The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Mrs. John FogIe returned this week
from an extended visit with friends in
Ohio.
E. c. Flood, E. A. Rea and J. P.
Shuts attended court at WaKeeney,
this week.
Alex SchueIer, Jake Kippes and F.
n Dreiling, went to Kansas City, Sat
urday night
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Simminger. This makes the sew
enth daughter.
Gus Havemsnn was in Kansas City,
last Saturday, purchasing a large stock
of furniture Tor his store.
Teddy Bear drove his Ford to Wa
Keeney, to visit his sister, and to at-
tend the Trego County Fair.
Carl Bascom and Dan Lewis, two
railroad men, were down from Ellis,
Wednesday of this week.
The Union Pacific is putting in a new
side track across the bridge east of
town and ont past the stock yards.
Mrs. j. H Ward and son, Ralph,
went to Kansas City, Tuesday night.
Ralph was returning to his school in
Wisconsin, and his mother accompanied
hIm that far.
The BARRIERS of Hays, have raised the
prize of hair cut from 25c. to 35c. A
nair cut and shave after October 1st,
will cost you 80 cents. What viii the
poor printer do them"
Mrs Christofferson who has been
running the Windsor Cafe for several
months past has rented hotel and cafe
at Morland, Kansas. She loaded her
goods into q car Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey of Cove Coun-
ty, passed through Hays, Monday. en-
route to Hutchinson fair. Mrs. Har-
vey is sister of Miss Andreas, a for
mer teacher in the Public School
The Union Pacific people unloaded a
lot Of water pipes at this point Tues
day, that will be used to connect the
water tank IN town to the new pump
ing station lately installed on Big Greek
west of town.
Little Margaret Oshant entertained
a number of her little friends at her
parents home, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Oshant, Wednesday afternoon. It was
the occasion of the little Miss birth
day.
John P. O'Grady of Oberlin, Kansas,
p-esideasiOf the lew banS-The Farm.
ers' State Bank, was in Hays, this
week, helping to get affairs of the new
institution in shape for the opening,
September 25th.
Tuesday was the thirty-sixth ami
versary Of the wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Ze;gier. and Mr. Zeigler present
ed his wife, as a substantial memento
of thesoecassion, a seven passenger REQ
six. The REQ six is an elegant service
able and substantial automobile.
Mr.. Matthew, Professor OF AgricuI-
ture IN the Fort Hays Normal, has ar
ranged plan whereby students may
go through college by placing cows in
the Normal Dairy. The student is
privileged to put three cows in the
dairy herd, and they are allowed free
use OF the dairy barn.
The Biss-ng Bros. have recently pur-
chased a large new show case for their
store and have added ether new fixtures.
Their cleaning and pressing depart
Inent has been added too and they are
now throughly equipped to handle your
work with neatness and dispatah They
have an elegant line of mems and boys
clothing in the latest styles and weaves.
Ers. Margaret Dyk who lives at
Walker, was struck by freight ira
while crossing the u. P. track in an
automobile at Victoria. She had been
in Victoria on business and had started
home when the accident occurred. She
was seriously injured. Her left pelvic
bone was broken, and she was other
wise injured. She is at the Hays Hos
pital. Fears are entertained for her
recovery.
Hiss Brown, one of the faculty at the
Normal drove her Dodge roadsters from
Wisconsin, where she had been on her
summer vacation, as far as Lawrence,
and on account of the muddy roads had
to abandon the car there and come back
to Hays, the rest of the way on the
train. The first of the week, she, ac-
companied by Mrs. Mollie Gladhart,
went to Lawrence, and came back In
the roadster.
The many friends of Captain Andrew
Fite were shocked to learn that he had
died at Independence, Kansas, on last
Sunday morning. He and Miss Keller,
his niece, had gone to make relatives q
visit in Montgomery county. Captain
Fite came to Hays, from Indiana, to
make his hone with Miss Keller, about
two years ago. He found the climate
agreed with him and his health had
been good while here He was past
eighty-four years old, but was always
young. He took a deep interest in na-
tonal affairs, was intensely interested
in social and religious movements, and