Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-27
KANSAS COMMENT.

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A TRAMP's PARADIsE.-Steam pipes
run through the Santa Fe sand house
at Newton, to heat and dry the sand.
This makes warm hotel for the
hobo.
DICK WALKER BETTER.-Col. R. l..
Walker, who has been very i'll at the
home OF his brother, George, in Topeka,
is much better and win soon be able to
be up.
AT FORGE so YEARs.-James e. Mar
cum, who for so years has worked in
his blacksmith shop in Troy, is dead.
He worked up TO within two months of
his death.
WILL. SELL FAIR GROUNDS. - The
Brown county fair grounds will be sold
and the fair, which has been given an
nualiy for thirty-seven years, will be
discontinued.
GRANDMOTHER AT 33.-The other day
there was born to Mrs. Burgess, of At
Gibson, a baby girl. Mrs. Burgess is
16 years old and her husband is %
The baby's grandmother, Mrs. Coons,
is 49,
ENGINEER LOSES AN EYE.-Just after
Engineer r. Ii. Hurley, of the Santa
Fe, had taken charge of his locomotive
at Dodge City, a lubricator broke, a
piece of glass penetrated his left eye
and put out the sight.
NEW BUILDINGS FOR OLD-C. w.
Hale, hard ware dealer of Eureka, has
purchased several frame buildings
south of the postoffice and will put up
1000 structure in their stead. Work
VIII begin January l.
SHoRTHoRNs SALE. = At Giffords
annual sale of shorthorns at Manhat-
tan, 40 animals were sold at an average
price of S131. The top price was S325
and the total receipts about So, 900.
Buyers came from outside points.
MAKING SUCCESS OF CATTLE.-Breed-
ers of thoroughbred cattle in Kansas
say that the Indian cattlemen of Okla
homa, Indian Territory and the Yves
tern states are among their best Gus
toners. The Indians in these states
and territories are rapidly turning
their attention to the cattle industry
and are making a success of it.
MUCH. SNow.-A dispatch sent out of
Kansas asserted that after the recent
snow fall there was not an acre in Kan
sas which was not covered by snow.
Jewell county reports eight inches; be-
tween seven and eight inches is said to
have fallen at Kinsley, and an Abilene
dispatch says that Dickinson county
lad seven-inch blanket of snow.
Ice VIcrIMs.-Rev Bernard Kelly is
also laid up at his home in Topeka as a
result of a fall on the ice. Mrs. Lou
Stair, aged "A years, sustained frac-
ture of hip joint by a fall. She slip
ped and fell down Il short flight of steps
at her home. l.. c. Betz, manager of
the Ralston Yeast company, was taken
10 hospital with Il broken right knee
cap.
SHEEP ON WHEAT.-Daniel Mccarthy,
an extensive wheat raiser of this sec
ton, has shipped in $4,000 sheep to
Craze his wheat this winter. These are
the first sheep to be fed in Ellis county
since 1882. In early days several ranch
men tried raising sheep here, but did
not make a success of it and dropped
the industry. Other wheat growers
will watch his experiment with in
terest.-Special from Hays City.
of desertions from United States army
at Fort Leavenworth has become alarm
ing. Over forty assertions last mon til.
Col Miner, commandant, requested
opinions of non-commissioned officers
as to the cause of the trouble Many
attribute it to the adjustment of the
canteen and lack of amusement for en-
listed men.
FIVE INCHES OF SNow.-Snow fell at
Dodge City to that depth on December
"A. This is more than has been seen
there for several years.
KANSAS FLOUR EXPoRTEp.-Th Sc
curity mills of Abilene shipped out
probably the largest ear of dour ever
oNAS - OAAA WIS SSANS III ~ pm =. ~ wen
over the Santa Fe and carried 500 sacks
weighing 10 pounds each. The flour
went via Galveston to Rotterdam and
was part of large shipment from this
mill
INTERURBAlJ LINE.-WorlS has begun
on the interurban electric line between
Mcpherson and Arkansas City. Ora
dingis commenced from the north limits
of Wichita toward Valley Center.
GETTING Coon STOCK. Several Indian
cattlemen from Montana have been in
Greenwood county during thu last week
buying registered Galloway bulls The
Indians say that the Galloways come
nearer filing the place and can easier
adapt themselves to changes in climate
on the northwestern rangea
NORMAL School. FEEs.-S. ii. Dodge
treasurer of the board of regents of the
state normal school at Emporia, ma.
turned into the state treasury So, 900 in
fees collected from students for tuition
in special courses.