Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-08-19

Another Glass Plant.-YateS Center
is likely to have a glass plant An
lola FIR. will drill three test wells at
Yates Center.
Shipment of Sheep. = VIM. Ritter
started from Arkansas with eight car
loads of sheep. If not sold readily he
will feed them in Sedgwick county.
Getting Acquainted. The new
president of the Southwest Kansas
College is introducing himself to the
people of Winfield and the adjacent
territory through the pulpit.
A Wichita Boy. Chas. A. Rug
giles, son of Judge Ruggles of Wichita,
erected the building at Portsmouth.
n. H., in which the ENJOYS of Japan
and Russia plenipotentiaries are hold
ing their meetings.
Idle Pool Tables. There are
twenty-three idle pool tables in Otta-
va as a result of the councils action.
The license revenue thus cut off
amounts to s4S a month. "One thing
at a time" is Ottawa's motto.
Special trains brought crowds to Lin
coin Park, Cawker City, to attend the
Chautauqua Tents were put up to
the number of $50 and the constant
attendance is estimated at over 1900
people,
In Encampment. - Captain George
Downing, of Battery A, of the Kansas
National Guard. has received word
that the battery of artillery is to re-
ceive some new equipment. This
equipment will he received in time to
be used at the encampment to be held
in Wellington next October.
Kansas Masonic Home. - James
Snedden. superintendent of the Kan
sas Masonic Home. announces that
the contracts will be let for an addi-
ton of dining room and eleven 9th
er rooms which would be built this
fall. as we'll as the new chapel given
by the Order of the Eastern Star.
Gas From Pipe Line.-Wellsville is
the first town near Ottawa which will
be served with gas from the big pipe
line and all is in readiness for the
turning on of the gas there. Prince
ton, too, will obtain gas from the pipe
line at once. Gas from the pipe line
has been turned into the mains in
Kan, will be served.
Hutchinson Census. = D. G. Fres,
grave, who is in charge of the new
directory being compiled by the R.
L. Polk company of Detroit. says that
his figures will prove that Hutchinson
has nearly if not quite $4,000 people
at this time. There is a chance that
Hutchinson has enough people. if all
of them are counted. to make this
city of the first class.
A Paint Plant. - Coffeyville has
landed a new industry. A firm of
Kansas City. Kan. has secured so
acres in addition to the town, con-
venient to the Missouri Pacific tracks
The industry will bring 800 workme1
and the Immediate expenditure of the
company for the erection of buildings,
which are to cover thirteen acres of
the tract. and the eouiDing of the
same ready for the carrying on of the
work of the immense factory will be
S25O,0OO.
Philippine Army Society. = local
branch of the National society, Army
of the Philippines. will be formed in
Hutchinson. Robert Campbell, Rue
Thomas and Alfred Emmett are Sc
curing the signatures of ex-Philippine
soldiers and will secure a charter
There are probably 200 men within
reach of Hutchinson who have served
in the~islands. General Wilder S. Met
calf of Lawrence is one of the ma
tional officers and is urging the Hutch
inson soldiers to get together. The
object of the organization is much the
same as that of the G. A. r.
Has Surplus of Teachers.-Salina,
Norris and Bourbon counties each re-
port that they have surplus Of teach
ers and can supply a dozen each to
Western Kansas counties. In addi-
ton to this Usage has 20, Johnson 10,
Wyandotte 20 and Crawford 25 that
Western Kansas can draw on. Wash
ington still needs 25, Stafford 80,
Smith 90, Phillips % and Jefferson 8.
All information can be obtained by
writing the county superintendent of
those counties.
Santa Fe Brakeman Injured. -
Charles Moser, a Santa Fe brakeman,
was caught between the bumpers of
two cars at Salina and will probably
die as a result. He has been with the
Santa Fe here fifteen years.
Buggy Struck by Car. = w R. Du-
laney, manager of the Wichita Union
Stock Yards. was seriously hurt and
! is now in st. Francis hospital. While
driving on North Main street his
buggy was struck by a street car and
he was thrown to the pavement. His
right ankle was shattered. and he
was otherwise painfully bruised.
Profits of Wheat Raising. = Many
| 100-acre wheat fields in Rocks county
are paying a clean profit of 81 800 af-
ter counting all the work done on