The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-17
pIppIna Station Wanted. = under

mont Oil Eugene Hays, stockman,
has applied to Secretary Wilson for
| permission to establish dipping sta
ton, under federal supervision, at Ell
| gin. Elgin has one of the largest and
best equipped stock yards on the line
for the loading and unloading of Texas
cattle grazing in the Usage pastures.
| The outlook is for early shipments
this year, as grass is starting carly
this spring. The cattle men bid on
pastures before Secretary Wilson's
decision in regard to the quarantine
law They are compelled to stock
pastures, or lose their 10 per cent al
ready paid on pastures.
Three Brothers Married. - Willis
and Clarence Arnett, brothers, OF Ar
kansas City, appeared in the probate
Judges office in Winfield with Miss
Jacie Finch and Miss Lizzie Weber,
respectively, and asked to have
double wedding. Their older brother,
William, who, with Miss Ollie Word
en- and two other young couples was
DTeSeHl, duN dnCGu W lhS JohSS ~ '>'N>
and said he had decided to be mar
ried also. Miss Worden blushed and
nodded assent and the three knots
were tied at once.
Wife and Sons Left.-John Kucera,
a farmer living near Bluff CITY III
Southern Sumner County, came TO
Arkansas City in search of his VIE
and three grown sons, who left nome
without notifying him. The sons
were all found and were persuaded
to return to the farm. They said Mrs.
Kucera had departed for st. Louis
and her husband followed her. There
was no quarrel previous to the break
ing up of the family, the wife and
sons only wanting to get away from
the hard work on the farm.
Milk Causes Sickness. - DR.. q. A.
Hamman. secretary of the Douglas
County Medical Society, created
sensation at Lawrence by Issuing
statement to the effect that much Oh
the milk consumed in Lawrence was
contaminated by the COWS being fed
ensilage from the canning factory he
declared that this impure milk IS re-
sponsible for the big increase OF SICK
ness that has been puzzling the doc-
tors. An investigation will be MADE
at once.
In Box Car Four Days. - David
Bradley, Is years old, who lives IN
Salina, was found locked in freight
car in the st. Louis & San Francisco
Yards at Wichita, after an enforced
IMPRISONMENT of four days. While at
play with other boys in Salina Satur-
day. young Bradley hid in carload
of machinery. The car was locked ana
taken out of town before he realized
the situation. He was without 1000
and water four days.
Spent 20 years in Army.-Wiliiam
H. Ryerson, member OF the united
States army twenty years, died IN the
hospital in Fort Leavenworth OF
pneumonia. Ryerson was sergeant
of Company d, engineers. The body
will be sent to New York for inter-
ment. He leaves widow and sew
eral children.
Gave up the Fieht.-Doc Mason, a
Leavenworth negro, who had surviv-
ed all the cuffs and blows one can ac-
cumulate in this world in Ill years,
gave up the fight last week when the
superintendent of the poor farm told
him he would have to take a bath.
Enlarge Assembly Grounds. - The
Winfield Chautauqua assembly
grounds will be enlarged. The coun-
Gil has authorized the buying OF nine
acres of ground adjoining Island park,
the assembly grounds on the east, ano
If will be fenced up for field sports.
Are Taking Testimony. - The TAX
ing of testimony in the proceedings
brought in Sedan, Kansas, against the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe ana
others for alleged violation OF the
antitrust law has began at lndepeno
ence.
Are Taking Depositions.-The tax
ing of dispositions in the suit brought
a few days ago in Chautauqua county
against the Santa Fe under the anu
trust law began in the attorney gen.
erals office. E. r. Simon, who Is
Justice of the peace, is presiding.
Frank Monet is doing the principal
work for the prosecution. The defense
is represented by Robert Dunlap,
general solicitor, and o. ]. Wood, gen.
eral attorney, of the Santa Fe. The
first witness put on the stand was
Cyrus Anderson, secretary of the
state board of railroad commission
ers. He was put on the stand to intro
duce portions of the annual report
filed by the Santa Fe with the state
board.
Once Lived in Atchison. - Miss
Bertha Bruner, private secretary to
Mrs. Leland ]. Stanford, and who
was with her at the death of the lat