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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
First published Feb. 90, 1909.
Notice of Publication for Proof of Will

First published Feb. 20, 1909.
Notice of Publication for Proof of Will
State of Kansas. County of Ellis.
In the Probate Court of said county
In the matter of the Estate Hearing
of Andrew S Shroaf Proof
deceased of Will.
To all heirs at law of Andrew S Shoaf
late Of Ellis cOuI ty, deceased, and all
others concerned:
Also, p Deane and F. K Meade of
Plainville. witnesses.
You are hereby notified that at a
regular term of the Probate Court of
Ellis county, Kansas, held on the 9Th
day of February, 1909 there was opened
and publicly read an instrument of
writing purpOrtIng to be the Last Will
and Testament of Andrew s. Shroaf
late of said county, deceased And You
are further notified that SATURDAY, the
9th day of March. 1909, at 2 O'Clock
r. m Of said day. at the Court House IN
Che Probate Cpurt room In the city OF
Hays. II sail county and State. has been
appointed as the day, time and place
for the proving the viii of Andrew 5
Shreaf deceased and for hearing the
application of Anthony Deane aud Cy-
rus A Reed for The issuance of Letters
Tesiamentary thereon
Attest J B GRoss,
5ASa Probate -y~<Ie
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27

The local newspaper should be found
in every home. No child will grow up
ignorant who can he Taught to appreci-
ate the home paper. 1t is the stepping
stone to intelligence in all those mat
tiers not to be learned in books. Give
your children a foreign paper which
contains not one word about any per-
son, place or thing which they ever
saw, or perhaps never heard of, and
how can you expect them to be inter
ested But let them have the home
paper and read of persons whom they
meet, and places with which they are
familiar, and soon an interest is awak-
ened which increases with every daily
arrival of the local paper. Thus hab-
it of reading is formed, and those chill
dren will read +he papers all their lives
ard heroine Intelligent men ard women
a credit TO their ancestors, strong in
their knowledge of the world as it is
to-day.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27

We find the following two good arti-
Giles in the Karopolis Journal. written
nv Editor Griffith of that paper, who
was here last week:
eve cannot agree with our represer-
tative and those who oppose the State
Forestry in western Kansas. The jour
nal editor returned from trip through
western Kansas last week and he saw
nice trees growing at the thrifty sta
tinrs along the line.
The hulk Of these trees were started
at the Forestry. The trees propagated
in western Kansas are acclimated and
much easier to grow. It requires a
greater effort to grow trees in western
Kansas than here, but the more trees
that are grown there the more season
able that country will become and the
better will he the whole state of Kan
sas. We should not envy western Kan
sas the small appropriation that it re-
quires to maintain the forestry.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Saturday AfternOOn Club


Cove county last week held sue
bert Dickens, professor of horticulture
at the Agricultural College, attended
the session and delivered an address on
''Fruit Growing in Western Kansas. "
Among other things he said:
''The Experiment Station is making
experiments to increase the moisture
content in the soil. Buffalo grass soil
is naturally dry. Trees will sometimes
start and grow well for time and
then die, having exhausted the mois-
ture in the soil. Old ground that has
been well farmed is best for tree
growth Buffalo soil is not only dry
hut lacking IN humus and needs TO have
manure worked irto it to bring it M to
IFS maximum water holding capacity.
The direction Of the slope of the ground
does not much matter. IF Won have q
low SPOT sheltered from winds it is 2
good place for trees. Fruit treee need
wind break Honey locust. ash. mul-
berry red cedar and Usage orange will
ou+grow the orchard and protect ii
from the wind. Wind breaks aiso
check the evaporation of the soil; the
wind break will sap the ground for
perhaps TWENTY feet. hut checks evapo-
ration for three hundred feet. Buv
Young trees. vearling trees are hest.
Cultivate vour trees; have them head
low near the ground; mulching is good
If not too heovv "
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27

