The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-30
Acquiring Risht-of-way.-The Kan

sas Natural Gas Company has acquir'
ed nearly all of the rlght-of-way for
the Kansas City pipe line. Six men
have been at work for the past month
buying rights-of-way from the farmers
along the proposed route. The COM
pany will use the Santa Fe rightof-
way in several places, but will not
follow that line all the way. 1t will
cut across the country wherever the
distance can be shortened The Kan
sas City line will tap not only the
Chanute gas field. but also the indie
pendence field and, if necessary, will
be extended to Indian Territory. The
company owns several thousand acres
of leases in the Indian country and
will develop them next summer.
Working Up G. A. R.-Charles Har-
RS, department commander of the
Kansas G. A. r., has been touring the
state, working up interest in the order
during the past month. There seems
to be great revival of interest among
| lllC ITO Sdltl, anu VIC
recruiting new members everywhere.
In some places the increase has been
more than fifty, while scores of posts
have taken in from ten to twenty new
members. No effort is being made to
increase the number of posts, but to
enlarge the present posts and estab'
| lish outposts."
| Don't Want Exhibits. - Secretary
| Coburn of the agricultural depart
ment, doesn't want the agricultural
exhibit which has been shipped home
from the st. Louis fair by the Kansas
commissioners. After the fair was
over the commissioners gathered up
all the movable agricultural exhibits
and shipped them to Topeka for dis
play in the agricultural rooms. Coburn
says his display rooms are full now
of as fine exhibits as the ones from
the fair and he doesn't care to take
on any more.
Want Grand Jury.-Petitions are be-
ing circulated at Arkansas City by the
temperance people asking for a grand
jury, and their hackers think the re-
quest will be granted. The petitions
now have several times the required
400 names of taxpayers. The district
judge will act on the petition the last
day of the present term of court.
Cutting Down Production.-As a re-
suit of the recent cut IN price of crude
oil the Coffeyville oil operators are
talking very seriously of shutting
down entirely. The most of them
have shut down already and what few
are running it is said will stop their
rigs and keep their oil in the
ground.
1900 Teachers Expected. - State
Superintendent Dayhoff expects about
1900 teachers at Topeka next week
State Teachers Association. The
Commercial Club is arranging to give
the visiting teachers a reception in
the state house.
Applied For Charter. - The Ran
dolph State bank, of Randolph, Riley
county, has applied for a charter to
the bank commissioner. When he ap-
proves it the state charter board will
issue the charter. The bank wants TO
In
Temperance Union to Meet. - The
annual convention of the State Tenn
perance Union will be held in Topeka
the 18th and 10th of February, 1905.
The officers are planning for one of
the best conventions in the history Of ,
the union.
Lecture on JournaIism.-At Law
renee B. B. Herbert, of Chicago, edl-
tor of the National Printer-Journalist,
lectured to the University of Kansas
school of journalism.
Academy of Science.-The Kansas
Academy of Science will hold its an
nudl meeting DSCeHlDeI 10 oU anu o.
There are sixty papers on the pro-
gram.
Conductor Robbed.-Conductor Car
ter, of the Santa Fe east-bound freight
train, was held up and robbed of SAT
at North Ottawa junction. Garter
was in the act of signaling his train
out when the men held him up The
highwaymen had their faces covered
with handkerchiefs. They are be-
lieved to have gone west. Carter took
his train out after the robbers let him
go.
Joints Starting Up.-District Judge
Hazen has knocked out Topeka's
search and seizure ordinance. The
joints are starting up again.
Robbery is charged.-The H. d. Lee
Mercantile Company, of Salina, re-
Gently started an investigation and as
result seven men, some old and
trusted employees, did not report for
work Monday morning. They are &C.