Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-02-24
KANSAS COMMENT


Lawyer, a railroad man. whose home
is in this city in a railroad accident
there.
Quarreled Over $3.50. = For $3.50
the owners of the Chanute pop fac
tory have gone into expensive court
litigation the costs of which will
amount to nearly $500 so the report
of Referee Brewster made public in
dicates.
Drove in Front of a Train.-George
Hays, of Coyville. west of Chanute,
was killed by Santa Fee passenger
train No. rs. which runs between
ChanUte and Emporia. He was driV-
ing team and wagon and tried to
pass in front of the train.
Greeley Trying for Oil. = Afford
Bros. e. Lamb of Rantoul. moved a rig
to Greeley preparatory to drilling for
oil. Only c = rig will be used now,
but should oil be struck, fouT other
rigs will be brought here later. TON
Afford of the above firm was here last
week and got leases. BY the terms OF
the lease Afford is required to begin
drilling on all the above named places
within six months.
Fire Near Leavenworth.-The resi-
dence stable and small buildings sur
rounding the home of Sherman Me
dill of Leavenworth county eight
miles west of Leavenworth. burned.
The fire burned so fiercely that mem
bers of the family had scarcely time
to escape from the house and did not
save any personal effects. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. 1t is partly
covered by insurance.
Fifty Years of Kansas. - John w.
Proctor of Brown county. has round
ed out a half century as a citizen OF
Kansas. In that the he has improv-
ed nine places, put in thirty-nine
crops, buried two wives, six children,
drove cattle across. or part way
across. the plains seven trips, pack
ed" a musket in the Thirteenth Kan
sas regiment three years and now
resides with his third wife and two
small children. on the Horton and
Hiawatha road. He remembers when
he often crossed the ground upon
which Hiawatha has since heen built
through prairie grass knee high
Wichita c. A. r. Protest.-Five hun
dred veterans of the Civil war living
in Sedgwick county will send a petit
ton to President Roos evelt asking
him to prevent the erection of a monu-
ment to the commander of Anderson
vile prison. as is proposed by eX-Con-
federates. The petition has already
been signed by several hundred of
the men who wore the blue. and as
soon as every member of the G. A. r.
posts has had an opportunity to at
tach his name the petition will lie
Aent to the president. &. A. r. posts
throughout the entire state will be
asked to join in the movement.
Franklin County Land High.-What
is said to lie the highest price ever
paid for large tract of land in Frank
lin county is that given by DIR. o. o.
Wolf for the Hatfield farm. The
price he pays is about $125 an acre,
and the consideration for the los
acres is around $4,000. A Groom
house, several large barns and other
improvements make it highly i'm
proved. 1t is undo rs;uoI that the big
Wolf farm four m outhwest of
Ottawa, known as the Glendale
Stock far :. has been sold to an Ohio
purchaser for price exceeding
$4,000. There are nearly 500 acres
in the tract. which is finely improved.
The sale of the Glendale Stock farm
Is the biggest in the history of Frank
lin county.
/ Mistaken for ShopIifter. agnes
Lonergan brought suit in the Leaven-
worth count di.tlict court against
the dry goods firm # William Small
& Co. for $1,000. She claimed she
entered the store and was mistaken
by w. F. Cobb, a member of he firm,
for q shoplifter. She declares Cobb
attacked Her a.. examined a parcel
she carried. leaving the impression
with persons in the store that she
had stolen the goods.
Home From Cuba. - Ernest NJ
Clark, the young Franklin county
stocl; man who mysteriou wander
ed off To Cuba while on his way to
the Kansas City stock markets two
months ago. arrived in Ottawa. He
was met at the depot l. the parents
and his wife. Mr.. Clark says he wan
dered away from Kansas City with
no knowledge C what &c was doing.
and found himself oventually in ST.
Louis. He encountered party of
promoters headed for Cuba. and went
along. He was raising tomatoes on
rented ground when his fathers let
ter reached him. He will resume
management of his ranch in th:-
county.
Ideas on How to CIild Jail. = The
board of county commissioners of
Franklin county. together with Coun-
ty Attorney Pleasant. Sheriff Cody
and Architect Washburn have re-
turned from central Kansas. after
visiting iails at Salina. Marysville and
Topeka. Franklin county is beginning
the erection of new $4,000 Jail.
Farmers Institute at CoIony.-The
first farmers institute ever held here
was held last week There was a
large attendance despite the bad
roads This was the nin,h o. the