The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-05-26

Raided Two Joints. - When the
sheriff of Republic county raided two
| joints at Clyde the other day he found
enough liquor to furnish a complete
jag with trimmings for every man on
the TOWNSHIP
Elks Help Sufferers.-The Emporia
Elks lodge has sent $50 to the lorna
10 sufferers at Marquette and the
same amount to Snyder, Okla. Drafts
were sent to the mayors of each city
by the secretary of the lodge.
Congress Has controI.-Judge Pol.
lock of the United States circuit court
at Topeka decided that congress has
control of the Kansas river and that
the suits filed against various railroad
companies for obstructing the stream
should stay in court.
Brakeman Injured.-Ralph Guile.
Santa Fe brakeman, fell off box car
on freight train near Newton and
received injuries on his head and
shoulders. 1t is feared he will not
recover. Guile was 80 years ond
and married His home is in Ovid,
Mich.
Is Jane Adams Sister.-Mrs. Alice
Halerman, of Girard, sister of Jane
Adams of Hull House Chicago, has
entered the race for president of the
State Federation of Womans Clubs.
This makes three active candidates
in the field, the other two being Mrs.
Brown of Olathe and Mrs. Brown OF
Salina.
Fruit Trees Damaged. - A terrific
hail and wind storm passed over the
southern limits of Leavenworth, do
ing considerable damage to fruit
trees. The storm was in the nature of
a small tornado, and did no damage
in the city nor at Lansing, three miles
south but an inch of hail fell in the
path, of the storm.
Insanely Angry. - Charles Helm
sacker, a prosperous farmer living ten
miles southwest from Atwood, Kan,
because his wife asked him to go with
her to a neighborhood picnic, became
insanely angry and shot her squareIy
in the mouth with shotgun. He then
went outside the house and blew off
the top of his own head with the same
weapon They leave two little child
rem.
Physicians to Aid.-The physicians
of Mcpherson county have issued a
call for a meeting of the members OF
the profession TO organize an asSo-
citation to provide for such disasters
as the Marquette tornado. There will
be a standing committee of arrange
ments so made that physicians can
be promptly furnished in serious
cases of accidents and medical neces
sites provided for
Chambers Among Horses.-Glanders
is quite prevalent among the horses
of Kansas. 1t has reached the cpl
demic stage in Southwestern Kansas
The live stock commissioner is kept
busy nearly all the time looking after
new cases and establishing local quar-
antines. In more than half the cOun
ties of the state CHAMBERS is reported
but the disease doesn't seem to be
making much Roadway except in the
Southwest. Unless it shows abate
ment soon that whole section may be
placed under quarantine.
After More Water-The first S ep
toward obtaining government aid in
Finney county has been
taken. The Finney County Farmers
Irrigation Association met and by a
unanimous vote declared in favor of
the government proposition. They
at once organized themselves into the
Finney County Water Users Assoc.a-
ton in accordance with the plan of
the Department of Agriculture. A pc.
tition will be forwarded to the depart
ment, asking that part of the ap-
preparation under the reclamation act
be used here in building plant and
as the government engineers have
practically decided on the plans of the
plant, the location here is assured
This means that lands will be as
valuable as any in the state.
Squadron Blacksmith Shop. - The
constructing quartermaster at Fort
Riley, Captain Leon S. Roudiez, has
been instructed OF prepare at once for
the erection of a building that will
be known as a squadron blacksmith
shop. 1t will be a one-story stone
building, 55x25 feet. 1t will be equip
ped with a large number of FORCES,
and will be supplied with outfits of
the best blacksmith tools for the sol
diers to do all the repair work in this
line.
Estimate Corn Crib.-It would have
required a crib sixteen feet high,
twelve feet wide and twenty miles
long to have held the corn crop Of
four Kansas counties last year. The
counties are Jewell, Phillips, Smith
and Reno. in which IL 600 900 bushels