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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13

We must now record the death of
our Old-timers, Anton Gira, who came
here with his wife and step children,
the Gross boys. back IN the 7Os. He
had gone to Russell to live with rels-
tives and died there on Sunday. the
body being brought here and buried
from our Catholic church Wednesday
and laid beside his wife in Mt Alien
Cemetery. He had nearly reached the
four score mark, as he would have
been eighty next month.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13

1s0 feet of neat picket fence. nearly
new: One Basket PhaetOn with leath
er cuahiOns. in good repair. cost $1l5
win sell for SIS. Inquire at this Office.
17-2tx
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13

Next Monday evening, the 18th, Prof
A r TAYLOR, who was formerly Priv
cipal of the State Normal School. will
lecture in Ellis at their regular lecture
course. An exchange says Of him:
''For innocent fun. for grateful trib-
utes TO noble manhood and wOmanhoOd,
for exquisite pathoe, for sublime de-
scription, we have seldom heard hiua
equaled, never excelled. The lecture
il suited to all ages and conditions.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13
Come See us.
Isaac ZeiSler & Son.

Attorney Saum of Kansas City is
here looking after his cases in our
court.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13

DR.. H.. Jay Brown, the SaIina eye
and ear specialist viii be at the Bruns-
wiek Hotel MOndsy. Feb Is 1s0s.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13

The PlainviIle Times had this last
week about the customers checks and
drafts of our Citizens State Bank:
Use Bank Drafts to Advertise TcNSn.
We are IN receipt Of draft from
DIR. Catudal at Hays paying his sub
seription up to another year. The
draft shows an unique way Of adver-
tising adopted by the Hays bank. On
one corner printed in red ink under the
heading, "SchOOls are the Pride OF
Kansas'' is the following: "Hays City
is especially proud in having Western
Kansas State Normal school and an
Experimental Station of the Agricul-
tural CoRege located on the abandoned
Fort Hays Military Reservation (eon-
tanning 1000 acresl ceded by the gen
eral government to the State OF Kan
sas. The government records shows
this to have been the healthiest army
post in the u. So
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13
THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS
/. WALDO PoNDRAY WARREN

WHY MISTAKES AtEE MADE
RfsTAkEs do not "happsn"-they results
1ES causes A time money, and oppor-
tunity is lost in making mistaEes and rectify
then To correct mistakes is good work.
them is higher achievement
applied carefully consderins
of errors in business. They
careSesness inattenon superficial interest;
LazreEs-not being willing take troubie
Aececting appearances facts without nvesaation
Proc: lding advice;
imp. isiVe decisions well thought out;
lacI; of foresight
WrI. theories
Falso.
Lack of thoughtfuness;
Forgetting and neglect of duty:
CePending those properly instructed
Fai.re to take due precautions
Fail safeguard points,
OVc4 onEdence exaggerated hopes.
The re naHder be chartabiy IS he
frsty-a explaining
rect.Aed
tCopyre by JOeph B.. Bowk&
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13
Anoeher pile of sand on East Normal
avenue adjoining the Pete Smith prop
erty foreshadovs another residence

Bear in mind that if you want nice
picket fence to put in front of your
property we can sell you 100 feet at
less than half cost. Another of onr
citizens on our main residence streets
is joining the t'no fence crowd, who
have pretty bluegrass lawns but ro
obstrueting fences.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13

The jury in the Ellis Automobile
case. in which damages Vere asked for
the killing of a woman near Ellis some
time ago, decided not guilty. They
claimed that the woman would not
have been killed had she staid in the
buggy with her husband and child, who
were unhurt, but that che met her
death by jumping out and falling in
such a manner as to cause death
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13

Don't fail to note the advertisement
this week of the splendid White sewing
machine, now handled by George Philip
& Son at their Store. This has al
ways had the reputation of being one
Of the very best machines on the mar
ket, and has always held its own re-
gardless of all the CHEAP machines Of
fered. It is SO well made it lasts q
lifetime, and when you buy that kind
you are always satisfied with it's work.
You buy the cheap kind and about half
the time they are ont of whack, or
parts broken, soon out Of existence and
then impossible to get needed repairs
and machine Is then worthless-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13

