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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
MET ERS

The city council has passed re-
solution that all gas burners must
have their gas metered to them.
This is probably the fairest way TO
sell gas. Then man pays for Just
what he uses. If the meter rates
system is adopted the rates should
be low or gas becomes vepy ex-
pensive luxury attalnable only by
the wealthy.
Twenty-Five cent gas is not a
very cheao fuel. 1t wll entail a
very large expense ON the city or
the consumers individually to put in
meters, then If the price is materi-
ally raised a hardship ensues. How,
ever, We thiak the council can figure
the matte out and rea a conclu-
sion that will be for the best inter.
ests.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
IN OUR OLD
QUARTERS

THE TIMES has moved back into
its old quarters where we will be
glad to meet all our old friends aad
lmany new ones. We are now better
equipped for business of all kia3s
than we haxe ever been before, with
much new type and material of all
kinds. Our best ehdeavors viii be
}put forth to furnish first class
tlccal paper in every particular. We
Fill devote more space hereafter to
farm news and farm interests than
heretofore.
4 We are now furnishing very in
Eeresting monthly magazine with
pur paper lbatis full of good stories,
sort sketches, poetry and fashion
i ties, etc. We hope all will ap
lreciaie our efforts.
Y, Our job department is complete
md we are prepared to do any kind
ssf printing that can be done in the
Si y IN the very best of style and at
he lowest prices compatible with
pod work.
We are some what socially in
lined and will be pleased TO have
apu d1pp IN and see how we look
Nnceswe got the old building re-
bred.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
CEMENT PLANTS FORM
COMBINE
KANSAS ATHEAD OF LARGEST
CONCERN IN u. S..
WITH CAPITAL OF Is MILLION, IT IS
NOW PREPARED TO GIVE BATTLE
TO lis EASTERN RIVAL

St. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 5.--Officia
announcement was made today o
the formation in St. Louis of the
largest cement concern in the Uni
ted States, representing more thar
SIS, 200, 900 and controlling the
whole output of the West.
Alta meeting of the stockholders
George Nicholson of lola, Kansas.
was elected president. The lola
Portland Cement Company of ST.
Louis was transferred January Fl to
holding company represented by
Nicolson, the National Bank of
Commerce of ST. Louis and the
FIRST National Bank of Cleveland,
Ohio. Officials of the two banks are
included in the directorate.
Nicholson is one of largest in
dividual Portland cement dealers in
the West. He is president of the
Kansas Portland Cement company
with headquarters at lola. The
Kansas concern operates FIVE large
plants. Three of the plants are in
Kansas, one at South Pittsburg
Tenn, and anoteer erected in Iowa
The Kansas plants have an output
of coo barrels day and have a
capital of SO, 900, 900. The lola
Portland Cement Company, which
has headquarters in St. Louis, rep
resenls capital of about So, 900,
900, and has an putput Of about ? :
900 barrels daily, making the total
capacity of 22, ,oooibarrels daily for
the combined system. The lola
concern operates two plInts in Kan
sas and one at Dallas, Texas.
Tie head quarters of She consoli-
dated company will be in ST. Louis
and tits probable that George f.
Nicholson will move to ST. Louis.
He promoted the zeal. The con-
solidated concern Is SAID to Control
three -fourths of the Portland cement
output in the entire West, Eastern
cemeit concerns recently consoli-
dated and fight is anticipated be-
tween the two for the cement busl-
ness. Topeka Capital.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
COLLISION AT SEA

Two ocean vessels off the Rhode
Island coast, during severe storm,
Tuesday morning, coIIided and one
OF them sank, There were about
roo passengers aboard.
The vessel went own in 20 min
utes after the collision. Mauy Of
the passengers were IN their berlhs
and rushed out into zero weather in
their night clothes only to meet
death by freezing Over 100 are
supposed to have perished.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
A DISCLOSURE:

The trial of Thaw, the millionaire
murderer, is going TO bring strongly
before the minds of the American
people the character and depraved
habits of some of our veal
thy people. 1t seems that many
things that are considered as heinous
crimes BY the great American citi-
hship, are condoned and winked
at by the very wealthy classes of
New York,
A man in the west who would kill
a man of the character of Stanford
White who notorously made it one
of his chief passtl mes to lure young
girls to his luxurious den and there
accomplish their ruin, would not be
arrested but hailed as public ben
efactor. Yet White has carried on
these practices for many years and
S i'll IN ,ved in upper society and was
.urted and petted by many danes
with marrial e ,ble daughters as a
suitable husband for the same.
1t seems fearful thing to deliber
atety take the life of fellow being
but when man becomes SO deprav-
ed that his chief pleasure seems to
be running young and innocent girls
without protection the sooner the
world gets rid of him the better off
is humanity.
Should il SO happen that Harry
Thaw be sent to the electric chair or
that he should be cleared and live a
long and useful life, it will be said
of him that the best deed he ever
did was when he slew that despoiler
of innocence, Stanford White.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
THE TROLLEY AND COUNTRY
LIFE.

