The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-24
LIVED on The STATE
New Board of Control Says Old
Soldiers Relatives Must
Leave Fort Dodge.
PREPARING TO ENFORCE LAW
Nearly 100 Veterans Are Now Wait
ing for Admission to Home
Provided by State.


are number of families at the State
Soldiers Home at Fort Dodge, which
are there without official sanction,
the new board of control is preparing
to enforce the law and compel them
to move out. These families have
taken up their residence in the home
during the last few years when the
rule of the state institution was not
strictly enforced. Before he retired
from office a. F. Haitian, Democratic
commandant, was asked to prepare
list of the families now occupying
state property without authority. The
board has asked these people to leave
Fort Dodge and the quarters they
have been occupying will be given to
old soldiers.
Fort Dodge is five miles from Dodge
City and there are no restaurants or
hotels there except the commissary de-
partment and barracks owned by the
state. When relatives or friends of
inmates come for a visit they live at
the expense of the state. In the last
few years some of these visitors have
taken up permanent quarters in the
home under various excuses. Some
claimed their relatives were sick and
needed their care; others that they
were i'll and would leave soon, and
on various pretexts they obtained pos
session of barrack room or cottages.
There are 100 old soldiers in the state
who have been voted admission to
the home, but have not yet been ad-
mitted because there has been no
room for them.
Chapter of Accidents.-Recently
there was a day of accident and death
in Mcpherson county. In the morn
ing Emil Lindberg, who was home
from Chicago, was accidentally killed
while running a binder. He was fix
ing the cycle bar and the horses b.
gan to run, cutting off a leg. At night
Bertha, the 12-year-old daughter Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, was run over
by motor car and injured so severe
1y that she died. Rev. W. J. Young
of Hutchinson was driving the car.
DR.. G. E. Bergquist of Lindsborg, for
thirty-seven years physician OF that
city, died of infirmities incident to
old age.
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lola Plans a "Pep" Meeting.-To re-
new the spirit Of unison and to build
solidly for the future a spontaneous
Outburst of enthusiasm among lola
citizens over improved business con-
ditions there has resulted in the de-
cision to hold pep" meeting in the
public park soon.
Minister Dies.-The Rev. Thomas
Penick, II years old, died suddenly at
Wellington of cerebral hemorrhage
He had been prominent in the minis
try of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church and had held pastorates in
Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas
kiore People in Wyandotte-The
population of Wyandotte county has
increased 5,O9S in the past year. The
total population for 1915 is III, 087,
while that of year ago was los, $50.
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Baker Gets New Professor-Prof.
c. H. May of Urbana, O., has been
chosen as the head of the Greek de-
absence of Professor EIbright
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Dewey Jury Is Discharged.-After
fifty-one hours deliberation, the jury
in the Dewey-Berry damage suit fail
ing to agree, was discharged in the
district court at Goodland The jur-
ors stood to for Dewey, the de-
PENDANTS, and it is said every one
of the many ballots taken during the
two days and nights they had the case
under consideration showed the same
results
Made Bomb of a Beer Keg-Tony
Skerbinek and Victor Zinnie of Ringo
decided to celebrate Independence
day with some noise. They filled a
small beer key with powder, inserted
a fuse in the bung and then held
match to it. Something went wrong.
the powder exploded prematureIy and
as result Zinnie is near death in a
hospital at Girard and Skerbinek is
at home badly burned
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City Sued by ex-Mayor.-Charles NJ.
Wallace. former mayor of Winfield,
has filed a claim against the city for
S59,150 for water taken from the Wal
nut river by the municipal water
works plant and sold to consumers.
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Pittsburg Banker Dies-John r.
Lindburg, president of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Pittsburg for twenty
eight years, died recently in Denver.
Mr.. Lindburg, accompanied by Mrs
Lindburg, had left for a vacation in
Colorado. He was in good health
when he left
Shotgun Killed Child.-Valirea, the
young daughter of V o. Harvey,
farmer in the east part of Pratt coun-
ty, was killed recently by a discharge
from shotgun that had been left in
a wagon in which the girl was playing.
Lightning Burned Depot.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific depot at Washington was
struck by lightning the other morning
and burned to the ground. The storm
was one of the most severe electrical
disturbances in years. The residence
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