The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-04
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LOCAL NEWS.

SICK ILLS WSChs
Judd Bell was transacting business
in Salina on Thursday.
The big smoke stack of the Yost mill
was painted this week.
Mrs. G. M. Cox went west Thursday
evening to visit her daughter.
There are still quite a number of un-
employed harvest hands in town.
Billy Snyder of the News will spend
the Fourth with freinds at Oakley.
Tom Carter is now on duty as special
police during the harvest hand days.
Many farmers in the south half of the
county are through with their harvest.
Miss Rea of Hiawatha is here on a
visit to her brother E. A. and Fred
Rea.
A number of the Hays young folk
will have picnic on the creek on the
Fourth.
Most of the young men around town
have gone out to help in the harvest
fields again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Treat have gone to
Colorado for the benefit of the health
of the latter.
Claude Bice returned this week from
Emporia, where he has been attending
summer school.
Mrs. William Ryan and daughters
have returned home from their visit to
Colorado Springs.
Miss Nettie Snyder of Oakley is here
on a visit to Mrs. Isaac Zeigler and her
uncle VIM. Snyder.
Russell Record: Mrs. Cloie Levick, of
Hays, came down Tuesday morning to
visit the home folk.
Jonah Reitz of Montana arrived in
Hays this week to attend his father who
has been seriously i'll.
Miss Myrtle Ramsey came down
from Ellis Monday to accept position
in the FREE PRESS Office.
Hail badly damaged some of the
uncut wheat on Tuesday evening in the
south part of this county.
Mrs. Fred Haffamier has the plea
sure of entertaining a friend Miss
Mayme Walker of Chicago.
This year our farmers had an abun-
dance of harvest hands. The ruling
wages being $500 to So.
Attorney Shuts has gone to Sherman
county to bring his wife home, she hav-
ing been there in a sanitarium.
James Gallagher, now of Denver, but
former resident of Hays, came in
this week to help in the harvest.
Fred Huttie and a number of others
from Hays will attend the Fourth of
July celebration at Oakley today.
On July 4th new star was added to
the American flag in honor of Okla
homa, making forty-six stars now.
The cyclone and water spout seen by
our citizens on Tuesday was in the
west part of Trego county, but did lit
tie damage.
Miss Retta Freese returned Friday
morning from Kansas City, where she
has been visiting Mrs. Anna Scott and
Mrs. Geo. Hubbard.
Justus Kissing and wife returned Tues
day evening from their trip to Russia
and southern Europe. They report havr
ing had a fine time.
G 60. Philip spent the fore part of the
week in Kansas City. He returned
Thursday morning, bringing with him
his nephew Master Philip Scott.
Farm John Gerken was in town Fri
bay, reports successful sale last week
and next week he and his wife go to the
sulphur springs for her health.
Having failed to get sufficient signers
the Socialist candidate for Congress in
this district failed to get on the official
ballot for the August primary.
New wheat sold in Salina this week
at 75c. the old wheat bringing 83c. In
New York the first new wheat, 10000
bushels sold on Wednesday at 94c.
Sunday and next week our railroad
will be full of special passenger trains
containing people bound for Colorado.
The papers are full of accounts of
parties going from the middle west on
account of the low rates granted by
the railroads.