The Chanute Daily Tribune from Chanute, Kansas • Page 1

mm. Mi mm mm WEATHER INDICATIONS. For Southeast Kansas Generally fair tonight and Friday. CHANUTE DAILY TRIBUNE AND THE SUN" CONSOLIDATED JULY I. 1909 Volume XXII.

No. 48 THURSDAY Chanute, Neosho County. Kansas, May 29. 191 3 THURSDAY DECORATION $20,000 LCOiulE Whole Number 6657 FOUR FOOT GOAL VEIN NEODESHA WILDLY EXCITED OVER THE FIND. 0 LIKE A RIQU8 ARMY WSCT0 MAIN STREET POPULOUS GREET THE have been made against the assessment.

Train Scared Him. Fred Shellhorn, son of Albert Shellhorn of Erie, was startled by the sudden blast of a locomotive whistle and fell, breaking his wrist. He, together with Paul Pinet of Parsons, who was visiting him, were playing about the K. T. station when the accident happened.

Court Adjourned. Judge Finley adjourned district court this morning until Monday, after hearing a number of motions and granting one divorce this morning. The Jury cases for this term have been concluded, but there still remains enough business to hold the court in session for the greater part of two weeks. Monday will be motion day again. Nothing has been set for Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Thursday the case of the Henry Gas Company against the Chanute Cement Company will be heard. The divorce granted this morning was in the case of G. A. Robertson against Nettie L. Robertson.

A motion to strike out the second amended answer was argued this morning in the case of A. R. Herod, (Continued on Page Four.) Spectacular Procession and Boisterous Greeting Culminated Successful Trip Brass Bands Played for Them in Galesburg and Stark, and Neosho County Entertained Them Royally. booster band gave concerts, the veteran boosters greeted the recruits and all had an enjoyable, neighborly hour with their Thayer friends who had gathered in force. Galesburg Got Out the Hand.

As the long train of re-enforced boosters was leaving Thayer five cars from Galesburg, driven by John Carnahan, Clarence Shaw, Frank En-low, Theodore Shive and Stanley Shaw, arrived to pilot the tourists to Galesburg. They had a band along, but no concert was given in Thayer, the escorts taking their place immediately in the van and leading the way out of town. At Galesburg a visit was made to the Shaw Manufacturing Company's plant where gas engines and motorcycles are built. He'tl Harness the River. W.

M. Kimmey, J. Q. Stratton and Fred Brelsford were driving the Erie cars which met the boosters at Galesburg to escort them to the Neosho county seat. Mayor W.

T. Allen was with Mr. Kimmey and accompanied the train on to Stark. In the courthouse yard, where the refreshments were served to the dusty tourists, W. It.

Cline mounted a bench and made the address of welcome for the mayor, Mr. Allen. "I did not know you had so many people in Chanute until I saw you all swarm out of your cars." he said. "This old-time neighborly feeling between the towns makes me feel good," said H. P.

Farrelly, who responded. He suggested that one in- ELECTION ERIE IS TRYING FOR A HIGH SCHOOL NOW. LOOKS LIKE THE BONDS VILL CARRY SITE HAS NOT YET BEEN SE-LECTED. County Treasurer Receiving Appli cations for Auto License Ta; Sheriff Carwile Catches Alleged Chanute Thief-Other Erie News. Erie, May 2 9.

The bond election at which the citizens of Erie will indicate their desires regarding an issue of $20,000 for the purpose of building a new, modern high school will be held next Wednesday. The general opinion appears to be that the bonds will carry. Of the 851 voters in the district, 380 signed the petitions asking for the election. Following the election, if the bonds carry, the site for the proposed building will be selected at a school district meeting. Under the Kansas statutes cities of the third class are not authorized to vote bonds for school sites which must be paid for in cash.

Receiving Applications. The office of the county treasurer is beginning to receive the applica tions, accompanied by the fee of $5, for the state Ljcense tags. Eight had been received up to this afternoon. J. F.

Jersezy of Chanute will get state-tag No. 3 haying -had- his application in with the secretary of state for several months. The law requiring state license tags does not go into effect until July 1, but state and county authorities, to avoid the rush at that time, are urging the owners of cars to make application during Jhe early part of June. They will begin sending the tags out from the state office June 2. Blanks which are to be filled out are being sent to the garages in each city.

These blanks, accompanied by the fee, are to be sent to the county treasurer. Erie to Have Chautauqua. The first meeting of the Erie Chautauqua Association was held last night and W. E. Adamson was elected secretary for the session.

