Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-22
KANSAS COMMENT

Three Days CarniVaI.-Encourage
by the prospects for big crops in
jackson county, the Commercial
League of Holton has set on foot
plans for three days street fair and
carnival for the first part of Septem
her. The exact dates will be annouIc
cd later.
Dancer is Over. THE danger OF
food at Wichita is past. At no time
was there any serious danger here;
as the Little river was never filled
to its full capacity and the Big river
has always been able to carry on
the water emptied into 1t from the
tributaries in this section.
Bids for Court House. - Henry
Wagenkneckt of Wathena was the
successful bidder for the building OF
the new Doniphan county court house.
His bid was S39,95O Heating, light
Ing and plumbing will be in addition.
Contractors from over the state and
from ST. Joseph and Kansas City
were bidders. Washburn & Son of
Ottawa are the architects.
A Defective RaiI.-A defective rail
on the main line of the Missouri Pa
cific just east of lola caused switch
engine and a heavy loaded car of
brick to plung into an embankment.
badly injuring w. U. Morrison, fore
man of the switching crew, and
George Bright switchman. Bright
was caught between the engine and
the embankment and his leg may
have to be amputated 1t is thought
both men will recover.
Shooting at Alta Vista.-Dr. c. E
Smith, physician of Alta Vista, shot
and probably MORALLY wounded Cara
Norlin. telephone lineman. of Alma
at Alta Vista. The two men quarrel
ed on a train and fought on the depot
platform at Alta Vista. DR.. Smith
secured a shotgun, and following Nor
lin to the south edge of town, fired
both barrels, some of the shot enter.
Ing the abdomen. Smith was arrest
ed at a farm Louise south of town.
Increase in Oil Runs.-A great in
crease in runs of Kansas territory
oil is shown in the bulletin issued at
ChanUte of runs for the first week of
July. 1t was the first announced cut
made since IL order was made to
take all oil. The increase for the en-
tire field of daily runs is over 5000
barrels. The deliveries to refneries
remains the same as before, showing
that nearly all of the increased oil
runs was put in tankage. One hun
dred and eighty-four thousand barrels
were put in storage tanks for the sew
en- days. The greatest increase in
runs was in the Chanute- Humboldt
district.
Old Grades Estabished.-The Kan
sas millers won a decisive victory
over the grain dealers and elevator
men when the state grain grading
commission practically adopted the
grades established last year. The
dealers wanted the board to establish
grades without fixing weights. They
c,cimed that the fixing of weights
worked a hardship on them unless
there was uniformity in all the states
and a. all marketr. which was not the
case now. The millers said their
chief protection came from establish
ed weights. They knew now when
they ordered No. wheat, for instance
within a pound or two of what it
would weigh to the bushel. If the
weights were abolished on grades
they could not tell whether No. 2
would be light or heavy, but appre-
Hrhf
adopted the old grades with one or
two minor changes.
Hold It Next Year.-At Ottawa all
questions as to the continuance of the
Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly next
year was set aside by the meeting OF
the stockholders at which time the
unanimous opinion was expressed in
favor of holding the meeting next
year in spite of the financial losses
which threaten this year.
Against Park Proposition.-At Cot
tonwood Falls the vote on the propo-
sition TO purchase the vacant ground
west of the court house for $4,000 for
city park was against it. The vote
was the largest ever polled in the
city. Old men and women who never
took part in elections before were out
with carriages and working like pro-
&c SIGNALS.
Dodges Dark Cell.-In an effort to
escape the penitentiary John Lewis, a
negro now confined in the Sedgwick
county Jail awaiting trial on the
charge of burglary. is alleged to be
feigning insanity. For the past few
days he has been very violent. yell
ing and screaming all day long. How
ever. when the sheriff threatened to
lock him in the dark cell he ceased
his rawlings.
No ConVicts to Spare. = When the
board of directors of the Kansas peni-
tertiary was in session, a Chicago
firm manufacturing pants, overalls
and blouses. made application to lease
convict labor and locate a shop with
in the prison. The firm wanted the
labor of at least 100 prisoners and as
many more as could be spared. The
firm has leases for convict labor in
the Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and
other state penitentiaries. The repre-
sentative Of the firm was informed