The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-01

Abilene Wants a Library. The
city council of Abilene has adopted
resolution addressed to Andrew
| Carnegie, asking for a $4,000 free
library building and Offering to r1ise
10 per cent annually of the sum
! given. The city has fine library
and handsome site ready for a
| building.
BoiIermakers Strike.-Five boiler
makers employed in the Missouri
| Pacific roundhouse at Wichita walk
| ed out on strike. They received
telegram ordering them TO quit work
and thus add their influence to a
! general strike for higher wages
There was no demonstration. The
| helpers continued working
Founder of SaTina Dead. = Alex
ander NJ. Campbell, one OF the
founders of Salina, met death by
falling down his cellar way. Mr..
Campbell went to Salina in 1857, in
company with Col. w. A. Phillips
| and James Muir and the three men
| had much to do with the founding
| of the city.
The Pardon Came Too Late. = A
| pardon was received at the Kansas
| penitentiary for Henry Jones, con-
! vict, who died three days before 1t
! arrived Jones was an Oklahoma
| prisoner serving a 5-year sentence
| for larceny. He was brought to the
prison in December, 1905 He was
| afflicted with consumption and word
| was sent to Gov. Frantz of Oklaho-
ma in January that Jones could not
| live much longer.
A Big Sale. - One of the biggest
sales ever held in Central Kansas
took place two miles west of Canton,
| when C. H. Wary sold all of his per-
sonal property. Ninety head of two
year-old steers sold for $31 a head
and were bought by Joe Writer or
| Rexbury. Sixteen oIt of twenty
| five head of horses sold for 5000 a
| head. The total receipts of the sale
was over $4,000 and the most of it
was paid cash.
Remarkable Prices at SaIe.-A. P.
Wright, WHO lives near Valley Cen
ter, had sale of Poland China hogs
| which drew buyers from Indiana,
| Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and
| from several counties of Kansas.
| Twenty-eight hogs were sold, the to-
| tai amount realized being $3,7G9. or
an average of nearly $50. The
highest price paid for single hog
was $4O5. A dozen of the hogs
brought over $1O0 each. The $4O5
hog goes to Indiana
| If Wichita Has the Gas. = The
| Aero Club of America, a New York
company interested in giving aerial
navigation exhibits, have written the
| Commercial Club at Wichita stating
they wish to hold their next race
this summer at that place and re-
| questing that they be informed if
| they can secure the required
amount of gas for initiating the ba-
looms. If so, they would hold the
meet in that city. To successfully
handle the venture it would be
necessary for the city to furnish
$4,000 feet of gas in three hours.
The Commercial Clubs secretary
has informed the club that if natural
gas would do they can easily furnish
the required amount.
Boys Face Murder Charge. -
| Frank Anderson, John Klein and
John Cunningham were arrested
| near Lawrence on charge of muir
der. They were arraigned and held
without bail They are charged with
completely in fight at country
school house two months ago when
| Houston McNees was killed.
Court House Walls Bullying Out
| There is said to be danger of the
| court house at Winfield falling down
and the appearance OF bulge mas
created some uneasiness in the
minds of lawyers and others. whose
business keeps them in court Il large
part of the time. A few days ago
| bulge was discovered in the south
east corner of the court room and
at one place the wall is three inches
out of line. The cause of this has
not been determined. but is believed
to be the result of the weather a
week ago, which softened up the
ground to an unusual extent and
caused the old building to settle.
The attention of the county com.
missioners has been called to the
condition of affairs
EmporIa After Gas. = The city
council of Emporia has voted to use
the $4,000 available for prospecting
for coal, oil OF gas.
Wichita Man Drowns.-While fish
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