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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-22

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-22

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
SCHOOL FIGURES FOR LAST MONTH

The total number of students on
the roll at the end of the seventh
month of school as reported by Supt.
Hughes was 1903 as compared with
1893 for the same date in 1911. OF
the number S55 we're boys and s4S
girls. The number temporarily with
drawn was SS boys and 40 girls. The
total enrolment for the year TO date
has been 3155, divided 1900 boys and
1886 girls as compared with total Of
3Os9 10 1911.
The percentage of attendance last
month was SO 70 per cent for the boys
aed 90 80 per cent for the girls. The
boys neither absent nor tardy we're
55s and the girls 62S. The visits to
the grade schools we're 90. The visi-
tors at the grade schools were 1Sl.
There we're ten cases Of corporal pun
lshment among the boys during the
month.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
SAW HORRORS OF OKLAHOMA STORM

]. A. Berry of Galesburg, a former
citizen of this town has just returned
from a visit with his brother 10
southern Oklahoma, in the region of
the big cyclone, a week ago Saturday
Mr.. Berry watched the storm from a
secure position in cellar.
Later he visited the stricken towns
and saw Sc bodies of the victims.
Mr.. Berry says the horror and de-
preston caused by the storm is inde-
scribable. When the storm struck,
buildings and trees were all blown
away and the only wonder is that
any body escaped alive.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
FOUND THE ROADS GOOD

Autoists of the city and particularly
members of the lChanute Auto Club
who are taking an active part In the
work of encouraging the dragging of
the country roads were gratitied at
the condition in which they found
the highways when they went out in
their cars Sunday. Many roads were
dragged last week at the opportune
times following the rains and all
who have occasion to use them re-
ceived the benefit Of the improved
conditions. The interest in good
roads seems to be continually on the
increase in Neosho county. The
lecture OF D. Ward King, the ad-
dresses by the State Agricultural
College experts with the Katy and
Santa Fe special trains, and the
active encouragement of the autoists,
all combined, are bearing good fruit.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
ASK FOR EXTRA PAY

w. J. Magatagan and S. G. Popping
appeared before the school board Mon
evening and asked if they were not to
receive pay in addition that received
from the city for their services as
clerks at the election on April 2 when
a school bond issue as we'll as the
election of commissioners was before
the voters They stated that they were
told they would be entitled to pay
from both sources. Upon motion OF
Royster and Connell the request was
referred to the finance committee with
power to act after it consulted the
city attorney as to whether the school
district was legally liable to pay the
extra amount. In the discussion sever
al ubers of the board said that the
object in setting the school bond issue
election at the same time with the
regular spring election was to save a
double expense, A letter from an
officer of the Emporia board indicated
that in that city it did not expect to
pay extra under such conditions.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
LOST FINGERS IN HAY BALER

J. w. Heminger had the misfortune
to have the three front fingers of his
right hand clt off while assisting in
setting up a new six horse power hay
press for the Montague Implement
and Harm .sS sJt re at 30l r. Main
street about $50 Tues. M )rning. Mr.
Hem,nger is travelling sales miu for
the InternarinnaI Harvester Co. aud
the baler which had been placed on
South Evergreen just west of the
implement store is manufactured by
his company. The engine had been
started and Mr.. HemiDger was at
tempting to stop the baler and show
how the clutch should slip when ia
some manner he unfortunately got
his hand where the machinery caught
the fingers,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
MANY WERE IN TRACK TRYOUT

A total of 26S entries In the track
tryout made lively times at Murray
Hill school Friday afternoon. The
winners in this contest will represent
their school in the meet with the
otner grade schools next Friday.
The boys who compete will be divided
into three classes according to
weight. A novel feature Of the track
work will be the events in which the
girls compete. Al the meet next
Friday the use of the school ccloTs
of blue and white will add TO the
attractlveness. A 30 yard dash opeu
to all grade girls was one event, the
basketball throw particularly for the
sth grade girls. Other events were
basketball throw for 9Th, QUOT throw
for 4th, chariot race for 3rd, and an
egg race for 2nd grade girls,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
Chanute Refinery
Has Large Contract
Will Sell First Shipment Of Ex-
port Kerosene from Mid
Continent Field.

