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Free press., 1906-10-13
Brumitt Woodbridge.

A quiet wedding occurred in Hays
last Saturday evening at the home of
D. c. Brumitt when Miss Cora Brum-
lit became Mrs. Alva Woodbridge
The ceremony which included the beau
tiful ring service, was performed by
Rev. Brown of the Presbyterian church
at p. M, after which a sumptuous
wedding supper was served. About
thirty-fve friends and relatives were
present. Miss Ruth Brumitt, niece of
the bride, acted as flower girl.
The bride is well known in Hays and
has many friends both in the city and
in the country. She graduated from
the Hays High School in 1894 and has
since then spent much of her time in
teaching, profession at which she ex-
celled.
The groom, Mr.. Alva Woodbridge, is
from lola in southern illinois,, where
he has fine farm. He is a grandson
of Mrs. Newt Shade of Freedom town.
ship and it was on visit to her few
years ago that he and his bride became
acquainted.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge left on {
late train for their new farm home il
Illinois.
The FREE PRESS joins with hosts o1
others in extending congratulations,
Free press., 1906-10-13
Ellis gets "23" Sign.

The Ellis High School came down en-
force last Saturday prepared to wipe
the H. H. S. off the map. Well, they
didn't do it-quite. The foot ball
game which was played first on the
Normal gridiron was easy money for
the Hays High School-22 to 0-though
they were outweighed by the Ellis re-
presentation ten pounds to the man..
Westbrook and Banner played star
parts for the locals.
The Girls Basket Ball game was
another one-sided affair, the Ellis girls
being nearly as slow as their mascu-
line friends. Goal after goal was cred
tied to the H H. S., while Ellis sue
ceeded in scoring but once. The game
was played on the High School ground:
the score resulting Hays %, Ellis 2
The attendance at both games was un
usually small on account of lack o
publicity.
Free press., 1906-10-13
A Sod Home Coming.

When Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Carter re-
turned to their farm home last Satur-
day evening they found the house in
ashes. About 4 o'clock the children
who were the only ones home started
to get fire in the stove and having
let the fire burn too strongly they dis
covered that the upper story of the
house was in flames having caught
from a defective fiue. No neighbors
lived near enough to render assistance
and in a. short time nothing was left
for Mr.. and Mrs. Carter to return to
but pile of ashes. No insurance is
reported.
Miss Sophia Johnson who was teach
lug school in that neighberhoed and
staying with the Carriers lost trunk
and other belongings.
MIR. Carter will start to rebuild at
once, assisted literally by his neigh
bors.
Free press., 1906-10-13
Low one-wox Rat.e

Every day from September 18th, to
October 31st, 1906, inclusive, the Union
Pacific will sell one-way tickets as
follows:
$1,000 to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
$4,000 to Helena and Butte, Montana.
$22.5O to Spokane and Wenatchee,
Washington.
$3.50 to Huntington and Nampa,
Idaho.
$25.00 to Portland, Tacoma and Seattle.
$25.00 to Vancouver and Victoria.
$25. 90 to Ashland and Astoria, Oregon,
via Portland.
$25.OO to San Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Diego.
Correspondingly low rates to many
other California, Oregon, Washington,
Montana, Utah, and Idaho points.
Through tourist cars run every day
via Union Pacific to the Pacific Coast.
For full information call on or address
A. w. NOBLE, Agt.
Free press., 1906-10-13
Saline Items.

& Z & 4 & L Z & & i Z 4 4 y 4 :
Cutting and stacking feed is the order
of the day.
John Gee, jr. is visiting his old home
in Nebraska for short time
Phil Mock and wife were quite well
come callers at A Mendenhall's Friday
morning of last week.
A c. Fischer of Plainville purchased
all of the Dalton cattle and all the hogs
but seven. J. A. Martin purchased four
of the horses.
People will need to be on their guard
for prairie fires, as one was raging in
this vicinity last Saturday night. For
tunately no damage was done.
Bessie Mendenhall attended Teachers
meeting at Hays Saturday accompanied
by one of her students, Lola Davis.
They report an interesting meeting.
John Rrumitt, our qualified teacher,
is preparing to start ninth grade class
at Turkville in the near future. He
attended the Teachers Meeting at Hays
Saturday last.
Charles Huff, our postmaster at
Turkville and prosperous farmer, has
rented his fine farm on the Saline river
for the coming year. He will be much
missed in this community.
MOLLIE.
Free press., 1906-10-13
High School Proposition.

