The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-10-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS
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Boy Killed While Huntins.-Willie

Boy Killed While Huntins.-Willie
Lescoe, a 15-year-old boy, living in
Wichita, accidently killed himself
while hunting four miles south of the
city. He leaned the shotgun against
a fence while crawling through and
it was discharged, the load entering
his body just above the heart, killing
him almost instantly.
Took Three to Hold Maniac.-Her-
bert Broughton, student in the Kan
sas state normal school at EN-
poria, was taken to the hospital VIC
lentIy insane. Broughton was first no.
ticed acting peculiarly and later it
took three men to hold him. Physi-
clans say overwork caused the de-
rangement, and that with rest he will
recover. Broughton was a brilliant
student Besides carrying five stud
les he was steward of a boarding club
and practiced football two hours a
day with a squad. He was not a
never hurt. His home is near Nc
Pherson.
Baptists Elect Officers.-The Minis
terial association of the Kansas sap
lists in convention at Pittsburg, elect
ed the following new officers: Presi-
dent, Rev. A. w. Atkinson of Manhat-
tan; vice president, Rev. J. ]. Griffith
of Newton; secretary, A. E. Marion
of CLYDE; treasurer, Rev. w. A. Ayers
of Wichita. The board of directors
elected for three years is as follows:
Frank Durham, Emporia; w. T..
Harms, Kansas City, Kan, and E. F.
Peterson, North Topeka. Under the
head of business Rev. w. R. McE11-
roy of Topeka, field secretary of Kan
sas, presented the we'll known Kansas
forward movement to the convention.
| The president appointed a committee
of three to suggest amendments and
revisions to the state constitution.
| McBrian Can't Have the $3o.-J. o.
| McBrian, chaplain of the state peni-
Tertiary, will not secure from the
state $50 a month additional pay for
! teaching the night school at the in
! stitution. State Auditor J. NJ. Nation
refused to audit this claim for extra
salary and the supreme court sus-
tains his position. The law provides
for a specific salary to be paid the
chaplain and that the chaplain shall
devote his whole time to the moral
and mental welfare of the inmates of
the institution. Nation held that the
law covered the ground; that McBrian
was entitled to nothing more than his
specific salary. When the night school
was started it was supposed by the
| officers of the institution that Nc
Brian could be paid for his extra work
out of the appropriation for the school
| but the supreme court sustains Ma
! ton and McBrian will receive nc
extra money.
Protection Makes Quail Plentiful
D. S. Curtis of Concordia, who is a
deputy fish and game warden, says
it is a common sight in many towns
of the state to \see quail fitting
around. He says it is due to the
protection given them by the state
laws and by the able enforcement OF
the law. by continued protection
he says, "they will become very plen
tiful in a few more years. Quail will
be plentiful again all over the state
and the streams will again become
full of good fish as they were years
ago. Every citizen of the state ought
to take an interest in the protection
of fish and game and report all vio-
lators of the law. They should be
looked upon the same as violators of
any other law. Game has been
slaughtered in such an unmerciful
manner nv tho market hunters that
the time has come when unless the
laws are enforced there will be no
game nor fish left"
cattle will be ordered killed by the