Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-09-12
KANSAS COMMENT.


illegal combination exists among tine
coal mine operators in the state
AgoTHER BARN BuENIsD,-T barn
on the farm Of Ed Fitzgerald. near
Gypsum city, is burned and eight
horses persisted. The fire is supposed
20 have been of inccndiary origin.
IN JEFFERSON CoUNrY-Hay crop,
all from tame grasses, immense and
saved in prime condition. Much of it
is stored in barns. Potato crop is me-
dunn one-half crop of peaches.
Grapes abundant
EDWARDS CoUNTY's WAEAT.-Ed-
wards county raised $1,000 acres of
wheat this year, which averaged Is
bushels 20 the acre. At SO cents
bushel the crop would net Sl95 for
every person j.. the county.
r. r. YARDS BLOCKED. The rail-
roads ut junction City never had as
great u rush as nov. The Union Pa
cific yards are frequently blocked with
trainloads of wheat, and extras go ont
every day taking 200 carloads of wheat.
PREMIUM LISTS OUT.-The premium
lists of the Wichita fair contain some
good prizes, well worth competing for
and the officers of the association have
every assurance frcm well known stock
men throughout the vest that there
will be many times the number of
stock on the grounds this year than
were TO be seen in former years.
To TEST OLD SOLDIER LAw.-Thos-
Decver has appealed TO the supreme
court from the decision OF the Gcary
county court in a suit brought TO test
the validity of the old soldier law.
Deever il an ex-sOldier who was sue
cceded in the Office of city clerk of
Junction City by Il Younger man and
he claims the protection of the courts.
The suit is brought against the mayor
and present clerk OF Junction City.
MITCHELL COUNTY CROPS. Sowing TO
continued wet weather farmers are
making but little progress with their
threshing. The grade of wheat mar
lScted is low from the same cause. The
yield per acre seems to average about
as - and few rs low rs 10. The
prospect for corn never was better ut
this season. Some of it is late, bat all
looks fine. There arc 6s, 900 acres OF
corn in tho county.
JOHNSON COUNTY CEors-Corn is be-
low the average and will yield about
go per cent; wheat average yield Is
about IL bushels Potatoes on the
Kaw bottom are practically ruined.
bluegrass seed is yielding about bush
els TO the acre; two-thirds crop. Oats
go 30 bushels, or about rs per cent oil
the average. Timothy hay is n fine
yield. Glover average, so per cent OF
more; millet, 90 per cent The apple
crop is below the average.
RUSH CLAIMS BANNER. county
raised 700 bushels of wheat for every
man, woman and child in the county
This is the highest per capiter" o.
of any county in the state A censu.
of the county shows that every man il
t, with tie exception of fifteen, haC
In some wheat this year, These ffteeI
around the towns Each business mar
nd merchant in the county had whea
out Every. business man at Ia Cross
harvested more than 1000 bushels
each. The acreage next year will b
even larger than that of this year
Every body is planting more wheat.
AN OFFICE BoY.-W. II. Eagan, VIII
became al office boy in bank a
Hutchinson twenty years ago, and win
studiously rcfrained ever since iron
entering politics, has gone TO Chicag
as president of II million dollar trus
company.
FRIENDS UNIVERSITY. man
ayers of this Wichita school announc
that the faculty is completed for tn
coming year by the election OF Prof
VIM. T. Trueblood, who will do wor
in the departments of history and phi
losOphy.
MANeLED ASD SCALDED.-Charle
Wilson, of Chase county, was frigh'
fully injured by the explosion of
threshing machine engine six mile
east of Empora. His right arm wa
blown off at the shoulder, his left arr
badly mangled and he was terribl
scalded.
WOMEN CAN VOTE FOE BoNDs. Til
attorney general holds that under III
new city charter act passed by the la'
legislature women in cities of the FIR.
class can vote on any proposition w.hic
pertains to the city.
Or GOVERNMENT BUILDING. I'll
sSvS< cutters on the government buil'
iS= at Emporia we're called out by ii
lcNal union. The grievance is tn;
some of the stone work is cut at Be-
ford, Indiana The contractors as
state that all their stone cutting wi
now be done in Indiana
AFTER HE WAS sO--NIalachi Saltc
of Clay county, recently died. He su
vived six wives and 90 children an
had buried four children. The IL
two of mis- children were born after
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