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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Contagious Cases Increase.

Notwithstanding DR.. Crumbine's cru
SADIE against contagious diseases the
report of his department for last july
lust issued, shows that tuberculosis
typhoid fever and smallpox were more
prevalent in Kansas during that month
than for the corresponding month last
wear. This year there were 23l cases
of tuberculosis and Ga deaths as com
spared to 247 cases and 40 deaths for
July last year. This year there were
231 cases of typhoid fever and 50
deaths. as against 1877 cases and "A
deaths last year.
There were seventy-four cases or
smallpox and ten deaths in July this
year as compared to forty-three cases
and no deaths last year. All OF the
deaths from smallpox were reported
from Shawnee county, where the dis
ease for a few weeks ragged in its most
virulent form. The report shows
decrease in the number of cases OF
measles. there being only seventy-one
cases this Jul vas compared to l46
cases last July.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
OUR STATE CAPITOL LETTER
DOINGS n= THE
KANSAS
STATE OFFICERS.
A Brief Resume Of What Our
"Hired Men" Are Doing, How
They Spend Their Time, Etc.
Move For Plain Signatures.

Many of the state officials have
Joined a movement to educate men
having business with the state to write
their signatures so people can read
them. 1t is fad with many men to
write their signatures so that nobody
on earth can make them out.
A few days ago man wanted to be
appointed notary public and scrubbed
his name on an application. The force
in the governors office tried for an
hour to decipher it, and finally sue
ceeded so they thought. The com
sion was issued. The man returned
1t with sharp letter stating that the
clerks must be mighty careless be-
cause they got his name wrong. Earl
Akers, executive clerk, replied as fol-
lows:
1--WE spent an hour trying to de-
cipher your signature. The next time
you write, please write or print your
name so that people can read. If you
cannot do that have someone else
write your name for you"
In the secretary of states Office
much trouble is experienced in tryins
to decipher signatures on corporation
papers. A charter application with
forty or fifty signatures of stockhold
ers all scrubbed in way as to look
like chicken tracks causes the force
there sometimes to spend half day
in trying to decipher the names In
many cases, of course, it is impossi
bile to get the names right and the
wrong ones get into the records. In
order to prevent this in the future
people applying for charters will be
asked to furnish a separate typewrit
ten list of the incorporators' names, SC
that the records will be correct.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
OFFER REWARD FOR
FORT RILEY FIRE1UC9
Vigorous Action Follows Numerous
lncendary Fires.

Junction City, Kan.-The govern
ment, through Jack Harrison, United
States Marshal for Kansas, Is offer
ing reward of $1,000 for information
that will result in the arrest and con-
viction of the person or persons VINO
stated the fires that caused the recent
destruction of government property at
Fort Riley The circulars sent out
state that all information will be treat
ed as confidential
This offer is the result Of what ap'
pears to be systematic attempt to
destroy government property at Fort
Riley by some enemy of Uncle Sam.
The blowing up and burning of the
large bridge across the Kansas. on the
military reservation, was the first OF
the series of fires, all of which are
believed to have been of incendiary
origin. The bridge was blown up one
night in May, and was set on fire as
soon as the dynamiter discovered that
the explosion had not done its work
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
45l FEDERAL LICENSE STAMPS
TO SELL LIQUOR IN KANSAS
THAT MANY HAVE BEEN ISSUED
SINCE JULY FIRST, 1911.
Where They All Are Located-Seds'
wick County in Lead with 81
Shawnee County Only Has 10.

