Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-03-17

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Undertakers' Trust. = 1t is an old
saying that nothing is sure but death
and taxes. This has been modernized
to include the payment of the under
takers bill since Kansas undertakes
have formed trust and require peo-
| pie to put up cash or give approved
security before they will bury the
| dead
Barton County Wheat Outlook. =
AS a result of the heavy snow the first
| Of the week. wheat is commencing TO
recover and the prospects for crop
| are good. The heavy winds of last
week did much damage and N places
| blew the wheat entirely out. Much
that was exposed over the county is
in fairly good shape now.
New $1,000 Lime PIant.-The Fort
Scott Hydraulic Cement Company,
with plant north OF the city and
quarries four miles south of the city,
has commenced work on a new de-
parture which will be run in connec-
ton with the cement plant. 1t is a
hydrated lime plant and the building
for the plant is now being erected.
Hydrated lime is something new in
this part of the country, it being
new process of lime that goes from
the manufacturer to the consumer for
immediate use, and without stacking
Widow Left Bonanza. Mrs Mar
garet Londregan, widow living alone
near Chapman, died last week In
cleaning up her house, in a closet OF
her bed room, beneath a heap of old
clothing. was found s21,S1O in cur
| rency. Much of it had been there for
years, apparently She and her hus-
band were among the early settlers
on Chapman creek. The husband
died several years ago. There are
no relatives. Recently she disposed
of $780, 900 worth of real estate by will
| TO twenty distant relatives. No one
knew that she had any other property
until recently. The money was
| brought here and deposited in the
| banks.
! The seniors of the high school are
now exempted from giving orations.
| Formerly, when the classes were
| small, every graduate was required to
| give an grafton, but as the classes
grew larger the number of speakers
dwindled down to the ten having the
highest grade standing for the four
years. Then the board of education
decided that there was too much dis
elimination in favor of the pupils with
the high grades, SO the classes were
instructed to elect five to assist on the
program. The board, after some dis
cussion, decided to do away with all
of the orators and to bring some
! noted educator to the city for the pur-
pose of addressing the graduating
class.
Trouble Seems Certain.-A second
war between Spaniards and Ameri-
cans seems unavoidable in Gas City,
from present indications. Six weeks
ago Spaniards began coming to Gas
City and taking places in the smelt-
ers. The Americans have resented
this and trouble was first started
when Harry Munger, who has since
| been convicted as a deserter from the
United States army, whipped two
| Spaniards. A sign has been posted
| on a telephone post along the path the
men take to work which reads: I'm
| portant.-All interested will meet at
| the pool hall at O'Clock this after
noon We will run the Spaniards out
of town and get back the jobs they
took from us.-Committee." In the
! afternoon twenty-five mem gathered
at the Gas City pool hall and talked
over the situation, but it is not known
what they decided to do. Smelter
men who should know say they fear
the younger men will start after the
Spaniards at almost any time.
More Than a Million. The state
now has over 81 100000 on deposit in
! the state repositories. According to
| the monthly statement issued by the
| state treasurer the balances in the
various funds aggregated $1,317,O0O.
| The receipts during the month
amounted to $2G7,921 and the dis
bursements S155,O00. The state
| school fund has $7,G44, S57 in bonds On
hand, the university fund $14G,215;
the normal school fund $217,715 and
the Agricultural college fund $464,-
PA.
Spring Resumes at Emporia.-Ah
| the snow and ice has disappeared
from the trees md ground and beau
tiful spring weather prevails. Inter
views with many farmers in this vi
cinity show a great preponderance OF
opinion that fruit has not been ma
terially harmed by the sleet and ice
formed on the trees. On the other
hand, the opinion is unanimous that
immense benefit has accrued to wheat
and that the ground could not be in
better condition than it will be in
day or two, when the sun and wind
have done their work of drying out
| the superfiuous moisture.
Grants Railway Franchise. The
| city council of Parsons has granted a
thirty year franchise to the Kansas
Union Traction Company which is