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Free press., 1908-04-11
win Erect Public Library Bldg.

Following very inter esting lecture
IN the Brunswick Annex Tuesday even
ing on 1.-The Mormans and Utah" by
Edward F. Colborn of the Salt Lake
Chamber of Commerce, subscription
was started for the public library fund.
The plan of the library association is
to remodel and add to the band stand
on the south east corner of the court
house square. Those who have fgur-
of the building at $1,000. The following
subscriptions were received at the
meeting Tuesday evening:
E. F. Colborn $25. 90
E. F. Madden 800. 60
G. M. Wann 500. 90
VIM. Hall $780, 90
M. J. R. Treat $25. 90
A number of others who were pres
ent announced that they would sub
scribe to the fund and the following
committee was appointed to solicit the
remaining $3.50: E. F. M adden, Alex
Philip and Miss Elsie Macintosh. Mr..
Madden said that if 5000 could be raised
that he would take care of the remain
ing $100. Although the attendance was
small it made up in quality what it
lacked in quantity and all seemed en-
thusiastic for a library building.
Mr. Colburn's lecture on ''The Nor
mons" was very instructive and it was
listened to with great interest. His
story of the Norman Gentle political
struggle was especially well-told Mr..
Colburn is one of the leaders of the
American against the Mormon) party
in Salt Lake City, and man of con-
siderable note as a writer and speaker
on Utah.
At the conclusion of the lecture a
box supper was held and social time
was enjoyed until late hour.
Free press., 1908-04-11
Normal Notes.

The ceiling and walls of the auditor
ium are being calcimined this week.
Casper Middlekauff, an ex-Normalite,
now of K. U. visited the school Thurs
day morning.
Rev. A. N. Smith of the M. E.
church led devotional exercises We'd
nesday morning.
The members of the Debating Club
hold a social in the Brunswick Annex
tomorrow night.
A second game of baseball with
Washburn is being talked of for to-
morrow Saturday..
'TYelling" was the program in chapel
every morning this week. Enthusiasm
waned, however, the last few days.
The basket ball girls are preparing
to Ego into training next week for
the Spring series of games.
The number of new students this
term steadily increases. At this writ
ing we have reached the 325 mark.
Last years total enrolment was 287.
Boating is now the most popular re-
creation at the Normal-at least for a
certain class of people: Balmy Spring
afternoons and moonlight nights are
apt to play havoc with girls hearts
and boys too, sometimes.
Prof Pelham is experimenting the
work on the grounds of making flower
beds and setting out trees. From this
time forward, there will be a system
to this work and a few years should
make a great difference in the appear
ance of our campus.
Free press., 1908-04-11
The New Tax Law.

An exchange says. and the same
thing is occurring in this and all other
counties of the state:
People get many strange notions into
their heads regarding assessing and
paying taxes A few days ago man
was at the court house complaining
about the valuation placed by the as
SCISSOR on one of his horses; said he
thought it had been valued $40 too high.
After talking about it for half an hour
or more, he asked about what differ
ence $50 would probably make in the
amount of taxes he would have to pay;
when told that it would not amount
to more than ten or twelve cents, he
asked to be kicked, and said if he had
known that he wouldn't have wasted
time coming to see about it.
A lady was finding fault with the as
SCISSOR for assessing corn at their farm
at so cents a bushel. why" said
she 1--WE paid SO cents for the corn,
and now have to pay so cents bushel
taxes; that makes the corn cost US 81. .06
bushel. No wonder people object to
the new way of assessing.
Another lady, speaking of the valu-
alton that is being put on chickens,
said that it was an outrage to assess
people So. 90 a dozen on their chickens
when they wouldn't sell for much more.
When it was explained to her that the
taxes on $500 this year in the school
district in which she lives would prob
ably not be more than two or three
cents, she became reconciled to the
idea of having even the chickens asses
sed.
AS the people become more acquaint-
ed with the working of the new method
of assessing, and learn the facts as to
the valuations placed on their property
they become more and more in favor
of the law"
Free press., 1908-04-11
Sheriff has the Beer.

Ellis, Kan, Apr. Saturday morn
ing Geo. Taylor, whose farm adjoins
this city, made queer discovery in
his buggy shed. Someone during the
night had backed load of whiskey and
beer into the shed. No one appeared
to claim the wagon or the contents.
From appearances, it is thought that
the driver had brought it there by mis-
take, unhitched his horses and when
daylight came did not care to call and
get the goods. Mr.. Taylor phoned to
Mayor Kidd and soon. the sheriff was
on the premises and the refreshing
beverages were in the county Jail at
Hays.
Free press., 1908-04-11
Raising AIfdlfa.

