The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
FOR BOY FARMERS
Silver Loving Cup for Best Ten
Ears of Corn at State
Institute.
WILL BE CASH PRIZES, TOO
State Agricultural College Making
Great Preparations for Big Farm
ers' Meet in December.

boy must have grown the corn him
self and that he have entered the
home contest last spring. There will
be no entrance fee.
Besides the silver loving cup, 1922
in cash prizes is offered by the Kan
sas State Bankers Association,
through the agricultural committee.
These cash prizes will be awarded to
the boys and girls January 1 by E.
E. MulIany of Hill City, president of
the bankers association, and w. w.
Bowman of Topeka, secretary of the
association.
In the corn contests, prizes will be
offered for white and yellow corn
grown in Eastern and also for corn
grown in Western Kansas. Other
prizes viii be offered for kafr, feterita,
and potatoes grown in any part Of the
state For the girls there are prizes
for the best handmade Bingham
kitchen apron and for the best loaf Of
bread The contests are open to girls
and boys between the ages of 10 and
81.
For the men, prizes will be awarded
for yellow or white corn and for the
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two classes, one for eastern and one
for western Kansas. Sorghum prizes
are offered for the best 10 heads Of
kafir and for the best display of %
heads of one or more varieties OF
forage or grain sorghums. Prizes are
also offered for the best half-bushel
of hard winter wheat. for the best
haK-bushel of soft wheat, for the best
half-bushel of oats, any variety, and
for the best peck sample of alfalfa
seed
Team Chased Motor car.-Charles
Allen, living south of HunneweIl, and
his 6-year-old son, were severely in
jured in a peculiar runaway. A motor
car from Wichita passed their team
on the road and the horses broke into
a run after it had passed and soon
got away from Mr.. Allen.
At the Oklahoma line the team ran
into telegraph pole, breaking the
tongue The boy suffered fractured
skull and Allen is unconscious. The
motor car was stopped and Allen and
his son were brought back to Hume
well.
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Holy Rollers in Quarantine.-Dr. ].
Sutcliffe, county health officer of AL
len county, stopped a prayer meeting
in progress at the home of William
Ritchey in Gas City recently, and or
dered every person in the house into
quarantine. According to Doctor SUIT
cliffe. the small son of Ritchey is dam
gerously i'll with diphtheria.
Bankers Meet-Groun six of the
Kansas Bankers Association, compris-
ing the banks of the Seventh and
Eighth congressional districts. met
recently at Wellington, with an at
tendance of about 175 bankers. One
of the features of the program was an
address by United States Senator W.
H. Thompson, on Effect of the World
War on Kansas Business"
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Motor Robbers Visit Kansas-Rob-
bers riding in two motor cars have
been ransacking stores in small towns
adjacent to Wichita recently, and have
been carrying off hundreds of dollars
worth of Christmas goods. At Sedg-
wick they entered a general store for
the third time within a few months
and stole thousand dollars worth of
clothing and dry goods. Canned goods
also were taken along with cigars and
tobaccos. At Augusta Peckham' S
store was robbed and all the Christ
mas jeweIry to the amount of 1900
taken.
Old Settler Dies-Thomas Gowen-
lock, president of the state board of
optometry and one of the widely
known citizens of Clay Center, as well
as one of the old settlers of the town
is dead at his home in Clay Center
He had been i'll several weeks.
Can't Close His Mouth.-John Mus
tain, a we'll driller working seven
miles east of Council Grove, is unable
to close his mouth. While waiting
for his supper he yawned, something
snapped, his jaw locked and his mouth
refused to be closed.
Farmer Drops Dead.-W. P. DeMoss
a farmer living mile south of Win
field. dropped dead while building the
kitchen fire. His wife, who discov
cred the body, is in a serious condi
ton from the shock. DeMoss was AZ
years old and besides his wife two
sons survive. His death is attributed
to heart disease.
Reopen Fort Riley Wireiess.-Tht
wireless station at Fort Riley ha.
been opened. Sergt. John w Cusick
Signal Corps, arrived from Newport
News, Va, to take charge.
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Fire Damages oskaIoosa.-Fire a
Oskaloosa recently destroyed a hard
ware store, a jewelry store and re:
taurant, entailing a loss of about $50,
600. Postmaster W. B. Ford suffered
a broken leg as the result of an ex
plosion in the hardware store, whicl
wrecked the interior of the postoffc,
in an adjoining building.
rag Day Nets s5oo.-Tag day il
Concordia for the Belgian relief net
ted close to $500, which. together Will
other hedges will make Cencordiat