The Chautauqua will be held the week of August 26 and continue until the 31st. The Redpath-Horner bureau will furnish the attractions. Alleged Thief Caught. Elmer Abbott of Chanute, who was located in Altoona yesterday by Sheriff Carwile, was arrested and brought to Erie this morning. He is charged with burglary.

The county officers think they have evidence which will convict Abbott of breaking into and stealing from the home of Franklin Williamson in Chanute on the night of May 14 while the residents were attending the carnival. New Leases. Leasing of land for oil and gas drilling continues. A dozen leases were filed this week. They are: Herbert Cummings to C.

F. Noble of Tulsa, the w2 nw4 of 28-27-19. M. E. Webb to Noble, the w2 sw4 of 28-27-19.

Josephine Elliott to Victor Martin of Tulsa, the e2 ne4 and the se4 nw4 of 21-28-18. J. Y. Converse to Martin, the s2 ne4 of 21-28-18. D.

K. Daley to Martin, the se4 of 22-28-18. J. H. McCausland to Martin, the se4 of 22-28-18.

Mary Scribner to Martin, the w2 of 22-28-18. Jessie Wilson to F. B. Ranger of Los Angeles, the s2 sw4 of 33-27-18. H.

Wilson to Ranger, the n2 sw4 of 33-27-18. M. E. Cross to Ranger, 130 acres in 23-27-18. S.

S- Wheatley to E. V. Bedford of Chanute, 120 acres in 20-27-19. Edward O'Conner to Victor Martin, the n2 ne4 and the n2 nw4 of 2-28-18. Few Complaints.

The county commissioners met Monday morning as a board of equalization, adjourned and was again in session today. The county assessor, J. M. McAdams, is not through with his work yet, but the books in which the footings have been c6mpleted have been under consideration. But very few complaints DAY PROGRAM SAVIORS OF THE UNION WILL BE HONORED.

EXERCISES BOTH MORII-IIIC AIID AFTERII0O II TEXTS OF CUEKX WILL BE GAR LANDED IN FORENOON. II. P. Farrelly Will Address Gathering in Central Park Auditorium in Aftemoou Seven Vacant Chairs Will Sit on the Stage. Tomorrow will be devoted to hon oring the memory of the men who bared theirbreasts to the storm of battle that the Union might endure.

The graves of thode who have been detailed for duty, on the other side will be decorated in the morning and exercises will be held in Central park in the afternoon. The day will be a holiday so far as most of the business places are concerned. Some will remain closed all day, and others will close for the afternoon. The city clerk's office will be clos ed throughout the day, and the city commissioners have postponed their Friday afternoon session to 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The public library will be closed all day.

Meet in Library Building. The library building, though, is where the members of the Grand Army of the Republic and its kindred societies will assemble to proceed to the cemetery to 'decorate the graves. The start will be made at 9 o'clock in the morning. Motor cars w-ill be provided to carry all old soldiers and their wives to the cemetery. Persons having flowers are requested to bring them to the library building.

The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's Relief Corps were busy this afternoon preparing wreaths and garlands to be used in the deeoratjon service. Seven New Tents of Green. The members of the Grand Army of the Republic will hold their annual memorial service in the cemetery. Seven graves have been added to the number that were decorated a year ago. The exercises in Central park will begin at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon.

H. P. Farrelly will deliver the address. Everyone Is Invited to attend. Weather to be Fair.

The forecast is for favorable weather. It used to be said that it always rained on Decoration day, but this proverb has fallen into disrepute. Local records show that there has been rain on Decoration day here but once in the four years for which definite figures are available and that was three years ago, when a heavy shower fell after the audience had gathered for the afternoon address, passing away before the meeting was over. ONE THOUSAND IN PERIL AT SEA AMERICAN LINE STEAMER WENT ASHORE IN FOG. Tugs Were Summoned to Her Passsengers When It Was Found That the Forward Pait of the Ship Was Leaking.

Queenstown, England, May 29. The American line steamer Haver- ford today went ashore in a dense fog near Daunt Rock, which she is supposed to have struck. The ship took water forward and requested tugs to disembark her passengers. The number of passengers is estimated at 1,000, of whom 250 were second class and the remainder steerage. Government and other tugs reached the Haverford about 6 o'clock this evening and began taking off its passengers.

