The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-05

Mrs. X. LawtoR is visiting In Moline
and Wichita.
Mrs. g. e. Benedict is visiting in
Topeka.
Jesse Ward had business In lola
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Dutton were in
Chanute Wednesday.
Prof LETTERS went to Kansas City
| Wednesday.
Jim Bruen Is going to raise oranges
AID grape fruit 10 Florida.
f. A. Parsons of the Cooperative
Refining company is ia Topeka look
ing after refining Interests before the
legislature.
Fred Hdymaker has moved to Cna-
mute and Is located on 5. Highland.
He will engage in the real estate
business.
Mrs. F. W. Morgan has joined her
husband In Arkansas City where he
nas job with the Santa Fee.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Mltchper went
to Neosho Falls, Wednesday to attend
ne douoie wedding of TWO Of Mr..
MitchneI's nieces.
Tai Limbocker was up from Erie
Saturday and Sunday visiting Q. z.
Crowl.
Walter Pierce of Cherryvale came
up Saturday to get piece of machin-
cry for brisk plant at Cherryyale.
The high wind last Friday blew the
fan wheel off of Mr.. J. w. Woosiey's
wind mill smashing 1t to smithereens.
II the Santa Fe puts up sta ndpipe
for water pressure, why not the city
do likewise.
What If a fire had broken out in
Chanute, Sunday night? No water
anywhere.
Miss Wilma Ogden was In Chanute
between trains FRIDAY on her way
nome TO carlton from Benedict where
she is teaching school.
W. H. Baue, living a mile north
and half mile east of UrbaDa will
nave Gig sale on Wednesday Feb. "a
Mr.. Blaue is good farmer and
always kept good tools and good
stock and lots of them. He has now
concluded to quit farming and will
sell off everything.
The Christian church Of this city
last Tuesday paid off the last Of theiI
church debt aud are now free from
the money lender The debt PAID
Tuesday was mortgage of $1,000 and
six months interest. There seems tC
be nothing in the way now of the
rapid growth and development of the
church. Three years ago they re-
modelled and enlarged the old church
building at an expense of about $4,000
aud now have large and modern
building and entirely out Of debt with
a mem bershlp of over six hundred.
Billy Morgan divided his tim e,
Monday and Tuesday, between the
Legislature and the editorial asso
citation.
The Capper printing plant in
Topeka employs almost 400 people.
1t is one of the big institutions Of
The state and is only beginning to
grow.
The Democratic legislature did
the deacent thing IN the lieutenan;
governor matter after all.
Hopkins and Stevenson of Illinois
and Wisconsin are having a rather
strenuous time in their senatorial
fights.
! Senator Bristow attended the
Capper banquet in I Topeka Tuesday
night and made a speech dealing
mainly with the rail roads and their
siks.
Gov. Patterson of Tennessee has
vetoed the prohibition bill passed
by the legislature of that state. The
Governor is failing to keep up with
the band wagon.
The Standard has won out in Its
gas piping proposition in Oklahoma.
The Federal court has decided that
it must not be ihtertered with.
w. Fl. Taft expects to complete
his canal Investigations, Saturday
and start for the U. S., Sunday.
And now a New York preacher
by the name of WATSON, has come
out in favor of the saloon. We do
not know what church this man
Wasson represents, but are very