Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-01-07

another great step is to be taken in
the establishment of mills for the
grinding of tbs wonderful product in
to meal, which operation is said to
double its feeding value Alfalfa that
sells for Sc per ton IN the bale is
worth S12 as meal. The expense of
grinding can not be very great, and if
the statements made concerning the
industry prove to be correct, alfalfa
mills will soon be as common as corn
shelters. Jewell county stands at the
head OF the great alfalfa counties of
Kansas
Pipe Line Protects Itself. = The
Kansas Natural Gas company has its
pipe line repaired and will test the
line to the Labette county borders. A
5O-pound pressure VIII be turned on
the first day and this will be gradu-
ally increased to $50 pounds pressure.
1t is said a shut-off gate will be put
in at the Labette line and the press
ure left on the pipe while the rest of
the main is being laid. 1t would be
a dangerous piece of business to at
tempt to blow up a line containing
45O-pound pressure of gas.
Child Burned to Death. The 4
year-old daughter OF William Morgan,
living three miles south of Howard,
was burned to death while the faith
er and mother were out in the barn
yard. The little girl was left. in the
house with the baby. In some way
!, IL xxyon he
parents came in her clothing was al
most burned off. They extinguished
the fire, but she was so badly burn
ed that she only lived about eight
hours
Kansas Records Broken. - Orville
of Smith county, has husked
2 200 bushels of corn this fall. His
daily average was lightweight bush
els. This is the record for the state,
so far as heard from. Frank Hauser,
of Smith Center, is the champion tur-
key picker of the state this year. He
picked eighty-One turkeys in eight
hours one day this week. The aver
age is forty.
Sugar Beet Crop.-Secretary H. D.
Coburn, of the Kansas board of agri-
culture, made public bulletin on the
condition of the beet sugar industry
in Kansas. 1t shows total yield for
the past year of 6,34O tons. On this
the state pays a bounty of 81 per ton.
The industry is in its infancy, but &C
cording to Secretary Coburns report
is making surprising progress.
New Hospital Opens. - The Arkan-
sas City hospital has opened for pa
tients. This institution is the only
one in the city and is owned. by the
Commercial Club. The club has OPP
ened it just in time to secure the ap
from the state. To Sc
cure this the hospital had to be run
ming by the first of the year.
For Stealing Chickens. = At an ad-
journed session of the district court
Frederick Bishop, newcomer tC
Junction City was sentenced to the
penitentiary for not less than one
year and not more than five years for
stealing five hens and two roosters.
He didn't know that the state had
made chicken stealing a felony.
overseers Inspect Model Road. =
There were between 200 and 800 road
overseers from Kay county, o. T..
and Sumner, Cowley and Sedgwick
counties in Kansas at Arkansas City
to see the work being done by the
government road experts in building
the model road, quarter of mile of
which is now completed.
Care For Aged Negroes. = The Ma
tional Rescue Home Association is a
new colored organization which has re
Gently been organized in Topeka with
the primary object of founding a
home for aged and decrepit people of
the negro race. The association is of
ficered mainly by citizens of To
peka.
Asks For Stricter RuIes.-As con-
ditiOnS prior 70 scheduling football
games with Washburn college and
Haskell institute, the athletic board
of the University of Kansas has ask
ed the former college to adopt the
Chicago conference rules and Has
kell to adopt the rule of that confer
ence that prohibits players from more
than four years participation on col
lege football teams. 1t is said that
games Will not be scheduled WIKI
these two institutions if the condi-
tions required are not granted.
Proved His innocence. - Wise NJ.
Holloway, who was arrested at Great
Bend and taken to Newton a week
ago, charged with completely in the
theft of a suit case. containing notes
amounting to sixteen thousand dol
lars from the Arcade Hotel there.
proved himself entirely innocent of
the affair and was released.
From OVerheated Furnace-Anoth
er big fire at Kiowa burned down the
Congregational church The fire
started from an overheated furnace
which was left too hot after meeting
closed.
Railway Car Is 5urned.-The com
binatiOn mail, express and baggage
coach on the Missouri Pacific passen-
ger train from Wichita, burned short
ly after the train reached Salina- The