Two tugs carried 7C0 passengers to Queenstown this evening and two others remained to disembark the remaining passengers. People's-Home Stat Bank, corner Main and Santa Fe avenue. WITH HOME GUARDS TO BOOSTERS. land avenue, the starting point of the tour, before the last car in the line went by. Fifty-three were in line, several having been picked up on the way in from Savonburg.

The cars stopped and the dusty passengers alighted. In a moment the crowds on the sidewalks filled the street in their eagerness to greet personally the members of that big, bully bunch. Thanks to the Home Guard. And if they would be real frank i about it, there was not one of the boosters but that way down in his heart wanted to ease his enthusiasm with a mighty hurrah. Many of them did.

They had been tired, but that was forgotten. The crowd demanded a speech and John W. Lapham, one of the official orators of the trip, was boosted up to the back of one of the ear seats. "We all agree," he said, "that this has been the most successful of the three booster trips. The welcomes we have received everywhere, and at home in particular, have convinced us of that.

The spirit you have displayed here tonight makes the boosters feel mighty good and proves to them that you are behind them." A Century Hun Yesterday. The boosters who returned home last night to be welcomed as only victors can left a trail of dusty weeds along the highways of six counties of Southeastern Kansas, a trail of 10,000 booster editions of The Tribune dropped at every mail box on he route, but greatest of all, left a trail of good fellowship and good will in every city and town included in the itinerary. The route, from the corner of Main street and Highland avenue across and about Southeastern Kansas and back again to Main and Highland, totaled a mileage of 256.4 miles, according to the speedometer on F. E. Bodley's pathflnding car.

The first day's run was 8 5.7 miles, the second 67. 6 miles and the last H3.1 miles. Thus again the efficient service of Mr. Hodley as pathfinder and pilot has been demonstrated to his followers. Never but twice was the train behind schedule and then only a few minutes.

Time was always made up at will. Last night fifteen minutes delay was taken at Savonburg and ten minutes at Leanna on purpose to place the cars into Chanute when it would be dark enough for the headlights to show up well. The scheduled time for the home arrival was 8 p. m. The actual time of arrival was at The five minutes was lost in keeping the extra long line of cars at the proper distance apart.

Light Sprinkle of ltain. The run from Coffeyville to Cherryvale yesterday morning was marked by the first indications of rain on the trip. A haze overoast the sky and a real rain appeared to be brewing. The dust of the roads also gave evidence that a light sprinkle had fallen over a small area during the night. On past Morehead, where Harold Dodley and his passengers beat it on into Chanute because of business engagements, the boosters traveled and drew up in Thayer a few minutes ahead of the schedule and in time for an early dinner.

Here again another pretty connection was made, the twenty-five cars from home arriving simultaneously with the old-timers who had spent the night on the borderland. That Thayer Dinner. That dinner, too, which was served to 175 boosters and their wives was just the kind they appreciated. It stuck to the ribs, to be real inelegant but quite expressive. The ladies of the Methodist church served it in the basement of the Presbyterian church.

There was chicken pie, besides a dozen or so other kinds, it seemed; there were baked beans, mashed potatoes, sliced tomatoes and all kinds of trimmings, including two desserts, rich home-made ice cream and cherry pie, the cherries right from the tree. Before and after the feast the FREDOIIIA OFFICIAL RESIGNS STREET COMMISSIONER WITH CHURCH GOERS. Sunday Morning the Time, So He Thought, to Flush the Public Square As His Force Did Not Work Nights Other Fro-doulu News. Fredonia, May i. The southern part of Wilson county is all excitement over the reported find of a four-foot vein of semi-anthracite coal two miles west and half a mile south of Neodesha.

The vein was strck at a depth of 1085 feet. Iu addition to this vein the well corn shows one foot of coal at 750 feet, 10 inches of coal and two feet of firo clay at 960 feet. The prospecting for coal Is being done by H. E. West and J.

T. Booth of Independence, Hugh Hale and Arthur Hill of Neodesha, and Fred, Horton of Iola who have 1500 acres leased. The coal is said to be of better quality than any other ever found in Kansas. The water that came up from the well was as black as crude oil and the broken Lits of coal burned readily when put into the fire. Representatives of large coal companies, it is said, have been watching the results of the tests, and are anxious to mine the-coal when convinced of Ua This depth would seem to show-that the large deposits in Crawford county dip down to the west since the depth here is about 400 feet more than it is over there.

