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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
SINK DEEP WELL TO
UNDERGROUND CURRENT
WILL PIERCE EARTH TO A DEPTH
OF 1000 FEET.
Commercial Club Raises $4,000 to
Insure Projects Completion
Would Water Many Acres
Fertile Soil.

Plains.-At special meeting of the
Commercial club 1t was definitely de-
termined that Plains will bore for Ar
tesian water.
The reason of its proximity to the
artesian district flong Crooked Creek
valley and the natural local indica-
tons of strong artesian zone cover
ing the country tributary to Plains,
the question OF a test well has been
under consideration by the CONNER
cial club for some time. A rousing
meeting was held at the new club
rooms in response to the call from
President NJ E. Holiday, to meet
with T. A. Standcliff, practical deep
well expert of Lake Arthur, N. NJ,
for the purpose of discussing the
proposition.
Mr.. Standcliff made a series of
scientific Investigations of the sur
rounding country with a view of de-
termining the presence and direction
of the artesian zone, and In his report
to the club he stated that every indi-
cation pointed to the presence OF
strong flow of artesian water at depth
that would make the sinking of arte-
sian wells in this territory parctical
for domestic and irrigating purposes.
The proposition presented to the
club provides for a test well on the
townsite of Plains 1000 feet deep, the
cost of which is not to exceed $4,000.
The agreement further stipulates that
in case good, strong flow of artesian
water is struck at lesser depth the
cost of the well is to be correspond
ingly less. The club has already rails
ed sufficient funds to complete the
project.
The president Of the club appointed
a committee composed of the leading
business men of Plains, of which John
w. Baughman was elected chairman,
to complete the details incident to
making the final contract with Mr..
Standcliff, and the prospects are very
bright for actual drilling to begin at
an early date.
The residents of this part OF the
country are very much elated over
the prospects of securing artesian
water.
The soil in this part is OF the very
best, and with the aid of artesian wa
ter for irrigation it will prove to be
the greatest alfalfa and sugar district
in the world. The adaptability of the
rich loan soil, that is evident at every
hand, for the profitable crops, bids
fair to excel the famous irrigated dis
trict of Colorado and New Mexico,
where land is now easily worth from
500 to $500 per acre.
Once determined that artesian water
is available, the cost of individual
wells will be reduced to the minimum
and within the means of every farmer
The greater part of the cost OF the
test we'll is the shipping in and In
stalling the heavy standard oil and
gas drilling outfits that will be re-
ouired to do this work. This expense,
however, will be eliminated when the
demonstration has been proved sue
cessful, and there seems to be no rea-
son why 1t will not.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
CHOOSING THE LESSER EVIL
Sammy's Experience Advised Him OF
Wisdom of Selecting His Own
Punishment.

In Sammy Small's neighborhood
there lived a family of boys who were
irresistibly charming to Sammy, but
not to Sammy's mother. In fact,
Sammy's mother forbade him ever to
go over to play with those boys again,
and threatened punishment should he
disobey her.
But one day Sammy disappeared.
and his mother made inquiries. She
learned that Sammy was over playing
with the irresistible boys again. Ac-
cordingly, when Sammy returned from
his visit he fohnd his mother looking
very stern, and with a remarkably
square, forbidding lap which suggest
ed spanking.
Sammy was promptly taken to task
and stood for a moment looking thor
oughly miserable. Suddenly he bright
ened up, and started to leave the room.
Here, sir! Where are you going?"
demanded his mother.
81 guess" answered Sammy, hold
ing steadfastly on his way. I'm go
and shut myself up in the closet. -
Hamilton Pope Gait, in Woman's
Home Companion.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Two Votes.

The first time ran for the general
assembly one of the prominent citi-
zens of my community told me that
he was going to vote against me be-
cause when | was a shaver l threw a
rotten apple at his horse. Another
prominent citizen told me that he was
going to vote for me because when l
was a shaver / put rotten egg in a
buggy cushion belonging to the wom-
an he worked for and he had never
liked the woman. Think of it! And
yet such stuff has thrown the scales
where thrones have been at stake
From a speech at Norwich by former
Gov. George p Mclean of Connect
cut.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
SHE QUIT
But Il Was a Hard Pull.

