The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25
KANsANS OFF ON LONG TRIP
Southeastern Business Men Begin
3,5oo-MiIe Journey to Advertise
State in Eastern Cities.


Southeast Kansas came into Kansas
City the other night, boosted itself
for several hours and then hurried OFF
to the East on a 3,500-miIe trip of adj
vertising. A special train, lis Kansas
business men, two ears of exhibits
and a band represent nine Kansas
counties.
The wherefore of the trip is plain.
Kansas had drought last year. East
ern newspapers and trade journals
told about it and made it appear that
Kansas was in a bad way. But Kan
sas found itself with the biggest bank
deposits ever known in the state,
found itself with greater prospects
than ever before. Then Southeastern
Kansas laughed and decided to show
itself off,
1t got Immediately at work, con-
ferred with railroad officials, looked
at time tables, and sent experts out
over the territory to gather up the
best of what it had to show. Then it
hired special train of eleven
coaches and laid out an itinerary in
Guiding Kansas City, Chicago, New
more, Washington, Cleveland, St.
Louis and other cities.
To Fight Hog Cholera.
Congress recently appropriated
$4,000 to conduct in Kansas a dem
onstration and experiment station for
the eradication of hog cholera. Mar
shall county will be chosen for the
ers there cooperate and consent for
every hog in the county to be Yacci-
mated. If the farmers agree to have
every hog in the county vaccinated,
Marshall county will be selected as
the place for the experiments, which
will be conducted Cor one year, said
Sam Graybill recently. Marshall
county is one of the big hog raising
counties of the state. The govern
ment will do all of the work free.
Strict account will be kept of the
number of hogs yaccinated, just what
the mortality is, and whether the i'm
munization is good for life. The gov
eminent will manufacture the serum
Last year almost 100000 hogs at vari-
Gus places in the state received the
immunizing treatment, and less than
per cent Of that number died from
cholera.
Combine to Sell Eggs.-A co-opera-
tive egg selling association has been
organized by the women's auxiliary
to the Lyon County Farmers insti-
tute. Under the central association
will be neighborhood circles A man
ager will be employed by the central
association to collect, grade and mar
ket eggs on commission. The asso-
citation is modelled after similar or
CARNATIONS in Denmark and Canada
School for Merchants.-Five thou
sand merchants have received invita-
lions to attend the merchants week
at the University of Kansas May. 3,
and I, when the extension department
of the university is planning TO hold
school for several hundred Kansas
storekeepers.
Educator Dies.-Prof. Edmund Kel-
ley, teacher of mathematics in the
Sumner County High School, is dead
Of heart disease at his home in Well
ington. He was 55 years old and had
been connected with the Wellington
schools many years. His former home
was at Nickerson.
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Wreck on Santa Fe.-The engine OF
a Santa Fe passenger train plunged
down an embankment near Sharpe
the other day. The engineer and fire
man remained in the cab and escaped
serious injury Three men were hurt
in the wreck.
His Conscience Hurt.-Conscience
stricken and haunted by fear of ar
rest, he said. Horace Hollingsworth.
alleged defaulting agent for the Rock
Island at Turon. walked into the Of
fee of sherin K C. Beck recently and
surrendered.