The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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Welington's Population Growing
The returns of City Assessors Hack
ney and Alexander, now practically
complete, show Wellington's popula
ton to be slightly in excess of $500
an increase of nearly 700 over last
year. Retrns from the county asses
sors indicate a slight falling off In the
population of the country districts.
XIII Dogs Running Loose.-State
Live Stock Commissioner j. Fl. Mer-
Ger and the authorities of Brown
county, have taken drastic action to
stamp out the rabies in that county.
Upon MERGERS approval the county
commissioners have issued an order
requiring that all dogs in Brown coun-
ty be tied up for period of fifty days.
The sheriff is authorized to kill every
dog found running loose.
KiIion Free May 4.-Philip Killion,
probably the best known convict in
the state penitentiary since the re-
leases made during the Hoch admin
istration, will walk forth from the
penitentiary at Lansing May A a free
man. His term will not expire for
ten days after that, but in order to
save his citizenship, he will be re-
leased May 4. Killion was sent up
from Cowley county in 1898 for twen-
ty-five years on a charge of murder
in the second degree. Five years was
cut from this by Governor Bailey be-
cause of bravery shown by Killion in
two fires at the penitentiary.
To Rebuild Glass Plant.-The COT
feyville window glass plant has been
sold to Kansas City parties. The an
nouncement has been made by the
new management that the part of the
factory that was recently restroyed
by fire would be rebuilt at once and
with all modern improvements. The
plans for the new plant show that it
will be the largest window glass plant
in the world. 1t will be a 43-blower
and will employ 240 glass workers.
In addition to the glass factory, the
company will erect large sash and
door plant, and in this way will use n
great deal of the glass manufacture
here.
MiIers Must Give Full Weight
There is another go" on between the
milIers of the state and Dr. S. j..
Crumbine of the state board of health
The board recently issued orders to
the millers a short time ago to give
full weights in flour. The millers
have not been especially active in
obeying these orders and Doctor
Crumbine has begun prodding them
up. Especially attention is being paid
to the matter right now because OF
the high price of flour. The pure
food department has nothing to do
with the price of flour but it intends
to see that while the high prices con-
tihue the consumers get all that is
coming to them.
Country Road on Fire.-The unu-
sual sight of a country road on fire
was witnessed at Coffeyville the other
day. The Cudahy pipe line, which
runs through South Coffeyville,
sprang a leak and before it was de-
tected, several hundred barrels of oil
had run out, covering the road with
oil for nearly two blocks. The leak
was just over the city limits to the
south of the city, and all day crowds
of people fingered in the vicinity to
view the big overflow. People on
foot, in buggies, and in many automo-
biles went out to see the sight. BY
some means the oil caught fire and
for hours the blaze and heat were ter
rifle. The pipes had been repaired
} before the fire started, and conse-
auently it did not damage the line,
further than burning the oil. The
dense clouds of smoke that always ac-
company the burning of oil could be
seen for miles, and really looked pc
culiar. as nothing was visible that
looked as though It could make such
a fire.
State journal official Paper.-The
Topeka State Journal was again Sc
lected as the official state paper by
an unanimous vote of the executive
council. The Journal was elected Of
fetal state paper two years ago. Its
renewed commission is for two
years.
Ell Dorado After Oil or Gas.-At a
public meeting at FL Dorado it was
decided to ask the city council to call
an election to vote $4,000 bonds for
the purpose of prospecting for oil and
gas in that city. Petitions calling for
the election will be circulated at once.
The people are enthusiastic over the
question.
Boy Dragged to His Death.-While
herding cattle. Daniel Rath Eldon, the
11-year-old son of John A. Brunswig
of Eureka, was dragged to death by
his pony. 1t seems the little lad had
tied the hitch rein about his wrist and
the pony becoming frightened ran
away and dragged him a distance OF