1t is hard to believe that coffee win
put person in such a condition as it
did an Ohio woman. She tells her own
story:
Il did not believe coffee caused my
trouble, and frequently said l liked
1t so we'll | would not, and could not
quit drinking 1t, but l was miserable
sufferer from heart trouble and nerv-
GUS prostration for four years.
Il was scarcely able to be around,
had no energy and did not care for any
thing. Was emaciated and had a con-
slant pain around my heart until l
thought l could not endure it. For
months l never went to bed excepting
to get up in the morning. l felt as
though / was liable to die any time.
Frequently had nervous chills and
the least excitement would drive sleep
away. and any little noise would upset
me terribly. l was gradually getting
worse until finally one time 1t came
over me and l asked myself what's the
use of being sick all the time and
buying medicine so that l could in
dulge myself in coffee?
$50 l thought would see if could
quit drinking coffee and got SOME
Postum to help me quit. | made 1t
strictly according to directions and l
want to tell you, that change was the
greatest step in my life. 1t was easy
10 quit coffee because had the Postum
which now like better than the old
coffee.
"One by one the old troubles left.
until now / am in splendid health,
nerves steady, heart all right and the
pain all gone. Never have any more
nervous chills, don't take any medicine,
can do all my housework, and have
done a great deal beside"
Read The Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letterg new
enc appears from time 10 time. Tkry
are genuine, true, AID fan of human
Interest.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
THE JOYS OF OTHER DAYS
Writer'S Memory Goes Back to De-
lights of Which the Present Gen.
Grafton Know Little.

We cherfully admit that the fur.
mace and the hard coal base burner
add whole lot to modern comfort,
but after all they have their draw.
backs. For instance, you can't very
well pop corn in either furnace or
base burner. 1t took those old
fashioned stoves, in which we used to
burn a two-foot length Of hickory
wood, for that sort of thing When
the wood had burned down to glow
ing Goals, we'd open the front door,
rake the Goals down in front and pro-
coed to pop corn. When we get rich
we are going to have one of those old
fashioned stoves put up in our room,
with lot of two-foot seasoned hickory
in the basement, and every now and
then we are going to start a fire in
that stove, get good bed of Goals,
and then pop dishpan full of corn,
just as a reminder of old days. OF
course, well eat the popcorn, not as
reminder of old days, but because we
are awfully fond of popcorn.-Will M.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
100000 COMPANY ORGANIZED.
ShaIe Bed Solves Fuel Question Of
Great Plains

Jetmore.-A discovery which, it is
alleged, will solve the fuel problem in
the great plains region, Is announced
by Van Tyne Pritchard, mining en-
gineer Of Pittsburg, Pa. Mr.. Pritchard
claims that gas, of a quality equal to
coal gas, and in almost unlimited
quantities, can be manufactured from
the bituminous shales Of the Dakota
and Benton formations, which outcrop
over an area Of many thousands Of
square miles in Kansas and adjoining
states.
He has been engaged in experiments
on the process for several months and
has so far perfected it that 1t has been
pronounced commercially practicable
by several of the best gas engineers
in the United States and Europe.
Mr.. Pritchard stated that the shale
would produce from 5000 to 5000 feet
of gas per ton, and against 10000 to
10000 feet from good gas coal. The
heating power of the gas is approx
mately two and one-half times that
power is "a to 20 candles in stand
ard jet of five feet per hour, as against
IA to IS candles for coal gas.
The shale outcrops in broad belt
from Ford county to the north line
of Kansas and beyond across Nebras-
KIT, the Dakotas and Montana, far up
into Canada It is also found in Colo
RADIO, New Mexico and other states.
The gas can be manufactured at
nominal cost and the by-products will
be sufficient to pay all the expenses
and yield handsome profit. One very
important feature of the process is
that no coal or other fuel beyond that
furnished by the shale itself is re-
quired. The retorts will be construct
ed in such "a manner that the shale
may be drawn directly into the COM
bustion chamber thus saving nearly
all of the radiated heat. In addition
the shale contains large percentage
of fixed carbon, which is converted In
to coke during the extraction of the
gas and aids materially in heating the
restorts.
Mr. Pritchard has applied for pat.
ents covering his processes and COM
pany has been formed with capital of
81 100000 to control the business. The
Evens- Howard company of st. Louis
has drawn the plans for a plant, which
will be erected at some point on the
shale outcrop during the coming sum.
mer. Jetmore is making an effort to
have the plant located here and is try
ing to raise a $4,000 bonus for that
purpose.
Public demonstrations of the process
have been given repeatedly at Jetmorer
Spearville and Dodge City and in every
instance have been entirely successful.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
SO Scarlet Fever Cases.

