Free press., 1908-03-07
Local Dribblings.

Farmers stationery at low prices at
this Office.
B.P. Bratt of Russell was in Hays
on business Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Downing spent
this week enjoying life in Topeka.
Dick Elder has returned from his trip
and reports good time.
Miss Keller is enlarging and much
improving her residence on East Junia-
ia Street.
SC tablets at &c 1Oc tablets at &c
each, at SPRATT's for the next thirty
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Willard Myers was down from Wa
keeney Monday to attend the young
peoples dance.
Now that gardening has commenced
owners of chickens should pen them up
to save trouble.
Mrs. George Spencer has the pleasure
of entertaining niece, who arrived
from Oklahoma.
DR.. Catudaf fSdrove down to Herzog
and found leap year baby boy at the
home of John A. Goetz.
Harvey Penney visited Topeka We'd
nesday and enjoyed the last Republican
State convention in Kansas.
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and was home on Wednesday and
Thursday visiting friends.
Mrs. C. A. Shively entertained a
large number of ladies at the Hotel
Brunswick Tuesday evening.
Louis Hiss, local agenu for the STAN
dard Oil Co.. made trip to Yocemento
and Ellis Tuesday of this week.
The Salina Journal printed two ex-
cellent views of the cement mill at
Yocemento last Saturday.
Mr.. E. S. Beach has received word
of the death of his mother at her home
in Connecticut at the age of 92 years.
A son of w. E. Conner, who was a
farmer here many years ago, is here
on a visit after an absence of II years.
Philip Jacobs, who was appointed as
assessor for Hays, has started around
on his work delivering the tax blanks.
Katherine Brown, who has been in
the Bethany Hospital, Kansas City,
Kansas, returned home Thursday even
ing.
Wednesday, March 4th, was Ash
Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.
Easter Sunday falls on April 5th this
year.
Bear in mind that if you want the
best flower or garden seed, try Rice's
seed. Ask your grocer for that kind
and you will be sure to get good re-
suits.
Many around town are sowing blue
grass seed on their lawns. There will
be quite contest this summer to show
pretty lawns.
Mrs. Oliver Davis was in town We'd
nesday saying goodbye to her many
friends before leaving for her new
home in Missouri.
VIM. Richmond was in Wakeeney
Tuesday for the Hays City Monument
Co. They enjoy good business in the
western part of the state.
E. F. Madden went to Excelsior
Springs the first of this week to receive
treatment for rheumatism. He will
be absent about three weeks.
The Misses Daisy Gorham, Adah Golf
and Sarah Gorham came up from Cor
ham Wednesday evening for the con-
cert and visited at the Mumford home.
Ex-Governor Bailey has withdrawn
from the Republican nomination for
Governor and now it is between Stubbs
and Leland, unless some one else gets
in the race.
If you have not arranged yet to set
out row of shade trees in front of
your residence property, do so at once,
Let everybody try this Spring to help
beautify our city.
Richard Cassill resigned his position
as wheat buyer for w. j. Madden the
first Of this week. His place was tax
en- by c. H. Wagner of Salina who
came here and began work on Tuesday
Nicholas Schlyer and Nick Arnold
are two of Hays City's young residents
who do not have to be asked by the
city council to lay walks in front of
their properties. They have already
laid five-foot walks on South Chestnut
Street.
L. E. Hazen, who is special agent at
the Experiment Station for the United