Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-04-15

Kansas Natural Gas Company. The
pipe line is connected up to the city
limits.
Working on Double Track. The
Santa Fe has begun work on the dou-
BILE track from Peabody to Florence.
The graders are now at work and the
bridge gang will be here in a few
days. Forty cars of bridge material
have arrived
Fair Dates Fixed.-At a meeting of
the directors of the Miami County
air Association, it was decided to
hold the fair this year September &c,
q. % and %. w. Fl. Bradbury, one
of the editors of the Paola Record,
was elected secretary.
Foot Crushed by Bumpers.-'W. E.
Federline of Junction City, had his
right foot crushed between car bum
pers west of here yesterday. He was
taken TO the hospital at Kansas City.
He is one of the Oldest and best known
conductors on the Kansas division.
so Bales of Cotton Burned. A
Rock Island car containing fifty bales
of cotton burned at Wichita. The
loss on the cotton will amount to
about $500. The car was in train
No. Sc, and was just leaving Wichita
near the Union stock yards. The cot
ton was consigned 10 Burlington &
Co, at Watuppa, Mass, and was
shipped from Shawnee, Q. IT.
No Foreign Observation-Disclosures
is a kick being made because Kansas
does not get any foreign appoint
ments,' said Charlie Finch, the well
known Kansas editor. The state is
entitled to seven, but so far as heard
from we have but two, the other five
going to some state where the men,
bers of congress do not have to spend
all their time trying to hold onto
their own jobs"
Extension of Lenora Branch.-Dan-
iel Eicher has received a letter from
the Missouri Pacific headquarters, St.
Louis, informing him that the COM
pany is seriously considering the ex-
tension Of the Lenora branch on west
to Denver, following the county lines
between the north teir of Kansas
counties, and the next tier south. and
asking him if he thought the town
ships along the proposed line would
vote bonds in aid of the proposition.
Central Kansas AppIes.-William
Cutter, one of the most extensive
fruit growers in Central Kansas, says
that present indications are that Cen
trail Kansas will have an abundant
crop of apples this year. He says
that on account of the partial failure
of the crop in the past few years this
years crop should be exceptionally
fine. Pears, Plums and Cherries
are also showing up well,' says Mr.
Cutter, in fact, all fruits are trying
to make up for the loss of our peach
crop
Paola Free Delivery. - The Paola
postoffice is now in the free delivery
class, the receipts for the year end
ing March 81, 1905 having exceeded
$4,000. The total amount received
for stamps and boxes was $10,1O4.30.
The business is still steadily increas-
The business is still steadily in
creasing, the receipts for the first
part of last year. There was
also an increase in the money order
business. The reports show that
$4,000 were issued and about $4,000
paid.
Raised the Price of Twine.-Prison
twine has been advanced IA of a cent
a pound over last year. The prison
directors have fixed the price this
pounds or over, and IA cents in lots
of under 5000 pounds. The increase
in price is due TO the increased cost
of sisal, which is from so to IS cents
a hundred higher this year than it
was last. The prison plant will not
make as much money this year as it
did last. because tire increase in the
price of twine is not as large as the
increased cost of siSal.
Light Frost Hurt Fruit. - At Nc
Pherscn on April the thermometer
at the government station registered
80 degrees. A light frost covered the
ground and all early garden plants
suffered and the early fruits, such as
apricots and plums. Some of the
that the late sOwn oats that were just
coming up will be badly injured. The
prospects for the wheat crop never
looked better, the stand is heavy and
the wheat has a good color and the
ground is full of moisture.
VIII Double Rural DeIVery-The
quarterly report issued by Postmaster
Guthrie to the pOstofiice department
shows that the rural mail carriers
going out of Topeka have delivered
the first three months of the year
about 10000 pieces of mail and that
they have collected about 10000 let
tiers and papers. This is a decided
increase over the last quarter of more
than 5000 pieces of mail delivered by
the carriers. The report from the
officials is that the rural delivery is
increasing all the while and that it
Will not be more than year before it
is doubled.
In Hands of a Receiver. - O. F.
Lyngar has been appointed receiver
of the Chicago Crude Oil company of
Chanute, one OF the Oldest companies
in that field. The company owns %