The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-03

T. Solomon, a brakeman on the Union
Pacific, fell beneath the cars while
switching at Lawrenceburg, for miles
mutilated, his head, one arm, and one
leg being cut Off
To Pave Caney's Streets.-It's ali
settled now, and Caney will soon be
walking on streets paved with Caney
made brick. The council has let the
contract. The total amount OF the
contract is $33,S94. The work is to
be completed within ninety days from
the time work begins,
Cottage for cripples at Orphans
Home.-The special cottage for Grip
pied children at the State Soldiers
Orphans home at Atchison will be
novel structure. 1t will have no stair
ways. 1t will be one of the first
structures of its kind in the west and
will be the first in Kansas. Instead
of stairways there will be gentle in
clines both inside and out. 1t will be
so arranged that the crippled child
rem, those who can get around at all,
will be able to move around over the
building without trouble. There willy
be no stairs to climb. The quarters
for the children will be on the ground
floor and the attendants and officers
will be on the second floor. This
building will cost $25. coo. The legis-
lature appropriated this amount fo-
it last winter. The Board of Control
will let the contract for this building
October 8. The brick for the build
ing will be furnished from the state
penitentiary. All other material must
be furnished by the contractor.
County Board Must Decide.-The
Barber county contest board must get
to work at once and decide who was
nominated for repreSa sentative in that
county in the primary William GeS-
ner was nominated on the face of the
returns by two votes. Samuel Grit
fin was his opponent and Griffin
claims that some votes that should
have been counted for him were
thrown out on account of technical
rulings by the judges. If these votes
had been counted, Griffin says that
he would have been nominated. Crit
fin filed contest with the board in
Barber county but the board refused
to hear the case until the secretary of
state had issued certificates of nom
ination. Then Griffin brought the
case to the supreme court for settle
ment. He asked for a per-emptory
writ of mandamus TO compel the con-
test board to act. The case was ar
gued in the supreme court and the
decision was handed down. The per-
emptory write was issued.
Topeka Wins w. A. Pennant.-
Sept. % marked the close of the
Western Association baseball season
of 1908. For the second time Topeka
came under the wire at the finish
pennant winner. At the close Oh
the fourth year of the Western As
sociation's existence the unusual
record is presented of two teams hav-
ing alternated during that period in
winning the pennant. In 1905, the
year that Shivcly's Missouri Valley
League blossomed out as the West
ern Association, Wichita won the rag
with a percentage of 525. The follow
ing year, with Cooley at the head of
the team, Topeka won with a per-
centage of 594. Last year Wichita
made a runaway race of it, closing
the season with a record of SO games
won out of 40 and a percentage of
742. Last year Topeka was a bad
fourth. The following is the order III
which the teams finished the 1908
season, with their per cent: Topeka,
583; Joplin, SIS; Hutchinson, 497;
Webb City, 489; Springfield, 1858;
Enid, 2S7.
Street Railway for Manhattan-Th
Manhattan city council has graH<ed a
franchise to w. R. West and son, Jo-
seph T. West, of Kansas City for an
electric railway system to be built in
that city. Construction is to begin in
thirty days and one line from depots
to the agricultural college, a distance
of two miles, is to be completed within
six months
Prize for an Essay.-Here is a
chance for some Kansas boy or girl
to make $3.50 if they are Industrious
and want to do little extra work in
addition to their school studies. Ezra
Meeker, one of the first men that ever
Travelled over the Oregon trail, has
given $25 to E. T. Fairchild, state SUI
perintendent of public instruction.
This money is to be equally divided
and viii go for two prizes for the best
essays written by Kansas school
children on the Oregon trail. Mr..
Fairchild has just issued circular let
ter to all the county superintendent
of Kansas, telling them about the
prize essay contest and asking them
to notify the teachers and the pupils
of each school so that all can COM
pete.
batch, and he has others coming.
enough probably to make four thou
sand names. 1t only requires $500
names to entitle party to place on
the ticket.
Killed With His Own Gun.-WhiIe
guarding his grandfather's water
melon patch at Burlingame while the
rest of the family was at church, Jo-
seph Kirk Brown accidentally shot
himself through the heart and Wa