Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-02-13

dodgers We're being investigated He
was committed for contempt and has
| asked the supreme court for a writ OF
habeas corpus to secure his release.
The case makes conmotion among
tax dodgers and will affect the banks
as deposits will be drawn out before
March / and hidden
TREAT FOR ORPHANs-Grand Master
BestOr g. Brown has invited the chill
drcn of the Masonic home at Wichita
to visit Topeka while the grand lodge
is in session there February 10 Mr.
Brown bears all the expense and in
tends to show the children the best
and happicst time of their lives The
Ladies of the Eastern Star will have
the care of the children while there,
and show them all the sights.
On FIELDS CoNNECTED.-Ave very large
/ flow of oil was struck about halfway
between Leroy and Neosho Falls upon
the east side of the Neosho river and
about one and one-nalf miles from the
group of wells east of Leroy and about
| the same distance above the most
northern well in the Neosho Falls
field. Oil men say that this we'll
| proves that the two fields are connect
| ed.
/ FLORENCE STATION BURNED. Fire
| totally destroyed the Santa Fee passen-
| ger station at Florence. Florence is a
division and junction point and the
/ passenger station was ii pretty large
/ structure. Much business is transacted
at that place. Very few of the con-
( tents are said to have been saved and
! the building was burned to the ground
RAISING lemons success in
/ Wilson and Sumner counties in pro
| ducing a few home raised lemons has
! impelled W. f. Schell. director of hor-
/ tieultural exhibits to the worlds fair
to say that in his Judgment the lemon
industry viii develop rapidly IN Kan
sas within the next few years.
New MASONIC LoDGE.-Io,va lodge
No. 254, a. F. & y NJ. of St. John.
! chartered a special train and seventy
five of the members accompanied Wor-
! shipful Fred $. Venner TO hutchinson
where the officers of the grand lodge
| exemplifed the work in the third de
gree.
WAsIBURN IS 39.-WashbuIn college
I celebrated its thirty-ninth anniversary
Feb. >. President Plass delivered an
address at the chapel and appropriate
services We're held during the day. At
night the faculty and students gave y
reception to the friends of the college
SECOND TIME.-The burning of the
Presbyterian church at Chetopa is the
second time in five years that this
church has lost its house OF worship by
/ fire. Both fires were caused by fur
J naces.
/ HUTCHINSON WANTS NExT-Tbe
! Hutchinson newspapers are agitating
the securing for next year of com
! binatiOn live stock sale such as has
been successful at Wichita.
/ \ LAND SALE. \. Glaze, ex-coun-
! " commissioner. of Clay county, sold
his farm of 100 acres on the Republican
river for S11, 900, almost SO an acre.
! FIRE AT MCPHERSON caused a loss
of nearly 1000 1t started in a large
! donble store in the Michaels building,
which was totally destroyed.
To SINK SHAFr-Progressive farm
ers of Rocks county are raising $4,000
with which TO sink shaft in search OF
coal and gas.
MAYOR VEroEs.-Mayor Leist, of
Kingman, vetoed an ordinance reducing
the salary of the police of his city
4 New MII.I.-Hutchinson is to have
2 new mill in which every machine is
to be run by a separate motor.
Two CANNoNs.-S senator Long has
secured two cannons for the city park
at Great Bend.
TRADING STAMPS. city council
of Wichita has virtually kicked out OF
the city all trading stamps by placing
a license of SIS month upon mer-
chants using them. The ordinance in
cludes trading stamps. coupons pre-
miums or any trading device furnished
| by foreign companies
SINK THREE HOIEs-The gas and oil
committee of Great Bend having made
"a favorable report To an enthusiastic
meeting of citizens, it was decided to
sink three holes to a depth of 5000
feet each.
A Mo. PAC. WRECK.-One person was
killed and fourteen injured in Mis-
souri, Pacific wreck, caused by broken
rail, near Miller, Kas. The engine and
rear car, Pullman, did not leave the
track, but the baggage car, mail car,
smoker and chair car were ditched and
badly shattered. 1t is believed that
the wreck was caused by the swapping
of rail because of frost.
CIVIL SERVICE.-The civil service
commission commenced examinations
at Salina for clerks and carriers in the
mail service February 3.
BROWN COUNTY MINEs.-A company
has been organized at Sun Springs in
Brown county to employ oil drillers
and capable miners TO prospect and see
what lies under Brown county. In