Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-11-22

ton to Rocky Ford at the rate of seven
to ten ears per day over the Santa Fe-
About 4, 900 tons will be the extent OF
the crop in the county. The beets are
of fine quality and superior to those
grown last year.
Hoe CHoLERA.-The Sedgwicll Pan
tagraph says that a good many farmers
are scared over the epidemic of hog
cholera, or fever or whatever it is that
is causing the hogs to die off so rapidly.
As a result great many young hogs
are being rushed to market by farmers
for fear the disease will get into their
stock.
LAID OUT LAwRENCE.-Capt A.
d. Scarf, who laid out the townsite of
Lawrence, died recently in Colorado
His funeral occurred at Lawrence
under the charge of the G. A. R. post.
He was prominent in other engineering
work in the early history of the town
and of the state.
WILL DRILL FOR OIL-Mr. HOLSTER,
of Mulvane, announced that he had Sc
cured the money necessary and would
begin drilling at once to develop the
gas find on his farm. Citizens of Null
vane proposed to form company, but
Mr.. HOLSTER decided to make the
venture alone.
HIS EYE 1NJURED.-L. F. Villars,
pay roll clerk of the Missouri Pacific
railroad, is suffering with very pain
full injury to his eye, caused by the ex-
plosion of gasoline. There had been
mistake made and gasoline was put in
kerosene can. Villars started fire
with it.
GOES TO A BANK.-W. H. WATSON,
pe;'intendent of public instruction, in
the Kansas state house, has been APP
pointed cashier of the National Life
and Trust company, of Des Moines, Ia
INVESTED IN GOLD MINEs.-The edi-
tor of the Burlingame Chronicle SAYS
that to his certain knowledge IS, 500
has within the past two months been
invested in Colorado gold mines by
POI CACS III cAAo ACdI
FOURTEEN IN A YEAR.-Kansas had
that number of postoffices advanced to
the ''presidential' grade within twelve
months. Kansas towns are growing
but their business is growing faster
than the towns are
EVERY BALLOT CORRECT
township in Barber county, cast 1872
votes and every one of them was cor
rectly marked. The people of the
township will brag about it until the
next election.
USE OF ADMISSION FEEs.-Enough
money has been taken in in admission
fees for visitors at the state peniten-
tiary to supply each convict with
Bible and to buy fine piano for tho
prison chapel.
ONLY ELEVEN KANsANs.-Warden
Jewett's annual report says that only
eleven of the 1,O89 prisoners in his
charge at the Kansas penitcntiary are
natives of Kansas.
SAMPLES OF PRoDUCTs.-Space al
lotted for that purpose in the Wichita
city building is being filed with sam
pies of farm products of Sedgwicl1
county.
You've PROBATE JUDGE.-Kingman
county claims that John McKenna,
aged %, is the youngest probate judge
in Kansas.
TTrpNIpS EOp SrOCK Soma fa r,oarS
of Brown county raise turnips for
stock feed. Morgan Walters has raised
1000 bushels from seventeen acres.
Ae says that cattle like turnips better
than they do corn and will fatten fast
er on the turnips. The turnips are
left in the ground and dug only as
they are fed.
WOMEN BANK OFFICERs.-An lola
woman, Mrs. NJ. E. Northrup, is presi-
dent of the Northrup National bank
there; and Mrs Lizzie Hartman is vice
president of the Bank of Allen county.
SENATOR INGALLS, GRAvE.-The
grave of the late John j. ingalls, will
be marked by a native boulder deposit
ed in Kansas soil in the glacial period.
This will be done in obedience to a
letter written in the senate chamber at
Washington, December 10, 1890, to
Mrs. Ingalls, in Atchison.
Our OF WICHITA MAY 1.-The Orient
railway will put on another mixed
train between Harper and Byron, o.
T., and the track is to be completed
from Wichita to Fairview, 153 miles,
by the first of next May.
SHORT HORN SALE.-Groom Bros,
raisers of fine registered range Short
horn cattle, in Texas, will hold a sale
of some of their cattle in Wichita De-
cember IL. II. 7. Groom, a member of
the firm, has completed the arrange
ment for the sale. This sale will be
the first one of its kind ever held in
Wichita.
SIXTY DEFECTIVE BALLOTs.-In one
precinct in Kingman county sixty de-
fective ballots were thrown out, and
forty-seven of these were cast by Re-
publicans.