The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-07-12

at AtchiSon, was drowned in Deer
creek while in bathing. The teach
ers had taken the children to the
woods for an outing and in spite OF
orders to the contrary the Beckwith
boy and two others slipped off to the
creek and went In swimming. Ira
Rushenord, another boy, came near
being drowned in attempting to res
cue his companion.
Old Man starving.-The sight OF 4
| man over 70 years of age. feeble ana
starving. was presented in lola re-
| Gently The man, according to recon-
mendations he carried, is honest and
! has always been sober and hard
working His working days have
passed, however He told Captain
Seeds, of the Salvation Army. that he
| had not eaten since early the morn
ing before and had made his way the
best he could from Olathe. An effort
| to send him to relatives in kingman
county was made.
Third to Die Violent Oesth.-Whil2
mentally deranged from broodlns
over his recent arrest on the charge
of cruelty to animals. John Harkins,
of Topeka, aged 10 years, committed
suicide. Harkins filled a teacup with
carboiic acid and drank all but a
few drops. He is the third OF the
family to die a violent death within
the last two years. Some time ago
a brother was drowned and about
two years ago another brother. a
brakeman, was killed in Al acct
dent.
Board Elects Officers. - The state
| Board of Control held its biennial
election of officers at Topeka aud re-
elected all of it's Old officers. h, b'
Schermerhorn will continue as chalr-
man, S. C. Elliott as treasurer and H.
C Bowman as attorney. The Doard
also let contracts for desks ana
chairs for the addition 10 the GIFTS
Industrial School at Beloit The Hall
Stationery Company. Of Topeka was
the lowest bidder on desks and Sc
cured the contract for $1,000 worth
There were five bidders The Hall
| Company also secured the contract
for $243.4O worth of gymnasium sup
plies for the. Beloit school. l
Must Not Use Their Feet.-Bakers
| M
their feet to knead or work bread ana
they must not use the bare toor Oh
their bakeshop as the pan in "nicn
to knead the bread. Such IS the Or
der Just issued by DR.. 5. J. Crum ONE.
| secretary of the Kansas board OF
health. The June bulletin OF the
board contains the rules governing
bakeshops and the following is one:
"Kneading or working the dough
with the feet is strictly forbidden
The bread and pastry must not De
laid on the bare floor" DR. Crum'
! bine has heard that some OP the pax
ers have fallen into the habit OF
stomplng the bread dough instead oil
kneading it with their hands IT Is
said that when the dough becomes
hard and is about ready to De set 10
rise. some of the bakers dump the
batch of dough onto the door and pro
coed to work it with their feet. rms
practice is no longer tolerated. The
rules are effective at once ana vlo-
lation is punishable by a heavy nne.
The rules also prohibit allowing DO
nestle animals of any lund il the
work shop and it is also provided
that the bakers must wear sCtlcleht
clothing Chewing tobacco and
smoking are also tabOOei in working
hours. and the workmen are not to
be allowed to sit down on the
benches or tables used in the shop. ,
Took All But the House. - Gov.
Hoch has issued a requisition on the
governor of Indiana for Harry Ward
who is wanted in Arkansas City for
grand larceny. Ward is now at NIgo'
Ind. and is under arrest He is
charged with stealing from Warren
B. Robertson trunk, eight rugs.
eleven lace curtains, two bed
spreads, a lot of table linen, oortiers
and a clock. The total value OF the
articles taken is about 800. l
Bug in Kansas cornfsids. - Pc
ports received from the Walnut Val
ley state that a new kind Of bug.
known as the elephant bug. has been
infesting the corn tield- in tnat sec
ton. H. B. Lamb. a farmer. haH
planted his corn a second timc only
to have it taken by the bugs, and
finally plowed up an eishty-acre
field and planted katir corn. The
bug is two times the size OF the pO-
tato bug and has a long prO0osis,
which projects from its head like an
elephants trunk. With this. imple-
ment it sucks the juice from the cen
trail stalk of corn. when the corn is
more than a foot high the bug does
il no harm. b