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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Hays Needs a New City Hall.

1t is the verdict of every citizen in
this city that Hays needs a new City
Hall and next Monday, the voters will
go to the polls and confirm the YER
dict by voting bonds to the amount
of $23, 900 to be used in. the erection
of city hall adequatef for the needs of
this growing metropolis. The building
will be 50x75 feet, two stories with
basement. There will be room for
the fire department, G. A. R. Post,
Assembly room, and ladies rest
room. It will be built of the very
best material that can be procured
and viii be modern throughout.
The judges and clerks that have
been selected for the respective wards
are as follows:
Ward /. Judges Miss Leahy, Mrs.
Fulton and Steve Joy.
Clerk: Miss Keller and Maurice
Zeigler.
Ward 2. Judges: Abe Gutcheons,
Mrs. T. Croft and Simon Frank.
Clerks: Miss Mary Haffamier and
Mrs. McLain.
Ward 8. Judges: Miss Catherine
McLain, Mrs. W. w. Paul and Bill
Richmond.
Clerks: Miss Mary Virmond and P.
A. Wasinger.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14

Miss Bertha Carter, who for sew
eral weeks has been living at the c..
J. Stock home on Normal Avenue,
was married on Wednesday evening,
to Mr.. Clifford Knouse of Hays. The
ceremony was read by Rev Hale of
the Methodist church at six o'clock
the contracting parties standing IN
the double doorway, accompanied by
the brides sister, Miss Clara Carter
and Mr.. Chas- Henry of Ellis. The
guests consisted of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stock and Grandpa Stock, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alldaffer of Salina, Mrs. Hale
and the following Normal students,
who prepared and served the nice
wedding dinner: Misses Eula Tucker
and Bessie Powell of Codell; Eva For
est and Valeria Grubb, Kanopolis; /;
Edna and Genevieye Jewell, Good
land; Miss Mcdonald and Mrytle Har-
ris, Plainville; Miss Nixon, Ogallah; ;
Ruth Davies, Liberal; Grace Skenyon,
Stockton, and Miss Gaunt, Springfield,
Mo. The newly welded pair viii
live on a farm twelve miles south of
Hays. May prosperity and content
ment be theirs
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Experiment Station Note.

The header crews working early
and late have almost completed har-
vesting the Stations 524 acres of
wheat. Yields of from four to twen-
ty bushels per acre are expected.
The rainfall for the year ending
July was only 11.6 inches. The nor
NAL annual amount at Hays is % in
ches. There has been less rain at Hays
the past twelve months than in any
corresponding period since 1895.
Corn and sorghums are growing
well in spite of drouth. The second
cultivation of these crops has been
completed.
Mr.. J. H Adams formerly of the
Station Office, visited friends in Hays,
Sunday.
Mr.. Robert E. Getty, in charge of
the forage crop project IN co-opera-
tion with the y. S. Department of Ag-
riculture, spent July to z, visiting
his parents and friends at York and
Lincoln, Nebr
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Auto Motor Service to Ely.

The A. & N, put on an auto motor
service from Larned to Ely, on Tues
day, to be run until the regular motor
car for this run is secured.
The auto motor makes two round
trips each day. The car leaves Larned
for Ely at 6:45 a. m, and returning
arrives at Larned at 9:10 IN time to
connect with No. s Santa Fe. In the
afternoon the car leaves Larned at
3:15, returning at o'clock In time
for passengers to take the trains east
and west IN the evening.
The building activity at Ely goes
right ahead. The work on the A 6
n. railroad has tied up for the pres
ent for lac kof men, and viii probably
be delayed until after harvest Is over.
The road is now built into Conklne
township, but has not Tesched the
Rush County GnE -Iazns6
ChEQ QccQe-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Liaht coIors the Rest.

A recent Investigation into the light
rejecting qualities OF different-colored
walls sheds some practical light On the
question OF what color the walls OF
living rooms should be tinted. The
results OF the research show that
white walls reflect by far The most
light; they throw back &C per cent OF
the light that falls upon them. The
other colors in order OF their light
rejecting qualities are: Cream, rose.
yellow, blue and green
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
A Charming Program

