Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-03-03
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Two boys of the neighborhood broke
into store at Utica, were caught at it
and are in Jail.
Au election is to be held in Hutchin.
son upon the question of establishing
free city library.
A Leavenworth county man drew $50
for wolf scalps. from the county treas
ury the other day.
The Topeka council has passed an
ordinance providing for an annual levy
of half mill park tax.
The Santa Fe shops in Topeka flung
Old Glory to the breeze from every de-
partment on February %.
Zinc ore has been found in quantities
promising profit at Baxter Springs. 1t
is 125 feet from the surface.
The towns of Dickinson county are
organizing town improvement societies
to commence work in the spring.
The Kansas State Holiness camp
meeting is to be held in Wichita again
this year, from August 16 to 20 inclus-
i've
The Masonic grand lodge convened
in Topeka, February 20. The officers
of the grand lodge of Missouri were
present as guests.
Secretary Coburn OF the state board
of agriculture has bound his quarterly
reports into one volume and is now
distributing them.
The Royal and Select Master Masons
held their thirty-second convocation in
Topeka, February 1921. Masons from
all parts of Kansas were in attendance.
A dog which was neighborhood
pet at Industry was recently buried in
nice casket decorated with flowers.
About 100 people attended the funeral.
Rev. Joseph Denison, Kansas pio-
neer who was the first president of
the state agricultural college, and later
of Baker University, is dead, aged So.
The Santa Fe has $50 stations to sup
ply with the new simplex tickets. 1t
made the ticket clerks at the general
offices hustle to distribute the tickets
on time.
Judge Hook of the federal district
court is attempting to get old cases off
the docket. There are many cases
which have been continued for years
for lack of prosecution.
Chancellor Snow of the state univer-
sity has been invited by the London
Times to revise the article on Kansas
in the forthcoming supplement to the
Encyclopedia BRITANNICA.
A special train of nine cars will leave
Topeka on the evening of March Z, via
the Santa Fe, for Texas, to take the
Kansas Grain Dealers association on
ten days trip to Galveston and Hous-
ton.
. Mrs. Ross Burns, who died recently
in Topeka, was quite wealthy. Besides
the real estate she owned she had $1O,
900 in government bonds. No will has
been found. Her only relative is
Sister in Boston.
James Nesbit, has just completed
the work of erecting buildings on the
Kickapoo reservation west of Atchison,
at cost of S12, OOO The new buildings
and other conveniences. A gas plant
is soon to be put in. Over forty In
dian children live at the school, and
are taught cleanliness as well as book
knowledge The children go home
only once a month.
The Most Eminent Grand chapter of
Royal Arch Masons opened its thirty
fifth annual convocation in the Masonic
temple in Topeka on February 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Bishop, of Lin
coin, celebrated their golden wedding
few days ago. The friends of the
aged couple made them present of a
fine Jersey cow.
James Dun, chief engineer of the
Santa Fe proper, has been promoted in
the service. He will go to Chicago and
act as consulting engineer of the entire
Santa Fe system.
The Severy rancho in Lyon county
once comprised 5000 acres, supposed
to be worth $4,000. There is now
$4,000, to d. Beihler, of Dickinson
county.
Kansas produced Merino sheep
("Baby Lord'') whose fleece of 50 pounds
produced in one year and a few days,
exceeded the worlds record by IA
pounds. Another Kansas-bred Merino
(Meadow Lass 2nd) is great winner
of sweepstakes and has never been de-
feated.
Frank Sax, of Lyon county, raised a
field of cane which Melted him S15.54
per acre for the seed and he had the
fodder besides.
H. " Farris, of Ellsworth county,
has raised corn on the same piece OF
land every year, commencing in 1861
and his last crop was as good crop as
any of them.
Miss Susan Swartz of Kansas City
has fled a breach of promise suit
against Lewis White. Cloud county
farmer, in the United States court She
wants $50, 900 damages.