The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-12-28

Fehome, Swede, one year for lar
ceny; Charles Carlson, one year for
horse stealing; A. A. Baker, two
years for poisoning dogs, and Claud
Dickson, one year for assault with in
tent to kill.
Centenarian Asks for Divorce. -
Mrs. Martha Hurt, negress of Sa'
lima, claiming that she is los years
of age, has applied through her at
torney for divorce from John Hurt
her third husband. Mrs. Hurt al
leges that her husband left her in
1898 after she had kicked him out
of the house."
Garden city's New Depot. - The
Santa Fe has at last decided to erect
q new depot at Garden City, which
will fill long felt want and be but
a keeping pace with the progress OF
the city in all lines of its growth.
The present depot is of the ram
shackle type and Is far from credit
to either the town or to it's owner,
the Santa Fe Railway.
Pardoned a Negro Convict. - Gov.
Hoch has pardoned Emery Alexand-
or, a Brown county negro who has
been in the penitentiary since 1902,
serving a ten year sentence for high
way robbery. Ex-County Attorney
Means and a number Of the best citi-
zens of Brown county signed the Pc
tition asking that Alexander be re-
leased.
Will Hold Impure Food Show. -
DR.. S. J. Crumbine. secretary OF the
state board of health. is arranging
for an impure" food show. to be
held in the state house during the
session Of the legislature. The
secretary has been collecting adult
Grated foods for some time and will
use them as an argument for q state
pure food law.
New Church For McPherson.-The
First Methodist church of Mcpherson
has just received the plans for the
construction of a new church build
ing to cost $4,000. The building will
be one of the finest in that part OF
the state and will be equipped with
a fine pipe organ and all the latest
church furniture and equipments.
Work will commence at once.
Used a Bay Rum chcser.-Charles
Christy a laborer, died at Winfield
from the effects of whisky, Jamaica
ginger and bay rum. which he had
been using freely. His favorite tip
pie was said to be Jamaica ginger
diluted which he used in large guam
titles with bay rum as a chaser. His
home Is in lola Kan. where he has
wife and two children.
Cement Dam Across Smoky Hill
The C. b. Hoffman & Son Milling
Company, of Enterprise, has COM
pleted q cement dam across the
Smoky Hill river and Is now finish
ing up the work on the forebay,
which Is also made Of cement. The
foundation for the water wheels Is
one large cement rock. weighing
about 777,000 pounds. The water
power is now the most substantial in
the state.
Blue Book For kasas.-J. R. Bur
row. secretary of state, is preparing
report of the work Of his depart
ment for the biennial period which
will be more complete than any re-
mort of the kind ever put out by a
former secretary. The report will be
in the nature Of blue book. 1t Will
give the names of all state ofncers
and employees, the vote by counties
for all of the officers and such other
Information as the official blue books
II many states contain.
Found Guilty Of Lbel.--A. B. Will
liams. of Oswego. charged with libel
Cng the Farmers Alliance Insurance
Company of Mcpherson, was found
guilty by a jury. The maximum pen
atty is a fine Of $1,000 and lmprison-
ment for one year. Williams had
had printed a number of circulars
casting reflections on the insurance
company He was convicted once
before, but the verdict was reversed
by the supreme court
Believes In a Full Pound. - F. D..
Coburn. secretary Of the state board
OF agriculture, has taken Issue with
the creamery men Of the state In
their stand on the weight Of pound
OF butter. The creamery men have
advocated the belief that a pound OF
creamery butter should weigh only
1872 ounces. Mr.. Coburn was ask
ed recently to address a number OF
creamery men in convention at To
peka and refused. He wrote let
ter. however, in which he discussed
number Of creamery subjects and
notified the creamery men that he
favored a law making a pound OF
manufactured butter weigh 10
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