The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-10-14

J a beef club. Its object is to furnish
, fresh meat to its members. The of
ficers are: ]. M. Tuley, president; I
, T. James, secretary; NJ H. McLennor
/ treasurer; w. II. Bell buyer ano
} butcher. Each member is required to
/ pay into the treasury five dollars
| which is used as fund to buy stock
with. When a beef is killed the meat
is sold to the members at slight ad
vance over the cost of the beef and
the expense of butchering 1t. The
company has a set of bylaws and one
of the most important ones Is that
only first class beeves shall be butch
cred l.. H. Vandervort brought the
idea from Iowa where he says similar
organizations have been running for
two or three years.
Strikers Hopeful-A. Z. Ireland one
of the leaders of the Santa Fe ma
chinists' strike, has returned to To-
peka. Other leaders are now on
trip of inspection over the Santa Fe
lines. 1t is expected that another
effort will be made then to secure a
conference with the Santa Fe officials
None has been arranged yet. The
strike leaders claim that they have
things in such shape that the road
will be glad to confer with them be-
fore long.
To Wreck Train.-An attempt to
wreck passenger train No. s on the
Santa Fee, at Raymond, a station II
miles west of Sterling was frustrat-
ed by the carefulness of the engineer
who discovered the switch lights out
in time and stopped before reaching
switches which were found to have
been thrown open and locked. Sus-
picion points to some former railroad
men and search is being made for the
/ key that locked the switches.
New Sugar Rate.-The announce
ment comes from the Santa Fee general
Offices that new rates have been made
on sugar in car load lots. The rate
from New Orleans to Missouri River
points, which has been SO cents per
! 100 pounds, is now 20 cents. Rates to
other points are cut proportionately.
The rate from the Atlantic seaboard
will be so cents to Missouri river
points and 81 cents to Kansas jobbing
points, such as Wichita.
Irrigated Appes.-Wm. Bainum, of
Kingman Co., took load of apples
to Kingman. They were prime apples
from his irrigated farm, and by the
way, one of the best farms in the
county. He left a sample ear of his
80 day corn, and it is something won
derful 1t is a 1G-row corn, purple
in color. II wcs planted June 18th
and picked September Gath, and is
dry enough to shell. Who can beat
that record?
At Any Time.-At Arkansas City
the Mountaineering company that
is boring on the Hill Investment COM
pany's land is now down more than
600 feet and is expecting to strike
flow of gas or oil at any time.
Bore for Gas-The Lane County
Prospecting and Oil Developing COM
pany has been organized at Dighton
to develop the mineral resources of
that section of the state. Local capt.
tai has the controlling interest.
Corner Stone Laid.-At Coffeyville
the cornerstone of the new hall was
laid on Sept 29th by the local Masonic
lodge, Grandmaster Thomas G. Fitch
of Wichita officiating. The building is
to cost $4,000.
st--:.u;;ory Rape.-George Scott ana
Fred Weaver have been arrested at
Topeka on a charge of statutory rape
sworn to by Mary Larsen, IA years of
age. Scott and Weaver gave bond
On Serious Charge.-David Brown,
one of the negroes charged with at
tempting to kill w. r. Sanford and
Joseph Burt at Topeka, has been ar.
rested at Sedalia, Mo.
New Rural Routes.-Rural Free De-
livery routes Nos. and 6 have been
ordered established November l at
Junction City, Geary county, Kansas.
Big Duck Hunt-One of Great Bends
bird brokers bought more than 1000
wild ducks that were killed in the
Cheyenne Bottoms. The birds are be-
ing slaughtered in great numbers, one
sportsman having made a record of
1872 birds in six shots with a maya
zine gun.
Out of Business.-The rural routes
have put another postoffice out of bus
mess in Sumner county. The postmas-
ter at Ewell is said to have been
obliged for the last two months to
write letters to himself in order to
pay expenses.
Must Serve her Sentence.-Blanche
Boise, one of Carrie Nations home de-
tenders, who got into trouble at Wich-
tia, was taken back to her home in
Topeka and lodged in Jail. She was
paroled from the Jail some months ago
upon condition that she would not raid
any more joints. She violated the pa
role at Wichita and will now have to
serve out her thirty days sentence.