Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-07-23
KANSAS COMMENT


the Baker university, is dead at Bald
win.
Good Chance For Wheat.-Heavy
rains at Woodston, Kans., have dam
aged the crops. Wheat is not ripe
enough to be damaged much, and har-
vest will begin in a few days. The
prospects are favorable for a large
yield.
; First New Wheat-The first load
of the new crop of wheat was brought
to Mcpherson by Blackman brothers
and was sold. The wheat tested fifty
five pounds and had a good color. 1t
sold for rs cents. The machine meas
ure runs fifteen bushels per acre. 6
Kansans Want Free Farms.-Fif-
teen men left Eureka over the Mis-
souri, Pacific, and the Santa Fe
took out a number, with more to fol-
low, all bound for Yankton, South
Dakota, to register for farms in the
Rosebud reservation, which is being
opened for settlement.
Grasshoppers in Kansas.-Grass-
hoppers are doing much damage to
crops in Kearney and adjoining coun-
beet fields are damaged most, but
the alfalfa seed crop will likewise be
damaged.
Insane Immigrant Deported.-Au-
gust Meill, German of Reno county,
who has been found insane. will be
taken to Chicago Immediately, where
he will be turned over to the immi-
grafton office for deportation to Ham
burg, Germany, which country he left
ten months ago. The state asylum
would not receive him because he
had not gained a residence here, and
County Attorney Brown took the mat
ter up with the government agent.
who will have him sent home.
Plans to Protect Track.-Santa Fe
engineers are planning to make i'm
provements on the Southern Kansas
division OF the Santa Fe. which will
help do away with the annoyance
and inconvenience caused by high
water every spring and summer in
that section of the state. The plans
of the engineers are that the road
bed will be raised several feet at
every point where the tracks cross
a stream or where there has been
trouble with high water. Surveys
will be made and estimates will be
made on the cost of the work at
once.
Gets Rhodes SchoIarship.-E. w.
Murray was elected to the Cecil
Rhodes scholarship to Oxford college
by a board consisting of Chancellor
Strong Of the university, President
Plass of Washburn. and President
Murlin of Baker. Out of the five who
took the examination in May, three
passed 1t. They were E. w. Muir
ray and George Nutting of Kansas
university and Mr. Elbright of Baker
Murray ranked high in every branch
of the examination. The scholarship
consists of a three-years' course at
Oxford. England. with 300 pounds
per year. Residence at Oxford will
begin in October.
Kick on Assessments.-At Topeka
the state board of equalization heard
on their assessment, as returned to
the state auditor. Atchison county
looks for a raise. 1t doesn't want the
raise to be higher than 10 per cent
Hamilton county wants a decrease
of so per cent on It's real estate. Bar
Der county want 20 per cent reduc
ton on both personal and real es
tate. Dickinson wants a slight re
duction. Sumner asks that it's LAND
valuation be reduced to correspond
with the assessment of land in ad
joining counties. Morton wants its
assessment lowered 25 per cent. Nc
Pherson. Ellsworth, Marion and An
derson want to be left alone.
Reports From Shawnee County,
Farmers say that from 80 to 90 pei
cent of the wheat will be saved, al
though a little of it will be of infer
ior quality. Corn is growing very
rapidly and will turn out much better
than was expected. The weeds arr
bad in many corn fields, but the farm
ers think they can manage them.
Firemen's Tournament-At tn,
meeting of the executive board of tn,
State Firemens association, at Man
haitian, that town was selected &!
the place for holding the state tourna
ment. September 81 to 20 inclusive.
Around Conway Springs.-A repor
from Conway Springs declares it diff
ficult to make a close estimate, blu
It is presumed that probably not NOR,
than one-third of the wheat in tina
locality remains uncut, and some o
that will probably never be cut, a!
much Of it is down and it will be i'm
possible to get in some parts of tn,
fields with a machine in less than
week, even if it should quit rainin;
now.
Bailey at Girard.-W. J. Bailey de
hvered the Fourth of July address a
this place.
Ran Prices Up.-The merchants il
some of the flooded towns of Kansas
took advantage of the people an,
tried to hold them up for highe
prices on vegetables, and in fact
everything to eat. However. thi
only lasted for a few days until tn
farmers could get to town.
Citizens Surprised.-e'he people o
Winfield were very much surprise,
when the surveyors OF the interurbal
line. which will enter the city iron
Arkansas City, reached there. Thi
line will be the only electric line II