Oar Old timer, Cal Bascom. was here
visiting friends on Wednesday,.
The P. o Almond family go by Auto
To Larned on Sunday to visit friends
before goiag to their new home Mr.
Almond leaves with his car of goods on
Monday.
WiIlett Helms who lives north of
Ellis was in town this week on busi-
mesa. He is still in the veil drilling
business and reports good luck in his
borings the past year
1 can not insure your home after il
burns down, at any price, but l can
insure it now, to-day. at d low rate. l
will help you protect your home Wheth-
er you have the cash or not The J
M. SCHAEFER Insurance Agency.
The basketball tc; m Of the St. SOhn's
Military Academy Of Salina came up
Thursday evening and played fast
and interesting game with the Normal
boys in the g>mnasium The score
8 God 27 to 18 il Normals favor.
''It il said a bill " i'll he Introduces ir
the Legislature to make the county
surveyor the road commissioner of the
county
No need of that. as he is the boss of
the laying out of roads now, and each
township can better i5ssaz SITTER Their
OWN roads than a town fellow
Cards are out t, liirg of the wedding
to be Saturday evening Feb 20ih of
George Philip, Jr of our city and Miss
Ogla Fl Welheuer, at the home of the
bride 2117 Troost Avenue, Kansas City.
Only the INN ediate family are 20 be
present The happy couple will then
make tour of about a month and OF
heir return occupy their lovely home,
the Bissing house, on Normal avenue
Mr.. C A Shively of the State Nor
NAL who spoke before the Teachers
Association Saturday examined the |
work done by our school. He says it |
compares we'll with all the work he has |
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-13

Mr. C A Shively of the State Nor
NAL who spoke before the Teachers
Association Saturday examined the
work done by our school. He says it
compares well with all the work he has
seen from other high schools. Cove
City Gazette.
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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29
new MOTOR BOAT CLUB
Recently Organized will Build
Club House AT OttenS HarbOr

Motor boat enthusiasts 10 the mum
Der of nearly thirty have decided to in
corporate under the title of the Motor
Boat club, of Holly Beach. Several
preliminary meetings have been held
and those interested in the new organi-
$500. The club will have its head
quarters on the Ottens Harbor, where
they have purchased two finely located
water front lots. Plans are now icing
formulated for the erection in the
spring of a cosy and attractive club
house. The members are principally
residents of Holly Beach and Wild
wood and they propose taking an
active part in the yachting events to be
held on the Island next season. The
spot chosen for their club house is an
ideal one. Fronting on the deep waters
of the Harbor it will be close to the
great State Inland Waterway, thus
giving its members the best opportunity
to take long cruises in their power
boats to Stone Harbor on the north or
to Cape May on the south. The In
land waterway will be completed in
this locality, north of the Rio Gfande
bridge, before the coming of next sum-
mer and the Ottens Harbor tributary
will afford the large number of motor
boats that will no doubt cruise in these
waters, as fine an anchorage as there
is on the coast. The members of the
new club expect to entertain many of
these visiting yachtsmen.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29

To spank or not to spank Is the
much discussed question In children's
magazines. A large and oversensitiye
majority avert their eyes in horror at
the very mention of the operation. But
1t seems to me, my friends. 1t all de
ponds on how the thing is done.
Punishment of any kind In anger is
not to be thought of. The principal
reason is that 1t is absolutely uncon-
vincing. How can you teach a child
respect and self control IL you as a
parent are totally lacking in the latter
virtue2
OF course / do believe In moral sua-
sion whenever it is possible. but there
are-I am absolutely sure of it-some
children, especially boys. whose mem
DRY is SO short that moral suasion
takes thorough, constant reiteration,
the form of nagging. For these un-
ruly ones, believe me, the old fash
toned spanking, administered with due
calmness and reflection. is the thing.
1t will refresh children's memories as
nothing else will and will save much
unnecessary waste of lung power.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29
Wasted Time at Home.

