davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE SUNFLOWER STATE
THE IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF
Y A WEEK.
Prepared for Our Busy Readers Who
Want the Whole News in
Little Space.
TELL STORY OF TRUE LOVE.
Indian Girl Bride of James Smith Had
Strenuous Chase Led by Cupid.

Columbus, Kan.-James Smith anc
his $4,000 Usage bride have returned
to Baxter Springs from Bentonville
Ark, where they were married, ano
tell thrilling story of their wedding
trip.
Several nights ago, after the Officers
were trying to apprehend the girl al
the instance of her father, she left heI
room by window, rowed by night
across Spring river and walked many
miles to Rogers, Ark. She telephoned
to Smith and he FASTENED there to
meet her. They remained in hiding
there for a number of days when
they motored to Bentonyille. On the
way there the car upset and as a re-
suit the bride appeared before the
magistrate who performed the mar
Rage ceremony wearing an assortment
of court plaster and bandages which
had not been included in the Original
plans for the rousseau.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
THE NEW FISH HATCHERY
AT PRATT HAS BEEN OPENED
Plant of Sixty-Five Acres Expected to
Mean More Than Million Dollars
Annually.


The state of Kansas formally took
possession of the largest fish hatchery
in the world when stream of water
released by Chancellor Frank Strong
leaped into breeding pond at Pratt
Devised by Dyche, state fish and game
warden, and constructed by the uni
versity regents, the new culture plant
will place fish as a common article OF
diet upon every table in the state.
Professor Dyche, State Architect
Charles Chandler, the members OF the
boar dof regents, Chancellor Strong
Pres. H. ]. Waters, an dscores of other
guests attended the dedication. Taken
from the South Ninnescah river below
Pratt, the water has been allowed to
flow through miles Of crosses and
MOSES before entering the 21-inch con
duit to the hatchery, so that it carried
in it's clear depths plenty Of vegetable
foor for the fish that will, begin life
in, the ponds.
Eighty-three ponds in which the fish
will be separated according to size,
stretched across an area of s1xty-flve
acres, gave an impression of the size
of the university understanding. Each
pool spreads over a basin OF from one
third to one-half acre.
To supply brood stock fish for the
stream and ponds of Kansas will be
the chief object of the hatchery. A ma
FORTY of the waters of the state have
already been depleted of fish and tc
stock these will be the immediate
work of Professor Dyche and his as
sistants. A campaign will start al
once to induce farmers to raise fish
as we'll as hogs. Young fish and eggs
will be shipped to every citizen who
will take the trouble to ask for them
and complete instructions on raising
them will be distributed in hatchery
bulletins All that is necessary to
start raising fish on Kansas farms Is
small quarter-acre pond.
The economic importance of the fish
hatchery to the state was pointed out
by many of the speakers.
'Tf / can get each farmer in the
state to raise one mess of fish
week, it will mean $25O,OO0 to Kansas
a year." declared Professor Dyche
aWhen the farmers come to spend
half as much time with their fish as
they do with their hogs the fish indus
try will be one of the most important
activities in the state"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Rv ALI Means No.

1t is up to the public utilities COM
mission to determine whether or not
boys in Kansas are to be permitted to
use vulgar and profane language over
the telephone. The commission devot-
ed several hours the other day to a
hearing on that subject. w. B..
Huntington, David May, Joel Chitwood
and Mrs. ]. c. Hunter Of Williamstown
in Jefferson county brought the action
before the commission. They COM
planned that the telephone company Of
which they are subscribers had re-
moved their telephones and asked that
the commission compel tile company
to replace them. The Kansas City
Home Telephone comapny made an
swer to the coplaint. 1t stated that the
reason the telephones had been remoy-
ed was the fact that boys on the line
had been using vile language over the
phones and that it had not been STOP
ped when the subscribers had been
notified. The company maintained
that it was impossible to keep central
girls at work at the Williamstown ex-
change because of the habit of the
boys on the line using vile and indec-
ent language. The commission listen
ed to all of the evidence and took the
case under advisement. The question
is brand new one so far as the Kan
sas commission is concerned.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Elevators Are Full.

