Free press., 1907-07-27

drowned while attempting to cross
Cow creek, which was badly swollen.
His body was recovered.
Tried to Cut His Throat - John
Hood. a young farmer living near
Wellington, made a desperate at
tempt to commit suicide by cutting
his throat with a butcher knife. In
a struggle to get the knife away from
him his wife and a farm hand were
both badly cut. Hood had been mani
Testing symptoms of insanity for
some time His recovery is doubt
full.
23,oo1 Barrels in June. = L. T.
Husey, State Oil Inspector, has filed
with the state auditor his report for
the month of June. 1t shows that
| during the month his department in
spected 10,589 barrels of kerosene
and 1882 barrels of gasoline. The
collection i'm fees amounted to So
312.70 and this is the amount Of the
check turned over to the state treas
urer.
Two Suspects Arrested.-Two farm
hands working near Edna were ar
rested and lodged in Jail at Oswego,
| suspected of being the parties who
robbed and murdered o. ]. Brown and
Otis Taylor on a Frisco freight train
in the western part of Labette coun-
ty, They gave the names of J. P.
Sweeney, Scammon, Kas., and Bert
York, of Illinois. Edna is about
twenty miles from the scene of the
killing, and the two men sought work
there two days after.
Makes Estimate on Wheat. j. D.
Bowersock estimates that the wheat
yield in Kansas this year will be
| 100000 bushels The yield last
year was about 9O,O0O,00O bushels.
| Mr.. Bowersock says that while the
crop is 10000 900 bushels short, the
price so far has been away ahead of
what it was last year and therefore
the farmers will be just as we'll off.
The quality of the wheat is much
! better than was expected. Practi-
cally all of it weighs heavy and is il
good condition.
Midsummer Madness.-It is a fact
that insanity cases are more frequent
in the summer than in the winter
|
from the daily reports received at
the Office of the Kansas state board
of control. For the month of June &C
insanity cases were reported. and for
the first twenty days of July 40.
Last summer June showed So cases,
and the first twenty days of July A
cases. A very small percentage of
these are sane epileptics. The rec
ord in Kansas for the last four years
has run during the summer about
two cases of insanity reported to the
state institutions daily.
Kansas Taxes 1920, ,241 900. = The
total taxable value Of all property in
Kansas, as returned by the abstracts
of county clerks, is S425,241 SEQ, ac-
cording to a statement given out by
Auditor Nation. Last year the figure
was $404,071 ,692, or an increase this
year of $21, ,170,208. About 40 per
cent of this increase was borne by
the railroads, telegraph and tele-
phone companies. The five highest
counties in total valuation were
Wyandotte, $19,540,125; Shawnee,
$19,O65, ,919; Sedgwick. $14,526,224;
Montgomery, $1O,591, $40; Reno, SO,
366, 468. Grant county is lowest, with
a valuation of 1854 ,42O. Butler coun-
ty has the largest acreage of land,
| 916,C5O acres Farm lands in Sedg-
wick county total in value $4,265,911;
Reno, $4.42O,712; Shawnee. $685.
go; Lyon, $3,G40,C51; Butler, s3,-
| 449,391. These are the highest
|
The state board of health is COM
mencing crusade on ice cream
freezers. At one factory in a large
| town sixty-four cans were found
carroded so badly that their use is
dangerous. The cans are worth
about SIS each.
The Bull Gored His Horse While
attempting to drive a bull from his
| pasture Chet Alexander, a young
farmer living a few miles southwest
of Waverly, was thrown from his
horse and seriously hurt. The horse
was gored repeatedly by the vicious
brute and during its rearing and
jumping Mr.: Alexander was thrown
violently to the ground. His arm
his elbow dislocated and he was in
jured internally After Mr. Alexand-
er's fall the bull continued its attack
on the horse and could not be driven
away until neighbors secured shot
guns and fired two charges into the
animals tough hide. The injured
man was hastily brought to town and
his injuries dressed. The attending
physician says he will recover, pro-
viding no complications arise.
Bio Fire at Paoia.-Paola suffered
$4,000 loss by fire. The half block
south of the southwest corner OF the
square is a smoldering heap of
ruins.
Treasurer Draws For $2s7,51s. =
The state treasurer has drawn on the
various county treasurers. for total
of S287, ,51S. or twenty per cent of the
tax money collected by the different
| oo,,,+ioe last Racamher This 'tdraW'