Free press., 1907-07-20
1t Happened |2 X a n S a S
OUR WEEKLY GIsT OF CONDENSED ITEMS

cause ii was claimed ne gave de
cisions unduly favorable to Joplin in
( the first inning, the crowd surged
out on the diamond during the Leav-
enWorth-Joplin baseball game at
Leavenworth and tried to mob I'm
pire Eckman. One man struck at
Eckman with a baseball bat hard
enough TO Kill him, but the blow was
warded off by another. Eckman was
finally gotten off the field safely by
the police Ee awarded the game to
Joplin. An exhibition game of six
innings was played. LeaVenworth
winning by a score of 5 10 I. Every
man on the Joplin team changed p:'
sitions during the game.
Demands Exceeds the SuppIys =
The demand for drug clerks in Kan
sas hes been SO great that the avail
able graduates of the School of Phar-
macy of the University of Kansas
were ali in good positions at time of
graduation The university has re-
ceived many applications for compe-
tent clerks at good salaries since the
university closed in June. These. po-
sitiCns have not all been filed. Some
relief is promised in the future, as
the demand this summer upon the
registrar for information concerning
the School OF Pharmacy has been
very heavy. More and more young
people will take up the study of phar-
macy as the opportunities for pleas
ant and profitable employment be-
come more widely known.
Anheuser-Busch to Quit Kansas -
1t has been decided by the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Company to with
draw from the state without a con-
test. 1t was the intention of this con-
Germ to fight the action of the State
Supreme Court ousting it from doing
business, even to the extent of carry
ing the case to the United States Su-
preme Court. The Anheuser-Busch
Company had wholesale houses at
Leavenworth and Wichita. 1t is said
to have had property valued at
about 100000 in the state. In this
case the brewery receivers were al
lowed An aggregate of $3.50, and the
costs are believed to be about $50,
bringing the total up to about $4,000.
The Anheuser-B Busch people are
among the latest to quit the state in
obedience to the recent custer pro-
ceedings in the State Supreme
Court.
A Tip for the Young. = This is an
age of most wonderful opportunities
and possibilities for the young;
greater and more wonderful than any
gone before. In fact, opportunities
are well-nigh reaching out to seize
them. but the opportunity and the
! seizure, if effective, must be met
half way. The seizure will"'b of
those with integrity, industry, clear
brains and clean minds; :. those not
ashamed or afraid to work with
head or hands more than eight hours
day, or twice eight hours if neces-
sary, who can be trusted to do their
best without watching, who always
give full measure, or more, without
! the asking. On the other hand,
there is little of promise for the one
who studies least and strives little,
who is afraid of doing too much or
of working over time, for the youth
| who thinks it manly to be bar
room patron, to tax his brain for the
coloring of meerschaum pipe or
who decorates his fingers with ci-
garette stains, who gives his even
ings to pool halls, or argues that the
world owes him a living. Such as
these may exist, but they will not be
living, in an age that, while having
much to give, will also demand much.
F. z; Coburn.
County Not Held for Costs. - In
many counties it has been the Gus
tom where a defendant was not able
to pay the costs in an injunction case
to collect them from the county. In
| a case at Concordia which was dis
missed by the state the court taxed
the costs up to the county, but the
county attorney refused to o. K. the
bill and the commissioners refused to
pay it. The attorney general held
that under no circumstances can the
county be held liable.
Engine Fell on Him. = William A.
Maib has begun suit in the district
court at Wellington against the
Aetna Mill and Elevator Company
for $4,000 damages for personal in
iuries. He alleges that on February
4. 1907, he was working as day Ia
borer for the milling company under
the directions and control of E. N
Perkins in moving a Coriiss engine
out of the basement; that by reason
of carelessness in constructing the
trestle over which this engine was
being rolled the plank under the en-
gine broke, throwing Maib onto the
railroad track and letting the engine
fall on him.
Verdigris Claims First Victim. -
The Verdigris river claimed its first
victim of the summer at Coffeyville
when Willie Allen, II years old, was
drowned while in swimming. His
father was working only short dis
tance away but could not save him.
Fall OFF Scaffoid. = A section OF
scaffolding on the second floor OF the
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