The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-05-29
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

WI Tic OHioH racine railroad In Kan
sns, has been placed on the retired
list with pension amounting to about
$50 a month. There are several en-.
eineers of the main line out of Omaha
on the Union Pacific retired list, but
Mr.. Chrysler is said to be the only
one in Kansas. Mr.. Chrysler resides
ct Salina.
Coburn Will Not Consider the Place.
There doesn't seem to be much of
anything F. D. Coburn wants except
possibly to be left alone as secretary
CT the Kansas State Board of Agricul-
lure. He did one thing that no other
man In Kansas ever did-turned down
United States senatorship when of
offered to him on platter. He re-
fused to become a candidate for gov
ernor and now that he has been men.
toned as possible successor to
"rama" Jim Wilson of the United
States Department of Agriculture, he
gays he doesn't want 1t, The report
that Mr.. Wilson is about to resign
renewed the rumor that Mr.. Coburn
would be his logical successor.
How to Build School Houses.-The
building Of new schoolhouses over
Kansas is just beginning and in order
that they may be built along the right
line State Superintendent Fairchild
is preparing to issue book which will
contain some valuable suggestion. All
over the state the old school buildings
which were built during the early days
are being torn down and new and bet
ter structures are taking their places.
The buildings suggested by Superin-
tendent Fairchild will be his ideas of
modern school building in pros
porous state like Kansas. The book
will be distributed free to rural school
boards. 1t will contain pictures In
plenty and will show model buildings
for both the rural districts and the
city schools. Mr.. Fairchild believes
that school boards preparing to build
will be glad to have some suggestions
along this line. He is preparing the
book at his Office and it will be print
ed at the state printing plant.
Kinqman Boys Terrible Death
Last week, Guy, the 12-year-old son
of G. H. Mustoe of New Murdoch, was
accidentally killed in a most distress
ing and shocking manner. In COM
pany with W. O. McAlister he had
gone to the pasture near town, bolh
of them being horseback. When they
reached the pasture they caught a
horse that was in the pasture ana
started back to town with it, Guy
leading it by means of lariat rope
When he started home he had placed
the slack rope on the horn of his sad
die. and young McAllister suggested
that he had better carry the rope on
gone far when the horse that was be-
ing led pulled back and passed to the
other side of the pony being ridden,
and in doing so the rope was caught
under the tail of the pony, which
friehtened the pony and it commenced
to buck and plunge, throwing Guy Off,
In the fall, the lariat rope was tigh-
tened and entangled about the boys
arms and the horse ut once took
fright and commenced to run, drag
ging the boy with him. The rope at
tached to his arm had caught Just far
enough from the horses head that 1t
allowed the boy to drag near the
horses heels, and in this manner the
horse ran about a third Of a mile, its
hind hoofs hitting the little fellows
head at every jump, so that by the
time young McAllister had overtaken
the running horse and got it stopped,
the boys head was beaten almost to
a pulp The child lived perhaps an
hour or more and passed away with
out regaining consciousness.
Asks $4,000; Gets s5,ooc.-In the
district court at Wellington in the
case of John Bowers, q Santa Fe
brakeman, who brought suit against
the company for $4,000 damages for
the loss of an arm. while making a
coupling, the jury brought in YER
dict for the plaintiff for $4,000.
Manhattan Was First.-In the third
annual Kansas intercollege track and
field meet held at Emporia the Kansas
State Agricultural College won first
place accommodating AZ points; Baker
University carried off second honors,
with SO points; the Normal with 81
points took third place; College OF
Emporia annexed 81, Paramount Col
lege 16, Cooper College IL and Wash
burn 2.
Students to Harvest Fields.-The
State Agricultural College at Manhat-
tan plans to put lot of young men
out in the harvest fields this season,
and is sending out circulars informing
the farmers and wheat raisers that
they will not have 10 go outside of
the state for all of their harvest hands.
These young men are not particular
as TO what kind of farm work they Sc
cure as the circular indicates.
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