Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-01-17
KANSAS COMMENT.


down an elevator shaft in an imple-
KANSAS APPOINTMENTS The presi-
dent has appointed the following post
masters in Kansas: William c. Pal
mer, Jewell; Caddie Smith, Lebanon;
Joseph II. Wooden, Mankato; Sydney
w. Gould, Weir.
HAS THREE HOsPIrALs.-This may
be said of Winfield. Drs- Holcomb
and Boyle and Miss L. A. Wells have
bought the Jaquins home on College
Hill and will convert it into hospital
and Sanitarium at once.
Rock Island has let a contract for
600, 900 yards of clay to be used on the
tracks northwest of Herington. The
contracting company will burn 10000
cubic yards per month.
DocToRs MEET.-Physicians from
ten counties in that part of Kansas
met in Concordia and organized the
Third district auxiliary of the Kansas
State Medical Society, with DIR. Saw
hill, of Concorlia, president
On CENTRAL BRANCH.-The heavy
business being done along the Central
Branch road has compelled the Western
Union to string an extra wire as far
west as Concordia, making four wires
between Blue Rapids and Atchison.
DEATH OF Mrs. DR. HEwITT.-Mrs.
Lulu s. Hewitt died at Topeka on jan
nary 7. She was daughter of the
Rev. DR.. McCabe, so long a Topeka
pastor, and her husband was president
of the Presbyterian college Of Emporia,
of which Mrs Hewitt was a member
of the faculty. Her sister Martha
is now a member of the faculty.
OLD PEOPLE PROVIDED FoR.-Mr.
and Mrs. A. j. RinlSer, two old people
of Arkansas City, have fallen heir to
an estate in Illinois and their share of
the property will be over So, OOO They
are very poor and live ina shanty in
poor part of the city. Both are very
feeble and this will be enough to keep
them comfortable for the balance of
their days.
NEW Rock ISLAND DEPoT.-The
ground has been surveyed at Salina
for a New Rock Island depot to be
erected soon. The building will be on
the site of the present station. The
present depot will be moved and used
as freight house. This improvement
by the Rock Island is the first of many
railroad improvements to be made in
Salina this year.
DOUBLED THEIR RECEIPTS
Kansas City Journal says that north
eastern Kansas horticultursts who
sent their pear crop into cold storage
last fall are now in clover. When the
a barrel. Now they are worth 50 and
the price is still advancing. Several
farmers have made from So, 900 to
S., 900 each by holding their pears.
PROSPEROUS YEAR For SToCKMEN.-
The year 1902 was an exceedingly
prosperous year for the stoclSmen, and
the thirteenth annual meeting of the
Kansas Improved Stock Breeders as
sociation, to be held at Topeka on
January IL, 10 and Il, has every prom
Use of being u record breaker in attend
ance Secretary II. A. Heath, of To
pel<a, is the busiest man at the state
capital.
MORE MODERN Coal CHUTEs.-W. c.
Stiff's force of carpenters having fin
ished the coal chute at Syracuse, has
gone to Lamar to build one. From
Lamar he goes to Garden City to put
in modern chute. The Lallin chute
will then be torn out.
PIPING GAS To CITY.-This work is
progressing at Pleasanton. There are
too good wells which have about Is
pounds pressure. The buildings are
the stores and many residences will be
lighted with natural gas.
COAL From THE PENITENTIARY.-I
takes close to 200 tons of coal each
stitutions. Warden L. b. Jewett of
the state penitentiary reports that dur
lug the month of December he had sup
piled the state institutions with 49,
sos bushels of coal valued at about
$4,000.
FLOUR MILLS Our OF CoAI.-At
Atchison it has become impossible to
secure coal to supply local needs. A
fearing mill has been shut down and
the others will have to.
INDIAN GIRLS VIcToRIoUs.-The
Haskell Indian girl basket ball team
won from the Topeka high school team
on the Haskell court by score of %
to 5. 1t was fast and hard game
from the start, but the locals had al
the best of it. They were faster thar
their opponents and had faculty o.
always getting hold of the ball.
ANOTHER STATE BoARD.-The aue
tioneers of Kansas met at Topeka ant
ask the legislature to create a stat'
board for examination and registra
ton and to give certit ieates-
KANSAS EXPORTS DEMONSTRATIONS
ing mills-of Junction City have com