The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-17

| The OLD SettleTS OIL JdChooh Couh'J
will have a reunion at Holton. Sep
TENDER 70. The committee has de-
| cded to buy five beeves for the barbe-
cue.
Ell Dorado to Have Natural Gas. -
| Fifteen teams are at work hauling
and distributing the pipe for the nat
ural gas pipe line between Ell Dorado
and a point south of Augusta, where
it connects with the main line to
Wichita. Work will commence at
once on putting it in the ground,
and Ell Dorado people expect to he
burning gas by November Is.
Crushed by Pump.-A very serious
accident and perhaps a fatal one, oc-
CURED at the Webster refinery AZ
Humboldt, when Rob Latimer was
injured by pump falling on him
from the top of wagon. He was
moving the pump when it fell from
the wagon and struck him in the
stomach and breast and broke three
ribs and injured him internally.
Received and Discharged. - The
monthly report of the warden OF the
penitentiary for July shows that 81
prisoners were received and % dis
charged during the month. Thirteen
of those received were from Wyan-
dotte county and eleven of those dis
charged were sent back to Oklaho-
ma. There are now 1,20S convicts IN
the penitentiary. divided into the foi-
lowing classes: Whites, S33; ne
groes. 800; Indians. 10 and Next
cans. s.
Two Officers Arrested.-E r. Bal
ger, vice president, and c. F. Ander-
son. secretary of the defunct j. r.
Baden Produce Company, OF Wtnheld,
were arrested on charge of forgery.
Anderson is also charged with per-
Jury. The forgery is alleged to con-
sist of an entry of $4,000 credit to
Butter account" January 1, 1905, no
such payment being made, by when
the profits of the concern were MADE
to appear greater than they were.
The complainant is c. A. Martin, a
stakeholder. The perjury is alleged
to be false S ltement under oath
to the secretary Of state OF the con-
dition of the coz Germ June 80, l9Oo
Item of accounts payable therein OF
s42.22O. it is alleged, should have
been $142,200: TIE complainant Is W.
C. Robinson, pre- 5ident Of the First
National bank, Ct Winfield; G. b.
Crichton. now Of New York, former
vice president end general manager
also accused in both complaints.
Expenses Exceed Receipts. - The
books of the state treasurer show
that the expense of the state of Kan
sas for the fiscal year ended June 81
exceeded the receipts by more than
half million dollars. The receipts
during the entire year were $685.
505O3 and the disbursements amount
ed to S4,4O2,210.33. There would have
been a deficiency at the end OF the
wear had it not been for the fact that
there was a balance in the treasury
at the beginning of the year amount
ing to S777,S90.49. The balance in
the treasury at the end of the year
was $271. 1888. The largest re-
ceipts came from the taxes raised for
state purposes. This item last year
amounted to S2,273,0O9.14. This is
only a little more than half of the
amount discussed by the state and
the remainder of the money was
raised from fees received from the
various institutions and departments
and from additions to the funds OF
the state educational institutions
The permanent school fund furnish
ed S691, 1929 of the receipts for the
year.
Broomcorn Harvest Begins. - The
work of pulling the broom corn CROP
in the Kansas broom corn belt has
begun. This belt lies mostly in the
counties of Rice, Stafford, Barton
and Reno, and the crop is said to be
of excellent quality. The work OF
harvesting the crop began earlier
than usual this year because it ma
tured sooner than usual. The acre
age is said to be larger than 1t was
year ago.
Farmers May Be Bankers. - etc
look over the state of Kansas now,
said Webb McNall. ex-superintendent
of insurance, "a man would think that
it would pay out about 500 cents on
the dollar if thrown into the hands OF
receiver. The state looks better
than ever saw it, / have been over
it some recently and there are big
crops in every section. Usually we
raise a big wheat crop and have a
corn failure, or raise big corn crop
and have a wheat failure, but we are
going to raise a big crop Of corn and
have already harvested an extraordi-
nary crop of wheat Every farmer
in the state will be able to start a
bank this fall"
Alleged Cattle Thief Appeals. =
Jacob Wolfey has appealed to the SUI
nreme court from the decision OF the