If 1t is true, as many old fashioned
people believe. that we shall be calleL
to account on the last day for every
minute wasted, what a lot of time we
women will have to account forl
When l hear an acquaintance SAY
she has no time to read, for instance.
l know she is wasting precious min
ntes In some part Of the day.
The people who are the busiest are
those who have time for everything
because they systematic.
| know one woman who does her
own homework and has children be-
sides, and l give you my word that
woman is up to date ON every subject
of the hour.
She reads the morning paper while
the baby is going to sleep after its
bath. She may not follow every line
of 1t, but she reads the heads and the
more important items. She always
keeps a good book in her kitchen, and
while her dinner is cooking she reads.
instead of sitting idly, as SO many do.
II her husband is late coming home
she does not walk up and down and
fret; she puts the dishes in the hot
oven and becomes interested In a new
article in a magazine. In this way she
has something interesting to tell him
when he does arrive. instead of nag
ging him. MAUD ROBINSON,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29

KEEP A GOOD BOOK IN THE KITCHEN.
dress material for 50 a yard at Skin
ems. or Fifth avenue, when she could
get practically the same thing on Sixth
avenue for SO cents. She is paying
$40 for riding boots just because the
maker has his coat of arms outside the
door when any good shoemaker in
town would charge her only SIS at the
most. Last, and not least, she has
paid $40 for a simple hat shape with
two wings on the side because the
milliner told her they came from a
rare bird ct is just dyed hem and that
the shape is imported. The only place
its imported from is the factory in
Hoboken! She could actually get the
whole thing under $40 If she took the
trouble to look around her. l tell you
what, my friends, 1t is not the women
who have the most money who dress
the best. They are too easily cheated.
1t is those who know the value OF
things who get their moneys worth.
AS a rule, they have no cash to spare,
and that is why they have educated
themselves. In the shopping world,
as everywhere else, knowledge is
power"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29

old clustered dreamer, you want to
rub elbows more with the world"
Dollars and cents, dollars and
cents" chanted the banker. That's
what the world is really after"
The bishop smiled with patient toler-
alton. "Dear, dear, I'm glad l haven't
the perspective of you twoI' he said.
"What a queer world you see through
your black goggles! Romance! Why,
that's what makes the world go
round"
The banker and the judge exchanged
knowing winks. They looked at the
bishop with unconcealed pity.
"Speed up a bit and catch up with
the procession" the banker advised.
Perhaps you're the nj that are be-
hind it," the bishop suggested, with a
chuckle. '"That reminds me-" he con-
tinued. 'Just twenty-five years ago, on
this very spot, when l was a young
minister, l was fishing here alone.
You know Robert Harding, of course,
you two" he interrupted himself
fine, cynical beggar like you; never
saw any a in life and is all dol
lars and hustle, isn't hep"
"Well, so he is" growled the judge.
"What's Robert Harding got to do
with romance?"
"Oh, nothing much now. l suppose"
laughed the bishop, "only 1t happens
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29

The pretty bungalow being erected
on the banks of the Ottens Canal for
Horace Leidig, a Philadelphia business
man, is rapidly nearing ON pletion.
Miss Mary Boland, after spending a
month at her Seventeenth avenu cot
tage, has returned to Philadelphia for
the winter.
Harry Liddell has his new bungalow
on New York avenue uDder roof and
will eoon occupy it.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29

WHAT SHE
R~HGNM|
OoooooOoOoCoOoSe
BY HARRIET [. eEppEs

ny l.. GEODEo.
Copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso.
ciation.l
"What shall l doY" moaned Miss OF
sen. AT noon tomorrow my annuity
In the Celibacy Insurance company is
due, and he has not ven proposed"
There is nothing ineligible in this
to an American spinster unless she
may happen to know of a certain adj
vantage possessed by her sisters in
Denmark.
There a celibacy insurance company
exists in which q Danish maiden may
take out a policy that will provide for
her support Of she be not married. in
her old age. She pays her premiums
till she is forty; then, unless she has
taken a husband, she receives her an
nuity. If she marries before attain
ing that age, she forfeits the premiums
she has paid.
Lena Olsen had been making pay
ments ON her celibacy policy for TWEEN
ty years, and in twenty hours she
would be forty and entitled to her nm
nuity. And now on the eve of her
reaping the benefit of her self denial a
man had suddenly appeared to inter
fere with the joy she should expert
ence on becoming independent for the
rest of her life.
Miss Olsen had inherited the little
house in which her ancestors had lived
for two centuries, and to exc out a
subsistence and more especially to
enable her to pay her celibacy insur-
ance premiums had rented rooms to
dodgers. An elderly American gentle
man had taken an apartment and had
now occupied it for several months.
He had not been well and had come to
her from a hotel in order, he said, that
he might be quiet.
Now. Mr.. Johansen, the gentleman
referred to, had been born In Den
mark, but had gone to America when
he was a young man He had returned
to his native country an invalid In the
hopes, he said, that revisiting the
scenes of his youth would restore him
to health. He had been tenderly
nursed by the little old maid and had
given strong evidence that he desired
to avail himself of her services per-
manently.
Miss Olsen made the remark with
which this story begins to her bosom
friend, Miss jacobson, and Miss Jacob
son had advised her to give Mr.. johann
sen some idea of what was troubling
her. She had promised her friend that
she would try. She went up to Mr.
Johansen with some ~refreshment as
an excused, but returned without hav-
ing mentioned the matter.
The next morning at II o'clock her
lodger came downstairs and said:
81 find myself so much better under
your care that l would like to have
you become my permanent nurse. This
can only be satisfactorily and properly
done as my wife. VIII you marry
mef"
Miss Olsen looked disappointed. She
did not answer at once. and when she
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29

