The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-12-11
The boys are having good time this
week with their sleds.

week Win LQSlT
| Isaacson's S are owing into the cozy
, Oshant cottage on Gospel Hill.
Nice Cbildren's hats for 75c. at Miss
Deane's store for the next two weeks.
: Miss Anna Denning of the Herzog
neighbcrhood is now clerking in store
at Gorham.
Miss Mary Hsffamier went to Wilson
on Sunday with Mrs. Lester on visit
to friends there.
You are due for a good laugh See
WANTED WIFE at the Opera House
Monday night Dee 49,
1t is told that John Freese expects to
come home from Chicago to spend the
holidays with his folks.
Who lost lap robe? See the sdver
in another column. It would be handy
to have this cold weather.
Mrs. Alex Philip entertained We'd
nesdav evening in compliment to Mrs
Tootbaker and Mrs. ]. H. Reeder.
Fortunately our coal yards had lots
of coal on hand for this storm, so those
needing it got what they asked for.
AS Wednesday was a nice lay and
great Catholic holiday, they turned ont
in full force at the church meetings
In the basket ball game last Friday
at the Normal gym the Normal boys
beat the Hill City High School team
The Yocemento postoffice has been
designated as money order office ard
will soon have the necessary blanks to
do the work.
This Saturday mother Sutton reaches
her 18th birthday and will receive the
hearty congratulations of her children
and many friends.
Mrs. Toothaker has finished her visit
to Ellis and Wakeeney and came back
to Hays Sunday for a few days before
going east to herImother's.
The weather was SO snowy and bad
last Saturday that neither the Farmers
Institute nor the County Teachers
meeting had many in attendance
AS the bad weather held on so long
and it was too cold to skate, the tent
and floors of the skating rink were
taken apart and stored for the winter.
Monday was a tough day for Mr..
Brown, the eye and ear man, TO come
here, but the day was advertised and
he was on hand. See his notice of his
next visit.
The roads were so bad this week that
postmaster Mcintosh of Bantam had to
take two days for the trip to town this
week. Teams could not GO off a walk
on the rough roads.
Frank Hayes this week got his home
stead entry on the Saline. He also
BIO ugbt and paid the land Office for the
forty-five acre tract of McCarter's ad-
joining on the nor theast.
Farmers tell that the storm the past
ten days has been hard on the stock.
The rains followed by the sleet and
snow has given them little chance to
Craze or even feed comfortably
While we have had a very cold spell,
the snow and sleet have spoiled the ice
so none of it will be gathered this time.
But many of our ice men are all ready
for quick action whenever there is good
ice.
Mr.. e. w. Dickinson has returned
from bis trip east, and while away
visited his daughter. Mrs. Kent in New
Hampshire Miss Sophia returned with
him from Chicago for holiday vaca-
tion with her parents.
Children from the public school re
port that all through the cold spell
their rooms have been very comforta-
bic, so that they couldn't even get
days vacation on account of the cold,
so they could go skating.
Topeka got on one of it's good streaks
and this week when the famous opera
sirgar came there to sing and wanted
to buy some wine her manager was un-
a bic to get it and she had to be salts
| fed with river water. Maybe she
asked for It too publicly.
Now it is told that Judge Smith of the
north judicial district may enter the
Congressional race in this district,
which with Ham, Young, White and
Reeder in the race. will make an inrer-
esting Republican primary next spring,
while it looks now as if Robertson will
be the Democratic nominee.
Congress met this week and the
President sent in his message, which
takes about two pages of newspaper.
| 1t is pronounced forcible document in
the way he handles National matters.
, As to the tariff he says it is law. 1t
may not please every body, but is en-
t titled to a fair trial before being con-
demned.
At the Republican Office this week