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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-12

der, suggested that at their social
gathering they chat upon things chill
dren wish to know She provided 2
query box and said: I'VE will dis
cuss only the things worth while, Ask
on these slips OF paper whatever you
wish to know" Boys and girls in ages
from seven to thirteen came to these
gatherings and following somewhat
unique questions propounded: els II
bad manners to chew gum If we keep
our lips closed?" "Do polite people
eat peanuts at the picture shoW?f
Should children always say yes
ma'am and no ma am or should they
never say it7" SHOULD you say 20
your hostess, on leaving, that you had
! enjoyed yourself very much, when
you didn't have a good time at aIl?''
with ferks2" SHOULD you speak to
strange children that come to your
| Sunday SCHOOL," SHOULD we com
l pletely unfold our napkins?'' 'Should
/ children tuck their napkins IN their
necks2" What should we do with
our left hand at the table when Il Is
not in use?" ''Do toothpielks belong
| in the dining room or IN the bed
rooms?" "Are toothpicks impolite?"
Should water glasses be filed fuIl?''
! Should we hold our knife and fork
when we send our plate away for a
second helping?" what shall we do
with our teaspoon when done sweet
ening our ice tea2'' %sIs II necessary
for boy TO take of his hat TO the
women and girl members OF his own
family when he meets them on the
street,"
All OF this shows that children
think on these things They wish to
be correct Let US hope the time Is
5-fs
VIII be taught IN every public school
IN the land Then perhaps we, as
Americans, viii no longes be called
by foreigners the people with the
worst manners" School Potron.
At meeting of the Saturday At
ternoOn Club, the members Of which
are: Miss Elizabeth Agnew, Miss
May Bemis Miss Lulu Bice, Mrs.
Gordon Brenner, Mrs. Frank Fields,
Mrs E. C. Flood, Mrs. Mary Cart
land, Mrs Lucille Gallon, Miss Dora
Grass, Mrs Auto Hale, Miss Annie
P. Hopkins, Mrs. K c. Haas, Mrs G.
G. Harvey, hrs. Jennie Hoffman, Miss
Anna Keller, Mrs. F B. Lee, Mrs. W.
: A Lewis, Mrs Robert Maxwell, Mrs.
, Ernest Matthew, Miss Kathryn Nc
Lain, Mrs. Frank Meade, Miss Mary
Mulroy, Mrs Harry Neiswanger,. Miss
) Jennie Nickles, Mrs R L Parker,
Mrs Harvey Penney, Mrs Alex Phil
ip, Mrs. Geo. Philip, Mrs. Geo. Philip,
, Jr-, Mrs. Edwin Rea, Mrs J. W Read,
Mrs. Charles Reeder, Miss Schoenhals,
! Miss Ida Shaffer, Mrs Charles Shiye-
! ly, Mrs. Geritt Snyder, Mrs. Whit
, comb Speer, Mrs. Clarence Smith,
, Miss Julia Stone, Miss Belle Sutton,
!, Miss Della Unruh, Mrs Curtis Wann.
Mrs Joseph Ward, Mrs Weeks, Mrs
: Dwight Wooster and Mrs. c. E Viii
/ liams, the following resolutions were
: adopted.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-12
High School Commencement Week

Reviews preliminary to the exami-
nation next week are now in progress
at the High School. The Baccalau-
reate services will be held in the Lu-
theran church Sunday evening, May
18th. DIR. Snyder of the Presbyterian
church will deliver the sermon. Com
mencement exercises will be held m
the Strand Theatre, Friday evening,
May 18th. The commencement ad-
dress will be given by w. D. Ross,
State Superintendent. The music
under the direction of Miss Olive
Slingluff. The members of the Senior
class are: Elizabeth Chittenden, Pc
ter Gosser, Esther Goethchius, Law
renee Gross, Mary Hedges, Paul
Gross, Anna Meyer, William Johnson,
Gladys Morrison, Edward Wasinger,
Gladys Miller, Ben Westbrook, Bertha
Palmer, Clair Wilson, Pearl Shuts,
Maurine Speer, Evelyn Whyard.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-12
Card of Thanks

