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out Of money orders by which the men
can send their pay home to their fam
lies In some Of the big camps the
7. n. c. A IS providing banking faciI-
tiles for the men as we'll
Do Your Bit With 4 Tenner.
This month (No7ember) the 2, n
c. A. must raise $35, 200, 900 to carry
on its work among our soldiers and
their allies until next July. OF this
$35.0o0,o00 about &24,oo0.0oo win be
spent on the work with cur own troops
or about SO for every man In Uncle
Sans uniform II everybody who has
received letters from soldiers and san.
ors were to contribute SO the task
would be easy. Are your boys health
and happiness and clean soul worth
SO to your
Your town mayor, your pastor, your
school superintendent VIII know who
Is the treasurer Of the campaign com
mittee IN your county or town. Other.
wise send q check or money order to
Cleveland Il. Dodge. treasurer, 1zG
East Twenty-eighth street. New York
city.
Only sacrihcial giving by millions q
gtVers viii make possible the eontin-
uAnce Of this vast work for American
Soldiers and for those OF our allies
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part Of the world to another than sta.
t1stics can express. Statistics are
pretty poor anyway when it comes to
reckoning in terms of love and human
tenderness Let's put it this way:
That the Y. NJ. G. a. is the biggest ex-
press company the world has ever
seen, and the parcels it is handling
are the loves and devotions Of human
beings.
Worlds Best Loved Trademark.
This war las made US think hard
and fast Your boy or your neigh
boris boy or some boy you know and
love has been called to do his share
in the big job Of policing the world for
democracy and human liberty. Is it
any comfort to you to know that wher-
ever his duty may call him your boy
will nave a friend that will serve him
in body. mind and soul? Are you
glad to know that this friend will place
books and magazines at his disposal
organize classes to teach him what
ever he wants to learn, give him a
pocket testament and invite him to
join religious meetings of the faith
that he was brought up in? Did you
realize that the association provides
athletic equipment for his favorite
games, teaches him games II he knows
none and holds concerts, lectures,
movies, Bible classes, dramatic enter
tainments and every kind of whole
some amusement to keep him interest
ed? Are you glad to know that this
friend viii go with him overseas, help
to shield him from a score Of difficult
and dangerous temptations and follow
him right up to the front line trench
and beyond it? The last contact the
soldier has with this life he loves so
well is a cup OF tea given him by the
Y. NJ. c. A tree just before he goes
lover the top" to a hand to hand strug-
gle with the enemy. And as he comes
tottering back from No Mans Land,
wounded. but strong enough and
plucky enough to keep on his feet,
even before his wounds are dressed
the Y. NJ c. A is waiting for nim with
tea and sweet chocolate, the great com
forts OF the man in the trenches. Do
you wonder that the Red Triangle is
called "the best loved trademark IN
the wcrld?" One soldier in France has
called IT the last evidence that any
body cares"
If every thinking citizen could see
with his or her own eyes something
Of the actual work being done for our
men by the association there would be
no question of the Y M g. A having
to appeal to the public for money.
Rather than let this essential work
falter for an instant rich men would
sell their motorcars, poor men wouIS
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In each Of these a soldier was strum-
ming on a piano; others were reading
books and magazines; hundreds were
writing letters home. Behind the
raised counter at one end three or four
young men were busy passing out
notepaper and envelopes, selling
stamps and weighing parcels, which
the men were sending home. One Of
the soldiers said to me as I stood In
the tent used chiefly by men from
Iowa: I'VE came all the way here
from Des Moines, and we were mighty
lonely Then we found this Y. NJ. G.
A on the job, and it's been a home
and more than home to US. 1t gave
ne what we wanted when we needed
It most Wen never forget it The
boys best friend Is the Y. NJ. G. A"
Fine, ciean-cut, Outstanding Fellows.
How close those benches were pack
ed with men, bending over the long
tables absorbed in their writing!
What an appeal to the sympathies
those great groups Of soldiers make!
Fine. clean-cut. outstanding fellows,
some OF them mere boys, one thinks
Immediately of the sacrifice they have
made for the rest OF US and how pre-
ctous they are to some one back home.
Somewhere, in far OF farm or village
or city street, there are parents or
brothers or wives who would give all
they possess for one glimpse OF those
eunburned faces as you and | see
them on their last night before going
across. And It was with a throb of
over their letter paper. in one after
another OF those seven big tents.
These were the tents of the z. NJ. C.
A. On that last night In America the
association was serving the soldiers
In the best Of all ways-giving them
an opportunity to write home. On
previous nights they had enjoyed box
ing bouts. movies, concerts, dramatics
and score OF healthy entertainments
as well as religious meetings. But on
this last night home ties were strong
est And perhaps that Is the keynote
Of the splendid work the z. NJ. c. A.
IS doing among our men in Uniform
keeping them In touch with home
Magic Words, "WIth the coIors."
In these times there are some let
ters that mean more to us than any
We have ever read before. They are
written on sheets Of paper stamped
with the Stars and Stripes and the
red triangle OF the z. h. C. a, and
they bear the magic words. with the
ColOCs." There are many more than
3 million such letters in the mails now
while you read this. Perhaps one at
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least is on its way to you Each one
Of our Is environments, where the new
national army is being trained, is
using more than a million sheets OF
this paper every month. In the draft
army alone that means 6,000,0 900 fila
ments of love every month reaching
out from the great encampment where
the men are being trained into the
greatest army this nation has ever
dreamed and binding them to the
hearts at home Multiply that by
thinking of all the other places where
Uncle Sam has men with the fag-iD
navy yards. on the high seas, in arse
mails and officers training camps and
"Over There" in France. In all these
places men are writing home. Those
unassuming little sheets Of notepapel
gladden. millions of hearts a day
They transfer more love from on.
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ut was evening on the broad
Hampstead Plain, Long Island,
where the Rainbow division was
spending its last night before embark
ing for France. 1t had been raining
hard In the afternoon-a cold, steady
autumn doWnpOur-and there was
nothing to suggest the rainbow in the
outward aspect of the camp. Lines
and lines OF sodden canvas housed
$1,000 men, gathered from q different
states. The ground was dotted with
pools and quagmires Under the wet
canvas it was damp and cold. with a
penetrating chill Lit by Pickering
candles, the tents were far from cheer
full shelter for a mans last night in
his native land.
But there were seven big tents
where electric lights, numbers and
fr:endliness made the night pleasant
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DR.. M. J. BROWN