In current magazine writer on
''The Metamorphosis of farmer" {"
who takes the position that the de-
velopment Of the trolly and the telt-
phone nave radically changed the
farmers life, makes the following
Observations which may prove in er
sting reading to mjn!!;
"rhe benz hcient little instruments
[.he telephone makes an end for
ever to the loniness which hitherto
has been the curse Of farm life; ard
cheap as it is, the luxury so inesti
mable is actually furnished for moth
ng in many places, the butcher or
he. grocer in the nearby town pay
ng the rental of the instrument fJI
my customer whose patronage
amounts to S15 monthly.
Much freight and express business
now done by the trolley compan
les which transport back and forth
between town and country much OF
the merchandise which formerly was
conveyed by wagon. Services f
,nis klno have proved an immense
convenience to the farmers, who art
thus enabled not only to get theil
Try goods and groceries from the
city easily and quickly, but also tc
send their produce to market with.
i minimum of trouble, at lessene0
cost and with certainty of reaching
The consumer in the shortest poss {.
Ole time. Some of the electric roaGs
in Ohio run rpeclal meat cars anu
milk cars daily.
There is no modern improvement
which doss not bring hardship ~
some one. The woili has unques
tionsbly taken long step in adyanc,
through the trolley, and the life OF
the farmer, as this author states,
mas been i'm measurable brighteneo
by this and the telephone,
but what has the trolle,
done to the crossroads genera.
store. No longer does the farmer
need to drive to store two or tLIet
miles from MS farm; in far less tins
he can trolley 10 town.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
TheMe yoounmH Up Big gcommodc

marshall. Elliott walked down the
railroad on, the west side of the
embankment and came up oppps' e
the three men, taking them entirely
by surprise. He had them covered
before they knew he was around.
Though the three were armed and
evidently desperate characters,
Elliott marched them up to the cit,
and had them taken care of. Grea;
praise is due Marshall Elliott for
his nerve ia tacking three well
armed and desperate men and bring
ins them in lone handed.
Each of the burglars carried
heavy caliber revolver and they
look like men who would use them
in an emergency.
Sheriff Ogg drove over from Erie
in the afternoon and took the men
across the country to the county
jails
Court is now III session and the,
will get speedy trial and fire.,
rioe to Lansing.
They had money and quantity
of stamps with them when arrested.
There is no doubt but the righ,
men are caught. 1t is thought thai
they may be the same men who
held up the Frontenac depot.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
THE DRAG

Evidence of the efficacy Of the
road drag is continually increasing
Mr.. Biles, the mail carrier or
route a, states that no matter how
muddy the roads may be, he car
tell piece of road that has been
dragged as soon as he strikes il, in
driving his route. The ground
seems frmer and the water does not
stand IN it, And ia ordinary bad
roads the dragged road is vastly
superior.
Several farmers on Mr.. Blle's
route state that if the townshlp
board will buy the material for thea,
they will make the drags and use
them.
/ This is a good proposition on the
part of the farmer and the township
board should surely find the money
to purchase the material If the
trustees of Tioga. Canville and Big
Creek townships will agree to turn
ish the material we will undertake e
TO fad the men who will voluateer
to make and use them.
If this matter of dragging could be
taken up Systematically we would
soon have roads that would be the
pride of The community. Some kind
of bill has been introduced into the
legislature locking to the encourage,
ment of the drag but we have lost
track of it and fear every one else
has,
Much, however, can be done
any specific law On the mat
er by the public spirited farners
assisted a little by the township
board.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
POST OFFICE ROBRED

