Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-09-26

Ienn., mas Dcen undermined OV water
and is in danger of topping over. It
marks the approach of the Kansas
troops in the engagement and occupies
the most important point on Mission
Ridge. The monument Was erected BY
a legislative appropriation. The build
ing ofa government road through the
park near the base OF the monument
was the cause of the damage sustained
by it.
GRAIN IxsPEcTIoN RECEIPTS.
August receipts of the grain inspection
department were the largest on record.
Not counting the money which was
taken in at five fee stations, u total of
So, sS1, so was collected by ]. w. Rad
ford, state grain inspector. the de-
partmcnt paid out So, 554. so in salaries
and S1o0 for expenses, leaving u bal
ance of s., 1877. Mr.. Radford says the
receipts would have been $40, 900 if the
railroads could have handled the grain.
TAKES Two TO BARGAIS.-Under the
law n school district can vote to hold
school or to pay the tuition its pupils
county was referred to the attorney
general. There the district to which
another district had voted to send their,
pupils, had not room for them in its
school house and refused to taioe them
in. The attorney general holds that
the arrangement is u contract which
both districts must agree to.
BIG LOAD OF WuEAr-Farmers in
Pratt county are in a contest to see
which can haul the largest load of
wheat to market. A. w. Jones holds
| the belt For several days he hauled
100 bushels to the load. Tie other day
| he broke the record by hauling 113
bushels and ten pounds The elevI-
tor company had to borrow additional
weights to weigh the load. Mr.. Jones
hauled the load seven miles and used
| four horses.
| GOVERNMENT SuRvEYING.-Thc gov
eminent surveying party which is
travelling on foot up the Xaw valley
for the purpose of Investigating the
changes in the rivers course made by
|
pela in two or three weeks. The en-
| gineers are now IN Lawrence.
LAT: CoRN.-Dr. Miller, of Rossville,
lost his first planting of corn by its be-
ing covered with 10 feet of water in
the May food. He replanted us soon
us it could be done, and now it stands
10 feet high and the ears are filed and
i'll the roasting car stage.
| cWICHITA HIGH SCHOoL.-Its enroll
mcnt on Thursday of the first week of
the term was 466, which is 40 more
than the school had at tine close of the
first month last year.
IN CHARGE OF DEWEY RANCH -FranlI
L. Bull. stocl1men of Abilene, has
big Dewey ranch in Northwestern
Kansas.
RAPID FLOWING. "A Sumner county
farmer is blowing by steam and run
ming night shift. In "a hours forty
acres are stirred aud narrowed.
HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR.-The city
schools of Wichita opened with 1900
pupils III attendance; about 800 higher
than OH the first day last year.
CoNFIsCATING CoAL.-This practice
is now going OH. All the railroads OF
Kansas are said to be filing their bins
with coal shipped to dealers.
CROOKS SuokrmoRNs.-Col. II. T.
Groom has brought to Wichita from
his Panhandle ranch seventy of his
Scorthorns to be sold there.
MOVED BY SToRM-A Methodist
Protestant church at Pleasant Hill,
Sumner county, was moved off its
foundation by the storm.
BONDS FOR INTEHURBAN.--Th Wich-
tia city council has passed an ordinance
for voting bonds for the Arkansas Val
lev interurban railway.
FIRST WOMAN PnYsICIAN.-The DR.
Emily f. Robbins, vino died at hel
home in Philadelphia last week, anC
who is believed to be the first woman
in the United States TO receive u med
ical diploma, with her husband lived
in Junction City and was a medica
practitioner there from 1868 to 1878.
UsE WooD AT CAMP-Contracts have
/ been let for stovewood to be used by
r the troops at the maneuvers ut For
: Riley. The contract calls for TAO cords
5 of which 400 cords will be shipped t.
the post AZ "a cost of $40 cord.
t GAS AT CHEToPA--A strong flow o
i gas was struck in IL we'll being Clrillc'
. OH the George Bush farm at the corne
4 of Chetopa. The gas was found at
!, depth of 375 feet and in dry hole
: The find is considered u good one. Tin
: people of the town are very much ex
cited.
: GOES TO TEAcH.-Miss Grace Sake
e of Bourbon county, has stlrtcd TO
c Liverpool 10 engage in Bible cias
j.. work Her fare from Fort Scott L
d liverpool was S32 so for railroad far
and SAT. so for steamer passage.
a WANTS RATEs.-Grand Secretary "
5 II. Kempcr, of the !. o. o. F. is trvin