The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-07-21
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| MOHet, yOuhS Ia hSi h''Ao - 1850
east of Hoisington, committed sui
eide. 1t is supposed that financial
worry was the cause of his death.
The farm on which he and his moth
err were living was only recently pur'
chased. An older brother lives in
Hoisington. Moffet was an indus
trious, pleasant young man about %
years of age.
Board of Control Secretary.-Brown
Corby, of Harrington, will probably be
the secretary of the state board OF
control. j. N. Johnson, of Oslaloosa,
came down to take the job, but after
he found out the duties Of the office
concluded that he didn't want 1t. IL
would keep him confined too closely.
Corby was figuring on going into
bank at Marion, but this other open
ing came up and he may take it.
Southern Yards at Davidson.-Cat-
tie are being shipped from the Mis-
souri, Pacific stock yards at Davidson,
Kar., under orders from the Kansas
live stock commission, which allow
ed the yards to be opened as South
ern yards. The yards were closed
last year after the farmers of the sur
rounding country had taken the case
into the courts and had them decidr-
ed a public nuisance because the
Southern cattle shipped from there
spread Texas fever in the native
herds.
Railway Men Desert.-The work in
rebuilding the railway line between
Kinsley and Dodge City is at stand
| still owing to the men having desert
ed for the harvest. The hills are be-
ing cut down between Wright and
Dodge City. The railway yards at
Kinsley are to be changed and en-
larged and a new gravity coal chute
is to be built at the east end. Agent
C. w. Glass wants new freight de-
pot for his patrons and may get it.
His freight receipts for June were
$4,000 in excess of a year ago.
Increase in Oil Runs.-A great in
crease in runs of Kansas territory
oil is shown in the bulletin issued at
Chanute of runs for the first week of
July. 1t was the first announced cut
made since tie order was made to
take all OIL The increase for the en-
tire field of daily runs is over 5000
barrels. The deliveries to refineries
remains the same as before, showing
that nearly all of the increased oil
runs was put in tankage. One hun
dred and eighty-four thousand barrels
were put in storage tanks for the sew
en- days. The greatest increase in
runs was in the Chanute Humboldt
district.
In Love With a Horse.-When Rob-
ert Brooking was arrested at Atlanta
on a charge of stealing a horse, pre-
ferred by d. B. Kline of Haswell,
Colo, he broke down and cried, say
ing to the sheriff, at whom he had
shot from a patch of weeds, that he
was in love with the horse. He was
working for Kline at the time of the
theft Later when he was taken back
for prosecution, and while Kline was
identifying his horse at a stable,
young Brooking broke down again
and running up to the horse, threw his
arms about it's neck and cried like
a child. The horse is beautiful
black.
No convicts to Spare. - When the
board of directors of the Kansas peni-
Tertiary was in session, Chicago
firm manufacturing pants, overalls
and blouses, made application to lease
convict labor and locate a shop with
in the prison. The firm wanted the
labor of at least 100 prisoners and as
many more as could be spared. The
firm has leases for convict labor in
the Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and
other state penitentiaries. The repre-
sentative of the firm was informed
that there was no prison labor to
lease here. At present there are
only about $50 prisoners leased to
both the furniture and overall far
tories.
Harvest Hand Murdered.-A strang-
er whose name is supposed to be Rob-
ert Ross, was killed by footpads in
the Union Pacific yards at Salina
Ross IS supposed to have been return
ing from the harvest fields. His part
ner states that two negroes held
them up and took what money they
had, and then he and Ross separated
Later he heard a shot fired which is
supposed to have killed Ross. This
is the second man murdered here this
week. Both bodies lie at the morgue
awaiting ratification.
Killed by Lightning. - During an
unusually severe electrical storm
Fred Joiner, son of w. l.. Joiner, a
farmer living northwest of Galena,
was instantly killed by lightning. The
storm was accompanied by heavy
rain, which was general throughout
this county. and Jasper county, Mo-
ScaIded bv Hot Eruit.-Ca-los. the