobart, o. 4. walked iuto the office
of Warden Jcwett and informed the
latter that he had been convicted OF n
crime and had been sentenced to serve
four years in the Kansas prison. He
presented u letter written by the coun-
| ty attorney of the county in which he
committed his offense, explaining why
| the prisoner came TO the penitentiary
alone. Shaw, the county attorney said,
was an absolutely honest man, and the
territory could save expense by having
him go to bis place of confinement
without the services of an officer
WORK FOR COUNTY CLERKS. The
meeting of the county commissioners us
a board of equalization is held on the
first Monday in June. The school
meetings are held on the third Thurs
day in June, and the county clerks
must have all the valuations ready Tor
them at that time. They are now be-
ginning to tell their troubles TO the
secretary of state but nothing can be
done for them. 1t means n prodigious
amount of work on the part of the
clerks or an absence of valuations Tor
the school meetings to work on; most
likely the latter
Nor PERoUIsITE The Salina city
council has passed an ordinance where
by the city will receive the interest on
city funds on deposit in the local banks
and the interest must be credited to
the city each month. Heretofore the
interest derived from the city funds
has been considered as part payment
for the treasurer's service, who here
after will receive only the 500 per
year allowed by law.
PARKS AT r. r. STATIONS. The
Union Pacific has has sent out car
load of trees and shrubs from Lawrence
to be planted at the station parks on
the line through Kansas This car
load consists of variety of ornamental
trees and shrubs, among them "a fine
lot of catalpa bungel-umbrella catal-
pa. The work is in charge of Edward
Yewdall of Lawrence.
To SEE RoosEvEET The students
and faculty OF Bethany college, Linds-
borg, numbering about 900 persons,
will be at Salina to greet President
Roosevelt The delegation is to be
headed by the college band While at
Salina these visitors will hold big
picnic in Oalidalc park.
BRICK PLANTS COMBINE. There is
good authority for the statement that
St Louis Brick company has bought
up all the brick plants of the Coffey-
vile interest which includes those To-
Gated in South McAlester, lndepend-
ence, Coffeyville, Chanute, Humboldt
and lola.
CHEAP PHONES. .-Bendena, Doniphan
county, has neither Il church or joint,
but it has enterprising business men,
who, with the aid of the nearby farm
ers, have put in a telephone exchange
of &c phones, and maintain it at a cost
of % cents a month per phone.
ROAD HOUSES BARRED.-The bad
people of Topeka VINO will be no longer
tolerated in the city with their joints
and disorderly houses, thought they
might open road houses just outside,
but the sheriff's office will get busy
about then.
KANsAN SENT ABRoAD.--The McCor-
mick harvester people picked man at
Pratt to represent them in Germany.
The next thing the east will be coming
out west to find men to fill their public
offices.
OLDEST RAILRoADER -Brainard o.
Richards, who died recently at his
home in Ellis, was one of the oldest
railroad men in the state, as we'll as
pioneer resident
TWAS EVER THUs.-Sterling mer-
chants complain that they get the
credit orders and the cash trade goes
to Hutchinson.
Four FIRES IN THREE HoURs.-That
was the record in Leavenworth the
other day. A barn with a valuable
horse came first; followed by the burn
ing of three residences.
STATE S. S. CONVENTION. The pro-
cram of the annual State Sunday |
school convention to be held at Parsons |
May 12-l4, has been completed by State
Secretary Engle. Preparations arc
being made for the attendance of 500
delegates and the work of The conven-
ton will be interesting throughout.
DEATH OF GEO. C. BBACKETT- |
died at Fresno, CAL, on April 49, He
was 72 years old in October last Mr..
Braclsett was chief organizer of the
Kansas horticultural society and was
its first secretary. In 1901 the Ameri-