Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-03-18
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will have TO be dipped in crude Beau
mont oil. Eugene Hays, stockman,
has applied to Secretary Wilson for
permission to establish dipping sta
ton, under federal supervision, at Ell
gin. Elgin has one of the largest and
best equipped stock yards on the line
for the loading and unloading of Texas
cattle grazing in the Usage pastures.
The outlook is for early shipments
this year. as grass is starting early
this spring. The cattle men bid on
pastures before Secretary Wilson's
decision in regard to the quarantine
law. They are compelled to stock
pastures, or lose their 10 per cent al
ready paid on pastures.
Wife and Sons Left.-John Kucera,
farmer living near Bluff City in
Southern Sumner County, came ito
Arkansas City in search of his wife
and three grown sons, who left home
without notifying him. The sons
were all found and were persuaded
to return to the farm. They said Mrs.
Kucera had departed for St Louis
and her husband followed her There
was no quarrel previous to the break
ing up of the family, the wife and
sons only wanting to get away from
the hard work on the farm.
For Separate SchooIs.-At Kansas
City, Kan, those who wish to have
the proposition for bonds for new
negro high school are making an eff
fort to get every one registered be-
fore the poll books close ten days be-
fore the spring election. Mayor Gil
bert has not yet set a date for the
bond election, but should it be soon
after the regular election few days
only may remain in which to register
and it is the plan to have all register
before the books close, and thus avoid
taking any chances.
Gifts For University. = Chancellor
D. S. Stephens of the Kansas City
university of Kansas City, Kan, re-
ceived notice that two ornamental
stone Japanese lanterns, which were
recently purchased in Yokohama,
Japan, for the university by H. ].
Heinz, had arrived in San Francisco.
The lanterns are of fantastic work
manship, are nine feet high and
weigh four tons each. They will be
placed in the university campus in
front of Mather hall
Smart Students Expelled. - The
four boys who egged the Ottawa uni
versity referee of a basketball game,
as he was boarding a train here a few
nights ago, have been discovered, ar
rested and fined The fun cost the
boys ten dollars apiece besides their
promise to bear the expense of re-
pairing the injured clothing. Two of
the offenders were students in Baker
university and have been suspended
for the rest of the school year.
Birds Endanger Bridge. = At En-
poria woodpeckers and yelIowham-
hammers have honeycombed the
heavy timbers of the King bridge
across Eagle creek until the county
commissioners have condemned the
structure as unsafe, thus freeing the
county from any claim for damages
should the bridge give way. This is
the oldest bridge in the county, and
was built mostly of wooden timberE
Twenty-Five years ago.
Stole Government Funds. - AS one,
of the results of the work of the court
martial that was convened at Fort
Riley to investigate the shortage in
the post exchange accounts while
Lieutenant Orson Early was in charge
]. F. Gaylor of Kansas City, an en-
ploye Of the exchange, was arrested
on a warrant issued by United States
Commissioner Roark. Gaylor is
charged with taking post exchange
funds.
Gasoline Stove ExpIoded.-Mrs. H.
L. Woods, wife of the publisher of
the wellington Daily News, suffered
painful injuries by the explosion of
gasoline stove at her home Both
arms were seriously burned, but the
flames were put out in time to save
her life
CoffeyvlIIe Unaffected. = Coffey-
vile oil is unaffected by the action of
the Standard Oil Company in refusing
to buy any more Kansas oil that tests
under so degrees. With the exception
of very small per cent Coffeyville oil
tests over 80, and as high as SO. The
average grade is 81 The Standard
| ID NOAlALO1A1S AlO OugluS III Ills us
trict, and the amount taken daily is
increasing at gratifying rate. Opera
tons are picking up steadily, and by
April nearly every company in the
local field will be engaged once more
in actual development
Prisoners Want Release. = r. N.
| Cornwall a prisoner in the Kansas
penitentiary, began habeas corpus pro-
ceedings to be released on the ground
that he was convicted under the old
law and sentenced under the new in
determinate sentence law. Cornwall
was a travelling man convicted of OBJ
tanning money under false pretences
in Lyon county.
2,eoo-5arrel Oil Well. = Jennings
Bros. have drilled in well on lot 65,
Usage, which is making $500 barrels
a day. This is the largest oil well
yet drilled in the Western fields.
Killed in a Ranaway.-John Spring,
a well known Leavenworth county