Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-03-11
Electric Power From turbines.

me republican River hydraulic
Power Company is preparing to dam
the Republican river at Junction City
near the point where that stream
flows into the Kaw A modern con-
crete dam will be built across the
stream, and from it the electric pow
er house that viii be built in the dam
will receive 1900 horsepower direct
from turbine water wheels The
plant is to be built for the purpose
of furnishing power and light for this
city and Fort Riley. The company
will spend about 100000 in building
the plant
Violated Fish Law. = Deputy State
Fish Warden U. s. Stoner arrested ].
F. Noggle, farmer, on charge OF
violating the fish laws. He had cap
tured wagon load of carp as they
were passing over the rifles. Nog-
gle pleaded guilty, claiming he did not
know he was violating the law. He
was fined $25 and sentenced to thirty
minutes in the county Jail. He paid
his fine. served his sentence and was
released. 1t is the first prosecution
under the fish law in Fort Scott.
Killed The Observation-Disclosures of
the senate has been killing amend
ments on the insurance trust bills in
troduced by Senator Wagner, or
those tackled on other bills. Wag-
gener's last effort was to introduce a
bill instructing the attorney general
to be authorized to act in the anti
trust insurance matter as soon as the
bill he introduced became a law. The
senate has not yet taken action on
this last move.
Joints Quit Busness.-The jointfsts
who have been operating in Olpe have
left in the last few days. County At
torney Roberts subpoenaed several
Olpe people recently to tell what they
know about the liquor traffic in that
town, and scared the jointkeepers so
they moved their fixtures out of sight
and took in their signs. Olpe has al
ways been more or less wide open, and
the joints have been undisturbed for
several years.
Big Waste of Cement.-At lola the
Register says: The Register was mis-
informed as to the number of barrels
of cement which ran out onto the
ground when the cement warehouse
collapsed, in which 5000 barrels was
wasted. AS a matter of fact, officials
of the company say that not more
than 1900 barrels ran onto the ground
when the building collapsed OF which
probably 500 or GOO barrels were
wasted.
Only Water at Geuda.-The tenn
perance movement has struck Geuda
Springs, the Southern Kansas health
resort, and five iointists are under ar
rest. Each is held on seventeen
counts of violation of the prohibitory
law. Geuda Springs is in both Cow
ley and Sumner counties, the main
street of the town being on the
county line, and these men are all
charged with operating in Cowley
county.
Charged With Bigamy. = H. E.
Bradbury, owner of the Royal hotel,
in Garnett, was arrested on the
charge of bigamy. The complaint is
made by William Weideman. The
woman who says she is wife No. is
a resident of Joplin, Mo. The sec
ond Mrs. Bradbury has left town.
similar case against Bradbury in
Kansas City in June, 1902, was dis
missed.
Convict Rearrested. = Henry Ma
shore. an Oklahoma convict, was ar
rested as he was leaving the prison
gate. J. Bourhard, a deputy sheriff
of Caddo county, Okla, made the ar
rest of Mashore, who is charged with
larceny in stealing cattle.
Broken Back FataI.-Charles Viii
son, who fell from a building last
week and broke his back, died at Ar
kansas City. The body will be sent
to Charlton, Ia, for burial.
Strong Gas Flow.-A fairly strong
flow of gas was struck in two gas
wells at Dexter. There are now
number of good wells there and the
residents are using the product for
cooking and lighting purposes. The
gas in one of the wells caught fire
and the derrick was almost consum-
ed.
Child's Neck Broken.-The 5-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Ham,
living about four miles east of Perry,
was killed by falling off a wagon, the
wheels of which passed over his neck,
breaking it.
May Be a 100000 Gasser. = The
Arkansas City Gas. Oil & Improve
ment Company brought in another
gas well Just north of Arkansas City
near the city limits. 1t is claimed
this is the strongest of the five wells
now in. and drillers claim it will test
5000, coo cubic feet per day.
AtIanta's New Bank.-A new bank
with capital stock of $4,000 has
been organized at Atlanta, with NJ.
Nj. Parish as president; H. 1. Wilson.
vice-president, and w. H Pauley, of