The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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| Miller, a young farm hand IN Barton
county, has brought suit in the dis
trict court at Great Bend against DR..
]. H. Robson for damages resulting
from the collision with Robison's auto.
Miller was driving home one dark,
loggy night when the accident &C.
CURED. He was thrown from his bug
gy, bruised and his collar bone was
broken.
Not Organizing Banks Now.-Bank
Commissioner Albright says there
seems to be no disposition among
Kansas people to organize state banks
and get them into operation before the
proposed bank guaranty law takes ef-
feet. All banks doing business the
day the law takes effect can partici-
pate in the guaranty fund; all banks
organized after it takes effect must
wait year before they can join the
fund.
To Establish Packing Plant.-With-
in a few days the state charter board
will be asked for a charter for $780,
900 packing house for Hutchinson.
dozen local capitalists and an exper-
fenced packer, said to be from Kansas
City, are the hackers of the new en-
terprise. The local men are the same
men who built the local street railway
and electric light plant. Prominent
among them are Senator Emerson
Carey. Representative w. Y. Morgan,
Major ]. P. Harsha, president of the
Hutchinson Wholesale Grocery COM
pany, and X. E. and G.. N Sentney OF
the Sentney Wholesale Grocery COM
pany. Work on the plant is expected
to begin within thirty days.
Delegates to Dry Farming Congress.
Governor Stubs has appointed
twenty-five delegates to the Trans
Missouri Dry Farming congress, which
meets In CHEYENNE, Wyo., February
23, "a and %, to represent the state OF
Kansas The delegates have to pay
their own expenses, but most of the
railroads are granting rates of one
fare for the round trip. /. l.. Diesem,
Garden City; E. I. Spencer, Wichita;
George NJ Curtis, Bellefont; Frank
Lockard, Goodland; Richard Broiller,
Hugoton; s. NJ. Wells, Lenora; John
Bell, Moreland Levi Gum, Great
Bend; r. D. Blaine, Pratt; John A.
Shanstron, Coolidge; L. P. Worden.
Syracuse; ]. L. Horlacher, Colby;
Charles Jung, Russell Springs; Chris
Christensen, Orion; c. c. Gilmore, Oak
land Roy Charles, Allison; Eugene
Mowrey, Lucrene; William Nc Cal
lum, st. Francis; A. w. Merrill. st.
Francis; F. F. Bliss, Oberlin; David
Gripton, Smith Center; Charles Har-
den, Lexington;
Kansas Claim Must Wait.-The
omnibus claim bill Is dead for this
congress and with it goes the claim
of the state of Kansas for $4,000 for
the University of Kansas. growing out
of the destruction of the old Free State
hotel at Lawrence. The omnibus
claims bill as originally passed by the
house of representatives in Washing
ton carried but three hundred thou
sand dollars. In the senate 1t was in
creased to nearly three million dol
lars, mostly southern war claims.
When it went back to the house 1t
took it's place on the calendar, and In
due time was called up. There were
two ways to proceed: Concur in the
senate amendments, or disagree to
them and ask for conference. Mr..
Mann of Illinois objected to the bill
when 1t was reached, and so did var
while it retains its place on the cal
endar, it is practically dead for this
congress. The Free State hotel claim
was placed on the bill in the senate,
through the efforts of Senators Long
and Curtis.
Central Kan. League Re-organIzed.-
A meeting was held at Salina for the
purpose of recognizing the Central
Kansas Baseball league. 1t will be
composed of eight towns, as follows:
Salina, Ellsworth, Minneapolis. Beloit,
Abilene, Junction City, Manhattan and
Clay Center. Each of the towns was
represented and is reported to have
raised or pledged $4,000 to $4,000. The
season will consist of seventy games
and will open June IA and close Sep
TENDER 2.
State Masons Elect officers-At the
annual meeting of the Masonic grand
lodge at Wichita the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Grand high priest, Thomas G. Fitch,
Wichita; deputy grand high priest,
Fred Washbon, Anthony; grand king.
William H. Evans. Marion; grand
treasurer, Aaron H. Connect, Great
Bend; grand secretary, Albert X. Will
son, Topeka; grand captain, Harry E.
Best, Manhattan; grand r. A. captain,
William L. Maxwell, Paola; grand
chaplain, Charles H. Rogers, Hutch