First published October 27. 1917 in
Publication Notice
Hays Free Press.)
In the District Court of Ellis County,
Hays, Kansas.
No $500.
Albert L. Clark and Albert Vernon
Clark, Plaintiffs,
Jane S. Wilson, widow and sole and
only heir of Joseph E. Wilson, de-
ceased;
w. H. Brevoort and -Bre-
WORT, his wife, if living, or the I'M
known heirs, executors, trustees
or assigns of w. H. Brevoort, and
--Brevoort, if they be dead;
W. J. Neill and -Neill, his
wife, if living, or the unknown
heirs, executors, administrators,
deVisees, trustees or assigns of w
]. Neill, and if they
be dead; and
The Western Farm Mortgage
Company, if it still continues to
have legal existence and if dis
solved, its successors, assigns and
trustees; and
Gertrude Adkins, widow and sole
and only heir of John C. Adkins,
deceased, Defendants.
ne OLdLe O1 KANSAS TO the ABOVE
named defendants, Greeting:
You are hereby notified that you
have been sued by Albert L. Clark
and Albert Vernon Clark, plaintiffs:
This summons is to require you to
answer the petition filed by plaintiffs
in the Clerks Office of the District
Court of Ellis County, Kansas, on or
before the 9Th day of December,
1917, or said petition will be taken
as true and judgment rendered for
ever barring and enjoining you and
or to assert any right, title, claim in
terest, lien, property or demand in or
to the following described real estate
being, lying or situate in the Coun-
ty of Ellis, State of Kansas, to-wit:
Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, IL and
IL in block 15 of ]. E. Wilson's Add
ton to Hays City, now the City of
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torego coveted possessions II e. 8.
cessities. TIE work mus . On
cause there is no one l., l tL-i. 80
tributes so much to the spirit ard ei
dciency Of the trocp5. The Y II C.
A is working night and day to help
the government win this w2r And
every penny that is given to aid the
work is a direct assistance to the
health, happiness and strength OF your
boy and mine.
Snapshots Of kaleidoscope Work.
In all the big cities in France where
our men pass through IN large num-
bers, the Y. N. C. A is operating
hosteIs, where they can get beds and
meals at a minimum cost, In London
the American Y. NJ. G. A. mas erected
a large building for our soldiers and a
clubhouse for American officers.
There are Y. NJ c. A dugouts right
behind the front line trenches, where
the soldiers can get hot drinks. crack
ers and other comforts at al hours,
Over 1000 men who had been reject
ed on account of physical disability
have been able to get into the British
Of the British Y NJ c. a.
a feet Of motor cars leaves the big
7. NJ G. A headquarters in London at
midnight every night to pick up sol
diers who are wandering about the
streets without any wholesome lodging
In which to spend the night These
cars are operated by Englishwomen
OF position and refinement, who report
that they never meet any discoCrtesy
at the hands Of the soldiers. The i'm
portance Of this service can be esti-
mated by the fact that at least $4,000
soldiers are on leave in London every
week Over half Of these sleep in Y.
N. G. A beds every night
Entertainment on Vast Scale.
The Y. N. c. A has erected a big
auditorium, seating 5000. in each OF
the big draft camps, and huge ch2utau-
qua tents, seating $500 in the other
encampments. The association Is run
ming a % week entertainment circuit
among the camps and is paying Is
companies Of entertainers. who are
travelling to 30 camps performing be-
fore the men
In each OF the draft camps the Y.
II. c. A. has ten secretaries engaged
in educational work. The association
Is seeing to 1t that every man who
cannot speak English is taught to do
SO. In many OF the camps the asso-
citation has a singing director, who is
teaching the men to sing the popular
and martial airs that do so much to
keep I'D their spirits.
OF "a Y. III. c. A men at Camp
Dix only three are being paid full sal
aries. In all the camps the majority
Of the Y. NJ. c. A men have left lucra-
tive positions to do this work simply
because its appeal Is irresistible to
any red blooded man. Harry Lauder,
the famous Scotch singer and come
dian, now on his farewell concert tour
in the United States, is giving all his
spare time TO the service Of the asso-
citation and is singing to the soldiers
at all the camps he can reach.
In one Of the draft camps the 7. n.
G. a is supervising athletics on 12o
playing fields, providing full athletic
equipment. The winners Of the inter
regimental games will play the cham
pions Of the other camps.
One of the greatest services render
ed by the association is the making
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Results of 1917 Sorghum Expert
ments
Threshing of the sorghum expert
mental plots has just been completed.
The early varieties such as Red Am
Der, Black Amber, Western Orange,
bio all matured before the first Kill
ling frost, October 9Th. Most of
these early varieties yielded from ten
to twenty bushel per acre. A few
plots of Red and Black Amber ex-
ceeded twenty bushels. The milo
yields were lowest IN this group.
The later varieties such as Kansas
Orange, Sumas, Pink Kafr and
Dwarf blackhun kafir were killed by
frost when, only occasional heads
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were ripe. These frosted varieties
made good silage, though, yielding
as much or more tonnage than the
earlier sorghums
Considering the combined value of
fodder and seed, the sorghums whose
planting has for several years been
urged by the Station, have again
made good.
The Kansas Food Administration
drive directed by Pres Waters of the
Kansas State Agricultural College,
Manhattan, Kansas, has made very
thorough organization for the part
Kansas is to play IN the Nation Food
Drive
Supt Chas- R. Weeks OF the Fort
Hays Experiment Station, commits
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stoned for representative for Western
Kansas, has responded to calls over
territory extending from Mcpherson
to Norton County during the past
two weeks One of the things Supt.
Weeks contends for is that since the
world IS now at war, every man Wom-
an child must express loyalty In no
uncertain terms of this Nation
The Food Administration card only
asks and individual to express this
loyalty by offering to give up sur
plus food to his country that he real
iy does not need. This Is only a small
measure Of patriotism compared to
that shown by the boys who march
away to the front to offer up their
lives
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Million Letters In the Mails Today
Bearing Magic Words with the COIOTS"
Keynote of the Splendid Work the YM.C.A Does Among
Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them In
Touch With the Folks at Home.
STAMPED WITH STARS and STRIPES and RED TRIANGLE