Larned, Kan.-The car shortage sit.
uation in this section of Kansas con-
tinues. Every elevator on the Jetmore
branch has stopped wheat buying, be-
ing only able to get a car when some
merchant orders a small lot of mer-
chandise purposely to bring one in.
The elevators here are buying inter
mittently, and farmers are forced to
demand credit and extension of time
on Indebtedness until the shortage Is
relieved. Further west many elevators
in smaller towns have exhausted their
capacity, and are dumping purchased
grain on the ground to enable the
farmers to get money to pay their
bills. In Western Pawnee and East
ern Hodgeman threshing bills are 60
ing unpaid because the farmres are
unable to market their grain.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
CONSERVING LIFE is
ECONOMIC GAIN
Kansas to View Preventable Diseases
In Their Financial Llght-To ASK
Appropriation.

The Kansas state board OF health
IS making an economic study or the
cause of preventable diseases and &C
cidents that have occurred in Kansas
during the past year. This study will
be the basis for asking the next leg
islature in January for an approprla'
ton to carry on research and investl'
cation.
About 1900 deaths have annually
occurred in Kansas during the last
several years from tuberculosis. Com
putting at $4,000 the economic waste OF
a life lost by tuberculosis, a disease
which is now recognized as prevent
able in at least three-fourths of the
cases, Secretary Crumbine OF the state
board of health figures last years
economic waste to the state at So
$685. 800.
Tuberculosis is being checked in the
state by the steady warfare waged
against it. But cancer is on the in
crease, the vital statistics for the state
showing a formidable number OF
deaths, 997 being registered for last
year. Cancer. is beginning to run
ahead of tuberculosis, according to the
figures returned to w. j. V. Deacon,
state registrar of vital statistics.
In discussing several of the prevent
able diseases, for the study of which
the board of health will ask an ap-
preparation from the next legislature,
DR.. Crumbine said:
Death rates are actually lowered
by efficient public health work, as
witness the city of New York. where
under highly adverse conditions, the
death rate from tuberculosis has been
reduced As per cent and the infant
mortality rate more than 60 per cent
in twenty years.
1T appears that the expenditure of
a few thousand dollars would save a
portion Of this great economic waste
and what is of equal importance in
the saving of these lives, would pre-
vent untold suffering. misery and
hardship"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Kansas Boy Wins Honors.

Manhattan, Kan.-Kansas has again
won first honors in the students judg-
ing contest of the National Dairy show
this year. In competition with forty
two men representing fourteen col
leges at Chicago the other day, r. o.
Swanson of Manhattan, a senior dairy
student in the Kansas Agricultural col
lege, won first place in Judging Guern'
sey dairy cattle and third place in the
Ayrshire division The Kansas team
of three men stood third in the list,
winning over Massachusetts, Missouri,
New York, Kentucky, South Dakota,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Delaware,
Ohio, Maryland and New Hampshire.
Nebraska and Iowa won first and sec
ond places, respectively. In similar
contest last year, X. B. Musser, Kan
sas boy, carried off a $400 scholarship
as the best judge of Holsteins. The
honor won by Swanson this year car
ried no scholarship. The other mem
bers of the team were d. H. Branson
of Winfield and o. | Oshel of Gard
ner. j. B. Fitch, assistant in dairy
ing accompanied the team to Chi
cagO.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
KANSAS TOPICS
KILL cHINcH BUGS NOW.
Burning of Bunch Grass and Big Blue
Stem viii Eradicate the Pest.

Manhattan, Kan-If the farmers on
every section of land will cooperate
in the burning of bunch grass and big
blue stem, 9S5 of every 1000 chinch
bugs wintering there can be killed.
The bugs are leaving the corn fields
now for their winter homes along fence
rows and in patches of grass. Exam
ination will show where burning is
necessary and cooperation with your
neighbors will make it an easy matter.
November is the time to burn the
grass.
Repeated experiments made by bug
men at the Kansas Agricultural col
lege in various sections of the state
show that fall burning is the one GER
tain way to prevent the possibility OF
bug invasion the following summer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
MckneIly Hearing in Short Time.

