The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-04-17

and game warden and his deputies to
rid the streams of Kansas of the
German carp and other fish that are
! detrimental to the food fish of the
state. The plan that will be used
will be to use trammel nets and catch
all the fish possible, and all food fish
will be thrown back into the
streams.
Claims Indian ReservatIon.-Ship-
She-Wan-No, son of Maw-Shaw, an
old Pottawatomie Indian chief, filed
suit in the federal court at Topeka
against the Pottawatomie tribe of In
dams for possession of their entire
reservation in Jackson county He
claims that his father owned all of
that reservation in an eraly day, and
Indians ever bought it. The old chief
has been dead for many years.
Chicken Men Elect officers.-The
board of directors of the Central Kan
sas Poultry association met at New
ton. Those present were c. c. Linda
mood, Walton; K. c. Beck, Nickerson:
H. NJ. Palmer, Florence, and E. D.
Martin, Newton. L. ]. Swartz eff
Hutchinson, having resigned as direc-
tor, ]. F. Mueller of St John was
elected to the vacancy. 1t was decid-
ed to hold the next show of the asso-
citation in Newton during the first
week in December next
Charter New Kansas Road.-The
Gulf & Northwestern Railroad COM
pany, with $1,5OO,OOO capital, and
headquarters at Goodland, has been
granted charter by the state
board of charters. The company
promises to build two lines in
western Kansas. One will start
near Haigler, Nebraska, and run
through Cheyenne Sherman, Wallace,
Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton, Grant,
Morton and Stevens counties. It's
northern terminus will be at some
point on the Burlington in western
Nebraska, and its southern terminus
will be Pueblo, Colo 1t will run 200
miles in Kansas. The other line runs
from a point on the first named line
| in Cheyenne county, through Sher-
man, Logan, Wichita, Scott, Finney,
Grant, Kearney, Haskell, Seward,
Gray, Meade and Clark counties, ter
minating at Englewood on the Santa
Fe. 1t will be about $50 miles long.
Says Taft Did His Best.-While
Governor Stubs did not bring back
with him a copy of the decision OF
the attorney general of the United
States depriving national banks of the
right to participate in the guaranty
deposit fund, he read it over before
leaving Washington and understands
pretty well what it contained. He
has expressed no opinion in the mat
ter himself, but from the points he
has mentioned the conclusion has
been drawn by the other state Off
Gals that the decision probably pre-
vents national banks from insuring
their deposits in any manner. If this
proves to be the case it will be impos-
sible for the national banks of Kansas
to continue with the formation of
their insurance company. Dispatches
from Washington continue to bear
out this contention. Governor Stubs
did not appear to be greatly disap-
pointed when he reached his office.
He failed to accomplish what he
went to Washington to do, if possible,
but he is of the opinion that the fed
eral officials probably did the only
thing possible under the circum-
stances. He was royalty treated by
President Taft and the other federal
officials with whom he came in con-
tact and says he got square deal"
from start to finish. president Taft
did all that could possibly have been
expected of him." said Governor
Stubs
Wolf Killing Story a Fake.-Willie
Hotchkiss, the 10-year-old boy who
lived near Rago, and who was said to
have been killed by wolves, was kill
ed by his playmate, George Nicholas,
who afterward told the story of the
wolves because he feared to tell the
| truth. He admitted that he accident
ally shot the Hotchkiss boy while in
! the pasture.
State Architect to Look Over Plans.
The last legislature passed a law
requiring that all plans and specifi-
| cations for school buildings over the
/ state be submitted to the state archi-
/ tect for his examination Before build
/ ing operate commenced. This
| law was passed during the closing
/ hours of the session and State Archi-
/ tect John Stanton did not know the
bill had become a law until he had
/ received a set of plans and specified
| tions from the town of Inman, where
new school house is planned. The
! building will have six rooms. Mr..
! station looked up the matter and
found that it was up to him to look
over the plans and specifications and
place his o. K on them before the
building could be constructed.
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/ latter succumbed to heart disease
brought on by excitement, and He'd
ringer. on hearing the news, went to