The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-11-02
swItchmen May Walk Out. - Tn


a Santa Fe switchmen in Emporia are
D becoming restless and 1t is predicted
: that they will go out on q strike No
n vembe /. They claim they are not
l paid enough for their work. For the
; two weeks past the road has been
/ having trouble to get enough men to
, do the work there.
Made a Record Run. Engineer
John Teadway, on engine No. 53S,
made record run from Dodge City
to Hutchinson. He started out Of
Dodge City with the Sa;-ta Fe's fast.
est train, No. 4, forty-fve minuteI
late, and brought 1t into Hutchinson
CT time. 1t was running at the rate
Dodge City, and it is a record that
Mr.. Treadway may be proud of. He
lives in Hutchinson, although his
runs are on Nos. and from New.
ton to Dodge City.
Suit Was Dismissed-The case Of
the State of Kansas vs.. G. G. Hodg.
son, the Wichita contractor, charged
with violating the state labor law by
working men more than eight hours
a day on public building, was dis
missed at the cost of the defendant
when 1t was called in the city court.
1t was found that the witnesses for
the state had moved outside the jur-
isdiction of the court, necessitating
another continuance or dismissal of
the suit, so the latter course was de-
cided upon. w. l.. A. Johnson, state
labor commissioner, was in Wichita
to push the case but believing that
no further violations of the law
would likely be reported in this city
soon, he decided that the best course
would be to drop tie case.
What Kansas Produces. - w. ].
Stage, clerk in the secretary of
states office, has compiled table Of
the value of all goods manufactured
in Kansas in the last year. He has
also gathered some statistics regard
ing the amount of capital invested
in the state, the salaries and wages
and the value Of crops and live
stock. The total value for all crops,
live stock and manufactured products
for 1906 is $549,5O6,549. The manu-
featured products amount to $201 1885,
400. The crops were valued at $780,
064,536. The valuation for live stock |
is given at $1S9,146,604. The manu-
20 nj, t,l fv;A -
sent every line than any one could |
imagine. The largest item in the list |
is the packing houses which turned |
out goods valued at s96,375, 500. The
mill products amounted to $42,034,-
019.
Fourteen More. DeIegates.-Govern-
or Hoch has appointed an additional
list of delegates to the Trans-M
issippi congress to be held in Kansas
City November 1923. He Amounted
twenty delegates a few weeks ago
and has since increased the number
to thirty-four. Those appointed in
addition are: w. T. Maunder, Kansas
City; E. w. Howe, Atchison; Grant
Hornaday, Fort Scott; E. N. Nor
rill, Hiawatha; G. H. Lamb, Yates
Center; L. B. Kellogg. Emporia; c.
O. Chandler, Wichita; c. L. Davidson,
Wichita; John Janett, Peabody. c.
w. Peckham, Haven; j. T. Moore.
Pittsburg; ]. w. Bergman, Ashland;
r. M. McGonnigle, Colby; w. J. Todd,
Maple Hill. The governor has also
appointed the following delegates to
the deep water convention to be held
in st. Louis November Is and 16;
James F. Getty, Kansas City; Benja-
min F. Schnierie, Kansas City; w. w.
Mills, Topeka; G.. w. Newman, EN-
poria; w. A. L. Thompson. Topeka;
S. J. Stewart, Humboldt; e. s.
Knight, Goodland
Sues to Recover Fines. = A. e.
Crane, Of Holton, Kan, has fled two
suits in the United States "ourt
against the United States govern
ment to recover fines paid to the gov
eminent by people convicted of SELL
ing liquor to Indians. Crane has one
SulIS W UC uIeu
as rapidly as they can be prepared,
and the total amount claimed win
aggregate $4,000. The supreme
court of the United States recently
ruled that man selling liquor to an
allotted Indian is not liable to the fed
eral statutes, holding that an allotted
Indian is no longer a ward OF the gov.
eminent
Have Asked For Grand Jury. AN
order was received by the county
clerk at Pittsburg from Judge Arthur
Fuller. Of the district court, for the
drawing Of a grand Jury. The order
was issued in pursuance of q petition
signed by 41s taxpayers. mostly resi-
dents Of Pittsburg The people who
headed the movement to secure the
grand jury declared that the object
was not to take up matters pertain
ing to violations of the prohibitory
law, but investigate municipal affairs