The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-24

ten miles nOrtn OF Olatne. ana dlel
two hours later.
Killed by Electric Car.-Samuel C
Thompson, 60 years of age, was run
down and instantly killed by an cleo
trio car at Wichita. Deceased has
been an inmate of the Masonic homo
from Leavenworth. He was deaf and
partially blind.
| Father of University Is Back.-Hon
Joe K. Moody, former state senator
from Lynn county, is visiting George
w. Crane in Topeka. Senator Moody
is known as the father of the state
University of Kansas" He introduc
ed the bill which created the univer.
sity, and it was largely through his
efforts that the measure was sue
cess.ul.
A La Harpe Farmer Boy Killed.
| While driving a team at ,lched to d
cultivator on his fathers farm, near
La Harpe, George Lowry was run over
and trampled to death. The horses
became frightened and unmanageable.
| The boy was thrown to the ground,
the horses pulling the cultivator
across his body and crushing out life
before assistance could reach him
Kansas Lad browns in Lake.--Ver.
non Runyon, IS years old, son of w |.
Runyon, was drowned while trying to
SWIM in Doyle lake, three-quarters of
80 No
small boys who were with him hurried
to town for help and the body was
later recovered. The drowned boys
parents were at Excelsior Springs for
the benefit of his mothers health
when the accident occurred
Baby Is Drowned in Large Bucket.
The year-old child of William Bios
ser, near Mapleton, was drowned in
a refuse bucket at the Blosser home.
The child was around the yard and
had climbed up on the bucket, which
was originally candy bucket, when
it fell in. There was only a little
bit of liquid in the vessel but it was
enough to completely submerge the
face OF the infant, and strangulaton
took place.
Was the Wettest June.-Wettest Of
all the Junes which Kansas has ex-
perienced in the years that govern
ment weather records have been kept
was that of this year, when the aver
age for the state was S.27 inches of
rainfall. This figure is 1856 inches
above the normal precipitation for the
state. The next wettest June for
Kansas was that Of 1904 wi IN 7.0I
inches was the average state precip-
itation.
Potatoes Largely Dirt.-A Kansas
Grocer bought five sacks of new pota-
toes from a commission man, and
found siXty-fve pounds of dirt mixed
up with the "spuds." He complained
to the state board of health. Dr..
Crumbine got a ruling from the attor-
ney general that such copious eX-
cesses of dirt constitute an adultera-
ton under the pure food law. Warn
to growers to be careful or prosecu-
ton will follow.
apple scab" Damaging crop.-Ap-
pie scab, a fungus growth, is dam
ing the apple crop. It has made its
appearance in many parts of the state
according to the fruit crop reports,
which are being received by Secretary
Wellhouse of the State Horticultural
Society. A brown scab appears upon
the fruit, and the apple shrivels up
and drops from the tree. 1.-THE scab
appears in most of the orchards in
the eastern part of the state" said
Wellhouse. Spraying will help to
kill the fungus"
"cleanest Town in the WorId."-
wichita is the cleanest city In the
world, and So per cent of the business
men there are determined to keep it
that way" This is the declaration
made by ]. X. Codding, president of
the State Temperance Union, to Gov
ernor Hoch. The governor was some |
what uneasy about conditions in WITCH
tia. He heard that the council had
repealed one of the liquor ordinances
Mr.. Codding told him that the action |
of the council in no way jeapordized |
the temperance cause there and TO
emphasize it made the declaration !
quoted above.
Pearsoli Is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES |
Pearsoll, son of the late Colonel Pear |
soil, was appointed quartermaster of
the national military home at Leaven-
worth. Colonel Pearsoll, upon his !
death, was followed by Colonel Hunt, |
who died a few weeks ago. 1t was |
expected that the appointment would.
go to some old soldier, although |
Charles Pearsoll was the best equip
ped for the position through his long
service as chief clerk in the office.
The apoinement was a pleasant sur
prise TO the 400 old soldiers stationed
there.
Boys Eye Shot Out. = The three
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T.