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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
PERSONAL PROPERTY.


One house I6x24, feet high, two
front windows one in the south side
and one in the east side, painted gray.
This building is built to move having
double sides.
House with rooms; three below and
two above. Good well with wind mill,
cement cellar, good barn with room for
eight horses.
A modern hone-9 rooms 5 below and
4 above, cement porch in front; hot air
heated. Would sell carpets and cook
stove-a Majestic, only been used two
weeks. Also one small house on same
lots, rents for So per month; wood and
coal shed, city water, hydrants,
wind mill, blue grass yard, plenty of
shade trees. Will be sold cheap if taken
soon.
One good residence 121k lots, bath
room, two halls, good cistern, well with
pump, good barn.
Half section seven miles southeast
of Ellis, 80 acres IN wheat, balance
good hay land; all can be cultivated,
viii sell cheap if taken soon.
Half section, two miles west of Hya-
cinth, one hundred and sixty acres. In
wheat-will sell cheap, terms to suit
purchaser. -
OIL Lands.
2l7 acres In Choctaw Co., Oklahoma,
IS miles east of the Model Oil Pool in
the Red river bottom, timbered land of
which lit acres is under hog wire fence,
25 acres under cultivation. This land
does not overflow and is four miles from
Grant, Oklahoma.
One other tract of forty acres three
miles from Red river and three miles
from Grant, Oklahoma, well improved,
with hog wire fence surrounding it, good
house and barn. VIII sell cheap. It is
practically In the oil fields. Win sell all
or either track separately.
One fine second hand cupboard in first
class condition: also one fine rocking
chair.
One quarter of land, one-haf mile
east of the city limits of Hays, Kansas.
Modern nine room house equipped IN
every detail with plenty of good water
and windmill. All fenced and cross
fenced, some fruit trees, good barn and
out-houses. One of the best located
homes in Kansas. One mile from the
court house. VIII give terms with the
customary interest.
One nrst-slass business lot n Hays.
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St. MichaeIs Church.

Services for Sunday, March Z:
Celebration of Holy Communion,
q. m.
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Second Celebration of Holy Commun-
ion, IL a. m. when the bishop will adj
minister the Sacrement of Confrma-
ton.
Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30 p. m.
Bishop S. M. Griswold will visit the
Parish, Sunday, for confirmation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
The Man who Said He Would.

Sunday evening, March Z, at the
Presbyterian church, Rev. Kircher will
preach the first of a series of sermons
on Old Testament Characters as fol-
lows: 81 "The Man Who Said He
Woodland Then Would Not" ~
March ID, 1.-The Man Who Said He
Woodland Then Could Not" 81
March II, ''The Man Who Said He
Would land Then Did Not" AZ March
%, 'The Man Who Said He Would
and Then Did, The second of this
series, March 18th, will be illustrated
with stereoptican slides and bright
twenty minute song service with the
new books, and short sermon. At HOO
am. next Sunday the subject is f'God s
Plan" The Double Quartet will sing.
Sunday School at 1000 a. m. and
Christian Endeavor at $50 p. m.
Prayer meeting at 7:3O Wednesday,
''The Sermon on the Mount" will be
short so all can promptly attend the
Normal School Concert.
All are cordially invited to our ser
vices. C. E. Kircher, Pastor
You and your friends are invited to
come in and see our display of dress
and street hats on and after Wednes-
day, March 10th. Misses Virmond.
Saturday Afternoon Club.
March 6, 1915.
Hostess: Mrs. Alex Philip.
Roll Call: Current Events.
The Lesson: Industrial Accidents.
Leader: Mrs. Frank Meade.
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TrinitvLutheran Notes.

1000 a. m. Sunday School.
1&GO a. m. Public worship Subject:
'|Chcist Our Advocate. Special offer
ing for foreign missions.
ESQ p. m. Christian Endeavor Prayer
Me ting.
7:30 p. m. Public worship. Subject:
What Is TIE Church?'
Everybody IS invited to these scr
vices.
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Vaudeville at Opera House.
Harry SOhns Players Special Attrac-
ton, Three Nights Next Weak

Manager Craig of the Hays Opera
House, announces that he has secured
the Harry Sohns Players, frst-class
vaudeville company, for
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For Sale.
For Sale.

