Free press., 1906-04-14
KANSAS COMMENT

f1Ocn uecluGd tudt APIlI - ohoAi ~
Arbor day No formal proclamation
has been issued, but this will probably
be done
To Employ rs More Men. = The
CherokeeLanyon SIN o.ter at Gas City
will in few days start another block
of their works which will give en-
ployment to about IS roen.
Must Have Authority.-The govern
ment has posted a notice that no one
shall dam the NeoshO river without
consent of the war department, be
cause that river is a navigable
stream.
caldweIPs Municipal Lighting. = At
the city election here the proposition
to issue $4,000 in bonds to install
municipal electric light plant carried
by IS majority The women are not
permitted to vote on this proposition
At the same election the dry city
ticket was elected.
Fruit in Good Condition. - Kansas
fruit is in good condition except for Il
little damage which has been done to
Japan pIums. apricots and few
pSGCHt5. W. H. AoeAi no. oN~4 NNSNA =
the board of horticulture. says that
conditions in the state are very good,
according to reports he has received
from majority of the counties.
Generous Sister.-Mrs. Lydia ]. Her
vey, of Sumner county deserves n
medal for generosity. Fer mother
died not long ago and by the pro
into possession OF all the property
Now she has filed suit TO break the
will so that the other members of the
family can get a portion of the es-
tate.
Newton Man lnvents OeVice.-C. P.
Oldham has just finished and will have
patented at once an invention which
will be of interest to women that use
a sewing machine. 1t will do away
with the bobbin winding on machine
and women that do much sewing know
the trouble when one finds the bobbin
empty or filed with the wrong
thread
Slayer of Stewart Unknown.--The
decision of the coroner's jury III TIC
inquest into the cause Of the death
OF Fred Stewart. a member of the
Twentieth Kansas, whose body was
found in q pasture just south of Fall
River, was that he came to his death
by being shot in the head with re-
volver in the hands of some unknown
person. No money was found on his
person.
Making Brick With Oil. - A brick
company ut Salina is using Kansas
crude oil to burn brick. 1t takes
about three tank cars of oil to burn a
25O,O0O kiln, and the cost is equiva-
lent to SO coal The oil is piped to the
kiln from Il large tank near the kiln,
and is burned from thirty jets. These
Jets burn constantly from the time the
kiln is started and the heat obtained
from them is intense. Birds flying
over the kiln while it is burning meet
sudden death.
Lutheran Home at Topeka. - The
Lutheran cLilG-e ems home is to he
located in Topeka. This hes been
formally decided upon by the board
of directors OF the Evangelical Luth
eran Children's Home Association. II
was thought to J . settled that the
home would be II Alma or McFar
land, but the directors changed theil
plans and a site will be selected in
Topeka. An eastern man has offer
ed to furnish the money to buy and
equip the building. allow the associa
ton to usa 1t two years free of charge
with the privilege of purchasing it "A
the expiration OF the time.
Lawrence Wins the Flag. Motto;
was received in Lawrence that Mrs
w. e. Stanley. state regent of thu
Daughters of the American Revolu
ton for Kansas. and Miss Grace
Meeker, state secretary of the same
organization, had awarded to the Cen
trail school In Lawrence the prize of
fered by the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revo;utlcl for the largest pc
capita contribution to the Santa F.
trail marking fund, a collection take,
in the schools cf Kansas. OF an,
school in tEe state. The prize is
handsome silk flag. and was purchas
ed in Lawrence and will decorate tn,
Central school building The flag i
GlSuI Dy .SlAteSH lett III Size. anu
handsome reproduction of the la
tional emblem.
Triple Tie Meetina-The fifth bIcn
nial session of the supreme council O
the Triple Tie Benefit Association
will meet at Clay Center. May s,
10. IL and II. The head Office is il
Clay Center. which place has been It
headquarters since June. 1896. 1t ha
local councils in Oklahoma as well a
Kansas. It's present membership i
over 5000.
Sewer Caved In.-While a party O
five laborers were digging a sewe
eighteen feet deep ut Syracuse cave
in occurred and Joseph Gray of Grea
Bend was killed by crushing and suffc
cation. and Joseph Chapman was bad
~ injured.
7oth Kansas Ready. = Lib,eriai
James l.. King has received from tn
State Printer volume 20 of the IEar
sas Supreme Court reports and is dc
lIvering 1t to the profession and of
cials II is a book of 02G pages. on