The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-07-07
KANSAS,
KANSAS COMMENT

Bumper Corn Crop.-E'rom nearly al
sections of Kansas comes the repor
that the corn is in fine condition ano
if nothing transpires to injure the
prospects this state will produce ;
humber crop this season.
No Old Wheat on Market.-At Arkan'
Sas instead of the usual large quantity
of old wheat offered on the local mar
ket at this season of the year, there
Is none. The farmers sold their entire
supply when wheat was 81 and now
their granaries are empty, ready to re-
ceive the new crop. The condition
has cut off the supply from the mills
of this section.
Riding Stolen Horse. - Rural tele
phones were the means of capturing
John Berry, negro horse thief, near
Arkansas City. When captured Berry
was riding a stolen horse from Geuda
Springs. He confessed stealing team
from the Ponca reservation few
nights ago and several other horses in
this vicinity in the past month. He
will plead guilty.
For School in Manila. -George Mich
olson, president of the Kansas Port
land Cement Company, of lola, an
nounced the donation of $4,000 for
the building of mission school in
Manila. The donation will be under
the management of the Methodist
board of foreign missions. and will be
known as the Florence E. Nicholson
Memorial school.
Lighting Plant Mortgaeed trust
deed from the Home Heat, Light and
Power Company of Pittsburg, to the
Fidelity Trust Company of Kansas
City was recorded with the register of
deeds to secure a loan of 5000, 600 made
to the new gas company. 1t covers
the electric plant and gas works and
the new natural gas system now being
installed by the Home company.
Sues Mother-in-LaW.-W. F. Smith,
a business man of Beloit, has filed
suit against Mrs. Jennie B. Bolon for
$4,000 damages, which he alleges he
sustained through the alienation of
his wife's affections. Smith is the
son-in-law of the defendant and was
sued recently for divorce. He as
serts the action was instigated by
Mrs. Bolon. The parties are all we'll
TODD.
JeweIer Suicide. A. F. Hum
phrey, the leading jeweler of La
Crosse, an unmarried man about 40
years of age, committed suicide in
his sleeping apartment adjoining his
store, by severing an artery in his
arm with razor III health from
which he had suffered for some time
is assigned as the cause. His body
was shipped to relatives at Pueblo,
Col,
Preached SONS FuneraL-The Rev. III.
Blom, of the Swedish Lutheran church |
of Enterprise, has just returned from !
Roswell, n. NJ, where he ofiiciated at !
his sons funeral. The son, Paul |
Blom, graduate of the Enterprise
Normal school, and st. Johns Mill
'rary academy, went to Roswell for his |
health. His father went t6 visit him, /
but few days after his arrival the /
boy died. No other preacher was near |
and the father preached the funeral
sermon.
sas Near leaven!',.orth.-Word was /
received nom the Cast farm several |
miles south of 1eavenWortB lately |
that a strong flow of gas had been
struck at depth of $40 feet in a
well being sunk there. The drill was
blown from the well and the roar of
escaping gas could be heard for a !
mile. The well was put down by a |
syndicate of farmers. At depth of |
705 feet the drill passed through the |
Atchison three-foot vein of coal.
Uncle Sam, Jointist.-County Attor-
ney Bond, of Leavenworth, Jared |
Governor Hoch the other day by in
forming him that the biggest saloon
in Kansas was run by the federal gov
eminent at the National Soldiers
home. Bond and the governor dis
cussed gambling and joints as they
relate to Leavenworth county. Bond |
said the gambling houses had all been
closed. Then he explained the sys-
tenn under which the joints were
operated. Bonds information about
the government running a joint in
prohibition Kansas may cause a rus
ton between the state and federal
government. Kansas will take the
position that the government is just
as much amenable to the prohibition
law in Kansas as any other individual
or collection of individuals. 1t is a
states right question, and may casse
quite a brush between the state and
the federal government.
Paroied Prisoner Broke Faith. - A
negro giving his name as Gatewood
was arrested at Emporia charged with
being paroled prisoner from the
Illinois reformatory. The officials of
that institution were notified and will
send for him at once.