Free press., 1903-07-25

clerks to work more than eight hours
day. He claims the eight-hOur law APP
plies TO all public officials and has
warned them that they must stop vio-
lating il. The law not only applies TO
clerks and employees but to the official
himself so the labor commissioner de-
clares
For WHEAT RAISING. During the
past year the Mulvanes of Topeka have
been purchasing wheat land in western
Kansas. John z. Mulvane said: We
have considerable wheat ground but /
don't believe L would be justified in
discussing them. The land will be
used entirely for wheat raising and we
have extended our holdings whenever
we found it possible to buy advantage
ously."
REvoKEs GRAY's LICENsE.-The state
board of medical examination and reg
istration has revoked the license of DR.
Robert E. Gray, of Garden City. He
was tried before the board on the
charges of immortality, excessive use of
drugs and unprofessionalism in connec-
tion with the death of Miss Irma Brown
in Chicago, a year ago.
The LARGEST ELEVATOR The Rock
Island and Frisco railroads have COM
pleted arrangements for builping one
of the largest elevators on the ground
formerly occupied by the Doid Packing
Co., in Kansas City, Kansas. 1t is to
have "a capacity of two million bushels
Jacob Dold is said to be interested in
it.
CONSTANTLY BUYING LANp.-Col.
William Scott, of Larned, who harvests
hundreds of acres of wheat annually in
Pawnee county, is increasing his hold
ings of wheat land. This spring he
bought 600 acres of land in that county
and Is constantly buying cheaper land
in the counties still further west
SHEEP SHEARING Tine. n. Hey
man, of DeGraff, Butler county. sheared
500 sheep this year, which averaged
nine pounds to the fleece. This is
light yield but the quality is fine
Some of his bucks averaged IS pounds
He sold his seasons clip at 16 cents
pound on the farm.
host FooT.-W. III. Rockefeller, of
Holton, had started on camping trip
TO the Blue river, with his family. AT
Garrison one of the horses stamped
him ON the foot. crushing the bones so
badly that amputation above the ankle
was necessary.
WATHENA BLACKBEERIEs.- crop
is the largest and finest ever. In the
first three days over 10000 crates were
shipped, filing twelve cars. On July
II five carloads were shipped. The
ruling price is 81. so Il crate.
PAwNEE COUNTY LAND.-Land there
which sold for S4 so an acre four years
ago is now held and sold at about $50
an acre. A wheat crop of from 20 TO
30 bushels per acre makes the change.
LYONS SALT TNDUsTEY.-Five hum
dred tons of salt are shipped from
Lyons daily. This means a large pay
roll for the work of mining and pre-
pairing the salt for shipment.
which fell in the vicinity of Topeka
last week is looked upon as being OF
great value to the corn; also reviving
berries and vegetation.
HALF ACRE NETS S4OO.-A straw
berry patch of one half acre situated
south of Topeka on the Burlingame
road netted the owner over S4OO this
season.
THREE GIRL BANDS. At the Downs
anniversary celebration on June %
there are to be three girl bands from
Phillipsburg, Smith Center and Downs.
CREAMERY PAY RoIL-The Belle
Springs Creamery company, a Dicllin-
son county institution, has Sc, ,OO0-a-
month pay roll in Ellsworth county.
HIT BY LIGHTNING and Mrs.
d. q. MillisoD, who lived in the south
part of Wichita, both received severe
shock from lightning, at the same in
stant. Mr.. Milhson was unconscious
for few minutes Mrs. Millison re-
manned unconscious for nearly an hour
and it required incessant work to bring
| her to consciousness. The charge is
supposed to have been led to the house
over the telephone wire.
GEN. MILES AT RILEY. --Lieut. Gen.
Miles spent the afternoon a, Fort Riley
! on July Is.
WATER TOWER COLLAPSED. - Phillips
county was soaked by heavy rain.
During the storm strong wind blew
from the east SO hard that the
! city water tank and tower in Phillips
burg collapsed and fell TO the ground
smashing it into fragments.
SMALL. FRUITS DID Reports
which have reached the office of the
state board of horticulture indicate
that the yield of small fruits and ber-
ries was larger in the state than was
anticipated after the he heavy frost of
! last May
| SUPT. OF AsYIUM.-Dr. NJ. l.. Perry
of Milledgeville, Ga, has been appoint
ed superintendent of the new state in