The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06

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Will Snyder of the Ellis Review
Headlight was a caller at this Office
Tuesday morning.
Geo. Hubbel has broken ground on
his lots on South Chestnut Street, for
five room bungalow.
The will of the old Victoria resident,
Henry Hoff, was probated this week
before the Probate Judge
w NJ. Carter and wife of Orlando,
Oklahoma; are here visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs, John Carter.
Lacrosse. last week, voted by a large
majority in favor of $40, 900 waterworks
and $12, 600 electric light bonds.
Miss Lena Brown of East Juniata
Street, leaves this Saturday evening,
for her school work at Sharon Springs,
Kansas
Mrs. Edna Fulton after pleasant
visit q : home for the O. days. returned
Mondays to her school duties in Mitchell
County.
Mrs Moe has her S4OO home on East
South Main Street about completed,
has moved in and saves paying rent to
others.
Don't fail to be at the New Opera
house January g, 9, and 10. The
John G. and Little Fern Stock Co.
zz-I1J oY5tarfoi,7 Won
&C ". Miller has half section of
land close to Scott City, to trade for
quarter section in Ellis County Come
on with good trade.
It is estimated that the citizens of
Kansas, have spent for automobiles
$91, 900, 900 the past year. They have
also deposited in banks $500, ,0OO, 600.
The new telephone books giving the
names of subscribers, lately printed at
this office, We're distributed among the
patrons this week as their New Years
gift
Sunday morning, the people here
woke up to find another four inches of
snow covering the ground evenly,
which fell during the night when no
wind was blowing. -
Fred W. Bemis of Trego county, Who
has been sick in the Sisters Hospital
died Friday morning. Rev. A. S. Hale
of the Methodist church, officiated at
the funeral.
Monday morning Probate Judge Nc
Lain begins his new and second term;
has his office rejuvinated since the fire
and a complete set of new legal blanks
in the cabinet ready for use.
Last Saturday, George Palmer
showed the Free Press reporter four
Plymouth Rock cockerels, Matched last
June, that weighed collectively thirty
five pounds. They were beauties They
were being shipped to man at Holton,
Kansas
Mr.. H. B. Neiswanger the promoter
of the Hollywood extension of the Santa
Fe, was in Hays, Tuesday of this week
and he feels very enthusiastic over the
prospects of his road reaching Hays in
the very near future. He was pleas
ant caller at the Free Press office.
On January 7th, next Sunday, will
be the occasionpf Mrs Candies Caters
eighty fifth birthday. A number of
friends and relatives have been invited
to feast at her-home in south Hays,
to help celebrate the occasion. Mrs.
Carter has lived far beyond the life of
average humanity, and beyond the al
ioted time of three score years and ten.
She has fifty grandchildren. She is at
the head OF FIVE generations of Carriers
and a representative Of four genera
tions viii be present.
News comes that as a New Years
gift. Mr.. c. R. Ingram, husband of
Miss Retta Freese. formerly OF this
city, has been promoted IN his agency
with the Southern Pseif1c Railway, to
the city Of Hayward, city of $500
population suberb Of San Francisco
and Oakland, and that they moved
there last week. He has been with