Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-06-21
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postmaster at Arkansas City.
A. B. Smith is successfully cultiva-
ting huclzleberries near Topeka.
Farmers of Pratt county met ami de-
cided to build cooperative elevator.
The L o. O. F. school of instruction
was in session most of the week at
Usage City.
The striking carpenters of Wichita
received over 81. 900 from their national
organization.
An automobile factory is to get at
work in Parsons. Thirty-fve men are
to be employed.
The United States Geological Survey
will make map of the gas and oil re-
gions around lola.
A Morganville miller advertised that
he would give feeders corn for wheat
bushel for busheI.
Harry Severant, aged 10, of suburb
of Topeka, lost his life. in trying to
rescue his little dog from drowning.
The Anthony salt plant has been
placed by the railroads on an equal
footing with those at Hutchinson as to
rates.
The new glass plant at Cherryvale
on the first day in practical operation
commenced on tumblers and wine
glasses.
The assessors found the population
of Hutchinson to be 1O,254, a gain of
PAS during the last year and of nearly
1000 since 1900.
James A. Beates, of junction City.
has been appointed an observer in the
weather bureau to be located outside
of Washington.
Bob?) has $50 acres of wheat in the
Missouri bottoms and expects an av-
erage yield of 90 bushels to the acre.
A heavy rain fell in Cowley county
and Arkansas City was threatened with
tornado, but it passed over and
around, doing but little damage in the
city.
Geo. Green n young Kansan WHO
served in the Spanish-American war,
in the Fourth field artillery, took car
bolic acid aud died in Washington last
week.
VIM. G. Allison, steward of the in
stitution for the deaf and dumb at
Olathe, is dead, aged 60 years. He
was veteran of the civil war and his
home was at lola.
p. p. Campbell, the nominee for con-
gress in the Third district, when at
tending Baker university, won the in
terstate oratorical contest in which
number of Western states were en-
tered.
The Wellington Mail says the presi-
dent of the leading bank in that town
pays taxes on $50 worth of personal
property, while barber in the base
ment of the bank pays taxes on $l2O
worth.
The Ladies' Improvement association
of Parsons built pavilion in Forest
Park large enough to seat 600 people.
1t has just been dedicated, and stands
as worthy testimony that women's
clubs sometimes do sensible things.
Decatur county has 1O,264 acres in
alfalfa. Last year it had 6,O11 acres.
In wheat the county has Go, PA acres,
against II, 1928 acres in 1901. The av-
eragc of corn has fallen off about 5000
acres, there being only 1O2, 393 acres
this year.
The votes for the officers of the grand
lodge of the l. o. o. L. are all in and
show the election of j. NJ. johnson,
grand master; j. j. Roll, deputy grand
master; w. II. Kemper, grand secre-
tary, L. G. Beal, grand treasurer. and
j. II. Haughey, grand representative
and G. w. ALBANIAN grand warden.
A joint just outside of Conway
Springs, was burned in the night, pre-
sumably by citizens.
Harvesting of soft or May wheat GO
ing on in the central counties, shows
yield far in excess of what was expected
Il few weeks ago. Dickinson county is
now expected to weigh out million
bushels, or half of last years crop, and
twice what was expected in April.
Col. James Redmond, lawyer of
Burlington, where he has lived for "a
years, and is is now city attorney, has
been stricken with paralysis.
The formal opening of the town of
Waldron, Harper county, occurs this
week when the Orient crosses the Choc-
taw.
The G. A. r. council of administra-
ton fixed upon September % for the
state reunion and located it at Wichita.
Commander II. c. LoomiS was charged
with its management.
d. c. Stoffer, a young farmer of Dick
inson county, was working in Lis field
when he saw a hail storm sweep over
his house. He ran n half mile and was
exhausted and died from the shock.
There is talk of yeast factory to
be established in Wichita, to have a
capacity of five tons per day.
After exhausting the regular and
special jury list in forming jury for
the trial Of Jessie Morrison at Ell Dora