e1ularious Which Appeals
Your Neighbours Boy, Boy You Know and Love
Creates Helpful Environment Cantonment Way Overseas
In Front Line Trench Beyond-F Aid He Comes
lettering Backive Your Share the Required
Accomplish Last Evidence Somebody Cares
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Published first time in Free Press on
November 3, 1917
Publication Notice
In the District Court of Ellis County,
No. 65O1
Betty Shaw, Plaintiff,
VS..
Carroll Shaw, Defendant.
To the Defendant Carroll Shaw:
You will take notice that you have
been sued in the above entitled action
and court and that said action is
brought for the purpose of Sc
curing divorce. The plaintiff
has filed her petition in said
court praying for absolute di-
vorce and the care and custody of
the minor children of said marriage,
to-wit: Charles, Henry, Floyd and
Stella. Said petition charges lex
IRENE cruelty and you must answer
said petition on or before December
IT, 1917, or the allegation in said pc
tition will be taken as true and judg-
ment rendered accordingly, granting
to plaintiff an absolute divorce, the
care and custody of the minor chill
dren above named and for such costs
and attorneys fees as shall be de-
termined by the court
C. NJ. Holmquist,
Atty. for Plaintiff.
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Fords overhauled and repaired. All
work guaranteed. John O'Loughlin.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-10
Snake Root

