The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-16

The State Association of County Su-
perintendents, in session at Topeka,
honored a member of the Funston
family by electing Mrs. Aldo Fun
ston, sister-in-law of General Fred
Funston, as member of the Kansas
Reading Circle, which selects all the
library books for the school children
of the state.
Usage Gas Plant CIoses.-Owing to
the inability of the workmen and
manufacturers to get together, the
Usage gas plant at independence has
| been closed, and 1t is announced no
glass will be made by the firm until
next fall The action throws $50 men
cut of employment. Other plants in
this county are expected to pursue a
similar course.
For selling Old Drugs.-Three To-
Eeka druggists, NJ r. Meade, G. P.
Pierce and d. r. Osborne, were fined
| s25.00 each for violating the pure
! food act, by exposing for sale certain
! drugs which have deteriorated by rea-
son of age. DR.. Crumbine says he pro-
! poses to make the druggists of the
state keep fresh drugs in stock. This
is the beginning of the campaign along
that line.
Even Banks Make Mistakes.-Reg-
lister of Deeds R. L. Thompson of lola
says he received the banner New
Year present of the season. A bank
ing institution owed him the sum OF
$500 in fees. The bank sent him a
! check and it was made to read
"$1,320." Mr.. Thompson mailed let
ter to the bank thanking them profuse-
ly for the balance" saying that he
needed the money and could put it to
good use.
Meeting of Wells Charlottesville
first meeting of the creditors of the
c. T. Wells Produce company of Ar
kansas City, which failed last Novem-
Der, will be held January 10. Over
$500 creditors have filed their claims
with G. V. Ferguson, referee in bank
| ruptcy. They are merchants in Ok
lahoma, Kansas and Texas, agents
and employees of the concern. While
the total claim is not known exactly,
! it is certain that the amount will ex-
coed 100000.
Teachers Elect Officers.-Tne Kan
sas State Teachers Association, in
| session at Topeka, elected officers for
| the ensuing year as follows: Presi.
dent, Superintendent S. G. Risdon of
independence; first vice president,
| Miss Elsie Maddox of Emporia; sec
| ond vice president, Superintendent R.
| G. Mueller of Seneca; third vice pres
| ident, Principal ]. B. Stoneberry of
Fort Scott. Auditing committee, Coun-
| ty Superintendent NJ. T. Barnett of
Oberlin; Principal E. B. Albaugh of
Clay Center, and Superintendent R. r.
| Price of Hutchinson.
May Haul Seed Free-Two rail-
roads, the Rock Island and the Mis-
souri, Pacific, have been granted au-
thority by the State Board of Rail-
road commissioners to haul wheat,
barley and oats for seed purposes free
| Of charge to the western part of the
state. Both companies made appIca-
ton for this permission. The officials
|
thousands of acres of land in western
Kansas upon which wheat, barley or
oats could be grown properly if it were
properly introduced. The roads pro-
pose to help the land holders and is
cidentally to help themselves by en-
couraging the sowing of such crops
by hauling in the seed free of charge
1t is said that about thirty thousand
acres in the western part of the state
has not been seeded for the reason
that the settlers have no seed
Indorse Labor Officers.-The execu-
tive and legislative board of the Kan
sas Federation of Labor met at WITCH
tia, indorsing the action of the ma
tional officers, Samuel Gompers, John
Mitchell and Frank Morrison, in their
troubles with the courts. The board
discussed legislation that the order
will watch during the session of the
legislature.
Statehouse Dome Unsafe.-Is the
dome of the statehouse unsafe? Some
one, presumably an architect, has told
Governor-elect w. r. Stubs that it is,
much stock in the story, he probably
will consult some experts on the mat
ter and and secure their opinion. AS
the story told to Stubs goes, the
dome has several mechanical defects
and combined they greatly weaken the
structure. The defects are such &c
to make it dangerous. 1t is liable to
collapse at any time. State Architect
John Stanton takes issue with Mr..
Stubs informant. Il will stake my
| reputation as an architect that it is as
safe as the Rock of Gibraltar" he
said.
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Kansas Man Injuries Three.-Ches-
| ter w. Peoples Of Great Bend, an al
legged lunatic, struck Mrs. c. A. Sig
man at Salina, knocking her down,
and shot her husband when he, appear
ed in his wife's defense. Sigman is
not seriously injured. Peoples also