The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-01-11
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

the Officers Association of the Kan
sas national guard, has called
of the association in To
peka, January IA, for the purpose of
permitting the officers to attend the
inaugural ceremonies and to discuss
legislation which the guard will want
this winter.
Prison For Amasa Thomas.
Amasa Thomas, who killed Charles
McEwen at Winfield last May, has
been sentenced by the district court
to serve ten years in the penitenti-
ary the lowest penalty for the
crime, which was murder in the Sec
ond degree. The killing occurred in
a drunken quarrel. the weapon being
heavy club.
Marking Santa Fe TraiI.-The four
boulders which are to mark the
route Of the old Santa Fe trail
through Finney county have arrived
at Garden City and will be placed
soon, with appropriate exercises,
conducted by the school children.
One will go in at Pierceville, anoth-
err at Sherlock and the two remain
ing ones at Garden City, the trail
having passed quite close to Garden
City.
Obliged to Enforce Quarantine. -
There is much anxiety at jamestown
over the presence of several cases Of
a malignant type of diphtheria. Two
deaths have occurred in one family
and two children in another are
very low. These two families, it is
claimed, refused to obey the orders
of the county health officers as re-
CARDS to quarantine and 1t was
necessary to send the sheriff there
to enforce the law. Further spread
of the disease is feared.
Taft Not Going to Ottawa. - A
reply has just been received by the
Ottawa Chautauqua assembly to the
Invitation to Secretary of War Taft
to address the assembly at Ottawa
next summer, extended by Senators
Benson and Long and Congressman
Scott. Secretary Taft writes that it
will be impossible for him to come,
as he will be making a trip to the
Philippines later in the summer, and
does not want to take the time to
cross the country twice.
Health Board Wants More Money.
DR.. S. j. Crumbine, secretary Of
the state board of health, will ask
the legislature for a large appropria-
ton for his department. He says
that the campaign for pure food
which he has begun will require the
expenditure of large amount of
money. The legislature two Years
ago gave the board of health only
$4,000 a year and DR.. Crumbine
wants an appropriation nearly equal
to that given the board of agrcul-
ture. The legislature will also be
asked for an appropriation to estab-
lsh a chemical laboratory in Topeka
for the examination of samples Of
food.
Kansas Wheat in Good Shape. -
Kansas wheat Is goine into the win
ter in excellent condition according
to reports which F. d. Coburn, secre-
tary of the state board Of agricul-
ture, is receiving from the secre-
taries of county agricultural socie-
ties. Every report which he has re-
ceived showing the condition of the
grain during the month of Deem
Der SAYS that the wheat is In better
condition than. it has been at this
season for humber of years. The
growth of the plant has not been so
vigorous, but the root is in good
condition and there is moisture
enough in every section of the state
except in a few of the northwestern
counties to carry the wheat through
the winter.
Funds Are Exhausted. = The con-
tingent fund of the state board of
control is exhausted and for several
weeks past the members of the board
have been compelled to dig down in
to their private purses to pay postage
on official correspondence, express
and kilograms and other incidental
Office expenses. The board of con-
troll was given contingent fund of
$500 by the last legislature and a
good part of the appropriation for
this year was used in the purchase
of an adding machine needed for the
office, The travelling fund of $500
has so far been ample to meet the
demands upon it.
Would Create New Office. = At a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Kansas Travelling Association it
was decided to ask the legislature
for an increased appropriation for
the work of extending the travelling
library field. The legislature will be
asked to create the Office of travel
ing library commissioner. The du-
ties of the officer will be to organize
libraries in the smaller communities