Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-01-06

accident happened on the farm of Roy
Biggs, near Healy, where he had been
threshing.
Broken. Neck Mended.-E. r. Judd.
Rock Island station agent at Selden.
who broke his neck in a fall recently,
but lived. has been operated upon at
the company's hospital and the sur
geons say he Will soon be able to re-
sumo his duties as station agent
New Odd Fellows Home.-The Odd
Fellows of Kansas have purchased the
Dewey hotel at Manhattan Beach,
Kan, and Will convert it into an or
phans' home, providing. of course, that
| they do not get into another quarrel
among themselves and lose it, as they
did the De Boissiere home at Ottawa.
Jewell City Electric Lights.-Jewelr
CITY has been taken out of the kero-
sene circuit. The electric lights have
been turned on and instead of between
400 and 500 lights in town as was ex-
pected, there are between 500 and coo
ordered. 1t is the general sentiment
that there should be few more arc
lights.
lola Raises the Money. = lola has
raised $4,000 for the Kansas South
ern Electric railroad. and the new
line running south from this city will
be built. The new road will not be
merely a local line between lola and
Humboldt. but the capitalists who
have financed it, guarantee that it will
go farther.
Fear Dead Woman's Hand. = Resi-
dents of the negro settlement in To-
peka are all stirred up over the dis
covery there of a dried up. hand of
negro woman. 1t was found at one
of the favorite loafing places of the
negroes. They are afraid of the
'hants" and have called upon the
sheriff TO investigate the mystery.
Motar Car for U. p. Line. = Along
with other improvements the Union
Pacific Railroad Company has decided
TO install motor cars on the branch of
the road running between Leaven-
worth and Lawrence. Announcement
~
S. Basinger, who is now with the road
at Kansas City and has been confirm
ed by the local officials of the COM
Dany.
SaIina to Have Paid Firemen.-At
last. Saliha is to have a paid fire de.
partment A petition, signed by
eighty-five Of the business men of the
city, was presented to the council.
asking for this paid department and
the council acted favorably on the pc
tition and instructed CITY Attorney
Levitt to draw up an ordinance pro-
viding for a fire department as de-
scribed in the petition.
Biggest Tickes Sale on Record.-L.
p. Wikidal. day ticket agent at the
Santa Fe depot. claims that he has
made the largest single >ticket sale
ever made in Chanute. The sale
amounted to $1O5O, and was made to
the manager of the Ole Olson theatri-
cal troupe. 1t provides for the trans
portation of the ten members of the
company from Chanute to Portland,
Ore, and back again as fa- as Oma-
ha. Stop-over privileges are includ-
ed.
Ore Records Broken Again. = Com
petition among zinc buyers in the Mis-
sOuri-Kansas district was more pro-
nounced thar it has been for three
weeks. The basis price for 90 per
cent ore for the week was fixed at
$50, making highest grades worth
$54. Many large producers refused
to sell for less than a basis of $51.
The price for lead ore is SIS per ton.
This is several dollars in excess of
the previous record price. One choice
lot of $50 tons produced by the Under
writer's Land Company sold for $50
per ton.
New Sweet Potato.-E. T Ellison,
of Abilene. has received a sweet po-
tato from Pagan island South Sea is
lands. which he will plant next spring.
hoping to find it a plant that will revo-
lutionize the sweet potato industry.
The sweet potato land west of abb
lene raises immense crops, but it is
difficult to keep the potatoes from
rotting and a large proportion is lost
that way. A sea captain brought
from the South Sea islands a few of
these potatoes which are said to re-
main firm and hard for months. The
University of California will expert
ment with them and Mr. Ellison will
try them for Kansas. If they produce
a hardy potato the sand hill land will
net the sweet potato men 800 an acre
annually.
Harry Bone Sworn In. = Harry J.
Bone assumed charge of the Office of
United States district attorney He
took the oath in the district clerks
Office. Judge ]. S. West. assistant at
torney general. will be named as as
sistant district attorney by Mr.. Bone
Attorney General Coleman hasn't yet
decided whom TO appoint to fill the
vacancy caused by Vests resignation
( 1t may be a Topeka man.
Newman to Run for Auditor. = A.
Newman. clerk of Shawnee county,
who attended the annual convention
of the State Association of County