The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-27

L. n. Yost was here Sunday looking
after the work at the Cement office
and works.
Mrs. George Grass and youngest son
left Saturday night for Pennsylvania
for vacation.
Miss Zeininger left Sunday evening
for Colorado after pleasant visit here
with her many friends.
The terrible hot weather this week
scorched things generally, the mercury
running round the 110 mark.
Mrs. Al Nickles left Saturday night
for Denver with her son Albert, who
will have an operation performed.
Another week and there will be lots
of strange young ladies in town who
have come to attend our State Normal.
State Architect John Stanton of
Topeka was here on Thursday visiting
friends and attended the Lodge meeting.
AS expected, lots of wheat came in
n ond ay, ard brought the very sat
lsfactory price of ninety cents
bushel.
The Misses Beleke and Frances Orth
b ave gone on visit to Oklahoma to
see some of their relatives ard to en-
joy a vacation.
Rev. Goodman bas located down in
Stafford county, 100 miles southeast of
here he ar st. John, where he has a fine
improved farm.
A very helpless family have stranded
in the northwest part of our city, and
the Lut heran ladies' Aid Society went.
to their assistance.
Druggist Mcmillan was setting up
the cigars this week as his wife
presented him cute baby girl to
gIa dden their home.
George Lettering was in town on
Wee dnesdsy attending the meeting of
the Republican county central COM
mittee for organization.
G. c. Cunning han at the Experiment
station, enjoyed the mysteries of the
3rd degree at the Masonic lodge in our
city Thursday evening.
Ben Croker left Sunday night tor
st. John in the south eastern part of
the state where he has a splendid poei-
tion IN the school there.
A crazy man in the Pullman sleeper
Thursday night carrying two revolvers
shot another pa ssenger and the porter
as the train nea red Ellis.
AS her folks ere on visit to Cali
fornia, Mrs. Silverstein will not re-
turn to Hays until next north, and the
doctor is looking much detected.
Rev West will return hs me the first
of the week, brir ging his sister Miss
Helen with him, who VIII stay for
several m onths on visit to our little
city.
Edward Walters of Carthage, IIlinoi
who has been here visiting the West
brock family and looking after his farm
near the Smokey, returned home Sur
day night.
The Dc n ocIs tic county certTal com
mittee met last Saturday and elected
Jacob Bruel as chair mar, Richard
Mulroy as secretary and Mich Arnold
as treasurer.
The fast morning mail train from st.
Louis and the east was several hours
late on Wednesday, not going through
here until after dinner instead of
before breakfast.
Postmaster Miller has received his
commission, and the Office at Bantam
has been discontinued and new office
established at Hyacinth, to be kept in
the Miller general store.
Sand is very scarce in our town, the
various pits having run out, and con-
tractor Baker has a bunch of men on
scow on the creek trying to dredge
some out with a gasoline engine.
Father Solomon reached the age of
seventy-fve this week and is entitled
to his increase of pension and applica-
tion was made through this Office on
Monday and he will draw it the next
voucher day.
On Monday Mr.. and Mrs Hollenbeck
left for Cheyenne, Wyo. to the great
annual Frontier Days Celebration,
that occurs this week and to which Ex-
President Roosevelt made the western
trip. So they will get to see him, and
an immense crowd of people.
The Hoxie Sentinel has this of Prof
Turner, who is here and is to be the
Principal Of our public school this year:
Roy Turner and family of Emporia,
Kansas, spent few days this week
visiting with his father, Wash Turner.
Roy has been attending school at EN-
poria but goes from here TO Hays City,
Kansas, where he has accepted posi-
ton as principal of the city schools. -
The coming week the teachers Of our