The Chanute Refining Co. has
just recently closed contract to
sell to the Union Petroleum Co. of
Philadelphia a million gallons of
kerosene for export. The negoha-
tons were conducted by correspon-
dence and by visit from t.. Z.
Woodman, treasurer of the COM
pany who was in Chanute two weeks
ago. This~is the first sale of kero-
sene for foreign export made from
the mid continent field though
dubricating oil has been sold for
some time. A good price is secured
for the oil.
The shipment is to be begun
about June 10 and will continue till
the close of the season October I.
The oil will be sent to New Orleans
where il will be pumped from the
tank cars into special oil tank
steamers. Its final destination will
probably be China and Japan. The
Petroleum Co. is on= of the largest
independent companies in America
and its exports of oil are next to
that of the Standard Oil Co. for
volume.
The kerosene will leave Chanute
in tank Car loads of 5000 gallons
each. Thus the purchase will total
1a5 cars, one of which will be
started to New Orleans about every
day when the shipments begin.
The kerosene is manufactured at
the refinery mile and half south
of the city from the crude oil re-
ceived from the daily runs of the
Chanute field and the Oklahoma
field which is loaded for shipment
to Chanute at Coffeyvllle. The
Chanute Refining Co. is one of the
large refperies of the state, and
ran almost 3Sooo barrels of crude
oil from all of its fields during the
month of April.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
CHANUTE BOY IN SCHOOL POLITICS

Chas. M. Coats, junior In the
School of Engineering at the Univer-
sity of Kansas at Lawrence, has an
nounced his candidacy for president of
the Mems Student Council in that
school for which the election will soon
be held The position to which he
aspires is one Of honor and RESPONSE
bility as the University authorities
have given the Council much power
as regards discipline and the general
conduct OF student fl 'irs.
Mr.. Coats states definitely his plat
form OF an impartial enforcing Of the
present laws of the Council and prom
ises with the concurrence of his as
sociates to eliminate all possible ques-
tions of graft IN all university affairs.
He heartily believes in students
union building, woman's dOfmitory,
and all other enterprises which will
help the university, He announces
his opposition to all organizations
that claim to be representative
bodies, but confine their membership
to political factions.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
FORMER CHANuTE GIRL MARRIED

Friends of Miss Lulu Becker who
lived most of her life in Chanute
until she moved to the Pacific coast
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
w. Becker, few years ago will be
interested to hear of her marriage TO
r. w. Cook of San Francisco on
April IS. The wedding occurred at
Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Cook is a
niece of Mrs. Henry Mcconnell and
has visited here several times since
leaving Chanute.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10

the purport of Worley's statements.
H. w. 10y who as member OF
the council a few years ago cor
Quoted an investigation together
with city engineer Young which
fully satisfied him that an adequate
underflow existed gave the results
of their drilling of 40 wells along a
line approximately parallel with the
eourse of the Neosho east OF Cha
mute. On the other hand M. N.
Wells reported the unsuccessful
attempts of the Santa Fe railroad
twenty five years ago to sink wells
which were not soon pumped dry.
Mr.. Worley stated that in view OF
good testimony on both sides he
would not attempt to say how ade
quate the underhow supply of water
might be without making a test
himself. ]. ]. Hurt favored having
the commissioners hire Worley and
Black to sink the test wells. R. N,
Allen and S. E. Beach wished the
commissioners to 60 ahead with an
investigation but all members of the
citizens committee voted for
Nations motion that the board
could appoint the executive com
mittee of three which was desired
by Mayor Lapham.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
AMERICAN MOBILES PICNIC

The American Mobiles members and
invited friends spent a very pleasant
day Sunday in the woods. The boys
took long ropes and made swings,
some swung, some played games aud
others went fishing, but the fish heard
them coming and moved on. A long
table was spread, loaded with all the
good things In the land, all took a
very active part in that game, and a
delightful time was enjoyed. Other
similar picnics are being planned.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
ONLY TWO TOOK HIKE