The time is drawing near when 1t
will be necessary for the voters of the
county to decide whether or not the
Barnes high school law is to apply to
Ellis county. Don't pass the question
idly by without any consideration as
one of the minor points of the coming
election. Good schools are the best
asset which any county or state can
have and maybe it means the broader
development of some one in your house
hold. The world is moving pretty fast
and the boy or girl of coming years
who hasn't a thorough education is go
ing to stand mighty poor show in the
fight for bread and butter. If the
question was one which would raise
the taxes of the taxpayers of the county
to any considerable extent it would be
a different proposition. Is there a man
in the county who could not and would
not willingly stand mill taxation on
the face value of all his property for
the better education of his children?
Now sit down and figure one mill on the
assessed valuation of your property and
see how much it will cost you each
year. The sum is trifling but taken
altogether it makes a good round sum
that will reault in sting benefit to the
schools of the couIl>y. Remember this
is not for the establishment of one
high school in the county but for the
support of as many high schools as may
hn oh1.Chn1 f,.Or,o 10
haps it will apply in only one or two
instances during the coming year but
the growth of the county indicates that
in couple of more years at least it
will apply to the different schools in the
county. If the high school law benefits
only forty pupils during the first year
in the county it is a splendid invest
ment. 1t enables boys and girls to
leave their home county fully prepared
to enter upon the freshmen studies at
any college in the state. Think this
over and see if it isn't worth some
thing to the youngsters of Ellis county
to be able to leave our borders and be
entered in the best school in the state.
Eighty-five other counties are going
to vote on this same law and we wish
to see Ellis county numbered among
the list of counties that will ratify it. =
Exchange.
(Read Laws for 19O5) This act shall
not be in force in any county until it!
provisions are adopted therein by /;
majority vote of electors as herei1
provided. At the next general election
the following proposition shall be sub
mitted in each county or part of count.
in the state to which the law may ap
ply, viz: May the provisions of tn,
high school act of 1905 apply in thi
county?" The election shall be con
Quoted and such proposition shall b
voted on and the votes then canvasse
and returns made in all respects a
provided by law. Whenever majorit
of the voting in any county at sue
election shall be in favor of such propc
sition, the provisions of this act sha
apply in such county from the tim
such result is ascertained.
Free press., 1906-10-13
Prize Winners! /!
ELLIS co. cHTTLE WIN MEDHLs.

A special report to the FREE PRESS
says that Alex Philip & Son won three
prizes for their exhibit of Hereford
cattle at the Kansas City Stock Show.
They won first prize for Hereford
calves under one year old; second prize
for Hereford two year olds; third prize
for yearling steers.
James Behan Of this city also had an
exhibit and won first and second
awards on black cattle
Free press., 1906-10-13

The first ice of the season made its
appearance Tuesday morning.
Watson Zeigler was in Ellis between
trains Wednesday.
The directors of the Farmers Eleva-
tor held meeting on Wednesday even
ing.
Bob Richison, formerly of this burg,
is now in the barber business in Osa-
watomie, Kans.
A call for volunteers to go to Cuba
is posted in our post office. The near
est recruiting station is at Salina.
James Carter and wife left Sunday
night for Excelsior Springs for a short
visit.
The FREE PRESS Office is headquart-
ers for the latest styles in Engraved
Cards. 100 for $1.25, including plate.
A second rate show company, the
Clements -Handworth Co., exhibited in
Hays to small audiences Wednesday
and Thursday evenings.
The Republican ring leaders have
been hustling around this week getting
ready to entertain Congressman Reeder
today.
The sixth annual meeting of the Kan
sas Library Assn. will be held at Law
renee Oct. 25 and 26. A very instruct
| i've program has been arranged.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
met Thursday at Mrs Seth Decker's S.
A fine supper was enjoyed by those
present.
Mrs. Rowlinson had the pleasure of
entertaining her two eldest sons and
their wives and children last week.
They left for their homes in Nebraska
Tuesday night.
George Philip, cousin of Geo. Philip
jr., of this city left this Friday evening
for his home in South Dakota. He
will stop off enroute at Lawrence anc
Kansas City.
Grandma Montgomery, mother Of
VIM. Montgomery of this city, is re-
ported very low at her home in Topeka
She has had three strokes of paralysi.
in the past couple weeks.
Miss Helen Johnson, former Nor
NAL student, returned the first of th'
week from Lawton, Okla. where sh'
has been visiting her sister for the pas
two months.
, On Wednesday, Miss Mary Arnhold
daughter of Fred Arnhold of Herzog
became the wife of Richard Staab o
Catherine. The groom is son of Ray
mond Staab.
WATCHES REPAIRED-I have Opene
my shop on Chestnut street in Hay
adjoining the Weisner store and wi
repair watches and jewelry. All wor
guaranteed. BALZER KNOLL.
r There will be no preaching in tn
g Presbyterian church this Sunday ever
ing as Rev Brown is attending tt
= annual meeting of the synod at Phi
n lipsburg, Kas.
It P. D. Brown, father of Mrs. E.
i Madden, who arrived Wednesday morl
e ing from Lineville, Ia, brought Wi
IS him a handsome little shetland POI
for Eddie Madden, oldest son of M
and Mrs w J. Madden.
IS At their meeting here last week Il
rs Normal Board of Regents passed a re
n olution recommending an appropriate
m for the erection of two wings to t
tn main building of the. Normal. This
glad news to everyone interested
our school.
o. No, we do not claim that we have
of cheap paint, put we claim that VIII
of yeu buy Crescent paint of US you p
RI US no money for water and baryt'
l. but for white lead, zinc and oil
OI3 HENRY WOLF & Son
Free press., 1906-10-13

