Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-04-15


a depot and maintain a station agent
at that place.
On Good Terms Again.-Salina is
once more on speaking terms with
the Union Pacific The officials of
the road, worried at Salinas cold
manner. promised to spend 100000
there for terminal facilities. thus find
ing favor with naughty Salina.
Suggests Standard Oil. = 1t has
been suggested that if a bottle OF
champagne is used in christening the
battleship Kansas, Carry Nation be
permitted TO smash il with her hatch
ct, but as Carry is busy and Govern
or Hoch is against e firewater there
would really be nothing wrong in us
ing a bottle of Standard Oil and per
hitting Tom Lawson to do the smash
ing act with his hammer
Western Kansas Booms. - Condi-
tons for sugar beets and for cattle
were never better at this season of
the year which is month in advance
of the usual time. A huge sugar fac
tory at Holly, on the state line, and
the government near Garden City are
encouraging to all western Kansas.
Heavy rains have been soaking west
ern counties weekly.
To Build Parochial SchooI.-Fath-
er NJ. ]. O'Farrell, priest in charge of
st. Teresa's Catholic parish in Hut
Crimson, has raised $4,000 to build
oil l.
started on the building at once. Pat
rick Martin, a retired merchant, gave
half of this amount, providing the
other half was raised, which has been
done. 1t is expected to have the
building completed this summer
Trying Wheat in Greeley Gree
ley county farmers are experiment.
ing with macaroni wheat this
spring, - says w. NJ. Glenn, of Trib-
une. I'VE have not tried to raise
wheat out there. We have devoted
our time to cattle. But most OF the
farmers have put in from ten to forty
acres of macaroni wheat ard it is
looking fine. If it proves a success
the acreage will be large next
year.
To Teach in Philippines. Prof
Amos Davis and his wife. who are
both instructors in Highland univer-
sity, at Highland, will leave May 1
for Manila, Philippine islands. They
have been employed as government
teachers in the Philippines. Prof
Davis will receive a salary of $1,000
and his wife will be paid $1,000 a
year. Prof and Mrs. Davis were gov
eminent teachers in Japan for a num-
Der of years prior to coming to High
land.
Topeka Line by September 1. = ].
c. Mcdowell general manager of the
Kansas Natural Gas Company, which
proposes to pipe gas to Topeka, Kan
sas City and other towns in this sec
ton of the state, is in Topeka look
ing after the local gas situation.
Pipe for the Topeka line is now on
the road, - said he. SO We expect to
have the line down by September 1.
We have 1000 men laying the Kansas
City line and will put that many to
work on the Topeka line. This will
enable us to lay about two and one
half miles day.
Must Pay Standards Price.-E. T.
Butler, superintendent of the Edo
RADIO gas works, wants the state board
of railroad commissioners to show
him way to repudiate a contract
which he has with the Standard Oil
Company to supply him with crude
oil II oil 4 I'll
men have agreed to supply him at
half the price the Standard is getting
under contract. He wants to know
if the new railroad law or oil laws
viii enable him to cancel the CON
tract or whether the Standard can
hold him to it. The railroad board
viii advise him that it has no juris-
diction over contracts.
To Sue Standard.-The Business
Mems association of Cottonwood Falls
threaten to bring suit against the
Standard Oil company before Judge
Dennis Madden of EmpOria They
claim that Oil retails in Emporia at
Is cents while in Chase county 20
cents is charged. The suit will prob
ably be brought by tie Chase county
attorney.
Fer the Seni-Ard District. = At
Hays City the new experimental sta
ton Will make an experiment in grow
ing wheat this season. The object is
to get a variety that viii be adapted
to the semi-ard distric. cf the West.
More than fifty varieties will be test
ed. The station will develop more
work in horticulture this season than
ever before. A horticulturist from the
agricultural college has been sent out
to have charge of the department,
and plans are in process for work
with fruits, vegetables, in forestry
and landscape gardening. New stocks
Ct trees, plants and seed will arrive
with which it is hoped something can
be aScertained that will prove OF
great value to horticulture in the
West
Marion's New Court House. = The
board of county commissioners of
Marion county are in session this
week and are considering the cree
ton OF the $4,000 court house pro-