The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03
FEW DAYS LEFT OF CONTEST.
HustIers for Piano Hust Put in Best
Work to the End. Final Count Viii
Be Held Thursday, April %. 1t
is Time to Get Busy.


to the Free Press. The law, (made by
the Free Press permits live, active.
aggressive contestants to hunt sub
scriptions until the close of the con-
test and there is bounty on them too.
For every new subscription brought in,
bounty of 600 votes in the Free Press
Popular Voting Contest is paid. Some
happy young lady is going to march
away from the Free Press office in Just
a short time wearing a smile that won't
come off, because that young lady will
have won the grand Obermeyer & Sons
piano. There are only a few more days
left of this contest.
That means that the race still be-
longs to anybody who has little initia-
tive. The fact of the matter is that
no one yet has such start that it could
not be easily overcome in a few DAYS of
consistent work. This is certainly the
most glorious opportunity that the
young ladies of this community have
ever had. Every contestant now thor
oughly understands the rules and meth
DDS of securing subscriptions and the
majority of them have settled down in
earnest jealous work that eliminates
idle dreaming and means working for
some definite point The aimIess hap
hazard soliciting has been dropped and
a systematic campaign for votes is now
IN progress. You cannot tell how many
votes a candidate really has by the
score that was published for the reasons
that the majority of contestants are
wisely voting a very small portion of
their strength, thus keeping their real
strength covered up from their oppon-
ents. But the score indicates those
who can come to the front when the
proper time arrives. There is no ques-
ton but what everyone in and around
Hays has been solicited, or at least has
heard about this contest. The better
field for operation now lies in the coun-
try, as practically everyone in the town
is now subscriber to the paper-or
never will be. The contest department
wants to urge on every contestant the
necessity for making the next three
weeks count for all they are worth.
The time is growing short and it is
only the real hustler who will have
much of show after that time. That
is why it will pay to getin the game
with all the energy you can command
from this time until the close.
Following are the merchants giving
votes:
The following is the total of votes for
each active contestant to date:
Miss Vida Howie, IL, 500.
Miss Jessie Gosser, 80, 400.
Miss Florence Starr, 80, ,975.
Miss Thelda Campbell, 2O,625,
Miss Esther Freshour, 8,775.
Miss Flora Troth, 4,075.
Miss Katie Sargent, 1725.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. J. D.
Fellers, March 18th.
Cotton Cake-Best feed for your milk
cows. See Schlyer & Arnhold.
Fred Dreiling was up from Victoria
between trains Thursday night, on busi-
ness.
Pete Gottschalk has purchased and
taken possession of the J. F. Jordan
furniture store.
Most interesting court scene. Mer-
chant of Venice Up-to-Date, Normal
Auditorium, April 13. a3t2
Harry Freese has sold his business
property in which the Free Press is 10
Gated, to Mr.. Geo. Hubbel. The trans
fer was made this Friday morning.
Mrs. Ed Barthoic and two children
arrived from Bloomington, H., this
Friday mornidg, on short visit to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hubbel.
Miss Gertrude Blau left last night on
the east bound passenger, for Cincin-
natl, Ohio, where she will make he1
home in the future.
The young people of the Baptist
church will have a sale of food ano
fancy work at Basgall's store, Satur.
day, beginning at 1920 a. m.
The First National Bank has offered
a prize of ten dollars to the member OF
the Normal Truckers Association whC
produces the best garden during thc
season of 1915. Mr.. Speer is to be the
judge.
Mrs. C. J. Smith received messag,
from her father, John Monfort, of Ell
City, stating that he had fallen ant
broken his hip. Mr. Monfort is z
years old. He spent a year in Hay
two years ago.
City Attorney Holmquist and Mayo
Chittenden made a business trip t
r Kansas City, last week, returnin
Monday. They sold to an advantag
the Water Extension bonds aggregai
ng Sic, 300. The purchasers were Spit
! ger, Roriek & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
: Elias Day, who coaches the taIen
for the Mutual and Redpath Lyceur
Bureaus, was up to his usual form o
the Normal auditorium platform, las
: Friday. His stories were excellent, hi
4 characterization of the Jew was super