The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-10
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS


The last of the force of seventy-hVe
or eighty men who were laid off by
the Rock Island at Harrington last
month returned to work.
Fruit Crop lnJured.-Peach, plum.
apricot. early cherry and early pear
crops were cut from % per cent TO
rs per cent by recent freezes accord
ing to an estimate made by Walter
Wellhouse, secretary of the state
Horticultural Society. 1t will be sew
eral days before the ravages of the
rough weather can be accurately de
termined. Even then the fruit may
develop only to later fall off.
Grain Company Goes Bankrupt. -
The Parker Grain Company of Nc
Pherson, one of the oldest and sup
posed to be one of the strongest
companies of the kind in Central
Kansas, was forced into bankruptcy
in Judge Millikin's court at Salina.
The assets are placed at between
$4,000 and 100000, with liabilities
greatly in excess of those fgures.
David H. Grant. of Mcpherson, was
made the receiver with bond placed
at fifty thousand dollars.
Vanci's Trip to Pen Postponed. -.
Instead of taking Eph Vancil to the
penitentiary within a week, as Sher-
if Woodward had intended to do, he
will keep that prisoner at Lawrence
until May 9Th and possibly later. the,
district court has allowed Vancils
attorney until that date to perfect a,
bill of exceptions, with a view to
taking the case to the supreme court.
Killing. Vancil's attorney, has not said
what he will do in the matter. but it
is generally believed that he will not
appeal the case.
Big Grain Crops Expected - Thir-
teen counties in Kansas have report
ed on the condition and prospects OF
crops this year. These advices are
from correspondents and reflect their
opinions State Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Coburn has no opinion to give
on these reports. The fruit crop is
reported as promising to be very
large; wheat is very promising and
there is big acreage. Green bugs
and Hessian flies are noticeable for
their absence. They have registered
in but very few places.
Kansas Poor Farms Empty. Out
of the 105 counties which the state
of Kansas has within its domains at
least fifty have no paupers. One
half the county poor farms are
empty, save for the keeper, who
draws his salary and waits for pat
ronage. Some of the sociological
students, who add to their philoso-
ply the economics of living, declare
that the poor houses will soon be an
extinct institution in Kansas. There
are several reasons advanced for this
state of affairs. They point out that
one-half of the county poor farms are
empty, another one-fourth contain
on an average of from three to four
inmates, and the rest are not
crowded. The prosperous condl-
tions naturally form one argument
but students declare that people are
providing for old age more faith
fully. and where poverty has over
taken the aged fathers and mothers
the children, advancing as rapidly as
they do in this age, will not permit
their parents to become county
charges. The state board of control
is receiving reports upon request
from all the counties in the slate
The main purpose was to md out
Just how many insane and imbeciles
were being cared for by counties at
poor farms. The board is DESTROYS
of knowing how much of an addition
must be built to the Winfield asylum
for weak-minded.
Swells Reward For Robbers. -
Gov. Hoch has offered $3.50 for the
apprehension and conviction of the
robbers of the Tyro bank. The bank
itself offered 500; the county COM
missioners, 5000, and it is under
SIOOu lue COIlpSAS
sured the funds of the bank will
raise the sum to $1,100. Gov. Hoch
has only 5000 left in his reward fund,
not pledged. The legislature only APP
propriates $1,000 annually for that
purpose.
Fear Security Is Not Good. The
brunt of the failure of the Winnie
Loan and Land Company at Wichita
will fall upon the holders of 8 per
cent bonds, according to an an
nouncement made. Indications are
that the loss will assume great mag
nitude. The 5 per cent bonds were
supposed to be secured by first =,
mortgages held by the Land Credit |
Trust Company Practically $25O'OOO |
in bonds are now outstanding and the
startling question is as to the char
acter of the security delivered to the |
frust cOmnanv to guarantee pay