The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-10
JUMPED FROM MOVING TRAIN
Soldier on Way to Philippines AwaEes
Suddenly in Hutchinson After
Bad Dream.

David Wilson woke up suddenly in
the railroad yards at Hutchinson and
believed he was dreaming. He be-
lieved he was fighting Austrians. He
didn't know who he was, but when
a switchman shook him some it was
learned he was a soldier. He had on
nothing but a union suit of under
clothing. After he had been taken to
a local hospital it was found he was
a member of the Thirteenth United
States Infantry
In a dream he had jumped out of
window of a 40-mile-an-hour special
train. on the way to the Philippines.
He was ready to go on the next day.
irrigated Garden Paic.-Near Ok
ford P H Albright of Winfield tried
irrigation for corn and potatoes in his
garden An acre of corn was gathered
recently and weighed. 1t showed
6,O22 pounds, or So bushels and
pounds. The cost of irrigation was
81 for the acre From six acres OF
irrigated land 1000 bushels of early
potatoes were dug. They sold for 50
cents bushe1, or $3.50. The demon
stration proved that the fertile Ar
kansas River Valley can be made more
fertile.
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Old Settlers Meet at OIathe.-At
least $500 persons, the largest crowd
ever assembled in Olathe, were there
attending the seventeenth annual
Johnson County old settlers reunion.
It was an ideal day and hundreds
came in on the early trains, in motor
cars and buggies and by noon the
county park was thronged with peo-
pie.
Widow of Army Surgeon Dies
Mrs. Rothanna Bennett Miller, wi
dow of the late DR.. J. G. Miller, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.
W. Hetherington, in Atchison. Mrs.
Miller was "a years old, and had lived
in Atchison more than forty years.
Doctor Miller was a distinguished
army surgeon, having been chief of
the staff with General Sherman on his
famous march through Georgia. Mrs.
Miller is survived by two daughters
and two brothers.
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Winfield Strike Ends.-The South
western Interurban street car strike,
inaugurated here by the Winfield
employees, is practically at an end.
Service on the line between Arkansas
City and Winfield has been resumed.
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Native Kansan Dies.-Henry Their,
r 4 oil ic n ic
home nine miles west of Manhattan
He was a member of a widely known
family and had lived in Riley county
all his life.
Child scaIded by Coffee.-Four-year-
old Alva Carroll is dead at Pittsburg
and his twin brother may die as the
result of burns sustained when the
former pulled over a pot of boiling
coffee.
Sixty-Two Observation-Disclosures. Nan
cy Leffingwell, rs years old, many
years a resident of Narka, died at Sa-
lima at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
w. L. Andrews, whom she was visit
ing
Death of Oscar D. Richey.-Oscar
D. Richey, sc years old, resident of
Atchison county since boyhood, is dead
in Atchison.
Pioneer Dies.-Mrs. Sarah B. Seese,
SO years old, pioneer in Saline coun-
ty, is dead at New Cambria. Among
the thirty-five descendants are one
great-grandchi1d and one great-great-
grandchi1d. The most of the survivors
dive in that county.
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Chanute Banker Dies.-F. S. Bene-
dict, president Of the Benedict State
Bank, Chanute, died recently from In
juries incurred in a motor car acct
dent. He was driving fast to escape a
storm, when the car turned over.
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Joplin Road Strike 8roken.-The
strike Of $50 carmen employed BY the
Joplin & Pittsburg Railway Company
was terminated when cars were oper.
ated all over the system. The strike
was declared July and until now no
attempt had been made to run cars.
Hoppers are FIying.-Thousand
of grasshoppers passed over McPher.
son the other afternoon. Persons ran
into the streets to see them. The
grasshoppers filled the sky as far as
! the eye could see. A few alfghtez