The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-04
TO WORK FOR BETTER FILMS
Parent-Teache Association of State
Starts Move for Better Movie
Picture Programs.

Plans for a statewide campaign
for cleaner motion pictures were dis
cussed at Lansing by Mrs. J. K. Cod
ding, president of the Kansas state
federation of parent-teacher associa-
tons; Mrs. E. r. Tenney, president
of the Kansas City, Kas., federation
Of parent-teacher associations; Mrs. J.
L. Beggs, chairman of the committee
for better films of the state parent
teacher federation, and Mrs. Carl F.
White, vice chairman
AS the result of a full day confer
ence, it has been determined to en-
deavOr to interest every parent-teach-
er association in the state in a plan
to establish family nights at the
moving picture houses. Although the
scheme yet is to be developed from its
embryonic stage, the preliminary dis
cussion was based upon the PROBABLE
ity of Friday night being the most
convenient to all concerned. How
ever, that is a mere matter Of detail
and the conferees devoted themselves
to consideration of the larger phase
Of the subiect-better films
Mrs. Codding, who is the wife Of
the warden of the Kansas peniten-
tiary, has taken an active part in well
fare work in Kansas for many years
and she believes that the nickel
show is one of the very greatest in
fluences in the life and on the char
acter of the juveniles of today.
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Bride Fatally Burned.-Mrs. Harry
Mark, a bride of two weeks, was IA
tally burned at her home southwest
of Burlington recently while starting
fire in the kitchen stove
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Took Swimming Dare, Drowned
Dared by a woman companion to swim
the Walnut river at EIdorado, c. H.
Bussey, 40 years old. started across.
He drowned in midstream in sight Of
several persons.
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Wheat, $125 An Acre-A new high
record for heavy wheat yields in
Chase County this year has been
made on the farm of George Miller,
who threshed fifty-three bushels to
the acre on twelve acres. The grain
tested sixty-two pounds and was sold
for 1886 per bushel, bringing S125 to
wheat acreage of thirty-three acres
averaged forty-nine bushels to the
acre.
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One Crop Pays for Eand.-It is sell
dom that $50 or $50 land pays for it.
self with one crop, but the high price
Of wheat this year is making this pos
sible in many instances. DR.. c. o.
Of 4,402 bushels of wheat on 100 acres
south of this city, which, at prevail
ing prices will sell approximately for
$500. This is $500 more than the
farm cost him
Wheat and Oats Good.-The first
car of wheat was loaded out of Buoy
rus recently and tested sixty-three
pounds to the busheI Wheat there
is averaging from eighteen to thirty
bushels an acre and oats forty to sew,
enty.
Lansing Merchant Dead.-John C.
Brown, merchant, So years old, died
of heart disease at Lansing recently.
Mr.. Brown had been clerk of the Kan
sas penitentiary for eight years pre-
vious to engaging in the mercantile
business.
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Refuses $4,000 for Apple Crop
J. c. Killerney Of Atchison has Just re-
fused cash offer Of So, 500 for his
apple crop on his ranch near Parker.
His orchard there includes 400 acres
of bearing trees, and he figures the
IRON at 80 600 barrels
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New Postnasters.-The President
has nominated the following postmas-
tiers IN Kansas: Mary z. Shaffer.
Fulton; Cora h Waters, Bird City;
Lottie R. Boulls, Jennings: Ida J. But
Ter. Moreland; Caroline Doerschlax.
Ransom