Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-10-20
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Lindsborg Is agitating sendlng
prospect hole down into the earth.
County treasurers in Kansas took up
their responsibilities on October 9.
The Wichita Carnival association re-
ceiyed 81, 491. 65 from its midway booth
leases.
John A. Bright retires from the Office
of grand master of the Kansas Odd
Fellows this year.
Farms in Republic county, near
Scandal, are changing hands lively at
$50 to $50 an acre.
The corner stone for Carl Brownies
flying machine factory In Fort Scott,
is to be laid October IA.
The ladies of the Wichita Episcopal
church realized 81, 200 from the sale of
confetti at the carnival.
Topeka's paved streets will measure
20 miles when work now going on is
completed; sometime this fall
The people of Whiting feel the need
of a place TO hold public meetings and
talk about having a city hall.
All Hallows academy in Wichita is to
have an expensive addition for which
the contract will be let October %.
The grand lodge of the Rebekah
state assembly hold a public reception
in the Topeka auditorium on Oct. 10.
Twelve pickpockets were arrested at
Cottonwood Falls. Their work was
done during the Old Soldiers reunion.
The Salina Roll Corrugating and
which has purchased the machinery
plant at Enterprise to move it to Sail
ma, has been chartered.
J. N. Frantz, a merchant of Canton,
was arrested on suspicion of completely
in counterfeiting scheme. He was
taken to Wichita and readily proved
his innocence before a United States
commissioner.
The Anti Horse Thief association
at their meeting in Wichita elected
the following named officers: Presi-
dent, G. d. Horn, Welch, l. T., vice
president, D. McCully, Miami county,
Kansas; treasurer, John Wall, Parsons.
Alva TaImadge, soldier in the Phil
ippines, wrote home to his Odd Fellows
lodge in Harrington for statement of
his account with the lodge. The mem
bers made up the amount of his dues
and a clean receipt was sent to the
soldier.
On September 1 the deposits in the
state and private banks of Kansas
were SS1, GAS, 67O; on September the
deposits in the national banks of the
state were S29, 1875, Os1; total, $50, $40, ISL;
an average of about $3.50 per capita
of the entire population of the state.
Evelyn d. Baldwin, who is to be in
charge of the Ziegler expedition to the
north pole, is a Kansas man. He
taught school at Oswego in the early
COS, later went into the government
weather service, and then joined the
Peary relief expedition. He has writ
ten a book on polar expeditions.
A party from Wichita attended the
funeral of Edward Goldberg at Seneca
Mo- They died there from mushroom
poisoning. Mr.. and Mrs. Goldberg
were long time citizens of Wichita
leaving there when he was made ar
Indian agent. Their son, Ned Gold
berg, aged 16, was dangerously sicl
from the same cause at the time of the
funeral.
The Scottish Rite Masons held thei1
s,mi-annual reunion in Topeka, closing
with banquet on the night of October
10
A Labctte county farmer bought
sucking pigs for $12 and in about
months sold them for $40. He esti
mates that their entire cost to him wa
less than S25.
There are entries for the big coursin,
meet at Mankato from England. Ire
land, Scotland and Australia. TIL
prizes aggregate $1,000. The NEE
opens October 16.
State Architect Stanton is now a
work on the plans of the Kansas build
ing at Buffalo. 1t will be quite dill
ferent from buildings erected in pas
years by the state at expositions.
The Anti-Horse Thief association
met IN Wlcn1Ca OCTOBER ~. Inc Oh
ganization is 81 years old. Its officer
for the past term are: J. B. Culbert
son of Sterling, president; C. G. Horn
OF Eagle, 1. t., vice president; j. "
Wall, of Parsons, secretary. who wer
selected at the meeting in Vinita, l. T
last year.
In the past four years the Santa +
has replaced nearly $500 bridges on il
lines, of an aggregate length of almo.
40 miles.
Brakeman Walker, who runs on tt
Hutchinson and Southern branch
the Santa Fe, was knocked off the to
of q freight car near Pretty Prairi
but escaped with a few bruises.
Miners homes at No mining eau
of the Western Coal and Mining Cor
pany near Yale, all have electric igh
and water supplied in each house. IT
houses are roomy and well furnishe
At horse race in Kensington, Il
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