The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-08-21

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This week the Street Carnival is in
Ellis and next week it will be in Wa
keeney.
/ Those who have a right to vote, don t
fail to register or you cannot vote at
! the election next month.
Mrs. Kirkman has secured the Saline
valley school for another year. This
makes her fourth term as teacher OF
this school.
Miss Carrie Bullock went to Wilson
last Saturday morning where she will
visit with the Ed Yost family until
school commences
Andrew Meier and Charlie Hoff of
the Saline were in Monday TO the Hays
Penney contest, the land being in
their neighborhood.
Work at the new addition TO the
school house progresses nicely and it
will be big improvement to the Pub
lie school of our city.
The Trego county paper tells that
Scott Grippeu's team had runaway,
broke up the wagon badly and injured
Grippen's leg in bad shape.
Remember that Mrs. TilIotson con-
inues to bake at her new home on East
Main street and furnishes lovely bread
and rolls ahd choice pies on order
The land contest at the Probate
Judges Office this week created much
interest as it covered the ground of
what constitutes a residence on a home
stead.
This week has been desperately hot
one all over Kansas. There was hard
ly bit of breeze with the gauge show
ing nearly the 100 mark every day and
the nights very close
On Wedne sday Harry FELTON, got out
the pleasure of the store keepers as
also those who had occasion to drive
over the sprinkled streets.
Mrs. Joslin and her daughters have
returned from their trip to Colorado
and report nice time and the girls
are now ready for their school duties
again down in the Smokey valley.
Now that the machinery seems to be
In working order, the fast mail and
passenger train to the Pacific coast
goes through our town on rush about
6:30 every morning, and it has secured
good patronage.
Gov. Stubbs has appointed Ale1
Philip as delegate to the Corn Con
vention in Omaha next December anc
Hiram Jov as delegate to the CONNER
cial Congress at Denver. Both vii
pay THAR own expenses if they go.
We always felt sure that w E. Con
nelly who attended our State Norma
would ''make good" Last year hi
was the principal of the Luray schoo
and the coming year will be principa
of the Intermediate Ward school O.
Salina.
The annual semi-annual allotment O
the Public School money has been mad
and amounts to forty-nine cents -pe
scholar. Ellis county has 1926 pupil
and gets a check for $1923. The Co
Supt. will now divide it among tn,
school districts.
Miss Fisher of Pittsburg, Penn,
niece of Frederick Solomon, is here o
a visit to her uncle and is epjoyin
Kansas life on the banks of Big Cree
visiting at the George Palmer hom
west OF town and the Solomon ranch
south of Munior.
The Walker, Weston, is back in Ne,
York in perfect health after his wall
of 1000 miles to California If he live
he hopes to make the walk again nez
year. His longest walk in one da
was seventy-eight miles, between Tc
peka and Junction City.
Don't miss the show next Tuesday
!. 1t comes very highly recomm ended b
those IN the places where it has shown
1t is wagon show, but often the al
fractions they present are far MOI
, worth the money than the big shows
Bring the children in and let them sc
this small hut good show and it don
. cost much.
81 Miss Neva Bell decided it would I
pleasanter to be at home than to teaC
school and so discontinued her institut
work before the end of the month al
. accepted position as stenographer fl
\ the Hays City Milling Co. Miss Ne1
! has held this position before and the
can rely upon her for accuracy al
neat work.
The acrobats, who were with tt
q street carnival last week did splendid
IS and the crowds who saw them enjoys
e their performance. They are Eli
,e county boys, having started fe
n years ago out in Hamilton township
It the most primitive way, but by ha
le work and careful practice have becor
.e experts to win the plaudits of crow