The State BOARD of Health ia enforc-
ing the new Pure Food Law ard send
ing men to Jail who violate it. Last
week they found men at Mcpherson
selling ho0us honey, an limitation con-
tanning hut three hounds Of pnre honey
out of a box of fiftv pound, the rest
being glucose, citric acid, soup bark
ground. coal tar, honey flavor, and 9
colorirg matter to make it look like
honey, all costing four cents a pound
and selling at fifteen cents. Thew were
fined $3s each and fifteen days in Jail
These inspectors drop in unexpected all
over the state.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27

Now we mus record the passing
away of another of our dinners,
farmer Peter Gosser, of Buckeye
township, who came here with the
Ohio colony in March 1873, located on
a farm and has lived there with his good
wife these thirty years, and raised a
large family. He leaves a wife, three
girls and five boys, all grown, to mourn
his departure.
He was horn in Carroll county, Ohio
in April 1888, and died in Ellis county.
Kansas, Feb. 10, 1909, so he had lived
nearly 70 years. He enlisted in the
Union Army in Co B., 115 Ohio and
remained in the service to the close of
the war. being discharged in July 1865.
The body was brought to town and
the funeral services were held in the
G.. A. r. Hall on Sunday by the Vance
Post. The hall was crowded with his
fellow soldiers and sympathizing friends
and the remains were gwen a military
burial in our Mt. Allen Cemetery by
the Post.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Lutheran Church.

C. F. w lest. Pastor
1000 a. m. Sunday School.
HOO a. m. Public Worship. Foreign
Missions. "Your money or your Life. -
$50 p. m. C. E. Society. Topic:
present Day Pioneers"
7:3O p. m. Public Worship. Subject:
~ "AsCity Destroyed by Silence"
1902. m. Wed. Bible Training Glass
and Prayer Meeting. Lesson 19. ''Thf
New Testament World"
You are cordially invited to these ser.
vices.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Notice for Publication, No. o52s

Notice for Publication, No. 052e
Department of the Interior, U. S. Land
Office Colby, Kansas. Feb. S. 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Laurence
]. McCluskey. Devisee of Andrew S.
Shrouf. Plainville p o., Kansas, who on
Sept I, 1902 made Homestead entry No.
262es, serial No o5zS for the NE4 of
Neg SK Neg section 2. township II
south, Range I8 w: 9Th PM, has filed
notice of intention to make final FIVE year
proof to establish claim to the land above
described before the Clerk of the District
Court at Hays. Kansas, on the 18TH day of
March. 1899.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Patsy J. Deane. Anthony Deane,
Frank Rice Dan Ray, all of Hays. Kas.
T. B. IISKEY, Register.
I3- mrs
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Vacant u. S. public Lands.

Where vacant Government land is To-
Gated, with brief descriptions by eoun-
ties, and how to get it under Home
stead, Desert, Timber, Coal, Stone,
Oil. Saline and other Federal Laws.
Also information about State Lends in
Texas, with valuable tables and parti-
culars about Irrigation and Reclamation
Work now in progress under the Gov
eminent. Sent to any address for Csc.
(stamps received) by
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, D C
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Resolutions.

Whereas on the 10th day of February
1909 our Comrade Peter GosseF late of
Co. B. lis Regular Ohio Infantry was
mustered out by the Grand Commander
to answer His Cali, therefore be it
Resolved that in the death of our wor-
thy and loved Comrade, Vance Post
No. 2 G. A. r. looses a Friend and
Valued Member.
Resolved, that this visitation of Dr.
vine Providence reminds US again that
the shadow of our lives are lengthening
and that the Ranks of our Order, that
fought to save the life of our beloved
country in the dark days of the past,
are growing thinner day by day.
Resolved that the Post Quarters be
drapped in Mourning for thirty days.
Resolved. that we extend our heart
felt sympathy and mourn with the be-
reaved widow and children Of Cur late
Comrade 10 this the hour OF grief and
bereavement.
Resolved, that these resolutions be
spread on the Records Of the Post and
a copy thereof be furnished TO the
widow and children of our late Comrade
and to the Press Of Hays City Kansas.
Committee 2, 2. CO.. kosI; !
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
1st published Feb. 10. 1909.

