Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-09-30


Fined for Wife Beating. = Charles
w. Brown. of ZeandaIe. was fined in
justice court here for wife beating.
His fine was $50 and ninety days in
Jail.
Rural Lid off.-The new game law
is being enforced about as rigidly
throughout the state as the prohibit
the rural districts?
"Arid" Kansas. A farm near
Hollywood, in Western Kansas, sold
for s100 an acre the other day. Still
Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural
department, says that Western Kan
sas is semi-arid and hardly fit for
farming.
New Church at Lyons. = Workmen
started in TO tear down the old Pres
byterian church to make room for
new brick one, the work on which will
be started at once This along with
a fine stone Christian church and a
handsome high school building now
il course of construction, Will add
quite little bit to the town.
Are Not on Paper.-Kansas is en-.
jOying season of activity in railroad
construction. The output of oil and
minerals, as we'll as the abundant
crops of grain, has created a great de-
mand for new roads, and they are be-
ing built. Paper" railroads are al
ways numerous, but Kansas is doing
mOre-she is building real railroads
Escaped Jail Bird Recaptured.-
George Dunning, wanted in Edwards
county on a charge of horse stealing
and jail breaking. and who has been
doing time on the local chain gang,
sley at Wichita Cunning escaped
from the Edwards county Jail some
time ago by knocking the sheriff
down.
Wheat Is Movine.-The wheat NOV
ing season is now on and the rail-
roads are rushed To move the big
crop along the Lincoln branch the
Union Pacific has put on two special
wheat trains. These trains make
trip up and down the branch every
day and do nothing but haul wheat.
The trains pull from thirty to forty
cars of wheat each trip.
Place Is Promised. = Congressman
]. NJ. Miller, who is attending the
Coffey county fair, has announced
that, if he is still congressman from
this district when there is another va
cancy at West Point, he will appoint
Ted Lang, son of E. ]. Lang, of Bur
lington, it being this county's turn
to have the appointment. 1t will be
four years before a regular vacancy
occurs, but young Lang expects to at
tend school until he graduates and
then go to Kansas University.
Remembered by His Mother.-Jas.
Wood, who has resided in the Chip
pewa hills of Franklin county for a
quarter of a century, has just fallen
heir to $4,000. Twenty-Five years ago
Wood had a dispute with his father,
a rich artist in New York city, and
left home. coming to Kansas to live
the life of a hermit in the hills. His
father died later on, but disinherited
the son. The mother moved to France.
She died recently. In her will she
didn't overlook her son in Kansas.
She gave him one-fourth of her
100000 estate.
Tough on Missourians. = Missouri
school teachers cannot fill the short
age in Kansas unless they take the
Kansas examination. Teachers from
most other states are not required to
take an additional examination. But
Kansas and Missouri have no recipro-
cal relations. Kansas wanted to en-
ter into such relations couple of
years ago, but Missouri declined. Kan
sas is shy on teachers now. Missouri
has a surplus. Several of them have
applied for Kansas schools, but none
will be employed unless they have a
Kansas certificate. Other states are
| furnishing teachers for the vacancies.
Class Work Opens. = Class work
! opened at the state agricultural col
| lege September %. The matricula-
ton and incidental fees received indi-
! cate that the attendance will probably
exceed that of last falls term by over
| 200 While the official count has not
| yet been made, President Nichols esti-
mates the attendance at present at
| ,044.
New Bank For White City.-A com
! pany has been organized here for the
purpose of starting a new bank The
! president of the company is W. r.
! Bigham, and Al Wallace will be
cashier The bank will have a CAPT
tai stock of 10000 A new building
will be erected at once and the bank
will be ready for business by the first
of the year.
SpirituaIists at Ottawa.-The Spir-
| itualists of eastern Kansas are hold
| ing their eighth annual camp meet
ing at Forest park, Ottawa, with a
large attendance. Several prominent
! lecturers and mediums from differ
ent parts of the country are on the
grounds. The meeting will continue
several days.
Beat the Game.-A few years ago
George Bowman traded a team for a
farm in Jewell county. That old cor
| fidence game was worked on him.
When he wasn't watching the man