Jesse Woods and Lester Purdy were
the sole representatives of the local
pedestrians to walk to lola Sunday.
They started at o'clock and enjoyed
the IS mile hike In the cool of the
morning. They reached their desti-
nation at e:45. Until the afternoon
train they passed the time chiefly
watching the street cars on which
they report travel was rather light.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
TWO MORE GOOD GAS WELLS DRILLED

Amyx, Phipps and 10y brought in
a good two and half million gas we'll
Wednesday on the Mclean lease ten
miles west OF Chanute For the
Kansas Natural q. H. Mccall drilled
in a we'll on the Carlberg lease two
miles east of Buffalo which tested
over two million feet. 1t is their
second we'll on this lease.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
CITY'S INCOME

The city's income during the
month of April according to the
books of city cashier Roberts
amounted to SI1,8oI.o6 as com
pared with St3956 So for April
1911. Of the total this year
SII324.54 came from the public
ownership sources as did about an
equal proportion last year,
The receipts from gas sales for
April 1912 were Se2o7.7I as against
SS745 90 for 1911 but March of
this year was much colder than in
past years and as the April collec-
tons are for March consumption
the discrepancy is entirely natural.
The ratio was reversed as regards
the water receipts which were
S1231.6o last month in contrast
with $3578 in April 1911. Here
again the weather would largely
explain as during March of this
year a number of the water meters
were still frozen up part of the
time or else out of commission on
account of earlier freezes and there
fore not registering. The meter
basis for water consumption was
not in operation in March 1911.
The receipts credited the electric
light fund were $76e g last month
and Se36'o7 IN April 1911. A new
element entering into the figures fol
the month is the meter fund OF
S623 SO which is to be permanent
separate fund. To 1t are credited
the meter deposits from the gas,
water and light departments and the
total given is included also in the
figures given for the three funds
separately. s116 was credited tc
the cemetery fund. A total o
$1a5.o4 from street sprinkling is in
cluded in the water fund.
1
A total of S44I.48 of the receipts
of the month is credited to the gen
eral fund. 1t is divided as follows
License S27o.eS; dog license $S5
poll tax fund Sc; rent SO; and s.
cents received from the sale o
dirt.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10

at the meeting Of the commH-
sloners Friday morning Mayor Lap
ham instructed the city clerk to
notify the foreman of each Depart
ment that the laborers employed bv
the city must put in eight hours Of
actual work. He stated that be had
observed city employees going to work
at s:l5 q. m. and quitting before 5
O'Clock which be felt was depriviug
the city OF service for which it was
paying.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
School Finances
in Good Condition
Supt. Hughes and Committee
Reported Favorably on
Work Accomplished.

That the school finances are in
satisfactory shape so that the board
might perhaps be able to reduce
the tax levy for school purposes
.,his year was indicated by the
treasurer's monthly report as read
by the clerk Of the board, John
Tye, at Its meeting. The amount
in the general fund May Ist was
$14, aoo.3e. The April interest
was sa7.so. OF the $4o5I.rS in
the sewer and paving fund Sa64S.6 81
is to be Immediately transferred to
the general fund to repay amounts
which were used to take up out
standing warrants at times when
provision had not been properly
made for the paving fund. The
bond fund balance is sra, ,a2o.65 oi
which at least $I1, 900 will probably
be used to take up bonds under
July dating.
Supplementary to the figures given
in his report for the seventh month
of school Superintendent ]. F.
Hughes announced to the members
of the school board at their regular
monthly meeting Monday evening
concerning the various addresses
and events incident to the close OF
both the grade and high schools
and urged the attendance of all up
on these exercises so far as possible.
He spoke particularly of the
grade schools track meet to be held
Friday afternoon at the Katy
City Park and of the excellen,
effect which the preparation fol
this event had had upon the play
life Of the pupils, and of the equally
favorable indirect effect upon theil
book work because the exercise hac
proved beneficial to them physically
and the competition had proved tc
be a wholesome mental stimulus
The meet on Friday afternoon will
be free as the charge made for the
| contest last week between the grade!
and the high school had as hopec
secured sufficient money to NEE
the expenses of both occasions.
DR.. w. E. Royster as chairman
of the visitation committee reported
that he had visited each room ir
town and that on the whole the
schools we're in good condition. anc
in better shape than at this time
last year. He gave credit to Pro
fessor Hughes for the improvement
but intimated that the latter woulC
find yet other things which coulc
be remedied in another year. A.
B. Connell of the committee re-
ported similarly and that he wa!
we'll satisfied with conditions excep
in few rooms.
The board adjourned to NEE
Monday evening May I3 when the
teachers for the year will be elected
Consideration of the applications
for census enumerator was post
poned until that time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
Morley Discussed
Water System Plan
Commissioners and Citizens
Conferred with Him on
Sources of Supply.


