Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-08-29
KANSAS COMMENT.

Testimony of Lieutenant Richardson
the best raw material for sailors in the
American navy is found in Kansas
IN KAw VALLEY.-About Perry, JEFF
ferson county, corn is maturing rapid
Nv, with an outlook for heavy yield.
Potatoes planted since the flood look
well.
HAReEK WILL SPEAK-Kansas uni
~ersity has secured Charles Harger, OF
Abilene, to deliver the opening address
ut the beginning of The fall term in
September.
FIFTY BUsHEL CoRN.-On Carl
Schnitzler's farm in Sedgwicl5 county
there is crop of 200 acres of corn
which he estimates viii yield so bush
els TO the acre.
LEADER IN JAII--Mrs. Myra Me
Henry, leader of the women who
smashed the joint at Derby, is III the
county Jail at Wichita, having refused
to give bond.
For PERAuTTIHG RIoT.-Join
Trenlxle has filed suit against the city
officers of Derby for allowing mob of
women TO he formed in the town to
smash his joint
BELLE PLANE HAPPY.-That dis
trict has a bumper wheat crop and the
corn is coming out in good shape and
farmers are talking about 40 and 30
bushels TO the acre.
WILL SURPRISE THE WORLD. Kansas
is known to the world as an agricul-
tural state; but She is going TO have a
mineral display ut the worlds fair that
will surprise tho world.
WANT MERCHANTs.-T thriving
town of Thayer has two merchants
who are oboat TO retire. One has
general store and the other is a grocer
with butcher shop attached. The
town wants their places filled by new
men.
INSANE JoINTIsT. Henry Stevens,
until recently Salina jointist, is in
the county Jail there Il raving maniac
and it has become necessary to place
him in straps. His condition is due to
the excessive use of liquor and cigar
cites.
TROUBLE CRAZED HM.-Jamcs Kay
was recently sent to prison from Shaw
nee county for thirty years for killing
his wife with a flatiron. Henry L.
Kay, his father, brooded over the crime
so much that he went crazy and will
be sent to an asylum.
NEW INSPECTOR. Wesley n. Ncill,
the new chief inspector ut the packing
houses and the stock yards, has arrived
sat Wichita from Waterloo, Iowa, and
is on duty. He is said TO be an expert
veterinarian and will doubtless give
good service.
TEXAS FEVER. Only ten head of
cattle have died in Kansas this year of
Texas fever Six of them were in Cow
ley county and the other four at Car
bondalc. In both cases the fever was
contracted from southern cattle III
transit over railroads.
BURTON AND TnINIAN DEBATE. THE
board of directors of the Southern
Kansas Fair association met at the
Commercial clubrooms in Wichita and
instructed Secretary Resting to close
the contract with Senators J. r. Bur.
tor and Pitehforll Tiilman, of South
Carolina for IA debate on the negro
question at the fair grounds during
one day of the fair
Is FROM KANsAs,-Captain James C.
Hartford of the regular army, formerly
of Kansas, has been selected to be ar
sistant chief of the Philippine eonstab
ulary. native OF Illinois, hc wa:
raised in Kansas, and graduated from
the state agricultural college.
PLENTY or Room. HASKELL county
has $40 sections of land within its Dor
ders This gives go acres to ever,
man, woman and child living in tn,
county and leaves II surplus of ~ sec
tions. That county can stand expan
sion of population at least.
SPECIAL MII.k TRAI,J.-The Rock Is
land company will put on n specia
milk train between Belleville an,
Goodland with the proviso that tn
Continental Creamery company shall
guarantee to furnish business To TIN
amount of Sl50 daily. This is salts
factory to the creamery company.
Two-THIRDs CRoP-This is the re
port concerning tine corn crop abou
Reading. With a late start the crop @
late corn will be large Alfalfa, blue
grass, fax and rye have made goo
yields
Run OVER BY LOAD OF WHEAT
Frank RuthlxowslIi, OF Dale township
Kingman county, a young man age
about "a years, was hauling wheat I
New Murdocil and fell under til
wheels and was run over DIAGONAL
ACROSS his body, ':hrushing hia che:
and forcing some of the broken rit
into his lungs The chances for his r,
covery are said to be very slight.
To TEACH .JoURNALIsM.-Chanc
Strong, of the University of Kansa
intends to add a chair of journalism
the University this fall.
In Usage COUNTY. = With war