Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-03

of billowing green, leaving them
withered and dying. God help usi"
cried the farmers, for we are power
less. Our wheat is destroyed; our
labor of months is wasted And in
the grain marts of the world the
price of wheat jumped ten points =
because the green bug had invaded
Kansas. Then the dry ground of the
wheat fields baked and cracked, for
there was dire need of rain. From
the western frontier of the wheat
banner county of the Arkansas
echoed back: Give us RANT To
the Chicago pit and the Paris bourse
the wires carried the message:
Wheat in Kansas ruined by drouth."
And wheat went up to a dollar. The
spector of hard times stalked upon
the plains of Kansas. Then the
green bug vanished before the para
site. The suffering soil again soaked
itself with the drenching downpour.
Vegetation revived in a day. With
rush, on came the harvest AS from
a nightmare the Kansas farmer
awoke. Great fields of golden wheat
lay before him ready for binder and
the header. Out from the plains of
Kansas went forth a cry for help
that almost caused the sheeted dead
to squeak and gibber and Father
Time to whet his scythe, to save the
Kansas wheat. Close the stores
send the clerks to the fields! Opon
the jails-put the peniteGts to work!
Ask the railroads to release their
hands! Fall in! On to the harvest
and preachers; lit
tie children and blacksmiths; rich
golden banner of harvest to the tune
of the reaper and thresher! The
volunteer army marched and fought
and won. Kansas wheat is in Kan
sas bins, and it will require sixty
million dollars of somebody's money
to get it out = Paul A. Lovewell in
Topeka Capital.
Neosho County Out of Debt. -
With all its debts paid Neosho coun-
ty has $4,000 remaining to the cred
ming expenses of the county until
next November.\ The total amount
raised by the present tax levy for
general purposes is something like
$41, 500 per year. The average ex-
pense of the county government and
making repairs and improvements is
about $500 per month. For several
years the surplus has been spent for
bridges.
How University Grows. = In 1880
the buildings, grounds and equip
ment of the University of Kansas
were valued at 1881. 900. There were
4,5OO books in the library The
The campus consisted of fifty acres.
At the present time the buildings.
grounds and equipment are valued
at $1,50O,0OO. The library consists of
$4,000 volumes and $4,000 unbound
pamphlets. The number of students
is 1876.
Practiced Without a License.-Dr.
A. C. Hixon, secretary of the dental
examining board, has swore out
warrant against DR.. J. A. Tobin, of
Mulhall, for practicing dentistry
without a license.
A Kansas Girl to Japan. = Miss
Lydia Lindsey, of Cherrywale, has
left for New York, where she secures
passage to sail on August % for
Japan, to take up her work as a mis-
sionary.
Will Make Denatured Alcohol. =
J. E. McDaniels, who has been the
king bee in the liquor business in cen
trail Kansas for several years past,
and who now has almost as much
money as any other man in that part
of the state, has disposed of his bust
ness in Salina, and announces that he
will establish a denatured alcohol
plant in that city early next year.
Kansas Governors. = In the terri
torial days Kansas had eight gov
errors in the order named: Alex
ander H. Reeder, J. w. Geary, Fred
P. Stanton, Robert ]. Walker, James
w Denver, Hugh S. Walsh, Samuel
Madary and George NJ. Bebee. Since
acquiring SLaCenOoQ AdHSdS has Hao
seventeen governors in the order
named: Charles Robinson, Thomas
Carey, Samuel j. Crawford, Nehe-
mia Green, James M. Harvey.
Thomas A. Osborn, George T. An
thony, John P. st John, George w.
Click, John A. Martin, Lyman u.
Humphrey, L. D. Lewelling, E. N.
Morrill,, John W. Leedy, w. E. Stan
ley, w. ]. Bailey and Edward w.
Hoch.
The Burglars Were Thirsty. =
The court house in Hill City receiy-
ed a visit from some thirsty house
breaker. who demolished the locks,
forced the doors and carried away
two barrels of bottled beer .and one
jug containing more or less
whisky.
For Oil at Garden city.-A syndi-
cate of men, backed by ample CAPT
tai from the Kansas oil fields. have
been taking oil and gas leases on
farms near Garden City and will
spend $4,000 at once in prospecting