Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-08-22
KANSAS COMMENT.


talking about creating sewerage drain
hge.
CEMENT CROSSINGS. proposes
to give cement crossings trial.
PREMIUMS ON SnEEP-The Kansas
State fair, to be held at Topeka in the
week beginning September a, offers
53 prizes on sheep.
UNPRECEDENTED INSANITY. There
were six cases before the cowley county
probate court in two weeks, and as
many more in the preceding four weeks
To JUDGE HORSES X. Douglas,
of Kansas City, has been selected to
Judge the horses at the Wichita fair by
the Southern Kansas Fair and Carni-
val association. The cash premiums
announced amount TO nearly So, 900.
LARGE WHEAT FIzI.Ds. Walsh Bros,
OF st. Peter, Graham county had AN
acreage of over 1000 acres of wheat,
and the yield is estimated ut not less
than o5 bushels. John Ashcroft, of
AIoreland, raised over 500 acres of
wheat.
OLD SETTLERS Picnic Hon. Frank
Nelson, former state superintendent,
addressed the crowd at the Send am
nual picnic of the Harvey county Old
Settlers association in Riverside park,
Halatead Five thousand people were
in attendance
5ToBACCO FOR CoNvIcTs.-The state
pays $3.50 for tobacco for the convicts
at Lansing. The state buys the to-
bacco in the natural state and manu-
features chewing tobacco. Last month
the state spent $50 for licorice to flavor
the product.
RIDING ON SIDEWALK Chief Burt of
the Wichita police has posted "a notice
that hereafter parties arrested for rid
ing bicycles on sidewalks would be
locked up with drunlIs, thieves, etc,
instead of leaving their bikes as bonds,
as has been the practice.
A CLOSE CAII--Lce Murphy, of
Shawnee, o. r., and four others were
sleeping IN barn one and half miles
south of Hunncwell. Lightning struck
the barn and burned it down. 1t set
fire to a pile of straw seven or eight
feet from where they were sleeping.
TESTING ENGINEs-One of the Rock
Island ''baJtleship'' engines was sent
ont of Herington drawing 100 loaded
freight ears. Sixteen of the cars were
set out between that place and Wichita
there being still 81 ears in the train
at the time of its arrival in Wichita
a PAvISG 1RUsT.-The Topeka paw
ing trust has about driven to the wall
the independent paving concerns.
Ramsey & Ramsey are the leading in
dependent contractors and recently
they secured contracts to pave several
Topeka streets Now they find tina:
they cannot buy paving brick:
KANSAS GIRL, OF COURSE. Miss
Georgia Cubine, Kansas Cir, has
broken the swimming record for women
on the Pacific coast. At Santa; Catalina
island she swan mile in the Pacific
in thirty minutes. That lowered the
record for women by eight minates
Miss Cubine lives at Coffeyville.
MATERIAL. TOO HIGU.-The Topeka
Masons have abandoned the PROPOSE
ton of building u temple ut the corner
of Eighth and Quincy streets. The
price of material is high and it lis found
it would cost Il good deal over the S7O,-
900 estimate. The Scottish Rite Ma
sons have bought the building which
they occupy ut present and are recon-
structing the interior.
LOOK OVER THE LINE.-Thc directors
of the Arkansas Valley Interurban
Railway started from Wichita on auto
mobiles for trip over the proposed
route to Arkansas City. All of the
seventeen directors said they would go
Snd machines were provided for the
tourney.
BEST OF THE FIVE The Neosho
Falls Oil II Gas Co., has struck sand at
soc feet in No. well on the Reeves
tract This is the fifth oiler for this
company and every indication points
TO it's being the best of the Ave.
SENATOR Lone RESTING. Accom-
panied by Mrs. Long he has gone TO
the noun tains for an extended period
of rest After his speech at CawlScr
City the senator concluded that he
wasn't able To make amy more speeches
this season. 1t was the first one he
made since his recent illness and it al
most wore him out
To ExTERMINATE PEsTs. The com
missioners of Barber county have levied
taxes OF one to three mills upon seven
townships for the determination of
prairie dogs
HARvEsrERS HoMEsTEApING. Many
harvest hands from other states are
taking homes leads at the Colby and
WalSeeny and Dodge City land offices.
The land office officials at Colby say
there are 500 good qaarter sections of
wheat land left in that district, while
the WalSeeny land office has 800, 900
acres left, all good wheat land.
OLD Bus HoRsE--Alex, a 30-year old
bus horse at Wellington, is dead. He
a,cd l,ee1, dIivCn n the inns only :, hon.