A lecture course of FIVE numbers has
been arranged by the Normal manage
ment for the coming season. The open
ing number comes the latter part of the
month.
The Continental Creamery Co. boost
ed their price for butter fat to % cts.
on Monday. The Continental is one of
the largest creameries in the U. S. and
always pays the top of the market for
the farmers cream.
Free press., 1906-10-13
Direct from Yokahoma.

On Nov. 1st H. C. Schultz will get in
some of the finest decorated japanese
chinaware, hand carved boxes, and
lacquer ware of the latest design. Re-
member the date and watch for display
in his store. H. C. SCHULTZ
Free press., 1906-10-13
Farmers Rally.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF Equity TO
ORGANIZE STATE UNION AT HUTCH
MsoN OCT. % AND %.

Announcement has been sent out
from the society's headquarters at
Indianapolis, Ind. that Kansas is now
ready to organize state union, and
that about twenty counties will be re-
presented at the above place on dates
given. Hon. H. B. Sherman, Nat Org.
of the society will be IN attendance.
Free press., 1906-10-13
Good News for the Hays Normal.

We were given to understand by
semi-official parties that the Board of
Regents of the Kansas State Normal
Schools have raised the Hays Normal
one more notch in the standard. 1t will
now require only TEN WEEKS work for
an advanced graduate of this Normal
to complete the full course in the En-
poria school. One years work at En-
poria was the previous requirement.
Free press., 1906-10-13
House for Sale.

My house and lots in western part
of town, near the Normal school For
price and terms see ANTON GIRA,
Hays City, Kansas
Free press., 1906-10-13

Perhaps you want some paint for 81. 90
per gallon, if so let US know. We do
not carry as cheap a paint in stock but
viii send and get you some if you
want it. HENRY WOLF & Son. (O13)
Free press., 1906-10-13

