Free press., 1907-02-23

Moving Pictures at the Opera house
this Friday evening.
John Adkins has three fine white leg
horn roosters to trade.
j. H. Downing was doing business
in Wichita this week.
George Grass visited in Kansas City
and Topeka this week.
Miss Alice Freese returned to her
school work at Grainfield on Sunday.
A little cold wave came this way on
Wednesday freezing quite some ice.
Fall planted tulip and hyacinths and
crocus are peeping through the ground.
Some of our citizens began garden
ing this week, ready for early planting.
MADDEN will buy your HOGS and
will pay the highest market price.
Take them to him.
Prof. Picken spent part of last
week talking in Topeka about the
Western Kansas State Normal school.
Miss Mary Haffamier spent Sunday
visiting relatives and friends in our city
going back to her situation on Monday.
Harry Pestana has again gone into
a law partnership with Geo. Mccoy out
at Leoti, it being formerly at Wilson.
Austen Mendenhall of the Saline val
ley and Mr.. Beale of Codell have rent
ed the Dalton rancho in the Elm canon
and will put bunch of cattle there.
The temperance address of attorney
j. K. Codding at GAR hall Tuesday
evening was forcible and interesting,
and listened to by good audience.
Farm Loans Quickly made.
Interest the Lowest. Money always
on hand. No waiting,
f % E. F. MADDEN.
The big hotel building out at Yosce-
mento is going up fast and they are
already advertising for some one to
run it.
Farmer A F Stone of the Saline val
ley was in Tuesday on the Knoll case,
but as he was juryman on the first
trial he was quickly excused. He has
not been in Hays in many months.
The old friends of Joe Haller were
glad to see him in town this week after
an absence of over a year. He for
merly lived in the Saline valley, but is
now nicely located in Plainville.
Millard Kirkman attended as del
egate fram here the Grand Lodge at
Lawrence this week, and while on his
two weeks trip will visit friends and
relatives in K. c. and ST. Joseph.
''Our old Kentucky Home, at the
Hall next Wednesday, night with its ap-
prOpriate scenery and the rollicking
pickaninnies, takes one back to the
scenes of the Southland's early days.
Some of the Normal students have
been trying practical work in their
shorthand work by going up, to the
court and reporting the proceedings,
and at church taking down the sermon.
The Supreme Court last week again
decided that the cities of the Sd class
had the right to collect a reasonable
license fee from transient merchants
or men who come into town, rent a
room for few weeks to sell off some
merchandise. In this case Lebanon,
in Smith county, collected $40 a day.
Eye and Ear Surgeon.
DR.. M. Jay Brown, of Salina, will be
at the Brunswick hotel SATURDAY,
March End, prepared to treat the med
ical and surgical diseases of the eye,
ear, nose and throat and to fit glasses.
BOOK TALK. The 5th book talk
for the benefit of the Public Library
will be given next Thursday evening,
Feb. 28th in the Brunswick Annex.
The Hon. c. M. Holmquist will discuss
the works of Washington Irving. An
additional feature of the evening will
be scene from Grip Van WinkIe"
presented by a group of students
from the State Normal and Model
schools. Admission 10 cents.