The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-05

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ness trip to Kansas City Thursday
evening.
Mrs. John O'Lou9hIin was this week
taken to the Sisters hospital for treat
ment.
Mr.. Klopf is building harm on the
rear of J is residence lot on East Nor
NAL avenue.
mer have returned from their visit to
Topeka.
Last Saturday evening Mrs. Kohl
and Mrs. Gebrer entertained a company
of their friends at tea.
Marshal ANDY Miller of Fills was q
witness in our court again this week
and LOT of other Ellis fellows
Mr. Ravrcsford. wife and child from
Ellis were Havs visitors on Tuesday
He had business in our court.
The court ran short Of jurors We'd
nesdav on the Hall case from Ellis and
had TO send out for twelve more.
W. A. Smith, wife ard sister visited
Mrs Smiths brother at Independence
Kansas, part of last week and this.
Attorney Saum of Kansas Citv was
here this week looking aftef~his court
cases. He reports the family doing
nicely.
The ''HelpfuI Hen" ia getting down
to busiress this warm weather and the
price of eggs is again in sight of the
common people.
Mrs. B. Mallov and daughter of
O'ney, Illirois, Frank Reed and R. r
Haddock of Sallna were smorg the
Br runswick guests on Wednesday.
Out in Cove county last week a
farmer sold his crop of cane seed, 1000
bushels, to seed merchant, at 81 % a
hundred pound It averaged about
thirty-twO bushels to the acre.
VIM. Reale was in this week from
his Elm canon, Saline valley farm and
reports ,attle doing nicely out on the
river ana have plenty of feed to carry
them through to new grass days.
Mrs. M. D. Chase, who lives in the
Schultz property, has brought her
cows to town ard will be pleased to
supply sweet fresh milk to all who de-
sire. See her or drop her postal.
Mr.. and Mrs, r w. Battin Of the
west Buckeve neighborhood have gone
out to Logan county on a visit to Lee
Shelton and family, who moved out
there last srrirg and are doing nicely.
The Washburn College professors
tell that the comet now in view will be
visable but few days longer, that it
is rising higher in the sky, and the tail
il growing longer and seems to be split
ting.
1t is expected that the State Temper
ance Union will have their attornies,
maybe Mr.. Codding, here next Monday
to look after some prohibition matters
in our court, and they will likely make
the fur fly.
Mr. Havemann has received an ele-
giant big photo of the Salmon river in
Idaho, where his sons live. It shows
the great ice gorge, when it was 81 de-
grees below zero there this winter. 1t
is very clear, pretty view.
Down i'll Pawnee county they pay a
bounty on rabbit scalps and propose to
get clear of the pests, if possible. In
three weeks bounty was paid on Ia, S2l.
One party brought IN 1913 on which
they used 1000 shells, and cleared $27
besides having the sport.
The question of sewers is the all ab
Council are having much worry and
discussion what is best to be done. 1t
means sceptic tanks on the fats in the
south part of town and the city lots
there may yet cone into use.
To-day is the time for the exami-
nation of candidates for the Census
Supervisors all over the United States,
as it will require an arrey of so, 600 to
do the work. The examination here
will be held in the City Hall, and a
candidate has three hours to fll in the
required blanks which are sent here to
the examiner.
A. W. Copeland Of the south Smokey
country was in town Tuesday on busi-
ness and reports the roads in terrible
shape for hauling. He don't get in as
often as he used to for McCracken is
now his nearest trading point. He re-
ports that his stock and others in that
neighborhood have come through the
winter in good shape.