Last Sunday morning the NJ. E.
church of Hays, was crowded to its
utmost capacity. Many visitors from
other churches being among the con-
gregation. The occasion was "Chil-
dren's Day" The program rendered
was the cantata, "What the Children
Did," and was in charge of Mrs. Hale.
She not only trained the children but
composed and arranged the cantata
from real experience that enter into
the life of a pastors wife. The pro-
gram was well rendered. Its beauty
was its simplicity and naturalness.
The participants were all so well
ltrained and so natural that they
seemed to love to help and rendered
their parts more as If they were tell
ing something in their own home than
a studied part. Mrs. Hale is to be
congratulated upon the success of
this program. Over 130 children aid
ed this cantata and six young people
from the Normal. Miss Alta Garrett
took the part of Mrs. Harmony, the
new pastors wife, who had come to
the charge full of enthusiasm. Miss
Garrett was at ease and filled her part
well. Miss Lila Finley was Mrs. Shirk
and Miss Edna Smith, Miss Prudence
Penelope Particular. Both were good
examples of the people they repre-
sented. Miss Jessie Tuttle personated
Mrs. Cantbedone. She looked and
acted the part to perfection. Her
part was received with great pleas
ure. Mr.. Burton Clark was Mr.. Fuss
about. Mr.. Clark took Mr.. Frey's
part with only two days practice. He
certainly did we'll. Mr.. Lester Po-
his little granddaughter, Marguerite
CnXyoIf tho of
Too much praise could not be given
for the way these two parts were rem
dered.
The children that came to help Mrs
Harmony with her church work were
divided into the following division:
''The Come and See Club"
''King's Messengers,
''Footbal Squad"
"The Scouts"
A chorus of twenty-four young
people.
babies, grown members of the church
and thirty-seven primary children In
cluding the members of the "Cradle
Roll"
Each division had some work thai
thev offered to do and all did theil
parts well. The Football Squad
came on the platform giving theil
yell. The especial feature of their di
vision OF the program was a song
sung by Bryant Hale. The song wa
his own composition and was sung tt
the tune of "Dixie.."
The twelve little mothers with th'
babies was an interesting feature
The babies seemed to know the.
were to look and act sweet Every
one that took part did well and w
think the congregation went hoIn,
feeling well repaid for having attend
ed this anniversary Children's Da'
entertainments.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
No Names But Yo,

No Names But You Know 'eu.
This paper printed last week a list
OF the Red Cross contributions in
Hays.
This week we reprint from the En-
porIa Gazette, the story below.
Our readers may draw theit own
conclusions.
The twenty-one year old son of H.
T. Harrison was drowned this noon
above the dam at SOden's Grove,
while q. K. Chester of 1901 Ex-
change, stood by and made no effort
to save him. A crowd soon gathered
and was about to lynch Chester, who
declared: There was no reason why
should have saved the boy. The
county should have a life saving sta
ton there. 1t is not a private citi-
zen's business to get his clothes wet
and run up big bill for pressing
clothes, doing the work which the
county should do. l cannot afford
to bother with this matter, anyway.
It's the governments business 1t
seems that Chester has been Iistenine
to certain Emporia citizens talk
about the duty of the nation to take
over the work of the Red Cross and
not leave 1t to a private benevolence.
He was greatly Impressed with the du-
ty OF the government and so felt that
he should be consistent and If he was
going to let millions of other wound
ed boys die without private aid
wounded in the European war-wait-
ing for the overworked government
to act, he should in all honesty, let
this boy die, when the county failed
to do its duty. Chester will be tried
for insanity tomorrow. Those who
made the tank about the government
and the Red Cross, which added
Chester's head viii be tried later.
They are saving money from their
Red Cros subscriptions TO hire law
yers to defend themselves.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Sunday School PARTY

0CnOOA
The primary teachers of the Meth
odist Sunday School gave the little
ones of their department a very hap
py time on Tuesday afternoon. About
sixty were in attendance. The large
basement dining rom of the church
proved a fine place for the several
delightful games that children love,
and they spent the hours very hap
pyly in pastimes led by their teach
ers. Then a Japanese luncheon of
rice fritters, nut and meat sandwich
es and tea was served on low tables
in the ladies parlor, followed by
second course of sherbet and assort-
ed cakes. The parlor was decorated
very prettily in japanese style with
joss sticks and chinese incense burn
ing to give Oriental odor to the at
mosphere, and the larger girls wore
kimonOs and had their hair done up
with tiny fan decorations Parents
of the children are grateful TO the
girls who spent so much of their time
and efforts to make the little ones
love their Sunday School. Mrs. Yer
million is superintendent and the
girls who teach the little ones are
Gladys Miller, Esther Goetchius, An
ma Meyer, Alta Garrett and Hazel
Moore.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Patriotie Pageant

The Fort Hays Normal School will
present q Patriotic Pageant on the
campus, Friday evening, July 20th-
This pageant is given under the direc-
ton of Miss Macintosh. Folk dances
directed by Miss Flanders viii be a fea-
ture of the affair To have advantage
Of the light the pageant viii begin at
7:15 sharp. No admission viii be
charged and everybody is cordially
invited to be present
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Interesting Birds for the F. H. N.
Museum

