The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-09

Post, q. A. II. or vienna, mas lOrSeu
to the front as having more members
than any other Grand Army post in
Kansas. The total membership is S91,
OF ten more than the nearest rival,
Lincoln post Of Topeka.
Shot Through the Heart.-Swan Mel
son, q young Swede farmer, residing
twenty-five miles southeast Of Salina,
accidentally shot and killed himself
while hunting. A load of shot went
through his heart, killing him instant
| ". His clothing was set on fire and
when the body was found the clothing
had been entirely burned off. He was
% years old and unmarried.
The splendid efficiency and perfect
discipline of the Wichita fire depart
ment was shown recently when fire
alarm was sounded. At the time all
the horses were out on Williams street
on their regular morning exercise. In
!, twinkling and before pedestrians
knew what 1t all meant every pair OF
horses had made a perfect wheel and
from q lazy lope leaped into a dash
for the station and into their posi-
tons.
Making Improvements at Federal
Prison.-The new engine in the power
house of the federal prison that Will
generate enough electricity to run all
the machinery of the prison, has been
started. The new engine generates
375 horse power and the dynamo at
tached has made $50 kilowatts, or
about $50 horse power. The engine
was purchased some time ago but
about three weeks ago the new ma
chine was laid down at the prison.
Chief Engineer Graham and the spe-
cial erecting engineer for the In
staller, with the assistance of q few
workmen, erected the huge machine,
and when the steam was turned on
the magnificent engine began its rev.
olution with the precision and accu-
racy of an old tried and trusty. The
excavation has begun for the founda-
ton for the old administration build
ing at the federal prison. The cell
house will be pushed to completion
now and when the new building is
completed the appearance of the build
ing will be much improved. The Of
fees that are now used for the chief
clerk and warden's offices will be
used for school rooms for the prison
ers.
5000 Pheasants Brought 70 Kans.-
Nearly four thousand pairs of pleas
ants and $40 pairs of quails have been
distributed over the state during the
last fifteen months by D. w. Travis,
state fish and game warden. Last win
ter he turned loose 1000 pairs of
pheasants, and he has just completed
the liberty Of LOO more pairs. The
last distributions were made in sec
lions where no pheasants were dis
tributed a year ago. Travis says re-
ports reach him to the effect that all
the pheasants distributed have done
: well and that In some sections of the
: state there are large broods OF them.
In some instances the birds did not ap-!
pear to like the locality in which they
were first placed, and moved. Some
times they had been found In an en-
tirely different county from that in
which they had been distributed.
Pheasants multiply rapidly. and where;
two pheasants were placed year ago
there are now fifteen and twenty.
Next year it Is expected that there
will be a remarkable increase. The
birds are protected by law for another
three years and II they increase as.
rapidly as they have in the past year
and q half the state will be full OF
game when the open season arrives.
Pipe Caused Her Death.-Mrs. Jane
, Jernigan, 80 years old, was burned to
death at Newton. The old lady was
an inveterate smoker, and the suppo-
> sition is that while sitting in a chair
with a lighted pipe in her mouth she
dropped to sleep and fire falling from
the pipe set fire to her clothing. She
: lived alone, save for her niece, q young
lady, who lived in another part of the
house and did not discover her aunt's
J predicament until too late to render
aid.
Liquor Men Evade Law-The agents
of Wholesale liquor houses making
shipments to Wichita have adopted a
method for evading the officers who
are watching for violations OF the
liquor law, and II works perfectly The
liquor is ordered in car load lots and
) is allowed to remain in the car until
1t is delivered. The car Is sealed each
} night, and the demurrage is only dol
: lar day. The officers cannot break
into the car, and delivering direct from
the car to the purchaser makes it in
] terstate business. An appeal will be
/ made to the railroad companies to
have the practice stopped.
: of the men that he named on the COM
mittee-
Cane Accept Fines Now.-Judg-
ments were entered in the supreme
court preventing the cities Of West
mineral, Scammon and Ellinwood from
collecting licenses, in the shape OF
fines. from liquor dealers. These