Free press., 1906-03-24

farmers institutes under the aus
pices of the Kansas agricultural col
lege, was held at Clay Center
Eagles to Build at Lawrence.-The
Eagles lodge 6f this city purchased
building lot in the business section
of Lawrence, and will proceed short
ly to the erection of a new home for
the order.
1877 Ducks in One Day. - Jen Pen,
nington. Thomas Ryan and Walter
and Edward Case killed 137 ducks in
one day on the river recently, and ii
wasn't a very good day for ducks
either. The men left Leavenworth
couple of weeks ago and went tc
Kickapoo Island, which is a regular
paradise for duck hunters in duck
weather
Teachers to Meet at Hiawatha. =
The Northeast Kansas Teachers
Association, composed of the teachers
In all the counties in this district, will
hold its annual convention here April
3, and 7. Among the prominent
speakers will be Superintendent Kern
OF Rockford. ILL.,; Chancellor E. Ben.
Jamin Andrews, of Lincoln, Neb., and
Edward Amherst OFT, of Chicago.
To Support Brass 8and.-The Com.
mercial Club has taken charge of the
Arkansas City brass band and will
see that it is supported At a recent
meeting A. ]. Hunt and J. Mack Love
were appointed a committee on band
matters. They reported that the
committee had visited the business
men and had secured monthly con-
tributicns to the amount of $5S so for
one year.
Cold Weather Cuts Output. = The
price Of zinc ore in the Missouri Kan
sas district was fixed at the same
price paid last week On account of
freezing weather the weekly output
will be below the 600 ton average.
The basis price for GO per cent ore
ranges from $45 to SAC per ton, max
ing the highest grade ore worth $50
per ton. The market price of lead ore
is $G2. so, with highest grades selling
at $f3 per ton.
Fighters Known i'm Kansas. - The
Sixth infantry which participated in
the fight with Moros near Jolo, went
to the Philippines from FIT. Leaven-
worth, and with the possible excep-
ton Of the goth, is probably better
known there than any other regiment
that ever was stationed at this post.
The regiment came from the Philip
pines and returned to the islands
about year ago.
Fire in Stevens County. = Stevens
county was burned over by a prairie
fire Several sheds and other out
buildings were destroyed. John Wen
Eel, single man, who had home
stead five, miles north of Hugoton.
was burned to death while making an
effort to save his place. Clarence
Metz lost a barn, the Hagan boys lost
stable and their feed and Will
Worthington lost horse.
Extra Frei9hts CoIIide.-Two Rock
Island extra freights came together
head-On, at Langdon station. Engi-
neer Mark Hanna, of the west bound
train, failed to read all of his orders,
and ran by the station, where he was
to meet the other train. He and his
fireman jumped, but the engineer and
fireman of the other train stayed on.
No one was injured. Both engines
and seven cars were badly wrecked
and traffic was delayed twelve hours
New Wheat Belt Line. = The new
north and south road. the Gulf, Hut
obincou g. Mort h1ractor0 OroyoOSzod
to build a line through Kansas, will
not miss Wichita as was at first an
nounced. Reliable information to the
effect that a new survey for the road
will be made from Hutchinson
through Wichita and on south has
been received here. 1t was also an
nounced that the survey would be
made at as early date and that work
on the construction of the road would
be commenced some time this sum-
mer.
Closed the Ledge Rooms.-An order
of the mayor practically closed every
lodge room in Arkansas City. The
order is to enforce an ordinance pass
ed recently by the council and requir-
two stories in height. The council
at its last meeting gave the mayor
power to declare all such buildings
unsafe and order them closed against
all public gatherings. Some owners
have commenced the erection of fire
escapes and the others will comply
with the ordinance as rapidly as the
escapes can be put up.
lola Man Patents Retort Maker. =
Mr.. Vennetta, an employe of the
east smelters, has applied for a patent
on an automatic retort manufacturing
device that may revolutionize that
part of the smelling business. The
method now commonly used is very
crude. Although Mr.. Vennetta has
shown his machine TO very few per
sonal friends, it is understood that it
gives every promise of being a vaIua-
BILE addition to the smelling world. he
is a smelter man of years of expert
ence and has been working on his ma
chine for a long time
Child Burned to Death. = In the
destruction by fire of the home of
Charles Grimmett, at Americas, one