The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-13

Mrs. Timothy Logan left last Satur
day evening for her home in Denver.
Mrs. Seth Decker is improving nice
ly and is now able to sit up some of the
time.
Mrs. C H. Wagner and children
! have returned from then months visi
in Missouri.
A big crowd of farmers were in towl
! last Saturday and our merchants die
lots of business.
We have in nice lot of choice sweet
pickles. Come see ano try them a
Hoffman Butcher shop.
| Mrs. Gehrer and son returned Satur
Gay night from their visit to Kansa.
City and Excelsior Springs
This week the cupalo of the Public
School building has been strengthened
with coating of corrugated iron
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. Hall, accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. George Philip, Sr,
took pleasure trip to Lacrosse Tues.
day in Mr.. Halls auto.
Cold weather is here. Nothing is
nicer than mince pies. We have some
elegant mince-meat at our shop oppo-
site the post office HOFFMAN S.
Another car of cabbage was brought
in this week. Surely our people will
have lots of kraut this winter if the
incoming cabbage is all cut up.
Blackman and Wood are back from
their Missouri speculation and people
are now watching for the return of
the Furbeck aud Carter families.
A tent skating rink on End street
near the EIete Theatre is now drawing
crowds every night. Several ha ze met
with serious accidents in their falls
The train was so late Sunday night
the Episcopal minister got here late
for services. Special services were
held by the Episcopalians on Monday
morning.
This week the installation of Presi-
dent Waters took place at the State
Agricultural College and large crowd
were present. Alex Philip attended
from here.
The Russell High School girls came
up Wednesday evening and played a
game of basket ball with the Normal
second team. Russell was defeated by
a score of 81 to 81
1t being examination time at the
Normal, no school was called most of
the week but the time was taken for
examination work The new term
commences next Monday the 18th
The novelty of the skating rink is
drawing the crowds these evenings ard
many are missing the fine pictures
being shown at the Elite Theatre next
door which are far more educational.
Toothakers have sold their hotel at
Oxnard, California, and have bought
another in Northern California. Be-
fore locating, Mrs. Toothaker is MAX
ing trip east to visit her friends and
will visit those in our city soon.
The ordinance of tying teams on
Chestnut street is not being enforced
for teams and autos were thick last
Saturday all along the street, and the
Marshal should enforce the ordinance
bv putting up new signs as warning.
Church is now held by Rev Smith
every two weeks in the Hopewell school
house in Buckeye township and this
week he received big bundle of song
books to be used in the services. To-
morrow, Sunday, is the day, and all
are invited to attend.
Council might go over their ordinance
book and repeal a lot of useless ordi
uances and see that the live ones are
enforced For one thing there is en-
tirely too much boot-legging going on
for a school town and the marshal
should keep his eyes open with his
search warrants.
The frame of the new residence of
Carl Leiker on Normal avenue is mp
and will make them cozy home and
improve that street. Mrs, Rannister
has had her lots on the corner near the
Methodist church nicely cleaned up and
many are hoping that she will build
herself cottage there in the spring.
Council is going to try and have clean
streets and have passed an ordinance
forbidding papers and trash being
thrown on the streets They have also
forbidden the Bowling alleys to run
after eleven O'Clock at night. That
roar way into the small hours of the
morning is death to sleep and eleven
O'Clock is late enough and everybody
should be at home by that time.
The Methodist People Will hold their
Sunday services in the G. A. r. Hall
during the work of remodeling the