Free press., 1906-12-01

| spring ne planted the Idnu 10 cOTil
and it raised eighty bushels to the
acre. to say nothing of forty wagon
loads of pumpkins.
Must siIo Their Beets.-The sugar
orders to all beet raisers to silo
their beets. This will mean a loss
to the men who are raising the beets,
as they are bound to shrink in
we1yht and the company will allow
only twenty cents a ton for silo-
ing
| Parker Increasin1 His Factories
! G. w. Parker is Increasing his fac
tory at Abilene by building a three
story structure GOx150 feet in which
to store the carnival paraphernalia
during the winter. Four companies
are wintering there and the factory
is running full time to get ready for
next season.
He Stole Dental Gold. - George
Howarton, who was arrested, charg-
ed with robbing several dental Offices
in Leavenworth of the gold used in
filing teeth. pleaded guilty to bur-
quarry in the first degree and larceny
and was sentenced to serve an inde-
| finite term of from five to ten years
In the penitentiary.
Convicted of Murder. = Dr. E. NJ.
Mccoy of Caney was convicted of
mSrder in the second degree for kill
ing his wife last June. Mccoy claim
ed Mrs. Mccoy shot herself while
they were occupying the same bed,
but the position of her body made it
impossible for her to have commit
ted the act.
Struck by Street Car. Mack
Shields, a restaurant keeper. was
struck by street car in Wichita.
Shields was crossing the street. He
not noticing another car going in an
opposite erection, stepped in front
of it. He received serious injuries
about the head and face.
From Cudahv to Cudahy. - The
final transfer of the Cudahy Packing
| the deed finally recorded. 1t shows
ttOt in consideration of S250,000
John Cudahy for the John Cudahy
Packing Company. transfers to the
| Cudahv Pactinr Company the Wich-
ita nlant. The plant is being run to
its full capacity.
Democrats Nominate P. p. Elder.
The Democrats of the Fifteenth
senatorial district have nominated P.
| p Elder for the senatorial vacancy
caused by the resignation of Senator
Smith. Gov Elder had announced
that he will run on a platform call
ing for twO-cent passenger fares. tEe
abolition of the pass and economy in
appropriations.
Fort Scott's Method. In Fort
Scott every man who goes before
Police Judge Mckinney on a charge
of drunkenness is fined $100 unless
he tells where he secured the whisky
that made him drunk. This new Gus
tom has two effects: It secures evi
dence against whisky sellers and il
keeps men sober The town is abso
| lutely dry.
Kansan ls Champion Husker. -
Mount Boone of Howard lays claim
to the title of champion corn huskel
Of Kansas. In fourteen days of the
present month he has husked l .42!
bushels Of Elk county corn. This is
an average of more than 102 busheI
a day for every day he has worked
Boone's employers are ready tc
voucn for his record.
Killed a Young Prisoner. = Office
Bridgeford, of Fort Scott, arrested
youthful vagrant and while taking
him TO the calaboose the prisone
broke away. The officer shot tn,
fleeing prisoner through the head, in
hicting wound from which he die(
soon aftor being taken to the hos
pital. A card in the dead man:
pocket indicated that he was Norde
Broten. of Blue Earth, MINI. He wa
apparently about Is years old.
Grain Cars Arc Wanted. - Th,
Wichita board of trade has employ
ed A. E. Helm, lawyer of tha
place, to make an effort to secur
from the railroads some concession,
in the way of cars to move tn,
grain now on hand. The railroa,
companies complain of a car short
age and are charged by the grain
men with discriminating in favor 0
other shippers. 1t was said that i
the roads still held to their decision
the grain men would begin suits il
the United States court and stat
supreme court to compel them Il
furnish necessary cars. Helm wen
to Topeka to take preliminary step
in the case.
Found Dead in His Chair = r. A
M-tc5ell, an aged resident of Leaver
worth. was found dead in chair
Would Make Virus. =. Because o
the gradual increase of diphtheri.
and smallpox in Kansas, Secretar.
Crumbine in his Board of Healtl
bulletin, just issued, suggests tha
the state furnish antitoxin and va
cine virus to citizens of the state fre
Of charge. He suggests that labc
ratoTy be established at the Stat
University for the purpose of manu-
featuring these agents.