Ole Eternal
Thing.
By R. B. Shelton.
v R. B. sHELTEN.
Copyrighted, 1909, by Associated
Literary Press.


The fishing was bad. Even the judge,
who had whipped the pools along the
Little Beaver for years, could not re-
member a day when the trout had ig-
nored the tempting flies so persistent
ly and annoyingly.
When they gathered on the bank of
the stream for lunch-the judge, the
bishop and the banker-the subject of
fishing, after a few tart remarks by
the judge and the banker which made
the bishop elevate his eyebrows in
mild reproof, was taetfully avoided.
So eager were they not to mention
or even think of those miserable trout
that they talked of everything, any
thing, and finally the conversation
drifted into an uneharted channel.
Romance" said the judge dicta-
torially, taking up a remark Of the
banker, sis dead. There is no room
for it in this hustling age. 1t has gone
the way of sentiment and old time
courtesy and the gentlemen of the old
school,"
GOOD radiance to it," said the
banker lazily. LET it go. 1t has given
way to better things-good horse
sense, for instance"
The bishop looked at the purling wa
ter. He was a gray haired man, with
kindly eyes and the most winning
smile. He was smiling now as he
turned to the two men.
You are both wrong" said he, with
deep conviction. "Romance is eternal!
You can't kill it with a club or with
hustle. But, of course, you two would
not admit it even If you saw it."
The judge bristled. The banker
reused himself, and his pipe glowed
like a blast furnace.
Romance" grunted the judge, with
carefully unpleasant emphasis. "You
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29
Heinz soul kraut and butternut ba-
con at Albig's.
Ann the WAY from FIorfda

F. G. Ford and wife arrived in town
Saturday, just after noon, with their
worldly goods loaded on a wagon,
which resembled a prairie schooner.
They came all the way from Fitz-
gerald, Florida, in the rig, which was
their shelter night and day. Mrs
Ford said Florida vas too hot, and
they started out to see the country and
find a good place TO settle. They were
on the road seven months and kept
well all the time.-H ineldnd Journal.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29
A New Sort of School.

The proprietor of an institution pro-
Tossing to cure suffering tells of the
amazement with which a visitor from
the interior of the state contemplated
the huge gilt sign displayed over the
entrance to the place: "Stammering
Institute. Trial Lesson Free"
upon my soulr' exclaimed the rural
Pennsylvania. IF that don't beat
ALL l knew they taught o every
thing these days. but who wants to
learn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29
did there was no hesitation in (
voice.

