The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-04

Alfalfa Acreage of Kansas May
be Cut Down Because
of the Scarcity.
SUPPLY FROM GERMANY FAILS
Because of War Only a Small Guam
tity Can Be Secured From Eu-
rope This Year.

For the first time in many years
it is necessary for Kansas to import
alfalfa seed for the spring sowing. And
the European war may cut down the
acreage of alfalfa to be sown and may
prevent considerable acreage being
resown this year.
Last year was the poorest alfalfa
seed year Kansas has had in many
seasons. Other alfalfa producing
states are in the same boat with Kan
sas, except one or two of the irriga-
ton states, where great crops of seed
are produced. But in some of the irri-
cation districts a noxious weed that
does great damage to alfalfa has ap-
peared, and seed from these sections
is not being used in Kansas because
of the danger Of injecting Kansas
fields.
AS a result, most of the alfalfa seed
to be sOwn in Kansas will come from
Europe this year. And most of the i'm
ported seed will come from Russia.
Heretofore the imported alfalfa seed
generally has come from Germany. 1t
may be possible to get some seed from
that country even this year, but it will
grown seed is much the best quality,
as it is handled with greater care and
never contains noxious weed seeds, as
sometimes occurs when seed is
brought from Russia. The Kansas
seed houses which supply alfalfa seed
have placed their orders for the i'm
ported seed and the shipments are ex-
pected to reach this country in March.
No one knows what the price is go
ing to be.
Display Kansas Art at K. U.-Paint-
fngs of forty Kansas artists were
placed on exhibition at the University
of Kansas recently by the department
of drawing and painting. That stu.
dents and visitors may have an op-
portunity to compare the work of the
Kansans with that of other Ameri-
cans, twelve paintings from the Ma
tional Gallery at Washington also were
placed on exhibition. The exhibit will
continue for two weeks.
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Its First Pensioner.-The first pen
sion granted in Johnson county under
the new state law was allowed by the
garet Noteman, 80 years old. She will
receive $40 per month from the county.
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K U. Professor Quits.-Prof. F. r.
Hesser, for the past three years san
itary engineer at the University of
Kansas, has resigned to accept a posi-
ton with the Universal Concrete Com
pany of Kansas City, Kas.
x x
Olathe Pioneer Dead.-Jacob Rup-
pelius, 70 years old, and for forty years
a resident of OIathe, is dead. He re-
tired from active business some years
ago. He leaves a wife and eleven chill
| dren.
Has Community MoVie.-A commun-
fly motion picture theater has been
opened in Ellsworth under the aus
pices of the merchants of the city. In
the beginning it was announced the
theater will be open only on Saturdays.
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Resort Hotels Burn-Fire recently
destroyed both hotel buildings at Sy-
west of Hiawatha. between Morrill, and
x 4 x
Would Protect Dye Industry-The
Kansas Retail Clothiers' Association
has Endorsed the bill pending in con-
gress providing a protective tariff on
the dye industry that it may become
| a large and permanent industry in the
| United States, and its product take the
| place of the German dyes, cut off by
| the European war.
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Irvine Plant IdIe-The Irvine plant
| in the Kansas prison at Lansing has
been closed on account of a shortage
of sisal. A short time ago 1000 bales
| of raw hemp were ordered at a price
double that paid year ago.
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$4,000 Fire at OIathe-The Racket
store, carrying a $4,000 stock, was al
most totally destroyed by fire at
Olathe the other night. The store was
in the Swofford building, owned by B.
L. Swofford of Kansas City.
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Experiment Station Head Quits
The resignation of George K. Helder,
superintendent of the Kansas agricul-
been accepted by the state board Of
educational administration. Mr. Held
er resigned to go into business.
x
Sells Goods to Paris-A shipment Of
! dress goods was made recently by a
dry goods company of Wichita to
Paris, France. A company engaged
in exporting goods to Europe, unable
TO find in the East what was wanted,
gave the order to the Wichita house
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Boys Shot 1o-Pound EagIe-Golden
and Willie HoIlar, farm boys who live
ten miles southwest of Emporia, shot
10-pound eagle recently which meas
ured seven feet from tip to tip. The
eagle had been stealing chickens from
/ the HOllar farm.
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Church Worker Dead.-Miss Maria
E. Brockway, a resident of WelIsviIle
since 1871. is dead. She was one of
the organizers of the Congregational