The Chanute times., 1908-12-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS
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west Kansas are advanced to the
presidential class, effective January l,
and the annual salary fixed as indi-
Gated: Spearville, Kan, $1,000; Col
ony, McCracken, Miltonvale, Morgan
and Soldier, Kan, $1,000; Altamont,
Argonia, Attica, Claflin, Little River,
Lucas, Moran, Sylvan Grove and Sy+
via, Kan, $1,100.
He's the TaIIest Student.-When the
January term opens at Friends univer-
sity, Wichita, the tallest college sth-
dent ever recorded in the state will be
in attendance. He is Sidney Hotch-
kiss, six feet nine and three-quarter
inches tall, weighs 225 pounds, and is
10 years old. He is a native Kansan.
With him in his class will be Edgar
Carver, a native of England, who
weighs SO pounds and is five feet tall.
He is also 10 years old.
Capture Escaped Convct.5Charles
Baker, an escaped convict from the
state penitentiary, who has been evad-
ing the officers for four years, was
captured at Arkansas City. He had
served sixteen months of sentence
of two years for forgery, being sent
up from Payne county, Ok. Baker
was turned over to Parole Officer Hi'!-
gins, who returned with him to Lans-
ing. Arkansas City officers received
a reward of $50 for Bakers capture.
To Investigate the Bugs.-Wichita
is to have a government field station
for insect investigation. The city VIII
furnish a small tract of land and
suitable building. When such insects
as green bugs, which did so much dam
age in Kansas a few years ago, make
their appearance, it will be the work
of the station there to gather infor-
nation regarding the insect and If 1t
is possible of finding some way of de-
stroying it.
rs Per Cent by January by the
first of the year the Citizens and Far
mers' State bank of Arkansas City,
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paid rs per cent in dividends to its
depositors The bank is in charge of
e. E. Marshall, assistant state bank
commissioner. Within two weeks af-
ter the bank failed with $93S,000 on
deposit a dividend of 25 per cent was
paid by the state banking department
in charge. w. s. Albright, state bank
commissioner, declared another divi-
dend of 25 per cent, and he states that
by the first of the year third divi-
dend of 25 per cent will be made. A
final dividend will be paid some time
in January and the depositors will
have received every cent due them.
The sole losers will be the stock hold
ers in the institution. This bank
failed because of lot of paper it held
belonging to the Wells Produce COM
pany of Arkansas City.
VIII Fight Tax ncrease.-Represen-
tatives of the Kansas Natural Gas
company have begun proceedings
which are understood to mean fight
throughout the territory covered by
the pipe lines against the tax levies
this year and probably against the
constitutionality of the new tax law.
The pipe line properties have an In
crease of taxes in tins county this
year of some $4,000. The valuation is
increased over last year nearly $780,
900. Tender in gold was made of
proportion of the tax and when
this was refused by the county treas
urer payment of the full first half of
the taxes was made and notice of In
tent to sue the county for recovery
was filed. The action is being taken
in all the other counties in which the
company has property.
Incorporate New Town.-At a spe-
cial meeting of the board of county
commissioners of Lyon county held at
Emporia, the incorporation of the town
of Allen was granted. A movement
for the incorporation of Allen, which
is town of about 270 inhabitants in
the north part of Lyon county, has
Deen on ever since ueSITuCllNe lliS
wiped out a large part of the village
about a year ago. A majority OF tax
payers ware in favor of the movement.
Twenty-Five men from Allen, repre-
:Cnting two factions, appeared before
the commissioners.
Woman Jointlst in Jail.-An evi-
dence of the vigor with which the at
torney general is pushing the law en-
forcement crusade at Leavenworth,
was given when Gertrude Karst, wo-
man about so years of age, was SEN
fenced to six months In Jail for con-
tempt of an injunction placed on her
place. Mrs. Karst refused to sign
heavy bond for a parole and demanded
that she be sentenced to Jail. Her
son-in-law, Charles Coffman, went to
jail for a like period. They must in
addition pay a 5000 fine each, also all
costs and attorneys fees. 5
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