The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
FORTUNE N WHEAT
GaIVa Boy Invests Money Given
for Educational Purposes
With Big Profit.
MADE $1,000 IN FEW MONTHS
Henry koehn Surprised His Folks
Who Thought He Was Studying
in Hutchinson.

The short cut to high finance is the
route taken by Henry Koehn, an I'M
sophisticated farmer boy Of Galva, in |
Mcpherson county Last September |
Henry's father gave him $3.50 and |
some good advice Now, Henry"
he said, Here's $3.50. You ought to |
get a years education with this. Go
to Hutchinson, enroll in the business
college and get good place to board.
OF course, you can't have any extras
on this, but be a good boy, study hard
and write home often"
Last week 2O-year-old Henry rolled
into the home barn lot in a racing
roadster. He was attired in a tailor
made suit and wore diamonds. After
he had kissed the members of his fam
lily and they had admired the motor
car he showed dad fat balance in the
bank
Why, Henry. how did you do it,"
chorused the family.
Wheat" said the son.
When Henry Koehn came ia Hutch
inson last September, he did not en-
roll in the local business college, in
stead he bought wheat. A local grain
man whom he knew had told him to
do this the first afternoon he was in
town and Henry thought the advice
was better than fathers.
The grain man coached the boy on
how to keep buying and selling, and
the 5000 soon grew to a thousand
Henry reserved $50 for living ex-
penses The thousand was spread
returns and when the farmers son
sold out, when wheat reached $3.50
there in the local market, his gains
amounted close to $1,000.
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Two Die in FIames.-William Boyd,
a pit boss at a slope mine near Skid
more, and his 5-year-old daughter
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed their home at 3 O'Clock in
the morning. Boyd aroce to build
fire under the engine boiler at the
mine and before he went outside
started a fire in a stove in the house.
When he returned from the mine he
found the house on fire.
Mrs. Boyd and two other children
were aroused and rushed from the
burning structure. Then it was dis
covered that another child still was
in the house. Boyd rushed into the
flames and failed to return.
His body and that of the child he
sought to rescue were found in the
ashes.
Big Strike at Augusta.-A big gas
we'll was struck at Augusta the other
day The flow is estimated at 3d.
100000 1eet daily. Tools were blown
out of the well and the derrick de-
molished.
Boy 7, Kills Brother 4.-The Agar
old son of Julius Sparks at Bendena
was shot and killed recently by his
7-year-old brother, who did not know
the gun was loaded.
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Measles at CoIIege.-Several pref
ty goods of the Kansas Wesleyan I'm
iversity at Salina are under quaran-
tine for measles, and some of the boys
cases.
Ten-Cent Bread in Wichita.-Wich-
tia bakers have put the price of q loaf
of bread to ten cents.
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Tried to Wreck Troliey.-An unsuc-
cessful attempt was made near Weir
City to wreck a car OF the Joplin &
Pittsburg Railway Co. with dynamite.
The charge was discovered by John
FennimOre, assistant general manager,
who was riding in the vestibule with
the motorman. There were twelve
passengers aboard the car.
Golden Wedding in Atchison.-Mr.
and Mrs. William Schaap of Atchison,
who will have lived there a half cen
fury March 1, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary the other day.
Can't Get War Horses Now.-The
French government agents who have
been in Kansas buying horses for the
allied cavalry find their plans blocked
by the quarantine on four southern
counties because of the foot and
mouth disease
Badders Given Five Years.-George
s. Badders, the Topeka merchant con
victed of using the mails to defraud
was sentenced to serve nve years in
the federal penitentiary and pay a
$1,000 fine in the Kansas City, Kas
side federal court. He will appeal
Found Dead in Pooi.-Mystery sur.
rounds the finding of the body of Sam
Gamble in a pool near Pittsburg. The
body was discovered by Kansas City
Southern section gang. Gamble was
seen last alive walking near where
the body was found.
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Former Court Clerk Dies.-Fred E
Carter, former clerk of the court OF
Neosho county, and widely known as
an abstracter and title examiner
throughout southeastern Kansas anG
northern Oklahoma, died at, his home
in Pittsburg from Bright's disease.
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Big Explosion in Turck.-The ex