The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14


hardly be made up. State Printer
McNeal said he could do the print
ing job for the whole state at the
state printing plant for $4,000 This
of course will not be done, for no ap-
preparation was made in that direc-
its own bills"
Treasures Bank Depositors.-John
O. Royce, state bank commissioner
has given out statement encourag-
ing bank depositors and telling them
to not be alarmed about the politics
which seem to be being injected in
to the banking situation, because of
the failure of the legislature to pass
deposit guaranty measures. In part
Mr.. Royce said: ANY depositor
who withdraws any portion of his
money from the bank IN excess OF
what he actually may need for the
transaction of his business con-
tributes to the financial stringency
and to the difficulty in the transac-
ton of all lines of business. For this
reason the money which is now on
deposit should be left so, except
when needed, and the money that has
been locked up in safety deposit
vaults and hidden away in other
places should at once be deposited in
the banks, for only in this way can
it be put in circulation. No man
who has money deposited at this
time in the banks of Kansas need
have any uneasiness or apprehension
about its safe return to him, and IL
each depositor could only know the
present excellent security which is
furnished him for his deposit all the
idle money of Kansas would be in the
banks today. | wish, therefore, to
urge as strongly as possible upon
each depositor in Kansas the import
ance of leaving his deposited money
undisturbed and hope that each one
will contribute his share to make
easier the transaction of business in
all lines"
ing to statement just given out by
State Auditor James M. Nation, the
total amount of taxes paid in the
state of Kansas for the year 1907
amounts to $2O,497 GO3.39. OF this
sum the school district tax is the lar
gest item, amounting to $5,60S, S40.52.
Wyandotte county leads in the
amount of taxes levied, the people OF
that county being required to pay
over $1,2O0,OO0 Shawnee comes
second with over 100000; Morton
gets off the easiest only paying
S7,941.5S. The total amount OF taxes
levied on railroad, telegraph, tele-
phone and pipe line property
amounts to $3,171 GLASS;. This is an
increase of nearly one-half million
dollars over the levy of 1905. Wyan-
dotte county also heads the list in
amount of taxes levied on railroad
property and Crawford county comes
second. The average rate Of levy IN
the state for all purposes is S4.67 on
the 500 valuation. Douglas county
leads the list for the highest levy, the
average rate in that county being
SGS3 on the 500 valuation. Morton
county has the lowest rate, it being
only 70 cents on the 500 valuation. u
Child Burned to Death. - William
Ward Harding, years old, the
adonted son of DIR. Eva Harding OF
Topeka. was burned to death while
playing with matches. The child at
tempted to light a candle and his
clothes caught fire.
Kansas Postoffice Robbed. - The
postoffice at Longton was robbed, the
safe blown to pieces and about $l25
in cash taken. Stamps were undis-
turbed. The robbers are supposed to
have been three tramps, who stole
hand car and went east.
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toll run of wind was 1904 miles,
which is S25 miles above the Janu-
airy average. This gives mean
daily velocity of SSS.S5 miles and
mean hourly velocity of 1920 miles.
The highest velocity was &c miles
per hour from 1 to 2 p. m. on the
oath. The barometer, mean for the
month was 29OO6 inches. The rela-
tive humidity, mean for the month
was 1920 per cent. There were no
fogs."