The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-07
WOULD USE STATE CONVlCTs
Fort Scott Boosters Start Agitation |
for Rock Highway to Cross Kansas
From East to West.

Fort Scott has started a movement
for a rock road across Kansas with
connection with the rock road now
being built across Missouri. A meet
ing was held at Fort Scott a few days
ago and plans made to get the move
ment started by Bourbon county
building about fifteen miles of road
to the west line of the county. Early
this fall the question will be taken up
with Allen, Woodson, Greenwood, But
Ter, Sedgwick, Reno and other coun-
ties to the vest line of the state to
get them to join in the plan for a road
nearly five hundred miles long.
Kansas couIu use its convicts in
building this road if the counties
would comply with the restrictions
placed by the legislature and the
counties furnish the material and
bridges. The western part of the
state probably would object to the ex-
pense of a rock road, but the soil and
climatic conditions in that part are
such that usually good dirt roads are
sufficient
Pittsburg Has Country Club
Pittsburg's new country club was
opened recently with party, to
which several hundred persons were
invited Old Idlehour park, an amuse-
ment place of several years ago, has
been converted into a home for the
club, which was organized last spring.
X x x
Woman Dead From Burns. = Mrs.
Matte Switzer, 43 years old, died at
her home in Augusta, the other day,
from burns received July when the
gas in an oven exploded.
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Asks $4,000 for a Life.-A suit ask
ing $4,000 damages for the death OF
her husband, Owen Thomas, has been
filed in the Lyon county district court
by Mrs. Ida Thomas. Thomas, a rail-
road conductor, was killed in the San
ia Fe yards at Florence last Deem
Der, when he was struck by an NJ. &
NJ. passenger train. Thomas was con-
ductor on a through freight and the
suit is brought under the federal liza
bility law which places no limit on the
| amount OF damages which may be
asked. A state law places a $4,000
limit on such claims. This suit is the
first filed under the federal law in
Emporia and is creating much interest.
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Six Hunered at His Party.-Six hun
| dred persons attended the seth birth
day anniversary celebration of Thos.
| Coughlin at his farm home near Paola
recently. Two bands and people from
several towns attended the celebra-
ton.
x x x
$4,000 School for Hiawatha.-Hia
watha recently gave a majority of 81
votes to a proposition to issue bonds
for $4,000 high school building.
Young Motorist KiIIed.-Archie An
drews of Junction City, 20 years old
and unmarried, was killed the other
| night when his motor car went into
the ditch one mile south of Abilene
Two young men with him were not in
jured
County Attorney Weds--E. ]. Tag
CART, county attorney Of Sumner coun
| ty and former probate Judge, and Miss
| Almeda King, also OF Wellington
were united in marriage recently al
the residence of the brides mother
Mrs. Leila King.
K
Doctor Dies in Harness.-Dr. A B
Peters. former grand medical examin
er OF the A. o. U. w, is dead In Man
kato of heart disease. He was found
seated in his office chair. AS a pion
eer physician, practicing for nearI,
| fr~vS lou sol 4
was known to every family there.
| Boy Killed Brother-Max sYoeman
Il years old. shot and killed his broth
er. Teddy, 10 years old, on their faith
er's farm near Wellington recently
while hunting with rifle. The shoot
ing was accidental.