Last Sunday morning about 2:3o
the safe ia the Erie post Office was
blown open and robbed of 40 or
$50 and quantity of stamps.
They did not get into the inner
vault or they would have made a
good haul. After the robbery they
caught a Santa Fe freight to Cha
mute and were in luck at Chanute TO
catch south bound freieh' and get
out of the city before the Chanute
officers could locate them.
However, the wires were used
and Thsyer and Cherryvale officers
were notified to be on the lookout
for three men. When the freight
reached Thayer it pulled down by
the lake and started to back in on
switch. The robbers slipped off
and concealed themselves as best
they could on the east side of the
railroad ill.
They we're seen, however, BY 4
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
TWINE TRUST PRICE CUT
AT LANCING

Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. s.
The board of directors of the Kan
sas penitentiary met today and fixed
the price of prison twine at 8 70
cents per pound for orders of 5000
pounds or more and 9 cents for or
ders of less amount. This p-iee
is quarter of cent less than las,
year, when it was 81 cents a pound
flor 5000 orders and 81 cents for
smaller ones. the price fixed up
on by the prison directors is one and
half cents poun ! cheaper than
the twin. trust pric and will be a
saving to the farmers of Kansas.
There vas EI,579 900 pounds of
manufactured twine in the store
house February and 1t is estimated
taatfwo million pounds more can
be manufactured before the next
summer harvest season is over. a
new superintendent is in charge of
the twine plant and bette rq lalIty
nj twine Is now manufactured than
ever before. Topeka Capital.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
THE PRIMARY LAW

The Kansas legislature is expected
the people who made it, to pass
primary law. The people have
manded it s3d must have it. 1t
4 be expensive and cumbereame
! many ofits strongest advocates
likely to be somewhat disap-
nted with its workings when it
oes- 1t will not cure all the pc
r4l evils of the county, but will
{ tendency to modify some of
worst.
will be a start in the right di-
ion. II may work out all right
ne end, anyway we believe it will
airer than the present system
the start that is likely to be
this winter by the legislature
BE built upon and improved as
5siiies seem TO demand. The
atuk viii surely give us some
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15

The scandal Of the Thav trial
aliEsels many q Nsa Yo.k,. 81
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
The recent bIlt passed BY congress

The recent bill passed by congres:
giving all old soldiers a pension
graduatud on their age is very
wise and merilorious measure.
Any old soldier who passes The
age of rs may receive pension OF
$40 per month under this bill Tne
b'il will cause the distribution of a
large sum of money'for a few years
among the old soldiers, but 1t Will
not be for long. Their ranks are
rapidly thinning and there is no re-
,erSe to draw from.
Sooh We will have no survivors of
be rebellion and this extra pens.on
vi be but small interest on the
...bt we owethem.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15

John ID. opened his generous
young heart and gave Ssa. 900, 600
for educational purposes. Imme
diately the price of gasoline ad
vanced cents on the gallon. Rather
a straHge coincidence. The peo-
pie will soon reimburse him for his
generosity with good round inter
e,I.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
First Pdblished in chanuts Times. Feb. 1 1907
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

state Of kansas. County Of Neosho. S.
Ia the probate csnrt In aud for said county.
Creditors end other persons interested in the
aforesaid estate are hereby notified that at the
next regular term Of the probate court in and
for said county, 70 Be- begun aud beid at the
courf house ia Erie. IN the county Of Nsosho.
state efoFesaid' on the arsi Monday 10 the
month Of March, A. d. 1901. shall. on toe fth
day of said month. app'I TO said Court Cor fn|l
an1 anai .eIHcmtnioI said estate.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15

lehox the editors seem to be
al home betler than they
L.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-14
LOCAL CHURCHES.


First Reformed Church,: Tomorrow the
Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchinson will preach A.
both services. His morning subject Will
be "Church Unity" and in the evening
he will preach on Supreme Moments in
Human Lives
Christ Reformed Church.-The Rev;
Henry Merle Mellen. the pastor viii
preach in the morning on Little Ships,
and in the evening on The Right The
morning sermon will be one he preached
on board the President Lincoln, of the
Hamburg-Amoricau line. while returning
from Europe a few weeks ago.
Clinton Avenue Reformed Church: Dr..
Martins morning topic will be Christ s
Sitting Process and in the evening he viii
preach on Faith in Salvation" The Sun
day school resumes its sessions tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The music will be as follows. Organ
prelude, C~anzonetta, Joseph Rheinberger;
anthem, TIE Deum Laudamus, MACINTOSH;
offertory solo for bass, Hold Thou My
Hand" Briggs; organ postlude, "Marche
Celebre," from the First Orchestral Suite,
Franz Lachner. Evening service-Organ
prelude, ''Canzonette del Saviour Rosa, =
transcribed by Franz Liszt; anthem. 20
God, Whose Presence CLOVIS Ernest r.
Kroeger; ascription anthem, Crossing the
Bar +. A. Schenecker; offertory solo for
soprano, one Sweetiy Solemn Thought, -
arranged to n melody by Carl Maria Won
Weber; organ %postlude, Improvisation.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-14

