Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-08-05
KANSAS COMMENT

has gone TO Chicago. He refused to
be interviewed in regard TO the
Chickasaw bond before he left.
Lowry's Successor Appointed. =
Governor Hoch appointed DR.. Frank
Lerrigo, of Topeka. member of the
state board of health to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of DR..
Charles Lowry, of Topeka.
Wants Convict Returned.-Govern-
governor of South Dakota for the re-
turn of Arthur Wing, wanted at Paola
for breaking jail. Wing was serving
a years sentence for assault when he
got away.
Big Wheat Shipments.-The Santa
Fe is doing the biggest business of
the year, handling the wheat crop.
For several years the cry of the
farmers in the wheat belt has been
for more box cars in which to ship
their wheat.
Comply With the LaW.-The state
treasury examiners, consisting of the
governor, secretary of state and state
auditor, will make regular monthly
examinations of the state treasury
after this. They VIII make one exam
ination yet this month.
Fill in Flood Holes. - At Wichita
Mayor Ross announced that the street
car company had agreed to haul any
amount of dirt to South Riverside
park to fill in the low places caused
Inv of CT N
ing Of the levee along the river.
Doing Early Flowing. - In Barton
county farmers are getting great
deal of blowing done early this seas
on. The ground is in fine shape for
blowing and good use is being made
of the opportunity. Early blowing is
what makes good wheat as a usual
thing.
Fighting Impure Food. - Secretary
Crumbine. of the state board of health.
will join with the chemists of the
state educational institutions in a
warfare on impure food. Just as
soon as the professors get back from
their summer vacations the war will
begin" said Crumbine today. The
law passed by the legislature last win
ter gives us ample power to drive out
all doctored foods"
Test With Fuel as OiI.-The first
test of fuel Oil on the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe railroad system will
be made soon. The engine with
which the first experiment is to be
made passed through Chanute bound
south. The test will be made on the
part of the Southern Kansas division
between Havana and Cedarville. Mr.
Fox, superintendent of the eastern di
vision. is in charge of the engine.
Went over Dam. - James Carter
bridge Waterman at the Kaw river at
Lawrence. had narrow escape from
drowning this afternoon. He was re-
moving debris from one of the bridge
piers, when he lost his balance and
fell into the river. He was carried
over the dam and through the rapids.
being taken from. the water by a pass
ing boatman. Carter had not lost
consciousness, and was only bruised
on the hands and arms.
Briston at Salina. - When Joseph
l.. Bristow left Washington recently
1t was announced that the former
fourth assistant postmaster general
would locate in either Ottawa or Sa-
line and engage in active work on one
or the other of the papers he is in
terested in, the Ottawa Herald or the
Salina Journal. Mr.. Bristow has now
decided to go to Salina. That city
will be his home and he will be the
active editor and publisher of the Sa-
lima Journal.
Paint at Court House.-The county
commissioners of Sedgwick county in
structed the county clerk to advertise
for bids for painting the sashes of all
the windows in the court house. The
county will furnish all the materials
and only want painters to do the
work. The painting of the big circu
lar tops of the court room windows is
now being done and the commission
ers want the sashes of all the win
dows painted as soon as possible.
Burned Wheat Stacks. = Many
wheat stacks along the road between
Butler and Hutchinson have been SET
on fire by a man who was driving
through the country, and no fewer
than fifty of them were burned. A
granary near Buhler. which contained
$50 bushels of wheat and $3.50 which
had been received by the owner fol
wheat the day before and hidden in
the granary, was burned. This farm
er also lost three stacks of wheat
Twelve, farmers are known to have
suffered losses at the hands of the
firebug and the loss of grain will
amount into the thousands of bush
els
lola Wrecker at Large.-C. l.. Mel
vim, who wrecked the lola saloons, ha!
dropped out of sight as completely a.
if the earth had swallowed him up
He could not long remain here with
out food or shelter and it is not be
lieved that any citizen of Allen coun
ty would afford the wrecker either
1t is thought that Melvin has gone t
South Dakota.
Asked to Lecture.-E. H. Funston
of lola, has been asked to deliver
lecture in Chanute on Law and Or
and tho .Ja~;-oa 49,