Free press., 1907-07-06

Another Wichita Soy Drowned. =
While swimming in the Little Ar
-ansas river in Riverside Park, at
Wichita, Ralph Helm, the 16-year-old
on of Judge A. E. Helm, was drown
ID The boy had been in the water
| or several minutes when he was
| seized with cramps and before the
other boys could get to his rescue he
sank from sight beneath the muddy
water. The body was recovered af-
,er five hours.
Bouquet for Kingman. = Secretary
J. S Crumbine. of the state board of
health, says he believes the city of
Kingman has the best water supply
n the state and that it is going to
spend $4,000 on a pipe line in order
to make use of it. There is big
natural spring about three miles
from town in the sand hills that runs
the year around and the city council
is going to have a pipe line con
structed from the spring to the city. l
Quilting Through College. = Two
boys from Sabetha, Lloyd Mosser and
Lloyd Beegley, have just closed out
| at Abilene quilting factory with
which they have started their. way to
| college. They began last fall and
made exhibits at the fairs. They
arouse much interest among the wo-
men of that community and quilted
over five hundred quilts Some of
the quilts were very interesting one
having been made during the war
visit of much interest for the women
who came to Abilene when they call
ed on the 'quilter boys" as the two
young men were generally named.
The walls of their rooms was cover
ed with quilts and the varied figures
were novel and unique. The boys
sold the business they had built up
at good price and expect to enter
college this fall. They will set up a
| quilting establishment in some col
lege town and the work they do af-
ter school hours will. they think.
carry them through their college
course. They graduated at the Sa-
betha high school and their pluck
and enterprise have attracted much
favorable attention from all who
nave WdICn0O
Ties Are Rotten; Spikes Loose.
Charles A. Ryker, member of the
State Board of Railroad Commission
ers, made a smile inspection of the
Missouri Pacific track northwest of
Hutchinson. Mr.. Ryker also walked
for three miles along the Missouri
Pacific northeast of Anthony. Mr.
Ryker did not hesitate to say that
the track inspected on the Hutchin-
son division is unsafe for heavy traf-
fic and for passenger trains. He said
that the conditions found near An
thcny are even worse. There every
two or three ties were in bad shape
from one cause and another, he said
A sample of what was seen is con-
ta1ned in his report of what was
found between mile posts AZ and 40,
west from Wichita. The east end of
this mile is about a mile west of
Hutchinson. The defective ties were
counted and S07 bad ties were found
in the mile. There is an average of
2,S00 ties in a mile of Missouri Pa
cif1c track in this division This
means that almost one-third of the
ties are defective. 1t grew worse as
the inspector went west AS many
as five bad ties were found in sue
cession. Only ties under which there
was no support or which were so rot
ten that they would not hold the
spikes were regarded as defective. l
Old Man Starving.-The sight of Il
man over 40 years Of age, feeble and
starving. was presented in lola re-
Gently. The man, according to recon-
mendations he carried, is honest and
has always been sober and hard
working. His working days have
passed, however. He told Captain |
Seeds, of the Salvation Army, that he
had not eaten since early the morn
irg before and had made his way the |
best he could from Olathe. An effort |
to send him to relatives in Kingman |
county was made.
Auto AmbuIances for Army.-Fort |
Riley, Fort Leavenworth and per- |
haps other of the larger army posts |
are soon to be equipped with auto |
mobile ambulances The vehicles |
will be of the same pattern as one re- |
Gently purchased for the military |
academy. Each car will have a go |
horse power compound condensing |
steam engine and will be capable of |
making a speed of from forty to |
forty-five miles an hour. They will |
carry ten persons each inside and |
two on the front seat. They will cost
about $4,000 each.
coburn to Speak in NJ. Y. Ed
Coburn, secretary of agriculture, has |
accepted an invitation to address the
New York State Agricultural Society |
next December. They want him to |
talk on alfalfa.
Kansas Makes Good Cheese. .-Ac-
cording to an analysis made by J. T. |
Willard, food analysist for the state
board of health, there is manufactur-
ed in the state a full-cream cheese
that is fully up to the government !
standard. He also developed the
fact that a large quantity of cheese