Olathe-So contagious has scarlet
fever been in the deaf and dumb
school here that now there are fifty
of the two hundred and fifty children
in the school either have the disease
or are in the convalescent ward.
While it seems that the disease has
been powerfully contagious the situa-
ton has been so well handled by
Supt. White and the institution ply
stefan, DR.. C. w. Jones, that there has
not been a single case that was con-
sidered dangerous, and the epidemic
now is subsiding so that it Is thought
school can open up again in short
time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Sawed Bars of Wichita Jail.

Wichita.-A daring plan for jail
delivery was frustrated here when
three prisoners after saving the bars
of a cell in the county jail made their
way out and were recaptured by Sher-
If Richard Cogdell in the Jail CORR
doris. Other prisoners in the Jail re-
fused to accompany them. Warrants
have been issued for them charging
them with attempted jail delivery.
The three are: j. E. Hughes, waiting
trial on a forgery charge; y ]. Adams,
a federal prisoner, charged with rob-
bling the postoffice at Belle Plain,
Kan, and Ed. Ryan, serving sixty
days sentence for petty larceny.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25

The New York city employe who
wanted his salary cut Is per cent. was
not such a freak after all. He had
string tied to the offer. What he asked
for was a general revision downward
not 10 exclude the controllers OWE
pay, expressing willingness to suffer
himself if the rest did, and explaining
why all of them ought to- Evidently he
felt safe in anticipating the answer
which was a qu!ck-tire decision by the
controller that he had no authority II
law to make any such change of sal
airy scale. AS things turned out, the
city employee got neat little indict
ment OF public salary methods into
print and kept his own wage intact.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Trolley to Topeka.

Olathe-The Kansas City, Law
renee and Topeka Electric line has
obtained an order from the comnis-
sioners of Johnson county for a con-
domination of right of way from its
present terminus at Shawnee to "a
rah, six miles west. on the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. Work
will be started on the extension as
soon as the weather will permit. Of
ficials of the road say steps will soon
be taken to build the line on to Law
renee.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Not Actually Necessary.

The lawyer proceeded to examine the
witness.
Pardon the question, Mrs. Chucks-
ley" he said, "but your answer consti-
tutes part of the record How old
are you?"
why, you ought to know, Mr.
Sharpe" she answered; my birthday
is the same as yours, only l was born
ten years later than you were"
"Ah, yes, l remember. Well, it isn't
important, anyhow. Go ahead, Mrs.
Chucksley, and tell the jury what you
know about this case"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
THE STORY OF THE PEANUT
SHELLS.