Fare, top buggy and harness.
m6tf. Frank Stout
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To the Ladies' Of HAYS

1 am again doing dressmaking
at my residence, first house west of
Public School.
3-6-4t. Mrs. Rose Nolan.
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For Sale.

A rooming house on Second and Ash,
house number 305. Rents for 81. 90
per month and rooms reserved for nv
self Mrs. Eva Growden.
tZfw4 Hays, Kans.
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HARRY, SOHNS

a special engagement of three nights,
commencing Thursday, March H. The
Harry Sohns Players have appeared in
many of the best theatres of the larger
cities of the Middle West, and are con-
ceded to be one of the best attractions
of this class to be seen anywhere. They
carry their own special scenery. They
will open at the opera house Thursday
night, with an original comedy playlet
called Her American Cousin" and VIII
offer a complete change on Friday and
Saturday nights. Lovers of high class
vaudeville should not miss this extra
attraction In addition to the SOhns
company, four reels Of pictures viii be
run each night. The prices for Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday VIII be 10
and 20 cents.
Every town has 'em. Every church
has 'em. Some of EN- are pretty good
people, but the idea Of giving has never
entered their composition. They are
born tightwads, and 1t is impossible for
them to jar loose. Still they are not
willing to admit it, but must try to put
up a plausible excuse. But they don't
fool anybody. Every community can
show good citizens who have the re-
spect Of everybody, who have grown
well off in the years they have lived
near you, and who have IN all Of the
twenty-five or thirty years you have
known them never been known TO sub
- -
in a cent to any public function, or to
any church or for any purpose what
ever. How they manage it 1 don't
know, but every community has en-
Howard Courant.
1t is said that Russian soldiers get a
salary of six cents week and work
from twelve to sixteen hours day
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Using.
Hays, all things considered, is the
best town in Kansas west of the sixth
say it is the most healthful spot in her
borders. The state reports show more
bushels of grain shipped from her farms
than any other town. Hays has the
most up-to-date State Normal in the
Union; it has the largest Experimental
Station on the globe; it is a city of
churches; the public schools and High
School are planned on the six and six
method" Hays is the city of homes
and culture-a city to live in at reas-
enable cost.
Thirty-fve (35) quarter sections, all
good, rich wheat land-unimproVed.
This land is smiles from the county seat
and miles from another good town.
The Santa Fee railroad is the north
line of this tract. VIII be sold on crop
payments. Who wants it? This is a
bargain and within the reach of any
man of energy and push. Sold in tracts
of quarters or half sections.
A 400 acre stock farm in easy reach
of Hays. Running water On farm; 10
acres of timber, also good wells with
wind mills.
Two quarters of land to trade for
Hays City property. One within an
hours ride of Hays-improved and
fenced, good house and barn. The 9TH
er fine quarter all under irrigation.
A good section of land in Cove county
All fenced. Price s., 900 cash, or will
trade for cattle.
One grain elevator to trade or sell.
Will trade for good grazing land in
Kansas. This elevator is situated in
one of the best wheat counties in West
ern Kansas on the u. P. railroad, twelve
miles east of Hays City.
One quarter of land in Logan county,
Kansas. Nice level land eight miles
from railroad. Will sell very cheap.
Inquire for price.
One quarter of land in Rush county,
we'll improved, all fenced and cross
fenced with stone posts, modern house,
two wells with wind mills. VIII give
easy terms.
GAO acres miles from town, room
house, good burn, all fenced with stone
posts. 24O acres in cultivation with
spring of running water the year round.
Price, SIG per acre-with terms.
A half section of land six miles north
of Otis, well improved, 260 acres in
wheat, one-third of wheat goes with the
land.
Half section of good pasture land
fifteen miles south of McCracken,
plenty of water. Will sell awful cheap
and give good terms.
800 acres all level raw land in Colo
RADIO, to trade for town property.
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For Sale.

A dark Jersey Red male hog for sale.
Inquire OF Henry KnOche,
Hays, Kansas
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1 have several fresh milk cows for
sale VINO wants them?-Matt Truan,
HAYS, Kansas.
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For Sale

Fawn Indian Runner brakes. &. 90
each Mrs. F U. Tholen.
RI, B. 19; Victoria, Kans.
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Under the above head will be adj
vertised anything you wish to sell
or trade Nothing too small or too
large for this column to handle. A
small per cent will be charged if
sale is made. No charge for adver-
Using.
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TYPeEriters.

