Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-04-29
KANSAS COMMENT

Killiams, an old settler, for many
years a resident along Wakarusa
creek, near Eudora, was found dead
in pool of water. 1t is supposed that
he had started fishing. was stricken
with apoplexy and fell into the wa
ter and was drowned. He left two
children.
Cigar Machines Must Go. = The
county attorney of Harvey county has
declared war on slot machines and
has ordered all owners TO remove
them from their places of business.
The machines that pay in money were
taken out a year ago. but the cigar
machines have been running uninter-
rupted.
Chief Surgeon in Texas.-Lieuten-
ant Colonel l. NJ Maus, deputy sur
geon general and Mrs. Maus, left Fort
Riley for San Antonio, Tex, where
Colonel Maus will assume the duties
of chief surgeon of the Department
of Texas. Colonel Maus has been
stationed at Fort Riley for two
years.
Miners Strike Unlikely. \ com
mittee representing Kansas miners
and operators. which was in session
at Pittsburg for several days, adj
journed without reaching an agree
ment as to the wage scale for the
Kansas miners. The matter will be
submitted to arbitration and strike
is very improbable.
Rich Topekan Dead.-Guilford Dud-
ley, a retired banker and pioneer citi-
zen. died at his home at Topeka of
complication of stomach troubles. Mr..
Dudley is one of the wealthiest men
in Topeka. being worth over $500, 900.
1t is also said that he had more ready
money than any other Kansan. He
leaves a wife and two children.
Bull Cores Old Farmer.-An elder
ly farmer named r. A. Clark. living
near Girard. was seriously injured by
vicious bull The bull was in pas
ture and Mr. Clark had entered TO
pass through the field When he was
set upon by the bull He was knock
ed down and badly trampled by the
brute. and it is thought is dangerous
ly injured.
Extended Central Branch. The
trail of civil engineers indicate that
the Gulf Hutchinson & Northwestern
railroad proposes TO build from Hays
City TO Hill City, cutting out Stock
ton and Plainsville. the original route
agreed upon. Hill City has offered
better inducements than the other
two towns. 1t is claimed that as soon
a..
Central Branch will extend from
Stockton to Hill City.
Pipe Line Property Tax.-Under a
law passed at the last session of the
legislature. pipe line property must
be assessed by the state board of rail
road assessors. In the past that class
of property has been assessed by local
assessors. The first report from a
pipe line concern came TO the state
auditor today. 1t was from the Yates
Center Gas Company. That company
pipes natural gas from Wilson county
10 Yates Center. 1t values its entire
plant at $2S sol 65. 1t values it's two
inch pipe at about 5000 a mile, and its
six-inch pipe at 81 200 a mile. 1t also
values its gas wells at $500 each. 1t
says the wells are light producers.
The assessors of Wilson county are
paying no attention to the new law
They have assessed the lines and
wells of the Yates Center Company in
the usual way. This means that the
company will have to go into court
and have the local assessment set
aside.
Big Find of Zinc.-The drillers of
the Ahrens & Co. we'll near Hillsdale,
five miles north of Paola, have struck
something besides oil. At the depth
of about 1920 feet they came to a
very hard substance which they sup
posed was granite. After the drill
had gone through about 500 feet of
it they concluded that it was not
granite. A sample was sent to the
assayer at Topeka, who pronounced
it an excellent quality of jack or zinc
ore. Other samples have been sent
TO assayers at Joplin and Denver J.
ID. Nickerson of Pennsylvania, who
has had twenty-five years experience
in the drilling business, thinks That
the substance is about 375 feet in
thickness. He has charge of the work
on the Ahrens well. which is believed
10 be the deepest i'll Kansas. WorG
was begun on it about year ago.
Enlarge Prison Irvine Plant.-The
prison twine plant is to be enlarged
The legislature set aside $4,000 with
which the officials believe the capa-
city OF the plant can be almost
doubled. The present capacity is
100000 pounds of Irvine a year. The
prison could sell twice that much.
Bank For Manchester. - The First
National bank of Concordia will open
another branch bank, its sixth in this
section, at Manchester, Dickinson
county, June /, with a capital stock OF
$4,000.
Crushed in Coah Mine.-Ralph Bow.
den, young man who has been EN-
ployed as miner in No. shaft of the
Mount Carmel Coal company. north
east of Frontenac. was brought to the
Mount Carmel hospital at Pittsburg