We wish to extend our heartfelt
appreciation for Sympathy shown US
in every possible way; beautiful
flowers and acts of kindness by our
friends and relatives and by the Citi-
zens State Bank, during the sickness
and death of our little son, Vincent; /;
also for the kind assistance of Rev.
FIR. Celestine of the st. Joseph church.
Mr.. G. J. Seek and family.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-12
Two Big BARGAINS

26O acres well improved farm, five
miles from Hays. $40 acres of pas
ture land. VIII sell on good terms or
will take other land in trade. These
two bargains are worth investigating.
Office over First National Bank.
Phone At. Miller Brothers, Hays, Kan
sas.
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Saturday Afternoon Club
Nav 5.
noticeable scar.

Hostess: Mrs. 81. B. Neiswanger
Roll Call: Current Events
Lessen: Finish Chapter XI
Leader: Miss May Bemis
Alfalfa, Corn and Wheat Land to
Trade
We have three improved and unim-
proved half sections of Ness County
land to trade for Ellis County land.
See us today. Office over First Ma
tional Bank. Phone At. Miller Broth
ers, Hays, Kansas.
If you haven't enough land, and
want to trade for a good alafalfa
corn or wheat farm in Ness County,
see US at once. Office over First Ma
tional Bank. Miller Brothers, Hays,
Kansas.
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Teach Manners" IN the Public
Schools

The little book put out by the do
mestic science department OF the State
Agricultural College, entitled Ell
quette and Service of the Table" is
the most complete thing of its kind
We have SEEN During a recent visit
to WaKeeney, we were pleased TO
learn that II IS used as a regular text
II the schools there Why does not
every public school add 70 its curricu-
lum the study of social etiquette?
Many children who are handicapped
by having little or no training OF this
kind in their homes would thus have
their chance to learn what Is so es-
sential; while children from homes
that observe the laws OF polite society
would take most kindly Of all TO an
opportunity to become more correct
in their department Of what avail
is the finest education TO a young man
or a young woman who has boorlsh
manners? After inquiry had been
made as to why q certain young man
had failed to obtain a position to
which he was professionally, so well
fitted, the answer came: Had his
general manner been more cOuteous
and his table etiquette showed better
discrimination we would not have
hesitated an instant-but the m en-
bers of our school faculty must be
: ladies and gentlemen; for children
are observant and initiative, and
teachers, when rude and illbred, have
no bushes IN the schoolroom-"
A school textbook that Covers eti-
Guette OF the table, street, the school,
and church; etiquette Of calls, parties
etc, viii soon make its appearance,
for If grown ups do not see to 1t, the
children themselves viii make the de-
mand. Such a study, earnestly, en-.
tertaininglyand tactfully taught IN the
schools, would do much to raise the
| general standard OF department Thai
was demonstrated recently when {
teacher, anxious to learn the problems
aside from school, that children pom
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-12

Mrs. Ida Ransom and son, Floyd,
(who has enlisted in the Coast Artil-
lery) left Hays, Wednesday afternoon,
for Denver, Colo, in an automobile
From there Floyd will go to Fort
Logan, Colo. This is Mrs Ransom's
second son, who has joined the cOlors.
The first Is a boy of seventeen years,
who enlisted some time ago and Is
now in California, with a number of
other young men from Hays
The following is from the recruit
ing officers at Ellis, to the boys moth
er:
The kid has gone TO the colors
And we don't know what to say
The kid we have loved and cuddled
Stepped out for the flag today.
We tho't him child, 2 baby
With never a care at all
But his country called him man-size
And the kid heard the call
He paused to watch the recruiting,
When mred by the fife and drum,
He bowed his head TO Old Glory
And tho't that 1t whispered: Come
The kid, not being a Stacker,
Stood forth with patriot JOY
To add his name to the roster
And God, we're proud of the boy
The kid has gone to the colors,
It seems but q little while
Since he drilled in q schoolboy army
In a truly martial style
But now he's q man, a soldier,
And we bend him 2 listening ear.
For his heart is heart ali loyal,
Unconquered by the curse of fear
His dad when he's told him shuddereC
His mother-God bless herl cried
Yet, blest with mother nature,
She wept with a mother pride
But he whose old shoulders straight
ened,
Was grandad, for memory ran
| To years when he, tOO-a yOungster
Was changed by the flag to a man
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LOST=A pair of gold rim spec
tacles on streets of Hays. Finder
please leave at Free Press Office. Mrs.
E. C.. ALBERT.
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Barb Wire Cuts