Wellington, Kan.-Otto McKnelly,
who has been held in the county jail
here awaiting the verdict of the coro'
ner's jury, which has been for nearly
a month investigating the murder OF
Theodore McKnelly and his wife and
daughter is to have preliminary hear
ing soon to determine whether there
is sufficient evidence to warrant hold
ing him for trial to the district court
on account of the Importance of the
case The hearing will probaly be
conducted by Dsstrict Judge C. l.,
Swarts. Judge Swarts is now in St.
Louis as a witness in the Kimmell in
surance case, having formerly been the
attorney for Kimmell when he was a
banker in Arkansas City. He has
been asked to set date for the hear
ing during the present session of dis,
trict court.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
More Teachers Than Year Ago.

There are 303 more teachers in the
public schools Of Kansas now than
there were a year ago. The figure
being complied by o. V. Henderson in
the office of state superintendent
show this increase in single year
The figures show an increase in en-
rollment, an increase in attendance
and a decrease in the total number
of persons of school age in the state.
This is considered a remarkable stiua-
ton and educators are busy trying to
find an explanation for it. The enroll
ment in the public schools is constant
ly increasing. The number of persons
of school age is constantly decreasing.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
CAN MAKE SCHOOL LEVY
IN EXCESS OF FIXED LIMIT
Supreme Court Decides That Three
Fourths Vote Will Carry 1t.
So Says Dawson.

In a mandamus action brought from
Usage county the supreme court held,
recently that by three.fourths vote
of school district a school levy in
excess of four and one-half mills may
numerous decisions rendered by dis
trict judges and contrary to opinions
rendered by many county attorneys
be levied. This decision is contrary to
but is in line with opinions rendered
by Attorney General John S. Dawson.
School district No. in Usage county
wanted to raise $4,000 for school pur-
poses and under the limit of four and
"one-half mills could raise less than
$1,000. The matter was taken up by
the school officials with the county
attorney and the county commission
ers. They declined to levy any more
than the limit mentioned. The county
attorney advised that it could not be
done under the law.
The school district employed an at
torney, and after looking into the
matter, he, too, decided it could not be
done. However, he conferred with the
attorney general and amendments to
the law were cited under which At
torney General Dawson held 1t could
be DONE A mandamus action was
then brought and the case was
decided in favor of the school district.
Half a dozen such cases have been
brought in the district courts, usually
by the railroads having property In
the school districts. The representa-
tives of the -ailroad companies held
that under the law the limit for school
purposes was four and one-half mills.
Several cases in the district of Judge
j. c.. Ruppenthal were decided that
way. A case in Wyandotte county
was decided against the school dis
trict. But the supreme court holds
that if the proper procedure is fol-
lowed and there-fourths of the voters
in the school district vote to increase
the levy, it can be done legally.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
aMissinu Mani Brought Back.

Wichita, Kan.-Frank l.. Gale, who
disappeared from Wichita the day be-
fore an alleged shortage of $4,000 was
found in his accounts with the Rock
Island, has been brought to Wichita
from Cincinnati, where he surrender
ed to the police Gale was ticket
agent for the railway here and left
in July, 1911. Gale, the police say
was living with another woman at Gin
cinati when he surrendered. He plead
guilty. when his preliminary was held.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
chanute,s City Water Condemned.

Chanute, Kan.-Experts have been
so busy recently finding fault with
the drinking water in Chanute that
the people here would like to have a
substitute beverage suggested. DR.. S.
j. Crumbine, secretary of the state
board of health, has notified the mu-
nicipality that the water it takes from
the river is polluted, and six tests OF
we'll water also show contamination.
AS a result the city commissioners
have ordered that public well near
Main street be filled up. 1t has been
used by the residents of the neigh
borhood for years. Few persons drink
the water furnished by the city. 1t
is taken from the river and pumped
directly into the mains without treat
ment.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
A. n. T. A. to XIII chinch BUGS.

