The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-26
SAVES MONEY FOR FARMERS
Prison Board at Recent Meeting Fixed
New Schedule of Prices for
Binding Irvine.

Through the foresight of the state
prison officials in anticipating a rise
in the sisal market the farmers of
Kansas will be saved $4,000 on Irvine
purchased from the prison plant.
Some time ago the prison board fore
saw a sharp advance in the sisal hemp
and laid in a supply. At that time
the price was S7.35 per hundred. To-
day it is s1O.35. The farmers are to
be given the benefit of the difference
in prices.
The prison board, at a recent meet
ing fixed the price of prison Irvine to
dealers and chartered farmers organi-
cations in carload lots at 1925 per
hundred, f. o. b. Lansing. In local
shipments the price will be $3.50 per
hundred. In individual shipments it
will be $40 per hundred. The board
fixed November 1 as the date of set
Elements
These prices are 1 cent a pound I'M
der the trust" prices in Kansas and
cents a pound under the trust"
prices in adjoining states. The trust
sells Irvine in Kansas cheaper than it
does in neighbOring states on account
of the stiff competition of the Kansas
prison plant The prison plant has
100000 pounds of Irvine on hand.
I'VE felt that it is, best not to take
advantage of the rise in sisal,' said
Warden Codding. 1.-The state could
make big profit and still keep under
the trust prices but we consider it a
wise policy to sell as cheaply as pos
sible, only charging enough to pay
for the maintenance and deterioration
of the prison plant"
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Runaway Fatal to Farmer-Swan
NJ Carlson, 65 years old, a farmer
near Falun, is dead from injuries re-
ceived when he jumped from a hay
rake drawn by runaway horse
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Pile Wheat on Ground.-Tourists
from the West say that along the
Union Pacific railroad thousands Of
bushels of wheat are piled on the
ground at various places because Of
the shortage OF cars to handle the
grain At PlainviIIe thirty thousand
bushels are on the ground.
! Killed by EnsiIage cutter-Charles
Hall, 40 years old, wealthy farmer,
was instantly killed recently at Clear
water when an ensilage cutter burst.
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Hospital Fund.-The citizens Of Gil
rard and surrounding country are to
be called upon to raise $4,000 in
twenty days for new community hos
pital. Girard's hospital was forced to
close its doors because the govern
ment had purchased the site for new
postoffice building. The law will not
allow the citizens to vote bonds.
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Clayton Bank Robbed.-Robbers in
two motor cars visited Clayton, a
small town in the west part of the
state, recently, and blew the safe OF
the Clayton State Bank and escaped
with a few dollars in change
Find AIumina in Kansas. G. Col
Inns, an oil operator, found a long
stretch Of peculiar soil at BayneviIle,
south of Wichita. He had the soil
analysed by Prof. s. J. Swartz OF a
Wichita college and the soil was found
to contain per cent mixture OF
alumina, which Is paying quantity.
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McLouth Bank Cashier Dead. =
Charles H. Sleeper, cashier OF the
Bank of MeLouth since its organiza-
ton IN 1887, died at his home there
the other night He was So years
old
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Kansas Soy Is stricken.-Earl Mar
tin, the 2-year-old son Of Iaborer, In
PlainTiIle, has been stricken with In
fantiIe paralysis The state board OF
health has been notified. Physicians
say that there is little chance for the
boys recovery.
salesman Is Dro~ned.-R. n. Fred
land, z5 years old, salesman for the
L. B. Price Mercantile Company OF
Kansas City. was drowned while hath
ing IA the Neosho river at lola recent,
y. Fredland reee1tsIy married aHs
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