Free press., 1904-12-24
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secretary's report at the thirty-third
annual meeting of The Kansas State
Grange states that eight new oranges
have been organized the last year. in
creasing the membership $40. 4 resO
luton favOring the reorganization OF
the Grange life insurance was ad-
opted. \ resolution in favor of a
county inspector TO visit each grange
at least once u year was also passed
Reports OF the secretary on the fire
insurance department showed an in
crease of 20 per cent in the bHs;-
ness
Testing Water Pressure = The
Spring River Power Company. conf
posed of Chicago men, has completed
a large cement dam across Spring
river at Galena, and a test OF the wa
ter pressure is being made. a $500
horsepower electrical plant will be
generated and will be used in the min
ing plants of this district The i'm
prOvements made by the company
amount TO more than half million
dollars.
Youngest in the WorId.-Powhattan
has one of the youngest chauffeurs in
the world. His name is Grant Bred
ahl and ne is but four years old. He
! started out for a ride in his fathers
automobile the other day but was dis
covered by some neighbors. who, af-
ter much argument, finally persuaded
him 10 take the machine back TO the
barn. They couldn't run the thing.
Permanent Injunction.-As the re-
| suit of a permanent injunction, issued
by Judge Flannelly, all the saloons
and joints are closed at independence
The injunction includes only four
joints, but the saloons close5 for fear
of an action. independence has been
an open town for ten years and con-
! tempt proceedings are pending
against several jointists now
Fire at Y. M. C. A.-Fire, caused by
defective electric wiring. broke out
in the new Railway Y. NJ. c. 4. build
! ing at Topeka and for while it was
threatened with destruction. The
| department put out the flames after
! 500 damage had been done This is
the building of which President
Roosevelt laid the corner stone.
Charged With Forgery. Ben
! Woods of Lane has been lodged in
| Jail at Ottawa charged with forgery.
! Woods is accused of passing bogus
checks on Ottawa and Lane parties
The complaint against him is made
by Lane parties who took up his pa
| per.
! Killed BY FaII.-At LeavenwOrth
Mrs. Wilhelmina Wederbrook, 50
! years old, fell down a stairway and
received injuries from which she died
| almost Immediately, at the home of
] her daughter Mrs. John Schneider.
Mrs. Wederbrook had lived in Leav-
! enworth since 1869.
| Oversee Model Road-An the road
overseers of Sumner and COwley
counties in Kansas, and Kay county,
Oklahoma, have been invited to Ar
kansas City as guests of the town De
cember 81, to see the government
model road builders at work with
| their machinery.
Leg Broken in FalI.-E. H. Hitch
cock, president of the school board
school of Kansas, was thrown from
his buggy at Cherokee. His right leg
was broken and he was otherwise
seriously injured.
Killed 412 Rabbits. - Four hundred
and twelve rabbits were killed in
o.
Newman and vicinity. divided into
two sides. An oyster supper Will be
given by the losing side. The rabbits
filled wagon and were marketed at
Perry, Kansas.
Merchant Hangs Himself. - Henry
Checksfield, aged 81, a merchant at
Oakland, Shawnee county, committed
suicide by hanging. He had been i'll
a long time and was despondent.
Hundreds of Jackrabbits.-A wagon
load of jackrabbits was sold at Wichi-
ia last week. The load contained 631
rabbits, the result of a hunt by the
Anti-HOrse Thief Association at An
dover in a competitive shoot. AnOth
er wagon load of 63S rabbits killed
in a similar way near Greenwich was
shipped to New York.
Out of Montgomery. = The Kansas
Natural Gas Company today finished
the work of laying its gas line out of
Montgomery county. There is some
talk that at an unguarded moment it
will be torn up.
Heaviest Man in State. = J. l. Viii
liams. believed to be the heaviest man
in Kansas, died at his home in Paola.
after a weeks illness. He was ABOUT
GO years old. He was born in Ken
lucky, but came to Paola from Kan
sas City. Kas.. about sixteen years
ago. He weighed about 45O pounds.
Wanted in Topeka. = George Rey-
nolds, wanted in Topeka on a charge
of grand larceny, was arrested at
Wichita and turned over to the sher-
if of Shawnee county. He is the fifth
man caught here for outside officers