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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
Horses for the Army

The government has adopted a new
method of buying army horses. 1t is
fixing a fiat price for horses of a GER
tain class, instead of endeavoring to
fix an individual price for each horse.
In the western district, which has
Kansas City for its headquarters, the
government is buying 2,100 cavalry
horses, for which Ct will pay, $3.50
per head; $50 light artillery horses,
at $3.50 per head; ~824 siege artillery
horses at $235 per head. Only geld
ings will be accepted and they must
be between the ages of six and ten
years. They are buying 364 wheel
mules at $245 per head, 364 wheel
mules at $50 s144 pack and riding
mules at $165 per head. They must be
between the ages of five and ten
years. Bids will be accepted only
from those who will agree to furnish
as many as 500 horses or mules, all
of which must conform to the gov
eminent requirements. There will he
no cut in the price and no increase,
unless it is found impossible to secure
the number required at the prices
named. If the war continues for any
considerable length OF time, the de-
mand for horses and mules viii
steadily increase This means that it
will pay to take care of the supply on
hand, and that it viii pay to feed well
this years colts.-Wallace' Farmer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
A YaIuabIe Citizen

One of the new and valuable citi-
zens who have come to Hays, to make
their home is Edwin ". Hill and fam
lily of Hoxie, Kansas, who came here
a little over a year ago. Mr. Hill OBJ
tanned employment at the A. A.
Wiesner's department store. He has
charge of the grocery department and
so popular has he become with the
large patronage of the establishment
that they are not exactly satisfied un-
less they can secure the services of
Ed--especiaily the lady patrons. He
IS pleasant and accommodating and
always ct your comand
Mr.. Hill has recently completed.
and Thursday of this week, moved in
to an elegant $4,000 dwelling on
Normal Avenue near the Fort HAYS
Normal School. The structure Is a
seven room bungalow with sleeping
porch and modern throughout 1t IS
undoubtedly one of the most elegant
I'D up-to-date residences in the city.
Hays is always glad to welcome
citizens like Edwin Hill and family
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
W. H. CovaIt has a new car

W. H CovaIt has a new car.
The Butler boys were here from
Lacrosse, last Friday
Hugh Moran, land agent from Ne
koma was here Wednesday
Elvin Penney left Thursday morn
ing, for Texas, to join his company.
Miss Hazel Anness of Detroit,
Mich, is visiting her cousin, Lucille
FELTON,
"a Voice from Indida"' at the
Strand, Friday, July. 18th By Miss
Ella Hoxie.
Mrs. Henry Schwaller left Thurs
day for a visit with her relatives IN
Kansas City.
c. R. HEATH, a restaurant man Of
Lawrence, was here this week. look
ing for location
Mr. and Mrs. big Robinson of
Lawrence, spent the Fourth with Mr.
and Mrs. FELTON,
Little Mary Catherine Bird is
spending a few days with Miss Anne
Hopkins at Lawrence
Roy Frye of the Normal left this
week for Sylvan Grove, TO assist IN
the wheat harvest
Mrs Fred Schultz of Milwaukee. is
in Hays, visiting the family of her
daughter, Mrs. c. F. West
Mrs Chas. Baughman returned last
week from her long sojourn at the
Springs, much improved IN health
Mrs Tillstson is at the bedside of
her sister, Mrs Brunk, who Is critic
ally Ill at Excelsior Springs.
Dr.. Neiswanger has moved his den
tai Office into the rooms recently Oc-
cupied by DR. W H Jordan
Robert Behan was here from Park.
Wednesday, to visit home friends and
to help celebrate the Fourth
Mrs. c. H Morgan and daughter,
Miss Prue Morgan, are spending a
fortnight at Excelsior Springs
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Porter of St.
Paul, Mimi, are mere visiting the lat
ter's sister, Mrs Chas- Baughman-
Miss Ella Hoxie IN "a Voice from
India" at the Strand next Friday.
Miss Hoxie was formerly from Hays
A. K. Armburst and wife were here
from Watson, Tuesday, to attend the
funeral of Steve Tourtilott's infant
child
James Behan Jr., wife and child
from Grand Junction, Colo, were
here visiting Grandpa Behan-s James
is head miller IN a large Touring mill
at Grand Junction
At a gathering of our Russian peo-
pie held at Victoria, last Sunday, of
Hays and Victoria families, there
were eight families IN one group that
had eighty-One children How is that
for pOpulating Ellis County?
Land Agent, Freese, has sold to
the Citizens Lumber Company of
this city, under the management Of
Mr.. Fellers, four lots IN block one, J.
J. E Wilson addition, on east north
Main Street, near the new A. A.
Warehouse, which the Lumber com
pany viii use for their coal yards
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

