Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-01-23

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Minnesota: Bishop Hare. of South Da-
kota, and Bishop MilIspaugh. Bishop
futile is at present presiding bishop OF
the American church. Bishop Hare
! has given up his life to work among
Indians of the northwest and is known
among them as the Great Father
TREASURER Losr.-The county treas
urer of Doniphan county appointed an
! agent at Highland to collect, taxes.
who sent IL check on the Highland
! bank for 81, 900 for taxes received to
date. The treasurer put the check in
| the safe and held it for two weeks. but
| in the meantime the bank had failed.
/ AS he did not show due diligence he
! viii lose the amount.
/ PRIZE TO STATION AGENT.-Every
! year the Santa Fe company offers a set
of prizes to agents along the line who
! keep their stations in the best shape,
J show an increase of business and also
/ show the best management. Agent
/ w. w. Burnett, of the Arkansas City
station, has won second prize, check
an agent in Texas.
Won THE PRIZE.-While George Self
! ridge, Sterling man. was confined to
/ his home by sickness he worked on a
/ puzzle given out by some eastern med
! icine company. The main prize was a
/ town lot in Piney Grove. Michigan.
Mr.. Selfridge has just received notice
| that his solution won first money and
! he has received the deed to the lot
For r. Il. COMMISSIONER Kan
/ sas Improved Stock Breeders. at their
annual meeting, adopted resolution
urging the nomination of j. w. Robi-
son. of FL Dorado. for railroad commits
sioner. The Stock Breeders associa-
ton is a non-partisan organization.
! SALE OF SrAMPs-Receipt for stamps
! in the Topeka postoffice last year We're
| S174, %. This was an increase over
| the year previous of S12.7OO. The
money order business and the register
| business has been increased in proper
! ton to the sale of stamps.
/ KANSAS FAIR AssocIATIoN.-It was
organized at Topeka during the week
of the large gatherings there, first, to
avoid conflicts in dates for fairs, and
fol. advertising the different fairs il
stock papers.
| OLD SOLDIER Run OvER.-Peter
! Basey. an inmate of the soldiers home
at Leavenworth. was run over and
killed by freight train in that city.
| He was in the Second Kansas.
| New BANK AT TRoY.-A national
] bank has been organized at Troy with
a capital of $4,000. by f. T. Letson.
/ f. +. Hovey. w. A. Letson, Scott Hop
llins and H. r. Connen
! FIRE AT RAYMOND entire bust
ness section on one side of the street at
/ Raymond. Rice county, is burned out.
! The loss amounts to more than sc, 900.
| on PROMOTERS towns are
swarming with coal oil promoters
| There are honest men among them
with some of the opposite character.
HARRY E. TITUS DEAp.-He was the
travelling livestock agent for the Santa
|
eral livestock agent for the road.
SToCKMAN INJURED.-Tom Knox, a
prominent stOcl1man of Leon, was badly
/ injured by being thrown from wagon
in runaway near that place.
THREE ADMINISTRATORS are towns
/ with the name of Atlanta in Mont
gomery. Cowley and Rice counties.
| HAS KANSAS LAwYER.-W E.
Borah. formerly of Rice county, has
been retained by Senator Smoot.
A 300 Foor WE1I--The Missouri Pa
cific well at La Crosse is $50 feet deep
! and has 250 feet of water.
HIT HIM WITH DoLLARs.-Hu tchin-
! son has "a villain. one with a black
mustache. He attempted to accom-
| panv lady home in the evening and
! she baffied him with her wrist purse
that contained few hard silver dol
! lars.
CORNER STONE LAID.-The corner
stone of the high school building that
is being erected at Junction City was
| laid by the board of education The
! high school will have manual train
ing department and is being built at
! the cost of SGT. 600
! ONLY FOR FIREMEN. of the
lis towns in Kansas which receive
money from the state firemen's aid
fund want to know if they can use the
money for general purposes. Insur-
ance Superintendent Luling has adj
vised them that the money must be
used exclusively for the aid of fire
men.
AT CoFFEYvIIIE.-Th The congressional
| committee of the Third district has Sc
lected Coffeyville as the place to hold
the district convention, and has fixed
! the date on March 3.
MANY MISREPRESENTATION. Supt.
Hurley of the Santa Fe asks the town
of Manchester to select another name
for the place. He says owing to the
fact that there are two or three towns