Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-07-07

grating cmOmlSSlOn, mas called
meeting of the commission for Tope-
ka July G.
Death in Smoky Hill RiVer.-Fred-
die Olsen, the 15-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. p. NJ Olsen. OF Junction
City. was drowned while swimming
in the Smoky Hill river
Exonerate Supt. Marshall. = Philip
Kelly, Of White Cloud, a member of
the board of managers of the Hutch
inson reformatory, said that no at
tention will be paid by the board to
the charge against Superintendent E.
E. Marshall which have been made
by Charles Peck, a discharged en-
ploye.
Seed From Russia.-An enterpris-
ing farmer in Kingman county i'm
ported enough seed wheat from Rus
STA last year to seed 700 acres. While
the average yield for that section
will be between fifteen and twenty
bushels to the acre this farmers crop
viii average about thirty-five BUSH
els to the acre and he has already
sold 1t to his neighbors at S14O
bushel
Death From ExpIosion.-Mrs. Bert
Sanders. the wife of a young farmer
living five miles southeast of Pea
body met death recently from an ex-
plosion of kerosene Her husband
and the hired man had gone to the
barn to do the chores when the lat
ter saw smoke issuing from the
house. The two men hurried in
smoke.
Champion Shocker-C. c. West,
brick mason. shocked as much wheat
as two men the other day at DR.. S. w.
Spitler's farm south of Wellington.
The two men who were shocking
could not keep up with the machine
and West said he could, so DR.. Spit
Ter offered him SO to do it. West
says he is the champion wheat shock
er of the county and offers to meet
all corners.
Steam Flowing Pays.-W. W. Dey
broke COO acres of sod near Cimarron
In seventeen days, a fraction over So
acres a day. One day he plowed "a
miles strip IA feet wide, or more
than 40 acres. He got $3.50 an acre
for the breaking. His expenses were
about $500, and he made in seventeen
days a clear profit of $780, Steam
blowing not only turns up the sod
rapidly, but it is also profitable.
Rains Delay Threshina. = Wheat
threshing. which commenced in La
bette county recently has been de-
layed by reason of the numerous good
rains Of the past few days. Wheat
was all harvested in good condition
and is yielding a good quantity and
excellent quality. The recent rains
have been worth thousands of dollars
to the corn crop, and all crops are
more promising than for several
years.
The Crops in Sumner County. -
Threshing has begun in Sumner coun-
ty and the reports from the first ma
chimes sent into the fields have been
looked for as forecasting the probable
average for the county. A field of
forty-seven acres belonging to ]. H
Demory. yielded 900 bushels. or an
average of over nineteen bushels an
acre. The field is not believed more
than an average one. and figuring on
this basis, the 292,711 acres of wheat
returned by the assessors will yield
crop of $500 600 bushels for the
county as a whole
Student Engineering camp.-Every
summer a camp near Lawrence is
maintained by the school of engineer
ing of the University of Kansas,
where the students in that school are
required to do a certain amount of
practical field surveying Four weeks
each summer is devoted to this work
and credit is allowed the student on
his regular college work. The camp
this summer is the largest ever made
by the school, about twenty-five of
the. students taking the work. All the
wcN,k is done under the instruction
and direction of two of the members
CT the engineering faculty.
University Employment Bureau. =
AS usual, the officers of the Univer-
sity of Kansas are receiving hundreds
of letters from prospective students
who wish to earn part of their ex-
penses while in the university. Many
students do earn a large part of their
expenses but the demand for work
always exceeds the supply. The en-
ployment bureau maintained by the
university Y. NJ. c. A. last year plac-
cd nearly 100 students in positions
during the year and the total amount
earnee. bv these students was sever
al thousand dollars. The university
cont 'rplStes the organization of a
reg5;ar employment bureau in order
that employers may not be imposed
upon by unworthy applicants for
work and that worthy students may
receive the greatest help.
Labor Saving Mixers Used. = One
Of the most interesting and success
full experiments at the state agricul-
tural college is milking of cows by
machinery. Two cows are MIXED in
seven minutes by the use of one ma
chine attached to both COWS at
time. The machine has a pulsating
motion. initiating a sucking calf, and
is driven by a gasoline engine
Cadetship for Hal Clark. = Hal
Clark, of Ottawa. has been notified