Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-09-30

Baker University Opening. - Baker
university opened for the fall term
with an enrolment to date of $50 and
a large number yet to enroll. The
opening address was delivered by
Rev. VIM A Brown of Kansas City.
A new library building nearing com
pletion, two literary societies for men
and several additions to the faculty
are features of interest for this year
assistant attorney general. appointed
to enforce the prohibitory law in Will
son county, has taken a new tack. He
has served notice on the draymen in
the various towns of that county to
stop hauling liquor and beer from the
depOts to the joints. He makes the
point that they are common carriers
and can be prosecuted for aiding in
the violation of the law
To Start New Town. = Railroad
Commissioner A. D. Walker and AL
bert Sarbach have purchased the
townsite of Della, Jackson county. on
the line of the new Topeka and North
western railroad. The townsite is in
cornfield. twenty miles southwest
of HoltOn. Walker and Sarbach ex-
pect 10 make a town of 1000 in a
year. They are arranging for several
business enterprises for Della, in;
Guiding newspaper
Farmers Are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
A. ]. Davis, who is making a survey
of the hills and dales of Eastern Kan
sas for the war department, is having
trouble making farmers take his
money for meals. When he pays for
meal he must have a written re-
ceipt to file with the department.
When he asks for it the farmers hand
him back the money. They are afraid
to sign their names to anything for
&. stranger any more
Woman Smashes a SaIoon.-At Cir
ard Mrs. J. w. Wilkerson, whose hus-
band has been drinking, attacked a
saloon on the south side of the square
with hammer knocking out the glass
of the bar fixtures. Her hammer was
taken from her and she was carried
out. She then went to a saloon on
the east side, but was stopped at the
door. She was allowed to go home
without being placed under arrest.
There are five open saloons around
the square.
Asks for Reorganization. = State la
Dor Commissioner Johnson will urge
the next legislature to reorganize his
department into four bureaus. One
bureau will be for the collection of
statistics about labor and factory con-
ditions in the state; another will be
in charge of factory inspection, and
the enforcement of factory laws; the
third will be the free employment
bureau. now conducted as a separate
department; and the fourth is a
bureau for the arbitration of labor
difficulties.
Bond Compromise. = Assistant At
torney General Dawson has returned
from Stanton county. where he went
to straighten up some delinquent
school bonds held by the state school
| fund. The defaulting bonds amount
! ed to $S92S. He succeeded in get
ting 81 ,9O3 in cash and STOPS in new
bonds bearing low rate of interest
! He RENTED 81 PAP in bank interest
and got 1854 cash in delinquent in
! terest. This now winds up the com
, promises on defaulted bonds in merg
! ed districts.
Remembered by His Mother.-Jas
! Wood, who has resided in the Chip
/ pewa hills of Franklin county for 6
! quarter of a century, has just fallen
heir to $4,000. Twenty-Five years
ago Wood had dispute with his
father rich artist in New York City
and left home, coming to Kansas tt
live the life of a hermit in the hills
His father died later on, but disin
herited the son. The mother moved
TO France She died recently. In hel
will she didn't overlook her son IL
Kansas. She gave him one-fourth o.
her 100000 estate.
Keeping Out of Range.-Since The
! first provisional regiment of field ar
tillery has commenced it's target prac
tice with its new rapid fire guns or
the Fort Riley reservation, guard.
under the command of commission
ed officers patrol that part of the re
servation where the six batteries arr
at work. that no one may get with
in range of the bursting shells. Be
sides this. no one not a United State:
officer or soldier is permitted to wit
ness the firing.
x. U. Gymnasium Located. TIE
board of regents of the University O.
Kansas finished a brief session a
Lawrence. The new gymnasium
building was located to the north anC
west of the present Fowler shoI
building. The plans for the interior
were agreed upon, but the exterior has
not yet been designed to the satisfac
ton of the board. When the plans
are finally accepted. which it is be
lieved will be during the fall, bids will
be called for. and the contract let 81
that the foundation may possibly be
built this winter or if not the worl
viii be ready for the opening o.
spring.
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