An ordinary drilling rig was used to dig down to the place where the coal was supposed to bq. When within fifty feet of this depth a core drill was put on and its findings were carefully examintd and recorded. The core drill is made of a hollow tube with teeth on its lower end. This has the effect of tamping the coal Inside the pipe so it can be brought up practically intact. To Wash or Not to Wa.slu To wash or not to wish the pavement about the public square was the question which agitated the people of Fredonia the first of the week and caused the resignation of the street commissioner, Sam Smith.

Since (the beginning of the warm weather it has been necessary to flush the streets to keep them In a sanitary condition. This work was done on Sunday morning and church goers objected that it was a desecration of the Sabbath. rnmmiRHlnner areued the A greatest need for cleaning was following the Saturday rush when hundreds of teams were tied at the racks about the court house. As his fforce did not work nights he said Sunday morning was the only time the work could be done. Scare Abating.

The smallpox scare in Wilson county is abating. With a few exceptions the quarantines on the forty cases in Fredonia and the surrounding country have been raised. The epidemic was of the disease in a mild form' and few of the patients were very sick. Knrollment at The Wilson County Normal Institute opened Monday with an enrollment of 90 persons. The faculty consists of A.

J. Hensley of the Buffalo schools, Miss Josie E. Park, primary supervisor In the schools of Neodesha, W. I. Matthews principal of the Fredonia High School and Miss Etta Butts of the Fredonia High School.

A concerted effort being made to approach the work from the professional side rather than to coach the teachers for examination. There are special classes In primary methods In which the teacers are reqyired to do the work as model classes. A splendid interest is manifested and the prospects are bright for one of the most helpful institutes ever held in the county. The following persona have enrolled- Ethel Cecil. Neodesha; Lulu Ruggells, Guilford; Esther Miller, Guilford; Little Holden.

Fredonia; Florance McCully, Fredonia; Jessie Fredonia; D. L. Mathew, Fredonia; Lawrence Gardner. New Albany; Bertha Upshaw, Fredonia; Delia Cassaty, Fredonia; Abble Harbert, Altoona; J. B.

Jones, (Continued on Page Fuur.) As tomorrow is a legal holiday and the stores are going to close at noon, no Tribune will be issued. terest we had in common was the Neosho river, which should be harnessed to furnish the entire of Southeast Kansas with light and power. S. C. Brown was called for.

He won for himself an extra bottle of pop by praising the delicious refreshments and complimenting the ladies who served them. Refreshments at Kimball. Thomas D. Hutobard, owner of "Roseland" farm, met the boosters at Kimball with a pail full of ice water. On down the street the business men passed out cigars and bottles of pop while the band gave a short concert.

Stark's Band Played. Stark's band was out, together with a large crowd of citizens, to cheer the boosters on the final lap of their journey. "Welcome, Chanute Boosters, to Our Town," was the sign displayed on one of the dwelling houses. Here it was that the thirteen Savonburg cars met us to lead the way into the Allen county town. The drivers of the cars were J.

O. Nyman, W. S. Roberts, O. D.

Courtney, V. B. Richardson, George O. Johnson, F. E.

Smith, R. D. Lake, Ed Swanson, Roy W. Cox, Ed Lind-quist, O. C.

Rooker, Charles Braden and A. W. Jordan. A Parade of Savonburg. And again, speaking of real receptions and bounteous feasts, Savonburg stands on the honor list compiled by the Chanute boosters, who.

appreciate welcomes. The cars, led by the escort of Savonburg motors, were conducted through the town and out to the race track, around which, in double file and close formation, the train could not all assemble. "Mike" Cunningham, crowding close to his neighbor, raked the sides of the cars, bending the fender involved. On the return from the race track the cars were parked about J. O.

Myman's garage and in his back yard. Mr. and Mrs. Nyman, both members of the royal family of hosts, greeted and were greeted. The dust-stained travelers washed at the pump and Mrs.

Nyman furnished the towels. (Continued on Page Eight.) "When the boosters camu honking home again. Hurrah! Hurrah! We gave them a hearty welcome then. Hurrah! Hurrah! The Chanute lads and lassies, they Were all lined up along the white way And we all felt gay When the boosters tame spinning home! were you at the jubilee? Hurrah! Hurrah! We gave the heroes three times three! Hurrah! Hurrah! The men, they cheered; the boys did shout; The ladies, they did all turn out, And we all felt gay When the boosters came spin-j nlng home!" Such home receptions as the boost-era "were given In Chanute last night make, the trips successful. Main street from Evergreen avenue io the Santa Fe railroad tracks was thronged and from the blacksmith shop.

corner, two miles east of town, to Kansas avenue on the west rigs, automobiles and people were scattered to greet tubmen who have been claiming for Chanute a larger place" on 'the map of Kansas every spring for three years. Cheer after cheer arose as the line of nearly sixty cars, twenty of them veterans of the three days' campaign, gasollned slowly up Main street. Enthusiasm was given the right of way. Amid the cheers the horns and sirens of the motor cars returned the greetings and the part of the band which had remained at home played a rousing air. Pandemonium was loose.

