The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

CHARLES RIEDEL-
1.-The Golden Beetle at the New
Opera House this Friday night.
Jacob Feitz is quite sick. Is under
the care of a physician
Harold Gill and Alva Woodbridge went
to Russell, Wednesday morning to take
the annual creamery examination.
Mrs. Gov. Crawford is expected to
arrive this Saturday evening She viii
be the guest of Mrs. and Miss Leahy-
Master Harold Straily of Topeka, is
here visiting his cousins, Hazel and
Marvin Straily.
Judge D. C. Nellis and wife are here
from Topeka this week, the guests of
Miss Bessie Leahy.
Wanted-Two or three furnished
rooms for hight housekeeping: Inquire
at the Free Press Office.
Mrs. F. w Kraus and daughter, La
vona, returned Tuesday morning, from
very pleasant visit with relatives andE
friends in Iowa.
Wesley Young from Ames College,
Iowa, will spend his summer vacation
at the country home of his aunt, Mrs.
F. W. Kraus.
The new organ at the Normal is be-
ing rapidly placed in position and Mr.
johnson, the builder from Los Angeles,
has arrived to oversee its installation
and the opening trial concert.
/
Considerable damage was done wheat
and other growing crops by hail, dur
ing the heavy storm Monday morning.
The hail insurance agents were kept
quite busy adjusting losses during the
past two or three days of this week.
Mrs. Alva Miller and children and
Mrs. Edna Hickson of Manhattan,
daughters of Jonah Mutton are visiting
here Mr.. Hickson is a member of the
Kansas Militia and has been called to
| the colors.
Obey Davidson, Ross Bentley, Art
Bentley and Harry and Ernest Trim
mer were here from Cove County,
Monday, to be present at the demon
stration of the new wheat cut ting and
threshing machine. However, on ac,'
count of the machine not ARRIVING in
time the demonstration was postponed
until later date.
1t is understood that Prof. J. S.
Bird has purchased controlling inter
est in the Ellis County News. That
he will resign his position as instructor
at the Fort Hays Normal and take
editorial management of the paper on
August 1st. If Mr.. Bird makes as
good an editor as he has been teach
er, he will be success.
Isaac Zeigler has sold his business
house and lot, corner of South Main
and Chestnut Streets to Azel Cochran,
price Sc, $50. Five years ago the pro-
perty probably could have been pur-
chased for 81, 500. Five years more of
continued prosperity for Hays, will
double and perhaps treble the present
selling price.
Judge J. H. Reeder, while in Tyler,
I Texas, on recent trip, went out to
the old prison and looked it over. He
wanted to see it, because his half
brother David Reeder, of the 43 Ind,
Vol. and Charles Blackmun of Hays,
were prisoners there. Judge wrote
''teH Blackmun that I went to the
spring where they got water all the
time they were in prison"
Monday, the u P. people moved an
old box car out near the track west of
town about opposite Bunker,s rooming
house and installed number of their
Italian section men therein. The citi-
zens or that part of the city are grunb-
ling as those men are not over cleanly,
careful of their person nor their lar
guage. The city health officer sho uld
look into this matter.
Miss Nellie M. Reeder, was appoint
ed delegate from Wellesley College,
; and is attending the Confer ence on In
tern ttional Relations for University
Students, June 21st to July 1st, 1916
t under the the auspices of the Fedora.
ton of International Polity Clubs
Western Reserve Uni versity, Cleve
land, Ohio. She writes that DaviC
e Starr Jordan is the leader, and thai
she will reach home the first of the
week.
{ The Saturday Afternoon Club O
Hays have presented statue Il
tne Public Library for the benefit o.
citizens of Hays. The subject is Cy
4 rus E. Dallin's 'Sacajawea''- tn,
] bird Woman" that accompanied ant
/ guided the Lewis and Clark expedition
] through the Northwest. Thus, again
] have the members shown their civil
j pride and interest IN the educationa
! and artistic advancement in Hays. Tn,
s presentation and unveiling exercise
! were held at the Library June "a.
II At the Chapel exercises at the For
] Hays Normal on Wednesday morning
Miss Charlotte Hussey of Ellis, tn
! young lady who is in charge of tn
] Children's Playground this summer
] and teacher of a college in Iowa, re