The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-05-15
1t Happened In Kansas
Brief Synopsis the Weeks Important Doine the Sunoer State

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in the Carl Hale trial at Atchison re-
turned a jury Of not guilty, after hav
ing been out two hours. Carl Hale is
the 17-year-old boy who was charged
with the murder Of Mrs Jerome Hoov-
er, on March 3.
Feed Hogs Hay, Says Farmer-J.
H Stumbling of Delphos has demon
strated the success of feeding hay to
hogs When Mr.. Stribbling cut his
fourth crop of alfalfa last fall he
stacked it by the hog pen. The hogs
began eating it and grew fat and con-
tented He has fed but little corn at
any time, and this, with hay, forced
the shoats into large hogs in a short
time, and recently he marketed fine
bunch of porkers. In the lot were
three July pigs and four October pigs
which average considerably more than
200 pounds each.
S. w. Can Cross Frisco Tracks,
The state board of railroad commits
sioners have granted the Southwest
ern Interurban Railway company the
right to cross the tracks of the F'ris-
co Railway company at Winfield.
The Interurban company must give
the right of way to the Frisco and
must pay 5000 damages. The Frisco
can cross the tracks of the interur-
ban without stopping but the inter
urban must stop and signal. This is
only the second case where an inter
urban company has applied to the
commission for permission to cross
railroad tracks.
Reorganizes Labor Bureau.-State
Labor Commissioner Johnson has eff
fected = reorganization of the state
labor bureau, under the provision of
the new law. The appointments for
the coming two years follow: w. l..
A. Johnson, commissioner; Brother
hood of Boflermakers, Topeka; ac-
credited iron trades. Owen Doyle,
assistant commissioner; United Mine
Workers, Mineral accredited mine
workers. c. Z. Bramlette, deputy
factory inspector, Eastern district;
United Mine Workers, Columbus; &C
credited mine workers. w E.
Bryan, deputy factory inspector,
Western district, Wichita; United
Brotherhood Leather Workers; accre-
dited State Federation of Labor. W.
o. VanPelt. chief clerk, locomotive
engineers, Pittsburg, accredited rail
way organizations. Thomas P. Men
ton. statistical clerk, United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners. COT
feyville, building trades. I. R. Royce,
stenographer, Brotherhood Railvay
Clerks. Kansas City, accredited rail
way organizations.
Surety Company Fixes Fees.-The
Kansas Bank Deposit Surety company,
which was recently granted a charter.
has issued its prospectus. and ore Of
it's promises is that per cent diVi-
dends Will be paid from the time the
company begins business. Il propose IS
TO guarantee the deposits of both
state and national banks and in add
ton to this to do a general surety
business. 1t will issue bonds to pro-
tect the state, county and city de-
posits in banks and will help banks
through embarrassment at any time
providing the bank can put up the
proper showing. Under the rules
adopted only banks can purchase
stock in the company and the pUr
chase of stock must be by a vote OF
the stockholders. Regarding the charge
the company will make for insuring
deposits the prospectuse states: Tine
rate charged for insurance, payable
when liability is finally determined
will be 80 cents per annum per thou
sand for deposits up to the amount
of capital and surplus and one dollar
per annum per thousand for deposits
in excess of capital and surplus, pay
able semi-annually in advance"
High School for Tonganoxie.-The
ci.> OF Tonganoxie at a special cleo
ton, declared for better city high
school by the striking vote of 420 tx
I. There were 662 voters in the city
The high school proposition involves
the issue of $4,000 worth of schoo
bonds.
Youth Tries Extortion.-Yellow
back novels. stories of the Whitla alb
! duction and accounts of BLACK Hand
! atrocities were the downfall of Willie
! Ashman. a 14-year-old crippled boy o
Wamega, who was sentenced to the
! reformatory until he reaches his ma
I
| jority, for writing a letter to 1. 3
Leach to pay him $1,000, failing
which he would kidnap the banker
10-year-old daughter.
Wichita Claims Big Increase.-Th,
returns from the office of the count!
assessor show the total population o
the city of Wichita to be 52,322
which is an increase from 1900 70
last year The assessors have no
completed their work. but announc
that the county property shows de
crease in value. A large increase i,
the v2iue of city property and manu-
| featuring is shown.
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Can Join Insurance Fund.-Attol
ney General Jackson has rendered e
opinion to the effect that all stat
banks, organized prior to March
last, are entitled 70 insurance in tn
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