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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-19
Letters From the Boys at the Front.

Letters From the Boys at the Front.
Fort Winfield Scott, Calf.
Dear Mother and Family:
We were in Fort Logan, about
week. 1 saw John Mcguire there, he
is yard boss, down in the team yard,
he was glad to see me.
We all got through the exams o.
h, and were sent on to Fort Winfield
Scott, except Lawrence Oldham, who
was kept at Fort Logan for two
months yard duty.
We are all split up here now and
the few that are left with me are
Shoemaker, Lloyd Campbell, Isadore
Leiker, Mike Mauer, Leo Moore and
Earl Pratt. We are going to Fort
Claxico, this afternoon, it is about
700 miles south of here. You can
write me there and will get it. =,
Fort Winfield Scott is just west of
see the coast on one side and the Bay
on the other. The weather is cool
here all the time, but it is hot where
we are going.
We haven't done anything since we
left. They have raised on our salary
from eighteen to thirty per month.
This Fort was quarantined for
scarlet fever, but the building 1 am
in wasn't quarantined.
We came across the bay on a
steamer, I don't know if we will go
to Fort Claxico by boat or not.
Tell all the folks hello and tell Mrs
Wise and Arbutice hello too. Tell
the folks if they wan to~write me, to
write to Fort Claxico and I will get
it.
All we have had to do so far was
to stand out in front of our barricade
in the morning for Reveille. Reveille
is when the bugler plays and the can
non is fired and the flag is raised. We
stand out in front in the evening for
Retreat. Retreat is when the > flag
comes down..
Don't worry we are o. K.
Chas. Kyle's brother and five more
boys from Lacrosse, are here in the
same barricade 1 am in. They go
Well goodbye for this time.
south with US this P NJ,
Chuch Robinson.
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We have received a copy of that
most useful and handy little volume
of forty-eight pages, Booklet 272
"Roster of the Sixty-fifth Congress of
the United States" published by The
American Protective Tariff League,
New York, and mailed with the COM
pliments of The League to all Of its
venience which should be on every
mans desk. 1t contains a full list
of the Senators and Representatives
of the Sixty-fifth Congress, and the
Congressional Tariff Committees. The
large number of letters from con-
gressnen and business men express
ing undated interest in Protection
as the right American policy in peace
or in war are very interesting.
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Barb Wire Cuts

= 4 make a Barb Wire
~0 Healing Lotion that
~ - guarantee :,i to heal the
scar.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-19

Diplomacy is the art of being disa-
greeable in a polite manner.-Boston
Transcript.
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WORMS IN HORSES
80 DR. PRINT

~ y .: = =: =, 81: :: s.: 8: 8;
found it to prove as recommended
you will find enclosed check for $1.OO
the amount for the wormn powder.
Geo. S. Reichard.
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Good rooms and board at the Eel
ten House. F. E. Eaton.
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am prepared to do carpet and rug
weaving. Miss A. K. McClain.
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Some Ancient History

Geo. Drake, this week, handed the
writer copy of Volume I, No. 10 of
the Yocemento Star, bearing the date
Of August I, 1907. 1t is all home
print and quite newsy. \ quotation
from the Ellis-Review Headlight says,
''Now they are talking of piping nat
ural gas TO Hays. What's the matter
with using the home SUPPLY" The
Headlight seems TO have had a crouch
at Hays.
The editor of the Star must
have been quite young and from the
following we should judge had just
fallen IN love:
Gee Whit
What a joy a kiss is
And three or four
Is more;
And six or seven is heaven;
And nine or ten is
Where we quit
And begin again"
George also presented US with an
old copy of the Free Press, from
which we quote:
We hereby apologize for saying in
last weeks paper that Ed Blender has
purchased ga couple of lots" in the
southeast part of town. Mr.. Blender
informs US he bought nine lots.
The following ladies are being en-
tertained the latter part of the week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Phil
ip: Misses Conner and Rockefeller of
Russell, Misses Behan and Ward of
Hays.
Prof E. B. Matthew of the Normal
will hereafter steer clear of the ''flood
district" He, this week, purchased
the lots on which formerly stood the
large residence of l. NJ. Yost, on Lau-
rel Hill. He expects to build on them
soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Ziegler and Miss
Bannister went east Sunday morning,
to visit friends and purchase their
fall and winter stock.
Those three young ladies, who
dressed in male attire few days ago,
might exchange their wearing apparel
with some of the bright CD young
men, who make it a business to sit
around on dry goods boxes or steps
criticising the passersby.
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Now is the time for all good men
to come to the aid of their parties
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-19

