Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-23
KANSAS COMMENT

Aenid From Enid. - An Enid girl
who may or may not have been nam
ed for her home town now gives her
name rather more of an air or dis
tiRction by writing 1t Aenid.
Rob Newton Jeweler.-The jewelry
store of G. w. Hates was broken into
at Newton. The plate glass window
was broken with piece OF gas pipe
and seven gold watches and guam
tity of solid gold brooches, rings and
stick pins TO the value of 5000 were
stolen.
Found Roommate Dead. - When
Buck Hollingsworth went TO call his
roommate, J. A. Stevenson, at Arkan-
sas City. he found the latter dead,
supposedly from heart trouble follow
ing years of indulgence in liquor.
Stevenson was 60 years OF age. and
was sign painter.
Prison Guard Wants DiVorce.-John
w. Keirns a guard at the state peni-
tertiary. sued his wife for divorce
on the grounds of extreme cruelty and
threatening to kill him. Keirns sued
his wife for divorce in Osborn coun-
ty five years ago. but they patched up
their differences then.
e. Dorado Buys Waterworks.-The
waterworks purchase and extension
bonds have been received by the city
clerk When the bonds are properly
executed and registered they will be
turned over TO the purchasers and
$4,000 of the proceeds will be used
TO pay for the waterworks and $500
TO build the stand-pipe and make ne
cessary extensions. The city expects
to have its money md take charge of
the plant in very short time.
Corn Rots in Field.-G. A. SchweiZ-
err, a well known farmer of Leaven-
worth county, has written to his son.
Carl SchweiZer. who is superintend-
ent of the free employment bureau in
Kansas City. that his corn is rotting
because he can not find hands to
husk it. and he asks for help from
Kansas City. The fact that the Kan
sas Natural Gas Company is paying
laborers $3.50 day has taken most OF
the men away from other work.
DriIIers Blown to Atoms. Two
men, Jean Turner and Herbert Shan
non. were blown to pieces. east of
Chanute, in a boiler explosion. They
were pumping oil on the Burghart
lease, at one OF the Southwestern Oil
Company's pumping plants, when the
accident occurred. The explosion
tore their bodies TO atoms. Several
other men were in a small building
near by. but escaped injury. IT,
cause of the explosion is not llnoAn
Both were experienced oil drillrrs
Turner was a widower about 40 years
old, while Shannon was a young inar
not much over 81.
Marshall County Prosperous.-CorI
harvesting Is almost completed il
Marshall county. There are few
farmers who are yet at work in theiI
corn fields. In nearly every case the
yield will be above the expectation o
the farmer. Conservative farmer.
who have been over the county sa.
thirty bushels is a fair average 70
the entire county. Most of the farm
ers are rushing their grain to market
the high price being an inducement t
them to turn II into cash. AS a re
suit the elevate r. taxed to thei
utmost and the ~ few elevators il
the. county that ha, = Aeen able to ge
cars fast enough to dump their bins
The acreage of wheat in Marshal
county this year is larger than las
year and this grain is making a fin
stand for this time of the year Thi
county seems to be on the eve of tn
greatest prosperity in its history.
cotfeyviIie's First FIats.-Arthur {
HesS and Everett II. Hess have r,
Gently purchased two lots 50xl9O fec
in SIZE as a site for the first row {
modern flats in Coffeyvile. Tn
plans for the apartment house col
template a building thoroughly up-tt
datesln all its appointments and hanC
some in architectural design. TIL
structure will be of brick and it wi
contain nine apartments of six room
each. The factories and business el
terprises of the city have brougt
large numbers of new people to Co
feyvtlle and increased the demand IL
houses TO rent. Many houses hay
been erected for rental purposes tn
fall but they have been insufficient
meet. the demand
Starving Bees. Honey bees tn;
are not being fed. are dying in Eas
ern Kansas. There seemed to be n
honey in the blossoms this year. an
the bees are hard up as a cons
querce. w. X Norbury, of Har
ford.shas lost nineteen hives this ia
while S. A. Thompson of the san
place lost fifteen. They are feedir
theirs, remaining bees to carry the
oversthe winter.
No. Investigation in Kansas.-Cha
les HcL+uling, of Wichita, state supe
intendent OF insurance. says he wi
not order an investigation of life i
surance companies doing business
Kansas Mr.. Luling made the stat
ment in an interview
May Put Lid on Graves. = At
meeting OF the Topeka Minister
Union a committee was appointed
canvass the situation and see if Su
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