Columbus, Kan.-Every one of the
hundreds of members of the Cherokee
county Anti-Horse Thief association
will, on Saturday in November, APP
ply the torch to all the bunch grass
on his farm to kill the bugs and re-
move the shelter which is the chief
harboring place for this destructive
pest. County Clerk w. H. Shaffer,
president of the county A. H. T. A.
will issue a proclamation setting aside
the day agreed upon as chinch bug
day and throughout the local organiza-
ton the word will be passed to the in
dividual members.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Nav Brinq More Water.

Syracuse, Kan.-The repairing OF
the old Soule irrigation project
through Ford and Gray counties and
reclaiming of 10000 acres of valu'
able land has resulted in movement
here to induce the owners of the Am
ity canal in Colombo to open the
gates during flood times so water may
be available in western Kansas during
a part of the year. The system here
is in comparatively good condition and
all that is needed is for some Of the
water now withheld for Colorado to be
turned loose.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Parsons Has $4,000 Fire.

Parsons, Kan.-What is believed to
haye been the work of an incendiary
resulted in the burning with loss of
$4,000, of the offices and lumber yard
of the S. NJ. Cooper Lumber Company.
The insurance is said to be $4,000. A
nigh wind was blowing at the time the
fire was discovered and it was with
great difficulty the firemen saved 9th
err buildings in the block. Some of the
structures threatened are the largest
business houses in the city
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Successful Irrigation Meeting Closes

Garden City, Kan.-The most sue
cessful irrigation conference ever held
in Kansas, and gathering calculated
to make it's impress upon the state
closed with permanent organization
effected and Goodlahd selected as the
place for the next annual meeting, the
third Thursday and Friday in October,
1913. The conference decided to put
Kansas on the irrigation map; adopted
a platform that was generally COM
mended, and decided to call the perma-
nent organization the Kansas Irriga-
ton congress. DR.. F. A. Carmichael, OF
Goodland, who was chairman of the
Garden City conference, was elected
president and State Irrigation Engi'
neer II. B. Walker was selected for
secretary. An executive committee of
one from each congressional district
was authorized and number of sub
conferences or group meetings in var
ious parts of the state will be held
during the next year.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Built Barn From Upland Timber.

Augusta, Kan.-To build large struc-
ture out of timber grown on an upland
Kansas farm is very rare undertake
ing in this section of the state. Yet
this is what one prminent land owner,
Henry C. Morgan has just accomplish
ed. He had a man move a small saw
mill onto one of his farms. Through
this mill went the cottonwood and To-
Gust logs. Then his two sons set to
work to erect barn. The building is
A by 40 feet, has room for forty tons
of loose hay for ten horses and four
teen cows. The granary division has
concrete floor and the foundation is
of concrete.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Eeeders win Try AGAIN.

Garden City, Kan.-Despite the Sc
we're losses of last winter many West
ern Kansas cattlemen, encouraged by
the big forage crops this season, in
tend feeding large herds during the
winter. b. H. O'Connor, a heavy loser
last year. has announced his inten-
ton to feed about 1000 head. Allen
Brothers of near Lakin say they win
handle about the same number. Feed
raisers are pleased with conditions, as
they feared a low market.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Groom Slabs Teacher at charivarI

Dodge City, Kan.-Ned Leatherwood,
young school teacher at Ford, fiji.
teen miles southeast of Dodge, was
stabbed in the back while assisting in
a charivari at the. home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Milt Wright, a newly married
couple, near Ford. Wright became an.
cry when the crowd of young people
entered his house without his invita-
ton and stabbed the teacher before
the crowd could escape. He was ar.
rested on charge of assault with in
tent to kill, and placed under $4,000
bond.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Gather Kills His DAUGHTER.

Cherryvale, Kan.-Ste:la, the 9
months-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Bledsoe, was accidentally shot
by her father the other day and in
stantly killed The family was ct sup
per, Mr.. Bledsoe having finished his
meal. was examining a 9s-calibIe re-
volver when, in passing the weapon
from one hand to the other, it was
discharged. The bullet passed through
the child's upper chest and inflicted
q slight wound in the mothers aldo
men
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Flaqman Killed at Strong City.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan.-Richard
DAILY, ST., a flagman for the Santa
Fe Railway company at Strong City,
was struck by freight train and in
stantly killed while at work in the
train yards at Strong City. In stepping
out of the way of one train, DAILY STEP
ped onto another track in front of a
train coming from an opposite direc'
ton The body was badly crushed by
the engine. DAILY was veteran rail
road man.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
cathoIic School For GINS.