1st published Feb. 49, 1909.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Executors
State Of Kansas Eliis county. IS.
In the Probate Court in and for said
county
In the matter of the Estate Of
Andrew s. Shrouf, late of Ellis county.
Kansas
Notice of Appointment.
Notice is Hereby Given that on the
5th dav of Feb'v. D 1909, the under
signed were. by the Probate court of
Ellis county. Kansas duly appointed
and qualified as Executors of the es-
tate of Andrew s Shrouf, late of Ellis
county, deceased,
All parties
interested in said estate will take notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
Anthony Dean & & A Reed Executors
Attest: J. B. Gross, Probate Judge. ).
feb Is - m IS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Notice of Appointment.
Notice of final aet5lemer t.

State of Kansas. Ellis comfy, SIS.
In the Probate court of said county;
In the matter of the estate of
OTTO H. REEMSNYnFR. deceased;
To all Creditors of and other persons inter-
ested in said estate
You are hereby notified that at the next
regular term of the Probate court III and for
said county, TO be held at the Probate Judges
office in HAYS city. in said county. on the
Ist day of March 1909, we will make final
settlement of said estate.
Having filed with said Court my claim
for compensation as Administrator of said
estate for necessary attorneys fees and for
other expenses necessarily incurred in the ad-
ministration of said estate, hereby give no.
tice as ordered by said Court, that said claims
are set for hearing in said Court on the
Ist day of March, 1909.
B. F. REPLOGLE.
Executor
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27

II want to get a mitten, please
said the little girl. IF it don't cost toe
much" ooh, you mean a pair of init
tens, don't you. my child?'' replied the
shopkeeper. mo. just only ones On
that's suitable for a boy that's g1ll
- DEopoee ~ Be rejected
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Notice for Psbucaeson. No, Ooys.

Notice for DEAEIcaE5On, No. O6YS.
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Colby Kansas.
Feb 10, 1909
Notice is hereby given that Melvin
c. Winters Of Wiles P.O. Kansas, wno on
December 7. 1903 made Homestead entry
No. 2oS6y Serial No O673 for the EHneH
3 EXseZ of section a. township II south
range Ie west 9th P M, has fled notice
OF intention to make final FIVE year proof
to establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before tb' Probate Judge a. Hays
Kansas on the 79nd day of March 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses.
William Solomon. Frank Hosley,
both of Wles P o Kansas
Otto Mueller, Joe Keaggy. both of
Ellis Pc. Kansas.
T. B HISKEY, REGISTER,
fI3-m AZ
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Old Heads on Young Shoulders,

Our children are growing more in
dependent. II is not the fault of the
parents nor of the children; we are
not careless, and they are not I'm
grateful The conditions OF life are
responsible for the modern youth -
ys.N~raEeu Desxonnk. F1snA
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Epksconal ehurch.

The Auditorium room of the Bruins
wick Hotel has been nicely fitted up as
a church room, and Sunday evenings
Rev. Benson of Ellsworth will be here
to hold Episcopal services, to which al
are cordially invited.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
PeIIteness Paws.

Nothing pays so well as politeness,
except industry and honesty. And an
Industrious, honest man is handi-
capped If he is not polite. Don't leave
q trail of grumbling and Ill nature
wherever you go.-Atchison Globe.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Climatic PecuIiarlt~.

Montreal, with its winters Of great
severity, is $50 miles nearer the eQua
tor than is London. Montreal, indeed
Is on the same degree of latitude a.
Venice.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27

If you want to borrow money at q
low rate of interest, come in and see
me. Money always on hand. no delay.
The j. M. SCHAEFER Insurance Agency
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Happiness.

Happiness lies in the consciousness
we have of it. and by no means in the
way the future keeps its promises
George Sand.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27

Old Proverb Not Correct.
II ignorance were really bliss, there
would be far less misery than there is
in the world.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
Do You Want 10 Sell
YOur Farm?