Secretary Coburn is an expert on al
falfa, the great crop for Western Kan
sas, and in his work gives the following
list of don'ts:
Don't SOW any nurse crop.
Don't sow on freshly plowed land, no
matter how carefully prepared.
Don't let weeds or grass grow over
six inches high without clipping.
Don't clip or NOW when wet with
rain or dew.
Don't let alfalfa stand; if turning
yellow, cut it.
Don't SOW old seed.
Don't SOW less than 25 pounds per
acre, one-half each way.
Don't SOW on land that will not raise
$50 bushels of potatoes per acre.
Don't SOW 25 acres at first; SOW five.
Don't pasture 1t.
Don't put any of the rotten manure
anywhere but on your alfalfa plot.
Don't depend on culture cakes" or
soil from some distant field.
Don't let water stand on it.
Don't let it go if thin stand, but
disk in more seed; don't be afraid you
will kill it.
Don't replow the land; disk it.
Don't wait for it to stool; it never
does.
Don't try to cut for hay until the al
falfa takes the field.
Don't SOW on any land not well Un-
derdrained.
Don't leave your land rough; use a
roller or a plank float to level and
smooth it.
Don't give up.
Free press., 1908-04-11
Washburn is Here.

The Washburn baseball team arrived
Friday morning and are playing the
Western Normal team as we go to
press. This game is the fourth and
last of their present trip. The game
at ST. Mary's Tuesday resulted in a
Washburn defeat to Z; Washburn turn
ed the tables Wednesday by defeating
Bethany College, Lindsborg to O.; they
won their second victory at Salina on
Thursday by defeating the Wesleyan
team 10 to 3. Though they expect to
win here this afternoon they are look
ing for a close game and no doubt
they will not be disappointed as
the Normal team is in fine shape, al
though the team this year is not so
strong as it was two years ago.
The following is the lineup of the
two teams for today's game.
Free press., 1908-04-11
Another Passed Away.

We must now record the death of
farmer and mason Henry Mcclure on
Wednesday at his farm east of town.
He came here over thirty years ago,
was stone mason, had stone house
on Crawford Avenue. He later bought
and moved to farm three miles East
of Hays where he had fine growth of
timber along the railroad track. Mr..
Mcclure is the father of large fam
lily of hard-working boys and leaves
them and loving wife to mourn his
loss. He has done much of the stone
work around town, while he leaves
many brick and cement sidewalks as
monument to his memory-"built by
"Old Henry"
Free press., 1908-04-11
Trees for Hays Experiment Station.

The Agricultural College paper says:
''The Horticultural Department has
had very busy week filling orders for
trees. A large consignment was sent
to Hays Experiment Station, which in
cluded two thousand Catalpa Speciosa. -
Thorough cultivation of the soil,
looking to the storing and conservation
of soil moisture, promises to pay well
for the extra work this season. The
seed-bed in which the soil is well set
tied and in which the moisture has
been well conserved has given the grain
strong start, while in the dry, loose
seed-bed, secured by late plowing with
little or no cultivation, the grain is
starting poorly if at all. -
Free press., 1908-04-11
VOL. XVI.
Fossils In Western Kansas.

Kansas was known in old geographys
as 1.-THE Great American Desert" That
it was formerly the bed of great BODY
OF water has been often proven and
is never doubted. The formation of
rocks, hills, ravines and the soil often
shows where the rush of water took
place, while the final settling was>evi-
oently In the salt beds running from
Hutchinson, on the Arkansas river to
kanapolis, Ellsworth on the Smokey
and north to the Saline.
1t has again been lately well proven
in find in western Kansas along the
Smokey Hill river. An exchange SAYS:
The banks of the Smokey Hill riv-
er IN Western Kansas, not a great dis
tance from the Colorado line. have
yielded to the University of Chicago
the most perfect specimen of the fos-
sil remains of the PLATECARPUs ABRUP-
TUs on exhibition anywhere in the
world, and it may be said with pride
the dlscoverer of the carpus was for
mer student of the Agricultural Col
lege, now of the University of CHICAGO.
The fish lived and thrived about six
million years ago. This fossil, which
is now on exhibition in the museum of
paleontology of that institution, is re-
garded as one of the most valuable
possessions of the school. The profes-
sor found the specimen in the chalk
beds of the Smokey Hill last summer.
According to Prof. Williston, his rare
animal was the terror of the great and
small dwellers of the seas in the Gre
taceous age. 1t was covered with strips
and bars of many brilliant colors and
wasn't bad looking sort of chap. as
prehistoric animals go. Among other
accomplishments the fish was able to
swallow hundreds of small fish at a
gulp, and ne had an extra set of teeth
for holding his prey, after the fashion
of snakes. The monster has been
mounted in plaster of paris by the uni
versity preparation. 1t has 112 verte-
Drae, is nineteen feet long, possesses
paddle-like feet with which it walked
the land and swan the seas with equal
facility"
Free press., 1908-04-11
BrOWn-Reecher

