Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-07-14

family composed OF two kittens and
two squirrels.
Pioneer Kansan Paralyzed.-Oscar
Seitz. one of the early settlers of Sa-
lima, was stricken with paralysis at
the store of his son. Charles Seitz.
He was one of the originators of Nc
Pherson county.
Broke Neck at experimentation
Mcclure. carpenter, while working
in the store of the Jet Mercantile
Company. was killed By an accidental
fall on stairway. He fell four feet.
breaking his neck
Wheat Is Good.-The wheat raisers
in the vicinity of Glasco have finish
ed harvesting a big wheat crop. l..
Noel. president of the Glasco First
National Bank, and who for the last
% years has bought grain and oper-
ated an elevator here, says the crop
of wheat this year is good, and bet
ter than the average.
Violating State Labor LAW. D.
Robinson, assistant superintendent of
the state bureau of labor, has gone
to Manhattan to investigate the re-
port that contractors employed on
state work are violating the eight hour
law. 1t is charged that contractors
who are doing work on the agricul-
tural college are working their men
more than eight hours.
Will Issue Egg BuIIetin.-An inter
esting bulletin is being compiled at
the State Agricultural college by Pro
fe3sor ]. T. Willard of the college at
Manhattan and Prof. R. H. Shaw of
the University of Nebraska, who is
now aiding in the work. The bulletin
will be of special interest to poultry
men as it will deal exclusively with
eggs. Over 500 eggs have been ana
lyZed and the issue will be on the
composition of eggs.
Cttawa's Annual Affair. = The big
free barbecue given here July 4th
proved to be such a good drawing
card that it has been decided to make
it an annual feature at future cele-
brations here. Fully ten thousand
people spent the day in Forest park,
and although three beeves and a
number of pigs were barbecued the
supply of meat was by far too small
to supply the immense throng. The
receipts of the day were about
81 200.
Juror Was Prejudced. - NJ. B.
Nicholson, of Council Grove, submit
ted to the supreme court a case in
which he asks the court to sustain
the verdict of the lower court, not
withstanding the filing of affidavits to
prove that one Of the jurors was pre-
JUDGED. The case is against c. A.
Gregory. Of Morris county. charged
with selling liquor contrary to law.
One of the jurors is said to have re-
marked that he would prosecute a
prohibitory law violator to the full
est extent of the law This remark.
made before he went on the jury,
is used by the attorneys for the de-
PENDANT as a basis for their appeal.
Is Selling Out in Kansas. -
Il am through with Western Kansas"
said Chauncey Dewey, the former
Kansas ranchman who achieved no
toriety by taking part in a battle with
the Berry family in 1908, in which
three members of the family were
killed. Il am living in Chicago and
am selling my Kansas property as
fast as l get prices for it. The
country out there is too valuable for
ranching purposes and so l am get
ting out of the business. l am not
going back out to Western Kansas,
but am not afraid of the settlers out
20
and let me alone when l am there"
The supreme court recently refused
to dismiss the charge of murder pend
ing against Dewey for his part in the
cattle war and he has asked for a re-
hearing of the case. He says he
hopes to get the charge against him
wiped out and to live in peace in
places where there is less animosity
toward him.
Big Time for Kingman.-The man
agement of the Eighth Annual Cat
tlemen's Picnic and Race meeting to
be held at K.ngman August IA, Is, 16
and II. desire to thus briefly an
nounce in advance of the regular set
program that more than $500 in
premiums have been arranged and
provided for in the various classes.
To summarize: $500 is set apart
for purses and prizes in the speed
r'ng; $3.50 in the cattle roping and
broncho riding contests; 81, 900 in the
agricultural, horticultural and live
stock exhibits; $3.50 for fireworks
S5CO for vaudeville attractions, and
s40C for base ball tournament In
add -.on 70 this list of premiums the
business men of Kingman will pro-
vide a lot of special purses and
premiums.
browns Herself in Cistsrn.-At her
home two miles west of Aida, in
Dickinson county, Miss Mary Dun
can. daughter of Mrs. Annie Duncan,
committed suicide by throwing her
self into a cistern and was drowned
For the past two months Miss Dun
can has been in poor health and at
times respondent
Threshers Burning Oil. = Many
threshers are installing oil burners
in their thresher engines in the wheat
belt. Coal is scarce out there, and oil