The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-28
Phone "a for Hagel, the piano tuner

Wanted.-A three-lnch rain. Address
any farmer in this county.
The Boy Scouts of Hays, headed by
their band, made an all-day hike on FRI
day.
Will Hall-and the Philips family were
out joy riding in the Hall automobile
Sunday.
John Orth, resident of Hays, who is
employed in the railroad shops at Ellis,
is home on vacation.
Henry Dreaney and E. t Mathewson,
of La Crosse, attended Royal Arch
chapter here Tuesday night.
Patrick Hickey, one of the old resi-
dents of the county, whose home is in
Ellis, was in Hays Tuesday.
The Topeka Capital, Friday morning,
gives long, full telegraph account of
the Normal-Cooper game played here.
The iron works for the Palmer bridge
across Big Creek, west of town, was
unloaded here Tuesday. The Kirkman
boys superintended the job
Frank Overholster and Herbert J.
Vine, prominent cattlemen of the
county, who live over on the Saline,
were in Hays, Tuesday of this week.
DR.. Bohan of Kansas City, was
here Monday evening, in consultation
with DIR. Middlekauff, in the the case of
Mrs. Garland.
The cables supporting the irrigation
fiume across Big Creek, at the Normal,
parted, Thursday and let the structure
fall into the water. Workman were at
once employed TO repair the damage.
A six reel feature, Home Sweet
Home viii be put on the screen at the
Crystal Dec. 8. This will undoubtedly
be the finest feature ever shown in
Hays, and you should not miss it.
We wish to call the attention of all
our subscribers to our new serial story,
.eThe Call of the Cumberlands:" which
begins in this issue of The Free Press.
We feel sure that you will enjoy the
story.
Zeppo, DIR. Snyder's famous Scotch
collie, died Wednesday. Zeppo was
wise dog. He had many friends among
the men, women and children of the
city, and many enemies among the
CANNES of the city. He viii be missed.
Tickets will be on sale at Kings Drug
Store, Wednesday, Dec. End, for Jack
Beniamin's Show, which appears in G..
A. R. Hall, next week, December 3rd,
4th and 5th. Reserve them early as
they will be in demand. As frst-class
entertainers ''they are it.I
So famous has Nick Gassman's shoe
hospital become that a man by the
name of Schriner, who lives at Ochel-
tree, Texas this week, sent a pair of
shoes to Nick's by parcel post to be
'healed.'' - That is what might be
called ''going some.
Mr.. Frank Havemann received letter
from relative, this week, who lives in
Germany. The letter was unsealed.
Owing to the war raging in that country
no sealed letters are allowed to leave
Germany. There is a strict sensor-
ship on all outgoing mail.
A surprise party was given to Mrs
Nancy Fields, at Sunday dinner, by her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank. Fields, a
the Brunswick hotel. 1t was the an
niversary of her birth. Quite a number
of her friends were present and very
pleasant social time wss enjoyed by all
Harry Felten shipped car of horse
and mules to Kansas City, Monda!
night. These animals will be shippe'
direct to Europe, where they Will b
used as cavalry and draft animals an
will, in a few weeks, be facing the de
structive fire from modern machin
guns and cannons of the war-craze
Germans.
Miss Maggie Kippes and John J
: Kuhn, both of Victoria, were marie
Monday, at the residence of the groom
7 Father Leo performed the ceremon
; that joined the young couple for life
t A large gathering of friends and rels
tives were present to witness the nuI
tials and wish them long and happ
welded life.
Wolfbinder, the interchangeable, hus
ling windmill man of Hays, has sold
e windmills since he began business lie:
1 than year ago and says he will max
e it round hundred by Jan. l, 19li
r Last Saturday he sold two, and one "a
Il last week he sold three. Wolf is We
+ eran in the business, of 35 years, a
T what he don't know about windmills
y useless to learn.
1.-The situation in Belgium, sa!
:, Jarvis E. Bell of New York, who helps
in the first food distributionin Belgium
p sis simply beyond belief, 1t is unb
p lievable that war ever produced such
e complete and tragic paralysis as v
s saw in many parts of Belgium. 1t ca
|, not be attributed to lack of courage {
n the part of the civilian population or
f the inhumanity of the conquerer. 1t
s simply war up-to-date; civilized Chri
ie tain war.
y Peter Meyer who lives south of Cat
: crime on South Fork, has commene
raising skunks for their fur-in 9th
is words, has q skunk farm. at prese
sr he has only ten of these animals conf