make a Barb Wire
l Healing Lotion that !
~ ~ Eosrsntsi Eos.s ,t:.sost to ,.hs;n. heal the
noticeable scar.
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Miss Ethel Robinson has posi-
ton in the McCracken schools for
next year. She will teach domestic
art and music.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
NOMINATE YEAR BOOK STAI T.
Junior Class Nominates Prospective
Editors for La SOlana.

La Solana staff nominations were
held by the Junior class Of Ell Centre
High School and the following mem
bers were nominated for different
staff positions: Editor in chief. Rob
ert Kuykendall, Milton Thompson and
Leonora Fallon; assistant editor,
Robert kuykendall and Milton ThouHn-
son; business manager, Clifford
North and Henry Swanson; joke ed
tor. Robert Doherty and Henry Swan
son; boys athletics. Joe Douglass and
Milton Thompson; girls athletics, III!
ired Brewer and Anna Grogan; art
editor, Carl Young and Anna Gro
gan; literary editor, Emily Horr and
Velva Hackleman; dramatic editor,
Carrie Stewart and Rosina Herr; mu
sic editor, Robert Kuykendall, Thel
ma McCarey and Geraldine Cook; So
ciety editor, Pearl Meadows and Vel
va Hackleman.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03

Phone youc wants tC The Presa-
R-and get quick results.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03

Sixth street east on Broadway for a
distance of 600 feet, to wit, the Chop
house"
Automobiles allowed to park on the
west side Of Sixth street from alley
between Main and Broadway, north to
Broadway, and on the north side OF
Broadway, east from Sixth and Broad
way, for 600 feet, providing same are
packed in with head lights lit
No autos to park on Seventh street
between Main and Broadway until
after the parade.
No traffic of amy kind or automo-
bile allowed to enter or leave or start
engine on Broadway from Fifth to
Seventh or on Sixth street from State
to Commercial after the program has
begun till the conclusion.
Immediately at conclusion of pro
gram the street dance will take place
on Main street between Fifth and
Sixth and will stop at midnight. Mu
sic by military band.
Ice water will be found on both
sides of Main between Fifth and Sixth
streets.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
LONOONERS SCURRY
GETTING USED TO ATTACKS
FROM THE AIR.
Ten Killed and Thirty-eight Injured
in Last Nights Attack on
City by Fliers.
BY Associated PreSs)

Londone Oct. 2-Several times last
night airmen bombarded London, the
people scurrying to cover whenever
the alarming sirens blew. Ten per-
sons were killed and 3S injured by
thc bombs, which were dropped from
dozen planes.
The people are getting to be adopts
at the art of dodging bombs. They
Scurry to cover when the sirens blow
and the lights go out as if by magic.
There is less panic than there was last
month. Still there is insistence chat
reprisalS be made on German cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
DR|LLERS ARE
BADLY NEEDED
WANT MEN FOR THIS BRANCH
OF ARMY.
MUST GO AS PRINATES
WELL DRILLERS ARE SOUGHT
FOR BY L. $.
All Those of Draft Age Who Have
NOtRecn Certified for Mill
MUST GO AS PRINATES
All Those of Draft Age Who Have
NotBeen Certified for Mill
tary Service May Join.