The Knife Weeder for listed corn.
sold by H. D. Clayton, Hill City, Ks.
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Hays, and quieting and establishing
the title in and to the said real estate
and every part thereof in said plain
tiffs and for such other and further
relief as may to the court seem equit-
able and just.
C. M. Holmquist
Atty. for Plaintiffs
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Found-On Sec. 7-14-17 four
miles cast Of Hays an Overland tour
ing car Model 83. Owner can have
same by proving property and paying
for advertisement and care. For fur
Their information see Chas. Mutton.
FOR SALE
No. 1 Promo Camera 3 Ax51k. In
quire at Free Press Office. Phone IL.
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CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR SALE
A Maxwell in good repair for $500.
Also a Ford in good repair. Bemis.
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Fat Hog.
LOST
WANTED

Wanted: A girl to do general
house work Inquire at Free Press
Office.
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Real Milk Cow,

Real Milk Cows
We have a few first class Holstein
cows that will be giving milk IN a few
days. Come in W J. Madden.
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Snake Root
We want to buy 1000 pounds of
dry snake root at once. Madden Ele-
vator
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FOR SALE
One twelve room house in Normal
Addition. See F. NJ. Clark, owner.
Phone 121. S22-m6
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For SALE

| Also Ford IN good repair. Bemis.
FOR SALE
For Sale Cheap Fifty-five gallon
gasoline tank. Inquire at Free Press
Office, Phone r.
FOR SALE
One twelve room house in Normal
| Addition. See F. NJ. Clark, owner.
| Phone 121. S22-m6
FOR SALE
Twelve good residence lots, within
four and six blocks Of business sec
ton. Inquire at the Free Press Office.
FOR RENT
A five room house. Phone 235.
Nice fat hogs All ready for the
Darrell at prices that will delight
| Hoover. Madden
LOST
A bundle of pillows between W. P.
Montgomery and the O'Laughlin
ranch Finder please leave at this
Office or notify phone No. 1902
WANTED
Men to shuck corn IN Pawnee Coun-
ty- Six to eight cents per busheI
and board. Apply to R. P. Schnacke,
! County Agent, Larned, Kansas.
Wanted: A girl to do general
house work Inquire at Free Press
office.
Real Milk Cows
We have a few first class Holstein
cows that will be giving milk IN a few
/ days Come in W J. Madden.
Fords overhauled and repaired. All
work guaranteed. John O'Loughlin.
The Knife Weeder for listed corn,
sold by H. D. Clayton, Hill City, KS.
Snake Root
We want to buy 1000 pounds of
dry snake root at once. Madden Ele-
vator
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-24
NOT HOPEFUL OF
IRISH CONVENTION
Some County Councils Have Advised
Their Chairmen Not to Attend
No Hostility Shown.

