The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
The MAH|N Law
A GREAT HELP
jointists Tipped Off to Kansas o.
ficiaIs by New Measure.
RAILROADS SUPPLY THE NAMES
A Man Who Recently Received "a
Gallons of Beer in One Week Is
Watched to See Whether
He Sells 1t.

Watched to See Whether
He Sells It.
Topeka.-A Kansan who received
"a gallons of beer in a single week
is skating on the thin edge OF the
Kansas Prohibitory law and an inves-
tigation as to what he is doing with
the liquor is in o1Eer. The first test
of the value of the Mahin law requlr-
ing the filing of statements by the
railroads as to liquor shipments came
to light the other day.
John S. Dawson, attorney general,
received letter from county attor-
ney telling of man who had received
three 8-gallon kegs of beer in one
week. This fact does not warrant the
beginning of proceedings In his or
der to the county attorney, MIR. Daw-
son said:
This fellow evidently is selling
liquor. You can take that for granted,
and this information shown by the
county clerks files illustrates the
value and usefulness of the Mahin law.
But in order to take advantage of this
valuable information you and the
sheriff and the other law enforcement
officials of your county will need to
find the ultimate fact to which this
information has given you the cue. To
whom has he sold the liquor or where
is 1he place which he maintains for
tile purpose of permitting persons to
resort to drink this liquor?
"You should understand that the
prohibitory law is as it has been here
tofore; the Mahin law comes along
and helps to enforce it. Now, if you
can find one witness of good reputa-
ton for truth and veracity who will
testify that he bought liquor from this
man or saw it sold or that he has
positive knowledge that this man has
maintained a drinking place, these
three shipments of beer within
short time will be corroborative evil
dence and would suggest and justify
a conviction"
The Kansas Industrialist, the week
ly farm paper telling of the doings of
the Kansas Agricultural College, will
not be abolished. The announcement
that the paper, which is quoted more
than any other Kansas paper in the
Kansas press, was to be abolished
was a mistake. The board of admin
istration, which has charge of all the
Kansas educational institutions, an
nounced some time ago that it would
abolish the printing course at the
agricultural college and combine it
with the journalism course at the
university. This was taken to mean
that the industrialist would be abol-
ished. e. T. Hackney, chairman of
the board, has sent out the following
announcement: "a misconception
seems to have arisen as to the pur-
pose of this board when it abolished
the printing school, which had in it
eight students. The board never
planned to discontinue the Industrial
ist. We are proud of the paper and
its field and will do all we can to
make it better and give il a wider
field"
Kansas railroads, in their efforts to
prevent a car shortage during the
crop movement, will ask the public
utilities commission to extend its
minimum loading ruling to all classes
of commodities in order TO increase
the carrying capacity of the cars.
Stanton county, the last Kansas
county without banking facilities,
will soon have bank. Stanton coun-
ty is one of the railroadless counties
of southwest Kansas. In the boom
days there was a private bank in that
county. but it closed July IA, 1894.
Charles NJ. Sawyer, state bank COM
missioner. has authorized the grant
ing of the charter of the Johnson City
State bank. 1t will have $4,000 capi-
tai. The incorporators are: R. l.
Cochran, Charles Heinlin, Charles
Norlin, H. P. Jones, James Herrick,
all of Stanton county, and John V.
Cochran, formerly of Pueblo, Col.
More than $50 freight cars are be-
ing repaired at the Topeka car re-
pair shops of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe daily in preparation for the
handling of the Kansas wheat har-
vest. A night shift has been placed
on duty to facilitate the work. The
Santa Fe is making an effort to pre-
vent car shortage.
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The railroads assert that if all cars
are loaded to the full capacity at all
times that it will be possible to avoid
q car shortage during the wheat ship
ping season.
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Governor Hodges has ordered the
release of c. w. Cooper from the
Kansas penitentiary on parole.
Cooper was sent TO prison from Mont
Eomery county for stealing horse,
or at least attempting to sell a horse
that did not belong to him.