Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-03-03

KANSAS ClIy. he Was well kHO"A III
this part of the state
Public improvements at F.cIton. =
The Holton city council decided to
submit TO the people a proposition to
vote $4,000 for water wor-S syS-
fem, two miles of sewer and one
electric light plant. The election will
be held in April.
Reformatory Inmate Dies.-Felisia-
no MOndez. Il years old, died at the
state reformatory and will be buried
in the prison cemetery. Consumption
was the cause of his death. He was
a native OF Old Mexico. and was sent
up from Summed county a year ago
for larceny from a railroad depot.
Stock Sales a Success. That the
Butler County Stock Sale Association
viii be of great benefit 10 Butler coun-
ty stockmen was proven by the sec
ond sale, held at Ell Dorado. There
was an enormous crowd present and
hundred head of horses, mules and
hogs were sold at good prices. There
were several horse buyers from east
eTn markets.
Money in a Mouse Nest.-A Brown
county farmer, Jack Berry, hid S25 in
bills in a loX in his barn. Later he
went TO get the money to attend a
sale and it had disappeared. Finally,
after nearly tears up the barn. the
money was found in mouse's nest.
The little animal had taken the bills
and woven them into a nest without
destroying the value of the green
backs.
Ottawa Farmers Institu "a per
manent farmers institute with {. w.
Green as preside2t, E. P. PeEC-et1n
secretary and J. r. though treasur-
er. was organized at Ottawa Adj
dresses was made by representatives
of the State Agricultural College and
by local speakers. 1t was voted to
establish a prize seed corn contest
under the regulation laid down by
the State Agricultural College.
Another Holland Fortune.-Captain
De Rooy. eX-captain in the Boer
army. who has been in lola for sew
eral weeks. has received word from
the representative of the Holland
aunt in Holland had died, leaving a
small fortune to him. The estate
is large one, but owing to the fact
that it is TO be divided among sew
eral heirs, leaves about $4,000 for
each.
ASTONISHING Oil Figures. - For the
first fourteen days of February the
Prairie Oil and Gas Company reports
pipe line runs of GA ,9SS.70 barrels, or
a daily average of 45,356.33 barrels;
deliveries to refineries and shipments
to the Whiting trunk line 2G5, 1S0.77
/ barrels. Il daily average of 14,655.77
/ barrels; put in storage tanks, 1885,
! S0T.5G barrels. These figures are
practically the same as every day
since January l.
Get Auto FeVer.-A number of Be
( Lett merchants, physicians and CAPT
talists are becoming interested in the
more modern method of transporta-
ton that OF the automobile process
They have placed orders to the mum
Der of seventeen with two Beloit
agents for the same. The local agents
have additional prospective purchas
ers. Beloit has not until lately taken
a serious thought of the automobile
The good roads" movement is doing
it.
Brewers Given a Blow.-There are
in the basement Ct the Saline coun
ty Jail over 200 cases of Pabst beer
taken in a raid by the county officers
The beer was secured in local store
house on the ground of the Santa Fe
railroad. which has been used fol
years by Drewers in Kansas City The
owner of the beer has not yet beer
found The building is owned by the
Santa Fe and was supposed to have
been an ice house. There is mucI
speculation as to what the court will
do with the beer, as there was no CT
fort on the part of any one to sell it
Her Romance Ended.-Susie Grace
Hunt, wife of Albert Hunt, who on the
date of their marriage November 25
1905, was a student in the Leaven
worth high school and Is years old
Saturday was granted a decree divorc
ing her from her husband and re
stored TO her maiden name. Susie
Grace Haight. Nonsupport was the
! cause.
Riotous Pupils Sus2endc 1.-THE
boys in the fourth year class of the
Holton high school attempted to plac,
flag on the new high school build
ing. and when the third year boys in
terfered fight followed. Eggs were
thrown and several windows were
broken. The school board suspended
the fifteen boys who participated IL
the riot.
Original SettIers.-Out CT IA quar-
ter sections of land in Wellington
township. Sumner county, only tive
are owned and occupied by the orig
inal settlers. Hiram Vandenburg set
tied on his farm thirty-eight year.
ago and still lives there. Wesley G
Foraker, a distant cousin of the Ohio
senator, settled on his farm in 60 AM
; still runs IL.
New Ice Scheme.-Geo. Rankin. O
Marion. worked a novel scheme il
| uniting nm ice The ire u-aS Onl,