Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-10-25

dent of the Kansas division of the
Woman's Relief Corps, was honored
with the appointment of instituting
and installing officer for the national
organization by its president, Mrs.
Sodusl1y Taylor. Mrs Forter is sis
ter of Judge w. A. Calderhead, who
represents the Fifth Kansas district in
congress, and is a woman of unusual
energy and ability.
ORCHARDIsT BUYS WAREHOUSE
Samuel Hoover, the apple man of
Sedgwick county, has purchased big
cold storage warehouse on the Missouri
Pacific tracks in Wichita, and is filling
the big building with apples. This
building has capacity of 5000 barrels
and Mr.. Hoover his an orchard of 10
acres and next year will set out fifty
more acres in apples. He purchased
the warehouse for his own use.
SOLDIERS HOME ENGINEER.
G. Burchfield, of Kansas, recently con-
nected with the general land Ofxce at
Washington, has been appointed en-
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son City, Tennessee. The home at
johnson City is planned to be the
largest institution of the kind in the
world.
NEW BANK AT NEwToN.-B. War
kentine is president and c. w. Goss
cashier of new state bank just or
ganized at Newton. The capital stock
is $50, 600, all of which is held by local
business men. The bank will be ready
for business November 1.
CANE IN 1s66.-Benj. Marlxly is dead.
He settled in Ottawa in 1866 and with
his brother built the first Touring mill
on the Solomon river, located at Min
neapolis. They both became wealthy.
They came from England.
SOLD 100 TICKETS. Wichita let
ter carriers have had ball. One of
the carriers, J. T. Mcdonald, sold 40
tickets to the ball at 81 each. He did
this during 10 days and while working
his regular route.
TOOK HIM FIVE YEARs.-''There has
uate from the Fort Scott high school
in 20 years." says Professor Lansdon,
land it took him five years to get
through"
AT WICHITA NEXT.-The Odd Eel
lows grand lodge in session at Pitts
burg voted for next years meeting to
be held in Wichita. The vote stood
Topeka 292, Wichita PAS, Chanute 16.
PRODUCTIVE LAND.-It is boosted by
a Nemaha county farmer that he has
just taken so bushels of corn to the acre
from field which has been planted
every year in corn since 1868.
SUED FOR LIBEL.-A Kansas bank
cashier has been sued for libel on the
ground that he wrote a letter to a man
saying that it was risky to do business
with certain citizen.
500, 900 Fer SALINA.-The Union Pa
ciic is expected to erect at Salina next
year a new and large round house, and
that other improvements amounting to
500, 900 will be made.
1OFFICIALs REsIGN.-Orange j. Smith
and James e. Doom, storel1eeper and
gauger in the Leavenworth, Kansas,
internal revenue district, have re-
signed.
ENGLISH LUTHERANs.-The Kansas
Synod of the English Lutheran church
convened in Salina, the meeting
covering the week ending October H.
GAIN IN MAIL DELIVERY. years
ago the first delivery was made ON
Route No. I, out of Frankfort The
number of pieces of mail handled the
first month slightly exceeded 2,4OO.
For the month just closed the carrier
handled 1884 pieces; a gain over the
first month of 4, $50 pieces.
MAIL CARRIER ARREsTED.-Henry
Parsons, star route mail carrier, from
the depots to the postoffice in Lawrence
was arrested while attempting to ~
fire to property owned by him on
which heavy insurance was carried.
SHOW PRINTING.-The Newton Kan
san turned out 40, 600 show bills re-
quiring 20 reams of paper, in one night.
The Kansan has already filed several
orders for show companies and print
ing matter made in Newton, Kansas,
U. S. A." has been scattered in hun
dreds of towns in the central and west
ern parts of the country.
ASSESSED ONE-NINTH.-The Salina
Republican tells of farmer of Saline
county whose farm is assessed at ST, $50:
yet he has been offered SIS, 900 for the
farm.
$50, 900 STOCK IN SEVEN MINUTES
The large dry goods store of F. E.
Noyes in Wichita was set on fire by e
torch used to light gasoline lamps.
The heat soon exploded the lamps and
almost in an instant the stock In the
front half of the rooms was blazing.
The fire department put out the fire in
just seven minutes from the time it
started. Over half the stock is burned
or damaged.
CHAMPION TRAP SHoT.-W. 81. HERR
of ConcOrdia broke 100 taro cts Straiph: