The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
A THREE WEEKS INSTITUTE
Strong Courses Will Be Offered Farm
ers at the Hays Normal During
December.

The annual three week institute Of
fered by the normal school at Hays
will extend from December 1 to 10.
The program consists of lectures and
demonstrations by the faculty of the
Hays, Kansas, normal, assisted by a
large number Of the faculty from the
Kansas State Agricultural College.
The courses offered this year will
be stronger than ever offered before.
The work includes practical courses
in agriculture, engineering and home
economics.
F. In the engineering courses work in
blacksmithing, carpentering, and farm
engines will be given. The courses in
agriculture will include lectures on
dairying, animal husbandry, soils,
crops, horticulture, forestry, poultry,
veterinary medicine, crop insects and
milling. The work in home economics
will include work in domestic science,
home decoration and domestic art.
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In the Same cIass.-A mother and
her daughter will be graduated to-
gether next June from the Fort Hays,
Kansas, State Normal school. Mrs.
Beatrice V. Kirkman and her daugh-
ter, Beatrice D. Kirkman, are enrolled
in the senior class of the Normal. Mrs.
Kirkman has taught in the schools OF
Ellis county, Kansas, for the last four
teen years, but she had never fin
ished her school work. This fall when
Beatrice entered the final year of her
school work, the mother also enrolled.
In figuring up the credits it was found
that Mrs. Kirkman was in the same
class with her daughter.
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Get Gas; After Oii.-The C. L. Tall
madge Company, drilling for oil six
miles southeast Of South Haven, Sum-
ner county, struck a 315 milIion-foot
flow of gas at depth of 1,490 feet.
The company cased the gas out and is
going deeper for oil.
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Target Rifle Kills Veteran.-Robert
Thompson, y years old, a Civil War
veteran of Easton, pulled a target
rife from a barrel. The weapon was
discharged, the bullet striking him in
| the forehead and killing him.
Fire Destroyed MiII-Fire destroyed
the Canton Mill at Mcpherson. The
estimated loss is about $35, 900.
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Bursting FlywheeI Closes Plant
The entire plant of the Iola-Portland
Cement Company came to a standstill
and hundreds of men were made idle
when an immense fywheel few into
bits, breaking parts of an engine and
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factory. The plant will be shut down
for several days while repairs are
made.
| Moline Improves.-The Moline cleo
trio light plant is installing a 100
horsepower engine, and adding a new
room to the power house. The de-
mands for current justify the addi-
tional power.
Ahead of His Contract-The new
$50, 900 government building at Con-
cordia, is now ready for the interior
finishing and at present the contrac-
tor is 5 per cent ahead of the contract
time.
Lights for Hartford.-A contract
was recently closed between w w
Finney of Emporia, and the Emporia
Power company whereby the latter is
to supply an electric current for the
city of Hartford for lighting purposes
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Hog Cholera in Jefferson.-Hog
cholera has been reported in different
parts of Jefferson county. It does not
seem to be alarming the farmers much,
but quite few are selling their hogs
before they are fat and others are
using serum In their herds.
Oil Near Geuda Springs-OH was
struck recently on the Olsen farm,
four miles southwest of Geuda
Springs, in Sumner county. At eigh-
| teen feet in the sand the well filled
up over two hundred feet in oil. The
oil is of excellent quality.
Students Aid Relsians.-Responding
to the Red Cross appeal, on behalf of
the women and children of Belgium,
one chemistry class at the University
OF Kansas contributed s34.50. In adj
dition members OF the class pledged
SIS a month until May.
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Eject Woman constabIe.-Fancy
Greek township, in the north part OF
Riley county, has elected Mrs. F. W.
Wilson, constable. She received eighty
six votes for the job, which was every
one cast in the precinct.