Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-17

Miss Kittie Fox of Denver is the
guest of Mrs D. w. Niclles this week,
H. L. Pestana was in Russell on legal
| business last week.
Judge Wilkeson was attending to
legal business at Russell last Friday.
A baby girl arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Meyer Friday
morning.
Dave Taylor stopped over Friday in
Hays enroute for Kansas City from
| Denver.
A precipitation of 21 inches was re-
ported by the Experiment Station Tues
day night.
C. NJ HoImquist went to Salina on
a combined business snd pleasure trip
Thursday morning
M. and Mrs. Joshua D. Wheatcraft
Of Lane County have settled here to
educate their children.
Mrs. Harry FELTON, went to Lawrence
and Kansas City Thursday morning to
visit friends for short time.
Miss Lizzie Gassman, late of the FREE
PRESS force, is now employed in the
Eagle Office at her home in St. Marys.
If your sewing machine is out of or
der have George Drake repair it for
YOU, He is All expert in this line of
work.
Chas. Fox from the southwest part
of the county was in Hays On Tuesday.
1t is not often Mr.. Fox comes to town
and his friends are always glad to see
him
Fred Miller has sold part of his lots
in the southeast part of town, four to
Furbeck and q couple to Ed Blender.
Mr.. Furbeck will move his house from
the reservation to his lots and will then
rent it out.
The following people from Ellis were
in attendance at the Epwerth League
Convention Tuesday and Wednesday:
Rev. Bowen, MF. and Mrs. Judd Ripley,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Nj: Chambers and
VIM. Gerken.
Clarence Loreditsch left Thursday
morning to spend the remainder of his
vacation with his brothers at Webb
City, Mo. He was accompanied by
John and Lou Robinson, who are re-
turning to their home at Lawrence.
A. w. Schaefer of Chicago, is visit
ing for few days with his brother J.
M. gehaefeF and other relatives. He
is on his way home from Wyoming,
where he spent six weeks supervising
ing machinery in mine for Chicago
Company of Capitalists of which he is
secretary.
Secretary Columns official report
which was given out this week shows
the population of western Kansas is in
creasing at surprising rate. Hays is
18th in order with a population of 1855
gain of 40 over last years population.
Ellis comes 10th and Mr.. Coburn claims
to find 1857 people up there. Russell has
only few more than Ellis and Plain
vile has dropped under the 1000 mark
Prof. Petrowich Kissing was in the
city most of the week visiting relatives
and friends. He has lately returned
from Chicago where he is having manu-
featured number of his wonderful mu-
steal devices the Orchestrina. A stock
company has been formed in Topeka
and if the instrument is as much of a
success as is expected the stock COM
psny will be one of the largest in the
west. Prof. Kissing returned Thurs
day morning to Topeka to continue his
work.
The editor of the FREE PRESS had
letter this week from firm in Spring
field, Mo-, offering him the sum of SIS |
to solicit advertisements for a city
directory of Hays. The directory con-
stituted a single piece of bristol board |
on which were to be printed small |
calendar and the names of the city |
and about twenty advertise
ments at two and three dollars each. |
Of course we turned the proposition |
down = no dignifed advertiser will |
place his ads. in anyt hing but news
paper.