Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-09-29
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


The fine new depot at Valley Center
is burned It was occupied jointly by
the Santa Fe and the Frisco.
The teachers of Southwest Kansas
wil hold their annual meeting at Cald-
well on November 20 and 80.
Sumner county's wheat crop this
year is Estimated at seven million bush
els, with value of 81, 5000
O. E. Johnston, of Kansas City, Kas.,
learns of the loss of the lives of eleven
of his wife's family in Galveston.
Randall, Jewell county, with 800
people, has bank in which the de-
posts are five times the capital stock.
The triennial Swedish Lutheran con-
vention held a three days session at
VIiets There was large attendance.
Perry, jefferson county, is having
siege of petty thieving. Fruit and
poultry are safe nowhere in that vicin-
ity.
The Modern Woodmen of America
nave been granted one and one-third
rate for their logro1ling at Harper, Oc-
tober II.
The Coffeyville Touring mills claim
to have paid out 81. 900, 900 for wheat
within the past year. Other buyers
We're plenty there.
Saline county proposes to build a
new Jail to cost SIS, 900. There is a
large surplus fund in the county treas
ury to do the work with.
Paul E. Ravens, of Leavenworth, has
presented the public school at Ravens
a library of his own selection. The
town was named for him.
A Kansas woman in Manila writes
home that all dressmakers there are
men and that lit makes one culver to
have man do the measuring"
In the corn contest at Wellington the
first prize was given to Sela Moore, of
Belle PLANE. He had 20 acres that
averaged 60 bushels to the acre.
Prof. c. E. Boyd, who has occupied
the chair of history and political econ
omy at Kansas Agricultural college,
has resigned to go to Boston college.
The Santa Fes through freight bus
mess all goes over the Ottawa cutoff
now, while all through passenger
trains keep rhe main line through To
peka.
This being the season when public
buildings school houses and other big
consumers of goal lay in their winter
supplies, the coal cars of the Kansas
railroads are all in USE
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal says
that the best interest obtainable on
mortgage loans in Kansas is per cent
and that recently such loans have been
made in Topeka at per cent.
The bank of Bushton, Rice county,
has been burglarized, losing about
$1,000 from it's safe, which was blown
open. There was also quantity OF
bonds, notes and securities taken.
Cyclists are beginning to talk about
compelling the enforcement of then
right to one-half of the travelled track
in highways Salina cyclists have or
ganized to bring suits for damages.
II. H. Beswicl1, of Winfield, writes
from the Philippines that he has de
cided to remain there when his enlist
ment expires. He says: This is goine
to be great country, and my chance
will be better here than any place
know of
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at his train by the university student
who gave him their regulation yell
The general seemed to enjoy it.
The burning of the Lamar hotel a
Galena was SO sudden that the inmat e
had to jump from windows to say
their lives. The hotel was an old land
mark
a. w. Arnott, of Marshall county
has Il acres of corn which was plante
in the middle of July. 1t stands fee
high, healthy looking, and is in tasse,
He has cultivated it twice
Captain j. J. Reagan, formerly c
Abilene, lost his wife, daughter, so
and son-in-1aw at Galveston; also 81
of his brothers family lost their live.
The Rock Island agent at Agend
set a trap gun in his chicken house an
forgot to remove it in the morning
His wife received the charge in he
knee.
The Kansas State Poultry associ;
ton directors have fixed time an
place for their annual show, in Top
kas new auditorium on next Januar
7-12.
The Catholic churches of Leavel
worth took up collections for the ben
fit of Galveston sufferers a mounting
$175.
The University of Ohio offered D
Paul Fischer. professor of veterinal
science in Kansas Agricultural COLES
$3.50 salary and he resigned from IL
Kansas college to accept it.
VIM. Scott, of Larned has Is team
hauling in the threshed wheat fro
the country from lands for which he
the aoaut The bauliun will vac,,;