were on prairie hunting trips last Sat
urday.
A large amount of Turkey Seed
Wheat, the best wheat known, has just
been received by w. J. MADDEN.
A new brick sidewalk has been laid
in front of the Reeder lots facing Good
all's residence on the west.
The trees are Sin the scar and yellow
leaf, and the blue grass lawns have
begun to dry up.
LosT-The belt from a rain coat.
Finder will confer favor by returning
to Mrs. JEFFCoAT, Hays.
Prof. Ford of the Ellis Schools was
down with the High School athletes on
Saturday.
Carter & Smith auctioned off their
second hand goods Saturday after
noon.
The Essex club gave dance to their
members and lady friends last Satur-
day evening.
Come out and hear Congressman
Reeder speak in the Hall this Saturday
evening Admission free.
Every parent should read the article
about High Schools as it is question
that must be submitted and voted on
this fall in this comfy.
Mrs. M. M. Bannister and daughter
Alice returned Sunday evening from a
months visit with her parents in En-
terprise, Kas.
''No booze to be used in getting
votes" the agreement Of the candi-
dates for county Offices, is working
fine.
Louis Christensen transacted legal
business in town on Saturday. Louis
is teaching at the Good Hope school
this year.
A couple of young boys from Ellis
were caught with the ''wet goods" on
them Saturday night. Marshal Rupp
smashed some glass.
The ST. Mary's Eagle is new paper
on our exchange table. We opine that
the former News printer, Clarence
Graham is now with the Eagle.
1t is shown by statistics that New
York theaters and other places Of
amusement seat 480, 600 more people
than the churches of that city.
The local Republican candidates are
driving over the country enforce max
ing campaign speeches at the different
school houses.
A Musical Concert will be given il
the G. A. R. Hall next Monday even
ing. Reserved seats % cents; on sale
at Spratt's.
A few of the High School boys gave
social dane in the Brunswick Anne1
to the Ellis High School-ites who wer
down Saturday.
Isaac Zeigler is having cemen
dence on Normal avenue. Henry Nc
, Guire is doing the work which fact as
: sures a good walk.
: The Ellis Co. Teachers Assn held
2 meeting in the High School room las
! Saturday afternoon. The room wa
S packed, teachers coming from all owe
Y the county. No report of the meetin
n was submitted to US.
The Topeka Daily Herald of Octobe
: 9th contained a three-quarters colum
article on the new cement plant aboU
to be built west of this city. The art
Gle was the same that appeared in OF
of the town papers a couple of weel
C ago, and was written by S. Mott.
If All Chicago is wrought up over tt
Worlds Championship base ball seri
being played there this week. Colo
= form distinctive feature of these CO
tests as the Nationals rely on Brow
while the Americans pin their fai
upon White to land them the laurels
A couple of long haired, New Me1
+ can cowboys excited considerable cur
$. sity in our city last Saturday, One
IF them gave ten minute exhibition
ID broncho-busting in the vacant lot sou
or of this Office about 2 p. m. His buc
ing broDcho is well trained.
Free press., 1906-10-13

. Our SEED WHEAT is here. Come and
get some. w. ]. MADDEN.
Free press., 1906-10-13

For Trustee, Pleasant. Hill Twp.
Lewis johnson will thank the voters
of Pleasant Hill township for their
vote for Trustee on Nov 6, 1906.
Free press., 1906-10-13
Money. Money!

I have plenty of money to loan on
farm security at lowest rates. Nodelay,
option to pay in installments.
H. w. OsHANT.
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time to knee1 at her side ard begin
his work before death closed upon
her
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is one Of the cheerful drinkers and al
ways comes in with a sWagger and a
laugh. The matron will greet her
with a sort of despairing smile:
We'll, Maggie, are you back again"
Sure, and amt you glad to see
me? ] keep you alive, give you
something to live for"
EnIivens Station with Song.
Remonstrance with her is useless,
the matrons have learned her long
ago. Sometimes they ask her if she
isn't ashamed to come SO often to the
station house, and she always makes
the same answer. mo; the city's
willing for me to stay here and I'll
come as often as I like. It's much
more comfortable than home. It's
cleaner and I like the electric lights. ~
She has such ready good humor
and such spirit of fun that in spite
Of her waywardness Maggie is rather
a faVorite in the station and with the
Judges. After one of her last visits
to the police station Maggie pleaded
penitence to the Judge and promised
to walk the straight and narrow path
In the future If the Judge would let
her go. So the magistrate did give
her the chance, threatening dire con-
sequences If she appeared before him
again soon. The very next night Mag
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answered carelessly: S'Go ahead,
Maggie, you've no idea how quickly
we would get you out of here; get
you out much quicker dead than alive,
because we don't want any dead ones
around here" Whereupon Maggie
burst into one of her peals of laugh
ter and declared it was no use COM
hitting suicide in the face Of such
Encouragement.
There are only few that take the
world so cheerfully under the infu-
ence of drink. Many of the cases
that come under the eye Of the police
matron are Of women who have been
led to the passion for drink to drown
some sorrow, and many of them
women used to better ways of living.
One day frail bit of a woman-a
mere girl-was brought to the station
Her husband had got out a warrant
for her and wanted to have her com
mitted to some Institution. Drink had
made terrible rayages in the Womans
appearance, and when the effects of
the whisky began to wear off she sat
in her cell clinging with her thin
hands to the bars and begging pitt
fully for drink Toward dawn the
woman collapsed and hurry call
was sent to the hospital. The ambu-
lance surgeon on his arrival had only
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FIRST IN AMERICA.
AnNAMITE WOMAN RECENTLY
LANDED IN NEW YORK.
Nurse Girl in Family of Officer Com.
handing French Native Troops
in Cochin China Excited
Much Interest.

