The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27

Fell and Fractured His SkulI.-P
R. Harmon. well known residen
of Brown county, fell from scaffold
ing at Willis and fractured his skull
He will die. He has wife and three
children. He was at one time county
superintendent of Brown county.
Work Starts on FL Dorado Depot
Contractor F. l.. Swanson of To
peka commenced work on the new
brick Santa Fe depot in Ell Dorado. II
will be 2Sx140 feet, one story. 1t will
be modern in every way and the build
ing and grounds will cost $4,000.
ScaIded by Hot Water. Emma
First the 16-year-old daughter OF
George First. city marshal of Waiver
ly, was badly burned at the home OF
her parents here. She was doing
some cooking and overturned ket'
tie of boiling water which fell on her
and scalded her limbs from the knees
down.
Here Is Work For 200 Men.-T. B.
Gerow, state free employment agent,
has received request for 200 men
to work in the cement plants in East
ern Kansas. The proprietors of these
plants say that their men went to the
| harvest fields when the first call for
help was sent out and that they are
badly in need of men. The requests
are for fifty men at lola, 100 at indie
pendence and fifty at Neodesha. The
men will earn from $1.75 to $3.50
dav.
Appraisers Report on Baden Co.
The appraisers appointed by Receiv-
err Southwark to place value on the
pany of Winfield have made their re-
port. Independent of cash in bank
at the time of the failure the prop
erty is appraised at $4,000. This
includes the property at Winfield and
real estate in Enid, Okla. The APP
praisement committee consisted Of
Captain Myers and Colonel Manning
of Winfield and Alva Scott of Wich-
tia.
Woman Policeman Enforced Order.
The town of Colony has woman
police officer. Mayor White appoint
ed Mrs. c. H. Johnson to assist in
keeping order at the Fourth of July
celebration because there were no
men available. The result was that
there were no disturbances on that
day. Mrs. Johnson wore a star and
carried a heavy walking stick, which
she twirled with all the grace Of
metropolitan coop" Two young men
questioned her authority, but threat
to place them under arrest, accom-
panied by brisk move toward them
with the stick, put the young men
to flight The town awarded Mrs,
Johnson a vote of thanks.
Free Delivery in Kansas Counties.
Great strides have been made in
Kansas during the past year, ended
June 80. to extend better mail facili-
ties to the farmers. A regular net
work of rural routes are found in
many counties, which extend to ev-
cry community fairly well populated.
Before the first of the new year one
half of Kansas will be placed under
a complete county system of the free
delivery service. At the present time
AZ counties have this special delivery.
Nine additional counties are under
consideration for complete systems.
The area covered by this special SER
vice includes practically every coun-
ty from a line drawn through the
central part of the state to her east
ern borders. The counties which
have the complete county system of
rural free delivery are: Allen, An
derson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown,
Chautauqua, Cherokee. Clay, Cloud,
Coffey, Cowley, Dickinson, Doniphan,
Douglas, Elk, Franklin, Harvey, JEFF
ferson, Jewell, Johnson. Labette
Lynn, Lyon, Marion. Marshall, Nc
Pherson, Miami Mitchell, Montgom-
cry, Ncmaha, Neosho, Usage, Reno,
Republic, Rice, Saline. Sedgwick,
Shawnee. Sumner, Washington and
Wyandotte. The counties now being
considered for this special service
are Butler, Geary, Greenwood, Jack
son, Morris, Ottawa, Riley and Wood
SOD.
Wichita Blind Number Thirty. -
There are thirty blind persons in
Wichita. according to statistics com
piled frc:n a special United States
Census.
Old Kansas Banker Dead. - r. j.
Wilson, aged 20 years, died here from
the result of a hemorrhage. Until
six years ago Mr.. Wilson was in the
banking business at Farington.
District School Libraries. I. L.
Dayhoff, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, has made the states
first collection of statistics relating
to the school district libraries. The
COMPLIED reports show that there are
1885 school district libraries with q
total of 107,435 volumes. In nearly
every instance the funds for these H.
braries are collected by the enter
tainments given by the schools. In