should at once begin preliminary
investigation by employing the firm
of worley & Black, consulting en-
gineers Of KaSn.as City, to driii four
wells to test es' {Re presence OF a sup
ply OF Nhderaow water between
chAhute and the Neosho river to
the east was the consensus of opin-
ion as the result of the general
conference held Friday afternoon in
the city hall by the board AMI the
special committee of citizens with J.
S. Worley of Kansas City to consi-
der the problem of securing a pro-
per supply of water for the city in
both in quantity and quality.
In introducing Mr.. Worley to
open the discussion Mayor Lapham
said that the commissioners con
sidered 1t one of their first duties 10
prepare feasible water proposition
to submit to the voters and that in
consulting with an engineer con-
cerning whether filtration or
whether a gallery collecting system
would be best and cheapest for Cha
mute they were acting upon the
recommendation of w. c. Hoad,
sanitary engineer for the State
Board of Health.
In referring to his talk with the
commissioners on Monday when
they had declared in favor of a
citizens committee to work with
them, Mr.. Worley said he had also
favored the plan, 1t having been
used profitably "'FeYhere and 1t
served, as was tht out by w.
M. DaIDcc anu fS' A'"''o 80
the later discussion, to reinforce
with the public the judgment of
the board when it eventually sub
mitted a bond issue proposition to
the people. elm using the Neosho
river water as you do, it is newt
able that you get poor water through
a large part of the year." said Mr..
Worley, sand there is no knowing
when it may become actually dan
gerous from typhoid infection.
Therefore you must purify it by
filtration if your sanitation is what
it should be-"
In the later discussion ex-may OF
Beach suggested that but few per-
sons use the city water for drinking
purposes. w. M. Barbee and
Mayor Lapham however assured
him that it is being so used to con-
siderable extent and with unfavor-
able results. That nearly all of the
wells of Chanute are also badly
contaminated was emphasized by
H. W. 10y and Commissioner
Johnson as a further reason for pure
CITY water. R. N. Allen was how
ever disposed to take a more opti'
mistic view of the benefits of the
city sewer system in keeping the
wells free from contamination.
That it is desirable to secure a
water supply from other than a
river source if possible and that the
first cost of adequate settling basins
would equal that of a gallery col
lecting system to say nothing OF the
large expense for chemicals in q
filtration plan was brought out BY
worley's statements and answers
to questions from the citizens
The proposition that the city should
secure its water from the underfioV
bv a collecting gallery if this
alleged underfow is sufficient was
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-05-10
Harkness Held in a
Washington Jail
Bondsmen Have Searched for
Him Since His Disappear
ance Early in March.

Ed Hardness is in jai! at Not'h
Yakima, Washington and willing to
come to Neosho County without re.
QUESTION papers, This was the good
news received Ia telegram from
the sheriff of Yakima county last
Tuesday by Mr.. Pleas Hurt who
with John Camac as bondsmen for
the appearance of Harkness in JUS
tice Groome's court have been dill
gently conducting search for the
missing man since he jumped his
bond of $4,000 on March I3 when
he was to have appeared in court to
answer to the charge of setting fire
to the hors. barn on South Ever
green on the m orning of March 8.
The bondsmen at the time offered
a reward of 5000 for the delivery of
Hardness before the court In Cha
mute and later raised the amount to
$500. Mr.. Hurt and Mr.. Camac
have on their own initiative been
carrying on pretty piece OF detec'
tive work and 1t is their hope that
Harkness may soon be started for
the penitentiary. They at first
searched for him nearer at hon e
including Arkansas and Iowa and
for the last three days and nights
have had a man in the Washington
mountains after Harkness. the
local authorities will either send a
man or deputize Camac to 60 after
Hardness as soon as the necessary
papers can be prepared.
LATER
Mr.. P. Hurt Tuesday received
the following telegram dated May
addressed to the Neosho Valley
State Bank from ]. w. Day, sheriff
of Yakima country, North Yakima,
Washington:
"Ed Hardness died suddenly.
Stop your sheriff, if he has started
Will write particulars. Notify his
relatives. 3"
The bondsmen had appealed tc
the governor for requisition papers
necessary in sending an officer tc
secure Mr.. Harkness but upon re-
ceipt of this message they called of
further proceedings. The present
situation comes as a relief to the
bondsmen who had spent much
thought in attempting to locate Mr..
Hardness since he failed to appear
in Justice Groome's court on March
13 to have his preliminary trial. II
does not however prevent them from
sympathizing with the relatives oi
Mr.. Harkness who for many years
has been a we'll known citizen OF
Chanute.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-11-14
TREES CARRIED FREE.
Great Northern Railway Aims to Pro-
mote Planting in Northwest.

