Free press., 1905-06-17
KANSAS COMMENT

home as Detroit, Mich, was shot and
probably mortally wounded in the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
yards at Parsons. The shooting was
done by one of a gang OF three ne
groes. who attempted to hold up"
the young man. The negroes escap-
ed
Kansas Man For Panama. - Dr.
Charles Andrews, a Hiawatha man.
has been appointed a government hos
pitaI physician at Panama and will
soon start for that country to take
up his work The Panama physicians
have to take civil service examina-
tions for the job. DT. Andrews is at
present health officer for Brown
county.
West Sees Hope. - II. E. West,
president OF the Kansas Oil Produc-
CTS Association. said at Chanute that
he had hopes that the Santa Fe would
soon grant the interstate oil rate ask
ed for by the Kansas oil men. He
stated that F. Dumont Smith. attor-
ney for the association, had received
letter from President Ripley saying
that the rate would be granted.
Did Not AdVertise.-When the post
Office at Dun was suspended the 9th
er day and the effects taken TO Neode-
sha it was found that some of the
stamps were twenty years old. Hav-
ing no definite information at hand
IL is all guesswork, but the guess is
that in all those twenty years the
postoffice has been located in the
store of a man who did not adver-
tise.
Will Fight the Law.-Kansas rail
roads are preparing TO fight the law
passed by the last legislature and
now in effect. compelling the railroads
to construct side tracks to elevators
and flour mills which may be built
within one-fourth Of a mile from any
way station. The railroads claim the
new law is an imposition on their le-
gal rights and In opposition to the
fourteenth amendment
Conley Gets Job.-Aaron B. Con-
ley of lola has been appointed mill
tary storekeeper by Quartermaster
General W. w. Dennison. The Office
which is a new one created by the
last legislature. pays $500 year. The
storekeeper assists the quartermast-
er general in taking care of the mill
guard. Conley was a lieutenant in the
Twentieth Kansas regiment.
roo1.. Nouao. n.o-a.ro,,s No0o
er college, located at Sterling. has
just completed a fund of $4,000,
which pays in full all outstanding, the
largest class in its history. Its build
ing completes its eighteenth year
June 18th. graduating the largest class
in it's history. Its building and
grounds are worth between $4,000
and $4,000 and its endowment in
first mortgage real estate loans is
something more than $4,000.
Girls Go On a Strlke.-Actuated by
the story of the Chicago strikers pub
lished in the newspapers and led by
a 12-year-old girl, the strawberry pick
ers on the Frank Van Gundy farm,
southeast of Emporia, went on strike
this week. and. as a consequence, Van
Gundy is the loser of fifty crates of
Strawberries. Most of the strawber-
ries are picked by girls from 5 to 15
years of age. and some of the girls
had to be told the story of the Chi
cago strike before they would join the
ringleader. The girls did not want
higher wages, but simply said they
were too tired and hot to work.
Files Answer to Complaint. - The
with the State Board of Railroad Com.
missioners at Topeka to the com.
plant of the Hockaday Hardware
company. The railroad alleges that part
of its line from Atchison to Wich
ita extends through Missouri anC
is, therefore, not under the contro
of the state board. The legal depart
ment OF the road will follow up this
matter and 1t will be turned into an
other test case to ascertain the actua
authority of the commissioners.
Nine Varieties Of corn.-The Farm
Department of the Kansas State Agri
cultural College has planted breeding
plots OF 8 varieties of corn. Seven o
these contain ear tests in which tht
choicest ears from the highest yield
ing rows of last year are planted
separately. so that the selection ma,
continue to be made according to high
est yield and the best quality instead
Of the outward appearance OF th'
ears. That this work is important i
shown by the fact that some of th
best rows have yielded 2.5 and i
times as much corn as the poores
row in the same plot.
An Old Pioneer.-Richard Hare o
Highland is seventy years old and ha
lived in Kansas since he was clever
years of age. He stood three draft
for service during the Civil war with
out being called into service, vote
for Fremont for president. and ha
voted at every election since. Re
Gently he attempted to file on som
land in Arizona and discovered tina
he lacked some of being a full-hedge
citizen of the United States. Hi
father had died before completing hi
citizenship. Hare has lived at High