Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-03-28

especially the truancy law, which he
regards as very important piece of
legislation. About $4,000 copies of the
pamphlet will be distributed through
out the state. It will contain the tru-
ancy and professional certificate laws
in full; as well as synopsis of all other
educational laws, and will try to an
swer all sorts of questions about them.
TROY's New SCHOOL House
new school building is completed at
Troy, Doniphan county, on the site of
the one erected in 1870. 1t is 70 by 70
feet and is built of Coffeyville brick.
The heating apparatus secures four
changes of air every hour in every
room A Troy pioneer took and iden-
titled half dollar which he deposited
in the corner stone of the old building
80 years ago.
MARTIN MoHLER DEAD He died at
Topeka on March 20, his 73rd birthday,
of the grip. Mr.. Mohler had lived in
Kansas 81 years. In 1888 he was cho-
sen secretary of the state board of ag-
riculture and filed that position for six
years, when he was succeeded by L. d.
Coburn. Since then he has been en-
gagged in fraternal lodge work.
LARGE CATTLE SHIPMENT.-Twenty
two carloads of fat cattle owned by
Wilbur Shinn and ). E. High, of Derby,
aggregating an outlay of about $50, 900,
was shipped by a special train over the
Santa Fe from Wichita last week to
the Chicago market The Santa Fe
gets something like 81, 500 for hauling
the cattle to Chicago.
BANK RoBBED.-The state bank of
Quincy, east of Eureka, was entered by
robbers who blew open the safe and Sc
cured about s., 900 The robbers stole
a hand car and went south toward To-
ronto, later taking the Missouri Pacific
west. The bank had been in operation
less than a month.
NEBRASKA FARMERs.-A colony of
Nebraska farmers is locating in the
northern part of Gcary county and the
southern part of Clay county. Eight
or ten farms have been bought recently
by them. They are buying some of
the best farming land in that part of
the state.
For DEFECTIVE SIDEwALK.-The sec
ond trial of suit for damages to
Holton woman on account of falling
through a defective trap door on the
sidewalk resulted in a verdict for ST.,
TT J,,,. hn
case has been tied up in the courts.
OLD PLANT SOLD AGAIN.-George A.
Clark, state printer-elect, will buy the
present state printing plant of w. Y.
Morgan when Mr.. MOrgan's term eX-
pires on July 1. This plant has been
passed from one state printer to the
next for the last ten years.
SUPERINTENDENT Fox.-J. II. Fox,
superintendent of the Atchison, Topeka
81 Santa Fe, just promoted to the po-
sition made vacant by Mr.. Easley at
Newton, started in railroading as a
telegraph operator, and his climb has
been rapid.
SPECIAL ELECTION CALLED.-Gov-
ernor Bailey has issued a proclamation
calling a special election in Allen and
Woodson counties, May 5, to elect a
Judge of the new Thirty-seventh judi
cial district. recently created by the leg
islature.
A FREIGHT WRECK.-An east bound
Mo. Pac. freight was wrecked eight
miles east of Eureka. Seven cars of
dead freight were derailed. A broken
axle caused the accident No one was
seriously hurt.
OLATHE STORE RoBBED.-The John
son county cooperative association
store has been robbed. The missing
articles include large number of pocll-
ct knives, razors, four revolvers and IS
or 50 in cash.
IRRIGATION EXPERIMENTS. Congress-
man Reeder has received positive as
surances from the agricultural depart
ment that it will begin making irriga-
ton experiments in western Kansas
this spring under the provisions of the
new irrigation law. Reeder wants
several wells sunk in his district
No ATTEMPT TO EvADE.-A Topeka
attorney who represents number of
slot machine owners says the bill
drawn up to knock out these robbing
devices is so well built that it will be
useless to attempt to buck it.
BANKERS AssoC1ATIoN.-The Clay
Center Commercial club is making ar
engagements to entertain the Bankers
association of that section of the state
on April 16. A banquet will be given.
The meetings of the association will be
held in the court house. A large at
tendance is expected.
MUST GROW ALFALFA.-Lord Scully
who owns 40, 900 acres of fine land in
Marion county and leases it all, has
added new clause to his leases pro-
viding that every renter shall plant at
least 20 per cent to alfalfa.
DRUNK OBJ SoBER-By a verdict of a
jury in the district court of Saline
county man is responsible for fnan-
cial obligation he may make whether