The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

J. A. Rich, (son of Ben Rich vel
known here) died at his home south O.
OgalIah. last Friday.
The Presbyterian ladies' furnished a
excellent feast for the State AIumn
guests last Saturday.
John O'Lsughlin says he made an
other soul happy this week-sold Et
| Blender new Ford automobile.
G. b. Dunham was over from TIT
Smoky Hill country, Tuesday Of thi
week and was a pleasant caller at the
Free Press office.
The song service which was aDnounc
ed for Sunday March 18th. at the Pres
bYterian Church has been postponed
until Sunday March 22nd.
The first of the week Chas. Miller
with his celebrated coyote hounds
caught the fast albert" coyote.
/ Several packs of hounds had had a try
at this especial animal but all failed as
he was very swift,
Geo. HeEshberger, one of the prom
iusnt farmers and stock-raisers of
South Logan County, was in Hays sew
erai days last week. Mr.. Hershberger
has heen a resident of Logan County
for about twenty-five years.
Mr. J H. Engle, State Sunday School
Superintend lent. who addressed the as
sembled Sunday School workers and
children at the Lutheran Church last
Sunday night, was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs TiIford during his stay in the
city.
Cove County papers contain the U.
S. land notice of Miss Alice Freese
who will prove up on her homestead in
that county on April 4th., her three
years residence being completed. The
claim is located on blackberry Greek
south of Grinnell, near the Geo. Wilson
ranch.
Will Cox and Grant Goble left Tues
day night for OchiItree, Texas, where
they will at once commence the erec-
tion of building for the Cox Midget
FIGURING Mill which will be moved to
tslt point as soon as the building is
completed.
Alice Penny. the fourteen year old
daughter Of Postmaster Penney, who
was recently operated on for an afflic-
tion of the -lymphatic glands of the
neck, at the hospital in this city, is
improving nicely and is expected TO
soon be entirely recovered.
c. w. Miller has one of the best
modern dwellings in Hays for sale
cheap. Easy terms.
S A Dodge, a former resident of
Hays, died at Russell, Monday, where
he has been running motion picture
show for about two years. The cause
of his death we understand was, blood
poisoning from a wound from an axe
while cutirg wood.
Regent Mrs. Cora Lewis, while here
last week, presented the Fort Hays
Normal School with number of very
hardsome pictures, which she hopes
will be nucleus for a Normal art gal
lerY. They were said to be very hand
some and were much admired.
Big Millinery Display-All kinds of
street and dress hats at the Misses
Virmond Don't forget the date, Fri
day, March 10th.
Miss Ada Lancaster who has been in
Hays for the past two years has decid-
ed to return to England, and will leave
here about the first of May. Her sis
ter. Miss Mildred. who is learning the
profession of trained nurse at the Ellis
worth hospital. will remain until she
graduates from the institution be fore
going home.
Patsy Deane ard wife are in Guthrie,
Oklahoma, visiting Patsy's brother
John. Last Sunday Patsy. John and q
Mr.. GRAY, were out automobile riding
and met with quite a serious accident,
in which Patsy had his left arm broken
and Mr.. Gray was auite severely bruis-
ed However, neither of the men were
fatally injured.
Vim. Early made a trip to Cove
county Monday and drove about tWent7
miles south Of the railroad He reports
that wheat Is in a bad condition and
/ that the only living thing he met dur
lilg the trip was forlorn looking mea
dow lark sitting on post and buffalo
bug. The bug was headed south anC
the lark had arrived too soon and wa
thereby q f'sooner.
A Law Of Kansas requires every cor
poration to make report TO the Secre
tary of State by March goth. OF eacl
year, and pay a tax or be subject TO
fine. The Secretary reports that ther
are nine corporations running IN Eli
county, get only two have reporte