The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-08-14


practice on Sunday afternoon.
Herbert Schultz is getting to be
quite al expert in running an auto
Sunday was q beautiful day and
every auto and carriage in our city was
kept going.
Tiiiotsons nave moved from the houee
across from this Office to one of Mrs.
Franks houses.
Harry Grass and family of Lacrosse
came over in an auto Sunday morn;a:
to visit friends here
The shooting gallery at Chestnu
street corner drew crowd of sports
last Saturday evening.
A, W. Wilde shipped his car of house
hold goods and stock last Saturday to
his new home in New Mexico.
The shooting gallery on the Madden
corner has drawn big crowd every
night And there are some good shots
in town.
The ball games became so interesting
this week that on Tuesday afternoon
the stores closed to give all chance to
attend the game.
Mrs. Shively has had the pleasure
the past week of entertaining Mr..
and Miss Shively, who are here on a
visit to our little city
Congress has passed the Tariff bill,
the President signed it and as congress
has adjourned he has gone to his sum-
mer home on the sea shore
Miss Virmond has been spending
some time in Chicago selecting some of
the handsomest Millinery goods for our
ladies ever brought to our city.
Peter Rasmussen, formerly of the
Saline but now of Trego county, was
in town on Monday shaking hands with
his many friends. He is now prosper
ing.
Two more of the Normal students
have secured good schools Miss Clara
Loreditsch has the grammar room at
Bunker Hill and Miss Louise Smith the
primary in the Oakley school
Congressm-. Reeder has gone with a
Congressio Committee to visit the
western rt of the United States,
known IS the Hawaii Islands, so as to
report n matters at the next session.
Farmer John Earlenbaugh and wife
an6 Mrs. Seelye and daughter all of
McCracKen neighborhood, were Hays
visitors on Wednesday. There's no
place like Hays for successful shop
ping.
Rev. A. N. Smith being away on his
vacation no preaching services will be
held in the Methodist church this or
next Sunday morning or evening. But
the Sunday school and other services
will be held as usual.
This week an auto passed through
from Texas bound for Denver on va
cation trip, taking the route from here
west followed by the Glidden tour.
That tour is surely advertising our
town and this east and west route.
The uptown Air dome and moving
picture show and the shooting gallery
are knocked out this week by the Car
nival. Everybody wants to hear the
music, see the jolification and electric
display. But they will be here when
the Carnival is gone.
The great Tariff bill has passed Con-
gress and they have adjourned ard as
expected the trust magnates carried
everything before them and the Dear
People are fooled again. And while
they have reduced the price on few
things, the average rate will be about
twenty-five per cent Higher than the
former law.
So many people this week have
passed complimentary remarks on the
lovely improvement the taking down
of the DR.. Snyder fence has made to
Street Commissioner keeps the stock
from running at large, dozens of fences
where they have pretty lawns corld be
taken down and the more beautify
their residence properties.
The travelling representative of. the
WATSON, DURAND, KASPER GRO
Gerry CO. was here this week and
took lots of orders of our merchants,
they having found that the goods this
firm sends out are sure to be of the
best and always up to or beyond the
standard so it is always safe to give
them the orders. Their business has
become so successful that in addition
to their Saiina house they have opened
one at Wichita, SO as to accommodate
the Oklahoma trade and yet remain
Kansans.
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