The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-09-02
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I it's capital stock to $1,5O0000. II
I charter provides for the constructio
, of a network Of trolley lines connec
. ing Hutchinson, Wichita, Winfield
Wellington and Arkansas City.
Scarcity of CattIe.-In spite of tn
fact that feed of all kinds is yer
. abundant in western Kansas, there
a remarkable scarcity of cattle. Man
cattle dealers shipped their stock t
market when the first rumors of tn
strike was heard and have no
bought more, possibly fearing an in
definite continuance Of the presen
labor troubles.
Using Steam Plows.-Many farmer!
in the central and western counties o
Kansas have ceased depending upoI
men and horses for their fall plowint
and are using steam plows. Last veal
the wheat acreage was small because
the farmers were unable to find mer
enough to put in the new crop. The
farmers are now organizing compan
les.
Veterans Get $1o8,o oo.-The sum OF
$10S,000 was paid to the veterans of
the Soldiers Home at Leavenworth
OF this amount about $4,000 was
paid in cash and the remainder sent
out in checks to members of the Sol
diers' Home away on furloughs. This
was the largest quarterly pension
payment ever made.
Shot Himsef.-John Heaton. for
| 25 years a good citizen of Olathe, shot
himself through the head. He had
been at the Soldiers Home at Leav.
enworth where he had taken treat.
ment but grew worse. He left note
saying he could endure the suffering
no longer.
Hold a Picnic.-The Central Protec
tive Association of Douglas county
nine lodges, held big union picnic
at Lawrence. The associations have
for their purpose the preventing of
horse stealing and the catching of
horse thieves.
Gas at Lawrence.-The citizens of
Lawrence will bore for gas and oil.
A company has been organized under
the name of the Douglas County Oil
& Gas Company, and the party that
has the contract is on the ground with
his machinery.
Progressing Rapidly Track laying
on the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
railroad is progressing rapidly and
information has been given out from
an official source that the line will be
completed into Wichita by September
goth.
Old Settler Dead.-Samuel P. Bur-
nett, an old settler of Clay county is
dead at Clay Center. Years ago when
he lived in New York, he was an ac-
tive politician and was a friend of
Roscoe Conklin and James G. Blaine
Pension Examiners.-Dr. ]. F.
Pickerell has been appointed pension
examining surgeon at Lincoln; Dr.
Herbert Whiteworth at Dodge City;
and DR.. w. r. Wycoif at Council
Grove.
We'll at Peru.-The Zenda Oil Com.
pany has brought in its first well on
its lease three miles south of Peru,
ChautauQua county, and that it is a
good one, flowing $40 barrels a day,
Lockjaw Resuted.-As a result OF
running a splinter into his foot about
week ago, Charles l.. Hamilton,
aged Is years, died of lockjaw at the
st. Francis hospital in Wichita.
Advents in Sesson.-The Seventh
Day Adventists are in session at Nor
ton. Three hundred delegates are in
attendance from all parts OF the
United States.
Carnival at conway.-Twenty years
ago next month, Conway Springs was
founded. The anniversary will be
celebrated on the Sth by a carnival.
New Turn TabIe.-The Santa Fe is
putting in new turn table at Cha
mute.
Secures New Teacher.-Prof. Geo.
E. McCord, of Springfield, Ohio, has
been appointed to fill the chair of sci
ence at Midland college at Atchison
vacated by Prof. E. B. Knerr. Prof
McCord is a graduate of Wittenburg
college and is in line for the degree of
doctor of philosophy at Chicago uni
versity.
Mother of 14.-Mrs. Willis Hudson
who is dead in Phillips county, is de-
clared by the local paper to have been
one of those "old fashioned souls" AL
though only 40, she leaves fourteen
children.
Dead on Track.-The body of a
young man was found beside the I'm
ion Pacific tracks between Vining and
Clifton. His neck was broken. He in
believed to have fallen from a train
while stealing a ride. Papers on his
person lead to the belief that he was
Walter Kemp, Roumania, Ind.
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