UUF EdFNS
If 50 kindly send me full description
and your price. / HAVE BUYERS
here in eastern KsHSaS whom ! am
bringing to your country every two
weeks and selling land. have i'm
mediate buyers for quarter sections
and one half sections. Don't wait but
send me description Of your land to
day. Ny commissions are reasonable.
ADDRESS
q. II. HEcQuaFy, .XF. e CO..
REAL ESTATE LOAN & INVESTMENT o;
MoRRn4L. BRowN CoUNTY. IA s.
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Attest: John B GROSS,
Probate Judge. F, SCI
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-02-27
c. SchwalIer 8 Son
A Little Woman.

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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-18
MURDOCH ON CANNoN1sM.

Kansas City Star: No one is more
familiar with the destruction of repre-
sentative power in the national House
Of Representatives under Speaker Can.
non and the system for which he Ia
sponsor than is Representative Muir
dock of Kansas. No has analysed
existing usages of the House more
clearly II convincingly, and no one
has made a more courageous and effec.
tive assault on the system"
The whole issue of the inquisitorial
power of the Speaker and the remedies
imperatively necessary to break that
power are set forth in a plain, force.
full and conclusive fashion by Mr.. MUIR
dock in the current number Of the Kan.
sas Magazine. A part of this article
was republished in The Star of this
morning. 1t should be read in its en-
tirety by every citizen.
The fight which the people are wag.
ing in relation to the national House
is not alone a fight on Speaker Cannon
it is a fight for the restoration Of the
House to the people, to the. functions
rules. and regulations intended by the
founders of the government and neces.
sary to the protection of the Nation
against the raids of Special Privilege
The elimination of Cannon is an i'm
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-18

IA&~IEF@S -cANA'Mf MO- 4
TAS, present antitrust act has fall
Ia becauge known monopolies hour
ish in spite of it and sc 1t would
seem than any change made in the
law should make conviction easier In
stead of moro difficult. 1t is in the
mind of President Taft, no doubt. to
distinguish between corporations
formed for the economy of large own
ership and those formed as a mo-
nopoly. Yet he said in his Des Moines
speech that there could be no good
trust, that they all come in the same
category. The law should be amend
ed. if at all, with that view in mind.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-18
Wesley Denies Richards

Minneapolis Journal: Had I per-
United Mr.. Richards to control me as
governor, to dictate all my official
acts, he would now be my friend, in
stead of considering running against
me for the nomination for governor"
said Governor r. S. Wesley, of South
| Dakota, at the West hotel.
Governor Vessey is a man with
kindly eye and a pleasant smile, but
he was not smiling when he referred
to R. o. Richards, of Huron, for
nomination.
Mr.. Richards was your friend,
was he not?" was asked.
No. he has never been my friend,'
he answered with emphasis on the
friend.
Your confederate?"
Not exactly that, either" he an
swered. HE was associated with
the element of the party with which
l was connected. That is all. When
l was nominated it hurt him. He
did not want me to become the cam
didate. My administration has gone
ahead and redeemed all its promises.
That being the case, the candidates.
OF other insurgents for the govern
orship are merely scrambles for the
office.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-18

perative preliminary. but It IL only an
incident in the reform the people have
undertaken and will continue to press
by urging their members to right ac-
tion and by electing substitutes for
those whose allegiance to the Speaker
is stronger than their allegiance to
the people and their respect for their
.oaths OF ONCE.
In Kansas in particular the issue of
~Cannonism has become exceedingly
strong and assertive. The voters Of
that state will have a much changed
delegation in the next Congress. They
have been betrayed by some Of their
representatives. and they know it.
Kansas has less tolerance than any 9TH
er state in the Union for public men
who promise n thing to secur elec-
ton n do another thing for political
or other ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Kansas Is not the least worrier be-
cause Murdoch and Madison are not in
the Speakers favor. not the recipients
of chairmanships at the hands of Can
non. Their districts will re-elect these
men, probably without opposition in
either party.
Kansas finds no compensation in the
fact that some Of the members who
have betrayed it have been singled out
for especial honors by the Speaker
whom they have served in preference
over their constituents.
What Kansas wants, and seems de-
termined to nave is. members of Con.
s,vss who will represent Kansas.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-18
El0PED WITH 4 MARQuIS
How New York Hciress and Titled
Suitor Ovcrcame the Objection Of
a Very Obstinate Papa

