The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-07

the face by a horse and sixteen
wound. The young mans cheek was
laid bare by the kick Morris is at
tending school at the university
Acquitted of Forgery Charge.-O.
3. Elliott was acquitted of the charge
OF forgery in the district court at
Concordia. He was accused of realiz-
ing on a forged note at the Drovers
State bank at Miltonville, and after
years hiding came back and was ar
rested.
Wine in Sewer.-Fifteen barrels of
wine, confiscated about six weeks ago
from Franz Epp. who resided north
Of Burton, and who is now serving
a Jail sentence for selling intoxicat-
ing liquors, were dumped into the
sewer at Newton by Sheriff Blanpied
The occasion attracted quite a crowd
to the Jail.
Viper in Topeka ceIiar-A viper,
supposed to be found only in the
Orient, five feet in length and two
and a half inches in thickness, was
found in a cellar of Thomas Ebey in
Topeka. A man from the city wat
erworks went down in the cellar to
read the meter. The snake jumped
at him and chased him out of the
cellar. An armed posse was formed
which ended the existence of the rep
tile. Just how the snake found his
way into the cellar is not known.
Will Always Meet in Wichita.-At
the second annual convention of the
Central Kansas Harness Manufacture
ers and Dealers Association at Wich-
ita it was decided to hold all the
future meetings of the association in
that city. The officers elected for
the ensuing year are: President, c.
E. Carey, Stafford; secretary, w. B.
Riggle, Larned; treasurer, H ]. Drant,
Kinsley; vice presidents, R. o.
Wright, Mcpherson; Charles Wallace,
Newton; J. w Gibson, Wichita; ].
Wheeler, Lakin.
kansan Honored Abroad.-Word
has been received in Lawrence that
w. Harvey Brown of Rhodesia, South
Africa, had been elected to the leg
islative council of that country, one
Of the highest political honors open
to a citizen over there. Rhodesia
has commercial charter, and is gov
erned through it and by six represen.
tatives elected by the people Mr..
Brown had the honor bestowed upor
him of being one of the six w. Har-
very Brown is a Lawrence boy, and
has relatives all around there.
Building a $4,000 Barn.. C. Rob.
tnson is erecting a new $4,000 barn
on his farm at Whitewater Falls. II
covers a very large area. The floor
Is of cement. Barn room will shell
ter about forty horses. Also an of.
fee room which will have a cement
case for all the cups and premiums
won by the famous Robinson Percher
ons. A long driveway through the
barn has medals a short distance
apart set in the cement floor. This
will be the largest horse barn in
Kansas.
Will Go Into Court.-An agreement
has been made between Adjutant
General Hughes and the railroads
which carried the Kansas troops to
and from Fort Riley for the recent
maneuvers to settle disagreement
owe the amount due the roads in
court. The railroads concerned, the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas. the
Santa Fee and the Missouri Pacific
claim the 2-cent fare is made to ap
ply by the ruling of the railroad board
putting the 2-cent fare into operation
without discrimination.
Must Aid the Inspector-A great
many dealers do not know it, but
| there is a provision in the new pure
Pod and drug law which requires
dealers to assist the state inspector
in making an inspection of theil
stores whenever requested to do so
The lack of this knowledge is respon
sible for the arrest of J. J. Hend
ricks. a druggist at Dunlap, in Morri.
county. This is the first arrest made
| by the department under this provis
| ion of the new law The state in
| spector went into the store to pur
| chase samples of certain drugs whose
purity he suspected. He offered t.
pay for them at the regular prices
but the dealer refused and finally
threw all of the drugs out the bacl
door thereby preventing the inspecto
from making his inspection He alsc
refused to aid in making the inspec
ton. The inspector made the inspec
| ton himself and found the store t.
be in an unsanitary condition, but tn,
arrest was not made on this account
1t was because of Hendricks's refusa
to help the inspector and his effort
to prevent him from making the in
spection.
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| Want Autos to Go Slower.-Th
Anti-Horsethief Association in session
at Salina passed a resolution askinI
the legislature to pass more stringen
laws regulating the speed of the al
tomobifes, and another resolution ask
ing the same body to allow farmer
the value OF horses killed by the vet
| Urinary surgeons because of CHAMBERS