Free press., 1906-05-05

SIX mOulHS III jail ny JuOSO OHdIlS III
the district court for violating an in
junction.
spIitIog Drag.-Cherry township in
Montgomery county is to give the
King splitlog drag trial, and if there
is any virtue in this system of max
ing good roads, the trustees propose
to find it out Twelve have been or
de-ed and will be put to work at once,
and if they prove a success other
townships will follow suit. and the
work will probably be made perman-
ent
Foreigners Take Holiday. = The
agents of the various railroads cen
tering in Pittsburg report the largest
local passenger business for some
time and this increase is all the re-
suit of the present coal strike. Since
the miners of this district went on
strike April l, there have been hun
dreds of Italians who have left for
visit to their fatherland, they taking
advantage of the present suspension
to visit the scenes of their childhood.
Drowned in CeIIar.-Antone HUM,
1G-year-oId son of Charles Huhn, was
found dead in his fathers cellar. When
found the body was lying with the
face immersed in a few inches OF
stagnant water which had collected in
the cellar. The lad was subject to
fits and would frequently fall to the
ground unexpectedly and Urithe in
spasms In all probability young HUM
was the victim of one of these spells
when he fell face down in the cellar
as there were no marks of violence on
the body.
Can Sell All Its Output.-The Paola
Refinery Company has purchased of
tie Bayse Crude Oil Company a 100
acre oil lease on the Killy farm, mile
southwest of town. The considera-
tion was $4,000. A short time ago
the Bayse company sold a twenty-five
acre lease from its holdings for
$4,000. The company paid $1,000 for
these leases in the first place and has
marketed from $4,000 to $4,000
worth of oil. The Paola refinery has
a ready market for all the products
it can turn out. and the company felt
that it needed the Bayse lease to guar
antee a steady supply of oil for the
refinery.
To Have Old-Fashioned Fair. -
Wichita and Sedgwick county are to
have an old-fashioned county fair. This
was definitely decided at a meeting
of the board of directors of the cham
Der of commerce. This matter has
been under consideration for some
time and after much discussion it was
decided to go ahead with the PROPOSE
ton. The fair will be held some time
in September. 1t will be fair in
which the exhibits will consist of the
manufactured and agricultural pro-
ducts of Wichita and Sedgwick coun-
ty. 1t will be both a manufacturers
and 4 farmers exhibition at the same
time.
Santa re improvements. - Before
the end of the present summer the
-Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe will
complete many new improvements in
Arkansas City, which will improve
greatly its property there and add to
its value. Some of the improve
ments are now under way. The elect
ric light plant will be ready for use
in few weeks, providing there is no
delay TO the material already order
ed. The linemen are now setting the
poles and preparing to string the
wires throughout the company's
property. When the plant is in opera
ton the depot, shops, round house.
offices and right of way from the city
to the south yards will all be lighted
by electricity. Work is progressing
in nice shape and this is going to be
c. , of the most important move
ments. The plans for the new freight
depot are now in the office of the
architect and engineering department
and are expected to be in shape for
the work in a short time
Log Rolling at Iola.-The NJ. w. A.
log rolling which is being planned for
the latter part of September will be
a big affair and the lodge will make
arrangements for 10000 out-of-town
visitors. All of the lodges over the
county will be asked to help in the
log rolling. The lola lodge has some
thing like 500 members and with the
500 members over the county 500 peo-
pie would assist in the big event.
LeaVenwosth Tents by Express. -
The authorities at Ft. Leavenworth
were notified by the War departme-.1 :
u send every tent at the post TO San
Francisco by express. Half an hour
later thr special cars were speed
ing on their waJ to the fort from Ar
gentine. The military authorities are
preparing the tents and blankets for
shipment and the cars will be loaded
in record breaking time and rushed
of to Holiday by special train so as
to meet No. Z, which will carry the
much needed tents and supplies to
the coast. The Wells Fargo Express
Company is handling the stuff This
is undoubtedly the biggest express
shipment ever handled out Of Leaven-
worth.
Progress in Fire Fighting. = Great
Bend has passed an ordinance MAX
ins it crime for boys to jump on