The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-04-10
Il Happened In Kansas
Brief Synopsis the Weeks Important Doine Sunower State

Two hundred dollars an acre Is con-
sidered a pretty good price for farm
! land in Shawnee county. Neverthe-
less, ]. H. Skinner sold 80 acres re-
Gently to the state at this price. He
received $4,000 for the tract. The
land is situated west and contiguous
to the reform school west of Topeka.
The money to buy the land was APP
propriated by the last legislature, and
it is to be added to the reform schools
farm.
Interurban Would Cross Frisco
The Southwestern Interurban Electric
company, which is building a line from
Winfield to Arkansas City, has APP
pealed to the state board of railroad
commissioners to compel the Frisco
railroad company to allow it to cross
| its tracks. The complaint states that
much of the grading has been done
and that it cannot proceed for the rea-
son that the railroad company will not
allow 1t to cross its tracks between
Winfield and Arkansas City.
How to Prevent MISUNDERSTANDING
National tuberculosis exhibit which
has been in Kansas City for some time
has finished it's stay there and will
soon come into Kansas. w. L. Cos
per, who is in charge of it, was in To-
peka recently to see DR.. Crumbine,
secretary of the state board of health.
The exhibit will soon be shown in
! Wichita, Emporia, Salina, Pittsburg,
Hutchinson and other towns and cities
in the state. The exhibit was shown
| in Topeka last winter and crowds
viewed it day after day for over
week. The exhibit is put out by the
National Association for the Proven
ton of tuberculosis. There are two
other similar exhibits, one in Florida
and one in Porto Rico.
Summer Session Begins June TO-
The classes of the summer session
have been announced by the state uni
versity. They will begin June 10
and last until July 81. The classes
are open to all who can satisfy the in
structors that their preparation is suf-
ficient to enable them to profit by
the work. Credit toward degree will
be given only to those who can meet
the requirements for admission to the
regular session. The summer session
is conducted chiefly for the benefit of
the teachers and superintendent in
the high schools, and for those who
wish to prepare themselves for higa
| school positions. AS all the classes
meet on Thursday, the opening day,
and also on Friday and Saturday of
that week, it is important for all to
be present on the opening day. After
tie close of the six weeks, several
supplementary courses are conducted
for three weeks, July % to August
II.
AS Well Be in K. 1.-THE people In
a few of the school districts of West
ern Kansas spend more money to
keep their children in country schools
than it would cost to send them to
the state university. For instance,
district Al, in Wallace county, spends
S47.OS a month to maintain a country
school which is attended by only one
pupil District No. As in Chase county
paws $47.56 to educate two pupils.
Districts No. 20 and 40 in Clark coun-
ty pay $11O month to educate four
pupils Several other districts make
about the same showing. The reports
now being filed with the state super
intendent of schools shows that the
cost per pupil for running country
schools in the thickly settled rural dis
tricts of Eastern Kansas runs from
81 to SO a month, while the cost runs
from Sc to 50 per month per pupil
in the sparsely settled districts of the
west. One-teacher schools cost 1892
per month per pupil; schools of two
teachers or more cost 1898, while
schools in the cities with all their
advantages only cost $1.9S per pupil. 5
Child Burns in StabIe.-A 3-year-old
son of j. D. Brockett, manager of the
Chicago Lumber company's yard at
Lincoln Center, was burned to death
in a fire which the child probably
started while at play in a stable on
his fathers premises.
Clothes Burned from Her Body
Mrs. A Gieber was fatally burned at
her home in Huran. She was burnig
dead grass in her yard when her
clothing caught fire and was entirely
burned from her body. She is the
mother of seven children.
Can Hold Jobs AwhiIe-Joseph
Longshore of Topeka has succeeded
L. T. Hussey as state oil inspector.
| He will make no radical change in his
office force for some time He will
keep the five inspectors at large for
) month or so. perhaps until the law
: becomes effective which wipes them
out of existence. The five offices
will be abolished upon the publication
of the statutes about May is. The
work after that will be done by local
inspectors. Mr.. Longshore has about
} lis local deputies to appoint He
r probably viii retain many of the pres
ent inspectors
signed note was found reading as fol-
: lows: "Beezley-Before you wake YOU