Whether an Annamite is a Chinese
Is the puzzle that the Chinese inspee-
tors were asked to crack when Mai.
Edouard Sauya1le, of the Garde indie
genes, Cochin China, arrived here
with his American wife, three chill
dren and a decided novelty in the
nurse girl line, says the New York
Herald The maid, who trailed after
the sauvalles, appeared to the casual
onlooker like a Chinese, and was SO
taken by the immigration inspectors
who passed upon the credentials or
Maj. Sauvalle and his family But
Mai. Sauvalle declared that the maid
was no Chinese, but an Annamite-
the very first of her race ever to set
foot in Ameriea-and as proof OF this
he displayed the warrant Of the Amer
lean consul at AMMAN, who said that
the Sauvalle maid was a French sub
ject in AMMAN.
The girls name is as picturesque as
her appearance. It is Ha The Than,
and the first of her three names is
the one by which she is called by
her mistress. Ha is the wife of one
of the native soldiers in Maj. Sau-
wales regiment in Cochin China.
Every time some one laughed loudly
on the way over from the far east the
little oriental fastened to answer to
the ma, hal"
One would think that Ha was a
man instead of a demure little woman,
very coy and tremendously shy. She
speaks nothing but a patois of French
and Chinese, in which Mai. Sauvalle,
his wife and children are also we'll
versed, and she is as devotedly at
tached to the youngsters as they are
to their Annamite nurse.
After So hours of deliberation the
Chinese inspectors, to whom the case
of the AMMAN maid was presented,
decided that she was eligible to enter
the country So Ha The Than &C
companied M. and Nine. Sauvalle to
their American home in South Orange,
where the Savalles are to live for the
next five months. Nine. Sauvalle is
a native of New Jersey, and it was to
allow her to be with her family every
now and then that Maj Sauvalle
bought the South Orange home, occu-
plying it whenever he comes to Amer
lea. This is the first time that the
family has visited these shores in
three years and Nine. Sayalle was
happy when she reached the Oranges.
Maj. Sauvalle said that ever since
the Japanese-Russian war The natives
in French Cochin China, raostly of the
Chinese race, have been restless and
fretful, but that they are still traeta-
Bile, although not nearly so much as
when the japanese lad not yet made
their victory over The Russians COM
plete. To-day, the major said, the
yellow men believe that the yellow
race is inyinciole. He does not fear
a yellow peril. however.
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MEMEnTo or GETTYSBURG.
II. II. speeht Has canteen Received
from His Enemy on July 1,
1863.

Mr.. H. II. specht, clerk in the gem
eral land office, was reminded of the
forty-third anniversary of the battle
of Gettysburg, in which he partici-
pated, by finding among his relics of
the civil war well-preserVed army
canteen. The discovery carried the
aged veteran in mind back to the
great battle that was fought on the
soil of his native state.
Mr.. speeht was a member Of COM
pany E of the One Hundred and
Forty-second Pennsylvania volun-
teers, and was wounded on the first
day of the battle, soon after Gen.
John F. Reynolds, who led the left
wing of the union army at the be-
ginning of the battle, was killed.
stThis canteen," said Mr.. Specht,
eswas handed to me filled with water
by confederate soldier as lay
wounded on the battlefield of Gettys-
burg the list day. of July, 43 years
ago. He also gave me drink of
whisky from another canteen he had.
He told me he got that at York. Z
did not ask him, but suppose he be-
longed to EWell's corps of the con-
federate army, which had been up be-
tween Carlisle and York. wish ! had
secured his name, but ! did not.
was wounded so badly I did not think
of it in time.
with other wounded union sol
diers we were taken to large house
in which Gen. Lee had his headquar-
tiers and over which waved a flag for
our protection. I lay in a room and
near door through which Gen. Lee
passed almost over my PROSTATE form
several times. The night he held his
council Of war and decided to eyac-
uate Pennsylvania I heard the order
read, as the meeting was held in the
adjoining room with an open door
leading to the one in which lay. So
you see my eanteen has an interest
ing history.
Perhaps I was the first union sol.
der to know that the confederate
army was going to retreat from Penn
sylyania," ne added.
Mr.. Specht has in his possession
two pieces of minnie balls that were
cut from his wounds received in the
Gettysburg battle.