The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-26

poor farms pay dividends, bunch
of hogs from the Mitchell county
poor farm brought $3.50 the other
day.
Enlarge Hutchinson Hospital. -
Twelve Hutchinson physicians have
purchased the Stewart Hospital Asso'
citation and Training School for
Nurses. The capital stock is $20l-
0O0 The building will be doubled in
size.
Quail for Delaware.-A thousand
live young Kansas quail have been
shipped to Delaware and released on
the game preserve of Frank Thomp-
son, noted Philadelphia hunter The
quail cost Mr.. Thompson 81 each, laid
down.
Church Holds Annual Meeting. -
The Bethany Lutheran church held
its annual meeting at LindsborF and
elected officers for the ensuing year.
The Bethany church is the largest
Swedish Lutheran church west OF
the Missouri river.
Delegates to Convention. - Mayor
Ross has appointed seven delegates 10
represent the city of Wichita at the
semi-centennial convention to be held
in Topeka January 80 The delegates
were appointed at the request OF the
Topeka Commercial club.
Bottlers Ask for Legislation.-Frank
Hugh Grant, of Junction City, kas,
was elected president of the Kansas
and Missouri Bottlers' Association at
Wichita. The bottlers meet in To-
peka next January. A law to prohib-
it the sale of bottles to junk dealers
and tife refilling of bottles by other
persons than the owner will be asked
for.
Express Companies Fined. - The
Topeka managers of the three eX-
press companies were fined Sl0O
each in police court for refusal to pay
the license tax levied against express
companies by the city. They will APP
peal their cases to test the law. They
claim they are exempt from such
license.
More Tank Capacity.-At Paola the
Standard Oil Company is putting up
two SO0-barrel tanks in the Rantoul
field from where it will run a four
inch pipe to the Dickinson farm,
mile north of Osawatomie, where the
oil will be run into the company's
twelve-inch pipe line instead of to the
receiving station at Paola. The pres
ent line from Rantoul to Paola cannot
handle the amount of oil produced.
Tax Collecting Easy. - In Miami
county the county treasurer, Charles
Lewis. reports that $4,000 in taxes
have been collected this year out OF
a total of $216,9S9, which is about
per cent over that of last year. This
is the best showing of collections ever
made, which indicates state OF pros
perity for Miami county. Mr.. Lewis
has notified the state treasurer that
Miami county's portion of the first
payment of state tax, about 1000,
is ready
One Gambling Place CIosed.-What
may result in the closing of all the
gambling rooms in Wichita w. be-
gun by the issuance of an injunction
ordering the closing of one OF the
more prominent places. The lnJunc-
ton was issued by Judge Thomas T.
Wilson, of the district court. lnfor-
nation was filed by Detective Harry
Sutton. an ex-member of the city po-
lice force. The sheriff was ordered
to seize the gambling devices in the
house.
Santa Fe Wants Its Coal. - The
Santa Fe Company has asked Referee
LOOMS, of the Devlin estate, to order
the trustees to turn over TO it about
100000 worth of coal for money ad-
vanced to C. ]. Devlin just before his
failure. The company claims it ad-
vanced the money in order that Dew
lin could meet his pay roll and that
it had verbal contract with him
that it should receive coal for the
money. He died without carrying
out the contract and now the COM
pany wants its coal.
Caught Between observation-disclosures
Mcdonald, a switchman employed by
the M. X. & T. railroad company at
Parsons, was caught between the
drawbacks of switch engine and
freight car in the yards and crushed
so that he died three hours later. Nc
Donald was about 30 years of age. I'M
married, and his only known relative
is his mother, who lives in Richmond,
Ill. He came to this place in March
from Kansas City.
Marriage May Cost His Job.-Be-
cause of his secret marriage, which
was in Chicago June 20, last year, and
which became known only this week,
DR.. f. Stanton Hymer house physi-
clan at st. Francis hospital at WITCH
ita. may lose his position. DR.. Hymer
became associated with the hospital
less than a year ago The rules of
the hospital provide that the physi-
clans there shall not be married. This
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