The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-25
COLLEGE GETS A NOVEL GIFT
Institution at Highland Will Use a
Sleeping Car as a Dormitory
for Students

A Pullman sleeping car will be used
at Highland next year TO supplement
the dormitory of Highland College. 1t
is dissection observation car, accom-
modating forty persons. if two sleep in
each bed, and has a reading room and
a vestibule.
working their way through college, the
| trustees of the Institution were hard
pressed this spring when it was an
nounced an addition to the dormitory
would be needed next year to accom-
| modate the increasing enrolment. The
college had just finished raising a $50,
| 900 endowment fund and more money
for building a dormitory could not be
had
Then President w Gilbert James
learned the Pullman Company had pre-
| scented a Pullman car to a "self-help"
college in the East and he made ap-
plication for a sleeping car for High
land. The request was granted and
the car has been started on its way
there. A wrecking car crew will be
sent to move the car to the college
campus
The car is old, of course, but it prom
Uses to fill adequately the need for
which it is intended 1t will be placed
on a solid foundation and will become
permanent part of the schools equip
ment.
cIoudburst Near Saiina.-A cloud
burst occurred in the neighborhood of
Falun, twelve miles southwest of Sa-
-
rain fell Missouri Pacific tracks were
washed out for more than fifty feet
Lightning burned number of wheat
| stacks and several farmers houses
were said to be surrounded by water
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Struck by Lightning.-CharIes Sny-
der, a wealthy farmer living near
Pratt, was struck by lightning recent
ly Although his clothing was torn
from his body and his flesh badly
burned. physicians say that he will
| recover.
Judge Was Commissioned Judge
J. w. Finley of the Wilson-Neodesha
district court was one of the officers
training camp students who received
commission. Judge Finley was
named a captain of infantry. He will
resign from the bench.
kansans Mustered In.-Company H,
Kansas National Guard, was muster
ed into the federal service at Win
field recently by United States off
| GERS. The ceremonies were witnessed
by only few of the relatives and
| friends of the soldiers
Brothers Ready for Wharf.-The first
to report in Republic county under the
and Otto Jorgensen, sons of a farmer
who lives near Kackley. Both passed
| the examination and neither claimed
exemption.
Guard Officer Missing.-Joseph A
Ramsdell, a young attorney at Wich-
| tia, a lieutenant in one of the compa-
MES of the Wichita national guard. has
been missing since June 1, and rela-
tives have asked the authorities to
find him.
Girl Killed in Runa~ay-HazeI Mod
delmog. IL years old, was dragged IN
der sled and killed when the team
hitched to the sled ran away in EN-
poria She was the daughter Of Mr..
end Mrs A F. Moddelmog, who re-
Gently moved to Lyon county from
New Mexico.
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Brother of General Dead--Seth D.
Bartlett, so years old, brother of Brig.
Gen. George P. Bartlett of the United
States army. died suddenly recently at
his home near lola. Heart disease is
supposed to have caused death.
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Adieu to its Trops--Three hundred
Brown county soldiers were entertain
ed at Hiawatha at a big community
reception patriotic program and
dance, attended by five thousand peo-
| pie. The entertainment was given by
the local Red Cross chapter as q fare
well to the soldier boys.
Hotel Contract Awsrded@The Sell
den Breck Company of st. Louis has
been awarded the contract for build
ing the new 10-story Lassen Hotel
4 Building in wichita at cost OF $780,
co., Work VII begin et once.