The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
Boy Crushed to peath.-The 7.year.

of wheat and so badly injured tina
he died. The chest was crushed In
: frightful manner.
Shipping Fruit in Car Lots. - Thu
fruit growers of Jackson county arr
making arrangements to ship thei
surplus apples and peaches in ca
load lots, that they may realize fai
price for them. The yield will b.
larger this year than ever before IL
the countys history, and the price:
locally will be low. By organizing
for car load shipments the farmers
will be able to put their fruit on the
markets of the big cities at profit.
Jurisdiction to be Tested. - The
board of railroad commissioners vii
have an opportunity to test the pro
vision of the railroad law giving the
board supervision over irrigation
bitches. U. T. Tapscott, of Syracuse
has complained of the damage done
by an irrigation ditch which has been
affected by new culvert constructed
| by the Santa Fe. The ditch is said
to be flooding farms every time there
is a rain in that part of the state.
Crack Shoot at lola in October. -
The Kansas and Missouri Association
Gun clubs will probably hold their
shoot in lola some time during the
month of October. 1t is estimated
! that about 100 crack shots from all
parts of the United States will be
there and take part in the contest.
Mr. Hilles, the president of the club,
says that an effort will be made to
have r. C. Elliott, who is known to
be the crack shot of the world, pres
ent on this occasion.
Would Tax Franchses.-J. R. Bur
row, secretary of state, has an
nounced that he will ask the legisla-
ture which will meet next winter to
provide tax for franchises. He Will
BEGIN a campaign for this law at
once and the biennial report of his de-
partment soon to be issued, will con-
tain a recommendation to Gov. Hoch
that such law be enacted. Il be-
lieve Kansas" said Mr.. Burrows,
Ought to tax the franchises of the
public service corporations. | do not
believe in providing blanket tax for
all such corporations but in taxing
them according to their earnings"
Beginning OF the End.-The board
of county commissioners will at its
next meeting at Holton consider pc
tition to make a townsite out of the
Pottawatomie reservation. All the
Indian lands have been allotted, and
under the law the heirs of dead In
dams may sell the allotments. About
500 white families have bought homes
on the reserve, and are living there.
Many Indians have adopted the ways
of the whites, and gone to farming
for a living, and there have been sew
eral marriages of late. Full blooded
Pottawatomies are rare. The crea-
ton of the new township will mark
the beginning of the end of the Potta-
watomie tribe and the elimination of
its reservation.
Will Exhibit Wheat Train. - Syl
Dixon. of corn train" fame, was in
Topeka to make contracts with the
railroads to haul a wheat train from
the Southwestern Kansas counties to
Chicago and Eastern cities. Mr.. Dix
on expects to have his train ready
to leave Dodge City early in Septem-
Der. He has already arranged with
F. d. Coburn to have the latter go
to Dodge City and start the train with
appropriate ceremonies. The train
will run to Hutchinson, where it will
be exhibited for four days at the fair,
and from there it will go to Chicago,
running only during the daylight
hours and stopping at every station
on the road. The train will contain
besides wheat from the southwestern
counties, samples of the other pro-
ducts of that part of the state. There
will be three exhibition cars and Mr..
Dixon will also take along band.
There will be samples of the sugar
beets and corn of the Arkansas river
valley anu Il HuMDSI VI SaLuplGo VI
fruit.
Government Depository. - Wichita
will soon have another government
depository. The fortunate institution
is the National Bank of Wichita.
Big Mortgage Filed. - A MORTGAGE
for s1,25O,000 was filed in the regis
ter of deeds Office at Wichita by the
Wichita Natural Gas Company, in ia
vor of the Colonial Trust Company of
Pittsburg. Pa. The deed will be filed
in several counties. it being neces-
sary to record it in every county
where the company has property. The
company will have branch lines run
ming out of Montgomery county into
Belle PLANE, Newton. Sedgwick, Wei
lington, Halstead. Burton and Hutch
,inson. Besides these branch lines the
mortgage includes the main pipe line,
which is to run to Wichita. The coun-
ties in which the mortgage must be
filed include Sedgwick, Chautauqua,
Elk, Cowley. Harvey Butler and Reno.
1t will cost the company about $50 to
file the MORTGAGE in each county. The
instrument is an immense affair and
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