Leavenworth, Kan.-The United
States internal revenue records here
show that there have been issued 10
Kansas men and firms between July
1 and September / Of this year, tax
receipts to sell intoxicating liquors Ia
the number of Ash. Only 3S of the
105 counties in the state are represent
ed in these licenses, leaving 81 coun'
ties in which there has not been
stamp taken out. Seven counties nave
one stamp each. The stamps are Is
sued by the government and are led
eral governments permission to sell
liquor. which must be obtained to Sc
cure dealers from federal prosecution
in any state.
OF the 80 counties in which stamps
have been taken out SedgWlck leads
with "a. Crawford ranks second with
81 stamps. Leavenworth is third Win
At, Montgomery is next with so, ana
Cherokee county has 80. These i've
counties. four of which are Missouri
river border counties, are credited
with a total of 249 stamps against 2oz
TO the remaining 100 couties, which are
divided between only 80, 67 beins
without stamps.
Shawnee and Wyandotte counties
containing Topeka and Kansas Guy.
Kan. have Is stamps each, or llttle
more than onesixth as many as Seos'
wick county Six out of the 10 stamps
here are taken out by druggists who are
said to be doing a legitimate business
and there are a number of such H.
censes in the state taken by such men,
II is asserted, however, that this pro-
norton will not hold good over the
entire state, and that so per cent or
more of the licenses taken out are
for the purpose of violating the pro-
bibition law. The taking out of gov
eminent stamp advertises the design
of those who expect to engage in the
sale of intoxicants to any offlclal ana
the general public.
The stamps in the various counties
In the state are divided as follows;
Allen, 2; Atchison, s; Barton, NJ;
Bourbon. 8; Brown, 8; Cherokee, ~
CLAY, 7; Cloud, Z Crawford, 81 DICK
inson. 8; Douglas, 2; Ellsworth -
Ford. /: Geary, 6; Jewell, 4; Labette'
10: Leavenworth, At; Lyon, 2; Mar
ion. T; Marshall, 5; Miami, 1; Mitchell
2; Montgomery, 95; Neosho, 10; Nor
ton. 9: Phillips, 3; Reno, II; Republic
I; Rice. /; Riley, 3; Salina, II; Shaw-
nee. IL; Smith, 8; Sumner, 3; Seag-
wick. 81; Woodson, 5; Wyandotte'
IS; not located, 2.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Text Book Law VloIated2

John S. Dawson, attorney general
has written a letter to all the county
attorneys of the state, in which he says
that complaint has been made 70 his
office that the school text book law
has been violated more or less openly
in recent years and that the schooi
books selected by the state text DOCK
commission have not been used in the
the public schools in good faith. He
saws that the complaint to him
charges that under the guise of fur
rishing supplemental reading Tor
school children, the regular state text
looks are sighted and ignored. Mr..
Dawson says that this year there
Should be no trifling with the law, and
requests the county attorneys to make
inouiry in their respective counties as
TO whether or not the law has been
evaded or ignored.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Wiped OFF the Earth.

The state charter board has made
wholesale reduction in the number
Of Kansas corporations. At one fell
swipe-without waiting to read off the
names-that would have taken two
days steady work-it dropped four
teen thousand and some odd corpora
tions that have been carried on the
list. Under an act of the 1911 legis-
lature, the charter board is authorized
to drop from the list all chartered
corporations that failed to make re-
port at the end of the fiscal year
Many thousands of the dropped ones
are extinct, dead, deceased and de-
funct mining and oil companies. The
names of some of these corporations
have been carried on the state books
since the year one of Kansas history
Notices were sent to all Of these cor
porations before the date set for the
annual report, and hundreds OF the
living corporations reported. The
dead letter office at Washington Is
probably the custodian OF thousands
Of others.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Quail Plentiful In Kansas.

Topeka, Kan.-According to report"
the doves and quail are more numer-
Gus this year in Kansas than IN any
recent year. This is also true aroun'
the bic towns in the state. Many farm
ers report the meadows filled with III
tle quail. Another thing which Is
had for the crops, but good for the
quail. is the grasshoppers, which IN
some parts of the state, are unusually
thick. The farmers are glad to have
flocks Of quail and most of them are
careful to protect the birds on their
farms. The dry weather this season
helped to increase. Wet weather IS
very hard on them when they are
hatched
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
State Has Had ENOUGH.

David Leahy, private secretary to
the governor. is responsible for the
statement that the state of Kansas
will have nothing more to do with the
Hunnewell town row. 1t appears that
Governor Stubs has turned the offlc'
ial management of the Hunewell
souabble over to Leahy. And Leahy'
after due deliberation, decides that the
state of Kansas doesn't care whoop
whether the Hunnewell city council
is composed of members of the Hun
newell Commercial club, or the Hun
newell Commercial CLUB is composed
of Hunnewell councilmen. Mr.. Leahy
opines that the troubles of the border
village and its lady mayor do not JUS
tify the calling out of militia COM
panies or assistant attorney generals.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Treatments Cost Him over $4,000.

