The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-13
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Haffamier
Nov. 9Th, boy.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Haffamier
Nov. 9Th, boy.
A heavy wind Tuesday night made it
disagreeable to be out of doors.
If your gasoline stove needs fixing
call on George Drake. He can put it
in good repair.
A big wedding celebration took place
north of Ellis Tuesday and another
south of Munjor.
Rev. West has decided to accept the
invitation and stay with the Lutheran
church here another year.
Will Hall we ut to the rancho last
Saturday hrN-d the calves and de-
horning some cattle on the place.
Now iason oyster season. Remem-
Der you can alwavs get nice ones at
Hcffman's shop, opposite the post
Office
On Tuesday the BasgaIl-Dreiling
wedding took place at Victoria. A
number from here attended and had
good time.
As the amounts are so small during
the winter months, the water rents
will not be collected monthly but on
January 1st,
Ice formed on still water Tuesday
morning and it was raw and cold all
day. Most people stayed in the house
or places of business
Charlie Reeder had the pleasure of
ride to Ellis Wednesday in the Otto
Swaller big auto. It is one of the
prettiest machines in our city.
Many are trying to keep the streets
in front of their residences and places
of business clear of rubbish, paper, etc.
1t is certainly an Improvement.
| Be sure and read the new adver of
John O'Laughlin. Now is the time
to think of this new way of getting to
town and save your horses for farm
work.
At late meeting of the council the
plated ground of Charlie Reeder's, |
from the Gave residence to the Normal |
school was brought into the corpora |
tion limits.
DR.. Fritz says his rheumatism is all /
gone. This is good as on Thursday his |
wife presented him with cute baby |
girl to trot ON his knee and walk the /
floor with this winter.
The box social at the Good Hope /
(Joslin) school house on the Smokey /
last Friday night was success, the
baskets bringing s52 towards the schol /
ars' Christmas celebration.
Now that it is haying season Council
should make a move to prohibit the
putting of too much hay on load or
so loose that it is scattered from one /
end of the town to the other, httering /
the streets badly.
We will loan you money at lower |
rate of interest than any other agent
n he county. If you want to save
money call at our Office. We believe
in +'Live and let live
The j. M. Schaefer, Loan & ms. Agcy
We have been informed that some of
the boys on HaIlo'een hauled a buggy
of John Goodau's down to the big sand
pit and threw It over the bank badly
damaging it. Such boys should be
caught and punished by paying for the
damage DONE
| The price of cream at the Receiving
Stations IN our city is now twenty
ing in The farmers have not IS yet
got to having winter COWS instead of
summer when cream is only fifteen to
seventeen cents.
Work commenced Tuesday on the
moving of the Methodist church.
Everything in the building was re-
moved, the bell and belfrey taken down
and the building cut in two. The
halves were moved to their new loca-
tion at each end of the new center |
building, to be used as class ropms-
In 1907 and again in 1908 Judge Rup-
penthal offered set of FIVE prizes for
map-drawing to the school children of
this dristEict, and now he has renewed
the prizes for another year. Drop him
la postal card at Russell to find out
about it and get YOUR scholars to try
for one ox more of the prizes next
spring.
| Rev. D. C. Smith. the Pastor Evan