A hoe and a rake and a few little
seeds
VIII help next fall the counry,s
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And by the way, when those weeds
starts their ruthless submarine war
fare, a sub chaser N form Of a hoe
viii give the backyard unrestricted
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Puzzle: Why is the darkest part
of the veranda at a ladies' roOming
house the most popular spot for the
young men?
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When a crowd of old timers get
together, an ordinary man has as
if he were at the regular weekly meet
ing of the Ladies Aid Society
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-19

Some mems ambitions rise to the
sublime heighth where the man at
the cigar counter knows the brand
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-19

Wealth is a comparative term APP
piled to the possessions of the man
who has more than one making the
comparison.
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Mr. and Mrs Isaac Ziegler and Miss
Bannister went east Sunday morning,
to visit friends and purchase their
fall and winter stock.
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TO SAVE FUEL.

a n INTERESTING contribution to the study OF and
"a means whereby, important aid the nations fuel
supplies be conserved made by the Chicago Mwau-
kee and St. Paul Railroad report clcctrfcaion
its Rocky Mountain Division has effected.
in this division alone it is stated electricity gene
rated by water power hauled traffic that could
by steam locomotives with consumption Of than
of coal On the Moua Division burning engines were
formerly used electricity saved barrels Of oil
This tremendous a
OF the road explains Il" sll
have received their
locomotives and because the derived
power instead OF coalor oil.
Here of Importance
actually 4 essential
the welfare OF the nation when q
ened in the Northwest and facility
transportation is being strained
not have to close railways
ments OF coal Hardshps will be industry
aided by this saving of 100000 tons IOOO
barrels OF oil for householders and manufacturers"
On electrically operated railroads pointed out thousands
Of coal and tank freed for purposes general
not speak Of the saving Of otherwise required
produce the fuel Moreover the ST. Paul said
that though takes about the time build as
steam locomotive when built zone electric locomotive approx
mstc the equal in hauling power Of three locomotives
Obviously the great part Of the saving depends
fact Of electric operation but the utilization power
that conversion and application Of great natural force Amer
have studied seriously they would have they had
not been well supplied with coal
War compes nation to take careful stock only of s re-
but also Of the distribution Of its productive effort Iay
il well known, deeply the problem how to
make water do the work the coal badly Here
in the United States would be question of how
be used to such obvate of additional labor
coal mines wherever practicable power could be
machinery well that
much the less coal to haul.
One thing Anything might learn the wider ui
zaon Of water power Of conserving fuel in time Of war
the nation could reckon its solid of
and industrial efficiency for peaceful future
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When he realized. with a sudden
guilty start, that he aad less than
two months to complete four months
ordinary work, he determined to OIL
low nothing else to interfere. but on
the first night of his resolution he
was met by his wife. almost hysteri-
cal, who told him, in food of tears.
that he must choose between his
books and her and their child.
The result was that another two
weeks drifted by. and, when John
saw the day OF the long awaited eI-
animation come, he was net at all
prepared to meet II.
The announcement OF the result put
his name among those who had failed
and for several weeks he alternately
sulked In silence ana upbraldod his
wife, TO whose lack of sympathetic
interest no alone attributed his
| failure.
They were on the point OF Iublic
separation when, ono memorable
night, the baby was taken with Group
and for hours the matter or Its ufe
/ NdS Ollt VI dkOHlIlnk GJuDls
The crisis In this 5upreme hight
| for the child they had brought into
the world broke down tho barriers OF
embittered ambitions and hurt lTidS
and brought the drifting wife and
! husband together agaia with - new
| love and new sympathy and d new
understanding for caCt other.
! John went at tho task OF preparing
| for the next examination with new
vigor, and this time c-me through
with fying colors.
To-day after tive years, he IL one
! OF the rising young lawyers OF his
home town, but what il more to the
point, tho love between himself and
! his wife has grown TO a tender, spir-
tual sympathy, broadening with the
| years.
Their failure was only another
echo OF the common failure OF the
young married couple TO readiust
| Themselves TO the new environments
and the new responsibilities inc
which they are cntcrirG-the fel.u.,
tC grasp the new vision OF a hlgh1
love, love which inspires service
and sacrifice, instead OF the pretty
words OF the courtshlp days a love
that rises TO the emergency OF the
trenches, as II were, and, I'm ita new
heights, clothes itself and those who
attain II with n tenderness and q
sympathy that bestows always and
everywhere more than II receives.
1C0ssAzAt ielf. b Abs Bel SgRdlS.ts. iB0,
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these victories had beon that AZ
C.hckamauga in 1868, when ne
struck smashing blow for the
Union. In this battle he stormed the
famous Missionary Ridge, taking tho
enemy's artillery and crumpling his
line as though hit by an avalanche
Instantly Grant took note. That was
before the day of Grants power, but
he saw In Sheridan a man OF his own
calibro Then Grant was called upon
to assume charge OF the Union Ar
mics. And he made Sheridan COM
mander OF all cavalry In the Army
or the Potomac. From this General
the new camp at Montgomery, Ala.
takes It's name. There the 37th Divi-
sion, made up OF Ohio and West Vir-
ginia troops, Is being assembled.
Up TO the time Of Sheridan's COM
ing the Federal cavalry had not
been an offensive weapon OF
much utility. The mounted troops
had rather served as a defen-
sive screen for the Union lines
on the other hand the Confederate
cavalry was a crack corps, the arIsto-
cratic service OF the South, made up
Of daring spirits, who delighted IN
raiding their opponents territory
They carried away stores. prisoners
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ForWhomthe heArmyCamps
Were Named
By James G. Young
oopyrA, 1911 b. tn Prs. PussAins
NO. I2-CAMP SHERIDAN, MONTGOMERY, ALA

