Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-02-18

oil industry. One provides for the ap.
pointment by county commissioners OF
an oil inspector in each county where
crude oil is produced. He is to inspect
crude oil and see that none is wasted
and that streams are not polluted The
! other bill provides for the appointment
| by the county commissioners in each
gas producing county of a gas inspec-
tor, to see that the laws against vast
! ing gas are complied with. as we'll as
/ all pipe lines and other gas laws
Will Not Divide District. = Judge
| Walter l.. SimOns returned to Fort
/ Scott from Topeka, where he went to
/ consult with representatives of the
three counties of this judicial district
| in regard to a proposed division. The
! plan was to make Crawford county
separate district and Lyon and Bour-
I bon a new district. The parties in
/ terested could not agree as to which
should be the old district, which would
! retain Judge Simons as Judge. so the
matter was dropped and no division
| bill will be presented TO the legisIa-
/ ture
Student Acquitted. = Will Carson,
! the. second student of the University
I of Kansas. whose case for disturbance
! OF TIE peace in football celebration
was appealed from police court to the
district court. was acquitted at Law
renee. The only sensational incident
( in connection with the case was the
| development that Carson was not the
! defendants real Dana b,1t tho+ :, n bod
J given that alias in police court. His
real name is Hale. and his parents are
( prominent Western Kansas people
! Its Christening Gift.-Senator Dolly
OF Wabaunsee. has introduced a bill
appropriating $4,000 TO buy a silver
service for the battleship Kansas. now
being built by the navy department
/ 1t is always the custom of a state af-
| ter which a battIeship is named 10
! give it a silver service. Senator Dolly
wants the governor and his staff to be
present when the ship is launched
! and his bill sets aside 81 900 TO pay
their expenses on the trip.
PringIe In The Chair. = Pringle. Oh
| Usage, was called to preside over the
house in committee of the whole on
the drainage bill today 1t was the
first time he had been in the chair
this session. His old admirers who
made him speaker two years ago ap-
| plarded as he went up. When he rap
! ped for order the gavcl broke and ev-
erybody laughed. Pringle was kept
| busy all TIE afternoon on the bill.
Something Attractive. = There is
/ something in this item that seems tC
be attracting a good deal OF attention
/ over the state. The Nortonville Iect-
ure course is managed by the princi-
! pals and teachers of the local schools
| and is a decided success
! Advertising For Husband. - An FL
/ dorado girl is advertising in a New
I York paper for a husband. The most
/ important thing in connection with
| this is that she has had chance at
! the home boys but none of them via
! do.
Store Buildings Burn.-CIay Center
| citizens were all worked up this week
| trying to decide who first discovered
the fire. The only thing they agree
upon is that there was fire. FGGr
/ story buildings are in ashes.
Child Dies of Burns.-Robert. the
! year-old son of John H. Crider, :
prominent attorney and politician at
Fort Scott. died from the effect of
burns The child was playing near a
CRATE when it's clothes caught fire.
School Building Burns.-The public
| h11iI1inO Ha6Aan1
stroyed by fire. The fire is supposed
TO have originated from a defective
flue. Insurance $500.
Shot Firers KilIed.-Joe Wright ano
c. r. Moore, shot firers. were killed
in an explosion at the Devlin-Miller
| mine. north of Pittsburg The mine
! was badly wrecked.
Small Fire at LeaVenworth.-A fire
started in the fan or ycntilating plant
of the North Leavenworth coal mine
/ and for a time there was danger of
the fire spreading to the other top
buildings. The damage was $500. 1t
is not known how the fire started.
The fire will cause some inconveni-
erce, but will not interfere with the
operating of the mine
Cases Are Rare.-Last week Man
kato citizen received money from a
man in San Francisco who had owed
il for 10 years. But these cases are
rare.
Prosperous Montgomery.-The PEG
pie of Montgomery county are surely
in a prosperous condition, as is evi-
denced by the amount of taxes paid
into the treasury, says the Independ-
ence Tribune. Taxes were due No
vcmber /, anA up to date S247,G .95
has been paid IN, or 20 per cent of the
total levy OF this amount $15S, 1869
was paid in during December.
For New County Jail. = 7 bill viii
be introduced at this session of the
legislature providing a tax levy for
the construction of a new county jail
in Anthony.
Demand Grand Jury. = a petition
is circulating in Leayenworth county
requesting the appointment of grand
inrV The Ori@inatorS of the move