corn, nearly and One-haf million car
tons of crackers, one-half million pounds of
candy, 3.459, 900 packages of macaroni, 1885,
OOO cans of jams, more than 1000 cans
OF Jelly, nearly three million cartons of Oat-
meal, more than a million pounds in bulk
oatmeal, 5,769,0O0 cans of peas, more than
a million cans of preserves, $4,000 cans
of pineapples, 331, 900 cans of sweet pota-
toes, 1,041, 200 packages of corn starch, $751;
raisins, 5000 cans of spinach and l.
$4,000 cans of peaches
The complete list includes some
one hundred foodstuffs.
BUYING FOOD ISN'T ALL
All this is just to feed an army of 1
million. The countless storerooms, the
thousands and thousands of railway
cars to transport these supplies; the
thousands of kitchens; the thousands
of wagons and trucks toA assemble
them; the thousands of cooks, all add
to the magnitude of the problem. It
all has to be worked out so that every
article is accounted for.
In less than a years time nearly
twice this number of men will be in
the field. The supplies and equipment
must be doubled. And when the mil
lion men get to France all this
amount of food must cross the water,
for the United States must feed its
soldiers in every particular.
1t will take ships upon ships.-K.
c. Star
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
We have several good teams,
work H8rses, and mules for sale.
Q. c. Cochran & Sons.
Cross County Special

The Kansas State Agricultural
College through its Division Of Ex-
tension and the Fort Hays Expert
ment Station viii begin the six weeks
silo campaign as previously announc-
ed IN Ellis county July 10th.
An auto truck has been secured TO
carry models of several types Of ST.
los, also hoists for pit silos Three
speakers who understand the uses and
construction OF silos viii be with the
truck.
Meetings win be held IN Ellis Coun-
ty as follows:
Tuesday, July 10th, p. m, Vic
toria, 8 p. m, Catherine.
Wednesday, July 18th, 10 a. m,
Hays, 2 p M, Munjor, D m,
Schoenchen-
Thursday, July 18th, 10 a. m, An
tOninO, 2 p m, Mesere School House
north Of ranch, g. p. m, Ellis
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
A Benefactor

It is pleasing satisfaction for
the Free Press to note the extensive
and permanent improvements that
are now in progress in Hays. Notwith-
standing this country has been drawn
into one of the most disasterous and
cruel war ever known to history and
is also suffering from an unpresident-
ed drouth which means shortage of
crops, the citizens of Hays and vicin-
/ ity seems oblivious to the appalling
situation and are going ahead as If
nothing unusual was occurring.
Among the number of enterprising
and hustling. citizens of Hays, the
queen city of the west and the coming
metropolis, is Frank Walz, who some
months ago purchased the Mrs. E. R.
Cole property on West Juniata street.
facetiously called the frog pond. and
converted it into a healthful and sa-
Iubrlous beauty spot on which he
has erected five elegant buildings all
modern IN every respect. Mr. Walz.
one day this week, took the writer on
a tour of inspection and we were sur
prised at the scope and permanance of
the improvements. He has now
about $4,000 invested. The first
building inspected was the SHAM
rock" a twenty-three room hotel
with basement, well located on South
Main Street near the site of the
new U. P. depot. The hotel has been
rented and is no&- IN the possession
OF Frank Schuneman, an experienced
hotel man from Russell, Kansas. On
the corner of Juniata and Park Ave,
is located, the 'Whiteway'', an elegant
roOming house, nicely furnished and
managed by Geo. Swires. This is
modern throughout with a large airy
basement. All the dwellings have been
rented and are now being .occupied
by q good class of citizens. In addi-
ton to the buildings mentioned Mr..
Walz has q twelve room cottage on
the same street near the Fort HAYS |
Normal School nearly completed. He |
also owns a building on Sne corner of |
Juniata and Fort and another in the /
northwest part Of the city.
The man who makes one blade of /
grass grow where none grew before /
IS said to be benefactor to human /
ity; what then of a man who has
erected a number of elegant build |
ings where there were none before?
Surely, he is a valuable citizen and /
should be claSsed as a benefactor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
Lena KinderLnecht to LANSING.

