Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-01-13

Held Farmers Institute.-A. farm. j
erss institute was held at Burlington
with an attendance of about $50. a
permanent county Organization was
formed providing for annual meetings
at Waverly, Lebo. Leroy and GRID
ley.
New Mortgage Business.-Foreclos-
use of real estate mortgages used TO
keep the lawyers of Kansas busy.
That vein has been worked out com
pletely- But the lawyers have anoth-
er field opening up = foreclosure OF
mortgages on automobiles The first
case of that kind was started at Otta-
wa a few days ago.
Fight on coffeyviIIe Pavine.-Some
property owners of Coffeyville are
making a fight against a paving
proposition They want the assess
ment set aside because the brick and
curbing were not up TO specifications
The lower court refused to grant
them relief and they have appealed
TO the supreme court.
Must Close Joint. = 1t is reported
that Col Hall. the commanding officer
at Fort Leavenworth, has request
ed Mayor Everhardy to close the
joint of James Casey on Cherokee
street. In addition it is said that
unless this is done complaint will
be made TO the state authorities
against the city officials.
-
ney General Coleman has rendered
an opinion to the effect that all oil
and gas leases must be assessed by
the local assessors, except those On
land used for pipeline purposes, tank
farms and other business incidental
to the pipeline concerns. Pipelines
and appurtenances are assessed by
the state board.
Uncle Sam Refinery Statement. =
The Uncle Sam refinery fled its
monthly report with the state audi
tor showing the amount of oil it is
selling. The report shows that Uncle
Sam is selling oil in Kansas. Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado.
It's r,finery was started in August.
Since then its business has been in
creasing monthly.
Peach Tree Suit Appealed.-A fruit
tree ,uit was appealed tC the supreme
court from the Riley county district
court. S. B. Moore. nursery agent,
sold H. Strong 500 peach trees for
$3.50. Strong refused to pay for
them, claiming they were not what
he ordered. Moore got judgment for
the amount in the district court, and
Strong appealed to the supreme
court.
Sane EpiIeptics in Asylum.-There
are twenty-five sane epileptic child
rem of school age at the Parsons asy-
lun. The legislature made no pro-
vision for their education. The state
| board of control took the bit in it's
| own teeth and authorized the super
intendent to fit up one room at the
institution with school furniture and
employ an additional attendant to
| teach the school.
Slight Inaccuracy. A story was
sent out from lola recently that the
| Kansas Natural Gas Company was
pumping sixty parts air and forty
parts gas into its pipe line there and
selling the mixtures at Topeka, Law
renee, Kansas City, Kas., and other
towns at % cents per thousand feet
| The Kansas Natural hasn't yet start
ed any of the pumps on it's pipe line
| Otherwise the lola story is correct.
Potato Lore. - w. S. Williamson
the champion potato raiser of Lyon
county, says that invariably potato
raisers harvest their crop early and
in Thu way not only iniure the quality
of the potatoes. but diminish the size
of the crop. The prevalent idea he
says, is that the potatoes are ripe
when the vine dies, but the facts in
the case are much to the contrary
that the potatoes are only half GROVE
when the vines die. That they in
crease in size and flavor after frost
Useful invention. A Lindsbore
man comes to the front with an in
vention that will clean stovepipes anC
chimneys. If It will also do away
WIN the language WHICH mas mere
tofore usually accompanied the jot
of cleaning stovepipes, lys Clarence
Mats-l the Lindsborg man will have
made the work of the recording an
gel much lighter.
Manhattan College Prospers.-Th,
fall term of the State Agricultural Col
lege has just closed and it was on
of the most prosperous in the histor.
c the institution. The enrollmen
was the largest of any previous term
being 1875. The prospects for tn
: coming winter term. which Openet
January 2. bid fair to show a larg
increase in attendance.
Rebates on Tax The per cen
rebate cl ta-es T-ich are paid
t half year in advance will be abolish
: ed at the next session of the sat
/ | .sislature if the county clerks of tn
i state can have their way. A con
2 mittee was appointed at the stat
/ meeting of the clerks at Wichita t
= prepare a bill to present to the les
isIature when it meets in 1907.
Wichita Chicken Show. - The fift