did there was no hesitation in r
voice.
You make 1t a business p~ropositidI
There Is another matter of bGsifcss
which looks more advantageous to
me- And she told him about the In
surance.
1t was Mr.. Johansen's turn to look
disappointed.
''Then you would rather live indie
pendentlyg'
Eyes, without love. l had a lover
once when | was very young, though
no word of love was spoken between
us, for | was but fifteen and he was
twenty-five"
IF l were that lover would you pre-
fer me to your annuityr'
81 would prefer you to the whole
world. As it is. l prefer my annuity
to you"
'This insurance company is all
wrong" he said sharply. 1T makes
women too Independent. But" he
added thoughtfully. lin America our
girls are made independent by the
fields open to them in which to earn
a living. You say you would resign
your annuity for lover"
Eyes"
But s%upposing your lover had ac-
cumulated nothing and, besides, was
broken down in health"
81 would love him all the better"
"And give up your annuity for him.
YES; | would give up the whole
world for him"
"Humph! Women are strange crea-
lures"
"And so are men. You have acted
very strangely toward me. You come
from | know not where, and l know
not who sent you to me. You remain
under MY care, and l do all l can for
you. You only appreciate this as You
would appreciate it from a domestic.
You would buy it permanently"
AT her last words her voice trem.
bled.
"Well, l will keep you in the dark
no longer. l am Johan Housen. AS a
grown man I loved you when you were
a chit. l went to America, made a
fortune and have returned to find you
that you may enjoy it with me-"
He took her in his arms.
= y =
The invalid had so far recovered that
he preferred to go back to America
and, since he was not yet old enough to
lay himself on the shelf, an
active life. His little nurse cared not
whether she stayed or went so long as
she was with him. On the day of the
wedding just before they started for
the church to be married her lover no
rfced a shadow pass over her face.
"You are %regretting something"
"Yes. 1t is very foolish, but l can't
help it."
"What is it?'
at is so hard to have paid my
celibacy insurance premiums all these
Voarz for uofhirOn
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29
Designed by P I. r1acLsaan. Newark. N. }.

Some people want their house to have a distinct style in architecture
outline. The house shown in the above photograph belongs to this type. MOTT
the low, slanting roof, with its plain straight lines relieved by the ornamenxt
gable projecting over the entrance. The first story may be of cement bl4cI
or frame covered with shnge. In either case tho second story should Ba /
single. the plan calling for rugged exterior. size. Al feet front by % IT'D
deer. AS a feature corresponding o the Dutch exterior the dining rooni hf
a large brick fireplace at the end of the house. This large Don could be tMN
as a living Dor and the parlor shown in the plan converted inoa dtn4
room. The central hall makes either arrangement suitable. The dining FAn
as shown is trimmed in hard wood and the paror white enameed finish An
cellar contains laundry, furnace or boiler room and space or storage. Heigh,
of cellar. Z feet; first story ceiling 8 feet 6 inches: second story, 8 feet Bull
as described, this house need not cost much above $4,000.
PIT. MAC LAGAN, Architect
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-29
NOTES FROM OTTENS TRACT

The closing October days have been
unusually pleasant and the goodly
number of visitors who came to this
resort had a thoroughly enjoyable
time. The cottagers have all left for
their city homes, but many of those
who summered here. managed to pass
the weeks end at the shore.
The woodlands, adjacent to the OF
tens tact, are magnificently resplen-
dent in their autumn dress of bright
colored leaves, and many wild flowers
of the late blooming varieties peep
through the tangled growth of under
brush. These are the days when the
lover of bird life finds the swamps and
woods in this section fairly alive with
bright plumaged, sweet voiced song
sters. 1t is migrating time and at no
other season of the year are the birds
here in such variety and numbers. A
stroll in the woods reveals many birds
that are strangers to this locality at all
other times of the year but the late fail.
Bright feathered warblers of a dozen
varieties tsrry in the islands wood
lands for a week or so in their flight to
their southland winter homes. Par
ticularly noticeable among them are the
orange-crowned, Maryland, black
throated. Parula and Kentucky varie-
ties. The red-headed woodpecker,
with its crown of crimson, can be seen
diligently working its way around the
trunk Of a decaying tree, its sharp
pointed bill delving into creyices and
holes in search of worms. Fitting
from tree to tree one sees blue birds,
cedar wax wings, robins, saucy little
brown cloathed wrens, song sparrows,
white throated sparrows, trim little
wood pevee's, yellow shafted 1iekers
and a score of other varieties. In a
stroll along the marshes adjacent to
the beach one will see large focks of
meadow larks, glossy plnmaged crows,
big winged turkey buzzards circling
about with eyes keenly on the lookout
for carrion upon which to gorge them
selves and huge white aud gray sea
gulls, noticeable for their graceful fight.
OFF at sea countless thousands of wild
fowl may be seen winging their way to
their winter quarters in the far away
rice fields and bayous of the Carolinas
aud Florida. Truly the island is
blessed with a wonderful variety of
bird life.
Postmaster and Mrs. Joseph Marsh
have been enjoying a weeks visit
among friends and relatives at Bridge
ton.
MI. aud Mrs. w. d. Eynon, of Phil
adelphia, are passing the delightful
October days at their Central avenue
lGottage, having come down last Satur-
leay evening".