Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
KANSAS COMMENT

on tne nlSnC OF May % ulieu SJrcainS
and stopped spring work.
COYOTE ScALPs.-A scalp hunter
found 20 scalps around Williamsburg
which he will deliver to the county
clerk.
STRIKE SPREADING.-The Santa Fe
strike has reached the Argentine shops.
Armed men patrol the grounds and on
striker or strike sympathizer is allowed
to approach the place.
WELL. ABANDoNED.-The second gas
and oil well at Emporia has been aban-
doned. A piece of steel was dropped
in the we'll by unknown parties and
could not be pulled out.
INSURANCE Co. BARRED.-The Kan
sas insurance department announces
that the North American Investment
company of st. Louis has no authority
to do business in Kansas.
KANSAS SOAKED AGAIN.-Kansas got
another thorough soaking on May 5.
The fall was as heavy in the far West
ern counties as in the eastern part.
The Kaw river is rising slowly.
KEPT WOMEN TEACHER .-The move
ment in Leavenworth to supplant the
women principals in the graded schools
by men came to a close when the school
board voted to retain the women.
REUNION AT DoUGLAs-The fourth
annual reunion of the Walnut Valley
Association of Old Soldiers of Kansas
and Oklahoma will be held at City
park in Douglas, August % to %.
ERGor POIsoNING.-J. w. Guthrie,
near Walton, lost % cattle in one day
from ergot poison and there were more
in bad condition. The ergot is fun
gus growth which appears on rank
growing grain at the joints.
APPENDICITIS VICTM-William NJ.
Wallace, county attorney of Kingman
county, Republican politician and IA
high official in the A. O. U. w, died in
a Wichita hospital of appendicitis.
Mr.. Wallace had been sick two weeks
and was removed to the hospital where
he was operated upon.
CLOSED SHoPs.-The city council of
Concordia has passed an ordinance
closing barber shops on Sunday and
imposing n fine of not less than SIS nor
more than $50 for violation of said or
dinance, the petition being signed by
all of the boss BARRIERS but one, and by
all journeymen but three.
MORE ABOUT ORIENT.-The Orient
railway is now pushing it's Kansas line
1t has let the grading contract from
Cottonwood Falls to the Osage county
line through Lyon county and graders
are now at work The company has
finished paying for its right of way
through Usage city, and buildings are
now being moved off. 1t is the opin-
ion of business men there that the
Orient will connect with the Missouri
Pacific at that place and run into Kan
sas City.
PAsTURAGE FULL.-Mr. Robson, of
FL Dorado, says: 1.-The highest price
for the grazing of Texas cattle is being
paid this year. The price per head for
the season in some parts of the county
is S3.5 The highest price ever paid
before to my knowledge was IS n head
We had about 20, 900 cattle in Butler
county on March l. by the end of
May $1,000 more cattle to Craze viii be
in the county. Every inch of pastur-
age is taken and if man were to take
500 head of cattle to Butler county
now don't believe he could find pas
turage for them"
FORESTRY AGENT. George w. finch
err, of Topeka. has been appointed
special agent of the United States for
estry department.. His duty will be
to travel over Kansas in the interest
of forestry. Mr.. Tincher is an expert,
having experimental with tree culture
for many years. His tree farm near
Council Grows is one of the largest in
the country.
PRIVATE LIGHT PLANT.-C. A. Sea
man and G. w. Kanavel, of Sedgwicl1,
have installed private electric light
plant to light their residences.
FIsuERMEN's CLuB.-Fifty Newton
fishermen have. formed club to be
be known as the Newton Izaal1 Wal
ton club. The club has bought tract
of land on Little River, fifteen miles
west of town, and will have it fitted
up as Il fishing resort. In the course
of time u club house win probably be
built there and other improvements
made.
KANSAS EGGs.-St. Louis merchants
have men in this state buying eggs &c
supply the demand in that city during
the worlds fair
TELEPHoNE STRIKE.-The hello
girls of the Missouri and Kansas tele-
phone exchange at Atchison went on a
strike following the walllout of line
men. The plant is completely tied UP
1t is not exactly a sympathy strike or
the part of the girls, who are demand
ing an increase of SIS u month in THEN
pay.
REFERENCE BooKs--Teachers anC
pupils may use any books they plens.
for reference purposes, according tC
an opinion written bv John Dawson