The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-08-15
VETERANS TO MEET
Old Soldiers of Southwest Plan
Annual Reunion at
Dodge City.
SPEND FOUR DAYS IN CAMP
Invitations to Attend and Address
the Meeting.

Inc program Is practically COM
pleted for the tEenty-first annual re-
union OF the Southwestern Veterans
association, which viii be held in the
City park at Dodge City on August
IS, 10, 20 and q. Many speakers of
state and national prominence will
participate in the program and the
people of western Kansas are looking
forward to the biggest reunion ever
held in this part of the state. Among
those who have accepted invitations
to address the reunion are Governor
George H. Hodges, Hon. Sanford Kirk
patrick Of the Sixth Ohio COMPRESSION
al district; Senator J. L. Bristow,
Senator William H. Thompson, ex-
Senator Charles Curtis, Hon. Arthur
Capper, Hon. J. ". Caldwell, of Okla
hOma; Hon. S. VI. Brewster, Hon. W.
Y. Morgan, Hon w P. FEEDER, Depart
ment Commander Ira D. Broughter,
Past Commanders ]. y. Harrison and
P. H COney 4 number Of other can
didates for state and congressional
offices have been asked to come and
it is expected that nearly every can
didate for a prominent office in the
state will be here at some time dur
ing the reunion. Music will be fur
nished by the famous Dodge City Cow
boy band and the Fort Dodge drum
corps.
The City park presents one of the
best reunion grounds in the state. 1t
is supplied with city water and is
lighted by electricity and there is an
abundance of shade. Tents, straw,
wood and other camping necessities
are furnished free by the association
mad everything will be done to insure
a pleasant and comfortable time for
the thousands of visitors who are
expected to visit Dodge City during
the reunion.
The officers of the Southwestern
Veterans association, under whose
auspices the reunion is held, are Cap
tain R. NJ Painter, president: James
man, adjutant, and John w Sidlow,
quartermasteT.
Asks for katy" Receiver-John
Dawson, attorney general, has filed an
amended petition in the district court
at independence, asking for the ap
pointment of a receiver for the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas Railway com
pany, alleging that it is insolvent-and
not capable of complying with the
laws Of Kansas This is a continue
ton of the suit filed here some time
ago by Charles d. Ise, county attorney
{ and Tom Wagstaff, to force the com
pany 10 return its headquarters to the
p state or forfeit its charter
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! Fish in Lake Die.-An the fish in
the large lake at the country club at
! Junction City have died within a few
! hOlrs and the anglers at the club are
/ facing a fishless season. Thousands
/ OF the fish had floated to the banks
and wagons were engaged to hau
them away 1t is believed they were
! poisoned. Ill varieties except the gar
/ were affected.
Trapped Motor Bandits. - Robert
Ferguson and William Colvis, young
men who live at Pittsburg, turned bold
| bandits the other night and went out
to hold up motorists When they at
tempted to rob the occupants of a
touring car three patrolmen jumped
out CT the car and arrested them.
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Silo Fumes Kill Two.-Sadie KEEL
ley, 30 years old, and Conley Turner
| 20 years old, were overcome by fumes
and lost their lives while cleaning out
a silo on the George Mercer farm, two
miles from Wellington.
Retired Farmer Dies.-W. a. Tat
lock, a retired farmer "a years old, an
old resident of Marysville, was found
! dead from heart disease in his room
at his boarding house there. Two sons
/ survive
Will Quit Farming at eo.-''Uncle'
| Leu Dubois has decided to quit and
take a rest Mr. Dubois is 80 years
old and has been a farmer in Atchi
son county for more than fifty years
Miners Won't strike.-There is tc
be no suspension of work in the Kan
sas coal mines in spite of the fact
that the contract under which the
miners were working has expired
Aged SaIina Resident Dies.-Johr
Johnson. IS years old, a veteran Of
the Civil War. is dead at Salina- He
had lived in Salina for forty-twC
years
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Honor K. S. A. c. FacuIty.-TwC
more men on the faculty OF Kansas
Agricultural college have been hon
ored by election to the American So
cfety of Electrical Engineers, which
has in Kansas a total membership o
but seventeen, representing the lead
ing engineers Of the state.
Steal Valuable SiIk.-While the
owner of the store slept in his HON,
a half block away, the establishment
Of c. A. Lane & Co, Of Altamont, wa.
entered and fine silks, valued at s., so
and about $50 In cash were taken
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Rabies Fatai.-Joseph MeLane, 9
year-old son OF John H McLane,
farmer living three miles west o
Paola, is dead OF rabies In the faI
Of 1912 the McLanes lost several heas
Of live stock by being bitten by a MAJ
dog and the supposition is the boy con
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