even a general or two. and spread ter
ror on all sides.
Sheridan put an abrupt ohsck to
these incursions. He went after the
enemy relentlessly. riding night and
day. penetrating his lines, matching
raid for raid. In short time his cav
airy came to be as famous as had
Wheeler's or Stuart's on the Confed-
crate side. Again Grant took note.
without consulting Washington. he
made Sheridan commander OF the
Army OF the Shenandoah.
This Shenandoah Valley was Of
first Importance to the Confederates.
At the moment that Sheridan took his
new post, the Confederate General.
Early. was launching a bold stroke
that threatened the capital. Pursur
ing his now familiar tactics, Sheridan
attacked Early. threw cavalry around
his tanks. harassed and held up the
advance. Finally Early abandoned
his plan and retreated . short dis
tance. At this juncture Sheridan was
called to Washington for a confer
ence. Word reached Early Of his alb
sence, and the Confederates promptly
struck the army left without Its re-
doubtable leader.
The plan was we'll conceived. On
Oct. 10, 1854, the Confederate advance
began. II came so suddenly that the
Union forces new into panic and ned
pell- nell. The enemy, seizing guns
and men, pressed on.
Sheridan had left Washington tho
day before and halted for the night
in Winchester, Va, twenty miles from
the point OF conflict. He was pro-
ceeding calmly to his army when a
cloud OF fugitives appeared on the
horizon and he soon was surrounded
by his flyinb army. Sheridan rallied
such as could be rallied, took a small
bodyguard and began his historic
ride, crying to all he met: Face the
other way, boys! Face the other
way!"
Never was such a defeat turned
into such a victory. Sheridan COL
lected his scattered forces and fell
upon the Confederates, retaking his
own guns ard men, and scattering
the foe. On that day be badly de-
feated Early, accomplishing more
than he had won in months OF cam
paigning. And afterward Sheridan ala
much to tighten the Gordon aronnd
! Richmond which finally crushed tbs
stricken Confedera,y.
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II h e j arr Fa mily
By Roy l.. McCardeIl

