Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-06-20


with the mains in the eastern part of
the city, and laid main across the
Nolan bridge to North Topeka. This
work was done without the asking and
without word of bargaining. The
water company is practically doing
nothing.
A SAMPLE HoUsE.-Congressm
Curtis found nearly everything on his
lower floor a total wreck. HIS library
will be u total loss and as this was
composed of particularly fine books the
loss will ne considerable. The mud
was about two feet deep in his house
and ilnbcdded in this were dishes, sill
verware and bric-abrac. What is true
of this one residence is true of nearly
all the others.
NEW INSPECTORS. state live
stock sanitary commission has appoint
cd Jonathan McFall, of Kingman, as
inspector ut Arkansas City, to succeed
j. ii. Johnson, who has resigned, to
take effect July I, and l.. l.. Worden
of Syracuse as inspector on the western
to Coolidge. Worden will pay especial
attention TO the inspection of cattle in
fected with the itch.
PURsE Fox RURAL CARniEH-Ed
Briggs, who lost his horse during the
high water some time ago was given Il
surprise. The patrons of the route
number two out of Mcpherson, on
which he carries the mail, made up a
purse of $50 so and presented it to him.
WINFIELD Will. Try AaAIN.-The
contract has been drawn up between
s. f. Huselton and the city of Winfield
for drilling a deep we'll for natural gas.
BY its terms the driller binds himself
to go down 1000 feet, or further if
possible, for ST. per foot.
DIFFERENCE IN RAINFAII--Dr.
Shows report shows rainfall during
May of zoo inches at Lawrence, .. So
above the average. The record kept
by Prof. Jones, of the Wesleyan uni
versity at Salina, showed a fall for the
month of 1913 inches.
HOLIDAY OF Wo!K. Mayor Bcrgund-
thai issued proclamation asking all
business to be suspended on June 9
and that every able bodied man should
go to the north side with hoes and
shovcls to help clear residences of mud.
WALNUT LoGs-Two cars of them
go from Arkansas City to Hamburg,
Germany, over the Santa Fe to Calves
ton to take ship there. The logs are
the best to be found in that part of the
country and brought big price.
Nor TIE EIRST.-Governor Bailey is
not the first governor of Kansas to be
married while in office. 5. j. Craw-
ford married soon after his reelection
for Il second term in November, 1866
Topeka % dry goods boxes filed with
clothing and other articles. In two
days time Winfield raised $4,000 in
cash for the food districts.
DELAYED FREIGHT.-The Rock Is
lands first receipt at Wichita of delayed
| freight consisted of ii ears of merchan-
disc which had been stopped at st. Jo-
scph, Mo-, by the Hoods
A NEW GRIsr MnL.-Plans are ma
king to build large grist mill at Cot
tonwood Falls on the site of the old
mill which was built some 40 years
ago.
RAISED IN CLAss.-Among the fourth
| class postoffices which have been adj
vanced to the presidential class effect
i've July 1, is Douglas Kansas.
SIX YEARS GRowrH-Six years ago
the assessors report showed n popuIa-
ton in Winfield or 4, SEQ. This year the
population reached 7,173.
ATCHIsoN PROMPr.-A carload OF
provisions was among the early receipts
for the relief of North Topeka suf-
| ferers
KILLED BY LIGHTNING q
heavy thunder storm Aubrey Williams,
the 16-year-old son of Joseph Williams,
living west of Concordia, was struck
and killed by lightning as he stood in
the barn door. Another boy with him
was not hurt
FLOUR MILLS WILL REsUME.-In
North Topeka all dead bodies OF ami
mails and all spoiled meat are being
burned. All of the big -four mills in
the flooded section are being cleaned
out and expect to resume operations in
1 a week or ten days.
| WITHOUT MAT. Ten DAYs.-There
were n number of towns along the Sol
ONION, Smoky Hill and Saline rivers
which were without mail for ten days.
The whole county of Lincoln seemed tc
he assembled at Lincoln Center on til,
tenth day when the first mail arrived
there.
| DAnAGE AT RossvILI.E.- New;
of that Shawnee county town estimate.
the food damages in that vicinity t
be near Il half million dollars. In the
town alone it will reach towards hal
that amount
HAIL FIVE INCHES DEEP.-A strip o.
farm land five miles long and milo
wide, north OF Ramona, which is q
miles south of Abilene, was devastated
by hail, the stones, in some places, fall