The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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numbering Thomas Glenn at Herring
ton, has been freed, the case being
dismissed. the county refused to pay
for an autopsy to determine the pres
ence of alleged poison.
Offered Bride to Judqe.-Acting
! Judge Nerdlinger, of the district court
at Leavenworth, fined Attorney
Schwartz $50 and committing him to
the county Jail for ninety days for Of
fering the judge a bride. Attorney
Schwartz, the judge charged, appear
ed at his home and offered him money
! If he would favor Schwartz in his de-
cision of a pending case. Judge Nerd
Iinger sent the sheriff after Schwartz
and had him brought into court,
where he was fined and sentenced.
Farmers Want State Fair.-The far
mers of Kansas want the legislature
TO appropriate money to establish
state fair. This appears to be true
| judging from the large number of let
ters that have been received by Sec
rotary H. A. Heath, of the state fair
promotion committee, favoring the
! project Since the promotion commit
! tee has started to work for this ap-
preparation over 200 letters have been
received by Mr.. Heath from farmers
and prominent stock men in all parts
| of the state. All persons from whom
letters have been received have ia
vored a liberal appropriation.
Files s12,ooo,ooo Mortsage.-Win-
| nf ~,
of the Kansas City and Southern Rail
way company, has filed for record a
mortgage of $12,OOO,000 in the register
Of deeds office at Lawrence. The
mortgage is one of the largest that has
ever been filed here. 1t is given to
the Carnegie Trust company of New
York city, and is upon the plans and
project of the Kansas City and Kan
sas Southwestern company. 1t will
have to be recorded in Montgomery,
Labette, Neosho, Wilson, Allen, And
erson, Franklin, Wyandotte, Leaven-
worth, Jefferson and Shawnee coun-
ties, through which the proposed cleo
trio road will run. Mr.. Laming said
the work on the road will begin this
spring.
State Poultry Show Great Success
The state poultry show at Newton
closed after a very successful week,
the affair having attracted poultry
raisers from Nebraska, Missouri and
Oklahoma, as well as from all sections
of the state of Kansas. About 100
birds were on exhibition. This is
somewhat less than the number shown
in previous years, but since the last
meeting in Topeka a year ago the en-
trance fee has been doubled. This has
had the effect of keeping out the in
ferior grades of birds, so that the
ones on exhibition this year have, as
a rule, been much finer than those
shown at previous exhibits. The
judges were also very severe in their
scoring, cutting to the limit of stand
ards. On this account there were not
as many high scores as usual, although
the possessor of a score card after the
judges finished their work on the
fowls knew to a certainty just what
the disqualifying defects were. This
has been of great benefit to poultry
raisers, too, and will have a tendency
to bring out even better stock at fu-
ture exhibitions. The directors
elected to serve for the ensuing year
were: L. L. Dyche, Lawrence. H. ].
Freeman, Wichita; c.. c. Lindamood,
Walton; Thomas Owen, Topeka; H. C..
Short, Leavenworth; w. B. Borders,
Wichita; A. c. Rasar, Newton; w. r.
Munroe, Florence; K. c. Beck, Nick
erson. The election of officers will
not be held until in February
1000 Copies of Governors Message
Two thousand copies of the governors
message are to be printed and distrib-
uted among members of the legisla-
ture. This will give each member
about twenty copies, which can be
mailed to constituents who didn't read
the message in the newspapers
More Gas For Wichita.-The WITCH
tia Natural Gas company will con-
struct a relay COMPRISING station at
Rose Hill, fifteen miles south of Wich-
tia. This will be done in order to fur
nish Wichita, Newton and Hutchinson
with gas when another extreme cold
spell comes on.
Strike New Gas FieId.-Considerab
interest attends drilling now in prog
ress on the William Louthern farm,
some ten miles west of Columbus. Gas
has been struck, but the drillers are
not working just now pending the ar
rival of a new drill The gas is rush
ing out of the hole, blowing the freez-
ing water into the air in the form of
small icicles. Many thousands of feet
of gas are being wasted daily, and it
is confidently expected that a new
field has been found.
Lawrence Is RelieVed.-By a de-
cision of the supreme court, the city