The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-02-02
KANSAS COMMENT

the Kelly Touring mill, started al
Hutchinson. 1t will cost $4,000 and
will have a capacity of 500 barrels
daily. 1t is to be ready for work by
July 1. One hundred cars of material
will be used in its construction.
Flyer From lola. - Commencing
January 26, the Santa Fe starts its
oil flyer at lola instead of Chanute
and makes the run from that point
through to Tulsa, /. 7. The oil flyer
was put on by the Santa Fe during
the oil boom in Kansas and proved
such paying proposition it has
gradually been extended from one end
of the mid-continent oil field to the
other.
Cows Have TubercuIosis.-Prof. S.
F. Schoenleber of the State Agricul-
tural College at Manhattan, with an
assistant, recently made a thorough
investigation of the dairy herd of the
National military home at Leaven-
worth, Kan, and found that out of
so milk cows tested 26 were affected
with tuberculosis. Sixteen being sus-
picious, were held for a retest next
spring.
X. U. to Debate at Ho:nc.-The Uni
versity of Kansas debating council
has made arrangements to debate
with Baker university at Lawrence
this spring and at Baldwin next year.
The Kansans usually suffer in de-
bates with the Methodists, but simu-
lated by last years victories over
Missouri and Iowa the Jayhawkers
hope to break the custom and win
the debates.
Was Mexican War Veteran.-F. w.
Heckroot, a veteran of the Mexican
and civil wars, soldier in the regu-
lar army in one campaign against the
Apaches and Comanches, and sailor
in the old days of the North sea whal-
Ding expeditions, died at Ottawa at the
age of 80 years. Heckroot carried
five wounds received in battle, We,
was as active as a man Of 40 until
week before his death.
Couldn't Crack the Safes.-A bold
attempt to rob the vaults and safes
of the Merchants National Bank, of
Topeka was discovered The rob
bers had commenced work in the
basement and tunneled through elev-
en- feet of solid rock to the floor of
the vaults, effecting an entrance.
They had attempted to wreck the
safes some time Saturday night, but
their efforts had fattAd.
"a Negro Students, at X. U.-There
are thirty-four negro students at the
University of Kansas. OF these sew
enteen are in the college; five are in
the school of engineering; five are
taking pharmacy; three are studying
medicine; two are in the law school,
and two are in the school of fine arts
Booker r. Washington has written to
the registrar of the university re.
guessing the names of the negro stu
dents who are qualified to teach
school.
To improve the Roads.-Prof. W. c. !
Hoad of the civil engineering depart
ment of the University Of Kansas, |
chairman of the Douglas County Good |
Roads Society, has figured out that |
there are in Douglas county 906 miles |
of country roads on which the town
ships spend about $4,000 a year. This
sum does not include the amounts
given by the county, by the towns
and by private subscriptions. This
sum represents the amount spent
annually for ordinary maintenance
without consideration of permanent
betterment,
Dickinson County Teachers. - The
Dickinson County Teachers Associa-
ton met at Chapman with large at
tendance. Prof. Cody of the State
University gave an exhibition of
liquid air as a part of the program. 2
Four Foot Vein of coa.-Last week
while drilling a well for water on the
farm of John McDougall on Peyton
creek, five miles northeast of Cotton
wood Falls, a four foot vein of coal
was struck at a depth of 20 feet.
Went Suddenly lnsane.-Geo. King,
once a patient in the state asylum
for the insane at Osawatomie, be-
came violently insane in his room at
downtown rooming house at Wich-
tia. He ran from his room naked and
screaming, armed himself with
chair, and for a time held police Off
GERS at bay.
Measles Hurt the Schools. - The
state truancy law has triumphed over
every other influence that keeps
children out of school, but it is fall
ing down before the measles. In a
large number of school districts over
Franklin county there are vacant
seats to which the sign measles"
might be attached.
Animals for Judging Purposes. -
Harry Avery g. Son Of Wake6ald