The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-02-16
Becomes an American.


del Alamo, native of Spain, has tt
ken out final naturalization papers l.
the district court at Leavenworth II
nouncing allegiance to King Alfons
XIII, in order to apply for a commits
sion in the regular army. Del Alam
is % years old. He is a corporal il
the engineer battalion of the army.
Abilene Votes School Bonds.-Abi
lene declared for better schools whel
a special election was held to decide
whether the city should issue bonds
for $4,000 for the erection of new
high school and an additional ware
school building. Much interest was
taken in the election and the propo
sition carried by vote of 1913 to 1876.
Sanitarium for Consumptives. - Al
Wichita Prof. H. Samuels in negotiat'
ing for the purpose of erecting sani'
tarium on College HILL to be devoted
entirely to the treatment of patients
suffering from consumption. He al
ready has selected the site for the
sanitarium and is now waiting to hear
from parties in the east who are in
terested in the venture.
Head Offices at Humboldt - The
| Prairie Oil and Gas Company will es-
tablish head Offices at Humboldt and
the company is planning the erection
of building several stories high to
falyp thn plann Of Of,
that have been secured in different
parts of the city. The head office will
be moved from Neodesha and the
branch office in the territory will be
consolidated with the Humboldt
Office.
Let's Pleads GuiIty.-M. M. Let's,
who, while agent and operator for the
Santa Fee railway at Princeton, Kan,
stole several thousand dollars worth
of tickets and then set fire to the de-
pot to hide the robbery, pleaded gull
ty in the criminal court at Kansas
City, and was sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary. Two years ago
Let's made sensational escape. He
was arrested month ago at Panama
and brought back to the United
States
Shooting Over Debt. - At Linds-
borg, Kan, j. w. Nelson and August
Finney quarreled over a sum of
money said to be due Nelson. Nelson
had gone to Finney's home to collect
the money and in dispute which fol-
lowed Finney claims Nelson assault
ed him, when Finney drew his revol-
yer and shot, the ball taking effect in
the thigh. The wound is a serious
one Finney was at once arrested on
the charge of assault with intent to
kill and was held in $1,000 bond and
his preliminary trial was set for Feb
ruary q.
To Have Street RaiIway.-Chanute
is to have a street railway system. R.
c. Rawlings has accepted the city's
terms. According to the ordinance,
he must have 81 900 worth of material
purchased, paid for and delivered
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days from the time of acceptance; he
must have $4,000 worth of material
bought and on the ground and COM
mence actual work within six months l.
from the time of acceptance; and the
railroad must be completed and in
active and continuous operation with
in Is months from the time of accept
ance.
Fire at Halstead.--The burning of
Jones livery stable started quite a
lively fire The flames were first dis
covered coming from the roof, and
as there was no wind the fire did not
gain much hesdway until the entire
equipment, consisting of twelve bug
gies and carriages, horse and two
together with all the
horses, had been gotten out. Two
horses, however, were so badly burn
ed that they had to be shot. The
fire spread to two adjoining buildings
occupied as a carpenter shop and a
wagon shop, which were entirely con-
The Schowalter Lumber Com
pany's yards located across the alley
from the Jones barn was on fire sew
eral times. but was saved without
loss.
View With Complacency. - The
natural gas using towns of Kansas,
which by April / will include most of
The towns in the eastern fourth of the
state, are not worrying much over the
threatened coal miners strike. If the
strike does come. by the time it is
over gas will be so generally install
ed that there will be no future market
n those towns for coal.
Jaekrabbit MiIlions.-The new edi-
or of the Caldwell Advance has been
the jackrabbits and makes
he following report: There are s.
100000 jackrabbits in the state of
Kansas. A full grown Jack" can do
several dollars damage to young corn
and other vegetables during a season.
They are usually very choice in their
eating and always take the best.