The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-19


on Friday morning, was very largely
attended and the service conducted by
Rev. A. S. Hale of the Methodist
church. The choral number "Beckon-
ing Hands" was most appropriate and
comforting.
The A. A. Warehouse
The writer visited the new ware
room or wholesale house of the A. A.
| Company, which is practically COM
pleted, the first of the week, and was
! considerably surprised at the size and
scope of the building. There is a
well ventilated basement the full size
of the building 75x100, that is di-
vided on the north side into four large
rooms to be used as cold storage for
1 which a storage plant consisting of
an engine and all other necessary ma
| chlnery required in making an ice
cooled refrigerator for perishable
| fruits and vegetables will soon be in
/ stalled. The balance of the basement
and the floor above will be filled with
/ groceries and other non-perishable
| goods. There is a large platform on
the south to receive goods unloaded
| from the railroad. A spur will be laid
from the main track of the u. P. to
the building, sometime during the
month of June.
On the north side a platform is
being built the full length of the
building to facilitate the loading of
/ goods for the city and county trade.
Hays certainly should be proud of
this fine building, and of the excel
lent trade that is to being accorded
the A. A. Company. Mr. Geo. Ben
ton, the manager, commenced bust
ness in the Ryan building Just north
| of the depot about two years ogo
with small stock of goods, and what
seemed q loosing game to most people
| of Hays; but by hard, untiring work
and faith in the ultimate success of
the undertaking, he is coming TO the
front by leaps and bounds. The A
4. wholesale company are making
good and Hays is proud of it.
Ed Payne sold his five passenger
Ford and got new roadster Ford last
week.
Mrs. Wandel Frimel and son, Clyde
| of DOrrance, Sundayed with her reIa-
tives, the Garrett family.
John Henderson of Wilson, was the
guest of the Garrett family last Sun
day, at six o'clock dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Blender and
Mrs H. E. Reemsnyder were seen
JOY riding in Buckeye, last Sunday.
F. A. Payne returned last Satur-
day night, from Excelsior Springs,
where he has spent the last week
The regular meeting of the W. e.
T. u, has been postponed from May
%, till May 29,to meet at the parlors
of the NJ. E. church.
Miss Audrey Burns was married to
Noel F. Dewey at Pratt, Kansas, May
End This we learn from an an
nouncement received from Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Burns.
Attorney Henry McVey of this ci-
ty, delivered the graduating address
for the school at Russell Springs, Lo-
gan County, Kansas. Murray Wallace,
formerly of Hays, is county superin-
tendent of Logan County.
Gus Miller, brother of the firm of
Miller Bros, of this city, died at his
home in San Luis, Obispo, Cali, We'd
nesday morning of this week. His re-
mains will be buried at Salina- He
was formerly a resident of Hays, and
was about forty-five years of age.
Full particulars next week.
W. H. Covalt has been given the
contract for building the new model
school in district No. 33, which is 10
Gated on the edge of the Philip ranch
One large room with kitchen, all OF
the accessories of an up-to-date model
rural school Is what Mr. Covalt is TO
build, and it will be midsummer at
least ere the work is completed.
The neighbors and friends OF Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Meyers, formerly Set
ty Beleke, gathered and chivaried
them one night last week The crowd
was having pleasant time until Mr..
Meyers went IN the garage to fill the
gasoline lamp. The sixty gallon tank
OF gasoline exploded and the garage
burned to the ground The car was
the only thing saved.
Henry Schlyer, living southeast of
town on Big Greek, has nearly com
pleted a fine two story brick and tile
farm residence 28x36, two stories
high; John B. Gross was the contrac-
tor. The job was finished In q work
manlike manner. John also has
contract Tor erecting a concrete wa
ter tank nine feet across and four
teen feet high for a party near
town
Lawrence, the three year old son
of Carl Leiker, came near being ser
iousiy injured Thursday forenoon.
while playing back OF his fathers
store A man, whose name We did
not learn, drove into the yard with an
automobile and not seeing the little
one ran against him with the car
knocking him down and bruisfng him
quite severely-no bones were brok-
en- and no serious injury The car
was going very slow, or crherxise the
child would no doubt have been kill
ed As there usually are 50 many
children on the streets OF HAYS, its
wonder that more accidents do not