Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-07-29

Pdny mas Deen eSta Dl1Shed at Ottawa a.
The Kaw valley potato trust is get
ting in its work, and potatoes are ris-
ing.
If there is one word that the Topeka
papers like to use above all others it is
en- route.
Lawn socials and picnic parties have
hard time in Kansas this year dodg-
ing rain.
kansas is shining up this year. Side
walk ordinances are very common in
the state.
The contention goes on IN Kansas
between the rattlesnake and the man
with the hoe.
The wheat harvest in western Kan
sas has been delayed by heavy rains,
and much wheat damaged.
The only thing that Kansas can find
to complain about this year is that the
sand plums are not quite as good as
usual
Wyandotte county's assessment of
personal property for taxation has
been doubled by the state board of
equalization.
The state board Of equalization has
fixed the price of land in Leavenworth
county at S. 80 an acre, but the best
of it couldn't be bought for much less
than ten times that amount.
In several Kansas towns, after the
expenses of the Fourth of July cele-
brations were paid, there was a nest
egg left for next year. The work of
the finance committees were evidently
easier this year than usual.
The army worm is reported as doing
ONE damage in so uthern Kansas. No
doubt the army worm has heard of the
rout of the Gold Serpent and the Red
Dragon, and thinks that with a clear
field he may be enabled to get in his
graft
The Rev. Witherspoon. of Narka,
must have a great stand-in with the
people of his town. The parson is
very fond of hunting, and one day last
week the young fellows Clipped in
and bought him a fine Stevens rifle
and 500 cartridges.
William Friesner of Kearney county,
has a lot of fight left in him. In writ
ing from Manila he says: ''As for me,
am just as anxious to get into a
scrap as I ever was, and when I do 1
make some of them feel the effects of
my craftsmanship and a little cold
lead"
The last story concerning the extern
sion of the Central Branch has excited
a great deal of interest in that terri
tory, in spite of the fact that these
stories have been heard for years. The
last one, the people believe, has more
in it than any ever heard before, and
if number of ''brass collars should
make tour of inspection over the line
the people would go wild.
A. Livingston, a Cowley county
farmer, has a two-acre patch of sor-
ghum that was about two feet high.
Last week the army worms got into it
and completely stripped it of every
blade, leaving nothing but the stalk.
They went from there into a corn
field, but the corn was not tender
enough for them, so they left it and
now they are cleaning up the crab
grass in that vicinity.
C. 81. Strong of Crawford county has
taught % years in that county, besides
holding the Office of county superin-
tendent two terms. Before coming to
schools in Pennsylvania, three in Ohio,
five in Illinois and two in Missouri.
He claims to have taught more schools
in Crawford county than any other
teacher, but he has a couple of close
seconds. Mr. Gladson and F. Cum
years, respectively.
Directors of the Interstate Reunion
association of Baxter Spring have ar
ranged to build an amphitheater for
New Camp Logan. The indications
are that the reunion this year will be
one of the notable gatherings of the
season.
No one in Kansas doubts q farmer
this year when he comes to town with
a story about the rapidity with which
his corn is going up in the air. The
weather has been so favorable for corn
growing that any story will be be
lieved
Theatrical attractions are being
booked for Hutchinson, and the PEG
pie will see them in the new opera
house the coming winter
Cowley county has its full numbei
of suckers. There are seven men liv-
ing there who each paid 81 600 for the
county right to a patent washing ma
chine.
Alfred Bysel, who has been a Mis-
souri, Pacific freight brakeman in Kan
sas for fifteen years, has inherited {
fortune of $4,000 by the death of az
uncle in Philadelphia
Overalls sold cheap in a western
Kansas town one day last week.
couple of firms got to bucking. They