The Globe-republican., 1906-07-26

Santa Fe limited No. 3 ran into q
freight engine In the yards at Hutch
inson and Engineer James Chalfant,
Of the freight engine, was seriously
bruised about the face and head. He
will recover. Engineer Lou Walt
house, of the limited, was also slight
ly injured. None Of the passengers
was hurt.
Jurisdiction to be Tested. = The
board of railroad commissioners will
have an opportunity to test the pro-
vision of he railroad law giving the
board supervision over irrigation
bitches. U. T. Tapscott, of Syracuse
has complained Of the damage done
by an irrigation ditch which has been
affected by new culvert constructed
by the Santa Fe. The ditch is said
to be flooding farms every time there
is rain in that part Of the state.
Crack Shoot at lola in October. -
The Kansas and Missouri Association
Gun clubs will probably hold their
shoot in lola some time during the
month Of October. It Is estimated
that about 100 crack shots from all
parts of the United States will be
there and take part in the contest.
Mr.. Hilles, the president of the club,
says that an effort will be made to
have R. G. Elliott, who is known to
be the crack shot of the world, pres
ent on this occasion.
Appraisers Report on Baden Co..
The appraisers appointed by Receiv-
er Southwark to place value on the
property Of the Baden Produce Com
pany of Winfield have made their re-
port. Independent Of cash in bank
at the time of the failure the prop
erty Is appraised at $4,000 This
includes the property at Winfield and
real estate in Enid, Okla. The ap-
committee consisted of
Captain Myers and Colonel Manning
of Winfield and Alva Scott Of WITCH.
tia.
Kansas Flour For Holland. - ]. R.
general freight agent Of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway,
announces that an Arkansas City,
Kas., order for -four just received
from Amsterdam, Holland, will re-
quire thirty-five of their largest cars
for transportation to the ports. The
order requires two shipments, the
first going in July via Galveston, and
to contain 100000 pounds. The sec
Dnd shipment will be in August via
Newport News, and will be Of
[ ,OS9, 900 pounds.
Beginning Of the End.-The board
If county commissioners will at its
next meeting at Holton consider pc
.ition to make townsite out of the
Pottawatomie reservation. All the
indian lands have been allotted, and
lnder the law the heirs of dead In |
lians may sell the allotments. About |
100 white families have bought homes
IN the reserve, and are living there.
Many Indians have adopted the ways
# the whites, and gone to farming |
or a living, and there have been sew
raj marriages of late. Full blooded |
'ottawatomies are rare. The crea-
ion of the new township will mark
he beginning of the end of the Potta-
tribe and the elimination of
IS reservation.
Big Mortgage Filed. - A MORTGAGE
or $1,250000 was filed in the regis
err of deeds office at Wichita by the
Wichita Natural Gas Company, in ia
or of the Colonial Trust Company Of
'ittsburg, Pa. The deed will be filed
n several counties, 1t being neces-
airy to record it in every county |
,here the company has property. The
ompany will have branch lines run
ing out of Montgomery county into
,elle PLANE, Newton. Sedgwick, We'll
ngton, Halstead Burton and Hutch
nson. Besides these branch lines the
Mortgage includes the main pipe line,
yhich is to run to Wichita. The coun-
les in which the mortgage must be
led include Sedgwick, Chautauqua,
Tx, Cowley, Harvey Butler and Reno.
will cost the company about $50 to
le the mortgage in each county. The
Instrument is an immense affair and
overs 10 printed pages. 1t will be
opted by the clerks in the regitser of
eeds' Office as soon as possible, but
will probably require several days
} complete the job.
Will Exhibit Wheat Train. - Syl
ixon, Of corn train" fame, was in
opeka to make contracts with the
ailroads to haul a wheat train from
le Southwestern Kansas counties to
hicago and Eastern cities. Mr.. Dix
n expects to have his train ready
, leave Dodge City early in Septem-
er. He has already arranged with
D. Coburn to have the latter go
, Dodge City and start the train with
ppropriate ceremonies. The train
i'll run to Hutchinson, where 1t will
Q exhibited for four days at the fair,
nd from there 1t will go to Chicago,
inning only during the daylight !
ours and stopping at every station