DUBLIN, July "a. Not very san
guine hopes of success of the Irish con
vention, about TO assemble here, are ex-
pressed by their many delegates who
already have arrived. In the opinion
of leading official given in talk with
the correspondent it will take less than
a week to decide whether the effort to
deal with the Irish question by the body
is to prove abOrtive. Henry f. Duke,
the chief secretary for Ireland, will
open the convention when its members
assemble tomorrow. There is a strong
feeling. chiefly among the Nationalists
| to keep him permanently in the chair
The exact number of the members of
the convention is unfixed in view of the
action of some county councils which
have asked their chairmen. invited tC
attend ex-officio, not to attend. The
/ total attendance, however, is expected
Itp be about "a. No hostility towards
the convention is being manifested as
the Sim Feiners simply ignore it,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-24
AN ORDER TO STOP
BOARDS OF HEALTH
Restraints Them from Forbidding Hold
ing Of Chautauqua Meetings.
Hearing After 10 Days

MONTPELIER. July 2i-Judge Har-
land b. Howe of the United States dis
ttict court yesterday signed 4 restraining
order to stop the state board Of health
or local boards Of health from carrying
INTO effect the order made last week foI-
bidding the holding OF Chautauquas. The
restraining order Is effective for 10 days.
On the 10th day hearing will take place
to decide whether the injunction shall be
permanent
This action by the Community Chan
tauqua follows the refusal of the state
board to modify its order SO that Chau-
tauquas can be held IN towns in Vermont
where no mtantiIe paralysis exists. In
signing the order Judge Howe eliminated
the towns of Barre, Waterbury. North.
field and Rochester
The Chautauqua was represented by l.
! Whtcsde general manager. Alexander
| Dunnett Of st Tohnsbury and w A. Lore
OF Montpelier. Elmer Johnson repre-
scnted himself as an interested person ii
| town where the Chautauqua was to b,
| held The state was represented by At
torney General II c. Barber. who ac
cepted service of process for the hoarc
of health.
The Community Chautauqua wa
scheduled to start today in St Adams ano
Mr. Whitesde said that it would b
opened this afternoon. The petitions 0
the Rcdpath and Pennsylvania Chautau
quas for modification OF the order b
the state board are expected to be pre-
sented later.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-24
LIEUT.. PUTNAM ENGAGED.
Will Wed Miss Dorothy E. Runkle of
Leavenworth, Kan.

The engagement of Lieut.. II. Law
renee Putnam, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred w. Putnam of Brattleboro, is
announced in the following from the
society columns of the LeavenwOrth
Times, Leavenworth Kan:
" "Captain and Mrs. +. c. RHnkle of
the National Military Home announce
the engagement of their youngest
daughter, Dorothy Elizabeth, to Lieut.
Harry Lawrence Putnam, Twenty fifth
Cavalry, United States army. The mar
riage will be celebrated on Saturday
August II. This announcement is OF
much pleasing interest to the many
friends of Miss Runkle at the Home
and the city and Post where she is q
particular favorite. She is member
Of the very young society set and wa'
a graduate of the Leavenworth higl
school the past June. Lieut.. Putnam
was member of the first class of pro
visional officers at the garrison fev
months ago. He is a graduate of Nor
wich university of Vermont and is
resident of Brattleboro, Vt. He is at
/ tached to the Twentyffth Cavalr,
with station at Fort ID. A. Russell
! Wyo.'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-24
FUNERAL OF GEO. C. AVERILL.
Held Yesterday Afternoon in Home OIL
| Main Street.

The funeral of George G. Averill, who
died Friday, was held yesterday after
noon at 3 clock in his Main street
home. Rev. Richard H. Clapp, pastor
of the Centre Congregational church,
and Rev H. r. Miles of New Haven, CT,
a former pastor, officiated in a fitting
and impressive way, and Edwin II. Mil
Ter of Dummerston sang four selections
Jerusalem, the Golden; Rock of Ages;
o God, Our Help in Ages Past; and God
Is Love. A profusion of beautiful floral
remembrances was expressive of the es
TEEN of friends and relatives.
The burial took place beside the body
of Mrs. Averill in Morningside cemetery
the honorary bearers being Judge James
NJ. Tyler, Judge f. L. Waterman, Rev
Il. Q. S. Osgood, DR.. s f. Lawton, Ed
ward G. Crosby and Charles w. Rich
!ardson. Relatives present included tn,
daughter and husband Mr.. and Mrs
George E. Adams, and daughter, Marion
of Springfield, Mass, Miss Mary A
Averill of Cambridge, Mass, sister o
/ the deceased, and Rev. Frank a. Fulle
/ of Abingdon, Conn, cousin.