Captain Charles I, Leeds, district
engineer officer at 729 Central build
ing, Lois Angeles, has received in
Structions to recruit men for the
Twenty Engineers, Water Sup
ply Regiment. This organization will
have charge of the development
transmission and temporary storage
of potable water at points available
for distribution to troops, both for
cantonments and for trenches.
Men are needed who are familiar
with well drilling, water piping, res
ervoir work and all other positions
necessary for the development of wa
ter.
All men must enlist as privates,
but later they will receive such pro
motion as their demonstrated ability
will warrant.
Applicants should procure letters
Of recommendation preferably from
employers, and submit them to the
above office. Should the applicant
live at considerable distance from Los
Angeles, it is suggested that he con
suit physician at his place of res
ldence to discover whether he is phv-
slcally qualified, as no transportation
can be furnished except from the en-
llstment office to the station of the
regiment to which he is assigned
Men within draft age must have
statement signed by the clerk of their
local exemption board stating that
they are not in the first call In the
event an applicant is found physically
qualified by his physician, he should
nave the statement of his local ex
emption board signed just before leav
ing for Los Angeles in order that the
five day time limit on same NAV not
expire before he reaches the recruit
ing depot at San Francisco.
A married man desiring to enlist
must submit sworn statement that
his family is not dependent upon him
Tor support, or, in the event of y d;
vorce proceeding, statement to that
effect from the judge.
The following men are needed. We'll
dIlilerS, concrete foremen. tool dress
ers, brlcklayers, rigg builders. pipe
filters, gas engine men, pump men.
plumbers, carpenters, machinists. wa
terWorks men, stream gaugers, chem
zeal and meteorological laboratory as
slstants, topographers, surveyors. uto
truck drivers, cooks and laborers. and
all men knowing the construction and
operation of well drilling machinery.
Men desiring to enlist should com
munlcate at their earliest convenience
with Captain Charles r. Leeds at 72o
Central building, Los Angeles, bv let
ter or wire, stating experience and
'qualI1lcations, as enlistments for this
company are being made thrlIyhout
the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
Information for the Public

All traffic on Main street between
Fifth and Sixth will stop at 5 o'clock
No automobiles will be allowed TO
park on the east side of Sixth street
from the alley between Main and
Broadway soutuh to the corner of
Sixth and Broadway.
No automobiles allowed park on
the south side of Broadway from
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
Scenes Showing Girl Scouts atwor Food Conservation

use would release for soldiers the
khaki that now figures in Scout uni-
forms.
When q girl becomes a Scout She
weds herself to the ideal of American
womanhood, promising to love, honor
and obey the Scout, law that helps
her to reach that IDEAL. Girl Scouts
are really Soldiers of the Home. From
nature lore and sports they learn the
lessons Of health, 1comradliness ard
simplicity. They learn household sci
ence in a way that makes it yield 100
per cent service to the family; and
they also learn those things whereby
they can serve that bigger family,
their nation, in it's present CT Isis
photography, signaling, gardening,
telestaphy. dairy work and tlrat alu'
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03

Lawn sochl at St. Mary's Catholic
church Friday evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
The Second Liberty Loan.

