Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-06-03

0nI crop OUTLOOK.
Junction City has gained 300 inhabi-
tants during the past year.
1t is getting about the time of year
for the band boys to dig up their
Fourth of July music.
There isn't town in the state where
the movements of visiting railroad
official is noted more closely than at
Atchison.
The present prospects for big corn
crop in Kansas are said to be very fiat
tering. A larger acreage than usual
has been put in.
More papers are printed in Shawnee
than any other county in Kansas, and
all except one-the Rossville Times
are printed in Topeka
They can talk all they please about
wireless telegraphy, chainless wheels,
projects of that nature, but the thing
that would cause Secretary Coburn
more qualification than anything else
just now would be dogless county
in Kansas.
A deal has been consummated where
by Henry Weis, of Waterloo, Iowa,
secured large interest in the Ellis
worth Paper company at Cofeyville.
Within sixty or ninety days the ca
pacity of the plant will be increased
to ten tons per day, which doubles its
present output New machinery will
be added and the plant put in a condi-
ton where every part of it can be
utilized to its maximum extent These
new improvements will be begun at
once.
The university geological survey of
Kansas now has almost ready for the
printer the annual report on the min
eral resources of Kansas for 1898, pre-
pared by Prof E Haworth of the uni
versity. According to this report, the
total mineral industry of Kansas for
1898, including the smelling industry,
reached the enormous sum of SGT, 1e9,-
900. 33. This is greater than the cor
responding figures for 1897, which
were $50, $50, 5a4. 90. During 1898 some
of the mining industries were decidedly
| larger than in 1897, while a few of
them suffered slight decrease.
Cheap Rates to Pacific Coast via Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe are selling tickets to
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
and other California points at the very
cheap rate OF $32. So
To Portland and points in Idaho and
Oregon S2S IS. For particulars call
on or address, L. R DELANEY, Agt,
| Wichita, Kans
HOmeseekers' Excursion via Santa Fe
! Route
On June 9Th and goth, the Santa Fe
will sell round trip tickets at the very
cheap rate of one fare for the round
trip plus So. 90 to all points in Arkan-
sas, Arizona, Indian territory and New
Mexico. These tickets will bear going
limit with stopover privileges of fifteen
days; final return limit twenty-one
days from date of sale. Before pur-
chasing tickets you will do well to call
on some representative of the road
reaches all points OF importance-The
Great Santa Fe
L R. DELANEY, Agt.
State Auditor George E. Cole, having
acquitted himself with credit in the
early completion of the state railroad
assessment, is now engaged in prepar
ing for the meeting of the state board
of equalization. This board meets il
July to hear persons or corporations
having grievances against the work Of
the assessors in fixing valuations this
year. This equalization board is CON-
posed of the auditor, treasurer anc
secretary of state These three Off
GERS are also, by virtue of their Offices,
members of the board of assessors
hence it is improbable that actor
taken by them as assessors will b.
rescinded in the board of equaliza
ton.
Ellis county is beginning building {
system of iron bridges. Two contract
will be awarded June g. Creeks and
rivers will be bridged to facilitate
hauling the wheat crop
!. The worst hail storm that ever visit
ed Saline county swept over the south
ern portion the other evening, and
is said that thousands of acres of oats
wheat and corn are ruined. A 1arg
number of hogs were killed and house
and outbuildings damaged to an alarm
: ing extent. Near Linds5org, seVera
people were injured but none fatally
Phillipsburg and Osborne beat al
, the other towns of northwest Kansa
to the rubber-tired buggy grade @
style.
Since Governor Stanley has learne'
{ that the unanimous desire of all Kan
sans is to have the Twentieth Kansa
volunteers mustered out at home b
, has changed his plan, which was t
wait until he heard from the Kansa
| boys on the subject before acting, an
t he is now heartily against any NOV
) to muster the Twentieth Kansas on
at San Francisco.
: Thomas county was sixth in tn
state to establish county high school
? During the year just closing ther
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