Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-01-16
KANSAS COMMENT.

OVERLOOK fIEE.-I1dlI Tic OuSihSoS
portion of Overlook is destroyed by
fire
BANK AT BENEDICT.-Th Benedict
State bank, capital 900, has taken a
charter.
CoNcoRDIA FIRE.-A night fire in
Concordia destroyed a s25, 900 stock OF
boots and shoes.
CANNED RABB1r.-This product of
Kansas is said to be sold in New York
as potted chicken.
KILL RABBIrs.-In Barber county
thirty sportsmen took day OF and
killed 324 rabbits.
GRAVEL ON STREETS. Winfield is re-
pairing its streets with gravel taken
from the earth near the town.
BARBER COUNTY HoRsEs.-A string
of driving horses was taken from Bar
Der county last week to California.
TWICE As MANY.-The record of the
births and deaths for Topeka during
1903 shows BIG births and 624 deaths.
ONE-TuIRD OF AIL.-Nearly one
third of the total amount raised by
taxation in Kansas is for the support
of public schools.
STATE CoNYENTIoN.-By vote of p
to IL by the Republican state committee
the state convention was located at
Wichita, to be held on March 8.
Gull DUDLEY RETIREs.
Dudley who has run private bank in
Topeka for "a years, has sold it to the
First National bank and will retire
from business.
On WAsmNGToN's SrAFF.-Grandma
Little is dead at Eureka at the age of
80 years. Her mother lived to the age
of 90 wears and her father was an Off
Ger on the staff of General Washington.
ORIENT SHOPs-The Orient has an
nounced that with the coming of spring
the construction of the shops will be
commenced at Wichita and the Occu-
patton of the yards and necessary side
tracks would be made.
To SUPREME CoURT.-Whether Gov
ernor Bailey had authority to appoint
district judges to serve the vacant terms
of one year created by the biennial
election law will be decided next
month by the supreme court.
DIED OF PNEUMoNIA.-Thomas n.
Hancock, formerly a representative in
the Legislature and chairman of the
board of managers of the Dodge City
Soldiers home under Stanley, died at
his home in Olathe of pneumonia.
OLDEST LIVING SETTLER.-Potter
claims the oldest living settler in Kan
sas in the person of Uncle Tom
Daniels, of Kicl1apoo. Mr.. Daniels
settled on Kickapoo island, near the
mouth of Salt creek, in 1852. two years
before the actual settlement of Kansas,
and still owns the same tract of
land, including a fine farm near the
mouth of Salt Creek valley. Potter is
in the southeast corner of Atchison
county.
LARGE BONDS PREFERRED.-"I can
not Understand why municipalities
issue bonds in small denominations, ~
said Bond Clerk Cole, of the state au-
ditors office. Bond companies do
not like to handle bonds of small de-
nominations. An issue of $50, 900 in
bonds is worth $l.5OO more if the
bonds are for 81 900 than if they are
for 500. Then, too, the cost of print
ing a batch of small denomination
bonds is more than for printing those
of large denominations"
UNION FoRSED.-Carpenter of Hia-
watha say the contractors, in making
estimates on work, figure the wages OF
carpenters on high union scale and
then pay them as low wages as they
will stand. They have organized a
union to get the benefit of \ standard
scale of wages.
WAS X. U. JANIToR.-James Merys
for many years janitor of Kansas
University and custodian of one build
ing. shot himself He had lost hi:
position on account of i'll health, which
is thought to be the cause of his act.
TRANSFER OF CIERKs-It is an
nounced at the Santa Fe general office.
in Topeka that the tariff clerks of the
freight department of the road are K
be removed To Chicago in a short time
f. c. Maegley, assistant general freight
agent for the road, was transferred t
Chicago some time ago and the tariff
clerks will be in his department.
A MASONIC HALL.-Colored citizen.
of Pratt have formed a company t.
build two-story brick business build
ing. The upper story win be hal
for the colored Masonic order
LIGHTER MILK SuPPLY.-The Contra
Kansas creameries are reporting
much lighter milk supply than yeal
ago. The late seeding of wheat prac
tically has cut off the wheat pastur,
so generously used in preceding years
and has compelled the farmers to feeC
their cows on hay and roughness will
the result that less milk is produced.
A FREIeHr WREcK-A Santa f,
freight train was wrecked mile cas-
of Salina and twenty ears were thrown
off the track. The wreck was cause,
by large stone falling off fiat car.