The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25
CLAY CENTER WINS ITS SUIT
Citizens Rejoicing Over Conclusion of
Fight Which Has Been in
Courts Ten Years.

Clay Center is rejoicing because the
electric light suit which has been in
the courts ten years has been appar-
emily settled by decision of Judge
Pollock. Clay Center wins practical
II everything for which the tOTn has
contended. Judge Pollock decided that
the old private electric light company
had no right on the streets OF Clay
Center: that the Eastern bank, which
claimed a mortgage on the plant, in
reality had no mortgage, and that
Clay Center was justified in putting
the wires and poles of the private
company off the streets. He also de-
cided that the city must pay the com
pany $1,000 damages done to its prop
erty when the poles were cut down
and the wires cut. Clay Center al
ways expected to ray about $4,000
damages for the property. The city
was sued for 100000 DANA ges. These
suits have been through the state SUI
preme court a number of times, and
every suit was won by the city. In
the meantime the municipal plant has
been a big paying proposition.
Lawrence Youth 6rowns-Frank
Sugrue, % years old. was drowned in
the Kaw river at Lawrence With a
companion he went in swimming be-
low the dam. Getting into deep wa
ter, he called for help. He sank as
his companion was reaching out a
long fishing pole which he might have
grasped.
Switch Engine KiIIs.-G. w Gard
ner, Jr., of Frontenac, was fatally in
jured by a Missouri Pacific switch en-
CINE near the state line east of Pitts
burg Gardner apparently was asleep
on the track
Caught a WouId-Be Hero.-Ralph
Shockey, II years old, was taken to
Sal:na from Solomon, charged with
attempting to wreck a Santa Fe train.
Shockey is a dime novel reader, and
while he has confessed to the offense,
it is believed he intended to stop the
train in time to play the part of a
hero. The section foreman hit the
obstruction, however, with his motor
handcar. The handcar was wrecked.
~ OSFOSS ~ ENdIlSaS
J. c. DeVoss. superintendent OF
schools at Horton, and formerly of the
University of Colorado. has accepted a
Place on the faculty of the State Nor
NAL School at EmpOria. Mr.. DeVoss
will be assistant professor of psychol-
Csy and grade school methods He
VIII begin his regular work in Septem-
Der.
To School at 60 Years.-A college
boy go years old is at the Emporia
Normal. w. A. Tanksley is the stu
dent. He has taught in the public
schools of Kansas twenty-seven years,
thirteen of which he taught at Peru.
He is now principal of the Chautauqua
county schools.
Barnard Pioneer Dead. NJ Cur
ley, father of George GurIey, editor
of the Kansas City Packer. and the
Rev. ]. NJ Gurley of Topeka, secre-
tary of the Baptist Sunday school
work of this state, is dead at the home
in Barnard Mr. Gurley had lived in
Kansas many years.
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Memorial to Normal Hero.-A me
mortal to Rex Tanner, alumnus, who
died fighting the fire which destroyed
Russ Hall at the Pittsburg State Nor
NAL June %, will be erected at the
normal.
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Girl Wife Shoots HerseIf.-Despon-
dent because she had not heard from
her husband for week, Mrs. S. c.
Cozine, aged II, wife since Septem
Der, shot herself in the side at Witch
tia with small pistol. She will re
cover The Cozines were married at
Emporia. Cozine is thought to be in
Clearwater building silos.
Married so Years.-Four hundred
persons attended a picnic in the west
part of Saline county recently. given
in honor of the sixtieth wedding ami
versary OF Mr. and Mrs. H. s. Hoyt.