I have the following new typewriters
for sale: Underwood, No. 4, $50. 90;
No. B. $500; Oliver, No. 8, s45. 90;
No. 5, 5000; L. c. Smith, No. l,
5000; No ,, $500; Remington, No.
s, $500; No. Z, s3s. co
+ Jor5a1
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The Lieht Plant Question.

T. J. Striekler, state engineer for
Public Utilities Commission, was in
Hays Thursday of last week and made
an appraisement of the electric light
plant. He has not made his report, but
the city attorney is expecting it soon.
Later A telegram received by May
or Chittenden, this Friday morning,
from Engineer Strickler, says: 4 find
the value of the Hays electric light
plant to be S25, 677.77
1t viii cost tbs city in the next seven
years 1.-THE life of the present franehise)
over SIS, 900 for electric lights not
counting power used for the water
system, and In the meantime there viii
be need of more street lights, in fact,
citizens are clamoring for them now.
1t is altogether likely that at the end
of seven years the city viii have paid
out more than the light plant viii cost
them now, and they viii not have any
thing to show for it. Then why not do
the sensible thing by owning the plant,
and save the large amount which is
sure to be expended? We hope the
citizens Of Hays viii look at this mat
ter in the right light.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

The date is Wed, March 10th. The
place is Virmonds' Millinery store The
occasion, a new Spring bonnet.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

Admiral Bencke of the German navy
offers what appears to be a sane and
sensible solution of the perplexing
problem which is threatening to disrupt
the friendship which exists between the
United States and Germany. The Adj
miral suggests that several American
warships proceed to the southwest
coast of Ireland, and, when commune
Gated with by an American merchant
ship, one of our war vessels convoy the
merchantmen through the war zone
waters and into safety. Wouldn't this
be preferable TO possible war with
Germany?
Our first showing of the seasons lat
est Spring millinery styles viii occur on
Monday, March S.-Kathryn NJ. Deane.
One overshadoHing reason why there
are so many idle people in the cities is
that there is too much uncultivated
land IN the country. How long viii it
take the world TO learn that there are
not enough roller-top desk jobs to go
around, whereas nature has made It
possible for ~ her children to make
thsir .-Phillipsburg Post-Dispateh
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-23

lay down suuarely across the hole ant
began rubbing his sore head.
For an hour or more the hoy sat there
when suddenly an idea occurred to him
His powder flask still hung around hi
neck. I'nsCrewing its cap. he poured
into his left hand as much gunpowder a,
it could conveniently hold. and replaced
the cap. Reaching up to the nest. he
lifted out one of the hawks eggs. broke
It gently. and let little quantity of ths
sticky white run into the powder ir
his palm. This done. he mixed the two
together, adding more Of one or the Other
as needed. until he had formed a paste
that suited him. This paste he shaped
into a roll or cord around a ravellinl
froIS his coat lining. which served as g
sort of wisk. coiled it closely, and laid II
on the branch beside him. This was g
splitting devil" such as he had OTTER
used to make Fourth-of-July fun with
He then made two more.
With as little noise as possible Bot
crcpt down to the lowest limb where he
was directly over the huge mass of fur
and twisted his legs round the limb SO a,
TO leave both arms free. Holding this
three devils in one hand. he TOOK a
match from his pocket and lighted then
rapidly. then dropped the blazing things
one after another, upon the doing beas
beneath him.
If Bruin noticed them at all. he doubt
less supposed some twigs haA fallen upor
his back: but before long their fizzins
and swapping woke him up. and the next
moment they began to warm him we'll
especially one. which had caught firmly
in the ruff around his neck, and another
among the long hair on his launches. He
rolled over and over. but this only
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-23
The Queen Who
Was Always Spinning
BY MARY MARSHALL.

