The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20
Mrs. Roger Miller is back from her

Mrs Roger Miller is back from heT
visit to Manhattan.
Rev. West attended the Lutheran
! Synod at Wichita this week.
c. W. Miller made a business trip
to Victoria, Tuesday afternoon.
Ed Kraus brought over bunch of
Hereford calves from his ranch in
! Ness County, this week
Ed Blender living northwest of
town had the misfortune to have a
finger taken off by the corn binder
Monday His son Carl, also received
injuries
The Do-the-best-you-c class of
| the Methodist Church gave a haIIow-
| cen party and social at the church
! Thursday evening. There were fifty
four present and the evening was
very much enjoyed by all.
In another column is the final proof
notice of Lewis A. Joseph, who has
| a homestead in the gold fields on the
Smoky. This Is the last homestead in
Ellis County. Every other tract be-
ing on this years tax books.
Everett Truit of Buckeye now the
famous mechanic of Kansas City, Wis
tied a few days with Mrs. Mary
Blender and family last week. Truit
expects to have one of the best gar
ages in Hays when he returns.
c. W. Miller, Jr., H. A. Nickles, c.
E. Williams, ]. T. Morrison, F. ].
Wagner and NJ. G. Kirkman attended
a Masonic Field Day Meet at Dodge
City, Monday. They left here Sun
day, returning Tuesday morning. The
trip was made in automobiles.
Ed Disney of Ellis, brought the
news Wednesday, of the sad death
of Chet Fuller, which occurred Tues
day, about four o'clock in an au-
tomobile accident four miles south
west of Ellis. Mrs. Fuller was
driving the cara Ford road
ster, when the accident occurred.
Last night while a freight gang
were doing some work in the HAYS
yards two cars of freight were
knocked off the track and pretty bad
ly wrecked and considerable damage
was done to the contents of the cars.
A wrecking crew came down from Ell
lis and got the cars back on the track
this forenoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Johnson, Ream-
er, of Chicago, are here visiting the
Peter Johnson family. They are
enroute from Denver, where they
have been on an auto trip. A dinner
was given Sunday in their honor at
the johnson home at which event all
members of the family were present
to enjoy the occasion. It was a happy
runion.
The. Hays High School Domestic
Science class has a fine display of
fruits and vegetables in the window
of the W. H. Madden building, cor
ner of North Main and Chestnut
Street, consisting of canned beans,
sweet potatoes, peaches and peas. It
IS splendid display and does the
young ladies credit.
Ed Jantzen, of the East Saline. and
lately of the State Institution for the
Blind IN Kansas City, Kansas, has
his notice published in the Ellis pa
per OF his intention to make final
proof on his homestead this Saturday,
October goth, before the Probate
Judge. This is the last homestead
tract in the north part of the county,
his being on section 32-11-16, in east
Saline township.
The Methodist church neighbor-
hood return their thanks to the fire
department for their noble and quick |
work at the Morgan fire Friday morn !
ing The fire started in q small shed |
close to Mr.. Morgan's residence from !
q coal oil or gasoline stove The |
quick work of the Hays fire company
no doubt saved a large amount of 1
property. Frank King and Fred Haf- |
famier comanders of the two hose |
cart brigades were at their post of |
duty and did good work
Miss Grace Joy, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Gid c. Joy of Quinter, who /
has been a Normal student here, for
merly lived in Buckeye Township,
got good one off on her parents |
and friends few days ago. On Sep
tember 18th, while on q visit to these
parts, she and a friend, J. J. Love,
and a young farmer there, visited |
Russell and were married, returning
home and keeping the secret until
last week. Her Ellis County friends
send congratulations.
The Bissing Brothers have moved
into thicr new spick and span quar-
ters In the Knoche building-on North
Chestnut Street 1t is a great i'm
provement on their old place in the
Ryan building. The boys have now
been IN business for themselves about
two years and they are making good.
Their stock is among the finest on the
street. Joe, the junior member of |
the firm went to Kansas City, Mon
day, to purchase a stock of new
goods and also to order some new
fixtures for their store.