The second trial of Miss Lena Kin
derknecht resulted In a verdict of not
guilty and further that she was in
sane at the time she shot Richardson.
Judge Ruppenthal sentenced her to
the asylum for the criminal and dan
gerOus insane which is maintained at
the penitentiary at Lansing. A
lengthy argument and offer of her
attorneys to produce evidence that
she was now sane when the verdict
was announced IN order to save her
from having to be sent was denied by
the court and sentence pronounced.
The plea of her attorneys could
not stick because the county officials
has spent four or five days before any
arrests had been made collecting evi-
dence which was introduced by the
state to combat the self defense plea:
Under the Kansas law when a person
pleads insanity and the jury finds
them not guilty because they were in
sane he is sent to Lansing anyway
for treatment. Since this has been in
effect no one has been released from
the asylum.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
TO THEIR COUNTRY

Birdie and Eva Wood, who are at
present staying with their father,
John Wood, at Lacrosse, were here
for the 9Th
Court having adjourned, District
Clerk Frank Miller has returned to
his bank work In Ellis, leaving the Of
fee in charge of his competent depu-
ty, Mr.. Feyeraben5-
This week the automobile tag IL
ssnse of $500 on each car came due.
Many Hays auto owners have secur-
ed theirs for 1917-18- After next
week a penalty, attaches to any who
fail to pay up promptly. The state
autotag recorded reports 972 auto
mobiles and forty-seven motorcycles
in Ellis County
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
Dates Set for SiIo Meeting

Since the auto truck silo exhibit
was announced, many requests for
silo meeting have been received daily
at the Fort Hays Experiment Station.
Dates are now set for 133 meetings
between July 10th, and September 1,
IN twenty-three counties of Western
Kansas The Kansas State Agrionl-
tural College through its Division Of
Extension and the Fort Hays Expert
ment Station VIII thus place the best
practical and unbiased silo informa-
ton within reach OF every farmer IN
this territory.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
Nohce
70 Whom It May Concern: :

To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
Council viii meet at the City Hall On
Wednesday, July the 18th at eight
O'Clock P NJ, for the purpose OF co
ualizing the appraisement Of the pro-
perties made by the appraisers re
Gently appointed by the Mayor and
Council OF properties liable to tax
for the construction Of paving, curb
ing, etc, on Chestnut Street from
Normal Avenue TO 7th Street and
North and South Main Streets from
Chestnut to Fort Street
Attest: Geo. Philip, j,
Pete Hoizmeister, Mayer
City Clerk
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

We clip the following from a recent
copy of the Fort SeoOt Tribune:
Many Fort Scott people viii re-
member Miss FiOranee Dale, who was
a compOsitor on the Tribune thirty
year ago She is now the wife of
Rev. A s. Hale OF Hays, Kansas. Mrs.
Ladie SimOnton, who attended the
State W c. T. T., convention at HAYS
was impressed with a song she heard
sung IN the NJ E. church there, the
words of which were composed by
Mrs. Hale's little nine year old son.
and sung to the air of Dixie" Mrs.
Simonton desires that the song be
learned and sung here, partly because
of the merit of the composition and
partly because OF the association of
the young composers mother with
our city The poem IS given below.
In chat with -Bryant's mother Brs
SimOrton learned tFat Mrs. Hale Ifv-
ed for year IN Fort Scott when a
girl Of sixteen, resided on the Plaza.
and had q position on the Tribune as
compositor and used to give occa-
sional assistance IN city reporting.
Mrs Hale Is N demand as a lecturer
and Is a graduate teacher of dramatic
expression and got her start here IN
occasional lessons under Prof. Chas
Nickrey, Of the Normal There are q
number Of people who read these lines
who viii be glad, after a laDse of
thirty years, to hear again Of Flor
ence Dale.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
CASTOR oii on ExeIashes

Every motor car rider has expert
enced the discomfort OF dust in the
eyes, and also from the effects of cold
winds. & suggestion has been made
that these discomforts may be greatly
alleviated By applying castor oil along
the eyelashes. This, it is claimed, win
catch most OF the dust before it car
enter the eye, and also it protects the
eyes from the chilling effects OF the
wind-Scientidc American.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
NOTICE

often times have Porties from diff
ferent parts Of the state who want
to buy live stock. If you will let me
know what you have to sell viii tell
those who want to buy, or IF you waat
to buy horses, cattle, hogs or chick
ems, let me know. Give a full discrip-
tion of what you have for sale, age,
color and IF sound or not, and hoSE
much you want or how much you
want to pay. A Fl. PRUTTT.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
Revelations" and the War.

