Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-08-01
KANSAS COMMENT.

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zen of Arkansas City and was Il Mason
of prominence.
OTTAWA COUNTY WHEAT.-Wheat is
turning out splcndidly in Ottawa
county. John Bucus had an average
of thirty-seven bushels to the acre.
Large quantities of new wheat are
coming into market.
OSBORNE COUNTY WHEAT.--In os-
borne county there are thousands OF
acres of wheat cut and bound, lying
unshoclled for want OF men to do it.
Threshing is going on. The yield is
from 8 TO "a bushels to the acre.
IRRIG AToRs MADE DEFENDANTS
Messrs Ashbaugh and Smith, attorneys
for Kansas in the Kansas-Colorado
water suit, went 20 Colorado to get the
names of officers and the properties OF
the big irrigation companies which
take water from the Arkansas river.
These companies are to be made de-
PENDANTS in the suit. The amended
bill must be filed in the supreme court
by the middle of August.
BLACKBERRIEs on SASD.-West of
Abilene is a large body Of sand land
that has been considered worth nothing
except for pasture. y. c. Dyer has
made a fruit farm of it and has raised
three acres of blacllberries this year
that have paid $40 an acre on the first
picking, onc-fourth of the crop. The
land that cost $40 an acre will return
500 an acre this year.
u. =. IMPROVEMENTS Tile Union
Pacific has been shipping in machinery
and material for the new Improvements
which the company intends TO make ut
Salina. Crushed stone is being un-
loaded in the local yards; also turn
tables, gasoline engines to furnish the
power for unloading cars of coal, which
has heretofore been done by hand, and
machinery of other description.
GRAND OFFICERS. The following are
the grand officers of the Native Sons
and Daughters of Kansas: Colonel A.
:. johnson, who IS 20 years old and
bears the distinction of being the first
white child born in Kansas, president;
Arthur Cappcr, vice president; II. w.
Brent, secretary; +. NJ. BoneDralle,
treasurer; board of directors. A. V.
Lindell, w. A. l.. Johnson, c. l.. Gregg,
5. @. Zimmerman, W. ). Eberle.
HIGu WATERS. The Solomon sent
down raise of four feet into the
Smoky Hill, which washed part of
the wall of the mill dam at Junction
City away. The dam had been weak
cned by the flood in May. Tbs high
water is hindering the work of build
ing wall across the channel that was
cut around the end OF the dam last
month and continues to go through
this channel doing considerable dam
age.
OTHER ENrERPrIsEs DRAW THEL-
While the farmers us we'll as all others
of Montgomery county are anxious TO
have the oil development pushed rapid
", the farmers especially are just now
fcclin. the effect in scarcity of hands.
The Standard Oil Co. is putting in its
pipe line to the Neodesha refinery and
this line penetrates all the parts of the
county in which oil has been developed.
Itnlso extends into Chautauqua county
and on south into Indian Territory.
Two or three hundred men are en-
ploycd and they are paid from s. to 50
day.
AN Iron RAILROAD 1In.-The Santa
Fe has placed an iron tie in the Hutch
inson yards to be tested. 1t is the in.
vention of Hutchinson man, j. H.
Bryan. With it no FISH plates are nee
essary and there is no possibility fon
the rails to spread. The road viii
adopt it if it proves success.
JoBB1SG RATES. -Coffeyville is til,
fourth Kansas town which has jobbiDe
rates on farm implements, the othel
towns favored In that way by the rail
roads are Wichita, Kansas City ant
Topeka.
q. A. L. RELIEF FUNO.-The 6. A
r. flood relief fund now amounts Il
5000. Money is still coming in ant
it is thought the fund will grow 70
some time yet. Department. Command
or a. w. Smith viii distribute tn,
money among the various posts in tn,
flooded district. The relief corps funC
amounts to 81 900.
FIFTEEN LIVING CHILDRES.-The La
crosse Republican says the new post
mistress at Saunders, Mrs. Lcgge, is 4
years old and the mother of - Twin,
children.
LEFT Two WIDOWS Two widows O
Nathan Kelley, an old soldier who die,
NJ Efingham, put in AN appearance
Mrs. Lydia Kelley, of bingham, wa
appointed administrator of his cstat
;s widow, ana now Mrs. Jeanette Kel
.ley, of Kansas City, makes 4 simila
claim
DEMAND FOR LABOR. The Santa L
is also building cutoff from Havan
10 Caney and ali over Montgomer
county oil wells are going down rapid
ly so that the demand for labor
greater than the supply.
PosToEFIcE REPORTS. Every mont