The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-05-18

Centrala destroyed the y. y. Wau-
leigh hardware, implement and We
hicle establishment, Edward Cutters
restaurant, Ola Hopkins millinery
store and the Cassidy barber shop.
Move All to Iola.-The Lanyon Zinc
Company is moving its sales office
from St Louis to lola. Heretofore a
sales office has been maintained in ST..
Louis, but it has been decided that
the entire business of the company
can be better conducted in lola. This
means that in the future the entire
business of the Lanyon Zinc Company
will be transacted in lola.
Fire at Edeerton.-Fire which start
ed in vacant building on the north
side of Main street destroyed almost
the entire business portion of Edger-
ton, a small town in Johnson county.
Whitlaw & Co., are probably the lar
gest losers. The postoffice, a drug
store, restaurant, barber shop and
general store was also burned. The
loss is partly covered by insurance.
Harper's New Light Plant. - The
new city electric light plant began
operations on May Sth, the current
then being turned on the wires for the
| first time while the plant is not yet
completed it is sufficiently so to be
started permanently. The remainder
of the work will be pushed to compile
| ton as soon as possible. The plant
will cost about $4,000 when complet-
! ed
No Sugar Beets for Lyon.-Eli Fow-
| Ter. who made experiments for three
years with sugar beets, says that they
cannot be raised successfully in Lyon
county, as the soil is not sandy
enough, and lacks the quality that the
soil in the western part of this state
and Colorado contains. The beets
here Gfow large, but do not contain
the per cent of sugar they should and
cannot compete with those raised fur
Their west
Death of Judge Peach.-Judge John
B. Peach, one of the best known citi-
zens of Republic county, is dead at
his home in Belleville. He has been
city clerk under four administrations
and in three weeks would have re-
ceived the unanimous Endorsement of
the republican county convention for
the office of probate Judge, he being
the only candidate for taat office.
Judge Peach was in his siXty-second
year.
Rebuilding Harvey Housc.-The Ar
cade hotel, the best Harvey house on
the Santa Fe system and the pride of
Newton, is being increased in its ca
pacity Men from the bridge and
building department of the Santa Fe
are fixing up the rooms in the east
wing of the building, and as soon as
they have finished their work, the
rooms will be furnished with the hand
some and comfortable furnishings the
Harvey people always put in their
hotels and twenty-three rooms will
have been added to the house.
Big Mortgage Filed. - One of the
largest mortgages ever recorded in
Neosho county is now in the hands of
the register of deeds, l.. r. Stanley.
The property upon which the mort
gage is given is owned by the Kansas
Natural Gas Company and the instru-~
ment is drawn for the round sum of
100000. The matter is all printed
and bound and covers 29S printed
pages seven inches by ten inches in
size. This mortgage was filed with
Deputy Register of Deeds, Mrs. l.. R.
Stanley, by ]. w. Finley, attorney for
the Kansas Natural Gas Company, and
is the fourth document of its kind
that has been issued over the sig
natures of the officers of the Kansas
Natural The first mortgage was made
in 1904 for 100000. This was fol-
lowed later by two supplemental
mortgages. the first for S2,656,0O0 and
the second for 100000. The one
filed this week brings the total
amount of the incumbrance up to
about s14,000,000, which is bearing G
per cent interest All of the loans were
secured from the Fidelity Trust Com
pany, of Pittsburg, Pa.
La Harpe Strikes Coal. - The drill
ers who were working for Readicker
G. Pruitt Oh the well which is being
drilled for the W. C. Gum Gas Com
pany on the Donan farm south of La
Harpe. made q discovery which may
mean much to Allen county. A vein
of coal something over Is inches thick
only 20 feet down was passed through
| in drilling the well. The coal was
ground up so that it was a difficult
matter to tell the quality of it, but it
| is bought that it would be good.
Good Crop Prospects.-There were
never before better prospects for a
bountiful cron than at the present in
! southwest Kansas. The season was
somewhat backward and spring work
was delayed, making corn planting
at least three weeks late in starting.