Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-02-06
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1neV nave an dSSOcldLlOn winch mas
agreed to do away with the credit bus
mess and start in on a strictly cash
basis. a statement will accompany
the bill of lading for shipments of flour
regardless of the financial standing or
responsibility of the consignee, and
the goods viii be delivered c. o. d.
The millers are compelled to pay cash
for their wheat and they figure that
the buyers ought to pay them cash in
return. Nearly every milling concern
in Southeastern and Southern Kansas
and Southwestern Missouri belong to
the association, and the new rule wiz
be strictly observed.
WORK AT FoRr RILEY.-The work on
three large buildings is finished. They
are one double cavalry barraclz, one
gun shed and one artillery stable
Since the first of the year the work on
twelve new buildings has been finished
at the post, and altogether they viii
cost the government more than $780,
900. Since the Improvement Of Fort
Riley commenced about eighteen
months ago an amount of money equal
to that has been paid by the govern
ment for other buildings that have
been completed and accepted. There
is still large amount of unfinished
work at the post, and a number of
large contracts are TO be let within tho
next few weeks.
Irrigation EXPERIMENTS. = Charles
T. Scott, epresentative-at-lar from
Kansas, has secured the incorporation
in the agricultural appropriation bill
of an item amounting to S65, 900 for ir-
rigation experimental work, to be car
ried on under the supervision of Ell
wood Meade, of the department of ag
riculture. y large portion of this APP
preparation will be expended at Fort
Hays, where the state has an expert
ment station.
FINED FOR ISLANDER. = Retnhold,
Meyer, a farmer, confessed Judgment
in court at Abilene for 81 600 for SLAM
derous expression regarding Robert
Teller. Mrs. ]. w. CouIson, another
neighbor, whose name was connected
with Telfer's in Meyers remarks, Sc
cured Judgment for So, 900 last fall.
For PUBLIC Observation-Disclosures
have been completed for the erection
of a free public library at Manhattan.
The contract was awarded for $1O,-
72O. so. Andrew Carnegie donated $1O,-
900 for the building. Work will be
commenced immediately and is to be
completed by August /, 1904.
A WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT. - Mrs.
Annie Randel is superintendent OF the
the Miami county poor farm. Since
last May she has turned into the county
treasury S311. 55,-proceeds from sell
ing stock. She recently deposited
$21O.O7 more for hogs and cattle sold.
LAFAYETTE YouNa.-This gentle
man, who is editor of the Des Moines.
Iowa, Capital, made Il speech at the
banquet of the Kansas Day club which
is generally eulogized in the reports.
Coal. MINE FIRE-It broke out in
the North Leavenworth coal shaft and
near the mine mule stables The
mules We're freed and they scattered
through the mine.
CHu-DREN's REcEPTIoN.-Thes seventh
and eighth grades of the Conway
Springs schools gave a reception
to the old soldiers January 20.
GRAIN IS MoyING.-The traffic on the
wheat belt lines is assuming normal
conditions once more and grain is be-
ing shipped as received.
BIT OFF HIS FINGER-C. r. Morris,
of Arkansas City, was butchering q hog
and the animal caught his finger and
bit it off.
PRACTICAL IRRIGATION. - George
Wants, of Caldwell, has put in 800 feet
of thing for irrigating his garden.
a LYON COUNTY Boy-Captain Har-
bord, who is chief of staff in Manila, is
a Lyon county boy, son of George w.
Hartford, Agnes City. Captain Jim
grew up in Lyon county near the old
Agnes City postofice Recently he
won first prize offered by the Q. S.
cavalry association for the best paper
on The History of the Northern Vir-
ginian Confederate During the Civil
War" Harbord is a friend of General
Woods and he is "A climber
COLD SToEAGE.-El Dorado is talking
about having cold storage plant.
FELL FROM TRA1N.-W. c. Floyd. a
cattleman of Kansas City and Southern
Kansas, fell from train near Garnett.
He lit on soft embankment and, it
is hoped, is not seriously hurt. It is
believed that Nj. Floyd was asleep.
He made his way to farm house, in
the night, and was first refused shelter
because the farmer did not believe his
story. The farmer finally let him in
after Floyd had put up $50.
For PRosPECrING.-In Barber county
$1,000 has been raised for prospecting
beneath the surface.
STORY OF KANsAs.-It will be pub
hshed in folder form by the worlds
fair board and thousands OF copies dis
tributed free at the worlds fair It
will be history of agriculture, and
horticulture. Contributors to its mat