You who waved flags and cheered
when some 800 Imperial county boys
marched through the streets to so 10
training camp before fighting the
laiser and German imperial atroci-
ties
You who can cnumerate the reasons
why autocracy is doomed and must
never be spared
And all you who are being protect
ed and defended by the arms and va
lor of American soldiers and sailors,
who are too old or too young, too sick
or too busy to be drafted for military
service
To all of you, there is now a new
call. a new draft which you cannot
disregard and still claim to be pa
triotic.
It. is the call to invest your money
in the cause of liberty. 1t is the op-
portunity to snow that you did not
cheer the soldiers simply because the
others cheered them, but that the
swelling in your heart and the lump
in your throat were occasioned by sin
cerc Americanism.
Ii men do no come forward ano
do their share by investing readily
and up to the required amount, the!
will find themselves, as the speakers
pointed out, the objects of public
scorn, ostracized by the real support
ers of the nation, and exposed to tht
indignant contmuely they deserve
They will find that they cannot keei
IN the background and let the volun
teers do all the things needful t.
bring success to American arms. IN
less they are prepared TO face tht
merited reward for such Stacking.
In this second Liberty Loan cam
paign every property owner in Impe
rial county will he expected to inves,
r-hs money III the issue Every mar
Ind every woman will have a chanc
. stand back of a soldier in tn,
trenches and provide him with gun.
cartridges and equipment. This Ioai
- the United States cause must b,
me unanimous expression of American
.oyalty, American defiance to Prus
gianism.
When we realize all the fact. anl
taen remember that after all this is :
desirable investment as Lusincs,
pGoposition-and there comes before
as again the last view we had Of the
men marching away from home IN.
friends to things they know not ot
we cannot help but feel that the bur
den of war has not reached a.. We
cannot escape thought that, by in
vestlng III Liberty Bonds, we arc be.
ing given way too easy, too advan-
tageous, Of backing up those boys. e.
1t IS our good fortune that we can
serve our country So Proof Of oul
readiness will come as the campaign
gets under way.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03

The Girl Scouts Of America are
hard at work for the Food Adminis-
ration. So far they have concerned
themselves with two tasks, that of
assisting in, and giving canning de-
monstrations, and of aiding in the
distribution Of Food Pledge Cards to
the housewives of the nation.
In many. cities, local chapters.
under the guidance of graduate sent
nv the ,State rAgricultural' College
are being taught scientific canning.
accustomed to strict obedience, the
Girl Scouts, have been exceedingly
apt pupils. r..,
scout wear, so far as possible, the
Fcod Administration Unifor,nt THIS
ls of chambray or slnghan. Their
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
SLIGHT DROP IN RIVER
CORRESPONDING DECREASE IN
THE ALAMO.
Four Hundred-fOOt Drop in Water
Noticed When the Big
Stream Drops.

The effect of storms in the upper
reaches of the Colorado is passing
and the muddy stream is falling.
From Irrigation District figures it is
seen that the river dropped at Yuma
from 600 feet discharge on Sunday
to 500 feet yesterday. At Honlon's
the height has fallen inches in the
past two days.
The discharge into the Alamo was
52S3 feet on Sunday, 1897 today and
1879 today. The amount of water
flowing north of the international bor-
der was nealy 5000 second-feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
"omans Ten Thousand Club.

The Woman's Ten Thousand Club
XIII hold their opening meeting Thurs
day afternoon at 2:3O at Davis hall
The social committee will have charge
OF the program. All members are
urged TO be there to start in with the
new club year, which promises TO hc
full Of useful service.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
HONOR LIBERTY BOYS
Continued From Page One)

