The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-05-28

institution, hays the business men OF
ue big cities of Kansas have been
convinced at last that enforced pro-
hibition means more legitimate trade
for their towns.
Sedgwick County's Big Growth
The population of Sedgwick county,
including the city of Wichita, as taken
from the assessment rolls in the Of
flee of County Assessor G. w. Bris-
tow, is 71,623, which is an increase
from 56,774. This makes a total in
crease of 14,774 persons. The in
crease in the county is 3,177 and the
increase in the city is 11.672.
Nichols May Remain at Head.-The
committee of the board of regents OF
the State Agricultural college at Man.
haitian, who went on their third hunt
ing trip last April to look for a new
president of the institution, have re-
turned with no better results than
they had in their other hunting trips.
Regent Arthur Capper says that 1t Is
probable that e. R. Nichols will con-
tinue to be the president for another
year at least. 1t is becoming more
evident that while the committee had
three or four men whom they looked
upon favorably for the place, yet they
failed for some reason or another to
land man, although a salary rang
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 year was
to be paid, providing the right man
could be found, which so far has been
an impossibility.
jackson Warns Druggists.-In the
opinion of Attorney General Jackson,
the druggists of Kansas need not place
much dependence on the opinion or
Judge Frank Doster if they propose to
handle liquor. Judge Doster held
that the new law making the prohib-
itory law apply to druggists was In
valid. "As l see it, all that the new
prohibitory law did was to repeal
the druggists permit law" said the
attorney general. Boiled down, that
is what the new law does. Now |
don't believe that it is unconstitution-
al to repeal law. 1t will be hard to
convince the supreme court that the
repeating law Is invalid. Drug store
jointists are now placed In the same
class as common, every day jointists,
and If they are caught selling liquor
they have no permit or license to
crawl behind for protection. There
may be a question as to whether the
legislature could annul permits al
ready granted Those permits might
stand for the year for which they
were issued, unless the probate judge
simply annulled them. He has that
power"
To Irrlgate kansas.-D. w. Eaton
of Kansas City was in Great Bend the
ether day to look into the feasibility
Of filling the Cheyenne bottoms with
water and creating a vast lake to be
used for irrigation purposes. With
him was w. W. Toilette, an engineer
Of Dennison, Tex. His report is ia
vorable. Mr.. Eaton says there will
be plenty Of money for the scheme.
This country is not in the need of
cerned, there being a good rain fall
every year, but the alfalfa growing
is where the promoters expect to
make the lake plan successful. Prac-
tically all of the government land is
homesteaded now and there will be
endless suits in regard to the owner
ship of the land should the project be
revived. The Cheyenne bottoms is
natural basin varying from three to
six miles in width and about twelve
miles long. Engineers state that by
building short dam at the eastern
edge of the basin between two chains
of hills, a reservoir will be made
which will hold sufficient water to ir-
rigate the central part of the state.
Ordered to Cut Out "Lockers."-
Chief of Police Eaton of Topeka, act.
ing on orders from Attorney General
Jackson, ordered all the social clubs
to quit serving liquor to members and
also ordered the suppression of the
locker system. All are complying
with the order.
Kansas Town Without Dept.-While
nearly every town in Kansas has a
floating and bonded Indebtedness it
is refreshing to have this monotony
broken by the town of Edna, which is
not only out of debt, but the retiring
administration turned the affairs Of
the town over to the new mayor and
councilmen without a dollar indebted
ness and with $50 in the treasury.
caney Gets Company of Militia
Colonel P. NJ. Hoisington, command
ing the second regiment, Kansas ma
tional guards, has mustered in a new
company of the state militia at Caney.
This will be known as company X,
taking the place of company X at FL
dorado. which was mustered out Of
the service some weeks ago because
Of lack OF interest in military affairs.
The new company starts out with the
full quota of sixty members.