Ord, Neb.-To the Star: I was
told to read the thirteenth chapter of
Revelation in regard to the present
war 1t seems to hit the point all
right. According to its reading, our
war should end next February 2.
G. E. G.
On May 1, 1917 the assets of
this country's National banks aggre-
gated over SIC, 100000, O,OOO-and in
crease since March 9Th, of S3,OOO,-
100000. In deposits alone there were
held by the National banks over 3d.
0O0,O00,0O0 which is again since
March 5th of s1S,OOO,OOO; and again
over a year ago of 81, 1,944, 4,O0OO,
Complete registration figures for
Kansas (150,029) have been made
public at the office of the adjutant
general. The registration is made up
of whites, 1881; negroes, 1888;
alien enemies, 736; aliens, 6,A34 ;
claiming exemptions, S5,232; states
estimated eligibles, 18O,1S3-
If you have any money to chip IN
for war purposes better chip it IN now
for the Red Cross Fund, as it is an
nounced the Government viii call for
another Liberty Bond subscription Of
three billion dollars.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
ANTHRACITE COAL

We have two cars of Penn
sylvania Anthracite Coal on
the way from the mines. Call at
the office and leave your or
ders if you want some.
TREAT & SHAFFER,
F. Havemann. Mgr.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
, Organize Home Guard

Adjutant General Martin by or
der from Gov. Capper has placed
blanks for the organization OF a Com
pany of Home Guards in Hays in the
hands of c. W Miller, Jr., who Is rec
ognized at home and abroad as a drill
master and up in the art Of military
tactics 1t would be nice to have a
company in Hays.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
WHAT A MILLION MEN EAT
Something of the Task of Feeding
Americas Army

Americas Army
Washington, July 2.-Since the
declaration of war the pet agrument
of the pacifst dreamer that it was
all foolish to be prepared, because
''we could get a million men with
muskets over night" has been expIod-
ed higher than the Messines Hills
were when the British Tommies
touched off a million pounds of dyna-
mite. The country has had an oppor-
tunity to see just how foolish that
argument was. We are paying the
price, because the Nation listened too
much to this theory, IN months of
doing the things that should have
been done before the wafwas innai-
nent.
NATION AWAKE TO TASK
Since we have gone to war the
steps taken to make the Nation ready
have been astonishing in magnitude.
The United States has risen to the
task in a way that only those who
know what that task was could appre-
ciate.
THE STORY IN MEATS
Tables showing what a million men
in the army will eat in a year will
give the people back home some idea
of the tremendous task of feeding an
army and what the United States has
on it's hand now.
Here is the meat ration for year
for q million men army:
Fresh beef. 3e7, 63s. 24O.
Fresh mutton 1,361,520.
Bacon. 50,064,7S0.
Corned beef, 3,794,400 pound cans
Roast beef, 122,760 pound
Corned beef hash. e2S.1 .14O pound
Dried cod fish, 241, 500 pounds
Picked mackerel, $500 pounds
Salmon, 2, 871, $40 cans.
FLOURAND BREAD BIG ITEMS
The million men army estimate on
flour is 3O0,07O,08O pounds. In other
terms it is some 60 million 50-pound
sacks In hard bread the army needs
4,971,780 pounds, and of corn meal
some 3,870,660 pounds are used in
corn "pone" yearly. Because of the
shortage, of wheat and the promise
of an abundant corn crop the amount
of corn meal will be doubled and tre-
bled this year and the wheat flour
cut down propOrtionately. But bread
with wheat base keeps and is easier
handled than corn bread, so wheat
flour still will be the bigger item.
A FEW OTHER ARTICLES
Other articles in the food ration
for million men for one year in
cluda.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
loving race;

loving race;
In reveTanee I kneei at sweet liberty's
shrine,
America, my country, command, I
am thins.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