The streets were blocked. Hut who cared? Why, the boosters were home. No Place Like Home. Such a demonstration was the fitting climax of the tour. Everywhere the boosters were royally received by their friends.

Hut upon entering Neosho county the air of "homlness" grew as the route progressed. The stay at Savonburg. which has so much good booster spirit, was prolonged a quarter of an hour to enjoy the hospitality of the citizens longer and to allow time for a later arrival in Chanute, when the lamns on the long train of cars would make a more imposing sight than in the early dusk. Imposing Array. Running the length of Main street to Kansas avenue, the cars turned a bloi'k south and returned to Main on Lafayette avenue.

The cars were moving in closed order and those in the lead had reached High- 1 Keeping On Being Successful Would So and So keep on advertising bis hats or Such and Such his shoes if what they have to sell wasn't backed by the right kind of quality? Merchants and manufacturers who come out and tell you all about their product wouldn't keep on being successful unless they supported (heir advertising with their reputation. This is why you are nearly always safe in patronizing a business that advertises. Now and then some voracious individual cfr firm tries to "put one over" on the public, but the success of such a house usually is short-lived. If you see a manufacturer or a retailer advertisins steadily and consistently in the best papers you may be sure his business is successful. If his business is successful his product must be good.

Therefore watch the advertisements and buy accordingly. i GAIN WAS jNCITIES NEOSHO COUNTY'S POPULATION INCREASED (HO. RURAL POPULATION WAS STATIONARY EARLTON JOINS LIST OF CITIES WITH 101 PEOPLE. Chaiiute's Gain of 578 and Tioga Township's of OO Counted for All But Two of the Actual Increase Since March 1st of Last Year. The movement to the cities continues in Neosho county.

The population March 1st of this year was 640 more than on March 1st of last year, but It was the gain in the urban population that caused the increase. An analysis of the figures shows, however, that the actual decrease in the rural population was but one. Earlton's population on March 1st of last year was recokned as part of Canvllle township's. Since that time Earlton has incorporated as a third-class city and its enumeration this year was separated from that of the township. The report credits the new city with 161 people.

Cities Made Gains. This analysis shows that the rural population has remained stationery, while the urban population has increased. Chanute made the largest gain, being credited with 578 more than a year ago. Erie gained 2 and St. Paul 164.

Thayer's population decreased 71, Galesburg's 27 and Stark's 5. Township Figures. Canvllle township more than held its own, although the figures do not show it. This year's report credits Canvllle with 79 fewer persons than last year's, but this is more than offset by Earlton 161, making a net gain for Canville of 82 instead of an apparent loss. Tioga townhsip gained CO, Big Creek 34, Chetopa 27, Lincoln 4, and Mission 78.

Centerville township lost 61, Erie township 5, Grant 15, Ladore 39, Shiloh 49 and Walnut Grove 13. The figures for 1912 and 1913 by townships and cities are as follows: Township 1912 1913 Big Creek 901 935 Canvllle 810 731 Centerville 747 Chetopa 896 923 Erie 928 923 Grant 906 890 Ladore 856 817 Lincoln 859 863, Mission 768 846 Shiloh 829 780 Tioga 1273 1333 Walnut Grove 914 901 10851 10689 Cltiea 1912 1913 Chanuto 8413 8991 Erie 1200 1202 St. Paul 755 919 Thayer 55G 485 Galesburg 202 175 Stark 212 207 Earlton 161 11228 12140 Total for 191222189 Total for 1913 22829 KANSAS CITY MARKETS. Livestock. Kansas City, May 29.

Cattle Receipts. 2,000. Native steers. $7.00 8.65. Cows and heifers, $4.50 8.40.

Hogs Receipts. 8.000. Bulk of sales, 8.65. Top price, $8.67. Grain.

Wheat May, July, 86H08Gc September, 86 Yc Corn May, 57 Vic. -July, 36 56c. September, 56c..