Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-11-08

I phone building in Wichita which is to
be 90 by 90 feet, the front to be pressed
brick and Carthage cut stone and the
entire building is to be of hard brick
| laid in cement The building alone
will cost SIC, $50, while the dynamos,
batteries and appliances will bring the
total cost of the building and its equip
ment to over $4,000.
RoOFING TILE FACToRY.-The Cot
feyville Shale, Brick and Roofing Tile
Company is the title of new concern
which will begin operations in Coffey-
Vile within few weeks. There are
already two vitrifed brick factories in
Coffeyville. The new plant will have
a capacity of 100, 900 brick and 900
roofing tile every ten hours. This will
be the first roofing tile factory ever
established west of the Mississippi
river.
SEIZED IN Box CAR.-Wellington city
officers made raid on a box car in the
yards and seized twenty-seve EN- cases Of
beer consigned to John Hoboe. 1t was
being unloaded when the officers made
their appearance. Litigation will fol-
ago resulted in a victory for the city,
the liquor being destroyed.
SHY HIS PoCKETBooK.-S. L. Rich
ardson, a colored citizen of Ottawa,
while tarrying at Newton waiting for
a Colorado train, engaged in pleasant
conversation with couple of ladies of
of his own color. When his train came
he left them and later on found he was
shy his pocket book containing twenty
five dollars.
GET AN ADvANCE.-The wood work
ers in the shops of the Santa Fe'in To-
pelza have had notice that an advance
of ten cents day will be allowed them
from November l. The raise, coming
unsolicited, is pleasant surprise, es-
pecially SO as the next pay checks will
be figured on this basis.
INSPECTING PACKING HoUsEs.-Col-
Onel S. R. Burch, chief clerk of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, holds one
of the most responsible positions in
the agricultural department, and he is
making a tour of the west for the pur-
pose of inspecting the work of the
packing houses.
ELECTION BOARDS GET MoRE.-Elec-
ton judges and clerks receive more
! compensation this year than in years
past. Their pay now is put on a per
|
So. so for the first $50 votes or less and
| 81 for each additional 100 votes OF
fraction thereof.
FARMERS AND HoUsEKEEPERs.-Dur
ing the two past years, the OsawatOmie
asylum admitted $50 patients. OF this
number 139 were farmers, 1873 were
housekeepers, 6s were laborers, 10
were miners and one was police
man.
GAVE OF THEIR CUTICLE.-At pic
mic at Brownlee's lake in Reno county,
recently, fifteen girls gave up part of
their skins to be grated on the arm of
Archie BrOwnlee's nephew. The arm
had beeu burned and would not
heal.
| NATURAL GAS DID Tia Harpe
has healthy pay roll for town of
but 600 or roo inhabitants The smelt-
err, rolling mill and brick plant pay
out every month between SIG, 900 and
ST., 900.
RUINED HER SoN.-Mrs. Margaret
Mullady, widow of Topeka, served
notice on Mayor Parker, that she pro-
posed to sue him for damages because
he has allowed the joints to run, there
by causing the downfall of her son,
who is her only support. ''The Off
Gals have let the joints run and ruined
my son. said she, land now I'm going
to make them pay for my keeping"
RENO HOLDS RECoRD.-Less than 5000
of the personal taxes of Reno county
are in arrears. This is said to be the
the best record in the state.
RETIRED FARMERs.-The total num-
Der of voters registered in Wichita as
retired farmers is 435. There are 37s
railroad men registered, 397 carpen-
tiers and 900 commercial travellers.
There is large number of the last
named who did not register.
STORY OF MoRrGAGEs.-In Dicl1in-
county, which is near the center of
Kansas and solely an agricultural
county, 136 mortgages were foreclosed
in 1892, 90 in 1898, 81 in 1894, SO in
1898, 16 in 1899, "a in 1900, 10 in 1901,
and in 1902 only two mortgages.
FRIENDS UNIvERsITY.-At the an
nual meeting of the Friends church
held at Indianapolis President Edmund
Stanley of Friends university was
made a member of the standing COM
mittee on education. Miss Martha
Woodward, of Wichita, is member of
the board of foreign missions.
Sons AND DAUGHTERS Now.-The
Native Sons Of Kansas have decided to
admit women born in Kansas to the
order, and the name has been changed
to the Native Sons and Daughters of
Kansas.
POTANn CuTNA HocS Sala IF