the army food ration. In addition to
these, the quartermaster's> depart
ment purchases large quantities of
other articles to permit of substitu
ton in the regular ration. Local quar-
termasters who can obtain fresh vege-
tables direct from the farmers and
commission houses buy in huge guam
titles and credit the purchase, as In
the cost of meats, against the regu-
lar ration. In addition, the supply de-
pots carry more than one hundred
other "sale articles" which are drawn
on. These include:
Two million nine hundred and ninety
Thousand pounds of cheese more than,
10000 cans of cherries. similar quantities
OF other fruits. z.soe.oOo cans Of sweet
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-16
Gas EMBARGO bills
IN LEGISLATURE
Virginia Debt Resolutions
Also Were introduced
Yesterday.

CHARLESTON, ". Va, May 49,
During the session Of the Senate yes.
terday, Senator Rosenbloom offered
a resolution, the purpose Of which
would do away with the indiscrimlnate
offering Of further bills, during the
session, but the resolution failed Of
adoption. It proposed to restrict bills
to those which were accompanied by
a memorandum showing their purpose
by whom suggested and whether they
had the approval Of the State De-
tense Council or the Governor
The Senate committees reported out
fayorably the bills on the following
subjects:
Fraud in food sales; defining pow
ers Of executive and advisory defense
councils; creation Of a farm loan
board, regulating employment OF labor
and preventing strikes; concerning
idlers and Migrants; government own
ership of land in West Virginia.
A Senate joint resolution concern
ing the budget system Of appropria'
lions was reported tavorably, as was
the measure relating to growing OF
vegetables and protection Of crops
from dogs and other animals.
New bills were introduced relating
to the following subjects:
Permitting absent voters to regis
ter and vote by registered mail; reg
ulating sale Of commercial foods;
.oo,,Ioting daIiverv of oil and gas to
consumers: allowance of claims by the
Legislature; giving police protection
to Industrial preparation for war.
A resolution was offered by Senator
Rosenbloom sto create special COM
mission to report on natural gas re-
sources and uses within. the state.
A number of new bills were intro
duced in the House. They are on
the following subjects:
To prevent fraud in sale Of com
modities. to abolish the Virginia Debt
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-16
E.BS. Students
ARE GARDENING
Unreal EARNEST
sixty.Ffve Of Them Hard at
Work Under the Eye
of Instructor.

The majority Of the residents Of this
community do not perhaps realize that
an army Of High school students are
doing farming and gardening on an in
tensive as well as an extensive scale
right in the city and in the suburbs OF
the city.
Such is the case, as approximately
IS boys and girls students Of the High
school under the efficient and pains
taking direction Of E. N. Musgraye,
head Of the agricultural department OF
the school, are cultivating acres OF veg
etables.
A fact worthy of special mention is
that Of this number of 60, thirty'three
are young women and thirty-two young
men. These young people can be seen
at any hour in the day busily engaged
with shovel, hoe or rake in these gar.
dens which are located to the side OF
the High school building, the ground
for which was donated by Sam r. Nj
yum.
Firty.three gardens 20 by 50 feet
have been laid off and all are being
worked by the pupils of the agricul-
tural department. Several Of the pu-
pills are doing gardening at their own
homes under the supervision OF Mr..
Musgrave. In addition to these gar
dens, four similar gardens have been
laid of and are in cultivation on Fourth
street,
FIfty.six community gardens located
In various parts of the city the proper
ty of residents are under the superVi.
sion Of the agricultural department OF
the school also and these gardens are
visited as often as is necessary by the
inspectors.
Farming on a more extensive scale
is being done by a number Of the young
men of the school, fourteen in number,
who are cultivating a tract Of 31a acres
of ground at Bell run. The cultivation
Of this acreage is not play by any
means, but hard manual labor and the
boys are enthusiastic as to the outcome
of this farm" The boys working this
acreage don overalls and boots and
go into the work like typical farmers.
The crops raised in the gardens and
on "the farm" will be used by the pu.
pills in their homes and quantity will
be purchased by the school authorities
to be used in the domestic science de-
partments Of the school. Canning
clubs have been organized and these
clubs will can the vegetables when
they are matured.
Mr.. Musgraye and other school Off
cials as well as the students them.
selves are enthusiastic over the out
look Of the agricultural pursuits Of the
pupils and believe the school is doing
'its bit" to help in the food conserVa-