The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-04-06
KANSAS COMMENT

worked for the Rock Island at Good
land and stole some railroad tickets
His mother has promised to take hin
to Colorado and look after him.
Charges Against Rural Teacher. =
Lawrence Sims, rural school teach
err, was arrested in Shawnee count!
on the charge of brutally beating
one of his pupils, Ralph Peck. 1t Il
claimed that the boy was beaten un
til he was black and blue. The com
plant was sworn out by the boys
father.
Child Accidentally Killed. - 3
year-old son of wv. s. Miller, who lives
near New Salem, Kan, was accident
ally killed by the discharge OF RI
fie. An older brother left the gun ly
ing on a box. The little fellow caught
it by the muzzle and pulled it toward
him. The hammer pulled back and
was discharged
A. o. U. w. Lodge Debt Free.-The
local order of the A. o. U. w. cele-
brated its freedom from debt at indie
pendence, with a grand celebration
and jubilee, at which formal burn
ing of the mortgage which has hung
over the lodge home for the last ten
years was one of the features. Visit
ors from all parts of the county were
here. The lodge is now the fourth in
Kansas in point of numbers.
Bentley Bank Robbed.-The Bank
of Bentley was robbed by burglars
The safe was wrecked and all the
money in it, about $1,000, was stolen.
The burglary was discovered when
c. l.. Baird, the cashier, went to the
bank. The lock on the front door
of the institution had been picked and
fragments of the safe were scatter
ed about the room. The twisted
doors of the safe showed that pow
erful explosive had been used.
Forest Planting. - In the recently
established forest reserve in the vi
cinity of Garden City extensive ex-
detrimental planting will be carried
on this year by the forest service of
the department Of agriculture. For
this project $4,000 pine seedlings will
be shipped from Nebraska and 10000
broadleaf seedlings will be purchased
from nurserymen. A section of land
will be fenced and fire guards will be
plowed to protect the planted area.
The work, it is believed, will be a
great incentive to the farmers of that
section to increase their paintings of
trees.
Investigate Your Titles. - Kansas
people who now own homestead land
should investigate their titles and see
that they are all right If they are
not, steps should be taken at once to
correct them. This warning is due to
a new line of work which government
officers seem to have taken on recent
ly. Not being content to simply look
after the business of the Offices to
which they were appointed these
officers are looking up defective titles
and giving their friends tips where to
settle. Not long ago a government in
spector discovered that the final
proofs on a farm in Marshall county,
owned by w. H. Smith were defec-
tice. Smith homesteaded the farm
more than forty years ago. He thought
all the time that he Lad valid title.
But the inspector believed he saw
a defect and he had his brother home
stead the land, The matter went
through the land Office here and was
appealed to the general land Office at
Washington. Smith finally won, but
he bad a narrow escape.
Three Great Gas Engines. - The
lola Portland Cement Company has
received huge gas engine from the
Westinghouse factory which will be
installed at once and will be used in
their new section to be started this
spring. The engine required five cars
for shipment. 1t is by far the lar
gest ever brought to this county, hav-
ing a horse power equivalent to 500
horses. Two more of the same size
and make have been bought and are
on their way here. The three will
supply 1900 horse power for the new
section at the cement plant. The
company is making mammoth and in
teresting increases in equipment and
when all is in running order the plant
will, beyond any doubt, be the largest
cement plant in the United States I'M
der one roof.
Wreck Furnished Free Oil. - By
the dropping of a loosened brakebeam
five cars of a Missouri, Kansas &
Texas freight train were derailed
two miles north of Waverly. A large
coal oil tank on one of the cars was
emptied in the ditch. and the oil
scooped up by the people of the neigh
borhood.
Mcpherson College Library. - Nc
Pherson college is making a great eff
fort toward its new Carnegie library