The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-04-27

| layers nave TcdChSu tho WY iini'
with the steel for the Pittsburg elect
ric line. Ties have been distribute
ahead and poles for the wire ar
ahead of the track layers.
More Deserter Than vagrant. =
John Barnes, deserter from For
Leavenworth, has been arrested
Salina. Barnes left Fort Leavenwortl
sold his uniform at Kansas City AM
started West. He was arreste'
among some tramps and was In dan
ger of being run out of town when n
told the officers that he was desert
err.
New Kansas Charters.-The follow
ing charters were granted by the stat
charter board; Coffeyville Baseball
Association, Coffeyville; Edmond Mu
tual Telegraph Association, Edmond
Papk Mercantile Company, Corey
Vile; Dorothy Oil Company, indie
pendence; Almena State Bank, AL
mena; Peoples Amusement Company
Leavenworth.
Buying More Comanche Bonds. -
The state school fund commissioners
purchased $4,000 Of Comanche coun
| ty bonds. The bonds were issued by
Coldwater township and bear inter
est at the rate of 4 IL per cent year
| The school fund commissioners had
trouble with a number of their poll
teal enemies a year ago over the
purchase of Comanche county bonds.
1t was charged that the bonds were
not worth par.
Horse Afraid of Tran.-Mrs. Abner
Nichols and Mrs. Hugh Russell and
baby were driving near the railroad
tracks on their way to Eureka. The
horse became frightened at an APP
preaching train, swerved sharply to
one side and threw the occupants
from the buggy. Mrs. Nichols left
arm was broken and she was injured
internally. Mrs. Russell's face was
lacerated and her body bruised. The
baby escaped injury.
Higgins Indictment Faulty.-Judge
Pollock has sustained the demurrer to
the indictment returned against John
w. Higgins, charging him with en-
bezzling $1,375 while assisting his
father. who was postmaster at Ian
sing The money was returned by
check shortly after the discovery of
the shortage. Judge Pollock held
that the indictment was faulty, in
that it did not show the capacity in
which young Higgins was employed
about the postoftice.
Anderson County Boys Farm. -
There will be about 125 boys in the
boys corn contest this summer. The
corn for the contest has been pur-
chased of c. E. Hildreth, the noted
Kansas corn breeder, and will be dis
tributed to the boys. Each boy Is re-
quired to fill out a statement and
bring it back next fall telling how he
tended his corn. This contest will be
of great value to the boys of this
county and Anderson county will see
some fine samples of corn next fall.
Good New Well at Tyro.-Tyro has
three new oil wells, just brought in.
One is owned by Mccormack
Sheets, and flows from 600 to 700 bar
rels per day. One struck by Galbraith
G. Co., was shot with a fine flow. A
new we'll was brought in by McCor-
mack & Banks. There are eleven 9th
er new wells being started south of
Tyro. Gas pipes are being laid for
the newly incorporated city of Tyro
and for the new brick yard. Gas has
been contracted at 2 cents per 1000
feet.
Rural Carrier freed. - T. j. Soud-
ers, a mail carrier between Eureka
and Flint Ridge, came near losing his
life while crossing a swollen stream.
He drove into the stream and when
near the center the lunging of his
excited horses caused the doubletree
to break. The current washed the
buggy against a tree, where 1t hung
for moment, and Souders, securing
the mail sack, climbed into the tree
from where he was rescued two hours
later by a farmer who threw rope
to him and dragged him ashore.
A Kansan in Holland. - A former
Sumner county girl and her husband
went to Holland about a year ago. The
husbands relatives in Holland paid
the couples transportation expenses
and agreed to pay their fare back to
America should they decide to return.
After living in Holland about three
months they decided they wanted to
come back home. But the relatives
refused to pay their way back as
agreed and the husband having no
money had to go to work. He receiv-
ed sixteen cents a day for labor as
an experienced machinist. 1t costs
the two people eight cents a day to
live, leaving a balance of eight cents
a day to save to pay for their coming
expenses.
Simmons Out Under Bond.-David
Simmons, who is serving term in
the penitentiary for murder, was re-
leased on $4,000 bond. The crime