The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-08

0 clock in the Methodist church parlors.
Mr. and Mrs. Perigo and Mrs. Grif-
fifth were over from Ellis this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Haag, and Mr..
and Mrs. Cutler were over from Me
Cracker, Tuesday
MIR. and Mrs. J.P. Lemon have
moved into the Harrison cottage on
East Sixth Street.
Miss Mary Virmond is recovering
from a severe attack of inhamm atory
rheumatism.
The fair grounds are being cleaned
up preparatory to the placing of build
ings and making the track.
Miss MathiIda Schmidt, daughter of
/ Carl Anton Schmidt, had her hand
operated upon. Drs. Blake and jane
son did the operating
There viii be railroad meeting at
the Court House Monday evening, Ju-
ly 10th, after the 8:13 train arrives.
Everybody interested in the railroad
urged to present.
A nice little fund of about twenty
dollars was realized from the sdmis-
sions to the children's circus on the last
day of the Chautauqua. This fund viii
go to the Treat Play Ground.
Stolen from the back yard of the
Windsor Hotel two pair of yellow fan
tail pigeons and one pair of red fantail
pigeons. Liberal reward for their re-
turn. Florian Christofferson,
Windsor Cafe.
We are reliably informed that char
ter has been granted to a company of
bankers for a new bank to be launched
in Hays, IN the near future. A build
ing, it is said, viii be erected on the
south side Of the track-perhaps on the
Meier corner.
Save your best pumpkins, melons.
best bundle of wheat, largest ears OF
corn, the finest vegetables, the finest
can Of peaches, apricots O., berries, the
the best hog, horse or COW for the Gold
en- Belt Fair. October 4, 5, 6, 7, 1916.
Mrs. A. W. Noble and children re-
turned Friday morning from a four
weeks visit in Southern Illinois and
Eastern Kansas, on her return trip she
visited her brother Judd at Fort Riley,
who is now First Lieutenant of Com
pany c, 2nd Kansas Infantry.
Miss Bell Sutton and mother left
Thursday for their summer outing in
Colorado. They viii visit friends IN
Oakley, until this Saturday evening
when they will go to Denver. Their
objective point viii be Sterling, Colo
rado. From their they will visit nu-
merous other interesting points in the
state and will return the last of Au-
gust.
There are plans talked of but none
yet perfected in regard to sprinl1ling
| the streets of Hays. We, who live on
1.-The avenue" know the pleasure and
comfort of having Chestnut street
sprinkled on hot day when the wind
is high. If Russell, Ellis, Ellsworth,
Wilson and other towns consider it
worth while to sprinkle their streets,
why should not the most important
city on the U. P. between SaIina and
Denver, do likewise.
A bank has recently been organized
Bank" capitalized at SO, GOO. Chas.
W. Miller, Jr., of the Citizens Bank
here, is the president. Robt. T. Behan,
cashier. The young business men who
are at the head Of this new venture are
well known and highly respected-ir
fact are Hays boys. Chas. W has foi
several years been the trusted and eff
fcient cashier of the Citizens STATE
Bank We predict that under their care
ful management the Park State Bank
= VIII be a success from the start.
Geo. ". Healy, . government en-
. ployee at the Panama Canal, with h.:
wife are here visiting their relatives
the Isaac Zeigler family Mr. Healy !.
quite a connoisseur IN the line of natura
curiosities from the Panama region
: He has OF display IN the ZeigIer gro
cery store several large species of bee
tie, two mammoth grasshoppers,
piece of wood dug from the canal fort,
feet below sea level, and several othe
euriosities, The display is very inter
esting.
Mr. Emslie, the moving picture ex
pert, spent several days recently at tn
Experiment Station, taking moving
pictures of the various operations an
experimental results at the Station
When complete, this VIII be two rec
picture including q trip past the Nor
mai, the Catholic Institutions az
! through the business parts of Hays
e The picture viii be shown ali ove
western Kansas and a good deal OF
viii be shown al over the United State
by the moving picture news companies
DR.. Lydia A. DevilbIiss of the-divi
: sion of Child Hygiene of the Stat
Board of Health viii be at the Norma
: School the week beginning July 10th
e with series OF lectures and demon
: strations on child welfare Monday
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