ls Co. rhe New York Evening World.
with men,"
DO you know OF a ladies' bowling
club anywhere around here?" asked
Mrs. Dlnkston. 81 hit a pinboy once
with a tenpin when he was impudent.
Are the hallboys in this apartment
ever impudent7 Is the janltor ever
impudent?"
I'VE have no Janltor at the High
costa Arms" said Mrs. Mudridge,
Smith proudly. I'VE have a superin-
tendent, and he has Joined the army
and looks very handsome In his uni
form. / have a service flag with one
star for our chauffeur who enlisted.
and l am thinking OF putting on an
other aar on account OF the super
intendent. l suppose / have as much
right to claim him as my soldier az
any one else in these apartments
goodness knows l tipped him enough
last Christmas"
Mrs. Jarr was going TO hint again
about her opulent friends motor car,
but evidently Mrs. Mudridge- Smith
did not think tho dowdy and militant
Mrs. Dlnkston would grace 1t, for she
got her hat, renewed her complexion
and said she was ready for a walk.
! They walked three abreast UP the
street, Mrs. Omission on the outside,
from which point Of vantage she
could force every male person they
met into the gutter. 1t could be seen
that Mrs. DlnKston took particular
delight when the male person was In
soldiers uniform, not that she was a
I pacifist at all, but to show that this
land OF the free for women would
never be Germanized.
Let's call on Mrs. Stryver and
/ have tear" suggested Mrs, Mudridge-
Smith. She'll be glad to see us, she's
not speaking TO her husband"
And I'm not speaking TO my hus-
| band-he doesn't come homo at ALL"
snapped Mrs. Dinkstos. But what
! good does that do, not speaking to
| them? Crack them on the head!"
II think I'll try It," said Mrs. Mud
/ ridge Smith. Nothing | seem 10 do
And when I don't speak TO him, he
seems rather relieved. What would
| you advise cracking an old man
wlth2 l don't want to crack him too
| hard. don't know whether he's
made his will or not"
Mrs. Dinkston shifted again and ro-
marked the first thing handy was tho
best
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on dsar vish had soms,hinG Dor
And the lay
Sally " and mosss1 husny;
"Oh, dsari
II wish had nothing
"Ercept wind the
OF course It's wonderful
of service admrnE public
And ! love work-and all thst
But between daily oomprovemsnt activities
my Red Cross work country house and
frazzs like
And just long franca darn socks and knit NUT
nsrs and eat chocolates and read novels and gossip
And stagnats-
Ar Pauline
oh deari
81 wish INTERESTING peoplei
81 bored death BY myriads OF friends
ALL so commonplace
And life gradually becoming long hideous monotonou
dinner
hrtaiona
INTERESTING psopewrters
gcniuses-or something!"
And (whOse samanha walled pahetly;
"oh, dearl
wis knew some Beingsl
Village atmosphere
painters who THINK they do thngs
their nights and their exhibitions
and listen while talk about themselves.
sometimes
ct yearn desperately o little
whero the anybody THOUGHT
"yas the hy4creens
whether
this year'
"oh dear. ! wish knew Beings!
I'D give highbrows collars owbrow
Yes sometimes l wonder a 8 EVER satisfied
Or either-ior that matter!
Becau surely surely, We ALL seem to have
INishes" and the private conviction
Providence
The one real prescription Happiness!
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Big Gun Fire Too Much for MascotS

the paws. w
another boat had a fine. big bIncL
cat lie was overlooked when thcv
got INTO action, and the first shell tboy
came aboard this fellow got loose ma
took a nying dive overheard A tbe
boht was going about twenty seven
KNOTS, even the most tender crtoJ
JACK TAR could hardly risk going atteT
tommy. On another ship they hnd
ht'Ie bantam, which strutted about
more proudly than the dinkIest ma
shipman and with as big a show %,
courage as the hardest OF tile old
sea dogs. The tars were proud ~
the "swank" their pet could assume
before strangers. When the first Ger
man shell crashed on board the ban
tam lost all his fine show and, new
down one Of the veptilators.
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Copyright. 1917. By tho Press Puhisbii
SST'M so glad you came and brought
m friand - aaId hra M1tdridVP-

