The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09
Chit Chat


weather? Don't you wish you had
kept your overcoat out OF soak? Ac-
cording to the old rule of our fathers
the first three days of January control
the weather for the next three
months. Then lookout for fine
warm December and cold blustery
January and February. Stock water
Is becoming an object in some local
tiles. The wheat men say this dry
windy weather is very hard on Young
wheat. That does not affect this
locality very seriously. Our farmers
are about done husking corn. We do
not see any full cribs however. Oil and
gas are the chief crops raised
In this locality now. Occasionally
some one takes on little too much
beuzine and raises little of the Mrs.
Lease commodity. The grading and
curblng Of South Highland avenue is
being pushed rapidly, Wonder why
the boys did not keep the paving
along with the other work while
the weather was nice? That will be
a fine street but such luxuries come
high. The citizens who live In sewer
districts realize what it takes to build
city when they come to pay their
taxes, Councilman Young is pushing
his refunding bond scheme. Mr..
Young Is right ain this move. We
hear good many people wondering
where the SAC, 900 earned by the gas
plant each year goes. Wonder If it
would not be a good plan for the
council to have complete itemized
report made out,for the year showing
receipts Of all moneys and expendl-
lures Such report might be good
reading. Jim Orr says If he did drink
the water out Of the finger bowl at
the Crouch banquet he did it before
Sauer had dipped his greasy fingers
into 10 apy way. The gas pipers are
on top now and unless the antis find
some other means OF holding them
up, Missouri will soon be enjoying the
Kansas luxury. We do not know but
we rather think there will be some
wish they had their money
out of the scheme before they get
through with 1t, We suppose this
locality will be called on soon to
defend itself againt the mauranders.
1t is to be hoped some means Of pro-
lection will be discovered. It Is said
a boom Is an injury to a town. That
may be but we would like to see
Chanute have such boom as it had
last year. every year for the next ten
years. We are inclined to think the
city is better off than 1T was before
the boom. 1t is quite amusing to
hear those Independence oil men roar
now under the new system of testing
their Oil, who have been Boosting the
past year that they had better oil
than the Chanute district because
they got zoe per barrel more than did
the Chanute operator. Now the
Chanute operator is having his turn.
Brother Rawlings did not get out of
the guessing scheme any too soon. We
see now the Postal department has
decided that all such schemes are
lotteries under the law. Candidates
for city offices are not bobbing up
very fast rs yet. Still we hear the
name of probable candidate men
toned occasionally. The PROBABILITIES
are the Republicans of the city will
put out a ticket composed of first
class men and elect it, 1t is quite
amusing TO hear the Democrats of
the city begging that politics be kept
out of city affairs. We never heard
them talk that way in cities where
they have majority of or 500.
Some of our citizens seem not to like
a law and order ticket any better
than the Democrats like Republican
ticket. Prohibition may not be an
entire success but we find but little
around Chanute except by the
fellow who wants to run a joint.
What become of the drug store around
the corner? 1t disappeared as quietly
as it came when the Probate court
failed to grant it a permit. Can it
be possible that the proprietor ex-
pected to make whiskey selling his
leading business. Strange that in
this country where there are no rattle
snakes and but little malaria there
should be more drug stores than
yrocarinc in Chanutp