The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-19
KANSAS COMMENT

Blank slandered her. She states thai
while living in one of Blanks houses
as tenant the barn on the place
burned, and that Blank, in the pres
ence of others, accused her OF burn
ing it.
ney General Coleman has rendered
an opinion to the eject that all OIL
and gas leases must be assessed by
the local assessors, except those On
land used for pipeline purposes, tank
farms and other business incidental
to the pipeline concerns. Pipelines
and appurtenances are assessed by
the state board.
Convcts to Build Driveway. -
Franklin Bell has made the state
ment that a new driveway connect
ing the fort will be established. 1t
will be along the high bank skirting
the river and will connect with either
Third or Fourth street. The work
of making the driveway will be per-
formed by prisoners confined in the
new military prison al Leavenworth
Sane EpiIeptcs in Asyium.-Tlcre
are twenty-five sane ep.leptic child
rem CT school age at the Parsons asy-
lur. The legislature made no pro-
vision for their education. The state
board of control took the Lit in its
own teeth and au orized the super
intendent to fit up one roc at the
institution with school furniture and
employ an additional attendant to
teach the school,
Rebuilding Kansas Road. - The
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Company has begun the work of re-
building it's line between Junction
City and Parsons. The road is being
ballasted and the old rails that were
laid about 80 years ago will be taken
up and replaced with 60-pound steel
rails The line is 157 miles long.
The work of rebuilding the line will
be finished by summer.
Slight Inaccuracy. - story was
sent oLt from lola recently that the
Kansas Natural Gas Company was
pumping sixty parts air and forty
parts gas into it's pipe line there and
selling the mixtures at Topeka, Law
renee, Kansas City, Kas., and other
towns at 20 cents per thousand feet.
The Kansas Natural hasn't yet start
ed any of the pumps on its pipe line.
Otherwise the lola story is correct
I Trees for Western Kansas. - The
State forestry commissioner has dis
tributed about 100000 trees to West.
ern Kansas farmers during the past
year, which is larger number than
has been distributed for some years.
The trees that have been found best
adapted for Western Kansas condi-
lions are catalpa, black locust, elm,
and Usage orange. Forestry stations
are located at Dodge City and Ogal-
lab.
To Reduce Cement Rate.-A letter
has been addressed to the state board
of railroad commissioners by the st.
Louis & San Francisco railroad COM
missioners by the st. Louis & San
Francisco railroad company asking
permission to lower the rate on do
nestle cement from Fort Scott to
Wichita. The rate at the present time
is IL cents. The railroad company
proposes to reduce it to II cents. to
correspond with the rate now in eff
feet between lola and Wichita. 1t
is understood that the other railroad
companies will make similar reduc-
tons.
Peach Tree Suit Appealed.-A fruit
tree nit was appealed the supreme
court from the Riley county district
court. S. B. Moore. nursery agent,
sold H. Strong 600 peach trees for
$3.50. Strong refused to pay for
them, claiming they were not what
he ordered. Moore got judgment for
the amount in the district court, and
Strong appealed to the supreme
court.
Have Tons of Beets.-Persons who
question the practicability of grow
ing sugar beets in the Arkansas val
ley should inspect the figures in re-
gard to the business in Kearney
county alone. Already the industry
has become one of the most prof.
table in the country, and it is yet in
its infancy. The shipping of sugar
beets for this season has just been
finished and here are the figures,
which will stagger the uninitiated:
Deerfield farmers shipped 165 cars,
being 4,447 tons. Lallin As cars, be-
ing Lis tons, making a total of
5,562 tons, bringing in the neat little
sum of $SS,372, including the bounty
to Kearney county farmers. besides
the tons of beet tops saved for feed.
Caldwell Mayor Acquitted. - The
jury in the case of C. w. Cupp. may
or Of Caldwell, who was tried in the
district court for an alleged viola