The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-04-14

fodder on fifty acres. The seed sold
for nearly a dollar bushel and the
fodder was worth $3.50 a ton on the
farm. A crop worth $32 per acre
isn't bad for an Oh year.
Thrown Out of Court.-C. d. Bur
nette, of Wellington, who was dis
barred from the Sumner county bar a
short time ago, has filed in the SUI
preme court an appeal in suit by
which he seeks to get judgment for
$4,000 against Charles e. Elliott, his
former law partner, for damages The
case was thrown out of the district
court without coming to trial.
Trying Wheat in Greeley" Gree
ley county farmers are experiment
ing with macaroni wheat this
spring., - says w. M. Glenn, of Trib-
une. 1--WE have not tried to raise
wheat out there. We have devoted
our time to cattle But most of the
farmers have put in from ten to forty
acres of macaroni wheat and it is
looking fine. If it proves success
| the acreage will be large next
year. -
To Teach in Philippines. - Prof.
| Amos Davis and his wife. who are
| both instructors in Highland univer-
sity, at Highland, will leave May l
for Manila Philippine islands. They
have been employed as government
teachers in the Philippines. Prof.
Davis will receive a salary of $1,000
and his wife will be paid $1,000
year. Prof. and Mrs. Davis were gov
eminent teachers in Japan for num-
Der of years prior to coming to High
land.
Topeka Line by September I. - j.
C. Mcdowell general manager of the
Kansas Natural Gas Company, which
proposes to pipe gas to Topeka, Kan
sas City and other towns in this sec
ton of the state, is in Topeka look
ing after the local gas situation.
Pipe for the Topeka line is now on
the road, - said he. I'VE expect to
have the line down by September /.
We have 1000 men laying the Kansas
City line and will put that many to
work on the Topeka line. This will
enable us to lay about two and one
half miles a day.
Must Pay Standards Prce.-E. T.
Butler, superintendent of the Edo
RADIO gas works, wants the state board
of railroad commissioners to show
him way to repudiate a contract
which he has with the Standard Oil
Company to supply him with crude
oil. He claims that Independent oil
men have agreed to supply him at
half the price the Standard is getting
under contract. He wants to know
if the new railroad law or oil laws
will enable him to cancel the con-
tract or whether the Standard can
hold him to it. The railroad board
will advise him that it has no juris-
diction over contracts.
To Mark Santa Fe TraiI.-Mrs. w.
E. Stanley and other officers of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton met at Topeka to plan the work
of the marking of the old Santa Fe
trail The legislature appropriated
$1,000 to aid in the work. The women
want an additional $1,000 and will ask
the school children to raise it. Each
child is urged to donate at least one
cent to the fund. Stone monuments
will be erected along the trail at ev-
cry Travelled road. The railroads will
be asked to place similar monuments
wherever the trail crosses their lines.
The old trail forms a street in each
of several Kansas towns. 1t is the
main street, now called Commercial
street, at Council Grove. The various
towns will be asked to change the
names of these streets to The Santa
Fe Trail. - The people can call it
1.-The Trail for short. 1t is the
hope of the women that the trail can
be marked this summer. They also
intend to buy a beautiful American
flag for the battleship Kansas when
| it is launched.
To Sue Standard.-The Business
Mems association of Cottonwood Falls
threaten to bring suit against the
Standard Oil company before Judge
Dennis Madden of Emporia. They
claim that oil retails in Emporia at
IS cents while in Chase county 20
cents is charged. The suit will prob
ably be brought by the Chase county
attorney.
Looking For Zinc at Geary.-A COM
pany is being organized at Junction
City for the purpose of prospecting
for lead and zinc in this county. Those
interested have leased about 1000
acres of land. eight to fourteen miles
from this city. Since the open wealth
err set in they have been doing con-
siderable prospecting with pick and
shovel, and have brought in many
fine specimens of jack and lead. Drill
lers are to be brought here from
Southwest Missoui to do the prospect
drilling, and the organizers of the
company expect to have their first