Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-02-14
KANSAS COMMENT.

the legislature cut out, In committee OF
the whole, the bill for liens on thresh-
ing grain.
FORTY OF THEM.-The payroll shows
that there are over forty sergeants at
arms serving the Kansas house of rep
resentatives.
GIFT TO BAKER-The w. c. T. U. at
Baldwin has presented a life-size pict-
ure of Miss Frances E. Willard to
Baker university.
ANOTHER HIGH standardization
City will vote at the municipal election
upon a proposition for the erection of
$50, 900 high school
WAHT SECRET SERVICE. petition
from Labette county, with about 100
signers, asks the legislature to create
secret service department for the state.
THE WINFIELD WELL.-The we'll at
Winfield has been cleared of the wreck
age and the town will have to put up
its $40, 900 a. soon as the casing is put
in
of Nemaha county, was carrying post
behind n horse and the horse kicked it
so that one end pierced his side and he
died.
ELEVATOR BURNED.-The Hoffman
elevator at Abilene, used for corn,
caught fire from the dynamo and was
burned. The loss is So, 900 with 81, 900
Insurance.
FIRST HALF 721l PER CENT.-The
collection of the first half of the taxes
of 1902 in Shawnee county resulted in
balancing off 791G per cent of the total
for the year.
ELEVATOR BURNED.-Elevator "a"
of the j. X. Davidson Grain Co., the
largest structure in Parsons, was dis
covered to be on fire during high
wind which, luckily, was blowing in
direction to aid the firemen who saved
the building, but there was consider
able damage done.
LARGEST CASH BoND.-The largest
cash bond ever put up in Kansas in a
criminal case was filed with the dis
trict clerk of Smith county. Albert
Jordon, farmer, and his wife were
arrested charged with beating an
adopted son to death. Nobody would
go on their bond, which was fixed at
5000 They put up the cold cash
and were released. Jordon said he
could have put up $50, 900 cash bond
If it was required.
G. A. r. .MoNUAlENT.-The bill in the
legislature to erect state monument
in memory of the soldiers and sailors
of the civil war is backed by the Kan
sas G. A. r. 1t provides for an appro-
priation of 5000, 1000 for that purpose.
The monument is to be erected on the
capitol square, Topeka. The money is
to be raised by direct taxation. Only
$12, 500 is to be raised each year. This
will take sixteen years to complete the
monument.
INFORMATION acknowledgements
tive Godshalls, of Rice county, has
measure before the legislature requir-
ing that the register of deeds of Rice
county shall take observations of the
temperature and of the barometer
three times day and record them; also
record the daily precipitation, the ac-
tion of the wind, the current daily
prices of grain and live stock; also
shall record any local event of general
interest; all of which shall be open to
public inspection. All of this work to
be done without any compensation.
CASH ROAD TAx.-So many road tax
bills have been introduced that the
House committee on roads and high
ways has about reached the decision TO
prepare a committee bill on the sub
ject. 1t is probable that the cash road
tax system will be established by the
bill and the employment of none but
competent road overseers provided for.
ABOUT Gov. MoRRILL.-This is going
the rounds: Ex-Governor Morrill, is the
largest man in Hiawatha save one. Mr..
Morrill, is six foet tall and weighs pa
pounds.
REMOVE DIVISION OFFICERs.-It has
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offices of Division Superintendent Nc
Clellan and Trainmaster Austin with
the clerks and dispatchers necessary to
run the offices, are to be moved from
Topeka to Emporia in the near future.
The number of employees in the two
Offices is about twenty-five.
OUT OF DEBT For YEARs.-The Oska-
loosa Independent says that jefferson
county owes on neither bonds nor war
rants-free from debt and has been
many years.
JACKSON COUNTY LANDS. During
the past sixty days real estate has been
in great demand in Jackson county.
Several farms in the vicinity of Holton
have changed hands within the past
two months. Fred Myers, who resides
west of Holton, has Just sold his farm
for $75 per acre, and the improvements
are only ordinary.
HAVE 1000 PoPULATIoN.-Goyern
Bailey has issued proclamations de-
claring Scammon and Lexington cities
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