Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-07-11

free ferry at Lawrence were given a
supper by the women of the town. A
large hall was secured for the supper
and the men were given change of
food that they enjoyed. The officers
had been feted at the Merchants Ath-
letic association previously, and were
entertained at dinner at the New Ed
ridge by General Henry Carroll, who
was formerly stationed at Fort Leavcn-
worth.
MUsr MAINTAIN ScHooL.-Scott
county established high school some
time ago. The county commissioners
are getting tired of it and ask the at
torney general if they can discontinue
it. The law requires that the commits
sioners shall provide the funds. The
attorney general holds that so far rs
controlling the school Is concerned
they have no more jurisdiction over it
than any private citizen; that all they
can do is to provide for funds for its
maintenance and this they must do.
FLOOD CoMMITTEEs-A represent
ative meeting of the flood committees
of the Kaw valley from Salina to Kan
sas City was called to be held at 70
peka Oh July 6. This meeting will be
for the object of establishing co-opera-
tion between all The relief agencies
now at work. After this meeting a
circular will be issued addressed to the
people of Kansas, and asking for tinan-
cial aid for people who have suffered
from the flood.
a KANSAS HEROINE. miss Zadie
Price, of Ashland, Kansas, with her
friend, Mrs. J. o. Mathews, had started
from Alva 10 Kiowa, and on driving
into the river discovered it was DOGGY;
both horses went down, the ladies
jumped into the river Mrs. Mathews
ran for help while Miss Price remained
with the team. succeeding in getting
one of the horses to the shore and pre-
venting the other from drowning until
help arrived.
PRIZES AT STATE FAIRS. -Thc worlds
fair commission has issued regulations
governing the awards on county ex-
hibits at the Topeka and Hutchinson
state fairs. Five prizes, ranging from
$500 down to 500 are to be given by
the commission for county displays
The prize displays are to be sent to St,
Louis to help make up the Kansas eX-
hibit. In the grain display the regula-
tions call for sixteen different kinds.
AN ESTATE IN GERMANY. DIR. Will
checks, of Valley Center, recently re-
Gently received word from Germany
that his aunt had died. leaving him as
the princi pal heir to her large estate.
He left for Germany Saturday and will
stay there until the estate is settled.
He will then return to Valley Center
or Wichita.
MEADE AS CHIEF. N. Meade, res
ident engineer of the Santa Fe, with
headquarters at Topeka, succeeds C. A.
Morse as chief engineer of the eastern
division.
HENDERSON RESIGNS. r. Hender-
son, superintendent of motive power
for the Santa Fe, has rendered his
resignation to take effect August 1.
Irrigation CoNvENIIoNs.-Thi is
what the Kingman Leader calls the
gatherings there after the arrival of
lease" or ''l1eg' from Wichita.
STATE REUNION. Dodge City has
put in a bid ut the e. A. e. department
for the state reunion. Hutchinson is
also a candidate.
SToCKYARDs CoAIPANY.-The Hutch
ipson stocI1yards company has incor-
porated with S., 900 of capital stock.
NINE INDICTED.-The grand jury has
indicted nine jointlzeepers of Valley
Falls and arrests are being made.
LAST FORTY ACRES. -The last one in
Sumner county has been taken by
Wesley Evans. 1t is not tillable.
In BROWN CoUNTx-There tile har-
vest commenced 10 days earlier than
usual. The wheat crop there is great
deal better than it was thought it
would be during the rainy season. 1t
is of good quality and win make from
eighteen to twenty-five bushels per
acre.
DIES FROM FIRE CRACKER.-A two
year old boy of the family of viii
Thompson, of Coffeyville, was with
children who were firing crackers, and
his clothing caught fire. He inhaled
the flames, which caused his death.
$50, 900 ron FRUIT SHow.-The state
Horticultural society is bringing pres
sure to bear on the worlds fair COM
mission to have it set aside about SEQ,
| 600 for Kansas fruit exhibit at St.
Louis. So far the commission has not
indicated what it would do in that
line
Two CENTS A DAY.-The inmates OF
the Hutchinson reformatory begin on
July to receive salary of cents a
| day, under a new law. The convicts
of the State penitentiary have been
given 3 cents day for some years.
A WEDDING TRIP.-Governor and
Mrs. Bailey have started upon their be-
lated wedding trim. They 90 to ILL