Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-06-18


ment exercises ever held in Kansas
The exercises consisted of interesting
and practical demonstrations of work
done in the normal Demonstrations
of cookery, wood working and dOmes-
tic science and art were given from
the platform, and the graduates showed
the large audience how to teach cook
cry, sewing, wood working. etc. The
/ graduating class consisted of ten
young ladies, all IF whom expect to
| engage in teaching manual training
and domestic science, and all of whom
have previously been engaged in teach
ing, and gave up schools to spend the
past year taking finishing work in the
Pittsburg normal.
KANSAS ScHooLs.-Kansas now has
s,965 public school buildings, contain
ing 10,075 rooms. During the past
year 1877 new buildings were erected at
a total cost of $194, O49. The value of
all public school property is estimated
at 50, 1S1 ,249. Reports from the vari-
Gus county superintendents to State
Superintendent Dayhof show that TO-
673 teachers were employed during the
past year. They were paid 3,475, 3O7.
The sum of SIS, s12, 7os was spent for all
purposes in the schools.
800 MILES IN A CANoE.-Ed Davidson,
Ralph Martin and Monte Schermer-
horn took voyage in a steel canoe
during the subsistence of the recent
food, from Wichita to Ponca City, a
distance of 300 miles, by river. They
had a number of narrow escapes from
collisions with bridge piers, etc. Many
cattle were seen that had been clught
in the overflow and stranded on the
islands when the water went down.
TRAINED NURSES GRADUATE.-At the
seventh annual commencement of the
Wichita hospital training school for
| nurses there were seven members of
the graduating class. The Wichita
hospital was founded in 1886, and was
converted into a training school for
nurses in 1898. The course of study
includes two years work. The build
ing used was given for this purpose by
Mr.. Cutler, of Boston.
A PIONEER EDIToR.-J. B. Busack,
one of the pioneer newspaper men of
Kansas, is dead at the age of 60 years.
He came to Kansas from Tecumseh,
Neb., where he had published the
Chieftain. His Kansas work was on
the Clay Center Dispatch and after
wards he was the editor of the Wash
ington, Kas., Republican and Register
for more than twenty years.
RIVER ENTERS STORES. the high
est of the flood at Burlington the Ne
osho river rose sixteen inches higher
than ever before and entered some of
the stores on Neosho street. More
than a mile of Santa Fe track was out
| and no trains came in for days. The
waterworks pumping station was flood
ed. Much damage has resulted to
growing crops
KANSAS BLIND SCuooI.-The pupils
of the Blind school of Kansas, in
charge OF Prof. Lahir Williams, gave
an entertainment at the Kansas build
ing at the worlds fair.
MOVING A BOuER.-A. w. Stevenson,
member of the Salina city council, was
seriously hurt while moving q large
boiler. Both his legs were fractured
and his head was cut.
SUES CHURCH.-D. NJ. Harris, until
recently pastor of the Christian church
at Chanutc, has sued the trustees of
the church for $22O. 90, which he claims
to be due him.
600 EGATEs.-There were fully
| that number in attendance at the
thirteenth annual meeting of the Kan
sas State Sunday School association at
Clay Center.
FIRST CELEBRATIoN.-One hundred
years ago the coming Fourth of July
the first celebration was held in Kan
sas The Lewis and Clark exploring
party was at that time in camp near
Atchison. The American flag was
raised over the camp and was saluted
by the firing of guns. A creek near by
was named Independence creek which
name it retains to this day.
| STATE AcCoUNrANT.-State Account
ant Chas Bowett has reported that he
found the accounts of the Hutchinson
reformatory in good shape.
SEN E-CENTENNIAI. Leavenworth
celebrated it's 5Oth anniversary on June
8. The first town lots were stalxed on
June 8, 1854. H. Miles Moore drew up
a charter of the town company. He
was secretary of the company and is
the only member of the company now
in Kansas Judge Kyle, now living in
Montana, is the only other living mem
Der of the company
WILL PLANT MoRE.-David Kepley
and sons, of Grant county, sold s., $40
worth of broom corn last year and viii
put in eco acres this year.
CITY EMPLoYE PENsIoNED. = VIM.
Hoover, assistant chief of the fire de
partment at Atchison who has been re-
tired on account of physical disability,
after % years of faithful service, with