From the time Queen Bertha Of Swift
zerland was a child she was thrifty and
Industrious. and when she was called
upon to rule the kingdom almost every
one was happy.
Now" said the happy ones. I'VE
shall be prosperous and content. for a
queen who really knows how many eggs
are laid each day in her poultry houses
will surely remember her people"
Yes said the others, shaking their
heads doubtfully. but woman can
never lead us when We have to fight
How can We he happy if our fields are
laid waste for want of a commander"
When Queen Bertha heard from her
chief advisor what some of her subjects
were saving she looked very grave. She
and her counselors were sitting together
in state at the great council table in a
queen folded her hands and knitted her
brow i'm thought.
Why" she asked the adviser at
length. should We fight at all? Why
can't we live in peace and happiness. in
this beautiful country of ours with its
snow-covered mountains and its sunny
valleys" Why should even think of
fighting? These mountains reach to the
very clouds. Surely they will keep our
enemies from harminG us
You are right in part. most gracious
queen said the advisers. Where the
mountains are they do keep out the in
VadinE armies. but even the highest,
snowicst mountains have breaks. and
war and destruction and sorrow. Here.
YOUR ma iesty'' said the adviser. rising
from the council table only let me show
you
Tho adviser bowed low and solemnly
the young queen rose from her seat.
and then he led the way to a narrow
opening in the massive stone wall of the
castle. Together they looked through
this window. the man with his full white
heard and the queen with fair braids 81
golden hair falling over her shoulders.
With his crooked old finger the ad-
wiser pointed TO a small pass in the dis
tant mountains.
There. your majesty he said. that
pass is only n few miles wide. but, alas
il is Just that much too wide"
The queen stood at the window many
minutes deep in thought. and then took
her place again in her high backed oak
chair at the table
why, good counselor" she asked at
length. have our people never built
mountain? i mean, sir, why cannot We
build row Of strong. massive towers
across the pass? Let them be SO thick
that ten thousand, nay. thousand thou
sand. soldiers could not batter them
down Our men could defend them in
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BY r. COCKBURN REYNOLDS.

Meanwhile Alec had been making lit
| tie discovery about the grave. He had
| never thought OF the Bhistee's fortune
seriously before. but since he heard of
| the verse inscribed on the tomb. he be-
gan to think there was something in it.
| Have faith in Allah, move the rock
he repeated to himself again and again.
and putting his own Interpretation on it
he began testing the slabs OF the center
piece to see if they moved, and, while
doing so, he was astonished to notice
that, although the many coats OF white
wash the Bhistee had given the tomb.
had filed up the crevices where the
slabs joined, there was one slab where
this was not the case. and where not
only the whitewash had been recently
scraped from the sides. but there were
dirty finger marks on the panels.
Some one had been at the tomb and
had been able to move the panel" unused
Alec. Lets see if the thing slides" Yet
try as hard as he might he could not
move it, but in struggling to do SO his
face came very near the stone, and his
nose very near the crown stains of fin
gers, and he smclt a smell of tobacco
Lucknow tobacco-and a CLEAN of intel
ligence came into his eyes, for you must
know Lucknow tobacco is very dear, and
there was but one of the servants who
could afford it
"Ha, ha, I begin to see light said
Alec. There arc other things than the
cool masonry that attract the khansama
to this tomb
That night there was no moon, but the
Indian stars are wondrous beyond de-
scription. and the beautiful twilight they
shed lighted up the garden and the tomb
of Peer Khan on which the khansama
had as usual spread his cloth and was
contemplating some project with much
satisfaction before falling asleep.
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THE GHOST OF PEER KHAN
PART TWO.

