The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
TO DISCUSS THE SCHOOLS
Conference of Good Citizenship
League Called to Meet at En-
poria April and 4.

League Called to Meet at EN-
poria April 8 and 4.
The Kansas Good Citizenship
League, at the invitation Of the
Council of Faculty Women at the
state normal school and the Lyon
County Federation of Clubs, will hold
an educational conference at Smporia
Friday and Saturday, April 3 and 4.
The meeting will be in the normal
auditorium.
The purpose of the conference is
to discuss the possible improvement
of Kansas schools, crime and proven
ton measures and possible legisla-
ton with regard to these, The COM
plete program will be announced
later. All members of the league and
all men and women who are inter
ested in this work are invited to at
tend.
Stephen Osborne Dies.-Stephen
]. Osborne died recently at Coffey-
vile after long illness. He was 81
years old. He went there thirteen
years ago from Southwestern Kansas,
where he served as judge of the dis
trict court About fifteen years ago
ne was speaker Of the Kansas House
Of Representatives. Ray T. Osborne,
son is probate judge OF Montgomery
county.
Don't Work Roads Now NJ. Lowe
Of Kansas City, president of the Ma
tional Old Trails Association, has adj
vised farmers in Barber county against
working the roads at this season. Mr..
Lowe says that in view Of the coming
spring rains road work at this time
would be useless and the farmers had
better save their energy till the rainy
season is over.
Falls From Auto.-While taking a
party of friends to Larned in his auto
mobile from Great Bend, Charles
Simmons of Great Bend was serious
ly injured when two miles east Of
Larned he leaned out over the run
ming board to examine the tires. Sim
mons became overbalanced and fell
on the hard roadway. He was rem
dered unconscious.
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Drafted for congress.-State Sena.
tor Jouett Shouse of Kinsley, has been
drafted for Congress to succeed
George A. Medley. A large meeting
was held in the opera house and reso-
Iutions adopted urging him to get
into the congressional race.
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Burns to Death.-In a blaze which
destroyed the NJ. B. Hamilton & Co. s
glove factory at Leavenworth, Willard
Belknap, so years old, night watch
man, lost his life. Three iremen were
overcome by smoke. The loss proba,
bly, will be more than $4,000.
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Skates for Mail CIerIs.-Short four
men in the mailing department of the
postofice, Capt. J. H. Shields, post
master at Wichita, has arranged to
put two OF the employees. on roller
skates in order to facilitate the receipt
and distribution of mail The plan
was tried in the Chicago postoffiee in
the Christmas week and is said to
| have worked we'll.
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St. john is e1.-A meeting was held
recently at the court house in Olathe
| by the friends Of ex-Gov. John P. st.
John, who is in the East making pro-
hibition speeches in the large cities.
The celebration was in honor Of Mr..
st. Johns eighty-frst birthday ami.
versary and at the conclusion COM
mittee was appointed to send congrat.
ulations by telegraph
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Journalists to K. U.-Charles H
Grasty and Wilbur D. Nesbit have
| joined the list OF men who viii travel
to address the National Newspaper
Conference during the Kansas news.
paper week at the University of Kan
sas, May II to Il.
Postmaster Dies.-M. D. LyIes.
postmaster at Saffordville for twelve
years and resident Of Chase county
since 1880, is dead at his home in
Saffordville He was born at New
Market, Tenn. in 1871 and was a vet.
eran of the Civil war. He is survived
by wife and nine children.
Married So Years.-Dr. and Mrs. II.
W. Marsh Of Winfield recently cele
brated their fifty-eighth wedding an.
niversary. They were married ia
! Ionia county, Michigan, February ze
] 1856. Both are hale and hearty.