Dodge City. Kan.-According to
Bishop Hennessey of Wichita, the
Catholics intend to make Dodge City
one of the strongest Catholic centers
In the Southwest in the next few years
The recent purchase of the old Soule
college is the first step. The build
ings are to be completely remodeled
at once and a girls seminary opened
pext September, both Protestant and
Catholic girls being admitted. the
NEXT step may be the location of the
long proposed Western Kansas Catho-
lie hospital here.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Biological Survey Report Nearly Ready

In an effort to find out just what
animals and plants can be most prof
itably propagated in Kansas, Profes-
sor w. j. Baumgartner of the de-
partment of biology at the University
of Kansas, is checking up and tabulat-
ing the work done last summer in the
state biological survey. When the re-
ports are complete the farmer will
know just what plants to grow and
Just what animals to breed. The work
has been going on for over year.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Negroes Lose School Case.

Salna, Kan.-The order restraining
the county superintendent of schools
J. H. Cook, white teacher, from in
terfering with the negro board and q
negro teacher in the conduct of a
school controlled by negroes in the
southwest part of the county, has been
dissolved by Judge Dallas Grover, in
the district court. An order restrain
ing the board from paying the negro
teacher or prosecuting the case with
district funds, still stands.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08

An invitation of the milling In
transit rules and regulations of the
railroads operating in Kansas has been
started by the Kansas Public utilities
commission. For many months the
commission has been receiving com
plants from millers over the state
about the new milling in transit rules
The complaints allege tina. the rail
roads impose unjust burdens upon the
public and, in a good many cases In
crease the total charge paid for the
transportation Of grain products.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Negroes Get Another Teacher.

Columbus, Kan.-By threatening to
send their children to the white
schools and convincing the board that
there is no legal authority for draw
ing the color line in schools of Kan
sas of the second class, the patrons or
Vernon, the one colored school in the
city forced the board of education to
grant their demand for an additional
teacher in that school.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Artificial Tear Duct For Woman.

Newton, Kan.-Mrs. James Kirkpat-
rick, farmers wife near Newton,
submitted to an operation which, &C
cording to physicians, is the second
one of the kind to be made in Ameri-
ca 1t consisted OF the construction
of an artificial tear duct The natural
duct had become deranged, causing
what is commonly termed weeping
eyes" Tears would involuntarily fall
upon the patients cheeks at all times.
Dr. j. r. Scott, an eye specialist, mere
ly constructed a new duct and Mrs.
Kirkpatrick was released from the hos
pital apparently free from the trouble.
Dr. West, the eminent Baltimore spe'
cialist has performed one other such
operation, according to the physicians
here.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
coIdwater Fears Mob Violence

Coldwater, Kan.THarvey Potts is
in Jail here pending trial charged with
assault with intent to kill VERNE vii.
kerson, 15-year-old daughter of NJ. j.
Wilkerson, with a razor He was re-
Gently released after serving term
on a "botlegging" charge. Talk of
violence is causing the officers to
guard Potts carefully.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
Expects Decision Favorable to Kansas

That the decision of the interstate
commerce commission in the freight
rate case of the state Of Kansas
against the railroad companies will be
favorable to the state was the opinion
expressed by Commissioner Driscoll
of the Topeka Traffic association. who
has Just returned from Washington,
D. c., where he represented the To
reka shipping interests in the oral ar
guments and fell confident that Kan
sas will benefit By the commissioners
decision.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-11-08
ashark Ruxersv on Hand.

Larned, Kan.-Uneasluess exists in
the broom com raising counties west
Of here over the recent influx of shark
BUYERS" who Ike % in close touch with
the mar % ard EFT growers. Advan-
$50 e 'v Of debtor grow
ers. forced to sell to meet OBLIGATIONS
MS are coming to
their extending tine on
debts an Ind io-s are that
brush r1 f.an $50 o 500
t-r ert he.nr ushed
10 ct "a tae-r cro1s.