The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-26
RANGE PRICES ARE HIGHER
Owners of Pasture Land in Kansas are
Asking More Money for Grass
This Year.

Men who are trying to get pasture
rights for this summer in Kansas are
confronted with the highest prices
ever asked in the history of the range.
Pasture men in Chase, Ellsworth and
| Greenwood counties, who attended the
Kansas Live Stock Association at
Wichita, say there is a strong inquiry
for grass at the present prices and
that the pastures of Kansas will be
filled with cattle by the early part of
May. The northward movement prob
ably will begin in April.
B. G. Croker of Bazaar says the
best grass in his country has been con-
| tracted at So to SO, alloting about four
and half acres to the steer. In case
| of cows with calves, five to six acres
have been granted, but the price is
| SO. Compared with last year, these
| prices are 81 to $3.50 a head higher
and the highest ever paid for Kansas
grass. They have practically doubled
in the last few years.
| Many Texas cattlemen were at the
meeting of the Kansas Live Stock As
sociation expressly to get in touch
with Kansas pasture men and by the
time this convention closes the ques-
ton of Kansas grass will be fairly
well settled.
| ]. H. Avery Of Amarillo, Tex, said
that the entire Southwest is coming
through the winter in better shape
than at any time in the last thirteen
years. There is an abundance of
rough feed still available, moisture is
plentiful and in so far as the breeding
side of the cattle industry is concern
ed, more money was made in the last
two years than ever before
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Country Club for Manhattan.-As-
surance that Manhattan would have
a Country Club was made recently
when it was announced by the organi-
zation committee that the necessary
one hundred members had been Sc
cured.
Trust Company Chartered.-A state
charter for the new Commerce Trust
: Company of Atchison, which has a
: paid up capital of 100000, has been
: received, the application having sue
cessfully passed the state charter
J board
|
Oil at Mound City-The first oil
/ well in the new Mound City field was
shot recently, and Frank McCle1land,
) who has the lease, said that it will run
: between twelve and fifteen barrels a
: day. Two other oil men are in this
field signing up leases.
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: New Teacher at K. U-Peter APP
pleboom, formerly a teacher in West
| port High school, Kansas City, No,
has been appointed instructor in 70
nance languages at the University Of
Kansas for the coming semester.
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Woman Seeks Nomination.-Miss
Lizzie E. Wooster of Salina has an
nounced her candidacy for state super
| intendent of public instruction, at the
Republican primary. Miss Wooster
, said she had received assurance of
support from prominent men and wo-
men in every section Of the state
Atchison Judge Dead-William Dean
Webb, former judge of the district
court at Atchison, is dead. He was
; 81 years old. In 1892 he was elected
judge of the district court of Atchison
county, serving four years.
Muskotah Banks Merge-The Farm
ers' State bank and the Muscotah
: State bank at Muscotah have consoli-
dated, to be known as the Farmers
: and Merchants State bank The new
' institution viii have a capital of SIS.
600.
Took GunpcWder for Trash-Mrs
Z John Scott miStook a can Of gunpow-
: der for trash at Whitman while pre-
pairing supper and threw it in the fire.
The explosion burned her dangerously.
Mr.. Scott was badly burned putting
out the fire.