The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-07

-UnbreakabIe baby doll Finder
will please return same TO this Office.
Three cars of tractors were unloaded
here this week.
For Rent.-A good 600 acre farm
at once. Azel Cochran.
Mr.. C. F. West left Wednesday
morning for Milwaukee, for vacation.
Miss Kathryn Marts who has taught
the second primary at Ellis for several
years, has contracted to teach at
Edlowe, Colo, with a substantial ad-
vance in salary. Miss Marts is well
known in Hays, having been a student
at the Normal.
We are always glad to recognize
merit. And because we are we take
this time to say our police force is do
ing well and merit our praise. Keep
on, boys, doing well and Hays City viii
want to-send one of you to congress
+ and the other to the United States
+ Senate.
We are quite sure that the people of
+ cold Ellis" made no mistake when
they elected Attorney Ed Flood as
county prosecuting attorney. He is
cautious, far sighted, good lawyer
and fearless. He does his full duty
without fear or favor His record is
one that all voters should be proud of.
For Reat.-A good 900 acre farm
at once. Azel Cochran.
VIM. Weber of Alton, Illinois, who
was caught carrying a pint of whiskey
in his grip and who was sentenced to
thirty days in jail and to pay 500 fine
and costs, is still in jail. A petition
for pardon was presented last Thursday
night and commented upon, but owing to
pressure of business no action was taken
by the Mayor and Councilmen.
w. A. Smith, Thursday, presented
the Free Press office with several nice,
large, juicy apples, grown on his resi-
dence lots on East Normal Avenue.
He has but one tree, but it is almost
breaking down with its load of fruit.
He also has two Bartlett pear trees and
a plum tree, that are loaded with fruit;
and, by the way, Mr.. Smith has the fin
est and best kept blue grass lawn in
the city.
Judge Charles Sparks, of the 23rd
Judicial district, should be highly COM
mended for the stand he has taken fo1
opening his court with prayer. A judge
who is not too busy to pray and read
his Bible is judge worth while. He
bench. Wei wish to nominate him
for Associate Justice of Kansas. The
Judge is considered one of the best law
, yers in the state, and has judicia
mind. We gladly go on record fol
Judge Sparks.
| For Rent.-A good 800 acre farm
at once. Azel Cochran.
Last Wednesday afternoon Policemen
, Welz and Stout performed their lega
/ duty by emtying four gallons of Mis-
souri, whiskey into the ditch. From tbs
odor that went up it must have haC
'forty-fghts" to the gallon. 1t wa
found when the police officers cleanet
! the Wolf house. These officers ar,
making it most miserable TO these con
temptible, dark-lantern, whiskey sci
ling, near sighted people. They ar,
too lazy to work, too proud to beg, to,
cunning to steal, so they bootleg. Som
of these days these people will full,
recognize the fact that the poorest ex
5 cuse that this country has for quasi
respectable human being is a bootleg
ger.
Otis L. Benton of Oberlin, candidat
for the Republican nomination for Con
gress from the Sixth district, was
. caller at the World office Monday. H
is making the rounds of the district i
q car and is accompanied by his son an
J. C. Newell of Norton. 1t is
=. pleasure to meet Mr.. Benton and shout
: he be elected to Congress, the people o
0 this district would be the ones to b
e congratulated for he is not of the oil
type of Office seeking politicians. H
q is business man who has become fair
f, iy well to do in the banking and cattl
} business and feeling that he has enougl
: money he has reached his limitations il
the business world. His desire now
q 60 do something for the people in thi
section of Kansas; the people that hav
toiled as he has done and who are de
serving of the prosperity that busi
ness-ike conduct of governmental at
' fairs will bring them. Mr.. Benton is
: big, genial, brainy whole souled sort O
I fellow, clean in his home life an
s business affairs, one who has Away
stood for morality, decency and homes
conduct and one who will strive t
. carry his high ideals into the realms o
:, his political life. He is deserving o
the nomination that appears to be com