AS everyone knows, G. W. Post Of
Battle Creek, Michigan, is not only
maker of breakfast foods, but he is
strong individual who believes that the
trades-unions are a menace to the lib
erty of the country.
Believing this, and being natural
born" scrapper for the right, as he
sees it, Post, for several years past,
has been engaged in a ceaseless war
fare against 1.-THE Labor Trust" as he
likes to call 1t.
Not being able to secure free and
untrammeled expression of his opin-
ions on this subject through the regular
reading pages of the newspapers he
has bought advertising space for this
purpose, just as he is accustomed to
for the telling of his Postum story"
and he has thus spent hundreds OF
thousands of dollars in denouncing
trades-unionism.
AS result of Posts activities the
people now know a whole lot about
these organizations: how they are
honeycombed with graft, how they OBJ
struct the development of legitimate
business, curtail labor's output, hold
up manufacturers, graft upon their own
membership, and rob the public. Natu-
rally Post is hated by the trades
unionists, and intensely.
He employs no union labor, so they
can not call out his men, and he defies
their efforts at boycotting his products.
The latest means of getting" Post is
the widespread publication Of the story
that car which was recently wrecked
In transmission was found to be loaded
with empty peanut shells, which were
being shipped from the south to Posts
establishment at Battle Creek.
This canard probably originated with
President John Fitzgerald of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor, who, it is
said, stated it publicly, as truth.
Post comes back and gives Fitz-
gerald the lie direct. He denounces
Fitzgerald's statement as a deliberate
ialsehood, an undetermined and coward
ly attempt to injure his business, hav-
ing not the slightest basis in fact AS
Is significant that this statement about
"the peanut shells" is being given wide
newspaper publicity. In the patent
inside" of an eastern country paper l
find it, and the inference naturally Is
that labor-unionites are insidiously
spreading this lie.
An institution Tor a mani which
will resort to moral intimidation and
to physical force, that will destroy ma
chinery and burn buildings, that will
main and kill If necessary to effect its
ends, naturally would not hesitate to
spread falsehood for the same pur-
poses.
We admire Post While we have no
enmity toward labor unions, so long as
they are conducted in an honest, Tive
and-let-live" kind of a way, we have had
enough of the tarred end of the stick
to sympathize thoroughly with what he
is trying to do. He deserves support.
A man like Post can not be killed, even
with lies. They are boomerang. every
time. Again, we knoto, for hasn't this
weapon, every weapon that could be
thought of, been used (and not simply
by labor unions) to put Ms ont of bust.
ness, too?
am going to drink taro cups Of
Postum every morning from this time
on, and put myself on a diet Of Grape
Nuts. Bully for Posti-KditoridI "a
The American JoHrasl Df Clinical Med
teine.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Typhoid Due to WaterH

Iola.-There are half a dozen cases
of typhoid fever in town. Many peo-
pie wonder what the cause is. II they
were in one family, or one blocks, it
would be different, but they are iso-
lated cases, scattered about town. ~
phoid is usually acquired from drink
ing water, That the city water is not
the source OF the contagion is easily
shown by the fact that of thousands
who drink It, few, IL any, have the dis
ease. II the water is to blame, II
must be the well water.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25

We hope DR.. Wu's promise that ne
will return to the United States 90
years hence does not mean that 1t
will be so years before the country
sees him again, says Chicago Tribune
We need him at frequent intervals
not only to pat us on the back and
assure us that we are a great people,
hut to feel the national pulse, exam
inc the national tongue, and tell us
what ails us.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Looks Bright for BeIoit.

Beloit.-Spring will open this year
with one of the biggest building booms
that ever visited this town all at one
time. More than dozen new homes
and business houses will be started as
soon as sufficient frost leaves the
ground and the air to permit work
Workmen who have lived here for de-
cades say they have never experienced
a winter SO prohibitive of outside work
as this one has been.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
THE MODERN FARMER.

The old order changeth and the far.
mer is coming into his own. Not the
farmer Of the funny papers. with his
patched jeans held up by one "gallus."
driving spawned team with broken
down cart, says Portland Oregonian.
This class of agriculturists is rapidly
following the dodo, the great aux and
other rare old birds into the dead and
forgotten past In his place has ap-
peared progressive, well-read, pros
porous individual who seldom gets
beyond the reach of the telephone and
the daily paper The old system OF
haphaZard farming has no attraction
for this modern agriculturist, and he
has reduced his calling to science.
The lessons of adversely have aided In
bringing about this change, but to the
greatest extent it is due to the spread
Of good farming gospel, as taught by
the agricultural colleges and demon
strated on experimental farms. With
is bringing about remarkable social
economic and moral change. The
change that has been wrought by the
gospel of better farming is strikingly
set forth in Pullman dispatch, printed
In yesterdays Oregonian, announcing
the resignation of Prof George Sever
ance of the agricultural department OF
the Washington state college. Prof
Severance was drawing the very salts
factory salary of $4,000 per year FOL
his duties as instructor at the college
but has resigned to become farmer
He is to take charge of three farms
just beyond the boundary line in Can
ada, and is to receive a salary of $1,000
per year, with all his expenses paid
and is also to have an interest in the
profits.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Second inspection.