Krimke, leader; hymn, MY Country IT'S
of Thee (No. 81; prayer, the Rev. DR..
Charles L. Mead, Centenary NJ. e. Church;
solo. Fear Not Ye, oh Israel" William
N. Searles, jr.. st. Paul's NJ. e. Church;
scripture, the Rev. DIR. David r. Frazer,
First Presbyterian Church; solo, selected,
Miss Augusta Van Alta, Central M. E.
Church: hymn. Nearer, My God, to
Thee (No, d: address. 9TH Cornerstone
Of the Republic" the Rev. DIR. William
II. Morgan, Central M. e. Church; solo,
Sound An Alarm (Judas Maccabaeus),
Handel. j. Franklin Thomas. Central M.
p. Church; hymn, Onward Christian Sol
diers' (No. %; benediction, the Rev. DR..
William c. O'Donnel, st. Paul's M. T.,
Church.
These meetings are to continue until Sep
TENDER %. When they began, last June.
It was expected that the services would
draw a moderate crowd, although Mr..
Smith hoped the interest would, increase
with the season. Much to his satisfaction,
the opening attendance exceeded 1000, and
1t has steadily increased. until two weeks
ago more than $500 were present. Mr..
Smith was also agreeably surprised at the
large number of non-church-going attend
ants at the services. The services have
been attended by men who frankly de.
clared they had not been inside n church
since boyhood. Some of these men have
gone to Mr.. Smith at his place of business
or stopped him on the street to thank hin
for the uplift and pleasure they have ex
perienced Mt the meetings. Not a few o
them have announced their intention o.
becoming regular church attendants. More
than five hundred have publicly asked al
the meetings for the prayers Of the con
%gregation and given testimony of their ex-
periences.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-14

Jersey Union and ice-President w. d.
stultz struck the right notes.
Inc Following is the schedule of the fall
State conventions:
Standardization district convention,
Golden. September 1915.
Connecticut-The Plymouth Union twen-
teth anniversary, T~erryville, September q;
combined meeting Of State, district and
plymouth unions, Thomaston, November 8.
Germany-National convention, Berlin,
October s-11.
Michigan State convention, Grand
Rapids, November a-24.
Missouri-State convention. Springfield,
October 25-27.
New Hampshire-State convention, Con-
cord, September 26. q.
New ~Jersey-State convention, Newark,
OCTOBER s-1l; Centre County rally. Howard,
September 4, 5.
Vermont-State convention, swanton, Oc-
tober $40.
DR.. William F.. Dodd. of Montclair. a
medical missionary In Asia Minor. coward
whose support several Essex Endeavor So
cieties contributed, sailed Saturday for his
mission station after a years rest. DR..
Dodd was accompanied by his wife and two
younger children They took passage on
the Anchor line steamer Caledonia for
Glasgow, Scotland, where they will remain
several days. They will go from there to
London for another short stay and then
cross the channel to Flushing, Their next
stop will be at Heidelberg for n day or
two. The little party will then take train
through Munich and Vienna for Constan-
tnople, at which city they expect to ar
rive about October I. DR.. Dodd hopes to
reach Caesarea not later than October 10.
Sfafp prpcfhonf Tohn IT Eprot1il urIlI ad.
dress the Paterson local Endeavor union on
Thursday evening, September 10. On Sep
temher "a he expects to speak before a
rally of Freehold Endeavorers. Since the
Seattle convention Mr.. Sproull has spoken
at Atlantic City and Pleasant Grove.
Miss Grace Tunison will lead the vesper
service of the Elizabeth Avenue Presbyte-
rian Endeavor Society tomorrow evening.
The meeting of the Clinton Avenue Re-
formed Y. p. S. c. e. tomorrow evening
Will be conducted by Mrs. Griffith.
The topic in the meetings tomorrow even
ing is Gods Omniscience," lisa. XII, 1921.
Suggested hymns for the meetings: God
Eternal, Mighty King "8reak Thou the
Bread of Life" "Hear Us. Heavenly
Father" Beneath the Cross of Jesus" "A
Mighty Fortress Is Our God"
The daily Bible readings for next week
are the following: Monday, Whatever
PleaSes Him, Ps. CIV, l-S; TUESDAY,
Nothing Too Hard" Jer. xxxii.. 16. II, 81;
Wednesday. "All Things Possible" Matt.
xix, 1926; Thursday, able to Do Eph.
ILL.,, %, 81; Friday, "Omnipotent," Rev.
xix, is; Saturday, A Power" Matt.
xviii, 1918; Sunday, September %. topic,
Gods Omnipotence,'' /. Chron. xxx. 9-1S.
The readings on the Junior topic for next
week are the following: why Daniel Was
Condemned" Dan. vi. 11-13; 1.-THE Kings
Decree" Dan. vi, 14-1S; "a Second De-
cree," Dan. vi, 1928; Trust Makes Us
Safe" Prov. xxx, %; God VIII Protect"
Ps. ill.,, As: God Preserves His Saints"
Prov. H.. s; topic, Daniel in the Lions
Den," Dan. vi, 1923.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-14
GARFIELD MONUMENT
PREPARING FOR CORNER.
STONE LAYING.
To Take Place Next Thursday at Long
Branch Under Auspices of Grand
Army and Masonic Fraternity.

