The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-17

Lney naO on Cnelr nome grounds.
E. R. Modlin moved out to the H.
D. Shaffer property this week.
THE Feitz brothers south of town,
lost valuable mule last Sunday,
from rattlesnake bite.
L. Maschka one of the prominent
farmers of Buckeye township was a
pleasant caller at the Free Press of
file last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Miller were
down from Ellis, Tuesday, visiting
relatives and friends and attending
the Bankers Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Noble and
children and Mrs. Geo. Bobst and ba-
by were guests at the Adie Swires
country home Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Bruins are now
| living at Alexander, N. D. Their
daughter, Audrey, is happily mar
| ried and their son, Ralph is in
France.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Noble and
children and Mrs. Geo. Bobst and ba-
Will .Kraus at their country home
Sunday.
Miss Mildred Howie was the
pleased victim of a surprise party
composed of boys and girls, at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Ethel Viii
son on Friday evening.
Dr.. Hennerich and Fred Schwaller
returned Thursday morning from a
short trip through the oil fields of
Oklahoma and Southeastern Kansas.
They left Hays Sunday.
In honor of her husbands fftieth
birthday anniversary, Mrs Frank
Walz prepared a special din ler on
Sunday and every member of the
family was present to enjoy it.
Mrs B. T. Mullen of Elliott, Iowa,
and Mr.. Dan Mullen of Lincoln,
Nebr., arrived her this week, having
been sumomned here on account of
the serious illness of their brother,
Eugene Mullen.
A representative of the Standard
Oil Company is taking leases for oil
and gas in Ellis County and being
helped by Register of Deeds Was
niger and others. Go see Frank if
you want them to try on your land.
Mrs. Warner Johnson of Hoxie,
mas OCGAA fAoAIAAAS pal MI
and Mrs. Walz while her husband,
who is superintendent of Sheridan
County schools, attended the Teach
ers' Association meeting at Topeka.
They returned on Tuesday.
Mrs. Della Lemon of Salt Lake City,
Utah, is here visiting her sister, Mrs
Harry Felten. Mrs. Lemon is on her
way to Little Rock, Arkansas, where
her husband is in the service of the
government, he having been trans
ferd from Fort Douglas, Utah to Lit
tie Rock, Ark.
The W. F. NJ. S. of the Methodist
church met with Mrs. W. A. Lewis on
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Hale led
the lesson study and Mrs. Vermillion
handled the part from the book, ''The
African Trail" and gave an interest
ing talk and read extracts from let
tiers received from her sister who is
a missionary in the clark continent" F"
Mrs. Lewis closed the afternoon with
service of cakes and coffee.
George Gottschalk father of P. V.
Gottschalk, of Hays, died at his home
near Schoenchen, this Friday morn
ing. He was eighty years old and
had beer ailing for some time. Thus
passes from earth to his reward an
other old resident of Ellis County.
The funeral vii be held today, Satur-
day, at nine o'clock, from the Catho-
lie church at Schoenchen-
The box for the homeless soldier
boys "treat" which Mrs. Hale has
had charge of will be expressed to
| Camp Funston on Monday night.
All contributions should be in by
Monday noon. A responsible COM
mitee will receive the box on Tuesday
morning, and see that the right par
ties get remembered. The donations
| have been most generous.
The writer was talking to a young
man of Hays in regard to his fre-
quenting the pool hall. In answer
| the young man said, ''If Hays had a
| Y. NJ. G. A, we boys would not fre-
quent the pool hall, but as it is we
have no other place to CO." Citi-
zens of Hays, are you doing your bit
for the moral uplift of the young
manhood and womanhood of Hays?
W. E. Schermerhorn was up from