The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-01-04

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alfalfa from South America and
planted 1t in the United States, died
at Emporia, Kan, aged 70 years. 6
Will Have an Ice Plant. - On and
after May /, 1907, Garden City will
make its own ice. This assurance
comes with the completion Of definite
arrangements for an ice plant OF
twenty. tons capacity.
Soldiers Get Gay. = Several mem
bers Of the Ninth cavalry. negroes,
stationed at Fort Leayenworth.
while intoxicated. created a dis
turbance on Fort Leavenworth
electric car. They kicked all the
windows out, beat the conductor and
the motorman. locked them in and
raced with the car to Fort Leaven-
worth, where the rioters were plac-
ed in the guard house. Several
white women were on the car dur
ing the trouble and some of them
leaped off. but none was injured.
Antitrust Meeting at saIIna. "A
great antitrust meeting will be held
at Salina. January is. under the
auspices of the Farmers. Merchants
and Shippers Club, whose headquart-
ers is at Pratt. AS every other in
terest Is thoroughly organized there
is no other course open to the farm
ers; they must organize and this
they Will do in 1907 Every farmers
organization of any kind is invited
to send delegates. W. R. Stubbs,
Carr Taylor, d. w. Blaine and other
able speakers viii address this meet
ing.
Cancer Causes Suicide. - Losson
Baker, member of the Soldiers
Home. at Leavenworth, killed him
self by jumping from the top of the
Soldiers Home hospital, distance
of thirty feet. He lived only short
time after striking the ground Baker
was being treated in the hospital for
cancer. with which he had been af-
flicted for many years. He killed
himself to escape the terrible suffer
ing to which he had been subjected.
Baker was IA years of age. During
the civil war he belonged to the Eff
tieth regiment OF Missouri infantry.
He was buried in the cemetery at
the Home.
Found Dead In His Yard.--Search
is being made by the authorities of
Grant county, o. t., for the suppos-
ed murderers Of Frank Oerke, citi-
zen of Caldwell. Kan, who was
found dead in the dooryard Of cab
in on his farm about five miles south
of that place. across the Oklahoma
line Oerke was a bachelor, spent
good deal Of his time at his farm,
living alo In shack or dugout.
The only known motive for the crime
Is the. fact that he had some diff
Guilty with his neighbors in regard to
the location of road through his
place. The house sears the marks
of several bullets.
Taxing the Corporations. = ]. R.
Burrow. secretary of state, has pre-
pared bill in line with the recon-
mendations made in his biennial re-
port to the governor regarding cor
poration taxes. The bill will be "
troduced In both houses and senaev
shortly afterjthe opening of the reg
islative sessions next month. Osten-
sibly. the bill would provide an en-
tirely new charter or corporation
act. In fact the law would be chang
ed materially only as regards taxa
tion of corporations. Mr.. Burrows
bill provides that all Kansas corpo-
rations shall be taxed on their capt.
talization In the same manner that
banks are now taxed under the Kan
sas law. In Mr.. Burrows Judgment
such system would effectually con-.
troll corporations. preventing over
and excess Of water"
in the stock.
Water Works Dam Completed. -
The new concrete dam across the
Walnut at Ell Dorado. built by the
city to provide better water sup
ply, has Just been completed and
banquet was rendered Eli Ware
the contractor and builder Of
dam, at the Delmonico by the b
ness men. which was very suce
fui AFFAIR.
Four JoIntists to JaIi.-Four
lists, Of Arkansas City. Art
Henry Schmidt. Chef Thoma
Frank Thorp. have been sent
to serve sentences ranging Fl
to nine months on commit
sued from the district coul
were convicted last Spring
dence secured by John M
sistant attorney general.
ly and given jail sent
applied to the supreme
the verdicts Of the low
sustained Two nore
Batty and Bert Files.