The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
KANSAS GAS RECEIVER OUT
Judge HoIdren of Independence Pre-
pairing to Transfer Big Company
to Henry L. Doherty.

The state receiVership of the Kan
sas Natural Gas Company has been
dismissed by Judge J. w. Holdren.
But the property is still in the hands
of ]. M. Landon as receiver under
appointment Of the federal district
court. This is a preliminary step to
turn the Kansas Natural over to Hen
ry L. Doherty.
The decree of the district court will
be presented to Judge Booth of the
federal district court at ST. Paul. It
is expected that Landon will continue
to administer the property until such
time as Mr.. Doherty takes it over,
which probably will be in two or three
months.
The decree dismissing the suit
points out that the corporate abuses
which were the original cause of the
action against the gas company have
been corrected. r. S. Litchfield and
j. M. Landon, as appointees of the
Montgomery county district court,
took over the property from the re-
ceivers of the federal district court
January 1, 1914. Litchfield died March
81, 1916, and Landon was made sole
receiver. He has acted in that ca
pacity ever since.
The property was received from fed
eral court under the agreement that
upon the termination of the district
court receivership the property should
revert to the control of the federal
court
School House Is Unroofed.-Lyons
was visited by terrible wind and rain
storm the other afternoon. Many
trees were blown down and the school
building was unroofed and badly dam
aged.
Argument Cost Him $1.-Charged
with uttering strong pro-German SEN
timents in a war argument, P J.
Weiss, a travelling salesman, was fined
81 and costs in a justice court at juno
ton City recently.
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Recruit Dead at SaIina.-Edward
Ober Hardy, son of Mrs. c. H. Bren of
Salina and recent recruit to the
United States Navy, is dead of pneu-
monia. He was home on a vacation
and was ready to return to the Great
Lakes training school to be assigned
to duty in the navy.
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Guardsman Is Drcwned.-CarI z.
Hamm, 22-year-old son OF A. L. Hamm,
postmaster at Nortonville, was drown
ed in the Delaware river near Valley
Falls while wading with four other
young men in the swollen stream. He
was a member of Battery A of Topeka.
X
Kansas Boy Dies in Navy.-Word
has been received in WELLINGTON of the
death, from pneumonia, at the naval
hospital at Portsmouth, N H, of Yer
non Brown, son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. Q.
Brown of Oxford. He recently was a
student at the Sumner county high
school.
To Raise College Fund-A cam
paign to raise 2 million dollars for
Paramount College has been opened
in Wichita. There are several large
pledges recorded already. if the de-
sired amount can be obtained.
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Farm Brings Ss5, GOETHE Grant
Arbuthnot farm near Haworth, 40
acres, recently sold for $35, 900. James
Grant OF Kansas City was the owner
OF the farm. one of the best improved
in that section, and sold it to Ralph
Kalivoda.
Lightning Hit Smith center-Dam-
age estimated at $4,000 was caused
when lightning struck the main bust
ness block OF Smith Center, causing
a severe fire. Buildings owned by
four large firms were partly destroyed
and their stocks badly damaged