The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-07

will have two large store rooms; the
second will contain Offices, and the
third will be the lodge rooms. base
ment will be built under the entire
building. This will be utilized by the
Ladies' Federation of Clubs for rest
and reading rooms and by the Young
Mems and Young Ladies' athletic asso'
tiations for their club rooms.
| SAVED GIRLS LIFE.-While Miss
Sadie Bixler, of Lerado, Reno county,
was dressing for party at her country
home match set fire to her light or
Candle dress and she was Immediately
enveloped in flames. She ran scream
ing from the room to the porch, where
Grover Clark, young farmer, was
waiting to take her to a party. The
young man caught her in his arms and
ran with her to Il water tank seventy
five yards distant and dropped her in
extinguishing the flames before serious
burns were inflicted.
GOES TO HONOLULU Nellie
Waddington of Wichita received cable
gram Honolulu from saying that she
had received the appointment us teach
er of the primary work in the Hawai-
hao seminary for girls. Miss Wadding-
ton will leave for Honolulu August go
with her aunt, Miss Eugenia Thomas,
a teacher in boys seminary in that
city, who has been on vacation in
this country.
School BOND ELECTIONS School
district bond elections held under the
Australian ballot law system are not
Illegal" said Assistant Attorney Cen
cral f. ]. Close "The law providing
for the voting of bonds simply does not
require that the Australian ballot law
must be followed and the old ballot
system can be used"
GooD RAIN.-The rain of July 30 was
enjoyed at Junction City, Abilene, In
dependence, Concordia, Manhattan,
Lindsborg, Marysville, I Hutchinson,
Clay Center and intermediate places.
Wamego was skipped. 1t did not
reach Wichita until the next day, but
was good one when it came.
WILSON RETURNS. County Attorney
of Sumner County Emory L. Wilson,
who disappeared from Kansas City on
July 4, was found in his own door yard
at Belle Plain, on July 20. He was de-
lirious, emaciatcd, ragged and filthy
He recognized no one of his family or
neighbors
AN EXPERIMENT FARM-The Kansas
state agricultural college is negotiating
for an experimental farm near McPhcr-
son. A farm of about 20 acres is want
ed, near the city and convenient to
railroads.
MAKE LoAFERs WoRK.-Thc police
of Ottawa have arrested number of
loafers, charging them with vagrancy,
and the police court has given them 30
days each, which they must work out.
A BROOM FAcroRY.-A broom COM
pany of Onandaga, N. Y. has pur-
chased a building at Hutchinson and
will open broom factory in it.
PHONES TO RANCHES. Ranches about
Liberal are putting in telephones from
the town, incidentally getting connec-
ton with each other
BROKE HIS NEcK.-J. NJ. Proctor,
postmaster and mayor of Willis, Brown
county. while rcshingling house, fell
and broke his neck
CowLEY COUNTY APPLES. The apple
crop in Cowlcy county has never been
equalcd, One man will harvest over
$1,000 bushels.
DAT FIELD FIRE.. w. Granden,
Reno county, lost so acres of oats by IL
fire started by small boys playing with
matches.
HARPER EXPECTS. is happy in
the expectation of new academy
CARRIED 5000, 900 PEOPLE The lola
La Harpe electric railway is 81 miles
long. 1t has larger cars than any in
Kansas except the Topeka line and
| during last year carried 600, 900 passen
| gers. The lola cars run from thirty to
| forty miles an hour and cover dis
lance of nearly 600 miles every day.
| The cars on the line are fifty-one feet
long, seating sixty-four persons and
they carry motors of fifty horsepower.
MADE $780, -ThcI Winfield Chau-
tauqua balanced up with 81, 500 to lay
away.
LARGEST KANSAS BoND.-The execu-
tive council has issued state bonds for
$500, 900 to pay for work done on the
state house 20 years ago. This issue is
II refunding of outstanding bonds. OF
this amount one bond for S9l1, 900 was
sold to the permanent school fund and
will draw four per cent interest
BONDS TAKEN At HoME.-The $50, 200