The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-06
Miss Gertrude Ryan went to Colo
rado Monday night for vacation.

township to help build granary.
The boys at the Court House OBJ
served Monday as a holiday and most
of them were off on political tour.
Both Ed Rea and Harry Pestana,
the Judicial candidates, spent Primary
election day here awaiting the returns
From the papers it seems that all
over the state they had local showers
this week, relieving the dry situation.
Philip Scott entertained a number of
his young frlerds at social gather
ing at Grandpa Philips last Saturday
evening.
Father Dan Mccarthy got his hand
caught in a feed cutter this week and
he may loose one of his fingers. 1t is
hoped not.
Anton Dreiling. who lives south Of
Ellis had the misfortune last week to
have bis threshing machine burned to
the ground.
Wednesday this section was visited
by local showers and many of the
wheat hauIers got caught away from
home with their loads of grain.
The young lady friends here of Miss
es Ida Solomon and Mabel Rowlison
sent them bunch of Kansas City hot
house flowers as remembrance.
Word comes that Grinnen has select
ed their teachers for the coming year
and that Pror. Charles Wilson, our
Normal boy, will be the Principal.
The Methodist cl urch folks this
week trimmed the trees along the
pa avements in front of their church, go
the building looms up much handsomer.
The Directors of the Yocemento
Cement Plant met at their Office in this
city on Wednesday and then went out
to the works on tour of inspection in
autos.
Henry Ames successfully contested
this week the Homestead of Joe Zim-
norman in the Smokey valley as he
had gone to Colorado and entirely
abandoned it.
Frank Payne had the misfortune to
get his hand caught in the gearing OF
threshinR machine msnRling it mp
badly and laying him off from work
/ for some time.
Rev. Bowen was here Sunday and
assisted IN the work of dedicating the
new Methodist church and raising the
needed sum to free the church from
debt before dedication.
The Misses Eleanor Fowler, Mar
gery Cadester. Edith and Cora Farren
of Kansas City arrived on Monday
evening for a visit with their friend
Mrs. George Philip. Jr.
Mrs. and Miss Cotter of Toledo,
Ohio, and Mrs. Fox of Chapman, Kan
sas, cousins of Mrs. Leahy and Bess,
visited in Hays this week. They left
for home Thursday morning.
This section of the country enjoyed a
splendid hard shower for half an hour
during Monday afternoon which fresh
ened up things, but the hot weather
has ruined much of the corn
Prof. S. w. Cunningham has gore
to Manhattan to spend the month OF
August with his mother, before leav-
ing for Idaho, where he has fine po-
sition as teacher at good salary
The annual camp meeting at the
Ogallah Tabernacle commenced on
Thursday and lasts until Sunday the
14th. Take a drive over there and
see emphatic religion by enthusiasts.
Two Kansas City gentlemen. with
their lady friends. went through in
autss on Wednesday, bound for Colo
RADIO on a vacation. They had two OF
the handsomest $4,000 autos ever seen
in our CITY.
1t will now be pretty race for sher-
if this fall between Andy Miller rep
I-eaentinR Ellis, and Al Robinson repre-
senting Hays Both will poll big votes
in their home towns with the outside
precincts to fight for.
The many old friends here OF the
Haddocks will be glad to hear of this
from the McCracken Enterprise: ''Mr.
and Mrs W. J. Haddock have adopted
little four-year-old bov, which they
got at Wichita, and are very proud of
him
DR.. Gibson and wife of New York
City, formerly of our city, passed
through this week bound for Colorado
for vacation trip They look as well
and as happy az ever and wanted to be
remembered to their many friends
here
Mother Smith died at her home in
Ellis this week. She went there in
1870 and has been we'll known and
loved by every body and everyone called
her mother She was the mother OF
Mrs. Martin and Mrs Tom Hamilton
and had large family.
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