Free press., 1906-05-19

Small Fire at CentraIia. = Fire in
Centraiia destroyed the C. C. Wad-
leigh hardware, implement and We
hicle establishment, Edward Cutters
restaurant. Ola Hopkins millinery
store and the Cassidy barber shop
Move All to IoIa.-The Lanyon Zinc
Company is moving it's sales Office
from st. Louis to lola. Heretofore a
sales Office has been maintained in st.
Louis, but it has been decided that
the entire business of the company
can be better conducted in lola. This
means that in the future the entire
business Of the Lanyon Zinc Company
will be transacted in lola.
Fire at Edgerton.-Fire which start
ed in a vacant building on the north
side of Main street destroyed almost
the entire business portion of Edger-
ton. small town in Johnson county.
Whitlaw 6 Co.. are probably the lar
gest losers. The postofice, a drug
store, restaurant, barber shop and
general store was also burned. The
loss is partly covered by insurance.
Harpe-'e New Light Plant. The
new city electric light plant began
operations on May Sth, the current
then being turned on the wires for the
first time. while the plant is not yet
completed it is sufficiently so to be
started permanently. The remainder
OF the work will be pushed to compile
ton as soon as possible The plant
will cost about $4,000 when complet-
ed.
No Sugar Beets for Lyon.-Ei Fow-
Ter. who made experiments for three
years with sugar beets, says that they
cannot be raised successfully in Lyon
county, as the soil is not sandy
enough, and lacks the quality that the
soil in the western part of this state
and Colorado contains. The beets
here grow large, but do not contain
the per cent of sugar they should and
cannot compete with those raised fur
ther west.
Holds up Divorce Cases. = Judge
Foust at lola has called the May term
OF court. Twenty-one divorce cases
the usual service has been made by
publication. All of these cases were
continued awaiting the arrival of the
decision of the Supreme Court on the
legality of divorces in which the de-
fendant is served by publication. Be
fore granting any more divorces
Judge Foust is desirous to know ex-
actlV what the deeiSiOp ic
National Guard to Participate. -
Under orders issued by Gov. Hoch the
Kansas National guard will partici-
pate in the celebration of Memorial
day. The members of the various
companies of the two regiments and
the members of the batteries have
been ordered to report fully armed at
their armories at 10 o'clock May 80
and to act under orders from the G.
A. r. from that time until o'clock
in the afternoon. Blank ammunition
will be furnished by the state.
Big Mortgage Filed. = One of the
largest mortgages ever recorded in
Neosho county is now in the hands of
the register of deeds, L. R. Stanley.
The property upon which the mort
gage is given is owned by the Kansas
Natural Gas Company and the instru-
ment is drawn for the round sum of
$4,000,000. The matter is all printed
and bound and covers 298 printed
pages seven inches by ten inches in
size. This mortgage was filed with
Deputy Register of Deeds, Mrs. L. R.
Stanley, by j. w. Finley, attorney for
the Kansas Natural Gas Company, and
is the fourth document Of it's kind
that has been issued over the sig
natures of the officers of the Kansas
Natural The first mortgage was made
in 1904 for $4,0O0,000. This was fol-
lowed later by two supplemental
mortgages, the first for $2,G56, 900 and
the second for $3,OOO,0OO. The one
fled this week brings the total
amount of the incumbrance up to
about $14,0OO,OOO, which is bearing
per cent interest All of the loans were
secured from the Fidelity Trust Com
pany. of Pittsburg, Pa.
Large Class of Graduates. = Two
hundred and seventy-five young men
anu women Will receive OlQlOQlaS
from the University of Kansas at the
thirty-fourth annual commencement
of the university, Wednesday, June C.
This will be by far the largest class
that has ever been graduated from the
university and probably will retain
that distinction for several years.
Last years class, which was about
the average in size, numbered only
1913.
Good Crop Prospects.-There were
never before better prospects for
bountiful crop than at the present in
southwest Kansas. The season. was
somewhat backward and sp9ing work
was delayed, making corn planting
at least three weeks late in starting.
But when the weather finally warmed
up work went along with a rush.
There has been ample moisture in
this section and the ground was in
excellent condition. for oats and corn.
Oats are coming up and are looking
fine The acreage is not as large as
compared with other years The
wheat acreage is large and corn is