Free press., 1907-07-13
1t Happened X \ n S a S
OUR WEEKLY c1sr OF CONDENSED ITEMS


of Columbus. seven tank cars of oil
were derailed and set on fire The
wreck was caused by the breaking of
a small bridge. None Of the crew
was injured.
Old Soldier Killed by Train. = H.
Yalton, an cid soldier G5 years old
was killed by a Frisco fast freight
while crossing 4 bridge over Spring
river at Galena. Yalton was retur4
ing home from the celebration at 10
O'Clock and when killed was within a
few feet of safety.
Found Dead in the Road. = The
dead body of Geordie Brown. aged so
years. was found lying by the road
side in west Weir The old man had
been drinking heavily since the
Fourth and his whereabouts here un-
known for many hours prior to the
finding of his body.
Wichita Postoffice Shows Growth.
Some idea of the growth of the
city of Wichita in the past year may
be gained from the report of the post
Office for the fiscal year ending the
3Oth of June This report has not
yet been completed. but will show,
approximately. an increase of $25,-
900 in the receipts of the Wichita
Office for the past year.
browns in Inches of Water. =
Earl, the three-year-old son of Earl
Henshaw, was drowned in Eight
Mile Creek. near Rose Hill. There
ic 1D1Vf s-ixr - 10
creek where the boys body was
fuond soon after he fell in. The
child was playing in the farm yard
when he tumbled over the bank. He
found soon after he fell in. The
half of his body above the water.
Three Horses Cremated. - Fire at
Ottawa destroyed a large barn own
ed by z. Shugart. Three stations,
the property OF J. E. Gifin, of Olathe,
and valued at $4,000, were burned.
Four previous attempts had been
made to fire the barn. No reason is
known for the incendiarism. The
fire occurred but half hour before
the time when, according to an
nouncement, the city. water plant
shut down for the day to make re
pairs Mr.. GifTin carried $4,000 in
surance On his horses.
Must Not Use Their Feet.-Bakers
in Kansas hereafter must not use
their feet to knead or work bread and
they must not use the bare floor of
their bakeshop as the pan" in which
to knead the bread. Such is the or
der just issued by Dr. S. ]. Crumbine,
secretary of the Kansas board of
health. The June bulletin of the
board contains the rules governing
bakeshops and the following is one:
.'Kneading or working the dough
with the feet is strictly forbidden.
The bread and pastry must not be
laid on the bare floor" DR.. Crum-
bine has heard that some of the bak-
ers have fallen into the habit OF
stomping the bread dough instead OF
kneading it with their hands. 1t IS
said that when the dough becomes
hard and is about ready to be set to
rise. some of the bakers dump the
batch of dough onto the floor and pro-
ceed to work it with their feet. This
practice is no longer tolerated. The
rules are effective at once and vio-
lation is punishable by a heavy fine.
The rules also prohibit allowing do
mestic animals of any kind in the
work shop and it is also provided
that the bakers must wear sufficient
clothing. Chewing tobacco and
smoking are also tabooed in working
hours, and the workmen are not to
be allowed to sit down on the
benches or tables used in the shop 2
May Need 1000 Teachers. = Re
plies from the county superintend-
ents of thirty-eight counties in Kan
sas out of a total of los, with regard
to the number of teachers available
| for next year, will not apply to the
western counties. When all the re-
turns are in, despite the present
contrary showing, State Superinten.
| dent Fairchild looks for a shortage
| of about LOCO teachers.
Bug in Kansas cornfieIds. i Re
ports received from the Walnut Val
| ley state that a new kind of bug,
/ known as the elephant bug, has been
! infesting the corn fields in that sec
ton. H. B. Lamb. a farmer, had
planted his corn a second time only
to have it taken by the bugs, and
finally pIowed up an eighty-acre
field and planted kafiir corn. The
bug is two times the size of the po
tato bug and has a long probosis
which projects from it's head like an
elephants trunk. With this imple
ment it sucks the juice from the cen
trail stalk of corn. when the corn is
more than a foot high the bug does
it no harm.
Runaway Accident Fatal. = Mrs
John Fossey was instantly killed in
| a runaway near Hutchinson. Her
daughter. Maud Fossey, aged II, was
badly injured, but it is said she viii
recover.
$1,000 Year to Ashbaueh. - S. S
Ashbaugh, of Wichita, attorney foI
the Kansas board of railroad com
missioners, has been notified that he
| has been appointed an assistant in