Free press., 1906-05-05
KANSAS COMMENT

mercial club. making tour OF Kan
sas. visited Kinsley. They were well
pleased with the short grass coun-
try.
Chickens Eat Gold. Miss Jennie
Keim found a gold nugget in a chick
ems craw at Falls City. A company
will doubtless be organized to shake
the sands of the Nemaha where the
chicken pecked about.
Winfield to Compete. - The city
council is taking active steps toward
building a water works system, for
which $4,000 was voted a year ago
The new system will run in opposition
to the old one, owned by company
Changed to National Bank. = The
application of the Merchants State
Bank of Almana, Kan, to convert
into the First National Bank of Alme-
na. with S25,OOO capital. has been ap-
proved by the comptroller of the cur
rency.
Mother Breaks eaby's Arm. - Mrs
]. w. Conklin of Gas City broke the
arm of her 1S-month-old baby by
was running and started to fall, and
the mother in order to keep the child
from falling caught it by the arm and
lifted 1t up. In so doing the arm must
have become twisted as it was broken
just above the wrist.
Caught in Fly WheeI.-At Galena
while making some repairs on the en-
gine in one of the mining plants
Charles Frazer, aged 10. was caught
in the fly wheel and whirled around
with it. One leg was broken in two
places and he received other injuries
But for fellow workman hearing his
cries and stopping the engine he
would have been killed.
Pythians Called Upon. = Grand
Chancellor c. N Miller, of the Knights
of Pythias order in Kansas, issued a
circular letter from his Office in Min
neapolis TO members of that order in
Kansas calling on them to respond to
the appeal in aid for the sufferers in
the disaster at San Francisco Lodges
and individual members are requested
to forward their contributions TO A.
c. Jobes, grand master of excheQuer
at Wichita, Kan.
CowIey County Sells MuIes-S. E.
Pershali, the mule buyer, has shipped
total OF 5SG mules from CowIey coun-
~ since last December. The total
number for the year is 1882. The
shipments were all made from Arkan-
sas City. Winfield. Dexter and Ok
ffNv-d TBn h frrIne 4
load of 81 head purchased from La
har & Mcdowell. Of Arkansas City. on
February 10. which averaged S16225
a head. The average price for all
mules shipped during the past twelve
months is right at s125 per head az
gregatinS the large sum of S222 2.75O
paid to the farmers of Cowley county
for mules.
Wichita's New Building. = A con-
tract was signed by the Wurster Con
struction Company to erect a six
story business block, with n basement
at the southeast corner of Douglas
avenue and Main street The build
ing is for the Western Investment
Company and the Emporium Building
Company, and the contract specifies
that the work is TO be started August
and the building be completed and
ready for occupancy by March Is,
1907. The entire structure will be
occupied by Wallenstein 6 Cohn with
"A large department store, and will cost
approximately $4,000. The Boston
store building now stands on this
property.
Kansas Land Sells High. = The
Wathena Republican says: w. r.
Edwards has sold his eight acres of
land to Herman Deeken at 5000 per
acre. 1t adjolns Mr. DICKENS home
place on the west and has some fruit
upon it, but no other improvements
1T is well suited for fruit raising and
ON account of adjoining Mr.. Deekers
other place, ii is well worth the price
he paid for it. A few years ago when
the old Edwards farm was divided up
the land sold for $75 to $100 per acre.
and many persons thought those
prices high. Now after watching the
results of those investments since
then. some OF the same land goes to
5000; what will be the next price?
Hutchinson Gets State Shoot. =
Hutchinson gets the state shoot of the
Kansas State Sportsman's Association
for next year. This was decided upon
at meeting held in Great Bend. Il
was attended by all of the big shoot
ers OF the state and many profession
ais frQn over the country The state
shoot is being held at Great Bend
and the meeting decided the matter of
the meeting place for the coming
year.
Koch at Fort Scott.-Gov. Hoch has
notified the members of the G. A. r.
that he will deliver the principal ad-
dress at the unveiling of the Soldiers
morument at the court house. The
original plan for the unveiling SER
vices to be held cn the afternoon of
May Srd have been changed and the
exercises will be celebrated on Deco
ration day. May S0th.
Hutchinson Boy Injured. = George
Koontz. 13 years old. was run over