Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-07-09

IGrriOIS Hail SIOTms-TlCQCIlS VI QS-
vestatfon by the terrible storm that
swept the Blue and Kaw valleys just
east of Manhattan, we're brought in
by farmers, who say the damage to
crops was most severe. In many
places small hail stones fell, complete
~ covering the ground and splitting
corn stalks into ribbons. In other b
c2lities hail as large as hens eggs fell.
| Orchards were stripped of their fruit
and oats and wheat just ready to
harvest were beaten to the ground.
Voted Bonds For Coal.-A special
| election was held to vote on the ques-
ton of issuing $4,000 in bonds. in aid
of coal mine being put down at Atch-
ison. The bonds carried by a vote of
to l. The city will be given stock
! GOO. The shaft is down over a thous-
and feet and the uncovering of a
! three-foot vein of coal is expected
hourly.
Prospect !ioIes.-The Junction City
! Oil and Mining company let the con-
tract for digging two prospect wells.
The wells will be sunk 1900 or 1000
feet, and the work will be commenced
in about two weeks. The company
was organized several weeks ago, and
has been Incorporated with 500 shares
of stock at $25 a share. Local people
have bought all the shares.
viii Raise Sheep.-Fred Dold, of
Wichita, will go into the sheep rails
ing business on a large scale If his
alfalfa turns out as bountifully as
he is expecting it to. He has an acre
of the finest alfalfa that has been seen
in this section of Kansas. His idea
is to buy small amount of corn and
feed 1000 head of sheep on the al
falfa-
Attend Wedding - Congressman
Charles Scott and Victor Murdoch,
with their wives, attended the wedding
at Medicine Lodge of Ralph Faxon,
the private secretary of Senator Ches-
ter L Long.
Phillips County Wheat-It is in good
condition and will make an immense
yield, providing the crop is not beaten
down by han or rain. The present
prospects for a fine corn crop are
favorable.
Sedewick County NormaI.-The
Sedgwick county normal will open
July 5 at the Wichita High school
building. A competent corps of in
structors have been employed for the
term.
Military Wedding.-A gold braid
military wedding was an event at
Fort Riley. Capt. Edgar A. Fry OF
Abilene, and Miss Mary MaHa. dapgh-
ter of the colonel, furnished the COCA
sion.
E@eaIth is Better.-Senator longs is
greatly improved. He will spend the
summer at Medicine Lodge until the
campaign begins, when he will place
himself at the disposal of Chairman
Stubs.
Reformatory Turns ln-The reform
atory at Hutchinson will turn bach
into the state general fund $7.097.SS
Of this $1,7O9O9 was unexpended sal
airy appropriation.
Struck Snag.-Homer Moran, Il
years old, was drowned in the Walau
river at Winfield while fishing will
companion from a boat. The bUa
struck a snag.
Heart FaiIure.-Mrs. Rtcka House
i, wife of Jacob House, for twenty year.
I IL 7
very suddenly at her home, of hear
: disease.
: Fort Scott's Bonus.-F'oIt Scott pee
q pie are having to put up SI5,OOo Il
: get natural gas Eipcd to that town
D Wichita gave franchise only.
e Will Irrigate.-A ditch C.1OO fee
f long, will be dug to drain 1000 acre
r of land near Sugar lake, Atchisol
county.
/ Old Brakeman.-Joseph Rocker,
# brakeman on the Mcpherson branch
y was killed at Salina by being caugh
e between two cars while making
Il coupling. Rocker had been a brake
t man ON the Mcpherson branch sine
# the road was built. His home was il
Mcpherson.
II Bonds Voted-Wellingto had a.
4 election on issuing bonds for water
s lights and natural gas. The first tw
l. propositions named carried, but tn
II bonds for prospecting for natura
gas was defeated.
}, Carried tnsurance.-Otto Kuehne
s proprietor of the Topeka Vinegar con
l. pany and the Kuehne Presertin
IS works, states that his loss as "a re
e suit OF the collapse of the Kuehn
3, building in Kansas City would no
p be more than $500. Mr.. Kuehne cal
l. ried accident insurance ON the buildin
TO the amount Of $50, 600
p Is Dead.-A. P. Wall, a farmer VIII
If lived at Lawrence. is dead from
t paralytic stroke. His widow was a
l. one time national president of tn
Woman's Relief Corps.
IS Win Ship Them AII.-In the clio.