The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-26

have taken their families and will spend
a few weeks camping, fishing and
sight seeing IN the mountains.
Mrs. c. A. Hardness and children
are home from visit to Ellis relatives.
Canning and preserving tomatoes.
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AzeI Cochran and wife drove over to
Garden City, Monday, in Azel's new su-
persix automobile, returning Wednes-
day.
There viii be a meeting of the W.
c. T. U. at the Methodist church par
lors, Wednesday, August SOth, prompt
" at 200 o'clock All interested are
urged to be present.
Rev. Yirden and family, Of Goodland,
viii come TO Hays in a few days and
expect to reside in the Nichols house in
the north part of town. Rev. Virden
Is the new rector of the Episcopal
church here Welcome.
For SaIe.-A U. S. cream separator.
good as new, at less than half price
a12tf z. B. Matthew.
Chas. Baughman, who recently pur-
chased Frosty Blackburn's property
near the Normal, has decided not 70
move his family after al, and they vii,
continue to reside in the Cbas. Reidel
( house in south Hays.
VIM. Kysar was down from Trego
County He had just finished thresh-
ing his wheat crop, which averaged
sixteen bushels per acres, 900 bushels
atan average S1-30 per bushel will bring
him SIC, 400. A pretty good summers
work for a Kansas farmer, away ont
in that short grass district
Canning and preserving tomatoes.
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The girls of Mrs. Enda Fulton's class
in the Methodist Sunday School gave
their teacher a surprise and spent
Tuesday evening very pleasantly at her
home on Normal Avenue. About
twelve girls of the class were present
and they left as a reminder Of the oc-
easion hand decorated china dresser
tray.
! A Mr.. Adams, an officer of the U. P,
was in Hays, recently with a blue
print of all the lots lying adjacent to
the track, and informed an interested
citizen of the city, that the company
expected to quitclaim the lots to the
holders. This move viii solve q long
mooted contention and viii put the
company in good repute with the citi-
zens of Hays.
Prof. T. N. Wood writes to friends en-
tertainingly from the top of st. Peters
Dome In the Rocky Mountains near
Manitou, Colorado: Greetings from
St. Peters Dome, Saturday, $3.50 p. m.
The girls (meaning Mrs. Wood and
Mrs Malloy, we presume) are 15O feet
below-but made the top I can see
Colorado Springs, Colorado City, Pixies
Peak and miles and miles Of plain be-
low"
The annual summer school of Theol-
ogy held at Salina, from August 29th,
to September 8th, and attended by the
Methodist ministers and their wives
from the Northwest Kansas Conference
viii claim both Rey. and Mrs Hale, Of
our town, among its instructors this
season. Rev. Hale in the department
of Sociology, and Mrs. Hale has a series
Of lectures on the Women of the Bible
to be accompanied by Ster eaptican
views of famous paintings. The school
is held in the University building and
/ the attendants board IN the girls dor
mitory Rev and Mrs. Hale, Miss
Dorothy and the boys will leave for
Salina on Monday morning In their car.
Miss Keller's apartment house is
nearing completion. The upper story
already finished and the three apart
ments, each comprising living room,
kitchen and dining room and sleeping
porch are exceedingly homelike and
attractive. The occupants Of these
rooms are al new people and are Mrs
DeNoon and daughter, who came here
from Mankato. the daughter having 4
position IN the Citizens Bank Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. T. Bode from Ames, Ia. Mr.
Bode being the new head OF the forest
~ department of the Experiment Sta
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb, come 70 us
from Southeastern Kansas, and Mr.
Lamb has position in the Free Press
Office We welcome these new families
20 Hays.