Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-10-24
KANSAS COMMENT.

BEARING CnEsrNUrs.-Chestnuts
planted six years ago mt Robinson have
grown into bearing trees
Mowers MosT FArAI--Mowing ma
chimes in Kansas kill or MAIN more
children than do the street cars.
LARGE HoNEy CEoP-A- ID. Bennett,
Garden City man, has gathered co.
600 pounds of honey this season.
BAYD REuNIoN.-Thc Plcasanton
Cornet band, which was organized in
1876, has held reunion ending with
banquet.
Drror RoBrED.-The Missouri Pa
ciiic depot at Redfield has been robbed
twice recently but little of value was
secured.
PREMIuMs PAID.-Thc premiums won
at the Wichita fair, where there we're
no contests, were paid as fast as
awarded.
PACKING House. OITNED.-P. e.
Hcnncberry & Co. have opened the Ar
kansas City packing house and begun
operations.
thirds of the phones in Great Bend
were put out OF commission by light
ming flush.
ELLEr IS SPECIAL AoENT.-Ed c.
Ellet, of Ell Dorado, mas been appoint
ed special agent for the government
land Office.
FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIE.-A revised
report on the franklin county fair
shows that the association made 81, 42o
above expenses this year.
DoNIPuAN APPLEs.-The apple crop
is u total failure in Doniphan county
this year so far rs quality is concel ned
Last year Mt this time over fifty car
loads had been shipped from Troy and
a dozen buyers from the East were
quartercd here. The prospect for
crop this year was good until May l.,
when a heavy slcct killed the fruit
OLD SOLDIER LAw.-The Dever case
involving the constitutionaity of the
old soldier preference law, has been
advanced for hearing ut january sit
ting of the supreme court. This ease
will also probably decide the suit
brought by H. L. Goodrich against the
Topeka city officials over his dismissal
as superintendent of the city electric
light plant.
MOVED TO GoODIAED.-The Office of
a. L. Abbott, superintendent OF the
Colorado division of the Rock Island,
has been moved from Colorado Springs
to Goodland, Kas. Superintendent
Abbott, who has u force of eleven
clerks, is now occupying seven rooms
cast of the dispatchers' office in the
second story of the depot building at
Goodland.
ARTEsIAN SALT WEII.-Rush county
mas developed remarkable artcsian
well. 1t spurts n ten-inch stream OF
water which, when confined III pipe,
rises seventy feet above the surface.
The water is so salty that the evapora.
ton of "a gallon of it leaves pint o.
salt. The flow has formed Il creel,
about three miles long and the flow in
creascs day by day.
SMOKING CIeARETTEs. In reply Il
the mayor of Halstcad who desires t.
stop the going to the dogs" of the
boys of his city, the attorney genera
said that no legal ordinance could b'
passed prohibiting boys between Ger
tain ages smoking cigarettes, as i
would be class legislation. However
he said, an ordinance could be passc;
that would prohibit the sale of cigar
cites in ualstcad and it would be con
sGtutional.
ASKS For FEsUD ORDERS. -Superin
tcndent of Insurance Chas. Il. I4uin
will asl, the postoflice department I
issue fraud orders against such con
panies us are known to DC fake cor
Germs and which never pay their losses
This will bar them from the use of th
mails and it is believed will put Il
cffec,ual stop to their operations.
FARMoUXr COLLEGE, Through
proposed cndowment of So, 500 made %
Il Mrs Fis.le, Of Boston, Fairmou,
college is in fair way 20 secure tb
erection of dormitory costing $50, OK
\ SuocKING ArrACltNENr.-II
johnson, OF McPnc-son county, has
new invention vhieh, attached 70 Sc
binders, he says win carry the bandi'
along and place them in the shape of
shock without the ala of the shoclici
farmers have heretofore employed
will carry about dozen bundles.
CHngsrIA5 CHURCH CONVENTION. III
annual state convention of the Chri
tian church 1T Newton brought I
ge,hcr 500 delegates. The report
the field superintendent OF mission
shows $50 churches in the state.
Rock IsI.AsD InPRovE,iENrs.-Ti
Rock Island has commenced the layiI
of new steel rails on iSs line from )
Joseph to Topell.. TO replace tie o
sixty-pound rails. The track is al
being rock ballastcd from II crush
AZ work near Wathcna. Tho purpo
of this Improvement is to allow hea
freight engines and heavy throul
traffic from Chicago to pass over Il