The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-05
CAsHED FAITH FOR $4,000
A Franklin County Farmer Had Con-
fidence in Finding Oil and
Gas on His Land

| Henry Anthony, Franklin County
| farmer who believed gas could be
found on his farm, the other day cash
ed his idea for SIS, OOO He sold his
fifty-two miles of pipeline. 2,1OO acres
of leases, including fifteen oil and ten
gas wells, to ]. F. William Renker. of
| Topeka, representing Eastern capital
lists.
| The leases are principally in the
northeastern part of Franklin County.
The average daily production of the oil
wells is estimated at one hundred and
| fifty barrels. Pipelines connect them
with lines of the Standard Oil Com
pany
Gas from the field is marketed local
ly. Anthony became interested in gas
| about nine years ago. He drilled sew
eraI wells and constructed a pipeline.
He has supplied $50 patrons with gas
| and the income from these is estimated
at $4,000 year His first stretch
of line was only 375 feet long. Mr.
Anthony still retains his 700-acre farm
on which he has several gas and oil
wells
Pioneer Priest Dead-Father Peter
Kassens, o. S. B., founder of Sacred
Heart church and st. Benedict's col
| lege, is dead at Atchison, 80 years
old, after a long illness. He was the
oldest priest at st. Benedict's monas-
terry, and until a short time ago had
taken an active part in the monastery
| life. He had been there nearly half
century.
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Named Baby Ford carr-Notwith-
standing the gossip concerning Henry
Ford's peace mission, he still is a
hero IN the minds of an Atchison cou-
pie, Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Carr A son
was born to them recently and was
named Ford Carr
Shooting Fatal to Boy-wi1liam
Mayes, 9 years old, is dead at Emporia
following a second amputation of his
right leg, made necessary by injuries
received when he was shot accident
ally while playing with a gun.
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Would Buy UtiIity-The Lawrence
city commission has passed an
ordinance authorizing a referendum
election to decide whether the city
shall purchase the water works sys-
tenn for $4,000 The election is to
be March z, in connection with the
regular primary.
x x x
OIathe Bond Vote February %
The city commission of Olathe has
set February % as the date for the
special election on the proposal to
vote $4,000 in bonds for erecting or
purchasing municipal electric plant.
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SaIina Pioneer Dead. - Alexander
Hunt, "a years old, is dead at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. William Mosher.
| in Salina. He was a retired farmer
and lived in that county forty-six years,
coming to America from Sweden in
1856. He was the father of fifteen
children, eight of whom survive.
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Shelters Boost Wages-An increase
Of 25 cents day has been granted vol
unfairly to their employees by the five
smeIter companies operating at Pitts
burg. One company dated the increase
back to January 1. The other COM
panies make the increase effective at
once.
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a Veteran Stockman Dead-David
A Roy, SIS years old, a stock raiser,
died the other day at his farm near
Tescott- For thirty-seven years he
raised, bought and shipped cattle and
hogs to the Kansas City market.
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Fumes In Gas Pit Killed Two-Gas
fumes in the pit at the Peoples Fuel
Supply Company's delivery station on
the Kansas-Oklahoma state line south
of Arkansas City, caused the death
of w. S. Squire and Arch Cronk re-
Gently and almost cost Dave Hunt his
life.
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Get Kansas Horses-Thirty car
loads of horses for war use are be-
ing assembled in Wichita for the
French government. There win be
nearly 1000 horses there when the