The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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who was arrested at Mcpherson on a
charge of selling intoxicating liquors,
pleaded guilty before Justice Pearson
and was fined one hundred dollars
and given Thirty days in jail. Under
the state laws this is the minimum
fine and sentence that could be i'm
posed for that offense. The prisoner
stated that he had sold but one drink
and received fifteen cents for it.
Wireless Station at Wichita.-Wich-
tia will soon have q wireless tele-
graph station in full operation. The
apparatus is being installed by w. b.
Alvey of the Wichita Telegraph col
lege. The instruments will be used
by Mr.. Alvey in training operators
TO use the wireless system, as he has
an arrangement with the government
whereby it will employ all the wire
less operators his school turns out.
Scares the Druggists. - Evidently
the probate Judge at Wichita has
frightened some of the druggists into
being little bit more particular about
selling intoxicating liquor. The fact
that he revoked three liquor licenses
last month has made the druggists
more particular about their sales. AS
a result there were fewer sales in
July than in June, the differenct be-
ing a little more than 5000. The
druggists turned into the county treas
ury $1O13S from the sale of the liquor
last month.
Asks That $4,000 Be Spent.-In
her report just filed with the State
superintendent of the State Industrial
School for girls at Beloit, asks that
the board spend about sixty or seven
ty thousand dollars in improvements
at that institution Immediately. Mrs.
Perry ranks among the leaders OF the
superintendents of state institutions
and her report indicates that the mon
ey appropriated by the state for use
at that institution has been well
handled.
No Experiment Director Chosen.-
The Board of Regents of the Agri-
cultural College at their meeting at
Hays last week had expected to elect
q director of the experiment station
to succeed Prof. c. w. Burkett. As
there were three candidates, each hav-
ing very devoted friends on the board
an agreement was not reached, the
matter being left over until the next
meeting. 1t now stands as it has for
several weeks with Prof. j. T. VIII
lard as vice-director.
Serious Fire at Dexter-A disas
trous fire broke out at Dexter and be
fore the blaze was under control three
general merchandise stores were to-
tally destroyed and other small build
ings were seriously damaged. Every
building was burned between the
Racket store and the Daniels livery
barn, on the west side of the street.
The places burned were Pat Sewers
general merchandise store, B. Bibler
grocery store and the store occupied
by S. II. Wells, carrying groceries
and harness Collisions barber shop
and DR.. Wagner's office were also
burned 1t is thought that the fire
started in the Sewers store, but this
is only conjecture The exact origin
Is not known. The early hour at
which 1t started enabled the blaze to
get under an alarming Roadway be-
fore the people were aroused to the
danger. heroic effort was made to
stop the fire, but it had gotten too
great start Finally it was decided
that the only way to save the rest OF
the buildings on north Main street
would be to use dynamite. The small
buildings between DR.. Wagner's office
and Daniels livery barn were blown
. out and the progress of the fire stop
ped. The loss is estimated at about
$4,000
Gushes Forth Wealth.-While Dor
ing a we'll through solid rock at Geuda
Springs, an artesian well was struck
that has been running more than d
hundred gallons a minute ever since
1t is said to be precisely the same as
the water in spring No. Z, where the
greatest curative qualities are suppos
ed to exist.
Lightning Destroys a Church.
Lightning struck the German Luth'
eran church at Excelsior, twelve
miles northwest of Ellsworth. The
church burned. The loss is about
$4,000.
Taylor viii Recover.-Darrell Tay
lor of Kansas City, who was injured
in the motor car accident in which
Judge Vandever was killed, has been
taken from the hospital to the home
of his uncle. II. H. Taylor. Although
he suffered many bruises and cuts
his injuries are not dangerous and
he will be able to walk in a few days
His most severe injury was deep
cut in the forehead, which made him
unconscious for several hours. II has
developed that Judge Vandever, and
not Taylor, was driving the motor
car.