The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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has decided to go after the state fair.
A committee of fifteen business men
was appointed to begin making plans
to get the fair located ;nere, as it is
thought the legislature will decide for
a state fair and locate it in some city
at the session beginning in January.
Accept Normal School Building
The state board of regents of the state
normal school, in session in Pittsburg,
formally accepted the new state man
ual training normal school, which has
just been completed. The new build
ing is now finally the property of the
state, and all ready for occupancy by
the school.
Gopher Killing Secret His.-What is
gopher sca1ps ever brought into a
Kansas county clerks office by one
man, was delivered at the Sedgwick
county court house by Samuel Hubs.
peth of Viola. He turned in Ala scalps
and collected $41.40. He refused to
make public his method Of capturing
the little pests.
Killed by Passenger Train j. G.
Brookings, a farmer living five miles
south of Wichita, was struck by a
Rock Island passenger train. He was
picked up in an unconscious condition
and taken to Peck, where medical at
tention was called, but died an hour
later from conclusion of the brain.
He was At years of age and partially
deaf.
Heroic Rescue of Baby George
McCue, young colored man employed
by the Santa Fe at Garden City, was
the hero of a thrilling scene, having
saved a baby from being crushed be-
meath the wheels of a special passen-
ger train. Only the quickness and
presence of mind of the young man
saved the life of the child. which he
snatched from in front of the engine
moving almost mile. a minute
A Full Double Track System That
the Missouri Pacific has decided to in
crease its line to a full double track
system from Kansas City to Pueblo,
is the announcement given out by Su-
perintendent J. E. Snedecker. This
is part of a plan of Improvement, he
says, which the Missouri Pacific has
determined on, and which provides for
an expenditure of $10,00O,000 a year
for ten years in permanent work.
Another Big Gasser One of the
largest gas wells that has yet been
found in the state was struck last
week at Wilsey, a small town west
of Council Grove. The company that
has been prospecting in that vicinity
made the find and it is on its land and
will be capped and held until the
: company decides on it's pipe line pro-
! ject. The company now has several
big wells. They are all capped and It
| is said they will continue to drill and
| develop their leased land
1877 Rabbits in One Day One of
the biggest rabbit hunts ever held in
Kansas was held at Overlook be-
tween two opposing teams of twenty
| one members each. The winning team
was headed by w. H. Hopkins and
the losers by H. K McNoun. A total
! of 1871 cottontail rabbits were killed
and 6 jack rabbits, hawks and q
| crows. Hugh Allen holds the individ
ual record of the shoot, ending the day
with an even 200 rabbits in his bag
| The next highest individual score was
| so. At the close of the hunt the hun.
! tiers enjoyed an oyster supper at the
| expense of the losers. The rabbits
were shipped to Kansas City. The
McNoun team bagged III cottontails
2 jack rabbits, hawks and II crows
The Hopkins team bagged 954 cotton
tails, 4 jack rabbits, 2 hawks and 10
| crows.
Late Election Statistics.-According
to returns of the recent election in the
state of Kansas, which have been of
ficially certified by the state can
wasting board, there was a remark
able and unexpected falling off in the
socialist and prohibition vote The
politicians had been predicting that
the socialist vote in Kansas would
show big increase. Instead of that
it showed a falling off of 5000 on
president and about 400 on governor
The prohibition party seems to be on
| the decline in Kansas. It's vote on
president slumped 1000 and it's vote
on governor was only about half what
it was in 1904. 1t is eviendt from the
returns that many prohibitionists
voted for Jackson on the Republican
| ticket, instead of their own nominee
The total vote on president shows an
increase of over $4,000 as compared
| with 1904.
Burglars Blew Bank Safe Bur
| glars blew open the safe of the To
wanda State bank at Towanda, twelve
miles west of E1dorado, with nitro
glycerine, securing $2,2S0 and made
their escape on a handcar.
Church Struck by Lightning.-Tht
Christian Church at Hartford was
struck by lightning and entirely de
stroyed.
Must Argue Him Out of It.-After
thorough investigation of the subject
Attorney General Jackson is convinc