Atchison, Kan.-B. P. Waggener'
who has returned from Rochester
Mimi, has more evidence than most
people of the high cost of living. Liv-
ing for the past eight weeks has been
harder, as we'll as higher, for Mr.. Wag'
gener than for most people. AS evil
dence of altitude of prices, he has a
receipted bill for $500 from the Drs,
Mayo, the price paid for the opera
tons. Other medical attention, hotei
bills, travelling expenses and other ex'
penses incident to his illness, run the
total to $4,000 for the eight weeks, and
he isn't through yet; he must return
tc Rochester within four or five weeks
for further treatment.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Killed by Electric Shock.

Wellington, Kan.-The coroner's
Jury which Investigated the death OF
Mrs. Edgar Brothers, who was killed
at her home here by an electric cur
rent from the city light plant, was I'M
able to fix the responsibility for the ac'
cident and brought in verdict simply
giving the cause of her death. Mrs.
Brothers had gone down the cellar TO
put out of the way of the children an
electric light bulb attached to flex'
ible cord and received the full cur
rent of 1900 volts from the primary
wires that somewhere had formed
contact with the service wires. sun
is to be brought by the husband
against the city for large amoun'
in damages.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
secretive Family Bible.

Tommy was venturesome lad, but
nobody had ever credited him with
sufficient courage to shake his head in
contradiction when the Sunday school
visitor, who wished to show off his
knowledge of Biblical history, asserted
that Sarah, Abraham's wife, was the
only woman whose age was recorded
in the Bible. Seeing the disappearing
motion of tie little head in the front
row, the visitor reiterated: Sarah
was the only woman whose age is re-
corded in the Bible" Then Tommy
spoke right up: There are three
more that know of" said he. "Who%
asked the astonished visitor. Mother,
grandmother and Aunt Lucy" said
Tommy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Will Sue for Bank Charter.

Suit will be instituted soon to COM
pei the issuance of charter to the
Lawrence State Savings bank. The
suing bank is a projected institution
capitalized at $4,000. 1t applied for
a charter simultaneously with another
proposed bank. the Citizens State
bank, a month ago. The charter
board, concluding that the local field
did not justify seven banks, denied
the application of the former. Men
who are interested in the bank when
is about to sue are: Lewis Kreeok.
former banker in Bonner Springs; q.
B. Young, G. L. Kreeck, j. IL. Nlli-
Jams. E. E. Wilson, and c. schaake'
Most of these are well-to-do farmers
who live In Lawrence.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
STATES BENEFIT FROM
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Governor Stubs Has Returned From
The Big Gathering of State Exec
utves In New Jersey.

Governor Stubs has returned from
New Jersey where he attended the
annual conference of the Governors OF
he different states. He came back
more than ever convinced that the an
nual conference is good thing for
the country.
ut is a great thing" said Governor
Stubs, "for the governors of the diff
ferent states to get together and tell
their troubles and their remedies for
troubles. At my suggestion we VIII
devote one day at the next conference
an old fashioned experience meet
'ng. We will tell of the things at
tempted and things done during our
administrations. Each governors eX-
periences will help the others. | got
4 great deal of good out of this meet
ing and | know that the others did,
also"
Governor Stubs paid his own ex'
penses to and from the conference as
did most of the governors but he said
that some states make provision for
the annual conference, and other sucn
meetings by making appropriations
% cover expenses. Wisconsin makes
an appropriation of $1,000 a year to be
used by the governor in making trips
to meetings he thinks will be OF bene
tit to his state.
zone of the southern governors
made a great speech about the confer
ence and its benefits" said the Cover
nor. HE made the statement that IL
there had been such conferences fifty
and sixty years ago in which the gov
errors of the north and south particl
pated there would have been no Civil
War"
Fire Insurance Rates Grow Lower.
Fire insurance rates in Kansas grad
ually are being reduced under the SUI
pervision of the state superintendent
of insurance, who under the present
statute has the power to fix rates, ac'
cordng to members of the Kansas Fire
Prevention Association, which held Its
first annual meeting the other day.
The association has nothing to do with
rates, its principal work being that OF
remedying hazard" conditions of in
sured property, which makes lower
rates possible.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Sold 1882 Eggs since March I,

