The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-25
HISTORY IN PARADE
Grand Pageant is Planned for
Farm and Home Week at
Agricultural College.
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO ASSIST
Pioneer Days in State and Nation to
Be Portrayed-AppIe Show
Is Popular.

A pageant representing the early
history of the United States with par
ticuIar reference to the pioneer days
in Kansas and entitled "The Folks
Who Are Building Kansas, the Heart
of the Nation" will be a feature of
farm. and home week at the Kansas
State Agricultural college Friday
evening, December 81.
Puritans, Indians, early pioneers
Columbus and Father Time will be
characters in the pageant, which will
be presented by boys and girls and
adults who attend the sessions of the
home week, assisted by children from
the Manhattan schools. 1t will be IN
der the general direction of Walter
Burr, in charge of the rural service
department of the college, and Miss
Ceora Lanham of Topeka. The cos
tunes will be furnished by the col
lege.
Unusual interest is being taken in
the state apple show that will be held
in connection with farm and home
week. Many commercial apple grow
crs of the state are planning to ex-
hibit not only boxes of fruit, but plates
of apples of a large number of va
rieties.
A special program for the fruit grow
ers has been arranged for December
20. E, E. Yaggy of Hutchinson and
Frank Pyle of Osawatomie, prominent
commercial growers, will speak.
Carnegie Gift to Hutchinson.-An
insOn recently of the gift of $4,000 to |
the Hutchinson Public Library by An
drew Carnegie. This with $4,000 now !
in the building fund will give the IL |
brary board means of making extern |
siye improvements to the building. |
The work will be started early in the |
spring. The gift of $4,000 makes a |
total of $4,000 given by Mr. Carnegie |
TO Hutchinson.
Founder of Winfield Dies.-Edwin |
c. Manning, rs years old, founder of |
Winfield, is dead there. He was one |
of the first editors of the Winfield |
courier. Mr.. Manning was president |
OF the Kansas State Historical Socie- /
ty Ia 1911. He had served in the Kan
sas senate from Marshall county, and |
from 1868 to 1870 was a member of the |
board of regents of the Kansas State |
Agricultural College.
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Boys Burns Prove FataI-Severe
burns sustained three weeks ago caus-
ed the death in Atchison recently of
Frank Peterson, the 5-year-old son of
Charles Peterson, a stonemasOn The |
little boy was burned when matches he |
was carrying in his pocket became ig-
nited, setting his clothing on fire.
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New Sorority Chapter at K. ia
local chapter of the Alpha XII Delta, a
national sorority, was instituted at the
University Of Kansas recently, the
charter having been granted several
months ago. This now makes ten ma
tional sororities at Kansas university
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Death from FIagstaff.-SteIIa
LantZ, II years old, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jerry Lantz of Princeton, is
dead from wound received two weeks
ago when she fell upon a small flag.
The staff penetrated one ear-drum
and was broken off.
Kansas Road Men EIect.-At the
close of the annual session of the Kan
sas Good Roads Association at Arkan-
sas City the following officers were /
elected: Jasper Kincaid Of Topeka,
president; J. Frank Smith, Pleasanton
vice president; G. ]. Hinshaw, Kansas
City, Kas., secretary; E. Otis Perkins,
Lawrence, assistant secretary and
treasurer. The executive committee:
o. NJ. White, EmpOria; Charles Sny-
der. Leavenworth, o. NJ. Keene, Fort
Scott; P. H. Albright, Winfield: A Q.
Miller. Belleville; w. F. Hughes,
Plainville; L. ]. Pettijohn. Dodge City;
George H. Hunter, Wellington The
next session will be held in Lawrence,
November, 1916.
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Would License All Butchers.-The
Kansas State Retail Butchers Asso-
citation, in convention at Hutchinson,
decided to hold the next meeting in
Fort Scott, the second week in No
vember, 1916 The Butchers Asso-
citation voted to incorporate under
the laws of Kansas and Endorsed a
bill providing for a state license for
butchers. to be introduced at the next
legislature
New Postmaster at CoIumbus.-Dr
p. ]. HendricksOn will be the next
postmaster at Columbus, according
to a letter received from Senator VIII
liam H. Thompson. The senator says
he has recommended DR.. Hendrick-
son for the place and expects the ap-
pointment will be made soon.
injured at "Shinny."-Harold Kane,
an Anthony schoolboy, was hit on the
head with Shiny club while play
ing at school recently and is in criti-
cal condition. His skull was frac-
tured.
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John Browns Friend Dies.-John
Salathied, 79 years old, pioneer mer-
chant, is dead at independence. SaIa-
thied located in Lawrence, Kas, in