The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09
Agricultural College to Send
Out Seventeen Extension
Schools This Year.
TO TEACH MANY SUBJECTS
Farmers, Mechanics and Housekeepers
viii Be Thoroughly Trained for
Their Daily Duties.

thousands OF men and women who feel
the need of more training for their
daily duties. The time is coming rap
idly when every city and town will
broaden its course OF study until it
viii offer to teach any man or woman
what he or she needs in daily life.
Until that time comes, the Kansas
Agricultural College will offer to send
schools for one week out to where
people live. The Extension Division
is now announcing the following Ex-
tension Schools:
Agriculture, dairy, orchard, poultry,
domestic science, home economics,
cooking and poultry in combination,
sewing. road officers concrete con-
struction, gas engine, traction engine,
boys club, teachers industrial, and
beekeepers'.
These courses or schools" are of
fered with the hope that farmers, me-
chanics and housekeepers will avail
themselves of this opportunity to have
instruction near their homes. The
fees for the different schools will vary
owing to number of teachers to be
sent, simply enough to meet the neces-
sary expenses, no charges for services
of the College teachers. AS appropria-
lions are increased for this extension
work, more instructors will be en-
p1oyed exclusively for this work.
If any reader of this announcement
is interested, he or she should write
at once for definite instruction and
conditions and then ask friends to
help organize a class. Almost any
combination may be made if requests
for such combination be made early.
Address all first communications to
J. H. Miller, Dean Extension Division,
K. S. A c., Manhattan, Kas.
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Joke Kills Trainnan.-Someonew with
an uncontrolled desire to celebrate
Christmas with noise placed a signal
torpedo on a track in the Santa Fe
Railroad yards at Chanute. A switch
engine exploded the torpedo while
William F. Norman, conductor, was
taking the number of the cars of his
train on an adjacent track, a particle
of the explosive struck Norman in the
right eye. He died an hour later on
a special train which was taking him
to the company hospital in Topeka.
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Farmer Found Dead.-John Clark,
q farmer 40 years old, was found dead
In bed recently at his home, eight
miles southwest of Olathe. Heart dis
ease was the probable cause of death.
x x X
Conductor Fatally Injured-Owen
Thomas, a Santa Fe conductor whose
home is in Emporia, was struck by an
incoming passenger train at Florence
and fatally injured.
x
junction City Banker Dead.-Sum-
ner W. Pierce, leading Junction City
banker and business man, died the
other morning at his home there, after
an illness of about two months.
K
Killed by Pile Driver.-George Nc
Cracker of Great Bend was fatally
hurt at Nettleton, when struck by
pile driver. He lived only about As
minutes.
Threw Powder into stove-CarI
Ray, a workman at a coal strip pit
near Pittsburg, threw a quantity of
black powder into a stove in an at
tempt to blow out the SCOT. The at
tending physician says he may re-
cover.
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Won't Buy Dogs.-Kansas sheriffs
attending the annual convention of
the Kansas Sheriffs' Association at
Wichita put little faith in blood
hounds for running down criminals. A
move to enable sheriffs to buy hounds
as aids failed
Laborer, Worth SOS, 600, Dies
While donning his clothes to go home
from work, Louis Reinhardt; 80 Ia
borer at Dold's packing house, Wich-
tia, dropped dead from heart disease.
He is said to leave property valued at
$25, 900, including business building
in Kansas City.
Buying Light Mules.-Agents who
have been buying up all available cav
airy horses through Kansas for the
French and English armies, are now
after pack mules for use in the French
army.
Bank President Dies.-Capt. Perry
Hutchinson one of the oldest settlers
In Marshall County, president of the
First National Bank and proprietor OF
the Excelsior FIGURING Mills, is dead
at Marysville He was SO years old
A widow, two sons and one daughter
survive him.
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$1,000 in Tobacco Box.-When at
tendants removed the bed clothing
from the bunk in which Peter Thannel
died at the Soldiers Home in Leav
enworth, they unearthed a tobacco
box in which was deposited $1,000.
More Crop RePorts.-Kansas croI
reports will be issued with greater
frequency than has been the practice
In the state board Of agriculture J. C
Mohler. secretary of the board. Il
planning to get out report on Kan
sas crop conditions every four to si1
weeks in the growing season.
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Indian Fighter Dles.-John Delaney
Indian fighter and seouf from 1910 +.