The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-08

HlOHluS 10 nave HlS WouhuSu di III
treated returned to Lansing and
gave himself up to Warden Haskell
of the state penitentiary. This was
rather unexpected, because it was
generally. thought that the governor
would issue pardon or parole to
Dalton and would not let him return
to the penitentiary.
Alfalfa the Best Crop. - Late re-
ports say twenty-nine Kansas coun-
ties have upwards of 10000 acres
each in alfalfa, forty-four counties
have more than 5000 acres, 103 of the
l05 counties of the state have some
alfalfa acreage and the total acreage
OF the state is three-quarters of
million acres. being exceeded by but
three cultivated crops - wheat, corn
and oats. There is no product of the
state more important than the COM
paratively new one of alfalfa. in
spite of the constant increase in
acreage - $4,000 acres added last
year-the demand for seed and hay
exceeds the supply and the price
keeps at a figure which makes alfalfa
the most profitable produce, acre for
acre, of Kansas soil.
Refinery Cost One Million. - The
National Oil Refinery plant northeast
of Coffeyville. which has been about
Year in building, is practically COM
pleted Brick, steel and concrete are
the principal materials used in con
struction. There are 50 oil tanks on
the refinery site and they will hold
about 100000 barrels of oil. There
are FIVE stills with capacity OF
about 1900 barrels of refined oil per
day. Then there is a power house,
ware room, pump house and Office
building, all of brick. two agitator
tanks and a net work of pipe lines.
There are II powerful pumps in the
pump house. The Stevens Electric
Company are installing light plant
in the room adjoining the power
house that will have a capacity OF
600 lights. The finishing touches are
being put on the big plant and it is
expected to begin work as soon as the
pumps on the Bartlesville oil pipe
line are in commission. The refinery
will employ 200 men to start with.
The investment for the refinery and
pipe line will easily run over a mil
lion dollars. The refinery is suppos-
ed to be an Independent concern.
Doubled Sales at Arkansas City. -
Since the 2-cent rate went into effect
in Kansas the receipts of the Santa
re and Frisco passenger offices in
Arkansas City have been doubled.
This city is but four miles from the
Oklahoma line and in Oklahoma the
old rate of 3 cents a mile still pre-
yails. Now passengers who are wise
bay tickets from Oklahoma towns to
Arkansas City and here re-buy to
their destinations If they happen to
be in Kansas or where the 2-cent fare
operates. All trains stop here for
meals and this gives the passengers
plenty of time in which to make
their purchases. Passengers for Oh
lahoma also patronize the local offices
literally. They run through Kansas
to this city for . cents mile and
here buy tickets to Oklahoma points
at the old rate. In this way they
escape paying on trains where the
companies charge an extra 10 cents
which may be returned to the pas
seuger by presenting the receipt to
any agent of the company. Frequent
ly at the Santa Fe ticket Office there
are two hundred persons lined up in
front of the window waiting to buy
tickets.
WhitIow Is at Liberty - Samuel
Whitlow. charged with the murder
Of Miss May Sapp, at Moran, Septem-
her 81. has been released from Jail
On $4,000 bond. He returned to
Moran at once. bur declines to
say what he expects to do during the
time before his trial be
gins. He is proprietor of feed store
1t Moran. and it is probable he will
'esume the management of his bust
lSss.
Can't Have Slot Misunderstanding
is the result of request from the
mayor. Detective John Remspear has |
allied upon the cigar parlors and two
'er cent places in Wichita and in |
itructed the proprietors that here
lfter slot machines will not be toler-
tied.
Oldest Kansss Teacher Dead. -
Mrs. Minnie c. Price, the Oldest
cbooi teacher in Kansas. died at To
,eks of diabetes Mrs. Price began
eaching in the Topeka schools in
SC9 and has taught continuously
ince up until last week. She had
'harge of the primary departments
IL of these years.
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Much Typhoid Reported. - -Four
hundred and fifty cases of typhoid
ever in Kansas were reported to the
tate board of health for October. I