Free press., 1907-07-27

Attorney Holmquist was in Ellis on
business last Saturday.
Lochiel Scott, who is travelling for
the Meinrath Brokerage Co. of Kansas
City spent Sunday in this city visiting
his family.
Music Lessons.
Miss Mildred Pestana will take
Pupils in PIANO FORTE playing. Phone
1s1. .,,
Nothing has yet been heard of the
young man who stole VIM. Eaton's
team last week. He evidently covered
his tracks pretty closely.
Chas. Kirkman will cry public
sale for Andrew Weigle living five
miles northwest of Herzog next
Wednesday the 31st.
WANTED. AT this Office, limited
quantity of good, clean old rags.
Three cents per pound.
Mrs. Matte Beach and three children,
accompanied by her father-in-law, Mr..
J. M. Beach, left for their home in
Greensburg, Kansas, Monday morning.
Judge Rnppenthal who has spent the
past few months in the study of law at
Kansas University returned home last
week and will re-convene district court
soon.
Tax levy for the support of the Hays
Public School is Is mills for the
ensuing year. Plainville's levy is 25
mills and Oakley 20 mills. so Hays
residents are getting off easy.
Carroll Teters of K. U. who has
been helping in the harvest went to
Dorrance where he will go with a
threshing machine. Carroll is getting
in splendid shape to join the football
squad next fall.
The Salina Journal is carrying in
its columns a display advertisement of
a Automobile Garage giving table
of their prices for trips to the neigh
boring towns Now what Salina needs
is a schedule for ''that street car.
!
was unloaded here for the State
Experiment Station the first of the
week. In addition to the engine, a
steel water wagon, coal wagon and a
large steam plow were also received.
w. H. McKinstry, travelling repre-
sentative of the Continental Creamery
and H. C. Freese drove out to Louis
Kraus's farm Thursday evening tc
see his dairy, which they say is q
model in it's completeness. Mr.. Kraus
milks thirty eight cows.
1t seems that the flood views are
all the |'best" and anyone who wants
to select the best had better buy one
of each of the five or six men who
were busy ''taking the food. These
views will have a cooling influence OF
the mind when the hot winds come
once more.
G. A. Laubengayer of Bavaria anC
C. NJ. Holmquist were out nea,
Hopewell' on Thursday. Mr.
Laubengayer was especially loud in hi
praise of the splendid condition O
corn. He says that Saline Count.
cannot excel Ellis county in raising
corn this year.
The board of directors of the Hay
J School met this week and appointe
! their teachers for the coming
year. All of last years instructor
were re-appointed except Miss Id
Shaffer, who did not apply. Mis-
Henrietta Meyers was engaged t
i, teach Miss Shaffer's room, the frs
s intermediate.
n Richard Wolfe, formerly of this cit
:. came in Monday morning for a coupl
n weeks visit with old friends. Rich
!, employed as clerk in the general offc
s of railroad company at Salt LAX
It CITY. He went to Russell on Tuesday
r plug for a short visit with friend
e there.
E. B. Bell, Monroe Lee and R. Crow
of Kansas City drove into Hays Satul
:, day evening, having come all the wa
from K. C. in the day. Their aut
- was the largest ever seen in this cit
:. and it's speed must have been
" proportion to its size. The party ws
, bound for Denver and expected
reach their destination Sunda
afternoon.
n The contract for the building tt
le wings to the Normal Building will |
IS awarded by the state regents who al
IS in session here to-day Saturday.. tt
Is two wings, one extending north ski
y feet and the other south an equ
J. distance, will greatly increase tt
t. present capacity as well as add |
is the appearance of the main structur
le The cost will be approximately $40, 90
,e Chas. Kirkman, whose ad appears
2. this paper, has replaced Isaac Zeigl
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