AT the residence of the brides pa
rents in Hays, Kansas at four o'clock
on the afternoon of April sixth, the
ceremony was performed that united
In holy matrimony Pearl Brown the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown
and Mr.. Newton Beecher of Palco.
The bride has been one of the sue
cessful teachers of Ellis County and is
neid IN high esteem by large circle
OF friends. The groom is a compare
tive stranger to the people of Hays but
is to be congratulated on the success
ne has reached in winning one of the
fairest daughters of Hays for a wife.
A few intimate friends witnessed the
ceremony which was performed by the
brides pastor, the Rev. A. N. Smith
The newly welded pair took the
evening train for an extended trip to
the northwest.
Free press., 1908-04-11
The Corn Contest.

The following boys have joined in
the contest this year to raise the best
acre of corn for prize offered and
their allotment of seed corn has been
left at Basgall's grocery store, so all
start alike Over 5000 boys competed
last year in such contests in Kansas.
John Peter Brown, Victoria.
Joe Brown,
Thomas Bare, g
Frank Schneider, Catharine.
E. II. Dunham, Smokey Hill twp.
Harrison Kingsley, South of Ellis.
Aluays j. Dome, Pfeiffer.
Adam A.. Urban, E'
John A. Dome, t'
George B. Dome, 1"
Joseph Jacobs, ''
Adam j. Urban, 't
Jacob G. Dome, %
Leo Moore. South of Hays.
Free press., 1908-04-11
WoMen's Press Club.

The Women's Press Club meets at
Topeka in it's annual session. Among
the ladies who will speak or read pa
pers are Mrs. Lila Day Monroe of
Topeka, Mrs. May Belleville Brown of
Salina, Mrs. A. M. King of Plainville.
Mrs. King, who was lately editor of
the Plainville Gazette is president of
the association.
Free press., 1908-04-11
Baptist Church.

1000 a. m. Sunday School.
II 100 a. m. Morning Service.
700 p. m. B. Y. P. U.
500 p. m. Evening Service.
One of the Presbyterian ministers
will supply the pulpit morning and
evening.
Prayer meeting and choir practice
Wednesday evening at o'clock.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
to attend these services
The Ladies Aid Society will meet with
Mrs. Arthur Williams Thursday April
10Th. A lunch will be served.
Free press., 1908-04-11

AS the Presbyterians of this district
are holding their session here this week
the MethodIsts have allowed them the
use of their church on Friday and Sat
urday and Presbyterian minister will
preach there tomorrow, Sunday morn
ing.
Free press., 1908-04-11
Advertised Letter List.

The following letters remain uncalled
for at the Bantam P. o. in Buckeye
township:
Miss Carrie Vachal,
Miss Floy Clark,
Mrs. Elizabeth Furtuney.
JAMES MCINTOSH, P. M.
Free press., 1908-04-11
WASHRURN

The game will be called at $3.50 p. m.
and most Of the business houses will
close at that hour in Difference to the
Normal Athletic Association.
Free press., 1908-04-11
An Ohio Farm.

Harry Freese has a good farm in
northeast Ohio, near Lake Erie, to
trade for farm in Ellis county. Who
wants to go back to Ohio? 22-tf
Free press., 1908-04-11

Leave your orders for Easter Flowers
at HARNESS. We order cut flowers
and floral designs for every occasion.
22-tf
Free press., 1908-04-11

Attorney Holmquist visited Salina
this week to attend the funeral of his
uncle.
Free press., 1908-04-11

dolly vorden" Chocolates at Hark-
ness. 22-tf
Free press., 1908-04-11
Methodist. Church

A. N. SMITH. Pastor
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-24
leTIOu endInR at 3 q. m.
DISTRICT AVERAGES.

tReceived late; not included in averages.
minimum temperature for twelve-hour
DertOd ending at < a. m.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-24
The disposition OF the days receipts was
az follows, each buyer purchasing the num-
Totals ...................1.s7O $500

