Buried treasure located

EMPORIA, Kan., -- Hidden treasure to the amount of $100,000 is said to have been discovered on Phenis mound a few miles south west of here. The alleged lucky men are Marion Turner and Otto Freshwater, of Emporia.

In 1848, three miners returning from California were attacked by Indians while crossing what is now Lyon county, and took refuge on Phenis mound. They found it impossible to escape with their gold, according to the story, and buried it on top of the mound. There is said to have been $75,000 in coin and the remainder in gold dust and gold bearing quartz.

Afterwards, the three miners never returned to dig up their treasure, and it is this that Turner and Freshwater claim to have found. They have shown a few pieces of gold-bearing quartz to a substantiate their story.

50 years ago

Farmhouse near Metz destroyed by fire

DURHAM -- Fire Friday afternoon completely destroyed a farmhouse seven miles north and west of Nevada,

The one story, frame home, which was occupied by Mrs. Joe Hoover and her three grandchildren, was razed by flames shortly after 1 p.m. Neither Mrs. Hoover nor the children were at home at the time the fire started.

Mrs. Hoover and one grandchild, Elmer, were visiting at the home of Frank Hoover which is located three-fourths mile west of her home, and two other grandchildren, Stanley and Mary Ann, were attending school at Metz.