In the shadow of the neem trees was
Alec. crouchinG among the thick phalsa
bushes near the head of the grave. intent
Oh watching the movements of the
khansama. but his vigil seemed destined
TO disa ppointment, for after taking a
good pull at his hookah the khansama
turned over and went to sleep. But Alec
was very obstinate, and continued to
watch In his uncomfortable ambush long
after the phansama's snores had told
him it was useless lie closed his eyes
and must have fallen in a doze him
the khansama sitting on his cloth with
a large caskct open before him, and the
light from the stars twinkled back again
from gems of every kind as they passed
through his fingers as he lovingly ca
ressed them. pouring them in little cas-
cades from hand to hand.
So here, at last. was the Bhistee's in
heritance which had so long been thought
to exist only in his dosordered brain!
The caskct was large and deep, and the
handful OF gems the phansama played
with We're merely from the surface. Alec
leaned forward TO see better. and in do
ing so a twig broke under his foot. I'm
mcdiately the khansama shut the casket
with snap and. passing it through the
side Of the tomb. pulled something. and
then Alec heard a dull grating noise afd
saw the slab rise into its place at the
side of the tomb
The khansama was about to investigate
the cause of the disturbance, when Alec
initiated the hoo, hod," of the small
white. owl SO cleverly that the khan
sama thought it was nothing but an owl
hunting rats in the bushes.
''shoosh. Get thee gone. thou bird of
i'll omen.'' he called out as he flung a
small pebble into the bushes. One
would think it was the ghost of Peer
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Then a horrible thought came and
nearly chilled his bones. Could a Griz-
Ely bear climb tree?
Suddenly the barking was heard once
! more, but In a queer. mufflcd tone, as
if the dog were far away, yet no glimpse
of his white coat could he caught any
where. though Bob's eyes searched on
all sides. Next the barking would ring
out sharp and clear close by, and the
bear would give new roar, hut nothing
be visible. 1t was most puzzling.
Where in the mischief is Bimber?''
| the prisoner kept asking himself, until
he almost forgot his own peril.
Then the terrier. suddenly appeared.
facing his big enemy. and scolding the
best he knew how. The grizzly whirieii
round and made a dash. but the dog was
twice as agile. and in an instant was
safe in that burrow between the roots.
The bear tried to reach in, first one
paw and then another and so drag its
small, enemy out. but such tactics were
OF no avail. The dog simply retreated
until Bob could scarcely hear its voice.
and never once ventured within reach of
those formidable claws.
Maybe l can frighten the beast
thought Bob, as he drew his small dou-
ble-barreled pistol from his belt and
fired
The bear gave a roar as the little bull
let stung his shoulder. and. Cropping the
shotgun, came rushing back to the tree.
where 1t reared up savagely. only to re-
ceive the contents of the other barrel.
making a scalp wound. which brought
out another terrific growl. while Bimber
was able to take nip at a hind leg and
escape
This last bit of impudence was too
much. Bruin was thoroughly enraged.
He tore at the mouth o. the burrow as
though he meant to dig II out In three
minutes. but the tough roots were in the
way, and before long he gave up the
task. and, as IL decided upon q Siege,
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Bob, and Bimber,
and the Grizzly Bear
by JOHN MAGRUDER.

Bob Torrey was cantering slowly over
the mesa. returning from an GRAND to a
neighborinS cattle ranch, when he caught
sight of hawks nest in the top of a
large cedar, and determined to learn
whether it contained any eggs. So he
rode up to the tree and dismounted. the
PONY understandings by the dropped bril-
hle-rein that he was not TO stray away.
His dog Bimber at once began Il dilligent
investigation of the premises of a bad
ger. the front doo- of whose burrow
opened between two large roots.
Bob had just reached the nest. after
some hard scrambling, and was intent
upon its four brown-sp!otched eggs.
when he heard Bimber begin barking
furiously.
Lowering his head below the nest to
ascertain what was going on, the boy
forgot those eggs instantly. for he saw a
grizzly bear looping over the ground in
close pursuit of that fool of Il dog, who
was ki-yi-ing and doing his best to reach
the tree. while Bob's pony. head and tai
up, was making a record for speed i'll
the opposite direction.
The bear seemed as big as an elephant
and was growing savagely.
But where was Bmber? He had dis
appeared. Had the bear eaten him up?
No: the hoy must have seen the capture
if that had happened.
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ground the devils deeper into the fur,
which Bimber, aroused by the rumpus.
rushed out to add his clamor to the COM
motion. Suddenly a terrific explosion
rent the air, and nearly knocked Bob of
his perch with surprise. The bear, In
flounderinG about, had sat down upon
the gun. and. cntanglinG the hammers in
his hair. had discharged It; but as the
barrels were bent, of course the gun had
burst.
That was the finishing touch. Sinsed.
stung, and panic-stricken by the pow
der on his back and the explosion in his
rear. the grizzly uttered a great howl
and Gallopcd away at the top of his
speed.
Copyright by Harper Brothe-sJ
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-03-26
RUSSIANS CONTENT TO
STAY IN AME RIGA

ot Paul, March l9.-Russian
residents OF st. Paul are not getting
enthusiastic in their movement from
St Paul to the battle fields of Eu-
rope under the Russian flag, it
became known today. Indications
re today that they are not fleeing
the ) ars and Stripes to adopt a
uniform of the man from whom
they fled to the land of the free
Louis GoldsJein who runs gro
Gerry store in st, Paul and transacts
much of the business Of the Rus
SLAMS claims that twenty have left
since the outbreak Of the war and
that the majority of these never
reached Russia