The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-01-15

Wallace county this week conducting
the defense in a homestead contest
case.
Word comes that Mrs Toothaker
has reached LosAngeles on her return
trip, and they will now look for a new
business location.
Herbert Chittenden entertained a
number of his young friends Wednef-
day evening at bis lovely countrv home
northeast of town.
Wednesday morning the chiiden had
great time getting to school and
many had hard falls on the pavement
but no one was hurt bad
Lester Jewell has given up the STAR
route in our city and sold the apencv to
James Westbrook, who now has the
delivering of papers in charge.
The comfort of a long or short drive
can he had bv buving Fnr or Plush
Robe, Storm Front and Foot Heat-
er at SCHLYER & ARNHGLD. 9-3f
Last Saturday lots Of horses were
brought to town to sell but the prices
offered were too low for MANY to ac-
cept and the horses were taken home
again.
Our former Hays boy, Cleve Schultz,
| has moved out to LosAngeles, with his
family, where relatives of his wife live
and he expects to go into. business
there.
Sleighing could not have been better
than it was last week, yet only two
real sleighs are owned in our city, most
of them being bobs or pipe runners
This is the first year in many that
there was much use for a sleigh.
Down in Ness county the commits
sioners scattered the county deposits
all over the county, allowing each of
the five banks to have three or four
20ths of it at an agreed rate of inter-
est on the banks giving proper security
Last Saturday was warm, delight
flu day and the boys had fine time
with their sleds tied behind the wagons.
while several boys had their ponies
hitched to sled with half dozen
sleds. full of happy children, trailing
behind
After very hard work for nearly a
week the wrecked cars that went into
the ditch near Ellis were righted up by
fbo uyrnoL>orS ord +aI>oo n tLa rayoir
shop. The mail and baggage cars
were the new steel kind, so they were
little injured
The Hays News tells that ''the Hous
toms entertainment wasn't exactly
poor" and "had one redeeming fea-
ture," so the absent scholars didn't
miss much after all. And it must have
been poor as their Leader" don t even
mention the performance
This office very seriously doubts if
the next rs cent show that comes here
will draw the bald-heads and the bloods
as in the past. They will wait for the
25-35 cent ones or blow their money
in on the picture show. The Hays
boys can't get stung very often.
Friends of Prof. Haas, who formerly
taught here, and is now principal of
the schools at Sharon Springs, will be
glad TO know that they are doing nice
ly out there and they have built them
selves neat COTTAGE They wish to
be remembered to their friends here.
If our theatre-lovipg people want to
see something grand on the stage they
should not miss seeing Faust" played
ere. This is ore of the most exciting
dramas on the stage. The electrical
effects are startling and the Topeka
paper speaks very highly of the per
formance the troupe gave there lately
at their opera house.
At the meeting of the County Com
missioners they ordered that their pro-
ceedings and all legal notices should be
published this year as last, in all -four
county papers so everybody who want
ed to could see what the county money
was expended for and all other county
official news, so readers of the Free
Press can read it again this year. The
Commissioners will accept our thanks
and Highlands of our readers.
Papers tell so much about the Haley
comet, and many are anxious to see it,
with its immense long Illuminated tail
Now it is invisible to the naked eye
and can only be seen through the mos
pow erful telescopes, but by March 10tI
and for three weeks after everybody
can see the beautiful affair in the west
ern heavens Then it will run behinC
so me larger star and about the middle
of April again appear for g coupl'
months and then disappear for anothe
h enealf tury.
How often in this great world peopl
long separated will run across eacl
Other 1t was well illustrated las
Friday evening when gentleman hap
pened in our town and knocked on Mr.
! O'Brien's door to say how you-do