Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-09-05


went to Harper county about 90 years
ago He was poor and borrowed the
means with which to improve his land.
He could not meet the interest and Of
fered to turn over the farm TO cancel
the mortgage, which offer the mortga
gee refused TO accept. Then good crops
began to help him out, and now he is a
rich man. He not only owns the cid
home place, which the mortgage COM
pany would not have, out also several
other we'll improved farms in that vi
cinity.
RURAL CAl:nIER LosT-C. ". Fetch
er, assistant carrier on the mail route,
left Pratt with one thousand dollars
belonging to C: NJ. Clark at Iulla. Mr..
Clark and others at Iul1a were in the
habit of sending their checks to Pratt
by the mail carrier to be cashed and
Fletcher was given So, 500 in checks to
be cashed and 81, 500 of il to be deposit
ed. He deposited according tc instrue-
tons bnt left on tire local going east
with the rest OF the money.
VAIL hCO1 DE- -.
Campbell, of Wichita, chairman of the
state live stock sanitary board, says
there is nothing in the report that the
order requiring the dipping of cattle
infected with mango will again be
modified. He says that the order will
be strictly enforced and cattlemen who
refuse to dip their stock, when it is
shown they are diseased, will be prose
cuted.
ABOUT MoTORMEN. -The Wichita
Street Car company employs twenty
six regular motormen and since the
new company took charge of the lines
i'll January, 1900, it has employed lis
Dotormen. There were thirteen mo-
termen employed by the old company
when the present company bought the
plant and four of them still remain.
DIFFICULT EXAMIN ATIoN.-The teach
ers' examination recently held 1T Ar
kansas City was so difficult that only
thirty three applicants were successful
and there were not enough teachers
for the schools CT the county. The
state board vas allowed another eX-
animation to fill the schools.
STILL AFTER FENCES. "A. II. Burtis,
OF Garden City, special agent of the in
terror department., is still after cattle
men who have illegally fenced govern
mcnt land. The department is deter
mined that the fences shall come down
and Burtis is kept on the road going
after offenders.
NEwsBoY KILIED.-Harry Kent,
aged IL years, fell between some ears
in Santa Fe train while stealing &.
ride and was instantly killed He was
was cut in two and the right arm was
| severed from the body He was n
newsboy and helped to support his
parents.
LUCAS ELEVATOR BURNED. The
Morrison & Co.'s elevator burned at
Lucas with about 5000 bushels of
wheat The fire originated in the en-
| CINE rooms, the elevator being operated
! by a gasoline engine.
| A PROMOTION Fl. Robinson,
heretofore chief dispatcher for the
! Rock Island at Lexington, has been
! appointed trainmaster for the Colorado
division with headquarters at Good
| land.
| RURAL ROUTES. are about
] GOO rural routes in Kansas, and there
are four special agents now in the
state working to increase the service.
WAR RELIc.-W. l.. Fouts, of Nc
Pherson, has a captains army sash
/ which he wore in the civil war. It has
three bullet holes in it.
SAUER KRAUT.-A gardener at
Frankfort has already made and mar
lleted $500 worth of sauer lsraut this
season.
Is ABLE 70 Bun D.-Ncosho county
is well able to build a court house as
the county is free from debt.
SoN OF JOE PATcHES.- Patch,
at Brighton Beach, paced a mile in
1859, making a new record. He is the
son of Joe Patchen, of Kansas John
r. Gentry was also foaled in Kansas
and in 1896 held the worlds record for
the fastest mile ever travelled by Il har-
ness horse, to that date, the time being
2:GOK.
GRAND LODGE CoLoRED MAsoNs.-
The grand lodge of Colored Masons OF
Kansas met at Emporia. Forty-seven
out of the sixty-four lodges were rep.
resented at the opening.
CONTRACT WAS CROOKED. is made
pnblic that the Topeka board of educa-
ton had revoked its contract with, a
school supply company for some 81, oOC
worth of seats and $1,000 worth o.
blacllbOards for the new city school,
buildings on account of alleged crook
edness upon the part of certain mem
bers of the committee.
FOR SHIPPING GAME.-The manager
of the Wichita .Wells-Fargo office VIA.
arrested on U. 5. warrant charging
him with violating the Lacey bill gov
erning interstate shipment of game.
BABY MuTLATED.-Mrs. Maggi,
/ Calhoun of South Haven attennntcd +,