Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-01-20

Shook the Water Out. = Since the
recent earthquake most OF the wells
at Skiddy have gone cry Prior to
that time the wells ;-lways stood half
full of fine water
Every One a Classic. = Secretary
Coburn says that every one of the
papers read so far at the annual
meeting of the Kansas board of agri
culture is a classic.
Wales is Coavicted.-At Concordia
Charles Edward Wales was convicted
on his second trial at this term OF
court OF grand larceny Ind enbez-
element. He served two years IL the
Philippines during the war as a mem
Der Of the Sixteenth infantry.
Killed $50 Jack Rabbits--The resi-
dents OF the German settlement just
north of Grinnel held another rabbit
hunt at which $50 jack rabbits were
killed Twelve men on a side took
part. wire drag was used to raise
the rabbits, extending from two teams
driven at parallel
~ ~ ~ ~ NsSCA it SAa'Ss- AlS ~
cal members of the G. A R. met at
Salina and set the dates for the next
state meeting for June s. G and z. On
the same days there will also meet
the four auxiliarles to the G. A. R
The Woman's Relief Corps, the l.
dies of the G. A. R., the Ladies Aid
Society and the Sons of Veterans.
The grand officers of these societies
will be here
Rush for Government Land. = The
rush for government lands has been
increasing at an amazing rate. The
homestead filings at the Dodge City
land Office for the quarter just com
pleted numbered 1888. During the
same quarter for the year preceding
there were 39S entries and that seem
ed like quite rush at the time. Yes
terday So claims were filed upon al
the Office here
Atchison Man Rewarded. Franz
Floyd, a carpenter at Atchison, re
Gently shared his work and took into
his home supposedly poor stranger
giving him what little he could spare,
and otherwise befriending him. The
man has since fallen heir to for
tune of $4,000, consisting of farms
| and other property. The stranger
| has employed Floyd to manage one
of his farms near Horton for him.
Connect Kansas Towns. The
Hutchinson Interurban Railway Com
pany, just organized by home people,
has applied for a charter, the CAPT
tai stock being 100000, half of which
has already been subscribed by
Hutchinson people. The company
! will ask for city aid to the amount of
| $4,000 and build seven miles of line
within the city, extending other lines
in the country to Haven, Brady Lake.
| NickersOn, Huntsville and Sterling
| PIainVilIe's New Church.-The new
I Christian church was dedicate at
Plainville under the most suspicious
! circumstances. Elder l.. l.. Carpent-
er of Wabash, Ind, conducted the
dedicatory services. A good program
interspersed with special music had
| been prepared and was carried out
! in full. Although the day was not
a very bright one the building, whose
seating capacity is about $50. was
tested to its utmost at each service
The new church is a beautiful edi
fee and the people of Plainville are
proud of their new house of worship
Raw Land $21 Per Acre.-Peter De.
Boer, a well-to-do farmer living two
and one-half miles southwest of Grin
mel, purchased raw, unbroken quar-
ter section of school land for So 800,
an average of $21 per acre, and in so
doing paid what is probably the high
est price ever paid for a quarter sec
ton of unimproved Cove county land.
| Good land here sells readily at SIS
per acre but never has land been so
high here and in such great demand
as at present. The present outlook
for a bumper wheat crop the coming
season is creating the Ligh price and
the demand
Not Ready for observation-disclosures
al Manager Hurley, OF the Santa Fee
said in reply to query that his com.
pany is not yet satisfied with the prac.
teal character of the electric motors
that they want something that will
carry two cars all right, and that they
will wait awhile before putting or
motors.
Will Call on Treasurers.-Seth G.
Wells, auditor of state, and T. T
Kelly, state treasurer decided to cal
on the county treasurers for a por
ton of the state taxes now due the
state. Owing to the fact that the
county treasurers have not yet made
their reports to the auditor regard
ing the amount of money they have
on hands belonging to the state il
was impossible to exactly follow the
provisions of the new depository law
because the auditor has no basis OF
which to apportion the draft among
the various counties. 1t was there
fore decided to call for % per cent
of the state tax in the hands of the
treasurers. 1t will amount to about
100000, and will furnish sufficient
money TO run the state until the
treasurers prepare their reports.