Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-01-20
KANSAS COMMENT

a commercial club to advance the in
terests of town and county.
Marketing Corn crop.-An unusual
sight on the street at Lyons was that
OF fourteen full wagon loads of new
corn chained together one after the
other and headed By a threshing en-
zine.
New Swedish BuildIng.-A Swedish
building patterned after the archi-
lecture of Sweden has just been err
ected at Lindsborg, and the owner
has offered q prize to the first cou-
pie that will be married in the build
mug under the genuine old-fashioned
Swedish ceremony.
Sues Blank for $4,000. At En-
poria John Blank has been sued in
the district court for $1,000 damages
by Malinda Nichols, who claims that
Blank slandered her. She states that
while living in one of Blanks houses
as a tenant the barn on the place
burned. and that Blank, in the pres
ence of others. accused her of burn
ing 1t.
Convicts to Build Driveway. -
Franklin Bell has made the state
ment that a new driveway connect
ing the fort will be established. 1t
will be along the high bank skirting
the river and will connect with either
Third or Fourth street. The work
of making the driveway will be per
formed by prisoners confined in the
new military prison at Leavenworth.
Trees for Western Kansas. = The
state forestry commissioner has dis
tributed about 100000 trees to West
ern Kansas farmers during the past
year, which is a larger number than
has been distributed for some years.
The trees that have been found best
adapted for Western Kansas condi-
tons are catalpa, black locust. elm.
and Usage orange. Forestry stations
are located at Dodge City and Ogal-
Lab.
An lola Truancy Case Truancy
officer Lemaster has commenced ac-
ton in Justice Pottcr's court against
William Mcfarland for viola ng the
Mcfarland has not opt his four
teen-year-old daughter il school. 1t
was necessary to start similar pro-
ceedings againGt the same family a
year ago. The case filed is the first
prosecution under the truancy law
which has become necessary this
year.
To Rush Atchson R>finery.-H. u.
Tucker, Jr.. the big man of the tn
Gle Sam Oil Company. is in Atchison,
accompanied by s. d. Faust, who VIII
be in charge of the building Of the
Atchison refinery. The boilers for
the refinery have been in the rail
road yards here for several days and
the first big oil tank is being loaded
for shipment here. 1t is steel, and
will require three cars. The tank
will have a capacity of 10000 gal
Ions.
To Reduce Cement Rate.-A letter
has been addressed to the state board
OF railroad commits jiChers by the St
Louis & San Francisco railroad com
missioners by the st. Lofts & San
Francisco railroad company asking
permission to lov-cr The rate on do
nestle cement rroa. Fort Scott to
Wichita. The rate = Inc present time
Is u cents. The railroad company
proposes to reduce it TO II cents. tc
correspond with the rate now in eff
feet between lola and Wict.ta. II
is understood that TIE other railroad
companies will make similar reduc
tions.
Rebuilding Kansas Road. The
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Company has begun the work of re
building its line between Junction
City and Parsons. The road is being
ballasted and the old rails that were
laid about 35 years ago will be takel
up and replaced with 60-pound stee
rails. The line is 1877 miles long
The work of rebuilding the line vii
be finished by summer.
Have Tons of Beets.-Persons wa,
question the practicability of grow
ing sugar beets in the Arkansas val
ley should inspect the figures in re
gard to the business in Kearne,
county alone. Already the industr
has become one of the most prof
table in the country, and it IS yet il
lis infancy. The shipping OF suga
beets for this season has just bee
ficished and here are the figure:
which will stagger the uninitiated
Deerfleld farmers shipped 165 cars
being 4.447 tons. Lakih AZ cars, be
ing LIS tons, making total @
5.562 tons. bringing in the neat littl
sum of $33.372, including the bounty
To Kearney county farmers. beside
the tons of beet tops saved for feed
Caldwell Mayor Acquitted. = TIL
jury in the case OF C. w. Curp. may
or of Caldwell. who was tried in tn
district court for an alleged viola
ton OF the veteran preference Law
brought il a verdict of acquittal.
Growing Seed corn.-Experience @
farmers near Huron shows that in
ported seed corn from Iowa was a
most failure. Iowa seed raised 4
bushels per acre while Kansas see
corn went as high as 75 bushels De
acre. Instructions on seed corn alon
would save Kansas thousands nj do