LONG BRANCH, Sept. 14-Manson
& Brother, of Red Bank, have been
awarded the contract for the erection
of a monument in memory Of General
James a. CARRIED. The design and
specifications were submitted and ac-
cepted at a meeting of the Garfield
Monument Association a week ago. The
monument will be erected at ocean
Park.
The memorial will be built of
Barre granite. The excedra is twenty
eight feet long and sixteen feet high.
The statue of Garfield, to be of bronze,
stands seven feet high. 1t will be mod
eled by one of the most prominent
American sc%ulptors. The figure will
show Garfield with a scroll in his hand.
On the front of the granite pedestal is
to be lettered the inscription. The
bronze tablets on either side will be
historical. The approach to the mon
ument will have three steps. There are
steps in the rear leading up to the
figure. The monument will weigh fifty
tons. The monument as it stands will
cost $40, 1000. With the two additional
granite figures, Garfield on the towpath
and Garfield as a general, the cost will
be $13, 1000.
1t is proposed to lay the corner, or
foundation, stone on Thursday of next
week with impressive ceremonies. This
date marks the twenty sixth a%nniver-
sary of the death of General Garfield
in his city. The services will be in
charge of Most Worthy Grand Master
Austin Hall MeGregor and associate
grand officers of the grand lodge Of
New Jersey. Members of the Grand
Army of the Republic of Monmouth
County will also be invited to partici-
pate. Judge J.. Clarence Conover, of
Freehold, will deliver the Masonic adj
dress, and the New Jersey department
commander is expected to speak for
the Grand Army. The exercises will be
held at 2:30 o'clock and will be pre-
coded by a parade. music being fur
nished by a New York band. John G.
Sexton will act as marshal,
Wednesday morning the site for the
monument was changed rom the north
east corner of the park to the centre
OF the grounds, midway between the
two casinos. The change was rendered
necessary because The design of the
monument demanded space. The
change of site was readily agreed to
by the Mayor and members of the
Council, and ground was staked out
for laying of the foundation stone.
The association met last night to
complete its plans.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-14
NAME "DRY" TICKET.
Party in Somerset Puts Candidates in
the Field.

SOMERVILLE, Sept. 14-The Pro-
hibitionists of Somerset County have
effected a strong organization and are
going TO take an active part in the
present campaign. They have not only
placed in nomination a full set of coun-
ty officers. but have adopted a pledge
they will endeavor TO induce voters of
all factions to adopt.
w. B. Lungere. of North Plainheld,
has been chosen chairman of the county
executive committee; George s.. Muir
ply, of Bound Brook, vice-chairman:
Ephraim S. Ackor. of Watching, secre-
tary, and John HERMANN, of North
P~lainneld. treasurer. The appoint
ments to the committee are: b, X.
Hoffack, DIR. Ely and George w. Adair.
Bridgewater; George S. Murphy. Bound
Brook; Wilson n. Brown and the Rev.
P. c. Bascom, South Bound Brook;
Theodore S. Quick. Warren.
The party has placed in nomination
William s. Lunger, of North Plainfield,
for sheriff; Wilson N. Brown, of South
Brook, for surrogate; Ephraim
S. Ackor, of Watching. for member Of
Assembly, and Peter Hopfack, Of
S~omerville, for coroner.