CATTLE-Receipts OF cattle were again
very sn all, only seventy-two fresh cars be-
ing reported in. outside of a few bunches
Of westerns and a few scattering loads of
cornfeds, the supply OF cattle consisted
largely Of trash, there being a little OF al
most everything included among the day )
receipts.
There did not appear to be enough beef
cattle on sale this morning to create very
mach enthusiasm among buyers, with the
result that the market was pretty slow
and dull throughout, but still about steady
prices were maintained, there being very
little change as compared with yesterday.
Another bunch Of cornfeds sold up to N.O 20,
the same price as was paid for them
yesterday and the day before. While west
ern cattle were no higher than yesterday
they were around 25c higher than on Mon
slow and dull today is nevertheless fairly
satisfactory 80 far as prices are concerned.
The market on cows and heifers was In
about the same condition as the steer trade,
there being little change in any direction
and not much life or activity to the trade.
There were very few stockers and feeders
in sight and not much inquiry, the trade on
that kind OF cattle being limited and prices
in consequence not very strong.
Quotations on cattle: Good TO choice
cornfed steers, s6,5Cd7.70 fair to good corn
fed steers, S.50Q6.50; common to fair corn
fed steers, $425a5,60; good to choice range
steers, {4i5Q5.OO; fair to good range steers,
q4.25; good to choice fed cows and heifers,
NLV0q4.50; fair TO good fed cows and heifers,
S3.OOd3.65; common to fair fed COWS and
heifers, $2.00MS.O0; good to choice stockers
and feeders, A.C0qA60; fair to good stock
ers and feeders, $3.5O44.00; common to fair
stockers and feeders. $.OOqS.50i stock heit-
ers, S20043.l5.
tive caIaas
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-24
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Unchanged Crop Conditions Make I'm.
interesting Market.
CASH VALUES REPORTED LOWER
Corn Opened steady and worked
Higher, CIosinR at Ts as Cents
wheat Market was
Nervous.
OMAHA. July %. 1905.

OMAHA. July q. 1905.
IBere was very little character to the
gram markets from the start today. Crop
conditions remain unchanged and about the
only trades are Of a scslping nature. The
increase in the exporting and real sales
Tor local demand have had little effect
upon advancing our market, while cash
values were reported lower. They did not
snow a loss at the close.
Wheat started a trifle higher aud be
came nervous during the early trading
owing to better cable advices and reports
OF large export sales. Elevator stocks
are low and bids from millcrs are stronger.
placing wheat on a much firmer basis.
July wheat opened at SIC and closed at
Corn opened steady at yesterdays close,
and dragged heavy owing to a slow end
lower cash market. Later after a show
OF strength in wheat July and September
option In corn worked higher. with better
support and buying became general.
sac.
Primary wheat receipts were 9l2 1000 BUSH
lis and shipments were 72s,0O bushels,
against receipts last year OF Cos 900 bushels
and shipments OF $4,000 bushels.
Corn receipts were 31S,p0d bushels and
,hipments we're I45, 600 bushels. against re-
ceipts last year Of POS 009 bushels and ship
merts o. 1000 bushels.
Clearance were 6O bushels OF corn, 1000
Iushels Of oats. and wheat and flour equal
o 1900 bushels.
Liverpool closed lad higher Oh wheat
md sd higher on corn.
seaboard reported sSO,eoo bushels Of
wheat taken for expert.
Local range OF options:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-24

SHEEP-ThCre was another fair run OF
sheep this morning, twenty cars being re
ported, although they were not all Ia sight
when the market opened. The market as
q whole did not present any especially new
or interesting features. Buyers have been
taking hold very freely this week, and. as a
result. seemed TO be pretty well filled up,
so that they were not very eager after ad-
ditional supplies this morning. This
naturally made the trade slow and duh,
though prices remained about stationary.
IL was in fact one Of those slow, steady
and indifferent markets when there is no
Quotahle change in any direction or any
thing in the way OF new or interesting
features.
Quotations on range or grass sheep and
Good to choice lambs, S.SuS.6O,
fair to good lambs, S6.00dp6.&; feeding lambs,
N.50n5.O0; good to choice light ycarlings.
N.C5Q6.U0; good to choice heavy yearlings,
SI.F0G4.7 Is; fair to good yeaTlings, NOOd4.35;
feeding yearlings, So. 5@ AIS; good to choice
wethers, Al5a4.S5; fair to good wethers,
2.7bI4.15; feeding wethers, s.. 10; good
TO choice ewes. S3.s5@4l5; fair to good ewes,
$S.50dS.S; feeding ewes, t2.50dSV0; culls AMI
bucks. S2OO63.Oo.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-24
Cotton Market,

