The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-29
Stockholders of Kansas Natural
Have Made Arrangements
TO Raise ST 500, 900.
TO PAY EVERY DOLLAR OF DEBT
Committee Tells Governor capper and
Attorney General Brewster of
Their Financial Plans.


conference with the larger stock
holders of the company, told Governor
Capper and s. N. Brewster, attorney
general, about their plans.
The stockholders will raise among
themselves enough funds to pay every
dollar Of debt against the Kansas Nat
ural. For this money each stakeholder
is to pay pro rata share and is to
take additional stock. The committee
told the state officials this stock issue
would have to be at about one-half
the par value of the stock, as the mar
ket value is only fifty cents now. This
would contemplate additional stock of
about million dollars to raise suffi-
cient funds to pay off the bonds and
put the 1h million dollars into i'm
provements and extensions as pro-
posed. That would bring the total
capitalization of the company to
around 13 million dollars, but with
no bonded debt
The committee of stockholders went
before the public utilities commission
and discussed the plans with it, as
the commission must give it's consent
to the stock issue.
The committee told the governor
and the attorney general that the
bond for y million dollars the federal
court required before the new 32-cent
gas rate could go into effect had been
secured and was on IFS way to the
court officials for approval.
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Used Ford to Kill Rats-P. N Cline
of Graham county, whose barn was
tank of his Ford car with gasoline and
coal oil mixed, attached a rubber hose
to the exhaust and put the other end
into rat hole and started the engine.
Many rats died under the barn and
others died as thew ran out to get
fresh air. He gathered up four bush
els Of rats, he says
Burns Fatal to Boy.-Newel Sunder-
land, years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Orville Sunderland, is dead at Oxford
from burns received when Ed Keith,
a grocer, carrying a can of flaming
oil, collided with the boy at the door
of the Keith grocery. The can ex-
ploded, enveloping the boy in flames.
Bale p. Waggener Is 6e.-B. P.
Waggener, patron saint OF the chill
dren of northeastern Kansas, celebra-
ted his sixty-ninth birthday anniver-
-sary at Atchison by entertaining thou
sands of children from AtChison and
surrounding territory at a big free
picnic.
Hurt by Fly Wheel-While at work
on flywheeI in a laundry at Parsons,
Miller Smith, proprietor of a local
laundry. was seriously injured. He
thrust his head through the wheel
when the engine was started sudden
ly. Physicians believe he will re-
cover.
Train Hits Auto.-When Missouri
Pacific freight train struck August
Rohleder's automobile near Hiawatha
the other day Rohleder escaped with
severe bruises and decorations. The
car was wrecked
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31-BusheI Wheat YieId.-AIex Rob
fnson, a Douglas county farmer, liv
ing six miles from Lawrence. has fin
ished threshing a field Of wheat that
averaged thirty-one bushels to the
market at $1.0S.
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Spanish Veterans to Kansas City
Kansas City, Kas.. was chosen as the
place for the 1917 encampment of the
Kansas Spanish war veterans, which
closed at Emporia the other night.
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A Harvester at 60-Although Au-
gust Renquist, so years old. of Tren-
ton, Mo-, owns a 160acre farm near
Trenton, he is working for 81 day
in the harvest fields near Salina.
Dead From PeIlagra. Mrs. w. T
Vest, wife of the postmaster at Pond
Creek, Ok. died of lselIagra ia a WITCH
tia hospital, twelve hours aIter being
brought there She was 40 years old
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Child Dies of Paralysis.-Byron
Nichols. the 3-year-old son of Harry
Nichols, who was stricken with in
fantile paralysis recently, is dead at
Winfield.
Bonner Springs Minister Dies.-The
Rev. James Michael. SO years old,
pioneer minister of Wyandotte county,
died recently at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. James Wharton. Mr.. Mich
ael had been a minister in the Chris
tan church more than forty years.
Prof H. A. Mills Resigns.-Profes-
sor Harry A. Mills, instructor N eco
Monies at the University of Kansas,
has announced his resignation to ac-
cept a professorship in the depart
ment of economics in Chicago uniyer-
sity.
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oil Near PIeasanton.-Prof. a. c.
Terrin OF the University of Kansas in
speeted the lead prospect shaft two
miles southeast OF PIeasanton and re-
ported the mine rich in both jack and
oil. Prospectors are here making
leases and there Is every indication of
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