Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-10-04
KANSAS COMMENT.

general officers were in attendance
from Washington, New York, Philadel-
phia and Nashville.
AGREEABLY SURPRISED. Miss Myrtle
Rose, one of the teachers of the public
schools of Mcpherson, was agreeably
surprised by being notified of her cleo
ton to the chair of languages in the
Southwest Kansas college ut Winfield,
ut salary of twice that which she was
receiving.
JUDGE VANDIvEET ILL.-Judgc Sam
mel Vaudivert, of Nandivcrt-Rush con-
test fame, is dangerously i'll in New
York. He left here III 1896 and has
practiced in New York since. Some
months ago he was in u street car acct
dent and injuries received were sapples
mented by kidney trouble
EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN.-Eully eight
inches of water fell in Smith county in
"a hours. Old settlers say that Kansas
has never experienced as heavy rain
Train traffic was effectually tied up.
The Rock Island road from Lebanon
TO Phillipsburg has number of wash
outs, and no train ran over the route
for a couple of days.
SCOTTISH RITE REUNIoN.--The semi
annual reunion of the Valley of Wich-
tia, will be held in the temple at the
corner of Topeka avenue and First
street in Wichita on November IL, IL
and 13. These semi-annual rernionS
are the most important Masonic events
in Kansas and each one is attended by
larger crowds than the preceding one.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.-Thc Wells
Vile Globe says: cit was only few
days ago that three separate buyers
were endeavoring to purchase piece
of land near Wellsville. Any one of
them was ready to sign papers Last
year and last spring this same piece of
land was offered for sale but there
but there were no bidders. Big crops
have made land in demand even at the
increased prices"
ALL ESfPLoYED.-'Ka Kansas is pros
perous," said r. Il. Gerow, director of
she Kansas Free employment bureau.
a',rhis is abundantly shown by the
fact that not an agency of this depart
ment in the state has an application
for work, while there are numerous
applications for help. If there could
be any better evidence Of the condition
of the people generally do not know
what it could be-
HORRORS REGULAR CELEBRATIONS
IL was on September 20, 1886, when
the first town lot in Horton was sold.
That marked tn beginning of the
town and that is the date which has
ever since been celebrated as the towns
birthday. Horton is primarily a Rock
Island town. 1t was founded as the
junction of the Rock Islands western
and southwestern lines and here its
principal shops west of the Missouri
river were located.
TIE EMPORIA NoRATAI.-The attend
ance of the Kansas State Normal school,
instead OF decreasing after the open
ing of the branch normal at Hays City,
has actually increased, and is larger
than it was this time last year. Fifteen
hundred pupils are already enrolled,
with new students arriving daily.
Students may obtain ut Emporia the
work offered ut Hays if they prefer to
take it there. II i'll classes above the
work Mt Hays, mileage will be paid as
heretofore.
New SANTA FE DEFoT.-The Santa
Fe has all of its plans prepared for n
new depot at Olathe, but the work is
delayed because the city council is I'M
willing TO vacatc an alley which sep
arates the present depot from the bag
gage room. The company owns all of
the ground on both sides of the alley
and wants to carry its buildings on
across it.
GOES TO MISSOURI +. j.
Tuthiil, of Salina has accepted the
position as professor of history in the
University of Missouri
HUTCnIrisoN FAIR.-The receipts of
the Hutchinson fair exceeded S12 900: |
The directors interpret this as an en-
core and have already decided to hold |
II larger and better fair next year. |
They will ask the state for aid, but, if |
it is refused, they will go ahead as |
they have done the last two years and !
;sc:G fair anyway. The grand finale !
vas n free exhibition at the grounds. |
None of the exhibits were removed and |
everybody was admitted free. Two !
bands furnished concerts in different |
parts of the grounds.
DIPPED TIE CATTLE.-Three hun /
G.ed and fifty cattle were dipped east
of Sedan in crude petroleum in two |
hours. A pool was formed in solid |
cock and oil from the nearby wells |
was procured. 1t was poured over the |
water 10 the depth of two inches. |
Then the cattle were dipped in until |
they were thoroughly saturated with /
the oil. 1t was done to prevent the |
spread of Texas fever ticks. Six head |
of cattle had already died and the /
cattlemen think the dipping process
will be successful.