Free press., 1906-09-29
Democrat. Day.

| ness houses and friends. Senator
Harris and the politicians came in on
1870 train and were met at the depot
| by crowd and the band escorted them
to the hotel where the band serenaded
the visitors. There carriages awaited
them and they were driven over the
Reservation on a trip of inspection. At
o'clock headed by the band the pro-
cession marched to the Normal grove
where platform and seats had been
erected and Senator Harris, Mr. Cor
man and others entertained the audi
ence and received hearty applause
After the speaking the crowd went to
the ball field and enjoyed the tumbling
sport known as foot ball Senator
Harris made the first kickoff
Regent Griffith escorted the Demo
cratic visitors last Saturday over the
Experiment Station grounds and all
were much pleased. Senator Harris
was more than gratifed that the new
institutions had even exceeded his fond
est hopes and promises to his fellow
senators when in Congress and ad-
vocating the Reservation bill Should
he be elected Governor, the Reservation
Institutions will have a warm advocate
and supporter.
AS was proper, all our town regard
less of politics, flags fioated from resi-
dences and business houses last Satur-
day We are glad our citizens feel
that whenever public men come to our,
city, they should be shown royal time
and shown that we appreciate and vel:
come the honor of their visit
| The Probate Judge question has taken
a strong hold on the people. Our bus
mess men and farmers are considering
the question if they should die who
they would want to look after the set
tlement for their wife and children, for
the Probate Judge can cause much
useless expense, require attorneys to be
employed, etc. Judge Arnold had de-
cided to drop the matter, but business
men, even farmers from the country
coming in, and urging him to make the
race and pledged their support. Seve-
raj who have homesteads to prove up
on urged him to try for it. All remem-
Der that Judge Ben Miller held the of
flee for years, = and it is an Office a
competent man should be kept in while
good, : and resent the manipulation of
convention to put men in not compe-
tent for so important an Office, just to
carry thru a deal for private ends,
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Our citizens deserve credit for the
pride they take in our schools. We
iventure the assertion that not a student
lever went forth from our little city,
but went away with the best wishes of
our people; they gave him encourage
5 Ement during school life and when he
t departed took him by the hand and
said, "God speed thee" Not one who
has finished the course in our schools
town and her people we'll, for it was
among our Christian people, surrounded
by an influence that was elevating and
4 noble, animated by the splendid exam
4 pie of our citizens that he received the
' foundation which makes him today the
, upright citizen in any community in
which he may live.
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Grif1th's Republican last week says
0 in the Dalton heirs hunt:
Having brought the body of Mrs.
s Susan Dalton from it's Oregon resting
place and buried it in the Hays Catholic
. l. :. J. L
| Mr.. Freese will, in few days, start
> east to find the long lost sister, anC
S children, if any there be, who are tt
: have the residue of the Dalton estate
about $4,000. By later deed found he
Iprovided that the residue should go tt
: his sister, if found, and if she and hel
children cannot be located within three
months, the money is to go to build {
s Dalton Arena in Hays. Of course, oul
n people hope he will be able to find the
: sister. But if it should prove that SHE
is dead, no one will expect him to ovel
: exert himself to locate the other heirs
Mr.. Freese soon goes east on the hun
and will bring back one of the heirs, i
Ipossible to find. He is advertizing fo
go days in the papers, and scattering
o 5000 circulars of inquiry in the cite
l. they were known to live in. He vii
# bring back certified proof of the dealt
n of the father and mother, of marriage
e of sister and spend month or longe
e hunting Catholic church records for tn
+ sister and children and hopes to bring
,e one of them home with him. He woul
r like Hays to have the new Hall but tn
It heirs first. After months hunt the
# if not found, the DALTON ARENA ca
IS be built as monument to his memory
And the residuary legaties, Smith
of the Saline, are just as anxious tina
y the heirs be found so Dalton's wishe
2 may be carried out.
II And these long absences and finding
/ ioften occur; only last week at Pitts
re burg, Kansas, two brothers met afte
s an absence of so years, the older broth
le er going to California in 1854, the yea
or after Dalton did, and never been bac
m or seen his brother since until last wee
n being now over 20 wears old