The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

of the building.
Legislature Gets InVitation.-The
Sunflower club of LOO members, of
Seattle, Wash, has invited the mem
bers of the legislature and all other
Kansans to come to the Alaska-Yuko
fair at Sattle next Summer. It called
attention to the fact that 1900 for
mer Kansans lived in Sattle and they
are anxious to have everybody come
and see them during the fair. The
club intimated that Kansas should
have an exhibit at the fair.
BootIesgers Sent to Marion JAIL
c. c. FARO and Ed. Stark, non-resi-
dents, were sentenced to the Marion
county jail for bootlegging at Peabody.
They were arrested one ~ay and sent
over the road in record breaking time
the next day, each getting thirty days
Imprisonment and one hundred dollars
fine. Each had sold several gallons of
liquor. Stark was caught near Elm
dale, where he was in hiding. This is
the first liquor prosecution at Peabody
for several months.
Say 1t Is Fire Trap.-A committee
Of business men, representing the EN-
poria Business Mems association, were
in Topeka recently comforting with the
state normal regents for the necessity
of better fire protection for the nor
NAL auditorium The association in
structed the fire chief to inspect all
public buildings and see that the fire
laws were enforced. A resolution
adopted by the meeting closed with
the words that the normal regents
and the legislature be informed what
fire trap they are maintaining in AL
bert Taylor hall, and that this infor-
nation be made specific and in terms"
This auditorium, in which chapel and
all other entertainments at the normal
are held, seats about 1900 and covers
the second and third stories of TIE
main building, and is inadequately
equipped with fire escapes. The re-
gents have from time to time consid-
cred a new ground floor auditorium to
cost $4,000, with a seating capacity
of 5000.
BeIen Cutoff Open March THE
announcement has been made by the
Santa Fe officials that he opening of
the new Belen cutoff has now been
definitely postponed until March 1. 1t;
was at first thought that the opening
would take place February 1, but it
has been found that owing to bad
weather the terminal facilities at
Waynoka and points west of there
will not be completed before the date
first named. All the through Cali
fornia business will go by way of
Florence, Mulvane and Wellington, al
though this will not affect the terri
tory west of Newton as much as some
people have thought. as the routing of
the California business over the new
line will not take to exceed three or
four trains off of the territory west,
of there, which will be fully recover
ed by the increase in local business
in the territory between La Junta and
Hutchinson. During the past two
years the traffic in this territory has
increased more than 200 per cent. be-
cause of the influx of settlers to west
ern Kansas and eastern Colorado, and
the consequent development of the
country, and the opinion is expressed
that the traffic derived from this
source will be more than enough to
equal the California traffic that will
be diverted to the southern route. No
change will be made in the passenger
trains, at least not for some months
to come.
Oldest Man in Kansas Dead
Fountain Shorts, aged 108 years, re,
Gently died at Paola of old age He
had been at the county poor farm for
some time. He was the Oldest man in
this state and came from Cass coun-
ty, Mo-, about twenty years ago. He
was born in Georgia in 1901. His
body was intended to be sent to the
Kansas University Medical depart
ment, but subscription was taken
up and he was buried by the side of
his wife in the Paola cemetery.
Bank at New Albany Robbed.-The
State Bank of New Albany was robbed
of $2,400. The robbers had first cut
all the telephone wires, broken open
the Frisco tool house, ano with the
tools broke into the bank, where they
blew the safe open with nitroglycer-
Inc. The safe is badly wrecked and
the building considerably damaged. 1t
is stated by parties near by that there
were three explosions and four men
were seen to leave the bank soon af-
forwards. The bank was capitalized
at $4,000 and owned by Parker
Bros. The officers arrested Forest
Bivens, but his proving an alibi leaves,
the case without any clue.
Trouble to Meet Coal Demands
The officials of the Kansas peniten-
dary are experiencing much trouble,
in trying to meet the increased de-
mand for coal to supply the state insti-
tutions. AS high as 600 convicts are
employed at the mine, top and pit, and
during the recent cold spell two weeks
ago an output of 700 tons daily was
not sufficient to meet the demand.
The average output now is over 500
tons daily This does not include the