The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30


strained every nerve to assist IL
the preparation, and given fair
weather. the Golden Belt Fair will
undoubtedly prove the meeting
place of thousands.
A big line of rockers at Gottschalk' s
furniture.
Jacob G. Pfannenstiel was here from
Ness County, Monday on business.
C. W. Miller next senator from the
18th district. now sports a brand new
1917 Ford automobile.
Did you see the Seeley Mattresses at
Gottschalk' s?
That elegant sign on the new bank,
corner Juniata and Chestnut Streets,
was painted by ]. A. Wheeler of Ellis
Frank A. McIvor of Hoxie, formerl
editor and proprietor of the Hox1e Sen
tinel, was in Hays, Saturday. He was
a caller at the Free Press
LaTanca pearl necklaces at J. T.
Morrison, the jewelers..
The various concessions exhibiting
their wares gave a gay aspect to the
midway. More than thirty-six conces-
sions have been made.
Over a thousand visitors were on the
grounds last night, inspecting the
buildings, talking over the various
points of their favorite horses, etc.
"Wampus, the duck man. always
has an audience. Since none of the
farmers in this vicinity raise ducks, the
question always arises-where does he
get his ducks?
The Baptist people say they have the
best lunch stand on the grounds. The
Methodist people also will tell you their
lunch stand is right up-to-the- minute
Try them both.
Friday evening, the people of the
Baptist church presented their pastor,
Rev. E. o. Rogers, with a beautiful
Morris chair. 1t was the occasion Of
their pastors birthday.
The busiest man on the grounds is
Mr.. P. J. Deane, secretary Of the Fair
Association. Mr.. Deane has the fac
ulty of doing dozen things at once.
The horse barns are filed to overflow
ing. Seventy-fve draft animals and
over twenty-five race horses are housed
already, and this morning more are ex-
pected.
Fred Rathbun, in charge of the dairy
cattle barn, says that more than one
hundred cattle are entered in the lists.
Visitors will see cattle that are second
to none, mostly Western Kansas pro
ducts, too.
Up to date, none of the judges of the
races have been selected. Col. H. C.
Sweet of Stockton, will be the official
starter, and R. S. Maxwell of Hays,
one of the timers.
Louis A. Schaefer of st. Joseph, No,
arrived in Hays, Saturday, to take up
his work in the Farmers State Bank
Mr.. Schaefer has had twelve years
banking experience in the banks Of st.
Joseph, and the bank officers consider
themselves fortunate in securing his
services. He is an old friend of Francis
B. O'Grady, cashier.
Henry Schwaller, Paul Dinges, Ed
Rea and-P. V. Gottschalk went to
Larned, Sunday, via motor and took in
the excursion from Larned to Pratt
Center-fifty miles, over the Anthony
& Northern. They report. nice trip
over as good and substantial a stretch
of road as was ever made by any rail-
road company. The talk that has been
going around. that the A. & N. was
just ties laid on top OF the ground and
rails spiked to them. is false The road
is substantially built and in every re-
spect right up-to-date.
There are no longer any professors
at the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School
as far as the official student publications
are concerned. Hereafter the instruct
ors of the school will be known as just
plain, Mr." Miss" or Mrs -
Not only will the school paper, 1.-The
Leader" fellow this in IT'S reportorial
style, but it viii wage a campaign
against the students calling their teach
ers here by the title of professor" or
prof " The reasons given by the
board of control are that the term has
deganerated into a Upward as boot
blacks are designated by, and that it is
applied to any teachers whether he has
q right to be called it or not. Faculty
members in state schools rank from
professors. down through associates,
assistants, etc, to instructors; but stu
dents use the word indiseriminately.
+ The board Of control is composed of
three students and two faculty advis-
ors. When the vote was taken on the