Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-08-12
Ring Tailed Pheasants.

ant hatchery in southwestern Kansas.
The law provides that these birds
shall not be killed for three years, and
warden, believes that he can have the
western counties filed with them by
the time the prohibition is taken of.
Gas Pipe Line for Topeka. = T. J.
Adams. of Vincennes. Ind. and w. S.
Kilmer. of Kansas City, have been
coGferring with business men of To-
peka relative to a proposition to pipe
gas into that city from the Indian
Territory fields. The proposition is
TO run pipe line from the Bartles-
vile territory to Topeka. The pipe
line is to be run by way of Winfield,
being tapped there to supply that
point
Young Wife a Suicide.-Mrs. c. L.
Shaft of Douglass committed suicide
by shooting herself in the right tenn
pie with revolver. The husband was
in an adjoining room with their baby
when he heard the shot Rushing to
his wife he found her dead She was
q years old and had been married
four years. She had been i'll for sew
eral months and had been home from
a Winfield hospital only three weeks
1t is supposed dependency was the
cause of the suicide
Governors Private Secretary. - F.
L. Williams, of Clay Center, will soon
occuDoo tho rOcit;O,, Of ori1,o+o cooro
tary to Governor Hoch, succeeding
John Smith. of Marion, who was ap-
pointed temporarily to fill the place
after the resignation of T. A McNeal
on July l. when the latter became
state printer. Smith will resume his
old duties as executive clerk in the
governors Office, and Fred Knapp, the
present executive clerk, will become
secretary of the board of control.
New M, K. & T. Shops at Parsons.
The contract for the location of the
Missouri, Kansas, & Texas shops at
Parsons has been signed by the rail
way company and the citizens of that
city. In consideration of Parsons do
mating a large sum of money toward
the purchase of a site for the shops
the railway company agrees to build
shops that will cost 100000. This
at first expected, but it is large
enough to insure good payroll The
shops are to be completed within two
years.
Night Stamp Window. = People in
Wichita can buy stamps, money or
ders and registered letters at the
DostOffice until IL o'clock at night
Heretofore this department has closed
at 5 o'clock in the evening. Nov.
however. it will remain open until II
o'clock, giving the city a night ser
vice. This was done on account of
the fact that so many people are de-
sirous of purchasing stamps and
money orders after the regular hours
for closing this department The
opening of night stamp window will
necessitate the employment of an
other clerk.
Cuts Out Luxuries. in a circular
letter to the various superintendent
of the various charitable institutions
the board of control says: I'VE are
not authorized to permit officers ap-
pointed by the board to buy anything
at the expense of the state that is
not purchased for patients and in
mates. The intention of the law be-
ing that the state institutions are
supported by the people of the state
for the benefit of the patients and in
mates. and that out of the supplies
furnished for this purpose we can
your families. consisting of a wife
and minor children. Anything else
which you may wish to buy you will
have to pay for out of your own
money. All employees of the insti-
tutions have the right to eat at the
institutions. the same as patients, in
mates and superintendents.'
Bought the Poor Farm. = S. H.
Dodge of Beloit, who owns one of the
best weekly papers in the state, is go
ing to the poor farm. He has just
purchased it of the Mitchell county
commissioners for $4,000 and ex-
poets to move On to it. The county
did not need it.
Santa Fe Shop Change.-In the flu
ture all of the mounting of wheels
formerly done at the Santa Fe shops
in Ottawa will be done at Topeka All
of the car wheels at Ottawa have
been brought to Topeka and the work
will be looked after there in the fu-
ture. The repair shops at Ottawa
will still be maintained. although they
will probably handle -lothing but light
repair work.
Oil on the Streets.-Some months
ago E. Rose offered Abilene a car of
crude oil with which to experiment
in wetting down the streets. 1t may
be tried. The last legislature appro-
priated $500 to make an experiment
as to the feasibility of using crude oil
on roads. The experiment will be
made at Manhattan and at Hutchin-
son under the direction of the Agri-
cultural college
Complete Rural Service.-Complete
rural free delivery service has been
ordered established in Dickinson
county. total number of routes. thirty