Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-07

year on valuation of S593. sos, that is,
the telephone companies which oper-
ate in more than one county These
are assessed by the state board of rail-
road assessors. The others are asses
sed locally. The general companies
last year paid on a valuation of S542,
700. The increase is 81, Jos.
TELEPHONE sA1r.-The olathel Cit
zens' Telephone Company haAobeen
sold to Oscar Ayers. of Gardnek for
$50, 600 Ayers is the owner d the
Gardner Telephone company. bit he
VIII move to Olathe and managk his
new company, of which he is pres dent
and general manager. Connections
are to be made with the Home Tele-
phone company of Kansas City.
ME;Es ARE FLooDED.-The heavy
rains are causing considerable I'M
easiness among the farmers who have
crops on the bottom lands about Pitts
burg. They were submerged. Mines
are flooded in all parts of the district,
| and work was at a standstill for week
or more. Damage to electric light and
telephone wires by the storms was
considerable.
LEvEEs BRoKE.-The crest of the
great flood that had been devastating
Allen and Neosho counties, reached
! Chanute but soon subsidized, due to the
breaking of levees below which re-
leased an immense body of water.
COMMANDER SAnrH.-A w. Smith. of
| Mcpherson, department commander of
| the Kansas G. A. r., fell off load of
hay and dislocated his left shoulder.
| He may be unable to attend the EN-
| pOria encampment next month
! CHANGE OF CLIMArE.-In shipment
from Texas to Butler and Greenwood
| counties one shipper lost one hundred
head of cattle. The change of climate
and the long distance is thought to
| have been the cause.
| oman BURNED IN CAR.-Fire destroyed
! the Santa Fee elevator at independence
| together with several freight cars
! The charred remains of a man sup
|
| found in the ruins.
| HORsERADIsH GRowING.-J. H.
Brown, an Atchissn county man, has
three acres planted in horseradish
Last year he sold 1000 cases of this
article to jobbers and realized good
profit on it.
a SLEEP WALKER.-William Zehn-
der, prominent German farmer.
walked out of a window in Atchison
while asleep and falling upon brick
sidewalk, suffered injuries from which
he died.
THE LATE FLooD.-Thousands of
acres of farm land in Miami county
were inundated, crossings washed out
and small bridges swept away and
crops damaged to large amount.
FELL Down SrAIRs-James w. Nc
Comb, of Alma, fell down a fight of
stairs at his home and when found was
dead. He had lived in Wabaunsee
county 80 years.
SURFEIT OF TRAGfPs.-There is talk
of adopting serious measures TO rid
PaOla of the tramps who infest the
town in larger numbers than was ever
known before.
RAILROAD AssEssMENT.--The increase
in the valuation of Kansas railroad
property this year will be about 81
100000. The total last year was $780,
1865, PA.
UNRooFED A MHI.-A heavy wind
storm blewSthe roof off the mill at New
Cambria and wrecked number of
sheds at the Salina Mineral company's
oil we'll
People MovED.-At Washington the
food was higher than the June flood
OF last year. Trains were bloclladed.
People moved ont of the bottoms.
Is Now HEEo.-James McDade,
who was mentioned in the press dis
patches as being the hero of the bat
tleship Missouri, at Pensacola, was a
Saline county boy. He enlisted from
Gypsum. His friends have received
papers published in Pensacola telling
of the young mans heroism during the
disaster, and predict congressional
recognition.
WAS FOUND DEAD.-The four-year-
old son of Adam Betz, of Ingersoll
was blown away by Il storm and was
found dead.
FEEIGHT CAR BY TRoLLEY.-A Wa.
bash freight ear loaded with building
material for the construction of the
new buildings which will be erected
at Vinewood park the coming season
was shunted onto the Topeka Railway
company's switch at the foot of Jack
son street and taken to the park over
the company's tracks
Coal AND GAS CoMPANY-The OF
tawa County Coal and Gas company
has organized and secured its charter
1t is said the company secured contro
of l 900 acres of land.
VICTIM OF BASE BAIL--Guy Harsh
berger, a former student of the Uni
uersity OF Kansas, is dead as IA result
of injuries received in football game