Free press., 1906-05-26

National Guard at Fort Scott -, It
has been decided that a new com
will be located at Fort Scott to take
the place of the one recently disband-
ed at Sabetha.
Wichita's Building Boom. = More
than a million dollars will be expend-
ed in the construction of new busi-
ness blocks, wholesale houses and fac
tories in Wichita during the present
year.
Rain in Butler County. = Over two
inches of rain fell at Ell Ddorado in
less than an hour Crops of all kinds
are looking fine and the first cutting
of alfalfa is on. Rains have occurred
all over the county the past two
days.
Roses on Apple Tree.-One of the
curiosities in Salina at this time is
an apple tree bearing roses in iull
bloom. Buds from a white rose bush
were grated on the trees some time
ago and this year the roses make
their appearance.
General Wint to command.-Briga-
der General Theodore J. Wint, COM
manding the Department of the Mis-
souri,, has been designated to com
mand the camp of instruction and con-
centration to be established at Ft.
Riley during the summer months,
providing that the necessary appro-
priation for the camp is made by con-
gress.
Colony Postoffice Robbed. = Word
comes from Colony that the postoffice
was entered and about $25 stolen and
the same night drug store was en-
tered and $3.50 taken. Two bottles
Of morphine were also taken. This
has directed suspicion toward a man
who has been loafing about the town
for some time and who is said to be
a morphine fiend
For Ottawa Chautauqua.-The man
agement of the Ottawa Chautauqua
assembly has secured the original
Collier collection of drawings by the
great illustrators for exhibition at the
assembly at Ottawa this summer. The
collection consists of the original
work of Remington, Gibson, Frost
Kemble and other noted illustrators
and is valued at 100000.
AbiIene's City Park. = The city
council has approved the valuations
made for the whole city hall block,
and work will begin Immediately in
the clearing off of the unsightly
structures that have made the block
a picture of desolation for years. The
city voted bonds for the improve
ment of the property last spring and
these will pay for the entire prop
erty.
Big Shipment of Wire.-A decorat.
ed train through Kansas in a daylight
run from Pueblo by the Warner Fence
Company of Ottawa was greeted by a
great demonstration. The mayor and
leading citizens met the train at EN-
poria. The shipment is said to have
been the largest ever sent out of the
Pueblo mills. 1t is estimated that the
shipment would build a fence of nine
wires around the state of Kansas.
st. Johns Commercial cIub.-The
st. John Commercial Club met and
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, Howard
Gray; vice-president, o. B. Shepherd;
secretary, H. ]. COrnweI; financial
secretary, ]. w. Rixon; treasurer, R.
w. Thompson. The club starts out
with membership of over sixty and
it promises to do much good in a
commercial way, as we'll as making
the city more attractive.
Junction City Gets Contract. = The
bids on the big meat contract at Ft.
Riley for the last six months of this
year were opened at Ft Riley and
the Junction City Packing Company
had the lowest bid. SevertI big
packing companies of Kansas City
bid on the contract and it was the
first time in many years that the To-
cal contractors have succeeded in un-
derbidding the outside packers. The
lowest bid on the meat was 1924 a.
hundred.
Too Many Apple Blossoms. - Re
ports are coming in from the fruit
growers of the condition of the ap-
pies in the various orchards of Reno
county, and they are not as bright as
they were a week ago. Prof. Popenoe
of the State Agricultural College Wis
tied some of the orchards of this
community, and his view of the mat
ter has been confirmed by reports
gathered by apple growers who have
just inspected their orchards. 1t will
be remembered that the winesap ap-
pies were very heavy with bloom and
as is frequently the case the tree in
jures the crop by producing so many
blossoms and as a vesult the winesap
apple crop will not be more than a
fourth of a crop. However. the Ben
Davis, Jonathan, Missouri Pippin.
Grimes Golden and some OF the other
varieties that did not bloom so exten-
sively will produce a very good crop
if nothing serious happens to them
from now on. The man that pinned
his faith to the winesap will be the
loser this year. While he that has
scattered his varieties who has a
large number of other kind of trees