The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-16

Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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lBlacksmiths' and Wagonmakers' asso-
citation of Kansas met at Wichita and
the old officers were reelected as fol
lows: w. L. Wolverton, Holton, pres
ident; J. Nj. Barnett, Soldier, secre-
tary; E. D. Forney, Cottonwood Falls,
vice president. The next place of
meeting will be Emporia. They will
ask for the benefit of the mechanics
lien law.
Lots of Money In kansas-The COM
bined statement of all national, state
and private banks of Kansas, showing
their condition at the close of bust
ness on November q, last, has been
made public by State Bank Commits.
sioner Albright. 1t shows total de-
posts of 100000, or $145 for
every man, woman and child in the
state. This is an increase of $z0,0OO,-
600 over a year ago ana an increase
of $1,400,000 over the next previous
high water mark of August, 1907. 8
o7,63o Pupils in kansas.-The bfen-
NAL report of State Superintendent of
Schools Fairchild, just made public,
shows the school population of Kan
sas to be 507, $50, with an average at
tendance of 100000. There are 1853
schools in the state with 1885 tea>h-
ers, 3.646 of whom are graduates of
colleges. The average monthly salary
of country school teachers was S43
and the city teachers $63. The cost
of maintaining common schools was
$1.78 a pupil and high schools $3.50.
Teachers were paid a total of $4,7jS,-
S81 in wages. More than half the
common schools, 1882 to be exact,
have libraries. Forty-one teach do
nestle science and manual training,
and twenty-three agriculture. There
are siXty-two consolidated schools
with an attendance of 1852 and thirty
two of them are doing high school
work
! They Are Looked Up to Now.--"The
reports from the various officials Of
the Kansas National Guard show one
of three things" said Colonel J. w. F.
Hughes, adjutant general THE young
men either are growing more patriotic
or militariSm is on the uplift or the
national guard is becoming more pop
ular. 1t may be all three. Reports to
me show that the membership of the
guard is greater now than it ever was
in it's history. 1t has added four hun
dred members within the last year.
Under the state and federal laws the
authorized membership of the Kansas
guard is 1915. Last year VIC only had
1,156 men. Now we have over 1850.
Much interest is manifested in the
guard and new recruits are joining
daily. There was a time when we
were known as tin soldiers and peo-
pie poked fun at us. But things have
changed. We are looked up to
now
lahoma's convicts must be removed
from the Kansas state prison by Jan
uary 81, and under no conditions will
contract be signed by the Kansas
prison board for their temporary de-
tention here. This is the decision,
reached and agreed to at the joint
meeting of the boards of directors of
the Oklahoma and Kansas state pris-
ons, held Immediately after the close
of the investigation Attorney Gener-
al West and P. J. Connors of the Ok
lahoma board and w. I. Biddle and
Captain John Seaton of the Kansas
board were present at the meeting.
The Kansas board announced their
demand that the Oklahoma prisoners
be taken from the prison without de-
lay, and that none remain at the ex-
piration of the contracts, January 81
This, they said, would avoid habeas
corpus or damage suits against the
prison officials here for the holding of
the prisoners.
Kansas Green Christmas.-The re-
markedly fine weather which Kan
sas experienced on Christmas day
caused a good deal of comment, but
an examination of the records shows
il was not unusual. For the past
twenty-three years snow fell upon
only foGIr Christmas days in Kansas,
although three others show a trace
Twelve of those Christmas days were
clear, five partly cloudy, and on the
rest the sun did not manage to break
through the clouds.
Will Talk "ReVision of 1.-The
twenty-sixth annual meeting of the
State Bar Association will be held in
the supreme court chambers Gi TOpe-
ka Wednesday and Thursday, Janu-
airy 27 and %. There are two i'm
portant matters to come before the
association at its meeting this year
the revision of the civil code of the
state and the revision of probate prac-
tice and procedure. The committees
in charge of these two matters have
their reports prepared and everv IaIv
yer in Kansas is invited to take part
in the discussion or everlastingly hold
his peace thereafter
He Can't Even Sell Milk.-Alfred
Molindor of Assaria, convicted in the
district court of violating the prohi-
bitory law, cannot sell milk. accord
ing to the provision of the parole Civ
en- him by Judge Reese of the district
court at Salina Molindor was SEN