The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-11
Next week is the Commencement at
the State Agricultural College at Man
haitian.

Next week ls the commencement at
the State Agricultural College at Man
haitian.
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MILLER BROS, Hays, Kansas.
Charlie Binder was here this week
visiting friends. He now has a job
down at Joplin, Missouri, and is doing
well.
DR.. Brown, the eye and ear man,
was here on Monday and had lots of
patients to care for. He comes again
next month.
Ellis county has the only sheriff in
the district who presents calendar of
prisoners in jail at each term of court.
-Luray Herald.
Carl Holmquist went to LeavenwOrth
this week as an attorney in a case
being heard before the U. S. Court
now in session there.
This week the people living here who
own autos had the time of their life,
while outside ones of eveay conceivable
make were here and inspected.
1t was a fine sight to see 30 many
farmers coming here in their autos.
It looked more like prosperity than
down trodden Kansas Farmers.
Court met this week with the small
lest docket of cases in many years
There is some litigation, not much
criminal and several divorce cases.
The many friends of Mother Cavan-
der were glad to see her here this
week again looking SO well. She has
travelled extensively since she left here
and enjoyed life.
AS this was farmers week many
kinds of machinery was displayed.
Much of it was in operation at the
Experiment Station and at several
places around town.
While the Experiment Regents were
here this week they looked over the
ground and consented to the Hays
sewer system going in just as first pro-
posed and the work is going on.
The summer term of the State Nor
NAL commenced this week and while
there are not many boys there is big
crowd Of ladies, most of them advanced
teachers, to take up special studies.
Attorney Beardsley of Russell was
up Tuesday greeting friends and see
ing the sights on the reservation. He
has decided not to break into the judIc
ial fight but let the others fight it out.
The news comes that Mrs. Ida Old
ham, daughter Of Jonah Mutton, who
moved to Trego county, last week pre-
sented her young husband with an
eleven pound boy TO COO to him during
harvest.
Anthony Deane, who accompanied
his mother on her visit to see relatives
near Philadelphia took sick with in
fammatory rheumatism and was un-
able to walk from the depot to the
hotel. Plainville Times.
1t was indeed a pleasure to see so
many of our Russian farmers in atten-
dance at the Experiment Station gath
ering, so they could see how the state
grew crops, meet their brother farm
ers and hear the professors explain how
farming can be made more successful.
Wednesday proved to be beautiful
day. Had Tuesday been as nice what
would Hays have done with the crowds
for both days? We believe they would
have proved able ard willing. AS it
was, every visitor seemed happy and
pleased with their reception By our
people.
Mrs. Hollenbeck had the pleasure of
entertaining w. D. Nickles and daugh-
ter. Miss Nina; of Abilene who came
here to see the Farmers meeting.
Others in attendance from Abilene
were: Messrs. Isaac Shocky, Herbert
Landes., Kelley and Dull.
Ex-State Forester Wheeler of Trego
county was one of our visitors this
week and he was gratified to see the
Station such a success, and especially
that so much interest was beginning to
be taken in Forestry. The work there
shows that all kind of trees can be
grown if properly cared for.
Ex-representative Conger Of Rocks
county was one of the successful farm
e1s and stock men who came to the
farmers meeting. He helped Repre-
sentative SchIyer get the reservation
bills through the Legislature and is
very proud of the work he did for Kan
sas at that time as the Experiment
farm has proven a success
A Young man named Charles T.
johnson, who formerly lived in this
county but has been living in the state
of Washington several years was here
this week and took the last vacant
homestead tract of land in Trego coun-
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