Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-08-13

David Wood of Fox Creek for $40,-
600. This is the ranch which used to
belong to Ed. Holmes ST., with several
sections of pasture land added. There
are about 100 acres of alfalfa and 200
acres of corn land in the bottom and
the rest is as good pasture land as
there is in Chase county Mr.. Wood
gets possession the first of November,
when he will take personal charge of
the ranch.
Ohio Day at Fair-The Kansas state
Ohio association has made arrange
ments with the state fair association
Topeka to set aside Friday of Fair
week as Ohio day. The Ohio associa-
tion will have a headquarters tent on
the ground during the entire week
which will contain a toilet room and
a rest room free to all Ohio-Kansans;
also a register and an information bu-
reau which will enable OhiOans to To-
cate their Ohio acquaintance.
No Campaign Assessments. D.
Coburn, secretary of state board of ag
| riculture, will not permit his Office
force to pay the 21A per cent which
the republican campaign committee
HAS SuBSSSl0Q DIS q COHlIlDullOA lIOm
state officers and employees. He says
his department is non-partisan and
if he gives to one party he will have
to give to the other.
Scarcity of Broom Corn.-Owing to
the scarcity of room corn the factory
at Alton has closed. Farmers general
| ly do not seem to realize that money
can be made by raising broom corn,
and this years crop is a practical fail
ure. The price of brooms had steadily
advanced in the past three years ow
I ing to the continued neglect of the
| broom corn industry
Missing in Old Mexco-Frank King
| man is anxious about the whereabouts
of his brother, VIII, who left Salina
/ year ago last March and went to Old
/ Mexico. For few months after leav-
ing Mr.. Kingman wrote to relatives
/ but suddenly the letters were discon-
! tinued. Attempts have been made to
reach him by letter but have failed.
! Thrown from Horse.-At Winfield
{ Miss Carrie Hiatt was thrown from
/ her and severely injured, having dis
located the fingers of the right hand,
! broken both bones of her right arm
above the wrist, broken her nose and
! lacerated the tissues if the chin from
I the bone.
Wichita Girl Missing.-Bertha Mel
son, the fifteen-year-old daughter of
/ Mrs. II. B. Nelson of Wichita it is be-
/ lieved has been abducted. The girl is
missing and the search made for her
by the police has thus far been I'M
/ successful.
Superintendent Dead.-H. E. Horn
aday, county superintendent of schools
of Crawford county, is dead at the
home of his parents near McCune, af-
ter a long illness. He was a candi-
date for reelection on the republican
ticket.
Report Doubted.-The general Off
ces of the Gulf, Hutchinson & North
western railroad fail to confirm the
Associated Press dispatch from Tope-
ka stating that the road was being
backed by the Rock Island system.
Civil Service.-A civil service exam
ination will be held September and
for the position at librarian of the
general service and staff college, Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas.
Better Than Expected.-Wheat in
Rice county is making from to AZ
bushels to the acre. With a range of
five octaves, who can roar on pros
perity's keyboard?
Robbers at Muscatah.-The hard
ware and jewelry store of w. G. Alli-
son at Muscotah was entered and
Of uo11 RI
$3.50.
Climbed Out Transom.-Sam Wills,
who was in Jail at Lincoln Center, on
a serious charge, escaped by climbing
out the transom.
Postmaster Appointed. = John F.
Price has been appointed postmaster
at Cherokee, Kansas.
To the Northwest.-Now that the
? Kansas farmers are about through
with their wheat harvesting the men
who helped them are rushing to the
wheatfields of the northwest. Local
railroad men have received many re
quests from the farmers up there for
harvest hands and are getting togetb
er. all they can.
Big Log RolIlng.-The Fifth con
gressional district log rolling of the
Modern Woodmen will be held Aug
ust 81. The Abilene Flambeau Club
and the Parker Amusement company
will be features.
Organize Bank-The comptroller Of
the currency has approved the appli
: cation of the following persons tC
organize the Peoples National Bank
of Cherryvale, Kans., capital $50,000i
Charles A Mitchell, William G. Dis
Gus, Benjamin F. Moore, Charles o
Wright and Michael McSweeney.
: On Charge of Murder.-Mrs. Sarat
Taylor. negro woman, was arrested
and placed in the county Jail on the
charge of numbering Daniel Hogan.
machinist who was held up and killed
, on the night of March 81 at Leaven
worth.
+ Best Oil Well.-An oil we'll on the
! Staads farm, two miles northwest o
I Osawatomie was shot and the best oil
| er in the district came in. The drill
! had penetrated thirty feet of oil sand