Smith Center, Kan.-The two hun
bred and fifty White Leghorn hens o.
Mrs. Pete Frydendall, of Crystal
Plains. this county, have made an en-
viable reproducing record this sea-
son. Since the first of last March
Mrs. Frydendall has gathered from
their nests and marketed in this city
one thousand, four hundred and forty
tx dozen eggs. Besides that she has
marketed nearly half that many at
Bellaire. Mrs. Frydendall is mistress
If a fine modern home and makes her
daily trips to market in $4,000 auto
mobile. She says that if properly at
tended to a flock of White Leghorns
en- a Kansas farm will keep the wolf
away from the door of the largest fam
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
FOOD AGAIN
A Mighty Important Subject to Every
One.

A Boston lady talks entertainingly
of food and the changes that can be
made in health by some knowledge on
that line. She says:
"An injury to my spine in early wom-
anhood left me subject to severe sick
headaches which would last three or
four days at time, and a violent
course of drugging brought on consti-
patton with all the ills that follow.
my appetite was always light and
uncertain and many kinds of food dis
tressed me.
81 began 10 eat Grape-Nuts food two
or three years ago, because l liked the
taste of It, and l kept on because l
soon found it was doing me good.
81 eat it regularly at breakfast, fire.
Quently at luncheon, and again bNore
going to bed-and have no trouble in
sleeping on it. 1t has relieved my con
stipation, my headaches have practi-
cally ceased, and l am in better physi-
cal condition at the age of So than
was at 40.
81 give Grape-Nuts credit for restor-
ing my health, il not saving my life,
and you can make no claim for 1t too
strong for me TO endorse" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek
Mich.
Read the little book. "The Eoad TO
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's reason
Ever read the above Ietters Z new
one appears from time 90 time. They
are genuine, true. nnd full OF human
interest
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29

The Southwestern Millers' League
has filed an application with the util-
tiles commission for an order directing
the various railroads Of the state to
line their grain cars with heavy peper
before loading Thev claim that tbs
will prevent a large waste to the ship
pers and that It insures. cles~er g-'ja
at the destination. The con-,ission
Will take the matter ~ With TIE rail
roads Immediately ~-i see TbT' ga
be done in the matter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
dropped Cigarette in dynamite; Livss.

Leavenworth, Kan.-Although win
dow glass within a hundred foot "a
dius was shattered, Clark Wilson,
legro farm hand, was only slightly
Injured when a basket Of dynamite
which he was carrying exploded. Will
son was smoking cigarette which ac-
cidentaly fell into the basket. The
conclusion tore big hole in tee pave
n,ent and rocked buildings, hut When
The smoke cleared away the ne w7s
'ound smiling and trying 10 g.t c.
z.s smoldering clothing.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29

Atchison, Kant am going to STAND
here and let the lightning strike me,
Flossie Hartman said jokingly. while
she stood on the back porch at her
home near Parnell. A second later
lightning struck the lawn twenty feet
from where she was standing, render
ing her unconscious some time and
leaving her in dazed condition the
balance of the afternoon. She will re-
cover.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Bond Propositions Lose.

Arkansas City, Kan.-At a special
election held here for the purpose of
voting bonds in the sum of 100000 for
an additional water supply for the city
and $4,000 for park improvements
both propositions lost, the former by
fifteen votes and the latter by l66, out
of a total Of S51 votes.
AS a part of the water works iml
proyements already have been made
a special tax levy to raise tie sum Of
$4,000 will be made by the city ccuL'
oil.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
state Officers Join A. II. T. a.

