Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-03-14
KANSAS COMMENT.


Springs Times says that there isn't
a single colored person living in Wal
lace county.
HAY TO RANGEs.-Some cattlemen of
Wichita shipped hay TO their stock on
ranges in southwestern Kansas which
were covered with snow.
EMPLOY GREEKs.-One hundred
Greeks are working on the Missouri Pa
cifc out of lola. No Americans could
be found to do the work.
SERVED 16 YEARs.-The business
men of Ottawa have sent a fireman to
California on a vacation for his faithful
service to the city for 16years-
IMPROVING A HoTEL.-Twenty thou
sand dollars has been expended in i'm
pro7ements upon the Bartel house at
Junction City, by its new owners.
YARDS BLoCKED.-A car from an ex-
ira freight train jumped the track in
the yards at Florence, smashing mer-
chandise car and car of stock. The
wards were blocked most of the day.
DRY DRUG STORES, The Conway
Springs Star makes this statement:
mot an ounce of liquor of any kind
has been sold, kept or given away by a
Conway Springs drug store for fifteen
years; probably longer"
SOME SWINE FIeUEEs.-Fred Buler,
of Jewell county, has sold since last
fall Sc, 700 worth of hogs, and has So, coo
worth on hand ready for market and
about 100 head in his feed lots which
he considers worth 81, 500
LARGE HAY CoNTRACT.-Thomas
Dixon has finished his hay contract
with the government to furnish 1000
tons of baled hay at Fort Riley. He
has had two steam balers running since
August list with capacity of about
sixty tens q day and employing from
sixty to seventy-fve men and this year
paid the highest wages ever paid on a
hay contract
THREE OUT OF Ex-Governor BaAIey's
message at the opening of the legisla-
ture made 81 recommendations as to
measures needed to be considered and
legislated upon. OF the thirty-one
three were needed; many of the other
recommendations were totally ignored;
some of them were noticed by consider
alton of bills for their carrying out,
but the bills were all slaughtered.
PLUCK WINs-Miss Nora Stevens is
a poor girl who for year worked in
Emporia homes for her board and at
tended the normal. Last winter she
took the teachers examination and got
a county certificate. A short time ago
she substituted in one of the country
schools and did so well that she got the
Admire school succeeding teacher
who died. All this without any advan-
tage or influence given by anybody.
WRECK AT FLoRENCE.-The Califor-
MIA Limited train on February &c,
crashed into local freight which was
standing on n side track at Florence.
The Limited was running 25 miles an
hour and when it struck the switch the
engine jumped to the side track leaving
the tender on the main line. The mail
car topped over and two mail clerks,
w. o. Rogers and r. o. MCGEE were
standing in the door ready to throw
out mail and were thrown out and
dragged along the ground. McGee had
q leg broken in two places, while
Rogers escaped with only sprained
ankle.
WHAT THEY ARE.-The senate Of the
closing Kansas legislature is composed
of IS lawyers, merchants, manu-
facturers, l physician, l editor, 10
farmers, five bankers and two real es-
tate dealers. The house has preach
ers, 10 physicians, 10 bankers, "a mer-
chants and business men, 10 lawyers, 2
contractors, five editors and Is farmers
and stoclSmen.
OIL AT LINDsBoRG.- Traces of oil
have been found in a creek southeast
of Lindsborg. The News gives it a
paragraph, about the right amount
PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL.-Under a
bill introduced in the house by Hallen-
beck, of Leavenworth, it is made un-
lawful to play base ball or football
games on Sunday, where an admission
fee is charged. This is aimed at pro-
fessional bF seball. The penalty for
violating the law is fine not exceeding
$50 and Imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days
FARMERS INSTITUTE very sue
cessful one has been held at Marysville.
1t was we'll attended by the most in
hucntial farmers of Marshall county.
WANT ANOTHER TRAIN.-A move
ment started at Fort Scott has spread
over the towns along the Missouri Pa
cifc line between Fort Scott and To.
.peka to ask the railroad commission to
require the running of a passenger
train over that line.
INCREASE OF SALARIEs.-The senate
passed the bill raising salaries Of state
house officials. The bill makes the
salary of the lieutenant governor Sc a
day during the legislative session and
allows him 81, 900 a year as a member
of the board of railway assessors
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