Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-01-06


Bankers at Wichita in May. The
Kansas State Bankers Association
will hold its ANNUAL meeting in WITCH.
tia May Is. 16 and II, 1906. The dates
were fixed at meeting of the WITCH
ita clearing house.
Bank Changes at FL Dorado.-W F.
Benson was chosen vice-president OF
the Citizens State Bank He recent
ly resigned as cashier of the Farmers
mad Merchants National Bank. with
which he had been associated for sew
en- years.
Topeka Jointists in Jail.-As re-
suit Of the crusade for law enforce
ment in Topeka ten jointists pleaded
| guilty and wee sentenced to jail This
is the first time for some years that
so many Topeka jointists have been
behind the bars at one time.
HoIton's New Bank BuiIding.-The
State Bank of Holton will have q new
$4,000 home TO take the place of the
building destroyed by fire a month
/ ago. The directors have appointed
! a committee of three with power to
make plans and contract for the build
/ ing.
Spotter Testimony. = The supreme
! court has sustained Judge Aillmen, of
/ the Butler county district court, in
! decision that sDotter evidence In
/ LIQUOR case is competent. After this
| the rejection of spotter evidence by
court will indicate that the jointist
on trial has hook on the judge.
Postoffice Credentials. = Jesse
| Brooks will no doubt be given the
postofice at Mound City by President
| Roosevelt. The other day Brooks
/ was happy" to report the arrival of
! triplets at his home, the aggregate
weight of the three babies being nine
! teen pounds Roosevelt was notified.
Little Contagious Disease. = Only
! two cases of contagious disease are
il Emporia. all the others having
been released from quarantine. The
! danger of an epidemic from diph-
/ iberia, which was feared some time
ago. has been allayed by the doctors
who state that there is little sickness
of any nature in Emporia and no con-
tagiOIs diseases except the two men
| toned.
Christmas Tree Ablaze.-Consider-
able excitement was caused at the
! North Ottawa Methodist church by
blaze in the Christmas tree One
! of the branches caught fire from a
candle, and the flame spread rapidly
| through the tree. The audience be-
! came badly frightened and one or two
|, persons tainted before the panic died
| down. The tree was carried out of
the building. and a severely burned
hand received by Arthur Monford was
the only damage done. The gifts
escaped damage.
Fruit Growers Complain. = At the
meeting of the State Horticultural So
ciety a committee was appointed to
consult with Attorney Carr w. Tay-
lor with view to bringing complaint
for a decrease in freight rates on
fruit shipments in the state. Frank
Dixon, of Holton, claimed it cost him
IL cents a hundred to ship a carload
of apples from Holton ito Stockton,
while the rate from New York to
Stockton is only AZ cents. Others
contended that the rate on fruit from
California to New York was 81 a hun
dred, while it was S1.25 a hundred
! from Kansas to Eastern Missouri. The
! committee appointed under the reso-
| luton will confer with Carr Taylor
attorney for the board. shortly and
formulate a complaint to be filed with
| the board William H. Barnes, for
| twelve years secretary of the State
! Horticultural Society, a place that
pays 81, 200 a year, with a S720 job
for his daughter, served notice that
| he would not be a candidate next year
| for reelection His term is for two
! years. He holds over this time In
his letter he took occasion to scorch
! the state officers and newspaper men
! for their shabby treatment of his de-
| partment
Kansas Town Scorched.-The bust
! ness part of Herndon was destroyed
/ by fire. Two drug stores, meat mar
ket, bank and three general stores,
! including stocks and buildings, were
| burned, together with smaller con-
! Germs. A hardware store and general
store alone are left. No estimate has
been made of the loss There is little
insurnce.
Policy for Every Voter. = Kansas
| has almost as many people carrying
insurance as there are voters in the
state. The reports in the insurance
department show that 321, 537 people
in the state carry insurance Of this
number 1921 carry insurance in old
line companies to the amount of $115,-
! O45, 14O, and 49,, 416 carry insurance
in fraternal companies to the extent
of $293, 406,005. This makes a total
insurance of over $4O8,00O, 0O0 The
average vote cast in Kansas is about
| 100000. Of course, many persons
| qualified to do so fail to vote, but the
records show that there is an insur-
ance policy in the state for every man
who votes. This doesn't mean, how
ever that every man has an insurance
/ policy, because many women carry
policies.