The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
PLEDGED LAST LINK IN ROAD
johnson County Decides to Build Its
Part of Jefferson Highway at
Meeting in OIathe.

Organization of Johnson county at
Olathe completes the last link in the
provision of a 365-day road in Kansas
City and Joplin as part of the Jeffer-
son Highway, planned to run from
Winnipeg to New Orleans. It was ac-
complished by a delegation of road
boosters from Paola and other points
south of there who met with num-
Der of Olathe business men at the city
hall the other morning. About fifty
men, twenty from out of town, includ-
ing ]. D. Clarkson Of Moline, Ill, man
ager of the highway, attended the
meeting.
The following committee to push
the road work in Johnson county was
named: Ralph Davis, mayor of Spring
Hill; Irwin Williams, Spring Hill;
Jake Kuhlman, Bonita; DR.. F. P. Hat
field, Olathe; H. M. Beckett, Olathe;
Scott F'ilkfns, farmer, living north Of
Olathe, and Henry Lisk, Lenexa.
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Hurt When Auto Upsets.-Dr. D. G..
Smith of Girard suffered a broken hip
and severe bruises when his automo-
bile ran off bridge east of town. The
car turned over, pinning the physician
underneath. He was rescued an hour
later by a passer-by and taken to a
hospital.
Advertising Pays.-John J. Snyder,
a Wichita policeman who advertised
for wife, was married the other night
in Medicine Lodge to Mrs Eva May
Bishop, a widow Of means. Snyder
hos hill
| dren.
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Santa Fe Roadmaster Dead.-DaYfd
! Hildebrand, 73 years old, and Santa
| Fe roadmaster twenty-five years, died
at Ottawa the other night. He was
veteran of the Civil War.
| Lightning Kills a Kansas Man.
| August SObba, a son of Nick Sobba,
wealthy farmer near Pratt, was killed
the other night by lightning.
| Killed in Auto Wreck.-J. ]. Wall,
50 years old, prominent miller Of
Mcpherson, was instantly killed near
Inman when his car turned over. His
neck was broken. Mr.. Wall is sur
vived by a wife and three children.
He had business interests in McPher-
son, Buehler, Conway, Goldman and
! Inman.
courtroom" for Y. w. c. A.-The
new Y. w. c. a. Building at Wichita
viii have a parlor in which the mem
bets may entertain their men &C
| Quaintances.
Big MarysViIIe Reunion.-The thir-
ty-eighth Marshall County Old Set
tiers reunion held 4-day session at
Marysville recently. Twelve thousand
persons attended. Congressman Guy
T. delivering and Governor Capper
spoke. The reunion will be at Frank
fort next year.
Oil Tank Burns.-During an cleo
tricaI storm at Coffeyville a 5000
barrel tank of crude oil at the Ma
tiona1 Refining Company was struck
by lightning and burned.
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I. W. w. Leaders Get Year.-R- H.
HaIvin and John Ward, L W. W. or
ganizers, who led the Jail delivery at
/
| James was locked in the Jail and the
keys stolen by the raiders, were SEN
fenced to one year each in the county
| Jail at their trial there.
/
Princeton Doctor Dead.-Dr. James
R. Thornbury, "A years old, and a ply
stefan in Franklin county forty-four
years, is dead at his home in Prince
ton. He was native of Illinois and
served in the Civil War
X x x
Katy Empioye injured.-O. C. Nc
Cullouch, employed in the Katy shops
at Parsons. was dangerously injured
when beam weighing $50 pounds fell
upon him while he was at work He
was taken to the company hospital
at Sedalia-
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Cuts Off K. US Water Supply
Half of the student district, including
eight fraternity and sorority houses
and several university buildings, were
without water service recently follow
ing a break in Tow pipe Of the city