The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-01-06

on January lib. The meeting will
open on the afternoon of January IL
with a business session. The Kan
sas Improved Stock Breeders associa-
ton will hold its regular annual meet
ing in the Capitol building the same
week as the state board of agricul
ture, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, January 8, 10 and IL; the Kan
sas Swine Breeders Association will
be in session January Oil; the State
Veterinary Medical Association, Janu-
airy 10; the State Be-Keepers' asso-
citation, January 10-l1 and the state
poultry association will be holding its
annual poultry show during the en-
tire week. Secretary II. A. Heath,
Topeka, will furnish program for, anG
information about the stock-breeders'
meeting; Secretary c. NJ. Irwin,
Wichita, about the swine breeders
meeting; Secretary j. H. Maxwell Sa-
lima, about the veterinarians meet
ing; Secretary o. A. Keene, Topeka,
about the bee keepers meeting and
Secretary J. w. f. Hughes about the
Poultry associations meeting and
show. All Kansas railroads have
granted for these meetings an open
rate of one fare plus so cents to ev-
erybody for round trip tickets, and no
receipts or certificates will be neces-
sary. Tickets will be on sale Janu-
airy to IA, inclusive, and be good for
return passage until and including
Monday, January 1G.
Take Warning.-Charles e. Fletch-
all has brought suit in the district
court against Morrill, township, Brown
county, for $4,000 damages on ac-
count of the death of his son, Leon
ard e. Fletchall. The poor condition
of the public road was the cause of
the boys death, and Fletchall will try
to hold the trustees of the township
responsible for the accident. The boy
was driving horse hitched to
buggy to Morrill,. He came to a bridge
on the main road and in attempting
to get across an approach, which had
been partly washed away he went too
far to the other side of the road,
where deep gully had been washed.
The buggy tipped over and catching
the boy underneath held him down in
the mud and water until he was
smothered. The case will spur on the
good roads movement no matter
which way it is decided.
Ask Pardon For Finch.-EXRepre-
City, Kas., has interviewed Governor
Bailey on a pardon for George F inch,
who is serving a hang" sentence for
murder in the first degree. Finch was
a butcher" on the Frisco road. He
was convicted of killing Frank Swof-
ford, of Paola, at Fort Scott. The
damaging evidence was given by
Burt Dixon, who claimed to be an ac-
Dixon was not prosecuted.
The relatives of the murdered man
do not believe that Finch did the kill
ing, and have joined in request for
his pardon. The governor has taken
he case under advisement.
Second Offence.-John Beyers, who
owns grocery store in Emporia, was
lined 5000 and given Jail sentence
or running joint in connection with
he store. Beyers is a retired farm
er and has plenty of money. The po-
ice raided his place a few weeks
ago and found considerable bottled |
beer This is the second time he has |
)een fined in the last two months on !
he same sort of charge.
Kansas Records Broken. - Orville !
Sickles, Of Smith county, has husked |
Zoo bushels of corn this fall. His |
laily average was lightweight bush |
lis. This is the record for the state, |
80 far as heard from. Frank Hauser,
IF Smith Center, is the champion tur-
Key picker of the state this year. He
picked eighty-one turkeys in eight
hours one day this week. The aver
age is forty.
Ice House Burned.-W. c. Fithian
filed suit in the district court against
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail-
road for $4,000 damages and costs for
the destruction of his ice house in
Emporia, November 29. He alleges
in his petition that the "Katy' sec
ton boss ordered his men to set fire
to the grass along the track and that
it got away from them and set fire to
the ice house. Fithian has been in
the ice business for thirty years.
To Get Pointers.-A delegation of
Kay county farmers came up to Ar
kansas City to witness the work on
the model road now being construct
ed here by the government road ex-
perts. They spent the entire day
the work. They are getting
material to be used in the Oklahoma
legislature this winter when an at
tempt will be made to get a bill
through providing for the use of con-
Labor YDop tl,o pt,Ilfn roads This