Nearly all of the state officers o.
Kansas are now members of the Anti
Horse Thief Association. John ".
Wall. president OF the state A. II. I.
A.. came from Parsons the other day
TO organize local league in Topeka.
When he arrived in town the first
Mace he struck <as the stete house
and practically al OF the state officers
signed up as charter members Ct the
Topeka local branch which was IT
ganszed that rjxkt
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Winfield to Bar Minors from Pool

Winfield, Kan.-In response to the.
demand of representatives OF the VIM
field churhes, the city council has in
structed its attorneys to draft an ord'-
nance prohibiting boys under Il years
of age from frequenting pool halls and
making it a misdemeanor for proprle'
tors of pool and billiard halls to permit
minors to loaf in their places of hnsl'
ness or play games therein. The DO
lice were instructed to make stronger
effort to enforce the tobacco and anti
smoking laws.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
A Great Grace.

It Is no great matter to associate
with the good and gentle, for this Is
naturally pleasing to all and everyone
willingly enjoyeth peace and loveth
those best that agree with him. But
to be able to live peaceably with hard
and perverse persons, or with the dis
orderly, or with such as go contrary to
us, is a great grace, and most com
mendable and manly thing.-Thomas
q Kempis.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Winfield Car Barn Burns.

Winfield, Kan.-The Wmtield-Ar-
kansas City Interurban Company'S
harms, located here, were destroyed by
fire. A large interurban car, a CITY
car and a combination freight and bag
cage car were destroyed. The burn
ing of the cars will seriously cripple
the service until they can be replaced
The loss is estimated at $4,000. NO
insurance was carried.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Mowinn Machine Kills Farmer.

Salina, Ksn.-R. E. Sawyer, farm
er whe has lived in Rocks county since
the early days, was killed on his farm
near Plainville. He was caught be
sore a mower which was attached to
runaway team in the field. His body
was dragged considerable distance
and he received intednal injuries.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Havs Gets New Building.

Atchison, KAMA new building to
cost $4,000 will be erected on the
campus of the state Normal school at
HAYS. Kan, in the near future, ac'
cording to an announcement made by
Sheffield ingalls,, a member of the
state board of control. The building
will be devoted to the department. oil
AGRICULTURAL study.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
cored to Death BY a Bull.

Alma, Kan.-Herman Dieball a
hrominent farmer 80 years of age, was
attacked by vicious bull and SO bad,
" injured that he will die. Dieball
was knocked down by the first attack
and the Infatuated animal gored him
until his abdomen was torn to shreds.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
States Expenses for Sept. s3o4,5o1

According to the estimate OF the
state Auditor. w. e. Davis, and the
draw made by state Treasurer Mark
Tulley 1t will take sSO4.5O1 to pay the
running expenses of the state this
month. That is about the aeyrage
amount used by the state for running
expenses each month.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29

Drop in and dine any day" Will moi
he a fashionable invitation much
longer if aviators take up the custom
of dropping in through the roof as the
one In Atlantic City did.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29

There has been a revolution In Ecu
ador. but we have not been able &c
find out whether 1t was necessary oil
fust INDUCED in because the revolu
tiouists felt the need of practice.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29

The announcement that from 1.750.
900 to S.OOO.OOO,OO0 bacteria are con
tanned in a cubic centimeter OF ice
cream must go unchallenged on oul
part for lack of time in verifying the
figures
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29
Buried His Money-someone Stole 1t,

Salina, Kan.-Andrew Brown far-
mer near Woodson, who has no falth
in banks, has kept fifteen hundred
dollars buried on his farm for some
time. Last week the money was stof
en- by unknown parties. Not even
Browns own family knew where the
hiding place was. There is no Glow
to the thief
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29

Several cases have occurred of eye
sight threatened or lost by the inordi
nately long hatpin point. Unless won
en- realize themselves that this Is
constant and serious menace and re
strict the length Of the sharp pin
some steps will have to be taken to
protect the general public I'm tbs
dangerous nuisance.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29

The Frenchman who has succeeded
In "photographing thought" has per
haps pointed the way to getting the
truth from witnesses who find 1t con
venient to forget.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29

One nice thing about an aeroplane
race is that you can see the racers
occasionally even if tall man or
fat woman happens to be directly In
front of you.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29

In due time there will be angry
farmers watching with shotguns &c
keep some trans-continental fiier from
alighting in their cornfelds with HE
aeroplane
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-09-29

Laundrymen prefer Pittsburg as the
scene of their convention in 1912
There are reasons why laundrymen
should have an affection for Pitts
burg.