Free press., 1906-12-01
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III LANE. PEACE. PROSPERITY AND PLENTY "
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Kansas supreme court has refused To
remit the 81 600 fine imposed upon
former Mayor W. w. Rose for con-
tempt of court Rose had entered
plea for leniency, saying that he had
not willingly been in contempt of the
court, and that the actions for which
he was fined were made upon advice
from his lawyers.
Under Charge of Murder. = Joseph
Fisher, his wife and Bud Wright, a
young man members of a party of
horse traders, are in jail in Pittsburg
charged with killing John Bloodsaw.
in the timber of Brush creek. near
Weir City. He was a junk buyer and
It is said that he hal been travelling
with the Fisher family. The Fishers
and Wright were trailed to Seneca,
Mo-, near Joplin, where they were ar
rested
Another Germ Husking Record. =
W. S. Bell. a farmer who lives north
of Marysville, has a 10-year-old son
| who probably holds the state corn
husking record for boys of his age.
Besides going to school he helps his
father in the corn field every morn
ing and evening before and after
school hours and manages to handle
one row of corn whilst his father
tusks two rows. The boy can husk
fifty bushels of corn day.
Crushed Under a Train. = Robert
NJ. Whitlow. night operator at the
Rock Island depot at Wellington,
while endeavoring to deliver a train
order to a freight that was running
at high speed past the station slip
ped on the icy platform and fell be-
meath the wheels. Both less were
cut off and he received other in
iuries. which caused his death two
hours later. He was "a years of age,
unmarried and his home was at
Pauline, Kan.
Factory For Gas Appliances. - An
other industrial enterprise is knock
ing at the door of Wichita, seeking
admittance. A large manufacturer cs
gas appliances now located in the
East is in correspondence with the
Chamber of Commerce relative to
moving his factory there. The pros
pcct of Immediately. getting natural
gas throughout this vicinity is the
magnet that is drawing them. The
factory is a large one. employing
many skilled 1aborers, and if it
comes it will be an extensive addi-
tion to the enterprises now there.
Make War on crows.-A petition is
being circulated asking the Labette
county commissioners to give a
bounty of five cents for each crow
killed. There are tens of thousands
of these pesky birds in Labetta
county, AMI there is no question that
, something should be done to get rid
of them. Five cents will just about
cover the cost Of ammunition used
to kill the birds, and if the hunter
should be SO fortunate as to kill two
or more crows at one shot he would
be making money. The petition is
being generally signed
Grain Inspector Fcss.-J. w. Rad
fc~d, State Grain Inspector, filed with
the Auditor of State a report of the
collections Of his department during
the month of October. The collec.
tions were much greater than expect
ed, aggregating $4.445.35. OF this
amount 1854 was not turned into the
state. Fees to that amount are in
volved in the suit brought against
Radford by the Midland Elevator
Company to invalidate the grain in
spection law. In case the elevator
company wins the suit the fees
which have been paid under protest
Will be returned by the Grain Inspec-
tor.
Thrown From Train, Legs Broken.
H. NJ. Burkholder, q brakeman for
the Union Pacific railroad, who re-
sides at Wamego, was thrown from
his train at Marysville and both legs
broken. He was taken to a hospital
at Kansas City.
Drummer Accepts Place. = S. c.
drummer will take up the duties of
: private secretary to Gov. Hoch De-
cember I. Mr.. drummer called on
{ the governor and announced that he
would accept the position offered to
him recently.
Injured Laborer Sues KATY" =
John F. Lee. a section hand on s.
ton Al Of the Katy at Walnut. !
filed suit against the NJ, K &
Railway Company for damages to t,
J amount of $6,110 On September i"
while operating a jack to raise a To-
! Joint. the plaintiff was thrown vic
lently upon the ties AMI rails and
/ sustained permanent internal in
iuries. He alleges that the jack was,
/ defective and that he and others of
the section gang had repeatedly
/ warned the section foreman that the
/ tool could not be used without dan
/ ger.
Let Others Follow. = Caldwell has
/ started its electric light plant Sum
ner county now has three plants of
this sort.
/ Mcdonald Held Without Bald.
| D. Mcdonald. charged with the mur-
der Of John Walkenbach, in Leaven-
worth. was given his hearing in the
. city court and bound over to the De