The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-02-10
Gas War Is over.-The Arkansas

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protect the city against damages, ant
the formal acceptance of the fran
chise have been satisfactorily filed
md were accepted by the city coun
ell at its special meeting yesterday
Thereupon the guards were with
| drawn and the work of laying new
pipe to supply the town with gas is
going on uninterrupted. The new
company has leased the mains and
plant of the Arkansas City Artificial
Gas Company, and will use the mains
in connection with the new ones be-
ing laid.
Santa Fe Panhandle Changes - T.
intendent of the Panhandle division
of the Santa Fe, with headquarters in
Wellington, and will be succeeded by
l.. U. Morris, now trainmaster at
Dodge City. G. l.. Rupert, chief dis
patcher at Dodge City, comes to sue
coed d. Conchlin as trainmaster. The
latter goes to Dodge City to take Mr..
Morris place as trainmaster of that
division.
Would Teach Agriculture. The
state board Of agriculture, at its re-
cent annual meeting, adopted reso-
luton urging that as Kansas is an
agricultural state, agriculture should
be included in the common school
curriculum. In response to this
Senator Smith introduced in the SEN
ate bill making agriculture a part
of the course of study of common
schools and requiring it to be
taught.
Froze Her Feet.-Mary Brown,
colored girl who was sent to the poor
farm of Shawnee county about two
months ago, because she was desti-
tute and her feet had been frozen,
ran away from the county farm and
her feet were frozen to such an ex.
tent that it is believed that both will
have to be amputated.
Killed in Mine ExpIosion.-An ex-
plosion at Devlin Mills, nine miles
north of Pittsburg, Kan, killed John
Yost and Antoine Smardo. 1t was
caused by windy shot The mine
was not damaged aside from the
down of two or three doors.
The dead men each leave a widow
and four children.
Condemned Milk Factory. - ]. w.
Reed of Chicago. together with local
capitalists, has organized the Ottawa
Company and will estab-
lish condensed milk factory, open
ing for business April 1. The factory
will be. it is believed, the first of
KS kind in Kansas, Missouri or Ne
braska.
Big Fire at Marysville.- new
Excelsior Roller Mills at Marysville
were destroyed by fire. Loss $780,
900. The Excelsior mills were built
in 1867 and in the early days furnish
ed -four to feed the entire west from
st. Joseph and Atchison to Denver,
Colo. Sometime ago it was remod-
eled.
Take Up Claims. - Kansas owes
thirty-one counties $4,000 for the
of destitute insane. The
amount has not been so small in
twenty years. The house ways and
means committee yesterday intro
1uced bill appropriating money to
take up the claims.
Applies to Home Town. - An EN-.
poria man says it's a long block that
has no joints. His statement applies
exclusively to his home town.
Ground Hog Fooled.-If the ground
hog came out to look for his shadow
anywhere in Kansas he was pretty
much of fool
Build Masonic Temple. - The Ma
sonic orders of Wellington have pur-
chased site and will some time erect
a temple.
Close Unfit Mines. The mining
of the senate has reported
favorably the bill giving the state mine
inspector more jurisdiction over coal
mines than he now has. If the in
spector now finds mine or part of a
mine in an unhealthy condition, and
the company refuses to put 1t in shape
the inspector must go into the court |
and get an order compelling it to do
so. Under the pending bill the in
spector is given authority to close up
the mine or part Of mine which he re-
CARDS as unfit fer workmen to enter,
without resorting to the courts.
Kansas Charter.-The state charter
board has granted charter to the |
Union Brick and Gas Company, of |
Cherryvale, with 5000, 900 capital. This
will be one of the biggest Lrick COM
panies in the state. 1t will use gas to |
burn brick.
Keeping Things Warm. - Topeka
has a grand Jury session and a mid
uintpr aynoeitinn that ara halniuu IN