Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-01-13
KANSAS COMMENT


lhone block system will soon be
ready to operate between Newton and
Dodge City.
COMMITTED Proofs Suspended.-The
United States land Office at Topeka
has just received an order from the
department of the interior, suspend
Ing an investigation.
Bethany Gets $4,000 = 1t is an
bounced THAI Rev a w. LindGuist of
Kansas City, Mo-, solicitor for Beth
any college. has secured $4,000 as
payment Of the $500 college debt.
Quit Prospecting for oil.-Work of
drilling wells at Junction City in pros
pecting fer oil or gas is being aband-
Dned and the casing is now being
pulled out of the last well which is
1890 feet deep. 1t was the deepest
well ever dug in that part OF the state
and tie only one th-t ever produced
any oil. The oil was in such small
quantity. however. as TO be very far
from paying proposition.
Highland Gets RaiIroad.-The city
Of Highland. in Doniphan county
which has 500 people, a good college
and no railroad. is offered branch
une from a point on the Grand Island
near Severance. provided the right
Of way of six miles and terminal ia
cilities are donated to that road. The
proposition will be accepted and the
city, one of the oldest in the state,
NIL hat fIt. III in ha
early spring.
Commissioner Walker Uniucky. -
A. ID. Walker. railroad commissioner.
Is having more than his share of
trouble. His little daughter was
operated on for appendicitis a few
days ago His wife is now quaran-
tined with scarlet fever While driv-
Ing out to his farm near Holton he
was thrown out OF the buggy and had
= rib broken. He will be unable to
attend any meetings of the railroad
commission for some time.
Hutchinson Elects Delegates. - At
the -Aeeting OF the Commercial club
the club voted that representatives
be sent to the State Freight Rate
Contention at Wichita on January
10. This is to be a meeting OF great
Importance. HutchiL. on will send a
man to respond TO t-o address of
welo ome. This will probably be Mr..
w. Y. Morgan. A number of dele
gates will go. There are several club
members who ,ill attend and they
will be given credentials.
Arrests In Shaw nee County.-Dur.
ing the year just closed there were
3,09S persons arrested in Shawnee
County or this number 2.3I0 We're
taken into custody &c: vi-!aticn OF
ordinances in Topeka. and logged in
the police station. and 75S arrests
made on state warrants and the pris
oner3 locked up in the county jail
March, June and August were the
banner months for crime. During the
year sixteen men were sent to the
penitentiary from this county.
Wichita Wants It's Art!IIery.-Citi
gems OF Wichita will contest the &c
ton OF the state military board OF
It's order that all the equipment o
local Battery A. Kansas nationa
guarl. be sent TO Topeka. A petition
has been sent to Gov f. w Hoch
asking him to Issue an injunction
against the carryic. out OF the mill
sary Loard's order. The petition cite
the bill passed by the legislature Las
winter which says that companies
batteries, regimental bands and bat
talions shall be continued as the pres
emit organization and muster pre-
vides.
A New Oil Acknowledgements
tive G. A. StanEard. of Emporia, OWL
er CT Sunny Slope farm, has With
the past year built up :; bigger bus
ness than raising Herefords on HI
Sunny Slope ranch. He is now SUI
plying crude oil fc- fuel to the mani
featuring interests of the state. II
OWNS twenty oil wells in the soutl
ern part of the state. but has col
slderably more business than can b
supplied from his wells, and asid
from the Standard Oil Company h
Is one of the biggest oil buyers
the oil district.
Rushing Corn Shipments. = Earn
ers in Kansas are rushing their cor
u market as fast as they can in O
der TO get it exported TO Germany b
fore the increased duty goes into {
feet. Germany has greatly increase
the duty on corn, TO take effect
February. The increase will amour
to or cents busheI. Thousant
CT bushels of corn have been sold
grain men through"',t the state. T,
exports rush will coon &c over al
the elevators expect TO work owe
time until the first of the year Nea
ly all corn is grading No. >.
ireland a Trusty. A E. Irelan
who was refused pardon by Go
ernor Hoch. is n ''trusty" in the j.
at Winfield Sheriff Welfelt said
would lock Ireland up in the jail
soon as room could be found for hi
there. At present the Jail is said
be full. Ireland is kept in the j,
Office.
Progress in Barton.-Two years :.
t,ere vas not a rural free deiive
route in Barton county and no rur
telephones. Now there are sixte,
routes and telephone lines are II