The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-04-20
KANSAS COMMENT

and with 1t are every lnulcatlon
good crops and prosperity.
Big Gasser at stanIey.-A gas wei
estimated at 100000 feet was strucl
on the farm of W. T. Quarles, adjoin
ing the town of Stanley at depth O.
$50 feet.
Atchison to Ask Miss Gould.-Dur
ing his present trip to Now York, b
p Waggener will call on Miss Helen
Gould, and ask her to donate $10,o0C
toward building a combined Y. M. G.
A. building.
Was Fun to Wreck Trains. - John
Shade, a farm hand, who, for what he
said was fun, piled spikes on the St
Louis & San Francisco track near
Mound City, has been adjudged in
sane. A handcar loaded with work
men had been thrown off the track
by Instructions placed there by
Shade.
Farmer Davis Found Guilty.. B.
Davis, farmer living near Hamilton,
in the north part of Greenwood coun-
ty and who was arrested last Novem-
Der on a charge of assault with intent
to kill, was tried before Judge AK
man and the jury returned a verdict
of guilty of assault and battery.
Davis shot Sam Arnold, farmer who
lived on an adjoining place, as re-
suit of dispute over the division of
corn crop.
=, Making Brick With oil. - A brick
company at Salina is using Kansas
crude oil to burn brick 1t takes
about three tank cars of oil to burn a
100000 kiln, and the cost is equiva-
lent to SO coal. The oil is piped to the
kiln from a large tank near the kiln,
and is burned from thirty jets. These
Jets burn constantly from the time the
kiln is started and the heat obtained
from them is intense. Birds lying
over the kiln while it is burning meet
sudden death.
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lowa-k. U. Debate Arranged. - A
telegram was received from the Iowa
university debating council, declaring
off the interstate debate between
Iowa and K. U. on account of the i'll
ness of one of the team which was
to meet the K. U. team at Iowa City,
April 20. The debate will probably be
held there next year under the same
contract. This leaves the Baker de-
bate and the Missouri debate, both of
which will be held at Lawrence. The
date of the Baker debate is April 81.
The date of the Missouri debate has
not yet been fixed.
Benders' Bones Not Found. - The
abandoned well on the old Bender
farm, near Mortimer and ten miles
north of Cherryvale, and in which it
had been reported by DR.. James A.
De Moss that the bodies of the no
torious family were deposited and the
we'll filled with stones to a depth OF
eighteen feet, was overhauled but no
trace of the bodies was found. DR..
De Moss made a published statement
some time ago that he had the word
of one who claimed to have been an
eye witness to the burial of the bodies
of the Benders in the well.
Made Money on State Funds. -
Since the state depository law went
into effect last September, Kansas has
made a profit of $5,S04.53 in loaning
state funds to the banks. The amount
paid monthly by the banks since the
beginning of the present year has
been more than $1,100 for each month.
The law went into effect in Septem-
Der last year when the state was
short of funds, and the interest re-
ceived that month amounted to only
$231.69. In October it was $SS0.GS;
November $626.21; December,
$477.7O; January, $1,146.67; February,
$1,29165, and March s1,149.93.
To be Welded in Yokohama.-The
romance of Kansas girl and Ten
nessee man, which began in the Phil
ippines, will have its logical consum-
nation next month in Yokohama,
Japan. The bride-to-be is Miss Mel
lie Mae Kellogg, daughter of DR.. and
Mrs. P. S. Kellogg of Wichita. The
prospective groom is Arthur s. EN-
cry. government treasurer of the prov
ince of Cavite, Philippine Islands,
whose home was in GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
The young people met in Cavite dur
ing the Spanish-American war. Mr..
Emerys duties required his services
in the islands, and Miss Kellogg went
there to visit her father, who was
then a major surgeon in the United
States army. Miss Kellogg, who is a
graduate of the University Of Michl-
gan, is now in Europe. Mr. Emery
csme here last week to ask the par
ents of Miss Kellogg for their daught-
er's hand. The consent was obtained
and the wedding will occur in an old
Japanese temple in Yokohama.
Hard to Convict Women. - 1t cost
Salina county s2,3S7 in Jurors fees
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