The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
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is visiting her brother, Rev. G. E. |
Kircher, and family on Juniata Street
Remember the HOO o'clock church
service, Sunday a. M, June 10th, in the
Chautauqua tent. DR.. Hagerman
speaks. Good music.
Frank Havemann and wife returned
Friday from their trip to the Pacific
coast and the Panama Fair. They have
been absent about six weeks and Mr..
Havemann says that in all their
journeying he did not see any country
that could beat Kansas.
Miss Una Winters and young lady
friend arrived here Thursday morning,
and were the guests of Henry Winters
and family, for the day. They were
enroute to the San Francisco fair. They
viii probably stop over for more ex-
tended visit on their return trip.
Mr.. Clarence Kircher came to Hays,
Tuesday night, on business, to see his
| brother, Rev. Kircher. He Just grad
uated from Emporia College, Kansas,
and expects to enter Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary, Princeton, N. J., to
prepare for the Presbyterian Ministry.
The destructive hail and wind storm
that passed west of Hays last week,
did considerable damage at Hill City.
The Jack Benjamin Co., who were
playing the town, suffered loss of
about $500 by having their tent
wrecked. No one was seriously injur-
ed, however.
Bill Madden, who returned Monday
from trip to northwestern Kansas,
brought several punches of wheat with
him that had been in the path of hail
and wind storm absut thirty miles
northwest of here. The wheat was en-
tirely ruined, birds were killed and the
leaves were stripped off the trees.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Palmer and
family went to Manhattan, in their car,
Wednesday, to attend the commence
ment exercises. Their daughter, Ger
trude, is a graduate from the Home
Economics Course, she is also mem
Der of the Senior Basket Ball Team,
and an active member of the Browning
Literary Society.
s. Among the new students who viii
attend the Fort Hays Normal summer
school are Miss Munson of Blue Rapids
Marshall county, Kansas, and Miss
Pool from Holten, Jackson county
These young women pass up Emporia
Lawrence, Manhattan, and other near
er school towns and came to Hays
Surely the Fort Hays Normal is becom.
ing famous as an institution of learn.
ing.
The citizens of Oakley, Logan county
recently voted bonds for water works
and electric light extension to the
amount of SO, 900 without a descentine
vote. The people of Oakley ara uni
when it comes to measures of any kinC
that will build up or beautify theil
little city. How many other towns il
Kansas, think you, that would equal
or come anywhere near, the publi
spirit shown by the people of Oakley
= Very few, if any. We fear Hays woul,
fall very far short of it.
H. ]. Brown is the new man on tn
Kansas City Star and Times route
having recently purchased the route Of
Mr.. Boyer. Mr.. Brown is a gradual
of the Fort Hays Normal. He has bee
teaching the past five years. two yea
at Winona and the past three years q
/ Plainville. He has moved to Hays an
will specialize at the Normal the con
ing school year. He and his family ar
residing in the Runyon residence o
East Juniata Street. If you want tn
Star and Times see him. You will gt
prompt and regular service.
| James Burke was down from Ogalla
Tuesday. He was looking after SON
business affairs here, and incidently /
purchased supply of paint and oil /;
| Henry Winters hardware store. T
informed the reporter that he had en-
ployed Warren Baker of the Bak,
Construction Co., to build large C
ment silo on his cattle ranch. III
Burke is one of the progressive, up-t
date farmers and stock raisers of Wes
ern Kansas, who are helping to nal
this state the garden spot of earth.
Never for years has alfalfa show
= such a splendid growth as this yea
Never has there been. in Western Ka
sas, such fine prospect for corn, p
tatoes and vegetables of every desert
ton. Away out in Western Kans
and Eastern Colorado, where the hal
tual crop is grasshoppers, horned toad
jackrabbits and rattlesnakes, com
reports of the wonderful crop prospect
The soil in those western counties
very rich and the farmers can raise
sorts of crops in abundance if they C
only get the proper amount ofmoistu1
but that's the rub, This year tn
have it. Just watch them come to t
front.
Hays is growing, yes is coming to t
front with leaps and bounds and it
expected that her population viii be
creased to 5000 within the next thr
years. 1t needs only push and ener
of her citizens to attain this very des
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