Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-10

by falling from a ladder His wife
and mother live in Wichita
Liberty Will Not Last. = The gov
ernor OF Texas issued a requisition
recently on Gov. Hoch for Milton
Jones, who will be released from the
federal penitentiary in a few days.
Jones is wanted on a charge of rob-
berry In Texas.
Eighty Acres a Day.-R. A. Ander-
son OF Wellington is making arrange
ments to start a second steam pillow.
He has one engine with 16 plows st
tached going now and will start an
other with 20 plows. With these two
outfits he expects to plow 80 acres a
day. He has 700 acres Of his own
blowing to do.
Long Canoe Voyage. r A canoe
voyage four hundred miles long, with
st. Louis as the objective point, and
to cover the Marals des Cygnes, the
Usage and the Missouri rivers, was
begun at Ottawa by Proofs. Richard
Freeman and William u. Moore of
the University of Kansas. They ex-
pect to return by rail from st. Louis
to reach Lawrence September Is.
Their boat is Is feet long.
Stay Of Execution Granted. =
Chest Thurston, Frank Thurston and
Philip Thur-ton, of Ellis county.
were granted stay of execution by
Judge Porter, of the supreme court,
from the sentence imposed upon
them by the Ellis county court on
the conviction of arson in the third
degree. The bond was fixed at
$1,000 each, until the appeal is de-
cided by the supreme court.
Gets "a Guns at GRANDFATHER the
news was received at Girard that the
jury had rendered a verdict of not
guilty in the case of William D. Hay
wood. Fred D. Warren, editor of the
Appeal To Reason, sent the follow
ing message to President Roosevelt:
''The Appeal To Reason and it's one
million readers extends congratula-
lions to you for the services render
ed in securing the acquittaI of the
Undesirable Citizen at Boise, Id.
You will be asked to explain your at
titude to ten million worhingmen
during the campaign next year." At
the same time a man was employed
to fire a cannon every fifteen min
utes from midnight until o'clock
next morning.
National Guard to Fort RiIey.-Ad
ditional details relative to the State
encampment Of the Kansas National
Guard have been announced by AID
jutant General ]. Nv. F. Hughes. The
encampment is to be held at Fort
Riley September IL to &c. Brigadier
General Charles P. Drew, command
ing the Kansas brigade, will have d.
rect control of the troops. Com
handing officers are cautioned to
make thorough inspection of all
equipment before the date of moving
and acquisitions for equipment will
not be honored after August 10. The
adjutant general announces that he
has these supplies which may be Sc
cured on requisition: Sufficient kha-
XII blouses and trousers to give each
man two suits; bronze and gold col
lar ornaments; and service stripes,
both peace and war. Commanding
officers are enjoined to give particu-
lar attention henceforth to the in
struction and drilling of their COM
mands. Commanding officers are d.
rected to return at once the old style
dress caps and dress coats. At the
encampment, each is allowed one
cook and two men are assigned to
each company for this duty. Oficers
nd n
to attend the encampment.
Requisition for Hudson. = Gov.
Hoch has issued a requisition on
Gov. Folk for Jack Hudson, who is
wanted in Cherokee county on a
charge of grand larceny. Hudson is
under arrest in Joplin, Mo.
Used Gun For cIub.-Using a gun
as a club on COW caused the dis
charge of the piece and resulted in
the death of Earl Hayworth, of near
Atlanta. He was on his way to shoot
some mink at pond not far from his
house and was followed by a small
dog. A COW attacked the dog, and
the man went to drive her of, strik-
ing her with the butt of the gun. The
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ing him instantly.
1.-THE Great American DESERT
The Weather Observer at Garden City
has discovered that the rainfall so
far this year amounts to 1913 inches,
which he says sounds something Ike
hoodoo. Most of the rain fell in
the months OF April, May, June and
July. but the amount for those
months in 1907. is less than for the
corresponding period in any of the
preceding three years.
Requlsition on Folk. Gov. Hoch
has issued a requisition on Governor
Folk. OF Missouri, for G. A. Phillips,
who is at Kansas City. Phillips Is
wanted in Barton county on the
charge OF robbing harvest hand. 2
Two Bridge Bids opened.-Bids on
the new Douglas avenue bridge
across the Arkansas river at WITCH
ita were opened. There were only
two bids offered. one from the To
peka Bridge and Iron Company, Of
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