Atchison.-Dr. Cole, county health
officer, and Chief Compton of the
fire department, began their inspec-
ton OF hotels and boarding houses In
this county, to see how we'll the san
itary and fire laws have been observ-
ed. This is the second inspection I'M
der the present law, leniency being
shown at the time of the first, to give
time to comply with the law. Viola
ton will now be reported and action
taken.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Motor Car Line.

Canton.-E. G.. Ahutt, of Belleville,
Kans., president of the Motor Grand
Traction company, which proposes to
build a motor car line from Chester,
Neb, to Wichita, Kans., and Mr..
Rhodess, the roads financial agent,
were in the city getting the business
men and citizens of this community
interested in the proposed line. The
company has a capital stock OF one
million dollars and was authorized by
the state board of railroad commits
sioners to issue S95O,OOO worth of
stock.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25

Nikola Tesla, who says he has been
at work on the task for 20 years, al
leges that system of wireless electric
light has been perfected by which II
will be possible to light the entire
limited States" Tesla and other wiz
ards" have wrought some wonders, and
what the inventor asserts is no more
extraordinary than some previous pre-
dictions. Still, the average person will
he willing to wait and see what comes
OF it all.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Editor Has Serious Accident.

Arkansas City,. II. Young, Of
Lyons, and editor of the Daily News
Of that place, was brought to this city
by his father. MT. Young, while feed
ing press N his office, let a paper
get caught on the roller of the press
He stopped the machine and tried to
knock che paper off the roller with
his foot, when the belt was thrown &C
cidsntally into the press wheel again
and his foot was drawn in between the
two rollers and two large bolts were
pressed through his leg.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25

given me, and I am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. W. S. FORD,
22O7 w. Franklin St., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms Of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
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any other female remedy 1t has cured
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If you are suffering from any Of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free OF
charge.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Bio Farm Deals.

Junction City.-Hal Pierce sold 55
acres of excellent farm land belong,
ing to G. II. and Carl Oberg to John
Nash for the sum of 5000 per acre,
the highest price for farming land
ever received in this county. He also
sold another portion of the Oberg
farm to Albert Myer This tract con-
sisted of 100 acres, and the price was
$3.50 per acre. G. H. and Carl Oberg
then purchased the farm Of the Ally
ward estate, consisting of 400 acres,
for $4,000.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
viii Have $500 Meters.

Iola.-The number of meters that
will be installed in lola will probably
reach 1900. This is a much larger
number than was at first expected
The gas department and the plumbers
have been installing them at the rate
of about forty day for several days
past.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
PlainviIle Prosperous, Too.

misunderstanding Is to have the
greatest building boom in its history
this spring. Seven store buildings are
to be erected in the city's two best
business blocks. The buildings are
all to be of brick or cement, under
the new building ordinance which
went into effect several months ago.
Within a year the effect OF the dis
astrous fire of October IA will
have entirely disappeared and the
city will have as fine a line of bust
ness buildings as any town in north
west Kansas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-25
Free Delivery for Dodge City.

Dodge City.-A message has come
to L. G. Grobety from Congressman
Madison requesting him to inform
Dodge City that free delivery has
been ordered established at once by
the department The service, according
to this, will be put in as soon as can
be arranged to send representative
20 Dodge City. When free delivery is
first established trained carriers are
sent to do the work until the service
is in good working order. For years
this city has been working for the
free delivery.