Free press., 1906-04-07
KANSAS COMMENT


er, was arrested in Shawnee county
on the charge of brutally beating
one of his pupils, Ralph Peck. 1t Is
claimed that the boy was beaten un-
til he was black and blue. The com
plant was sworn out by the boys
father.
Child Accidentally Killed. - B.
year-old son of wv. S. Miller, who lives
near New Salem. Kan. was accident
ally killed by the discharge of a IL
fe. An older brother left the gun ly-
ing on a box. The little fellow caught
1t by the muzzle and pulled it toward
him. The hammer pulled back and
was discharged.
A. Q. U. w. Lodgo Debt Free.-The
local order of the A. o. L. w. cele-
brated it's freedom from debt at Inde-
pendence. with grand celebration
and jubilee. at which a formal burn
ing of the mortgage which has hung
over the lodge home for the last ten
years was one OF the features. Visit
ors from all parts of the county were
here. The lodge is now the fourth in
hdnSuS IN point Oh HuHtDSES-
Phillips County $4,000. = State Ac-
countant Gaford is now checking up
the state school land account with
Phillips county. Some time ago the
county treasurer of Phillips abscound-
ed. Mr.. Ganford has been informed
that the missing treasurer took about
$4,000 in cash belonging to the state
account on school lands. He is now
checking Up TO find out. The state
will hold the county for the debt. 6
Bentley Bank Robbed.-The Bank
Of Bentley was robbed by burglars.
The safe was wrecked and all the
money in it. about 81 $50, was stolen.
The burglary was discovered when
c. L. Baird, the cash'er, went to the
bank. The lock on the front door
of the institution had been picked and
fragments of the safe were scatter
ed about Tie room. The twisted
doors of the safe shcEed that pow
erful explosive had been used. 3
Mrs. Colt From Kansas. - Kansas
scores again: One of the wives of
Thomas Kiley, the Brooklyn banker
now facing the charge of bigamy, was
n Kansas girl. Her maiden name was
Flora Brown and she lived in Marshall
county with her parents for some
years. Later she married ]. B. Colt,
an Oberlin banker. She was divorced
from him and went to New York.
where Kiley wooed and won her, al
though he had and still has another
living wife. 6
Clever Swndle Is Charged.-D. T.
Palmer was arrested on a state war
rant charging him with working a
swindling game in connection with
the life insurance business. 1t is
charged that he would represent him
self to be the agent of a big insur-
ance company. would write a man,
get his note. cash it at the bank and
then never deliver a policy He is
accused of working the game in Ora
ham county. Dodge City and Esk-
ridge. 8
Forest Planting. - In the recently
established forest reserve in the vi
cinity of Garden City extensive ex-
perimental planting will be carried
on this year by the forest service of
the department Cf agriculture. For
this project $4,000 pine seedlings will
be shipped from Nebraska and 10000
broadleaf seedlings will be purchased
from nurserymen. A section of land
will be fenced and fire guards will be
plowed to protect the planted area
The work, it is believed, will be a
great incentive to the farmers of that
trees.
Three Great Ga5 Engines. - The
lola Portland Cement Company has
received a huge gas engine from the
Westinghouse factory which will be
Installed at once and will be usv.l il
their new section to be started this
spring. The engine required fivI cars
for shipment 1t is by far the lar
gest ever brought to this county, hav
ing a horse power equivalent to 500
horses. Two more of the same size
and make have been bought and are
on their way here. The three viii
supply 1900 horse power for the new
SSCllOn III lAS CSAAA(Al pi6At Et
company is making mammoth and in
teresting increases in equipment ant
when all is in running order the plan
will, beyond any doubt. be the larges
cement plant in the United States un
der one roof
Wreck Furnished Free Oil. - B,
the dropping of loosened brakebean
five cars of a Missouri, Kansas 6
Texas freight train were deraileC
two miles north of Waverly. A large
coal oil tank on one of the cars wa:
emptied in the ditch, and the oi
scooped up by the people of the neigh
borhood.
Kansas Collecting Interest. = Johr
Dawson. assistant attorney general
returned from Grand. o. T., with {
judgment against Day county, o. T.
for $1,000 interest due on Day coun
ty school bonds held by the Kansa.
state school fund. Day county solt
the school fund $4,000 in bonds, anc
afterwards tried to redeem them
claiming they were illegally issued
The bonds are not yet due, but the
county sued for 1920 back interes
and got judgment. The county viii
appeal to the Oklahoma supreme