Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
KANSAS ITEMS OF rNrEREsE.

are to the committees on agriculture
and election, both important.
The seventeenth annual meeting of
the county clerks of Kansas will be
held at Wichita, December % and 90.
The Twentieth" reception and en-
tertainment committee of Topeka, quit
the game with over twenty-six hun
dred dollars.
Chester L Long, of the Seventh dis
trict of Kansas, has been appointed as
member of the committee on ways
and means.
Money order records at the Topeka
postof1ce were broken when 100 were
Issued in a single day last week, aggre-
eating 81, 500.
It is reported by Mr.. Barnes of the
Horticultural society that Kansas
raises s2o, 900, 900 worth of fruit every
year, on an average.
The Hutchinson and Southern branch
trains will use Wichita branch main
track between railroad junction east
and west of Kingman.
o. e. Pritchett, brakeman on the
Rock Island road, was run over at Man
kato, and had both legs cut off. He
died few hours afterward.
There is no spot on earth, so far as
reported, that has natural roads equal
to those in the great valley of the Ar
kansas in southwestern Kansas.
The auctioneers Of Kansas have or
ganized a state association with the
view of securing legislation requiring
auctioneers to have state license.
It has been decided that when cattle
pass through this state bound for re-
mote points they cannot be examined
as it is interfering with interstate COM
merce.
Henry Shindler of Leavenworth has
been appointed assistant inspector gen
eral of the territory west Of the Missis-
sippi river for the Army and Navy
Union.
Senator Baker is chairman Of the
committee on civil service; is third on
District of Columbia and on the five
civilized tribes.
The designation of the National
Bank Of Commerce of Wichita as gov
eminent revenue depository became
officially in force by the completion of
the bond required.
A jury in the Shawnee county dis
trict court decided that the Master
trust. P. P. Elder, of Ottawa, is sec
rotary of the trust.
A newsboy on Katy train cheated
passenger few days ago. A special
officer Of the road happened to be on
the train. and at the next station the
newsboy was put off.
Last winter the state teachers asso-
citation was crowded out of the state
house by the special session of the legis-
nature. This year it has both repre-
sentative hall and the senate chamber.
Since July 1, the Kansas Agricultural
college has taken part in 112 farmers
institutes in different parts of the state
and arrangements for 10 additional
institutes have already been perfected
5A creamery at Beloit has sub-stations
at Scottsville, Norway, Asherville
Green Mound, Saltville, Sunfower
Blue Hill, Victor, Denmark, Glen Elder
MAYHEM. Downs, Ports, Speed, Os
borne and Stockton. Theyearly capac
lty is a million pounds of butter anG
$4,000 pounds of cheese.
Calves in considerable numbers are
bought at Kansas City stock yards ant
sent to ranches Of cattlemen in Kansa!
and Oklahoma
The Missouri Pacific has specia
train equipped for building telegraph
lines. The company is rebuilding al
its old lines and wanted to do the worl
in a hurry.
A man entered a store at lola am
asked the boy for cacl5leberries. Tn
boy had never heard of them before
but he thought a while and then CAV
the man eggs.
by the Atchison Globe for the Corr
Carnival was taken from painting an,
which Is said to have been the art of
Wichita man. Whoever did it, it Is tn
best study in corn ever made in Kan
sas.
Mulvane is represented to be gettin,
TO be quite business center. The pee
pie there are quietly working to ge
the Santa Fe to locate machine shop
there. Their hopes are based on tn
fact that the Santa Fe has tracks 1eav
ing there in five different directions
State Treasurer Frank E. Grimes ha
issued statement calling in all out
standing state warrants marked ''no
paid for want of funds" There ar
about $500, 600 worth of these and the
viii all be paid off January Is.
The treasurer of Rice county will re
ceive nothing but cash in payment O
taxes. Checks and drafts are not
legal tender with him The WIGHT
firm of Vermilion and Evans wer
obliged to send Sc, 600 in currency t
Rice county to nav certain railroa,