Butte.-ln order. to promote the
planting of trees, the Great Northern
railway will handle over it's lines,
free of freight charges, such ship
ments as belong to the states or mu-
inequalities, the law permitting such
free transportation for state or mu-
nicipal governments.
In many portions of the Northwest
the scarcity of trees for both shelter
and protection is noticeable. The i'm
preston made upon the traveller and
prospective resident is of the most
unfavorable character.
Many of the towns in the new coun-
try have bleak appearance. They
are very often without any trees. The
impression made on the minds Of
homeseekers or investors is harmful
for it conveys the impression to their
minds that trees cannot be grown.
The Great Northern will carry trees
free, for states and municipal govern
ments, when destined to any point on
that system in North Dakota, South
Dakota or Montana.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-11-14
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMIZED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed into a Few Lines for the
Perusai of the Busy Man.
Latest Personal In
formation.
Politics

Congressman Nicholas Longworth
was defeated for reelection by Stan
ley Dowde, Democrat, by IS votes, ac-
cording to the unofficial canvass OF
the vote in the First Ohio district.
Longworth will not admit his defeat.
The accession of Illinois and the
loss of Minnesota gave President-elect
Wilson a gain of IA votes in the cleo
toral college, making his total, on the
basis of unofficial returns, 442 to II
for Roosevelt and - for Taft.
In the gubernatorial elections, OF
which there were 20, the Democrats
won in IL, the Republicans in II and
the Progresives in one. The states
electing Republicans are Idaho, Kan
sas, North Dakota, Minnesota, New
Hampshire, South Dakota, Rhode
Island, Tennessee, Utah, West Vlr'
ginia and Wisconsin.
Returns from all over the United
States insures the Democrats control
of the house of representatives, and
indicate that they also will dominate
the senate.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-11-14

Incomplete Returns Given From 26 of
81 Counties.

Helena-Partial returns in Mon
tana show the Democratic national
and state ticket we'll in the lead.
Incomplete unofficial returns from
26 of the 81 counties give the follow
ing:
For President-Wilson, 1856; Taft,
11,928; Roosevelt, 1868; Debs, 7,476.
For United States Senator-Walsh,
Democrat, 1869; Smith, Republican,
1906; Dixon, Progressive, 15,147.
For ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, Democrat,
1862; Wilson, Republican, 1889;
Edwards, Progressive, 12,S4S; Duncan,
Socialist, $40.
For Congressmen-Stou Democrat,
1865; Evans, Democrat, 1927; Pray,
Republican, 14,471; Allen, Republican,
12,4S6; Everett, Progressive, $500;
Horkan, Progressive, 1870.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-11-14
Wilson Lead Bio in Montana,

Helena, Mont, Nov. 8-Republicans
and Progressives have conceded that
Wilson has carried Montana by big
margin; that r. J. Walsh, Democrat
has been the voters choice for United
States senator and that Thomas Stout,
Democrat, has been elected congress.
man at large and S. V. Stewart, Dem.
ocratic governor. Republicans re-
fused to concede the election of John
M. Evans, Democrat, to congress. 1t
appears the referendum measure to
repeal the state militia law has been
successful.