Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-04-30

will meet to buy about S15o,OoO worth
of books for use in the Kansas high
schools All the big companies of the
country and many of the little ones
are after contracts.
PUBLIC SALES BRING CAsH.-A farm
er near Abilene, after selling his farm
for 81. 200, had a public sale. Instead
of offering the usual ''three per cent
off for cash" he offered ten months
time at six per cent interest. Only a
few buyers asked for time Livestock
and implements to the value of 81, 900
were sold, and it was all, save 5000,
paid in cash.
NEW HOTELS. Sedan will soon have
a new $4,000 hotel Local business
men have formed a company with
paid up capital and plans for the new
structure are being prepared. indie
pendence lis to have new $4,000
opera house, and $4,000 hotel has
been planned for Coffeyville. All
three towns are oil producing
FIRST DEATH IN YEARs.-Private
George Young, Sixth battery, U. S.
field artillery, of Fort Riley, died in
the post hospital of typhoid fever. Al
though there have been about 800
soldiers stationed at the post most of
the time, this is the first death that
has occurred there in several years.
SECRETARIES BANoUErrED.- The Wis
iting secretaries of the state Young
Mems Christina Association were the
guests of the Topeka Y. NJ. c. A. at
banquet given at the Copeland. Eight
cen persons attended the banquet, ten
secretaries and eight members Of the
state executive committee.
SCARLET FEvER.-An epidemic of
scarlet fever is reported at Larned.
Schools, churches, the opera house and
other places of public gathering were
closed by order of the school board
With this report the statement is made
that but one death has occurred.
ORDERED TO KoREA.-Word has been
received at Manhattan that Captain J.
f. Morrison has been ordered to Korea
as military attache to the Japanese
army. he was formerly commanding
officer of the battalion at the State
agricultural college.
FOREIGN Born CoNGREssN1AN.-Oft the
sixteen foreign born members of con-
gress, Kansas has one-Philip P Camp
bell, of the Third district He was
born in Nova Scotia and left there
when he was four years of age.
WHEAT PROSPECTS, Caldwell
Advance declares that the prospects
for bumper crop in Sumner county
were never more favorable than they
are this year.
BURNED IN BARN.-BaXter Kinnee. a
farmer near Menoken, in an attempt
to rescue his horses from burning
barn, was burned, probably fatally.
LITTLE RIVER BOOMING Heavy
rains in Central Kansas caused rise
Little River which may have caused
some floods over banks.
A UNANIMOUS VoTE.-At an election
at Hill City upon issuing bonds for
building a school house every vote was
favorable for the issue.
INVEST IN Oh. LAND.-The Kramer
brothers of Wellington, have put $21-,
900 into a section of land in the oil dis
trict near Fall River.
Lyon COUNTY Characterization
say that Lyon county has an abund-
ant amount of feed and that there has
been1oss of cattle.
HAS A SUBsTITUTE.-The daughter
of Rev. Guy, of Liberal, breaches for
her father when he wishes to take a
vacation.
BUSINESS COLLEGE SToCK.-The Salt
City Business college at Hutchinson
has doubled its capital stock.
BARLEY AND Alfalfa There will
be big acreage of barley and corn in
Graham county this year. A large
amount of alfalfa is also being put in
A. ]. Rice, the wheat king of the
northwest, is putting in about 500
acres of alfalfa this spring.
Run To SALINA-It is rumored that
JuS mon IdcAAc n1SAO pug between
Junction City and Kansas City will be
run on to SaEna. The change may
take place soon. The train, it is said,
has not been paying since the run was
shortened some time ago.
LINDsBoRG PRosPECTING--Th Linds-
borg Commercial club is discussing the
question of prospecting for oil just
outside the city limits. The opinion
prevails that oil and gas exist in that
part of the state. A local company
will likely be organized.
LARGEST FUNERAL.-DennisR RYAN is
dead in Marshall county at the age of
IS. He was one of fourteen brothers
and sisters born in County Tipperary,
| Ireland. His funeral was the largest
ever known in Axtell for he was loved
by his neighbors.
OPEN SKATING RINks.-The roller
skating fad has captured Brown coun-
ty. Several months ago John Schil-
ling Jr-, opened rink in Hiawatha.
The amusement became so popular
that he has hranoT,od r,,,t ord ,,,,1,, -, =,