NEW YORK, July 23.-The cotton market
opened steady at unchanged prices to a
decline OF 5 points under local bear pres
sure. Offerings were well absorbed, and
during the early session the market showed
a very steady tone, with prices ruling about
I to 3 points net higher on the active
months. Old crop positions were neglected
and practically nominal. The market was
much unsettled and early trading was quiet
Spot cotton closed quiet and 10 points
lower; middling uplsnds. 1850; middling
gulf, ll.C5c: sales, 100 bales.
ST. LOUIS, July 28.-COTTON-Dull mid
ding lie. Sales. none; receipts, 90 bales;
shipments, 81 bales: stock, 14.1ll.
NEW ORLEANS, July 3-COTTON-
Spot, quiet and easy, with prices &c down;
middling. 10Ac. Futures closed easy; July,
lO.40c; August, 9.5sc; September. 9 &c; Octo-
her, 9.2Tc; November, 9l7c; December, elise ;
January, DISC.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-24

ST. LOUIS, July 2S.-CATTLE-Reco,pts,
$40 head, including Also Texans; market
natives and Texans. steady to lSc lower;
native shipping and export steers, $500
al. 40; steers under 1000 pounds. 50. 40d7. 40;
lockers and feeders, S2.5Cq4.yo; cows and
81, 506i6. 90: calves, Ss.00d5. 90; Texans and In.
dian steers, $S.0Od5,50; cows and heifers,
81. 506I3-90.
HOGS-Receipts, 400 head; market sale
higheri pigs and lights, 4.O0a6.65; packers,
Sc, 5Od67s; butchers and best heavy, S875
q6.s5.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, ESQ
mead: market steady; lambs, l5@25c higher;
native muttons, $l.00d4. 70; lambs, s. Q a
G.25; culls and bucks, s3.OOq3.5o; stockers,
A.0Od4.5O.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-24
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
F%eRtures OF the Trading and Closing
Pricea on BonrI of Trade.

PRICES on Board OF Trade.
CHICAGO, july zS.-Additional reports Of
damage 10 the growing crop in the north
west and an improved demand for the cash
grain in the southwest had a strengthening
effect today on the local wheat market.
The Septembe delivery closed at a net
gain Of AQ4ae. Corn was up NC. Oats
were %@Ac higher, and provisions were a
shade 10 l0c lower.
'oped toward the end of the first hour, and
continued undated throughout the remain
der OF the session. Scarcity OF offerings in
the PIT made the bulish demonstration cas-
lily possible. The chief reasons for the up
turn were a number of crop damage re-
ports from the Dakotas and an advance in
the price of cash wheat at Kansas City.
Other strengthening influences were i'm
proved export business and a forecast for
rAsht reSeapts 1herA tomorrow. Early in the
session the market was rather easy. owing
TO selling inspired by more rain in the
northwest. The close was strong. Septem-
her opened a shade lower to a shade higher
at @Ac. to 90hac, sold off to 90kd90kc and
then advanced to slsc. The close was at
907sc. Clearances Of wheat and flour were
equal to 200 bushels, Primary receipts
were e12,o0O bushels, compared with COS, 900
bushels the corresponding day one year
ago. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago re-
ported receipts OF S4s cars, against S49 cars
last week and 26l cars one year ago.
The corn market was rather weak early
in the day, because of selling by local
shorts, who were actuated by the c~ontinu-
snce Of favorable weather conditions for
the growing crop. During the last half of
the session the market rallied on active de-
mand by the commission houses, brought
out by the upturn in wheat and oats. The
close was strong, with prices almost at the
top notch. September opened unchanged to
NC higher at 75aSc to 75Nc. sold off to 75kc
and then advanced to 76Ad76Ac. The close
was at 76Mc. Local receipts were 1874 cars,
with five cars OF contract grade.
Oats were active and strong. The July
delivery was especially strong, and ad-
vanced nearly PC above yesterdays closing
figure. Other deliveries advanced about 1c.
The strength was largely due to the eN-
tremely small stocks of contract oats i'm
store here and 20 the continued small move
ment from the farms. An urgent demand
by shippers for cash oats helped to
strengthen the options. The market closed
strong. September opened unchanged TO
sc higher at 44ssc TO 45c, advanced to 45sc
and closed at i5h@45hc. Local receipts
were los cars.
Provisions were firm at the outset, owing
to q 81 advance In live hogs. but the market
soon eased off on scattered realizing sales
At the close September pork was off l0c al
sis. 67M. Lard was a shade lower at S,S21Fd
a&. Ribs were also a shade lower at &.S2l9
Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat
% cars; corn, il cars; oats. Ss cars; hogs
The leading futures ranged as follows: