The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-18


IL as the date of the state oratorical
contest. The contest this year VIII
be held in Ottawa. Nine colleges are
represented.
New Bank at Conway Springs
Conway Springs is to have a new
bank. Application has been made for
a charter for an institution which is
to be known as the Peoples State
bank. It is to be opened with a capt.
tai stock of $4,000.
Arrested for Selling Diseased Meat.
Warrants were served on complaint
of Inspector Kleinhans, on j. Shilling
and his sons Frank and Sam of Alma,
and they were taken before Justice
Keagy charged with selling diseased
meats and meats from a steer that
had died. The county attorney charg-
ed them with violation of the pure
food laws. They escaped Jail SEN
tence by pleading guilty and throwing
themselves on the mercy of the court.
Hardware Men Elect officers.-The
ninth annual convention of the South
western Kansas and Oklahoma Imple-
ment and Hardware Dealers associa-
ton came to a close at Wichita with
the election of the following officers:
Fred Zutavern, Great Bend, president;
]. w. Farmer, Coats, Kan, vice pres
ident: F. L. Wright, Wichita, secre-
tary; directors, ]. w. Halstead, Chero-
kee, Ok; H. c. Taylor, Lyons, Kan;
w. H. Hubbard, Conway, Kan; G. L.
Ehman, Newton, Kan; j. d. Rippey,
Stafford, Ok; S. S. Clark, Caldwell,
Kan.
Trying to Get Out Of Prlson.-R. B.
Shepard, now serving sentence in the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth
for mailing obscene literature, has ap-
piled for his release on a writ OF ha-
beas corpus in the United States court
at Topeka. Shepard was formerly
lawyer at Anthony, Kan. Some years
ago he moved to Utah and after prac-
ticing a while, went into the obscene
book business. He was convicted last
summer by the federal court in Utah
and sentenced to thirteen months in
the penitentiary. He now claims the
court had no jurisdiction to try him.
Would have Electric Headlights
Used.-Robert Loofbourrow, newly
elected member of the house from
Wilson county, will introduce bill at
the coming session of the legislature
requiring all railroad engines to be
equipped with electric headlights. A
similar bill was introduced during
the last session but 1t was killed In
the house railroad committee because
It was shown by expert testimony from
railroad employees organizations that
electric headlights in railroad yards
were binding to the sight and caused
many accidents. First switch engines
were omitted from the bill and finally
it was buried and forgotten.
Almost Half a Enthusiastically OF
Agriculture F. d. Coburn, in his an
nual report of Kansas farm products
lust issued, says: This years farm
products and live stock reach the I'M
precedented value of s475,244,S31, or
S11.596, 224 in excess of the best prior
year, which was 1907. The value OF
the field crops, on slightly diminished
areas was more by $24,o75,651 than
on those of last year. A heavy de-
creases Is recorded in the value OF
the products of live stock, the single
item of animals slaughtered or sold
for that purpose being less by sS,447.-
600. In the aggregate the live stock
on hand was worth practically the
same as in the year preceding"
600 Converts at RevivaI.-The union
revival meetings which nave been In
progress at Burlington for the past
four weeks, closed with a total OF
nearly 800 conversions and decided
revival among the church members.
Rev. French E. Oliver of Kansas City
conducted the meetings. The collec-
ton for Mr.. Oliver and his assistants
amounted to s1,0S4.
State Institute For Farmers.-From
December % to January 2, inclusive,
there will be held a state farmers In
stitute at the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college at Manhattan. At this
time there will be meetings OF inter-
est to all dairymen and creamerymen
of Kansas and all that can are urged
to be present. A poultry institute
will be held, during which time all
the important phases of practical
poultry raising will be ably handled
by competent speakers. Housing.
feeding, management, sanitation. In
cubation and brooding will be discuss
ed in the mornings and Judging In the
afternoons. All interested in improv-
ing the poultry conditions Of Kansas
are urged to be present.
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