Free press., 1906-11-17

You win want to see the typical col
lege play, '"The Toastmaster" at the
Normal in December.
Regent E. T. Fairchild has been cleo
ted State Superintendent of Schools by
about 10000 majority, which is pleas
ling to his friends here.
Several new readers were added to
the FREE PRESS the past week, among
them Mrs. J. F. Taylor formerly of
Hays who is now trained nurse at
the state capital.
The many friends of Frank Lowther,
formerly of this city, will be interested
to know that he is now assisting
his father on a large fruit farm in
North Yakima, Washington.
The entire Normal Faculty went to
Emporia Wednesday to attend the
Inaugural Exercises of the new pfesi-
dent, Jos. G. Hill. No school was held
at the Normal Thursday and Friday.
Harry Kent returned Sunday morn
ing from Topeka where he accompanied
his mother from Belleville for surgi-
cal operation. The operation was sue
Icessful and Mrs. Kent is doing nicely.
Harry Jeffries, who has been acting
IU. P. Agent at Victoria, returned to
Hays this week to begin work as night
man. Henry Holuba, who has been
acting as freight-handler during JEFF
fries absence, will go to Vic.
Drs. Catudal and Middlekauff accom-
Ipanied troupe of five patients to Kan
sas City Wednesday morning, all of
whom are to undego surgical operations.
The celebrated DR.. Grey is the surgeon
who will do the operating.
The Girls Basket Ball Teams of the
Normal won two games at Ellis last
Saturday. The Normal first team de-
: feated the Ellis High School 7-2 and
the Model School defeated the Gram
mar Dept. to the same tune.
How's this, farmers, for prosperity? =?
A farmer living near Hiawatha in
Brown Co. has an electric light plant of
his own; lights his house, barns, gran
ary and sheds. A small dynamo which
is run by a gasoline engine operates
the plant.
Frank Stout went to Salina Thursday
to form a partnership with ]. F. Cord
er of that city. The firm name will be
Corder & Stout, Lawyers and Collect
ors. Mr.. Corder is fortunate in Sc
j curing for business partner man of
E so much ability as Mr.. Stout.
Ellis county was second only to
Wyandotte in giving Harris the largest
q majority. Wyandotte county contains
/ Kansas City, Kansas, and their Harris
majority was 5000. Ellis county gave
Oil votes more for Harris than fol-
T Hoch.
All the farmers of this vicinity should
be sure to attend the Farmers Insti-
tute meetings here next Friday anc
o Saturday. An excellent program has
s been arranged, which, if carried out as
:, given elsewhere in this paper, will be
very interesting to townsmen as wei
r las farmers.
v DIR. Jordan's leg which has beer
r paralyzed ever since he was little
boy was amputated six inches below
= the knee at st. Margaret's Hospital II
Kansas City on Thursday of this week
- The operation was successful but i
will be three weeks before he will bt
able to resume his dental work. c. E
LJro he off nd tnTaH r.
It his work until that time.
A new principal took charge of th'
Hays Public Schools last Monday, Mr.
g Lee R. Light of lola. Mr.. Light is
I'll young married man, is a graduate O
r the State Normal at Emporia, count.
superintendent of Thomas county fo
If one term, and comes highly recon
" mended.
If The State Journal says that th'
social jealousy of two or three womel
,r who are struggling among themselve
r for social supremacy in New York
70 upper crust has been the means of re
st moving president, Stuveysant Fish
of one of the large railroad systems o
i CIlO u O.S anu giving OViASAOA u IAt
le same to E. H. Hartman who control
u over one half of the railroad system
= of the U. S. and Mexico.
There are two things in which Eli
has Hays bested: sidewalks and frs
III class restaurant. The sidewalks il
le Ellis are mostly of cement and ar
= about 100 per cent better than most o
% the Hays walks. The West End Res
taurant owned by R. S. Leisering, lat
IL candidate for Reg. Deeds, is probabl
lie the most up-to-date eating house i
he this part of the state. We regret t
II see that Ellis is not better accomodate
in the matter of lights.
n Chas. Miller of this city who is al
'g tending St. Johns Military Academy
ne Salina was quite badly injured in foe
ne ball game last Thursday between hi
school and Wesleyan His head an
oro Of HE looS Vvaro had1v fracture