The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-23
How Much !. Seven Billion

A banker who is accustomed to
dealing in large sums of money was
asked by a layman If he would ex-
plain In way to be understood how
much is seven billion dollars and the
banker said he would try.
In the beginning it is well enough
to understand that seven billion-is
great dealt is very much. There
have not been seven billion seconds
of time since the Declaration of In
dependence was signed. If you should
spend dollar every minute 1t would
take 13, 318 years to spend seven bill
lion dollars. If you banked 1t and
drew a million dollars check every
day for twenty-five. years you would
still have twenty-six million dollars
in the bank. If your seven billion
was drawing six per cent interest
and you spent a million every day, at
the end of seventy years you would
have fourteen billion dollars twice
the amount you had at the start. If,
at the birth of Christ you had seven
billion dollars invested in farms OF a
quarter section each, paying ten
thousand dollars a quarter, and I'M
mediately started on a tour of mspec-
ton visiting one farm each week day
from the time of Christ till now, you
would still have $50 years work to
perform.
Seven billion is quite a bit. How
many generations will it require to
pay the interest and principal of our
latest bond isuue?-Lincom (Neb.)
| Herald.
The school census of the Hays
school district, recently completed by
| Jack Middlekauff shows a total Of
1862, as against 807 for last year.
proud to be American Soldiers"
We're not ashamed of the uniform.
and if you are friend
You will never say aginst it, any word
that will offend.
1t has covered many bodies, and by
heroes has been worn;
Since the day of the Republic, when
| the stars and stripes were born.
Uniforms have many patterns, some
are khaki, some are blue;
And the men who choose to wear
them, are of many patterns too,
Some are sons of wealthy parents,
some are college graduates,
Some have many virtues, some are
simply reprobates.
We have many skilled mechanics,
men of brains and letters,
Who have Loyalty served the country
they are a credit to,
No indeed, they're not all angels.
Blackguards? Yes, we've some OF
| those,
But when they came into the ser
vice, they all wore civilian clothes
We have sat with you in public, and
have smelled your WHISKY breath,
Heard remarks, insane and silly
nearly boring us to death
| Though we offered no objections
when at theatres we have met,
Yet we always are excluded from
the most exclusive set.
IF we meet you out in public, on the
street or anywhere
! We don't merit staring glances, mol
a patronizing stare;
For we have on honored clothing, a:
i our garments plainly show.
You may be a thief or parson, how OF
earth are we to know?
don't care what your position, YOU
profession, what you do,
When you're looking at q soldier, anC
he is looking back at you,
Who is there to judge between you
as you stand there, men to men?
Only one, the Great Almighty, nam'
another if you can.
Drop your proud and naughty bear
ing, and your egostistic pride,
Get acquainted with the soldier, anC
the heart and soul inside
Test and try to penalize him, criticiz'
him through and through
J And you will very likely find him
: just as good a man as you:
, V. NJ Greer,
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