The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14


this Friday morning.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Befort, Thursday night.
Ex-Judge, ]. E. Andrews, was here
from Lacrosse, Monday.
Miss Julia Blair spent Sunday, with
Mrs. Dwight L. Wooster.
c. w. Reeder and wife motored
over to Great Bend, Thursday.
G. W. Cross, cashier of the Farm
ers' State Bank of Ellis, was in Hays.
Thursday.
Prof E. B. Matthew is putting a
basement under his residence in
west Hays.
are home from their visit to home
folks at Beatrice, Nebr.
$500 for one new six drawer au-
tomato lift sewing machine.
G. W. Meyer, Hays.
Mrs. Henry Schwaller returned
Saturday evening, from a visit with
her sister, Mrs. Guy Thomas, at Sa-
lima.
The Pure Ice Company and Harry
Freese had a new phone put into
their Office this week on South Chest
nut Street. No. 562.
This week DR.. Geo. B. Snyder con-
tributed 141 volumes to the Hays
Public Library and still the Doctor has
plenty of books left.
Mike Quint and John Younger
were in south of Orien, Trego coun-
ty, last week, looking at a cattle
ranch with a view of purchasing
Miss Ella Hoxie, who has spent the
last two years in India, as a mission
ary, will address the Union meeting
at the Strand, Sunday evening. She
has message for all.
Grant Erb and sister, Mrs. Gill
man, were here from California,
Thursday, before the probate court,
settling the affairs of their relative
H. C. Erb, recently deceased.
Friends of Gen. Fred Funston will
rejoice to know that the new camp
and railroad station at Ft. Riley is to
be called FUNSTON, in honor of
Fred.
The nine ton steel roller that the
paving company are using on the
streets this week is a sample of the
machine that the American army will
use on the Kaiser, when Uncle Sam
gets down to businee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Bellman left in
their car on Wednesday morning, for
an outing that promises much inter
est and pleasure. Junction City, Man
haitian and Fort Riley are among the
places they will visit.
Mr.. Cuthbert of Topeka, who built
Lo L..
Normal School here a few years ago
was here this week, with his wife, on
the way to Ness City, where he has Sc
cured the contract to build a new
Court House for that county.
Aunt "Prudy" Shaw and grand
daughters, Mrs. A. F. Kerns and Miss
Hazel Morfe, left on Tuesday night,
for Excelsior Springs, where Hazel
will take treatments for inf1amatory
rheumatism. Mrs. KearnS vii not re-
main more than few days.
H D. Shaffer and C. NJ. Wann have
bought the ten lots, $50 front feet, on
East South Main Sstret, corner of Al
len Avenue and opposite the new
freight depot and it is understood
will move the Treat & Shaffer lumber
yard there this year.
F. c., C. G. and AzeI Cochran of
this city own the controlling interest
in the Liberty Trust Company, one
| Of the largest banking institutions in
Kansas City. Capital stock $25O,O0O.
| The Cochrans also own nine other
banks in Kansas, having recently es-
tablished state bank at Ellsworth.
] Nine carloads of members of the
Methodist L. A. s., went out to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kraus
on Monday afternoon, and taking
them by surprise, proceeded to inform
Mrs. Kraus that she had arrived at her
forty-seventh milestone in the jour
ney of life. They then prepared a
luncheon from baskets and ice cream
freezers which was much enjoyed
the company seated on the big stone
porch which almost entirely sur
rounds the house. Mrs. Kraus seem
ed very glad to see her friends and
the friends were certainly very glad
of an opportunity to spend a few
hours with Mrs. Kraus, who occupies
a large place in the hearts of all who
know her.