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

-~'O AdiICu " Will lAiC NV
corporation act. some of the irriga-
ton companies which are parties to
the Kansas-Colorado water suit are
liable to be wiped out. A few OF them
have complied with the law, but most
of them have ignored it,
Ke-lr Corn Yield. = Probably the
largest yield of kafir corn in Kansas
this year was ,:arvestc[, by w. ].
Thomas from a prairie farm in But
Ter county. He thresled ass bushels
from Z measured acres, or 20 bushels
TO the acre AZ the present price of
thirty cents a tushel. Mr.. Thomas re
ceived S21 per acre for his crop. This
is sample OF what Butler county
prairie land will protuco in gel
season when properly tended.
Was a Good Job Once. = State
Printer r. A. McNeal will issue the
report for the second quarter of his
work on January 1. 1t will show that
the saving effected through state
ownership will be in the vicinity of
$4,000, against s2.2S6 for the first
quarter. AT this rate 1t would seem
that the state printer, under the old
system of private ownership, clean
ed up about $4,000 a year net
profits.
The Sundower. = Tie Kansas sun
flower. the buffalo chipless desert sun
flower. the sunfower that originated
here and was here when the Spanish
explorers first visited this region in
1913. may become t.. national flow
er of this country. The department
of agriculture is agitating the ques-
ton OF sunfiower culture, believing
that there is much money in the in
dustry If the farmers of this country
can be persuaded TO take it up.
Farmer Slabs Merchant = Because
John Schalz. a merchant OF Hobart,
told Edward Morris, farmer, when
the latter inquired the price of a pair
of shoes and then complained that it
was exorbitant. that those shoes are
much too good for you to wear"
Schalz was stabbed to the heart with
a pocketknife. The stabbing was on
the threshold of the store Schalz
leaves a wife and eight small child
rem. Morris. who is in Jail, has a
family of six
Captured Contraband Garlc.-After
a lively chase through several pas
senger coaches and after having out
witted two men. Gerald Void deputy
game warden, secured two travelling
bags containing thirty dozen quail AZ
the Santa Fe railway station at Web
tia. Both men were forced to drop
the grips containing the birds 10 make
their escape. The grips also CON
tanned eleven wild ducks. The de-
putty warden asserts the game was
killed in Oklahoma and brought here.
The Oklahoma game law does not
permit of game being killed and ia
ken out of the state.
Operators Complain. - The confer
ence between the railroad rate max
ers and the operators of the Usage
coal fields has again been postponed
until some time in January. The
Usage operators were originally com
plainants In the general coal rate case,
but they pulled out on the agreement
that the rate mako; ould hold con-
ference with Thea s1l adjust rates
for the Usage field. The roads seem
to be Indifferent as to when the con-
ference shall be held. 1t has been
postponed a couple of times already.
Unless it is held soon the operators
will apply to the railroad board for re-
lief.
County Commissioners Meet. =
County commissioners of Kansas met
in convention at Wichita. William B.
Tomas of Williamsburg. Franklin
county. was elected president; w y.
Braden. of Pittsburg. Crawford coun-
ty, secretary and treasurer r. A.
Baggs, of Cherokee county: J. A.
Hess. CT Riley county and F. b. Hig-
gio. of Crawford county, compose a
legislative com:aittee to look after
matters of taxation.
Que3tion for Courts ATTORNEY Gen
cal Coleman has rendered an opinion
to the effect that the state board of
railroad commissioners have no right
TO dip into the quarrel between Edo
RADIO and the Missouri Pacific rail
road over the removal of shops. Many
years ago Eldorado voted bonds TO aid
the road>in establishing shops at that
place with an agreement that the
shops should he operated there las
long as grass grows and water flows. e"
Recently the road decided to move the
shops. and EldoradO brought its griev-
ance to the railroad board Attorney
General Coleman holds that the trou-
BILE between Eldorado AM the Mis-
souri, Pacific is question for the
courts to settle.
Harper's Light Plant. = Construc-
ton work on the new municipal light
plant is being pushed to the utmost
with large force of men. Material
is arriving daily. The outside work
will be practically completed by the
first of the year
Cooper's Marriage Failure.-John
c. Cooper. the wealthy farmer who
married Clara Stookey. a Topeka wo-
man. in Kansas City some time ago
and gave her $4,000 as wedding
present. was given a divorce from her