The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
STEAM SHOVELS SAVE TOWN
chicopee, Crawford County, Takes on
New Life When Scrapers In
cover Vein of Coal.

Chicopee is On the way back year
! ago it seemed like Chicopee never
could come beack The last big coal
mine was being closed down. Houses
that miners lived in were being
moved miles away to a new camp
Merchants had hunted UP new loca-
lions and were transferring their
| stocks. And nearly every building
! that was left in Chicopee was empty.
The word went out that Chicopee,
| Cnce the queen of the coal towns of
the Southwest, practically was de-.
! serted village. And its obituary was.
/ written
| Now Chicopee is coming to life
! again. Men are moving into houses
/ that have stood vacant. A few resi-
! dents who remained when all the rest
had gone are happy. They see pros
| perous days in the future. The big
I steam shovel has resurrected their
camp
Convicted of Murder.-WaIter Null
Inns was convicted of murder in the
| first degree by jury at Alma. Null
Inns was charged with being an ac-
! complete of Tony Roberts, who shot
and killed Anthony King, a restaurant
keeper at Alta Vista, the night of Sep
TENDER IS, 1912 Roberts used shot
gun loaded with buckshot and sixteen
| shot were found in the victims body
The attorneys for Mullins gave notice
that they would file a motion for a
/ new trial.
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| ison, distinguished for two years as
| the largest town without a theater, is
socn to have a new modern playhouse
to take the place of one condemned
! by state authorities. The local Eagles
| lcdge have officially announced that
it would construct the new house this
year. The lodge will also build a new
club house, the combined structure to
cost $4,000.
Teachers Elect officers.-The Cen
trail Kansas Teachers Association ad-
journed at Hutchinson to meet there
again in 1915. The officers elected:
President, B. F. Martin, Newton; vice
| president, R. Hancock, Pratt; secre-
tary, Elenora Harris, Hutchinson;
treasurer, w. F. Shaw, ST. John.
May Dis. Of eurnse-Elwyn Ledbet-
I ter, 18 years old, probably was fatal
ly burned at Great Bend when he
threw coal oil on a smoldering fire,
4 causing an explosion which set the
| house on fire and ignited his clothing.
4 Want simpIified speIIing.-The
Southern Kansas Teachers Associa-
tion, in its annual meeting at Wichita,
adopted a resolution favoring simpli-
fled spelling.
Water Still Warm.-The water in
Girards municipal well remains at a
temperature OF so degrees now The
normal temperature of the well form
erly was y degrees. report of an
analysis of a sample of the vater sent
to c. A.=Haskins, state engineer, has
been received by City Clerk Walker
and superintendent Parker The en-
gineer says the water seemed to be
ali right and that he was unable to
discover a cause for the neat.
x x X
! Celebrate Founders Day-Bishop
William o. Shepard of Kansas City,
Kas., was the principal speaker at
Salina in the celebration of founders
day for Wesleyan University. Other
speakers were President Wilbur n.
Mason of Baker University and Presi-
s! dent F. z. Mossman of Southwest Col
! lege at Winfield
/
I Bankers to Hear o@en..- Senator
( sf,obert L. Owen OF Oklahoma, one of
the authors of the new Currency Law,
has agreed to address the Kansas
State Bankers Association at its
meeting in Wichita, May q and p.
=
5! Newton Banks Merse--A deal was
( closed at Newton recently whereby
i the First National bank .absorbs the
s Home state bank. The Home insti-
tuition has a capital of $4,000 and was
1 organized seven years ago. The First
National was organized in 1880.
i - ef1s,
1 EfVed 90 Years-Mrs. Mary Graf
| tanfta pioneer resident of Central
i kansas. died at her home near New
ton tie sotIier day at the age of 81
She Is survived by seven children
fftysaree grand children and s5sky
three great grand children.