EJkS, east side OF sixth street Soutf
of State.
Fire Department, State street il
front of Fire House.
Order in Parade.
Grand marshal, c. NJ Applcstill.
Aides. l.. NJ Shaw and William
Cass.
United States flag and guard.
Allied flags and guards
Invited guests in autos,
Regimental coorS of the Twenty
first infantry, u. s. A.
c Company, Twenty-first infantry
Y. S. A., Captain Page commanding.
Mexican Military Band.
Liberty Boys.
Holtville Home Guards.
Seeley Home Guards.
Imperial Home Guards.
Brawley Home Guards.
El Centro Home Guards.
FL Centre High School.
Local lodge of Elks.
Imperial Fire Department.
Calexico Fire Department.
Bawley Fire Department.
Holtville Fire Department.
Ell Centre Fire Department.
Parade will move promptly at 7:3O
}. m. Following is the line of march:
state street east to Fourth street,
Fourth street north to Main street.
Nam street west to Seventh street,
seventh street north to Broadway.
broadway east to Sixth street, Sixth
tre2t south to alley between Fifth
and Sixth streets, thence east to the
speakers stand.
Program of Exercises.
Place of programs and exercises.
outheast corner of Sixth and Broad
way.
Opening remarks by Judge Cole,
hartman of evening.
Presentation of flag by local lodge
# Elks.
Community singing. Star Spangled
5anner.' accompanied by the Twen-
,'y-fifth Military Band of Mexico.
Two minute ddresses in the follow
ing order:
II. l.. Ault. on behalf of Calexico
md vicinity.
B. l.. Baker. on behalf of HoItville
and vicinity.
+, f. Howe. on behalf of FL Cen
tro.
o. Il. Tout, ON behalf of Ell Cen
ro.
Robert W. Weekes, on behalf of Ell
Centre.
Vocal solo, Send Ne Away With
'm'Ie,' Sergeant Boniface, Company
=, Twenty-first infantry, U. S. A.
E. j. Parke, on behalf of Seeley and
'icinity.
S. E. De Rackin, Imperial and vi
Unity.
Rev. McClelland, Brawley and vi
unity.
+, b. Fuller, Fl Centre Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr.. Johnson. Calipatria and vicin-
ity
], +. Seymour, Jr., Ell Centro Fire
J.. K. RICHTER, response on behalf of
the Liberty Boys.
Community singing, "America," ac
by The Twenty fifth Mill
tary Band Of Mexico.
To be followed by street dance
with music by the Twenty fifth Mill
tary Band of Mexico.
Location of Units at Place Of Exercises
Invited guests in autos. each side
Of speakers platform, facing north
{ Company, u. $. A., east side of
field, facing west.
Home Guards Of Valley. west side
Of field. facing east.
Mexican Military Band, in front of
speakers platform.
Liberty Boys, center Of field, seat
ed.
Elks, rear of High School.
High School students, rear Of Lib
erty Boys.
Visiting firemen, east and west of
Liberty Boys.
u S. flag regimental colors and
Allied flags, east and west of speak
ers' platform.
The FL Centre Fire Department is
giving a dinner to the commissioned
officers Of the United States army in
1he Valley, Lieutenant Colonel Bar
rance and staff and newspaper editors
and staff, at the Barbara Worth at 6
p. m. The public is invited. Pltes.
81.
nj In e.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03

But YOU could have done better AT
llarrell's Music Store,
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
LADIES'!

Tailor Made Suits to order. PER
Feet fit and excellent Workmanship
guaranteed.
Your own material we cut, trim
and make Including as many fiC-
tings as necessary for $4,000 and
up.
Repairs, Alterations, Cleaning,
Dyeing, Hats Renovated
GENTLEMEN'S SUITS and OVER
COATS made to measure, $25.OO and
up. TRY ON READY IN 3 DAYS.
SUITS DELIVERED TO YOU IN 7
DAYS.
NO FIT, NO PAY, GUARANTY
Your own material cut, trimmed
and made for $500 and up.
Experts in recutting and remodel
ing misfits.
LET US FIND out of 5000 woolen
samples a perfect match for pair
OF trousers to your good enough coat.
Eastern made clothes $500 and
up.
EMERICH'S
Opposite Narney'a Imperial, Gal.
Phone 105W
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
FIRST VIEW OF OCEAH.
b. L. Cox, Local Real Estate Mar
Makes First Trip to San Diego.

b. I. Cox of Adams street, a well
known real estate dealer, VIII, has
lived IN the Valley for four years.
Will see Los Angeles, San Diego and
the Pacific ocean for the frs. time
IN his life, this week.
With Marvin Moore and Jim Ham
ilton he will motor this morning. to
San Diego, and thence TO Los Ange-
les for short vacation, and to view
wonderful scenery of the Coast
been to the Palo Verda val
y the Moreno dam since (,
the valley, and that is
n Phr Cox. who for 35 years
was\ cattle business in New
MexlcA he came here.
Lawn sochl at St. Mary's Catholic
church Friday evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03

But you could have done better at
1aIrell's Music Store.