Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-05


class cities should be elected at the
November election; that this law is in
violation of the state constitution as
construed by the supreme court. and is
therefore, invalid The state consti-
tuition provides that all township
officers shall be elected at the Novem-
Der election and the supreme court has
held that justices and constables in a
second class city are township officers.
CONTEST IN ORAToRY.- The annual
contest between the three literary so
cieties of Sumner county was held in
Wellington The first prize was
awarded to Elliot Willis, and the sec
ond to John w. Wengler. The win
ner will represent the school in the
state contest of country high schools
RAISE MoRreA eE.-The alumni of
Bethany college at Lindsborg met and
decided to raise the last of the mort
gage on the ladies' dormitory and also
to endow Swedish chair. Two thou
sand dollars have already been raised
and before March l several thousand
more will be raised.
SOP SCHOOL HoUsEs-There are said
to be two sod school houses left in Kan
sas. One of them is in Wichita county.
OF its eleven graduates eight are now
teachers and one is county superin-
tendent of public instruction. The
other sod school house is still stand
| inc in Norton county
THE School DIvIDEND.-The county
treasurer of Shawnee county has re-
| ceived check from the state treasurer
for 1920, the amount of the annual
school dividend. Shawnee gets the
second largest amount of any county
in the state. Wyandotte county heads
the list.
/ RICH SECTION Boss.-Ed Cunning
ham, section boss at Horton, aptly
illustrates the old saying that it is not
what man makes but what he saves
| that does the business. He has accu-
INFLATED fortune of $40, 900 which is
! safely invested in real estate and bonds
INSURANCE RATES RAIsED.-On ac-
count of poor water pressure, as ex-
! posed during the recent fire in the
wholesale district, insurance companies
| decided to advance insurance rates 20
| per cent in Topeka on March /.
A COUNTY AssocIATIoN.-Th hard
ware and implement men of McPher-
son county have organized a county as
ISOLATION. 1t is branch of the retail
| association of Kansas, Missouri and
| Oklahoma.
BOVINE TUBERcULosIs.-F L. De
Wolf, federal livestock inspector, and
expert, states that there are many
Kansas cattle that have bovine tuber-
culosis.
HAS SOLD OUr-The Wellington
athletic association, which has been in
the lead, has disbanded and sold its
paraphernalia to parties in Garnett.
KILLING PRAIRIE DoGs-Roy Nc
Neal, trustee of Beaver township, Scott
county, has eight men employed to
help him kill prairie dogs.
HUTCHINSON WANTS A BRANCH.-
That city is DESTROYS of being connect
ed by branch with the main line of
the Orient railroad.
PIN MoNEY.-A Pottawato1nie county
farmers wife has averaged $40 pin
money monthly this winter from the
sale of eggs.
BEARING ORANGE TREE.-A Smith
/
tanning IL oranges and ffty-two bios
SONS.
MOVING THE LIBRARY.-It took a
week to remove the Newton public IL
brary into its new quarters and install
it.
FoR ELECTRIC L1NE.-The business
men of Humboldt have raised $I0,0
to push the electric line to lola.
BUSINESS Almost every
business house in Mcpherson was closed
during the time the body of DR.. Carl
Swensson was in the city between
trains. The postofice and the court
house were closed and the flag on the
courthouse hung at half mast.
OH AND GAs.-The people of Clay
Clay Center and Clay county have be-
come greatly interested in the subject
of oil and gas. A stock company will
be formed within a few weeks and this
spring will see three wells bored near
Clay Center.
KANSAS BUTTER. Kansas COM
mission for the worlds fair has en-
gagged an eight foot space in the glass
refrigerated show case at st. Louis,
and the work of making display of
Kansas butter is in the hands of A. E.
Jones, who was recently appointed SUI
perintcndent of the dairy exhibits for
Kansas.
SPECIALS FRoM INDIA--The Ell Dora
do Republican is said to be one of the
three only papers in this country which
receive special correspondence from
India.
i DEMAND FOR CARs--The demand for
freight cars at present in view. of the
business of the next few months, is be-
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