The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

q. n. Pierce was here from Lincoln,
Nebraska, Tuesday.
Roy f. Bailey, manager OF the Salina
Journal, was in Hays the first of the
week.
Mrg. E. R. Hess and little daughter
are visiting her husbands relatives at
Ottawa, Kansas.
For SALE-A good bicycle. Call on
Clarence Clark for particulars or in
quire at tbe Free Press Office.
H. D. Kidd was here from Santa
3 ,sbara, California, Tuesday. the
g Iest Of the Brunswick hotel.
/ Conrad Krugac. Jc, came up from
Kansas City Tassdly, with a new Cad
a'Iac auto mobile, re:ent purchase.
Work commenced this week on tie
ChiIdrens' Playground (Treat Park
ard viii be readg by ChautaCqua week
WlH Butts, the plasserer Who hak
been working for Nick Gas=m7r, is
ql:te sick from b-irg overAeat VIII a
work.
Last Sunday, bunch Of can lidates g
Visited EmmeraH, Catharins, Muojor,
Victoria AMI Walker in the interest Of
their candidacy.
Mre. Hiram Addison has been snffer
ing the pest three weeks from severe
case of ivy poisoning caused by an ex-
cursion to Big Creek.
Ralph Emory of Kalamaz zoo, Michi-
gan, proprietor of the Big Creek Stock
Farm (the CabiI place. southeast of
town, arrived "Wednesday morning,
Itis reported that with the new
elevator recently erected az that place
Yocemento is getting to be nearly
as good wheat market as Hays.
Prof. Lewis has returned from his
trip to st. Paul, MINI where be had
been to attend a meeting OF the Ma
tional Educational Association He re-
ports the weather fully as warm there
as in Kansas.
Mrs. Garland and Mrs. Amy Swires
Matthew returned Saturday morning
from Kansas City, where they had been
taking treatment at one of the hosPi-
ta's of that city.
Reports from Ellsworth county are
to the effect that the wheat there IS
threshing out from 20 to 40 bushels per
acre.
Earl McCaskeY and Hattie Hicks of
McCracken, Kansas, were married at
the Baptist parsonage by the pastor Of
the Baptict church at O'Clock, Wed
nesday afternoon.
Judge ]. H. Downing left Wednesday
night for Topeka to attend the Council
of Administration of the G A. R, to
define the official route to Dstroit,
where the National Encampment will
meet.
An excellent house greeted ''Tne
Diamond Maker" at the Crystal, Tues
day night. As usual, the pictures we're
OF the hest. Msnsger Fredorovicz GER
rainIv Iesds the PROCESSION in Havs as
70 thz excellence of the movie service
Last week John O'LoughIin raceive1
car lead of Ford automobiles consist
lag of eight complete cars. and up TO
Thursday N orning of this week, had
sold six OF them. Two to Carl Steck-
isin of Munjor; two to parties in Ellis;
one to Joe KeagY of Hamilton town
ship, and one to q. Havemann ot this
c:ty.
The county health officer says if PEI
| pie don't quit leaving dead horees and
other animals to decay on top the
ground there is going to be trouble II
you don't bury your dead animals you
will be arrested and prosecuted with
oat further notice; and furthe-, if the
man who left the dead horse in the
middle of the road north of Yocementc
don't see that IL is buried he will have
to pay a fire. The name OF the man i:
known to the health officer.
Jeweler Schultz since the harYest
season commenced has sold to trancisnt
harvesters whole gross of watches
mostly Of the cheap variety. Among
ths number were ten Eigin watcher
and several other watches of gooC
value; also one high priced hunting
case gold watch. Mr. Schultz say
that cheap watches have always solc
veil during the harvest time, but neve
before since his thirty-six years i
business here has he sold so man
! watches IN so short g time.
Marshal Troth is having considera
i, BILE trouble with crap shooters who con
gregate mostly on Big Creek west o
town late in the afternoon and evenings
Several harvesters have reported q los
of hard earned cash. These huma
cormorants should he apprehended an
severely dealt with. They are twi
brothers of the 5ootleggers who sr
also operating in Hays with more o
iess success TO themselves and detri
ment Of the people generally. SQci
people are undesirable citizens -
Thomas HoIzmeister, the young sol
i - EaEe- uoTz-,oiSRor o= fba Hsze g.