The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-09

The Normal began Monday and sew
ersl new students enrolled
; Gassman ia out again, and will now
be more careful in lifting work.
Dolly Warden Chocolates at HARK-
NESS. 10. .35 and SO. 28-tf
Attorney HoImquist went to Hoxie
Sunday evening on legal business
The Citizens State Bank has had
new electric lights put in, that light up
the room splendidly.
Collyer, in Trego county, has new
postmaster, Ida G. Simmons having
been named to succeed j. w. Hickman.
Examine the bargains in pictures and
frames at Spratt's Book Store they
have large line to select from. 47-tf
Next Monday the Governor and State
Officers take their Offices and on Tues
day the Legislature meet for a fifty
day session.
Vacation week was beautiful wealth
er for the children, but this week has
been a ''feeler," with skifts of snow
and down below zero weather
Co Superintendent Grabbe holds his
Office until June, when Mr.. Kuhn takes
hold. All the other county officers be-
gin their second term of two years on
Monday.
|
priated $500, 200 worth of provisions
and $500. 600 in money for the relief of
the Italian sufferers from the earth
quakes.
W. j. Haddock and " life were at Nc
Cracken this week and bought six
acre tract of ground on edge of city
and will soon move there, that climate
being better for his health.
County Surveyor Markey takes the
place of Surveyor Jacobs, who will
now give his attention to education, he
having attended the State Normal the
past year. when he had spare time.
Miss Kate BasgaIl, who has an in
terestihg school at Buffalo Park re-
turned to her work Sunday evening
while Miss Annie Brungardt went to
school at st Peter in Graham county
On Monday Register Rooth retires
after four years as Register of Deeds
and Alex Schueler of Catharine takes
the Office. Mr.. Rooth has made an ac-
commOdating and careful official and
will be missed in the Office,
The post office at McCracken has in
creased in business until now it has
been made third-class, or salaried of
fee. Our old resident, w. w. Kelly, /;
still the postmaster, assisted by his soi
and his wife as deputies.
Representative Grabbe will spend the
next two months in Topeka trying to
make laws that will please the people
When the term is over he will be wiser
if not wealthier man at the salary ui
So a day with $3.50 day paid for
board.
Mrs. r. B. Thomas put in bill t.
the Commissioners Monday for expe.
ses and damages sustained in the cou
ty trying to force Chestnut street ops.
illegally and her arrest. The COmmi
sioners rejected the bill and suit h.,
now been started for its collectio,
getting the county into another Law
suit
Onr citizens, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Smith had the pleasure of beng in A
bany, N. Y. on January first and wit,
5000 others saw Gov. Hughes take III
oath of Office for his second term
State troops and general assembly
the best people in that state wer,
present, so our friends surely enjoyed
the occasion.
The new Board of County Commits
Sioners meet next Monday to organize,
elect q chairman. designate the news
papers to do the printing. the banks to
do the banking and the ianitor to do
the work. Commissioners Griese and
Brull retire and Messrs. Joe Goetz of
Herzog and Isaac zeigler take their
places
The little town Of Sehoengen on the
Smokey is on the move. The new post
master has erected a store on the main
road, while several others are building.
George Gottschalk made bis wife a
nice Christmas present to help in her
house work, so range. The old days
Of the kitchen stove and bake oven has
passed as George prospers in life.
The annual report of the Commits
sioner of Pensions is out, showing that
the Old Veterans are dropping of
rapidly, they now being over sixty-five
years of age. 50, SIG names having been
removed on this account Of these
"a. asa were soldiers and sailors of the
civil war. During the entire year the
total number of pensioners on the roll
was 1.O66, 053. In this county several