The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-12


featuring stock. o. E. Harvey,
Sylvia, Kans.
W. P. Donahue of Abba, Iowa, is
here visiting his brother-ln-law, w. A.
King and family.
Canning and preserving tomatoes
Order through your grocer. a12tf
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
church, will hold food sale at Grass
store, Saturday, August 10Th, at one
o'clock.
The Busy Bee restaurant was closed
by the sheriff Tuesday. The creditors
of the proprietor are mourning the nom
payment Of about S4OO.
1t is understood that bids will soon
be let for paving two blocks on Chest
nut Street from South Main to Nor
NAL Avenue as a starter.
C. D. Baughman and wife have re-
turned from a five weeks sojourn in
Kansas City, wnere Mrs. Baughman
has been taking medical treatment.
Miss Mary Tate of Vancouver, Wash
ington, instructor in the blind school,
is here on a short visit with her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. M J. Bell.
Cleveland Schultz and family left
for Kansas City and st. Louis, Monday
night. They expect to arrive home at
Los Angeles, about September 1st.
Canning and preserving tomatoes.
Order through'yo your grover a12tf
Mrs. Schley of Kansas City, mother
of Mrs. John Freese of Los Angeles,
California, who visited friends in Hays,
last week, left Monday for Los Angeles.
Work is being done on the Fair
grounds. The fair corporation viii
have to hustle if they want to get
things in shape by the last of next
month.
Thousands of bushels of wheat are
being marketed here every day. at all
times of the day you can see strings
of wheat wagons coming in from the
country.
Fred Schwaller is remodeling the old
home residence he recently purchased
of his sister, and viii move into it as
soon as completed, and Dr. Haas has
purchased the Schwaller residence.
The old stone Presbyterian parson-
age in the southeast part of the city
has been sold to Farmer Beebe, of
Graham county, who will take posses
sion about the first of September. He
will send his children to the Hays Pub
lie school.
Frank Corwin from near Gorham, has
purchased the Mrs. Hoagland residence
property on East Juniata Street, and
will take possession at ance. H. J..
Brown who has been living in the house
for a year or more, will move to Hoxie,
Kansas.
The following Hays ladies are camp
ing this week at the Logan ranch
southeast of town: Misses Helen
Pcstana, Doris Middlekauff, Florence
Nickles, Georgia Virmond, and Miss
Stella Turner of Waverly, Kansas.
They are being chaperoned by Mr.. and
Mrs. G. F. West.
A new municipal idea was started in
Pittsburg, Kansas, during this dry, hot
weather, when Mayor William Langon
and Fire Chief Tom Howe ordered the
homes and surrounding yards and street
of all sick people of the city vel
sprinkled. These city officials have
certainly made themselves very popu
lar. There were twenty-seven homes
in all thus treated.
The Helianthus Club of Hays is rec
ognized as the t'pink tea" affair of the
city, yet they are to be given credit for
being the first social organization to
make donation to the new hospital.
The large light standards at the main
entrance to the hospital, are the gift of
the Helianthus Club; also the numerous
plants and window boxes A ball was
given some time ago by the ladies, and
the funds thus obtained were used for
these purchases.
Russell has a new automobile ordi-
nance which requires automobiles to
park in the center OF the streets. m
stead of stopping in front of the stores
and other places OF business This
gives clear driveway on each side
Other towns are adopting similar ordi-
nances- Hays, however, viii have to
adopt some other means To safeguard !
the public as the main streets are too
narrow to admit parking in the center. I
The original town company seemed to +
think that land was so scarce when the
town was laid out. that they could not
afford to waste it in roads. The time
IS not far distant when it viii become
necessary to widen the streets; and I
then there win be mereor less profanity
used when speaking Of the parsimoni-
ous idaas Of the l..;.zil.al se.z.l s..,-..r,.r,