Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-05


Atchison, Sal. 267.s1; Leavenworth,
s37. 1920; Lawrence, ss4, s77Oo; Sa-
lima, S33, OIL S; Hutchinson, S2s. 1922;
Emporia, $50, Os4. 90; Fort Scott. S21,-
204.71. This is for the sale of stamps,
stamped envelopes, newspaper postage
order business or the other incomes of
the Office.
TEACHERS AT WIcAIrA.-The Kan
sas Special Teachers Federation and
and association of accountants and
bookkeepcrs, also the Southern Kan
sas Teachers association met at Wich-
ita last week. More than 500 out OF
town teachers were in attendance al
the opening.
SMITH COUNTY CoRN-The yield
there will average from forty 10 fifty
bushels to the acre. The crop
is turning out much larger than the
farmers expected. Owing to the low
prices of cattle there will be compar
atively few fed this winter in Smith
county.
TRAFFIC OVER BRIDGE.-One thou
sand eight hundred and four teams
passed over the Douglas avenue bridge
over the Arkansas river in Wichita
from six o'clock in the morning until
ten o'clock at night last Saturday.
GOT No BoorY.-Two men broke into
the bank at Agra, Phillips county, and
got the doors of the safe opened, when
they were scared away by man who
had discovered them and ran away
empty handed.
LARGEST MEETING. The enrolment
of teachers for this meeting was the
largest in the history of the Southern
Kansas Teachers association. II was
54s. This is ESQ more than ever en-
enrolled before.
TEACuERs' AssoCIATIoN.-The 21st
meeting of the North Central Kansas
Teachers association at Concordia
last week was a success in every
way. There were about 200 teachers
enrolled
PRESIDENT OF S. X r. Ar f.
Knight, supcrin tendent of the Wichita
public schools, was unanimously elect
ed president OF the Southern Kansas
Teachers association on its closing
day.
PENITENEGARY ORGANIsT. Miss Jes-
sic Morrison, who is under 25-year
sentence, is the organist in the wonlens
chapel AZ the state pcnitentiary. Size
has become cheerful over her music.
THINK II Is GOLD. Gold has been
discovered on the farm of c. L. Beckett,
near Deerfeld. II assays SIG a ton
from surface and at So at Il lower level.
Experts believe it will run higher
GOLDEN BELT TEACHERS. The Sth
annual meeting of the Golden Belt
Teachers association met at Ellis last
week with nearly $50 teachers in at
tendance.
Hill. CITY BANK in the recent FIRE
At Hill City, Graham county, the bank
building and contents burned, save
what was in the vault. which was Sc
cure.
IN ATWOOD JAu"-Edward Kelley
was captured in Chicago and he will be
tried on the charge of robbing the
Rawlins county treasury of 50, 600.
LANE COUNTY WuEAT.-Wheat will
average IS bushels to the acre in Lane
county. The total yield for the year
| is ,16l ,16O bushels.
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. The Kansas
Academy OF Science held its annual
meeting at Manhattan last week.
HoIToN DEFEATS BoNDs-The city
of Holton defeated a proposition for
bonds for watcrworlls by 33 votes ma
/ jority of the votes cast.
LARGE IcE HoUsE.-The Union Pa
cifc is building another large ice house
at Junction City. The house will have
Il capacity of ninety carloads of ice.
During the cold weather this winter
| the company win haul its supply of ice
there from Wyoming.
TURKEY DINNER.-Oficers of the
I Leavenwor Soldiers home provided
=, 500 pounds of dressed turkeys for the
veterans Than 6igiving dinner, togcth-
or with 200 gallons OF oysters, 20 bush
els of cranberries and other condiments
to match.
THROWN FRoM WAGoN.-Marshal
May yield, farmer near Jonesburg,
was almost instantly killed while
hauling wheat to Peru. He was de-
seending u hill when he was thrown
from his wagon and run over, death
resuitinS almost instantly He was 40
years old and leaves family.
WITHOUT SECTION MEN.-Reports in
dictate that there arc as many as 1000
to 5000 miles of Missouri Pacific track
in Southeast Kansas and Southwest
Missouri without a single section Ia
borer except the forcmcn.
Still LosIXG Hoes.-Since the first
of October large number of farmers
in Gearv county have been losing many
head of hogs by cholera. The disease
spread rapidly, but for the two months
it has been confined to small portion
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