The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01

SchueIers' Garage On South
Main Street, Wednesday, Sep
tember 5th, from nine o'clock
in the morning until six IN the
evening.
A concrete walk was laid in front
of the Reeder new building this week
Miss Edna Kane, the station stem
ographer, is rooming at Miss Keller's.
G. NJ. Cox left for Cove county this
week to attend the funeral of his sis
ter
The cement walks running south
to the playground are q great i'm
provement.
Ollie Robinson came over from Lo-
gan, and took his wife and babies
home on Thursday.
Miss Esther Shively left Friday
morning for Bunkerhill, where she is
to teach the coming year.
Miss Elizabeth Chittenden mas
gone to Grinnell, preparatory to be-
ginning her first school on Monday
When viii people stop writing and
urging others to write chain letters?
They are a nuisance and useless ex-
pense.
Miss Belle Sutton is home from
Greeley, Colo, where she spent the
summer vacation IN the Normal
school at that place.
D. O. Hemphin of WaKeeney, and
son, Arthur, who Is TO enter the Nor
nal this fall as 8 student, spent sew
era1 hours in town on Monday.
Mrs. E W Wells of Usage City,
and her twin children, who have been
here visiting her mother, Mrs. L. A.
King, left for her home this week.
John Sites had to call the Lacrosse
doctor q week ago, to attend to a bad
ly sprained arm. It happened on the
Sites ranch down on the Smoky.
Mrs Edna Fulton and daughter
leave for Lenora, Norton County, Sat
urday, where she has agreed to teach
their school the coming school year.
Miss Lulu Bice has taken the apart
ment in Miss Keller's house recently
occupied by the Brummett family.
She will have two student girls for
company this winter.
Miss Maud King, daughter of Mrs
L. A. King of the Saline, and a State
Normal graduate, left on Friday for
Bucklyn, Ford County, where she
teaches this year.
Millard Crane is in Hays for few
days, and when he goes this time, it
will in all probability be his last visit
until the war is over. Many friends
here viii wish him God speed.
Miss Dora Croft will teach History
and other high school subjects in the
Lyons shoots this year. Clark Reed
enters upon his second year teaching
agriculture IN the same school
The J. B. Basgan building will be
the "swellest" business house In the
city when completed. Cast your op-
tics over it the next time you have
occasion to walk along North Chest
nut Street.
Little Miss Marguerite Covalt cele-
brated her fifth birthday anniversary
on Friday afternoon in company with
a merry crowd of twenty-four tiny
girls. The little people spent the time
at Clusters Island.
Uncle Danny Lewis of Ellis, was
here again this week visiting the Lou
Bell family. He regrets to see the old
G. A. r building of this city sold and
moved away, as 1t tends to obl1terate
the memory OF the old vets.
Five young ladies were noticed on
the Streets of Hays, this Friday morn
ing, wearing-er-(Pa Pants ylvanias.
They were either members of the
baseball club or were practicing pre-
paratory to entering the state Of ma
trimony.
Last years County tax levy was
$40 mills on the dollar, and at the
last Commissioners meeting the total
for this years County tax levy was
set 3.85 mills, and increase OF 1901
of a mill apd a total OF S81, ,68S for
county purposes
Roy E. Frey of Sylvan Grove, and
Miss Dorothy Grantham of Luray,
were married at the brides home this
week These are two popular ex-nor-
malites whose future home VIII be at
Chapman, where Mr.. Frey has a fine
position IN the schools Many viii be
glad to learn Of this and the Free
Press extends best wishes
The persons who plant q garden
and care for that garden all through
the hot summer months are the ones
who have a right TO expect the re-
turns at harvest time We hear con
sidearble complaint Of depredaticns
of the melon patches IN the commuE-
ity especially the uninelosed garden
plots Of the Normal; and its much to
be regretted that some OF the boys Of
Hays have been making too free
along this line. We hope they viii
herafter let the melons alone