The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-01-18

The resolution by MT. bdrTlnlau
provides for the election of half OF
the members of the state senate at
alternate general elections
Mr.. Reynard, of Franklin, has in
troduced an anti-pool room bill in
the house. The bill provides pen
atty of $1,000 for running a place IN
which bets are made on horse races.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. H. = Senator
Porter today offered a resolution en-
bodying proposition for a conven-
ton to revise the constitution to- be
voted on at the next general elec-
ton. l .fl-
Representative Pomeroy offered
resolution in the house amending
the constitutional provision fixing
the salaries of members of the legis-
lature. 1t provides that the mem
bers shall receive Sc day and Id
cents mile for travelling expenses.
Representative Jeffries a resolution
exempting from taxation all prop
erty used exclusively for public pur-
poses. NH
Mr.. Berryman of Clark a resolu-
ton to amend the constitution SO
that members of the state senate
sha'c be elected half at one general
election and half at the next
Davis of Bourbon a resolution re-
questing congress to call a conven-
ton for the purpose of considering
amendments to the constitution OF
the United States, looking to the
81 ne Uni n1
by direct vote of the people.
Representative Stone introduced
bill, under the direction of Attorney
General Coleman. expected to make
it easier to obtain evidence of viola
ton of liquor laws providing no per-
son shall be excused from testifylnS
before any court of record in the
state. 'a
Representative Hendricks intro
duced for the benefit of the counties
where the records have been de-
stroyed or lost bill providing that
the secretary of the state historical
society may furnish such records
from the newspap rs on file in his
Office and that they shall be accept
ed by the courts as official records
from that county.
One of the most stringent meas
ures yet offered was introduced in
the house providing for the taxation
of mortgages today by Representa-
tive Gesaar and provides: The
assessors of the state of Kansas
SHALL place their seal on all notes,
mortgages and interest drawing
mercantile papers and keep record
of the same. Ali notes, mortgages
md interest bearing mercantile pa
per not stamped shall be null and
void" o -
A Square Deal" measure by Dav-
idson of Sedgwick to abolish the
present state tax commission and
the creation of a state tax commits
sion composed of three members to
be appointed by the governor, to
have authority over the administra-
ton of all tax laws and jurisdiction
! over all county assessors.
Mr.. Bird introduced a bill in the
house requiring grocers, druggists
and other retail dealers who handle
gasoline to keep it in a red cen or
other receptacle painted red,
DR.. Mayhem offered bill provid-
ing that the fare for the transporta-
tion of corpses shall not exceed two
and one-half cents mile, and that
corpses OF persons who have died of
contagious diseases shall not be
transported unless properly en-
balmed and encased in baskets
oil 70
Senator Blaker introduced bill
which provides that old soldiers
shall be eiyen preference for ap-
pointive positions under the forms
of government in the state and that
their age and physical disability
shall not be bar.
An emergency measure was intro
duced in the senate by Griffin for
the benefit of the penitentiary. The
Missouri river is encroaching on the
Kansas side and is threatening the
wells which supply the penitentiary
with water. The bill provides for
an appropriation for rip-rapping. the
bank.
Under the provisions of measure
introduced by Senator Noftzger,
widows and orphans of soldiers of
the civil war are to be admitted to
the Mother Bickerdyke home where
they have no means of support.
The bill, introduced in the senate
by Noftzger, provides that all tele-
phone lines within the state shall be
declared common carriers and plac-
ed under the jurisdiction OF the
board of railroad commissioners,
and that where two companies have
centrals or exchanges in the same
city. each must give the other COM
pany connection with its telephones.
II you have a cup of strong coffee
left from beakfast, prepare it with
sugar and milk to taste. Put into a
howl one cup white flour. one cup
whole wheat flour, one-half teaspoon
salt and three level teaspoons of bak-
ing powder Beat one egg lightly, add
to the coffee and stir it into the dry
mixture. If it should be too stiff, add
a little more milk or water. 1t should
be more like stiff drop batter than
dough and not thin enough to pour.
Bake in hot buttered muffin pans 20
minutes. So.