Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-11


routes. Every morning the merchants
receive telephone orders for goods out
on the routes. The rural carriers call
at the stores and get the goods, deliver
them, and if desired by the merchants
collect for them. For this service they
receive five per cent of the amount de-
livered. There is one firm in Jewell
City that does $3.50 worth of this sort
of business every month, and all the
others get their share.
NOTED PHYSICIAN DIEs.-Dr. H. s.
Roberts, physician at Manhattan for
forty years is dead from pleuro-pneu-
monia. He served three years in the
civil war as hospital steward. He came
to Manhattan in 1866; was president of
the State Medical Society, and a mem
Der of the state board of health. He
was surgeon of the X. N G.. under
the county board of pension examiners;
also grand medical examiner of the
A. .. U. w. of Kansas.
BRowNFIELD IN JAIL. c. Brown
field, who was convicted at the June,
1902. term of conrt, for perjury in the
Morrison case and sentenced to seven
years and who was taken to the peni-
tertiary in December, where he has
been ever since, has been granted
stay of execution by the supreme court
pending hearing for a new trial at
the April term of court He was
brought from the penitentiary and is
now in the FL Dorado Jail.
HEssIAN FLY.-Reports came in from
several sections where the wheat was
pestered by the fly last fall, and where
it was feared that so much of the crop
was killed as to cause large tracts of
wheat to be plowed up. The reports,
especially from Harvey county, where
the fly was numerous, are to the effect
that bnt little, in patches, will be
plowed up, and that the wet weather
of March has brought a luxuriant
growth of the plant
LARGEST STONE ARCH-The largest
stone arch bridge in the state is near
ing completion across the Walnut river,
south of Winfield. It is a three span
fifty foot arch. The business men of
Arkansas City are making arrange
ments to dedicate it and the business
men of Winfield will probably be on
hand with crowd. There is an i'm
mense farmer trade on the east side of
the river, which both towns are after.
FEWER FARM RENrERs.-The num-
Der of farm renters in Miami county is
rapidly decreasing. Good crops have
made it possible for the farmers to ac-
cumulate money enough to buy the
farms which they formerly rented.
The usual activity that prevails in the
real estate market all over eastern
Kansas is attributed largely to this
condition.
A PLUCKY WoMAN.-Mrs. Robert
Stewart, of Neodesha, says the Sun,
whose husband has been confined in
the county Jail since last fall for selling
liquor, is supporting herself by hang
ing wall paper. Her husband was a
paper hanger before he began to sell
booze, and his wife helped him. Now
Snc uOSS Gllc WORK dlOnSI anu mas all
she can do
HIT TIE RIGHT PARTY.-An Ottawa
young lady who has been compelled to
work as u domestic to support herself,
and who has struggled with poor
health in addition to the burden of
poverty, has just received bequest of
ST, 600 through the death of relative
THE MULvANE DRILL.-At 72O feet
after boring through rock GOO feet, the
drill struck water which rose to within
20 feet of the top of the well. Casing
was put ia to make it possible to pump
out the water.
| NEODEsHA PRoGKEssIVE.-The citi-
zens of that gas center are preparing
to erect city hall which is to cost
| 5000.
UNDER THE OLD LAw.-The munich
| pal elections this month will be held
under the old law The new law
changing the ballots so that no square
shall appear afte" the words mo Nom
ination, will not go into effect until
the session laws are published.
HOLD OFFICE Two YEARs.-An mu-
nicipal officials elected in third class
cities this year will hold their positions
for two years. In che past they have
only been elected for one year, but the
recent legislature passed law which
fixes the terms at two years
CoINCIDENCE.-Dan Kubler, of
Chanute, and E. Foetisch, of carlton,
both died suddenly at anladvanced age
and were buried at the same minute 20
feet apart. Both were old soldiers and
they took adjoining claims on the same
day in 1870.
CHANUTE GAS WEIIs.-The River
side Oil and Gas Company has brought
in big gas well estimated at 5000, 600
on its holdings south of town near the
Austin mill dam. The territory south
of Chanute has been developed very
little.
PEACHEs IN BLooM-Peaches about
Baxter Springs are coming into full
| bloom and are comDarativelv unhurt