The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-03
TOWNSHIP
For Justice of the Peace
J. H. DOWNING
CAPITAL CITY NEWS LETTER
(By Chas. H. Trapp.)

10y O0dS- 1IdpD.J
Topeka, Sept. 3O-A startling dis
closure of conditions in this country
was made by Colonel J. S. Dean in a
speech here Friday in which he said
that an ammunition factory at
slow in delivery of cartridge cases.
Investigation revealed that the con-
Germ had 1913 hydraulic presses used
for making holes in cartridge cases,
and very scarce, slowed away out of
sight. Col. Deans report was 0. KID
| by the alien property custodian last
week and showed that the plant was
actually the property of the German
government. Col. Dean is widely
known over Kansas as lawyer and
politician.
Chas. L. Mitchell, secretary of the
National Stationer's Association tells
of a new one that was worked by
two handsome women. They travel
| ed over the west selling their own
brand of typewriter ribbons and IN
one county sold twenty-eight doze l
to a commissioner-not in Kansas. In
all the offices of the county there are
only three typewriters.
At the Big Free Fair here the
walters IN the concessions were paid
five dollars a day; the cooks at the
hot dog stands received eight dollars
a load of baggage from the city was
charged at four dollars; pop and''lem-
onade" sold for a dime. At that the
concessionaries claimed that they did
not make as much money as IN form
er years. All but one. A watermelon
cutter sold five thousand melons at
an average of two dollars each.
A representative of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture spent two
days in the capital city this week
talking about the installation of deny
drafting plants according to plans and
specifications furnished free by the
department. He explained that IN
der the guidance of the government
functionaries as much as % or 80
per cent could be gained on capl-
talization of fifty thousand dollars
and at that the cost of canned goods
could be cut fifty per cent, account
of the cost of the containers and the
economy of the process itself. He
carried with him samples of berries
that had been dehydrated eight years
and samples of the same berries that
had been reported by the simple addi-
ton of water. A ton of pumpkin
dehpdrates to $50 pounds. The claim
is made that the product, whether
corn, potatoes, fruit or berries, will
keep indefinitely IN any climate OF
under any condition. Communities
and individuals are urged to interest
themselves in the process in the In
terest of conservation and patriot
ism.
It was twenty-five years ago this
week when Arthur Capper bought
the North Topeka Mail and thereby
started on his career as a publisher
and ending up to date with his string
of "57 varieties" of newspapers
Capper is now 81 years OF age and
has over 700 employees.
A peculiar condition seems to pre-
vail IN the automobile selling game
/ A straight raise of a hundred dollars
has been made IN the selling price Of
the leading cars, both for pleasure
andfor commercial use, and a similar
raise is promised for next month. Yet
there are medium priced cars that are
practically a drug on the market.
| While second hand cars of certain
makes have jumped in value fully a
hundred per cent and the holders
asking yet more