The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
GOLD RUSH IN GRANT COUNTY
Wholesale Flowing Follows Finding
OF Old Coins Near New Ulysses
Farmers Join in Search.

bumper spring crops to look for gold.
A few days ago Pete Anderson, liV-
ing six miles southwest of New Ulys-
ses, found ten-dollar gold piece on
his land. Before that three other SINH
lar coins, all bearing the Eame date,
1847, were found in the same locality.
The news OF the find of the coins
has brought a corps of searchers who
are seeking for treasure believed to
be hidden somewhere in that neigh
borhood. Farm hands are quitting
work on the ranches in that section
to join in the search for gold, and
part of the Santa Fe's extra gang,
at work repairing food damage on
the Dodge City extension, deserted
work to make a gold rush., to the
Grant county find"
So far only the four gold coins have
been unearthed, but a first class job
Of blowing is being done on the And
ersOn and adjoining farms The own
ers of the land are permitting the ex-
cavating.
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Aged Minister Dies.-The Rev.
David Waddell, aged 80, a pioneer
organized twenty-five churches in
Northeastern Kansas, is dead. His
home was west of Doniphan The
Rev. Waddell began preaching by
holding services in school houses,
under trees and in private homes.
Among the churches he built and or
gained most all are at Wathena,
Donfphan, Lancaster, Jordan Creek,
Pomeroy and Rays Creek.
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Elect A Postmaster-After one of
the most exciting elections ever held
in Cottonwood Falls, Lew WaddeH
was elected" postmaster Through
out the day the candidates, of whom
there were six, and their friends cam
paigned in a good natured way. A
feature of the election was the race
run by Mrs. Glennie Hays, the only
woman candidate. She received 158
votes, as against the winners 234.
Manager for MuIberry.-The mayor
and city council of Mulberry, tired of
running the town, have employed a
town manager. Frank c. Bevans, who
has been a mine overseer, has accept
ed the offer Of the job and vii take
over it's duties June 1. He will have
full control in every department of
the city government. The mayor and
council have determined to give the
idea a thorough tryout
Oil Strike at Piper-On drilIers
who have started prospecting for oil
near Piper, half way between Leaven-
worth and Kansas City, shot their
first well the other day The well is
flowing at the rate of six barrels a
day. The rig has been moved to an
other spot and a second well will be
drilled at once. Hundreds of acres
Of land have been leased and at least
five wells will be put down
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Reno County Mystery.-Mrs. Mary
Tanning, SO years old, was the wife
OF Jesse Tanning, a farmer living five
miles southeast of Turon, Reno Coun-
ty. He was blowing in the field a
short distance away. He came to the
house for something and found his
wife dead on the porch, with a bullet
hole in the rear of her head. The
coroner says she could not have shot
herself.
Seeks Murdock's PIace.-Progres-
sives from the five counties of the
Eighth Kansas Congressional Dis
trict held a meeting in the Forum,
at Wichita and Charles L. Davidson,
Wichita capitalist, was chosen to
run for Congress in the place of Vic
tor Murdoch, who is the Bull Moose
candidate for the United States Sen
ate in Kansas.
Changes at K. 1.-TWO changes in
the faculty Of the University of Kan
sas were announced recently. Charles
E. Hubach, who has been at the head
of the voice department of the fine
| arts school for the last eleven years,
has resigned and will leave the uni
versity at the close of the school
year. A new director for the extern
sion division was also announced. F.
r. Hamilton of the University of Wis
consin will take charge of the ex-
tension work next year. He succeeds
Prof. D. G. Croissant, who formerly
was associate professor in the depart
ment of English and will return to
that department
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Woman's Body in WeII.-The body
of Miss Susanna B. McCTeary, 80
years old, a member of a widely
known family in the vicinity of Lowe
mont, in the western part of Leayen-
worth County, was found at the bot
tom of we'll half mile from the
Squires home, where she resided with
her sister, Mrs. Henry Squires. 1t is
believed that she fell in the well while
attempting to draw bucket of water
by means of rope.
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