The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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Boy Kills His Brother.-Bert Nc
Coy, Is years old, was accidentally
shot and killed by his brother, Rolla,
aged 20, while hunting today near
their home, a few miles north of La
Cygne. The boys were hunting ducks.
Bert ahead. Just as his brother fired
over his head, he rose from a crouch
ing position, receiving the charge in
his back and dying within five min
utes.
Arrested for Kansas Robbery
Henry Pope. 2 young man whose home
is in Blue Rapids, has been arrested
in Texas charged with having been
connected with the burglaries COM
mitted at Blue Rapids recently when
burglars entered Hills meat market
and robbed the safe of over $50 and
robbed the cash drawer at Changers
store of about S. in pennies. One
other store was entered, but the rob-
bers were apparently frightened away
before they got anything. The sher-
if has gone to bring young Pope back
to face the charges. Pope's people
are Of good standing.
To Have Waterworks.-At a special
election the proposition to issue
bonds of the city of Baldwin to the
amount of $S5, 600 for the purpose of
establishing a city waterwords plant
carried by a vote of 156 to sc. In
three years Baldwin had had three
disastrous fires, any one of which
caused damage enough to pay for
waterwords system. The last of these
was in September, when a fire de-
stroyed the postoffice, the Ledger Of
flee and a number of other buildings
in the business section. The agita-
ton for a waterwords has been
pushed since this fire. A waterworks
system is all that is needed to make
this an ideal residence town.
For Testing Kansas Herds.-John
S. Baker, State Live Stock Sanitary
commissioner, has received a lot of
tuberculin to be used in the testing
of COWS for tuberculosis and it can
be secured from him by any city in
the state which wishes to have the
COWS furnishing the city's milk sup
charge. The tuberculin is furnished
the state by the government and Mr..
Baker distributes it as needed He
has just received a sufficient guam
tity to furnish Shawnee county and
all adjoining counties. BY having the
tuberculin furnished free any city
can secure a test of the dairy herds
furnishing the city supply of milk
very cheaply.
Work for Children.-From Cover
nor Hoch's office has been made pub
lie a report of the work done by the
juvenile courts of the state during the
past year. 1t shows that for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1908, there were
in the state 1,167 delinquent children
on parole and under supervision of
the probate court. The number of
cases during the year in which pa
role has proven effectuaI was 721;
| the number where parole was violated
and the offender at once sent to in
dustrial school was 81. There were
515 dependent and neglected children
| before the juvenile court, and of these
! 106 were placed in family homes. OF
| the remainder, 147 were given to pri-
waite associations for children, and So
were sent to the orphans home at
| Atchison. During the year there were
81 cases against adults for contribut-
/ ing toward delinquency of children.
The costs paid by the parties inter
ested in juvenile court cases was
S646.22 for the year, while the costs
paid by the county amounted to $12,-
9O3.43. There were $3.50 assessed in
fines and $3.50 collected.
759 State Banks in kansas.-Fig-