Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-08-12
KANSAS COMMENT

the Cowley county PAGER. has been
sold to DR.. G.. S. NJ. Morris of Arkan-
sas City for $4,000.
A Jack of all Trades.-The Meriden
ledger is printed on a power press
invented by the editor. Mr.. Paine. He
is a preacher. editor. printer. inventor
and machinist.
Kansas Reciprocity Delegates. =
These delegates were named by the
governor to represent Kansas at the
national reciprocity conference at
Chicago on August 1917: Calvin
Hood Emporia; A. w. Smith, Nc
Pherson: c. K Wells. Kansas City;
f H. Funston. lola; w. e. Stanley,
Wichita: e NJ Morrill,. Hiawatha; +.
b. Dawes. Leavenworth; r. W. Blue.
Columbus; J. B. Adams, Eldorado:
Fremont Leidy, Leon.
Some Harvesters enlist. - During
July 81 men, or an average Of one
each day, were enlisted at Wichita
into the service of Uncle Sam. A
great many of these men Were har-
vest hands who had come out here
from the East expecting to find an
easy time helping the Kansas farmer
take care of his wheat crop. Not lik-
ing the life of harvest hand. they
Joined the regular army. AS fast as
enlisted these men were sent 10 Col
umbus barracks. Ohio.
MlIers AssocIations.-The Millers'
association has been holding a con-
ference in Emporia. The millers are
holding meetings in various parts Of
Kansas, and three more are to be
held in the southeast part of the
state Railway rates received con-
siderable discussion and were decided
to be especially unjust to makers OF
high grade flour. F. d Stevens of
Wichita strongly recommended the
use of crude oil as a fuel. stating
that most of the millers in the terri
tory covered by the Union Pacific
use oil burners and more were pu.-
ting them in.
Found Dead in an Oil Tank
Word was received at Chanute
that Dudley w Chambers had
been found lying dead at the bot
tom of an oil tank, five miles south
east of Chanute. Mr.. Chambers was
field manager for the Southwestern
Oil and Gas Company. He went ont
to the property in the morning. His
horse was found hitched to the fence.
1t is thought that he was asphyXiated
by the gases arising from the oil.
The top of the tank was broken in,
Gh,nurincg that had oiuOO Ia
meath his weight, and he had been
unable TO climb up the greasy sides
of the tank There was only about
six inches of oil in the tank.
The State Forestry Staticn.-A half
million trees a year for Western Kan
Sas farmers sizes up the work of the
Dodge City forestry station. The
state now supplies a half million trees
annually to the farmers. These are
produced at the station and shipped
out in the spring The farmers sim
ply have to pay for their delivery. No
charge is made for the trees by the
state. When the station was first
started, the chief object was to show
the people that trees could be made
to grow out there. After this was
demonstrated, the state cult culti-
waiting and taking care of the big
trees and began raising small trees
to supply the farmers. AS a result
the forestry station hasn't very
charming appearance, but in supply
ing young trees to the farmers it is
doing more good than by keeping up
a big grove at state expense.
Bought IS Sections. L. Maurer,
an Iowa banker. has great faith in
Western Kansas. He has just pur
chased fifteen sections of land in
Hamilton county.
Atchison County Wheat King. =
Louis Nelson finished threshing wheat
at his Deer creek place. and had to-
tai of 2.162 bushels. from 105 acres.
He raises more wheat than any other
farmer in the Deer creek valley. Con-
rad Voelker, who was formerly wheat
king as well as cabbage king. has been
compelled to take back seat, so far
as wheat is concerned. as he has only
1000 bushels of wheat this year. But
voelker is still cabbage king.
Collecting Animal Specimens. d
z. Lantz. of Washington. d. c.. who
is connected with the United States
biological survey, visited Medicine
Lodge. collecting animal specimens
for governmental purposes. He is an
expert trapper and gets about everv-
thing in this line. Among the most
interesting of the specimens so far
captured are a lot of Kangaroo rab-
bits which he got in the sand hills
He also has many other small ami
mails peculiar to Kansas soil.
To Enlarge Power House.-General
Manager Nelson of the Wichita Street
Railway and Light Company has an
nounced that an addition would be
Immediately built to the power house
to make room for additional boilers
to furnish power. The service is to
be increased on a number of lines.
and the company is preparing to
build new lines.
Commits Suicide.-AIiss Travis Au-
brey. a young woman from Cameron,
Tex. committed suicide at the Hutch