New York, Nov. 13.-When Archbish-
op Farley made Miss Susanna Henning
the bride of the Marquis Antoine de
Charette at st. Patrick's Cathedral he
consecrated a romance that began in
al international elopement and came
very nearly ending In n cottage not
even vineclad, instead of n Fifth Ave-
nue. hotel.
For 1t is less than a yea ago that
Miss Henning daughter of James w.
Henning, banker. fell very suddenly
in love with the young Marquis de
Charette, who was then in his coun-
try on a visit. The marquis called up
on Mr.. Henning at his apartments in
the Plaza, told him who he was and
how much he cared for his daughter.
He was told in return to think nothing
more about it Observation-Disclosures
al marriages being the one thing out
side of bankruptcy to which Mr.. Hen
ming was most violently opposed.
"Ill marry her in spite of YOU" spoke
up the rebuked nobleman, with hardi-
hood.
you'll sure have some trouble first"
retorted MIR. Henning. who is from Ken
; lucky, as are all the Hennings.
Two days afterward tie Marquis de
Charette and Miss Henning hired a
! middle aged woman to chaperon them,
and the day after that they We're many
leagues out at sea, clipping to France.
Neither was particularly we'll provided
with funds for that voyage, and they
reached Paris to find that the elope-
ment could not continue without i'm
mediate and substantial aid. The
young marquis telegraphed his moth
err, the Baroness de Charette. ana she
motored hastily to Paris from her es-
tate in Brittany with the needed
money.
Meanwhile Miss Henning was cab
ling her wealthy father for a consent
to their engagement. Mr.. Henning
| fumed a great deal, but cabled his on
sent to Paris and followed himself and
brought his daughter back.
But while abroad Mr.. Henning met
General de Charette, who is a descend
ent of all the French Charleses, and
met the baroness, who is heiress to the
famous Kentucky estates of President
James X. Polk. So there 1T was ar
ranged that the marriage should take
place in st. Patrick's and that Miss
Henning should change her religion,
that she might thereby meet the hered-
itary demands of the Charette line.
which has been Catholic since the days
of Charlemagne lie Grand.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-18
RECRUIT.

Highmore Bulletin: The Redfeld
Journal Observer which for six years
has been staunchly stalwart is out
fiat footed on an anti-Cannon plat
form and opposed to a continuation
of the old factional alignment in the
republican party. Therein the j. O..
and Bulletin are in happy harmony.
And then coming down to real orac-
teal politics and reducing the theor-
les on which we agree to a concrete
proposition for the pending campaign
the Bulletin would propose that all
first term state officers who have
made fairly good records should be
accorded a second term without OPP
position, regardless of which faction
they have in the past been allied with
that good men of both factions should
be supported for the open places and
that we should support only men for
congress who will positively declare
themselves in advance as opposed to
the reelection of a reactionary for
speaker. Here is a direct and speci-
fc issue on which most republicans
ought to be able to unite. The is
sues of the past three campaigns have
been settled right. There can no
longer be a logical fight over them.
Neither of the senators will be can
didates before the coming election.
It will be over three years before this
state will elect a senator and Senat-
or Crawford is but at the threshold Of
his term. 1t will be ample time two
and four years from now to open a
campaign against the senator's, if in
the meantime they should not be true
to the interests of the people who
have sent them to Washington, and
the Bulletin has no hesitancy in say
ing that it will then oppose their re-
election if they should be wrong on
the issues involved in the campaigns
then on. or untrue to the trust now
reposed in them. But why cross the