Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-23
KANSAS COMMENT.


is preparing for four days street fair
and carnival on May 2o-23
SUGAR BEETs DESTROYED. j. NJ.
Bailey, who, as city clerk, is agent for
the free employment bureau of Argen-
tine, has received letter from Kear-
ney county saying that the recent cold
weather had destroyed the beets there.
Mr.. Bailey had received a letter ask
ing him to secure 200 men to pull the
beets. He has now been asked to can
eel the order for men.
STATE ). : AssoCI ATIoN. The State
Sunday School association convened in
annual meeting at Parsons. In spite
of rains there were several hundred
delegates present. The preliminary
session was held in the Methodist
church, but the exercises during the
remainder of the meeting were held in
the large tent which will hold 1000
people. erected by the citizens of Par
sons foI the convention.
STORE ROBBED.-The general mer-
chandisc store of j. A. Sweet of Fall
River, Greenwood county, was robbed
of about 500 in cash and considerab BILE
clothing, cutlery and firearms. The
money till was torn from the counter
and taken 20 a neighboring lumber
yard where it was rified of it's contents.
The Fall River postoffice was robbed
less than a year ago and the Frisco de-
pot robbed last winter.
FROM WEALTH TO Poor HoUsE.-A
Sumner county man is in the county
poor house after having followed for
some time Il well beaten path. A few
years ago he owned Il tlne farm in the
northern part of the county as well as
$50, 900 ranch in Edwards lie had a
fine and happy family, but his drink
ing habits broke it mp and finally re-
suited in the loss of all his property;
and now it's the poor house
KANSAS FOREST MISUNDERSTANDING
Hitchcock will soon issue an order
withdrawing 5000 acres of land in
Finney, Grant, Kearney and Haskell
counties from homestead entry. The
bureau of forestry has completed its
plans for n forest reserve and will new
begin work. They plan to plant seeds
from the jacll pines of Northern Mich
igan; also to cultivate the red cedar,
which is found near Mcfarland.
AFTER % YEARs.-A. G. Wright, of
Wichita, and his brother David Wright,
of Colorado, although both are COM
Paratively young men they have not
seen each other since they parted as
boys, at Hunnewell, Sumner county,
tventy-cight years ago, and for twenty
three years one didn't know where the
other was or whether dead or aliYe.
David Wright has lived in Colorado
nearly all the time, and, with the ex-
ception of three years, has not been
out of the sight of snow. They are
now enjoying a visit at the home of
the Wichita brother.
ORIENT OFFICES They are being
concentrated at Wichita. All the
offices of those connected with the
Orient construction work and the SUI
perintendence of traffic and passenger
6CA NiOG db AlAS Gnu VI Tic llnc are III
one building. o. C. burrows, CONNER
cial agent of the road, has removed his
headquarters from Anthony and has
Office rooms on Main street in Wichita
j. A. Foley, superintendent, who has
been looking after the business of the
road from Anthony, will also occupy
office rooms in the same building and
will soon direct the traffic operations
from that city.
FLOOD DISASTERS. Mrs. Louis Stud
der was caught in the flood in Buffalo
creek near Randall while trying to
save some cattle and was drowned 1t
is reported from jamestown that while
Patrick Murray and his son were cross
ing bridge over Cheyenne creek with
team the bridge gave way and the
men and horses persisted.
EASTERN STAR.-The grand chapter
of the Kansas order of the Order of the
Eastern Star began its session in the
Scottish Rite temple in Wichita with
about 500 delegates present
ELNs' AncTUAL COMMUNICATIVE
state and territorial association held an
annual convention at Galena which
was in session three days commencing
May IL. The district comprises Kan
sas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Indian Territory and the jurisdiction
numbers sixty lodges.
NOTABLE WEDDING. Miss Mabel
Swayze, the first child born in the town
of Hope, was married the other day in
the house where she was born, TO T. r.
Staff, of Lost Springs. They took Il
wedding trip to California.
YOU'VE PEoPLE's UNIoN.-The Bap-
fist Young Peoples Union will hold :,
state meeting in Topeka early in June
This is a gathering of all the young
peoples organiza lions in the Baptist
church throughout the state. The
meetings will be held in North Topeka
JUDeE MEETS AccIDENr.-Judge
Hutchinson, of the district court, met
with a painful accident at Hugoton bv
which lie was confined to his rooms for
week. In getting into a wagon he
fell and slightly fractured the hons. of