The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14


The new road grader has been kept
busy, this week.
Prof. W. A. Lewis returned from
Colorado, Friday.
Herman Oldham went to Walker,
Thursday morning.
ForRent.-A good 900 acre farm
at once. Azel Cochran.
VIII Jones has moved to the Turner
ranch near Yocemento.
JIG. Bremen and wife spent Sunday
with friends in Gorham
Geo. Bellman, this week, purchased
a Bull tractor of John O'Loughlin.
Miss Young from Abilene, and Mrs.
Sloan from Liberal, Kansas, are visit
ing the A. o. Robinson family.
For Rent.-A good 900 acre farm
at once. Azel Cochran.
John Lavender is here from Moberly,
Missouri, visiting his grandmother,
Mrs. Reidel, and other relatives.
Mr.. P. Caspar Harvey will address
the Union Meeting at the Lutheran
church in the evening at o'clock.
A. E. Kissing and son, Felix, left
Sunday for Omaha, Nebraska, and ST.
Joseph, Missouri, to buy part of his
fall goods.
Mrs. Geo. V. Starr, Mrs. Ringe, Mrs.
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Thursday afternoon, to attend the
Littleton funeral
A number of U. P officials were at
Ellis four days this week. 1t was the
yearly efficiency examination of the en-
ployees of the road.
The old land mark, the large stone
house on the Maxwell farm south of
Victoria, burned down Tuesday. The
origin of the fire is not known.
For Rent. A good 900 acre farm
at once Azel Cochran.
Two cars of peaches and one of water
melons were unloaded here this week.
The melons sell at two cents per pound,
and the peaches at $1.25 per bushel.
I. M. Yost, formerly of Hays and
later of Wilson, is now one of a firm in
Denver, Colorado, known as the Mer-
camille Produce Co. They are whole
sale jobbers in hay, eggs, poultry and
butter.
w. J. Scanlon of Chapman, Kansas,
a graduate of the Veterinary depart
ment of the State Agricultural College,
has decided to locate in Hays. He can
be found at the Felten barn ready tc
attend to calls at all hours. See his ad
on first page.
Geo. Starr has traded his residence
property on North Chestnut Street
now occupied by Prof. Malloy, to Mrs
j. w. GoodalI for her foundry anc
machine shop on North Main Street
The deal was made through the Robin
son & Chittenden real estate agency.
Horses, mares and mules for sale
AZel Cochran.
August 18th and 18th is Good Road
Day." What is Ellis county going t,
do about it? The Commercial Club c?
of Hays should get busy. If Hay
business people expect to hold thei
trade. they should see to it that tn
roads coming into town are in good con
dition.
''Only thirty-six out of the 1T 90
farmers in Kansas were declared bank
rupt during the last twelve months,
says the Ellsworth Messenger. ''Mor
failures occurred among merchants thai
in any other class, 136 being declares
bankrupt in Kansas. Thirty-six wag
earners and ten professional men, sevel
manufacturers and eighty-two individ
uals employed in miscellaneous" occu
pations in this state took refuge from
their debts, according to the court re
cords.
!, First-class, secondhand piano TO
sale. Terms to suit buyer.
AZel Cochran.
The problem of how to build scree
-+door so as to absolutely confuse the file
and keep them from entering the roor
when the door is opened has been solve
by the proprietors of the Windsor He
tel. The ex-hotel commissioner whe
asked about the scheme, said: 81
works like a charm. Our cafe an
dining room are almost free from flies
We are not the inventors, however
the plan is being adopted by up-to-dat
hotels and cafes in many parts of tn
state
I have for sale twenty head of tn
best mares ever brought to ELI
county. ; Will give you all the tim
2 you want. AZel Cochran.
On Friday afternoon thirty auto
from Ellis net here to boost the Chau