Free press., 1907-04-06

'oO OI small proportions struck the
outlying portion of Chanute. dam
aging half a dozen houses and caus-
ing other minor damage. No one
was hurt as far as could be learn
ed.
Public Park For concordIa. -
George e. Kessler, the landscape
artist. who has charge of the Kan
sas City parks. Is in Concordia un-
der contract with the Concordia
Park Club to plan the beautifying
OF the city park of fourteen acres
which has been turned over to the
club, composed wholly of women,
by the city council
Two Fort Contracts Let. Bids
for the construction of the big rid
ing hall at Fort Riley that will be
$50 feet long by 10 feet wide were
opened at the post A Manhattan
firm was the lowest bidder, at
$4,000. The constructing quarter
master at Fort Riley was notified
that a firm of Junction City was
awarded the contract for the school
OF equitation stable at Fort RILEY,
Appoints Five Inspectors. = Gov.
Hoch has announced the appoint
ment OF five state deputy oil in
spectors to serve for the next two
years. OF the old inspectors George
S. Boyd, of Garden City, and w. D.
Mitchell. of Fort Scott, were drop
ped from the list and Nick Simeon,
nf
Doniphan county, appointed in their
stead. The other inspectors are:
N. A. Turner, Colby; Fred H. Jew
ell. Topeka, and A. c. Rusey, Wich-
ita.
Good Sale OF Shorthorns.-One of
the most successful Shorthorn cat
tie sales ever held at Manhattan
took place last week, when thirty
eight head were sold at the State
Agricultural College for an average
of $15S. said to be double the aver
age made at Shorthorn sales in
Northern Kansas and Southern Ne
braska. OF the whole offering, but
three animals sold below $1,000. Girls
Wilson, OF Glasco, Kan, who bought
$3.50, for Mary Bell.
Salt Plant to Be Rebuilt. - Joy
Morton, of Chicago. president of
the Hutchinson Salt Company, has
put fifty men to work clearing
away the debris caused by the fire
which destroyed the big Morton
salt plant. Mr.. Morton stated that
work is to start at once in rebuild
ing the plant and that it will have
u capacity of $500 barrels of salt
daily. The new plant. when in
operation, will have nearly double
the capacity of any plant in the
world and its output will be larger
daily than the entire output Of the
Kansas field five years ago.
Attacked BY Savage Dog. - John
Buck, a farmer, was quite badly in
jured by a savage hog at his home
north of Culver. While working in
the stye. the animal became enraged
at something and attacked Mr.. Buck.
who was thrown 10 the ground. his
clothing badly torn and a deep cut
was made in the right side. The in
jury was quite serious, but Mr.. Buck
Is considered out Of danger now.
Incubator Baby Is Dead. = Little
Joe Markell, the smallest child ever
born in Wichita, died at the Lennox
Sanitarium. The infant at the time
OF its birth one week ago weighed
IA pounds and from that time un.
til the time of its death was kept in
an incubator
Big Gas Well Brought In.-One OF
the largest gas wells ever struck in
the state was drilled in by the Lan-
yon Zinc Company on the Dixon
land, four and a half miles north
west of lola. 1t measures 25.OGO. 900
cubic feet.
Another Big Gasser. = The Ar
kansas Valley Gas Company drilled
in another big gasser in the field
north of Arkansas City. The well
will produce about four million
cubic feet of gas a day 1t will be
connected with the city mains.
which now supply the residents.
Walls Fell, Four Injured. = Four
men were buried under the falling
walls OF a wrecked building at Wich-
ita. A crowd Of workmen who were
engaged in wrecking the building
were quitting work when a high
wind which had been blowing all
day blew down the walls. The
most seriously injured are Fred Da-
Wis, who was injured internally AID
both legs broken. H. H Montgonl-
cry. LarlSin Green and H. White
were injured internally and about
the head.
Wichita Beacon Is Sued - The
Beacon Publishing Company, H. 7.
Allen manager; ]. H. Graham. Inda-
pendent candidate for mayor of
Wichita; Upton Cox, E. T. Blodgett,
]. f. Howard, o. H. Bently, c. Q.
Chandler. L. W. Clapp and Rev. y.
E Harmon, managers of Graham's
campaign, Wichita, were made de-
PENDANTS in libel suit of $4,000 by
Helenas Mason. police matron of
Wichita. On March &c the Beacon