Free press., 1906-05-05

and MS lett arm was TWISTED Oh.
Everhart had gone to the plant with
a number of other persons to see the
new machinery work
!. o. o. F. Celebrate at Girard. =
The Southeastern Kansas Odd Fol
lows Association celebrated the
eighty-seventh anniversary of the or
der in Girard. The lodges in Craw-
ford and Cherokee counties and Fort
Scott were represented.
To Corral the Neosho.-There is a
bill before congress for the appropria-
tion of SIS GOO for the survey of the
Neosho river from the Indian Terri
tory line to Emporia, but a large per
cent of the land owners in the over
flow bottoms in Labette and Chero-
kee counties have tired waiting for
this appropriation.
lola Gas Dividend of 5000. = The
directors of the lola Gas Company
held a meeting at the gas Office and
declared a dividend of 5000 for the
month OF April. This means that this
sum will be applied by the city on
the purchase price of the plant for
the month of April. 1t may be a few
dollars more than that. This reduces
the amount due on the plant to ap-
proximately 22,469.S0.
Capture Horse Thieves. = After
chase lasting for ten days over
course covering the entire northwest
ern portion of the state and a section
of Nebraska, Sheriff Bogart has ar
rested w B. Stevens, Cleveland Stew
ems, H. C. Mckinney, A. j. Watson
and the notorious John Doe. The par
ty are accused of having stolen six
teen head of yearling mules from
James Williams of Finney county
Sugar for kansas.-kansas has add
ed sugar to her staples of agriculture
and next winter will witness 20 mil
lion pounds, or 200 600 bags, of the
refined product turned out of a re-
finery now in course of construction
at Garden City. twill be beet sugar,
of course, but sugar is sugar tbs
world over, and when it is refined and
in crystals the beet is the same as the
cane
To Seine the Streams. = Franklin
county streams are about to be sein-
ed for buffalo fish and German carp,
for the protection of the young crop
of fish in the streams. VIII Collins,
deputy game and fish warden, came
in from Lawrence, in advance of
supply of nets and other, apparatus,
and is preparing to make vengeful
warfare on the pirates of the streams,
under which head the buffalo and carp
are classified Mr. Collins has been
operating out of Lawrence for some
time
IoIa's New 'Phone System. = Man
ager Summers, who has charge of the
construction work for the Bell TeIe-
phone Company at lola, announced
that the entire new central energy
would be completed by June 2, and
that the system would be switched
over Sunday morning, June 8. The
westinghouse Electric Company force
will complete the new exchange
board the last of. next week This
will leave but the installing of tele-
phones, as the cable system is COM
pleted.
Reno County Mans Claim. = Rura-
ma Harpole of Reno county, has
claim against the federal government
amounting to s3,SOO At the time of
the war of the rebellion Mr. Harpole
lived in Putnam county, Tenn, and
was on the route of the Union army
which came along and took from him
horses. mules, harness. hogs, chick
ems and destroyed stables, fencing
and clothing, besides other things.
The government never took the
trouble to pay the loss, so Mr. Har-
pole is seeking redress now. A few
days ago Senator Long introduced a
bill in the senate allowing Mr. Har-
pole the S3,SO0 claimed
May Get Another Factory. = There
is a strong probability of new manu-
featuring institution being brought to
Wichita. Secretary Resing of the
Commercial Club, is. in correspondence
with a firm in Stafford, Kan, with
TGISTSuCS 10 IOSdllHS dhOIH0r factory
in Wichita. The industry in question
is plow and cultivator works. At
present the factory is located at Stat
ford. but the railroad facilities are not
large enough to give the business the
company can handle. 1t will employ
thirty men.
Farmers institute at Hays City. =
The greatest farmers institute eve<
held in western Kansas was held at
Hays City. Over 500 people were in
attendance. The forenoon was spent
by the farmers at the Hays branch ex-
pertinent station, examining the
various experiments now being con-
Quoted in wheat, grass. corn and in
feeding cattle. There was lectures on
farm, dairying and soil culture. an
organization being perfected, and next
fall an institute and agricultural ex-
hibit will be held. Professors Err and
Quenick of the Kansas Agricultural
College were the speakers.
Salinas New Depot = The Rock
Island will build a new depot in Sa-
lima if it can not succeed in getting