Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-06-27
KANSAS COMMENT.

KICKED TO DEATH.-M. w. Wheeler,
n prominent citizen of Kingman conn
ty, and a Mexican war veteran, was
kicked 10 death by horse last week.
TwINE REQUIRED IN KAysAs.-Kan-
sas City jobbers estimate the amount
of binding Irvine required to supply
the Kansas farmers this year is $500
tons or 1900, 900 pounds
MANY SPRINGS OPEyED.-Up Smoky
Hill Valley on the Brownrigg farm, a
well has started an artesian flow, run
ming steadily. Many cellars continue
TO ill from spring waters though re-
Peatedly pumped out.
THE WoEsr WRECKED CITY.-After
an inspection of Armourdalc a repre-
sentative of a New York charity Or
ganization who studied carefully the
conditions at Johnstown and Calves
ton, says that Armourdale is the worst
wrecked city he ever saw.
WANT HARyEsTERs. Ellis county
has about 1000 wheat farmers, Il ma
jority of them having more than 200
acres each. These farmers arc asking
for a rate of a cent mile to bring har-
vest hands from the west, rs there are
plenty of men in Colorado towns who
would come.
CARLOAD OF SUPPLIES. From the
accommodations of clothing, bedding and
supplies received for state relief ear
load was sent to Argentine. Argen,
tine, a separate municipality from Kan
sas City, Kas-, received but little at
tention for n while, although it suffered
much by the flood.
GIRL ORATOR.. Tiera Farrow,
of Chanutc, graduated i'll law at Kan
sas university. She is said to be I
champion orator. While attending
the law school she never called upon
her father for cent She made
enough money keeping books TO pay
her board and all other expenses.
THUNDER SroRMs.-Topella, Parsons,
Caldwell, Empora, Reading and Fort
Scott and probably other localities,
were visited on June IS, all in the eve
ming or carly night, with heavy thun-
der storms with considerable rainfall
At Topeka telephone and telegraph
service was affected by lightning. The
storms were mostly local.
WIyFIELD COURIER Nor SOIp.-Geo.
A. Clark and Ed. p. Greer did have some
bargaining concerning the plant Of the
paper. but Greer finally refused 20
make the sale. lie says: I'VE are just
going to live mere in Winfield and at
the end DC buried out in Union ceme-
terry where our parents lie" Thirty
years ago Mr.. Greer became devil boy
boy in the Courier Office.
SALE OF A RANcn-The Glendale
ranch, northwest of Salina, owned BY
Ed Nicholson, has been sold to II. A.
Hawk and Charles Ellis, of Atchison
county for sec, 400. The ranch con-
tains 2,64O acres. Nicholson bought
the property three years ago for SIS,
Saline county recently made, each
amounting to over $25, 900.
WHEAT IN SHORT GRASS COUNTRY
In Lane, Wichita and Scott counties,
ties in the state, the wheat stands
breast high and will yield from % to
30 bushels to the acre. In this section
of the state the farmers only get about
one good crop of wheat in three or four
years, and the average yield is only
NV
wheat than usual was planted as Il
speculation and the people are dazed
at the size of their crop.
Houses HAVE Foor RoT.-Reports
from the flooded farmers about Abilene
say that many horses that stood two or
three days in the water before rescued
are dying of rottcd hoofs, similar to
foot rot in sheep. The loss in stock on
the bottoms will be large.
LOST IL CREEK BRIDeEs- Dickinson
county had IL creek bridges carried
from their places by the food, most of
them worth 81, 500 to 81 200. Only one
is broken up and it is estimated that
the others can be replaced for about
$4,000.
HUGE PILE OF DEBRIS AT the mouth
of the Kaw there is pile of debris, of
houses, tracks, fences, animals and
perhaps human bodies over mile wide
and two miles long. In the union
yards in Kansas City there is large
hole filled with water, probably made
by swirl, out of which two engines
and four Pullman cars have been taken
already.
PAoI.A RAISED REILEF.-It amounted
to $500 in money and 81 800 worth OF
clothing, which was sent to Argentine
and ArmourLalc.
THE GOVERNMENT LosS.-At Leav
enworth the 600 acre farm a: the fed
ervu penitentiary was swept bare oil
the growing crops by the floods War
den McClaughry says that The property
destruction in Kansas was much great
err than Galveston suffered by the great
tidal food.
FEST PASSENGER TRAIN.-The frs
passenger train on the Union pacifi,
since Nav 2a arrived at Junction City