The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
TAKE FARM COURSE TO HOME
Extension Department of the State
Agricultural College Plans Movable
School for This Year.

A college coarse in agriculture and
home economics, not only for the boys
and girls, but for the men and women
who are engaged in the actual work
of managing the farms and homes of
Kansas, is the new line of work which
will be conducted by the extension di-
vision in the Kansas State Agricultur-
al College this fall. This college
course will be taught by movable
college which will go from place to
place in the state, upon petition from
the people of the community. 1t will
be known as an extension school
From November 1 to March 1, the
season set apart for this work, the
schedule is almost complete.
The Institutional work in this NOV
able college consists of six lectures
college opens Monday morning and
closes Friday evening. For the men
three courses of ten lectures each
are given. All of the different phases
of agriculture such as crops, soils,
live stock, dairying, farm architecture.
will be treated
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Find Oldest Kansas Bridge.-Resi-
dents of LeaVenworth are mystified
by the discovery of old bridge string
ers buried in the mud of small
stream near there. The stringers
were found by workmen excavating
for foundations of a new structure
and it is believed they are the rem
&c Of hTid
eminent about 1850, although no rec
ord of such a bridge can be found.
Since all work done since the incor-
poration of the city, in 1854, is on
record, it is believed that the bridge
was constructed earlier and it is as
serted that it may have been the first
such structure erected in Kansas.
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Oldest Wilson County Settler Dead.
Funeral services for David n. Cav
en-, 70 years old, the last of the orig
inal settlers of Wilson county, were
held in Neodesba recently. Mr.. Cav
en- went there fifty-eight years ago,
when there were about twelve white
persons in the county.
E&-OON. nOO9eS Is HOme--GOV.
George H. Hodges returned recently
from chautauqua tour through Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, where he
lectured on commission form of gov
eminent for states.
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Shot Station Aqent.-James Fisher,
night operator for the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas Railway at Kincaid, was
shot and seriously wounded early the
other day by man who attempted to
rob the station.
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Mine Strike Enoed.-The strike of
twelve hundred miners employed by
the Sheridan Coal Company and SUBJ
sidiary companies near Pittsburg, has
been settled. The terms of the settle
ment are not announced. District Of
ficers of the United Mine Workers of
America have been in conference with
John P White, international presi-
dent, at Indianapolis. The strike be.
gan August 2.
Boy Dies of Rabies.-The 9-year-old
son of Elder B. B. Jewels died OF
rabies at Melvern recently. Six other
persons were bitten by the dog at the
same time, about a month ago.
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Miner Killed at FrankIin.-Roberi
Austin, a shotfirer, was killed in an
explosion in Mine No. Is of the West
ern Coal and Mining Company al
Franklin the other night.
X x x
Shocked "HeIIo GirIs."-A severe
electrical storm struck Pratt recently
and several persons were shocked by
lightning. At the central telephone
office all of the girls were knocked
from the board and one of them was
made unconscious several hours.
Dead at e7.-Wesley J. Jones, 81
years old, who had lived in Atchisor
county since 1858, is dead at the home
Of his son. William J. Jones, three
miles south of Atchison He was
born in Ohio and settled on a farm IL
Atchison county hfty-seven years ago
| x x
Won Rock Island Shop Strike.-Af
ter being in progress for two days the
strike of the members of the five or
ganized crafts OF workmen in the
Rock Island shops at Horton wa.
ended. The company acceded to the
demands of the men.
injured by Fall.-Carl Durbin o
Kansas City, structural ironworker
employed in the erection OF watel
tower at Osawatomie, fell thirty fee
into the bottom OF the tank, His RICH
arm was broken and he was INTERNALLY
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