Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-09-02

Will Take Honor.-Garden City has
recently organized a commandery- of
the Knight Templar Masons, and will
now take rom Dodge City the honor
of being the Masonic center Of west
ern Kansas.
New Bank at coodland.-The Farm
ers' National Bank, of Goodland, Kan,
has been authorized to begin bust
ness; capital. $4,000; Joseph H.
Hutchinson, president; H. S. Brown.
vice-president; B. F. Brown, cashier
Deputy Grain Inspector. c. F.
Crosen, of Argonia, has been appoint
ed deputy state grain inspector, with
headquarters at Wellington. The ap-
pointment was made by the governor
upon the Endorsement of the 70
grain inspector. @u
They Come High.-The first prose
cution for violation of the game law
in Usage county this season result
ed in the conviction of Enoch John
son, a young man living near Usage
City. He killed two prairie chickens
New 'Phone Line.-The Homestead
Telephone Company, comprised of a
number of the best farmers of the
south half of Pawnee county, is build
ing a rural system throughout that
portion of the county which will COW
er almost every farmhouse in that
section.
CIoudburst Near 1ndepenence--As a
result of cloudburst in the Drum
creek valley southeast of Independ-
eEce, the Verdigris river presents the
remarkable spectacle of a river flowing
up stream. The water is running into
the channel so fast from the flooded
valley that it has backed up the riv-
er.
X. of c at Florence August Goth
was gala day for Council No. 946,
Knights of Columbus, special trains
bringing visitors from Topeka, Kansas
City, Wichita, Newton and Hutchin-
son. About fifty candidates were mi
tiated into the order a banquet of
500 plates was spread at the opera
house. Monsignor Then, of Wichita,
acted as tOastmaster.
Death Locates DeSauter. = Frank
Kingsland, former license inspector of
Topeka, died at Niagara Falls, N. Y.
He was buried in a pauper's grave.
While license inspector at Topeka he
became a defaulter and left between
two days. Nothing was ever heard
of him Until letter reached Topeka
from Niagara Falls, telling of his
death and burial
To Mandamus Rock Island. - The
railroad commissioners have instruct
ed Attorney Taylor to bring manda.
mus proceedings in the supreme court
against the Rock Island railroad to
compel it to obey their order to build
a depot at Medora, Kan. The board
made the order last month and gave
the road thirty days in which to be-
gin the erection of the depot. So far
the road has made no move in thai
direction.
Ten PeIicans Mounted.-A flock Of
pelicans numbering forty birds alight-
ed in a field belonging to Mr. Tin
ker, near Gypsum, for the object of
feeding. Mr.. Tinker killed ten of
them. They were sent to DT. J. w.
Boyles, the taxidermist of Salina, for
mounting. The largest one was nine
feet from tip to tip of wings. The
whole lot were six feet tall. 1t is
quite a curiosity to see a whole flock
together mounted.
The New Way. = At Winfield the
Baden Produce Company is now feed
ing $4,000 chickens which is an ordi-
nary number for this season of the
year. These chickens are being fed
by a scientific process installed in the
Baden produce house, the largest
poultry house in the entire West The
daily receipts of chickens average
about 10000 pounds while about 1000
chickens are removed from the fat
tening stalls and an additional 1000
placed in every day.
Under Freight Train. = A young
man about % years old was run over
by Santa Fe freight train last even
ing at Hampston station, five miles
south of Florence. When found the
body was literally ground to pieces
and almost beyond recognition. but
it is thought to be that of John Stur-
kes, of Violet Springs, o. T. He had
! been working with the graders south
of town.
Melons for ConVicts. = Six wagon
loads of water melons, 700 in all, has
been taken to the Kansas peniten-
tiary for the prisoners Sunday din
ner. Each prisoner will be given half
of a large melon and if this is INSULT
cient another quarter of melon will
be given him. The melons were ship
ped from the south and cost nine
cents each.
Increase in Value. Land values
continue to jump in western Kansas.
There is an increase in price every
where. In some counties values have
doubled in eighteen months. Good
crops and the activity of real estate
agents in advertising the crop Stats
tics to the world are RESPONSE
BILE.