NOpyT4ut. lblis IIers Ehuh1i
0I'M so glad you came and brought
n friend" said Mrs. Mudridge-
Smith. Where shall we go; TO
the Wartime Knitting League, or out
on the Buy Bond CRUSADER
"Oh, I'm so tired OF all those
things" said Mrs. Jarr. This Is
Mrs. Dinkston, you remember her
before she met and married Mr.
Dinkston, don't your She was Mrs.
Gratch, IA leader in tho Suffrage
cause-quite a notable person"
"oh, one could tel! that" gushed
Mrs. Mudridge-Smith, for being a
notable and dressed dowdy were one
and the same thing in her eyes.
"Yes, had the blues when Mrs.
Dlnkston called and l thought we
would come over and get you. and
we'd all go out together and have
good time"
How can We have a good time II
We 80 out? All the men we know
are either gone to the training camps
or else are at their business this
afternoon"
But can't we have a good time
without men?" asked mrs. Jarr
"WhaJ fun is there TO go to one OF
those afternoon cabarets and have no
men along to pay for things2" asked
Mrs. Mudridge- Smith. This question
had little effect on Mrs. Dinkston,
who was u self-supportlng wife. and
even II she were not. her personality
was not one that would lead men to
be spendthrifts in entertaining her.
81 don't see why we need men to
enjoy ourselves II we so out for a
walk, or II you take us for a ride In
your car" suggested Mrs. Jarr.
certainly not!" snapped Mrs
Dlnkston. Man Is the supernuous
sex. why are women slaves to con
yenuon and imagine they cannot be
hanpy unless doing their trained anil
, tricks in tho presence OF their
ma5ters2"
"well, l had the blues and thought
we might all so out together and have
a good time. | don't know where OF
how" said Mrs. Jarr. Men can &c
QUIT and have good time without
women. and should think women
could do the Sams without botheTIns
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SENTIMENT AND MILK.

q OA DAYS the chicago Tribune quoted Spokesman for
- Illinois milk producers saying
- You may your they may have milk
not they choose All of the
babies don't far with the milk no basis
OF soft sentiment is just basis
Last Saturday the Attorney General Illinois turned over h
the Federal authorities Chicago evidence tending to prove
wide plot the part of darymen to boost milk prices
BY all keep sentiment away from milk What the pro
ducers and distributors Of that commodity desire cold hard
Il may be enough can be found to satisfy them
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To-Day's Anniversary

The first peer created by patent was
Lord Beauchamp OF Holt Castle nv
Richard H., in 1887. The first noer
in Scotland was the Earl OF Ansus.
the title conferred on Gilchrist by
Malcolm III IN 1887. In Ireland the
OF that kingdom by Henry III, was
John de Courcy as Baron OF Kinsaia'
The peers OF England were irst .nm~
moned to consult with their soyer.
eign by royal writ In 1905. In ths
early days titles were u Isly cons
ferred only for successes in warfare
and Craftsmanship. but Of late yer
numerous literary and scientif,s, msn
have been elevated to the peeraSA
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him as he paced the floor moodliy'
He felt that she didn't understand
him--that she wasn't willing to make
the same sacrifices he was doing for
their mutual Interest and welfare
much the same thoughts that were
running in a kind OF dull panorama
through her mind as she lay staring
ur into the darkness.
John Radner Cthls Is true story
was a young stenogrnpher and a good
one, too, who had ambitions to climb
in the world. Those ambitions took
the form of an intense desire TO be
admitted 10 the bar OF his native
state and practice law.
After hard days work in the
office where no was employed It was
his custom TO spend from three TO
four hours study each evening az his
law books, in the ondeavor to prepare
himself for the next state bar eX-
animation.
But his wife. Florence, had gradu-
ally come 70 the belief that he cared
more for his dry Old law books than
no did for her pretty young face, ana
that he was deliberately neglecting
her, because he preferred TO burrow
in the musty pages of Blackstone.
Three months before tho annual
State examination their first baby
came, and for six weeks John was too
much occupied in the effort TO re-
adjust himself TO his new responsl-
bllitles 10 give any attention TO the
studies clamoring for his undivided
interest
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The young wife
flung out tn 9 s Q
words OF bitter re-
proa ach h as 3 n c
dashed fro m the
sittin < room OF
their little Gotta ge
and made her way
20 bed alone, leav-
ing her husband
frownlng over his
books, and finally
flinging them from
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THIS day might be called Il

THIS day might be called the
birthday of the modern English
peerage. for the first noble IN
this class was created in England
s61 years ago to-day. The recipient
of this honor was William Fitz-os-
borne, who was made Earl of Here
ford by William l. Other titles con-
ferred soon afterward were: Earl OF
Salisbury. Walter d'Evreux; Earl Of
Derby Henry de Ferrers; Earl OF
Northumberland, Copsi, and Earl OF
Chester. Cerodus. Twenty-Five addi-
tional peers we're created during the
reign OF thia sovereign.
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had done a number
OF notable things
in Tennessee and
further West, dis
tinguishing himself
as a cav valry
ca er, but bis
achievements had
been on q rela-
lively small scale
as compared with
events in Virginia
Most important oi