Museum.
&. W Miller, curator at the Fort
Hays Normal School has just added
to the already large and interesting
museum pair of elder ducks. These
birds were SHIPPED from Nome, Alaska,
on June %, 1917, and arrived in Hays,
last Monday morning. Nome is one
OF the most distant possessions of In
Gle Sam and at one time a trip to that
country was considered quite an un-
dertaking, but in these twentieth cen
tury times of fast travel distance cuts
but little ice. In that frozen coun-
try-the artic region the elder
duck is quite abundant. They nest
the last of May IN sheltered places.
among the rocks under the low stunt
ed pines of that bleak country. The
nests are built of sea weeds and con-
tain from four to five eggs of a pale
green color.
The eggs are covered in the nest
by down plucked from the breast of
the female. When the young are
hatched the mother leads her brood
IN her bill, teaches them how to dive
for their food They can remain a
long time under water. They feed
on the roe of fish, Mollusks and
Crustacea- By nature they are ex-
tremely tame, the roof of rock dwell
ings being covered by their nests.
But two eggs are left for Matching, the
balance being taken and packed for
winter consumption by the natives
of that region.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
An, There.

s traffic officer is stationed in fro. :
Of a hotel in Winsted. Conn Two
women from the suburbs came to town
the other day, and the traffic officer
waved to them, directing them TO the
right. Both the women in the wagon
waved back and called in their sweet
est tones, "Ah, there, your
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Intensive Farming at Fort Hays Nor
nal

The first big return from the pro-
ject work of the department of agri-
culture at the Fort Hays Normal has
begun Next week the fifteen boys
who are doing their bits by farming
and going to school at the same time
viii start the digging Of $3.50 bushels
OF potatoes from the twenty acres
which they planted last spring as part
not only of their class work In school.
but also OF their contribution toward
the food drive incidentally they
are paying their way through col
lege. Prof. E B. Matthew directed
the work Irrigation was employed
to overcome the drouth. The bows
have not yet found a market for their
potatoes, but expect viii sell them to
good advantage.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
NOTICE

often times have porties from DIFF
ferent parts of the state who want
to buy live stock. If you viii let me
know what you have to sell / viii tell
those who want to buy, or IF you want
to buy horses, cattle, hogs or chick
ems, let me know. Give a fun discriP-
ton of what you have for sale, age,
color and If sound or not, and how
much you want or how much you
want to pay. A II. PRUITT.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
RuIe for sIneeritY-

The best way TO be sincere is never
TO think anything about it. Be your
self, and let the rest take care CT IT.
self No one ever yet heard OF an
inSincere tree or mountain or sunset
Perhaps one reason is that they never
analyze themselves or stop to consider
what sort OF impression they are max
ing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
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,
T. Havemann, Mgr.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Furniture for Sale CbeaD

Four 9x12 rugs, one round oak
heater, ane gasoline stove, one Side
way baby carriage Mrs ". Steadman
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14

Ms. c. ". Miller, Jr., left Mon
daY eveninz, for visit With relatives
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
NOtice 40 an Farmers in H.v. D;

Notice 20 all Farmers IN Hays District
There viii be a meeting at the
Court House, Hays, on July 20, at 10
o'clock sharp to take up the subject
Of the Rural Credit Law and forming
District Associations An farmers
should Be present especially those who
need seed wheat this fall
Farmers Uaion meeting At two
0ss5Gk 81 tie Rs.sFu6foa Ssz,ssie sTbesctz
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Piano for Sale cheaD

A good piano, IN good condition for
sale for only SIS. CO. Sold for swauf
. ne Sc aEs Hsssa AsZE
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Red cress Notes

The following are new pledges for
the Red Cross War fund.
Mrs. H. ". Chittenden and chill
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-01
STUDENTS like
ALL ATHLETICS
Training in the Various
Branches Indispensable
in War Times.

New York. Dec. 1.-The indispensa-
biity OF physical training and ath-
letics for the youth Of the couu-
try during war times. as well as in
peace, is urged in the current issue
. Of College Mercury. the student maya
zine OF City College. by Professor
Thomas "A. Storey. head OF hygienic
department and director OF physical
training education under the state
law.
There has never been q time be-
fore when athletic. recreational and
physical training activities have been
as important to maintain as now. %
Dr. Storey writes. The critically
serious realities that now confront
our country he continues. "empha-
size the obligation of participation in
training.
IN face OF overwhelming evidence
OF the Importance which far sighted
public men in military and civil ac-
tivitles attach TO physical training
in its broader sense, there is every
reason why we should feel that We
at the college Of the city OF New
York did exactly the right thing last
spring when we decided to continue
our physical training and our recre-
ational and athletic activities as long
as we could get enough students to-
Eether TO make a class, play a game,
or form a team.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-01
MINOR OWNERS FEAR EiCH0THER
AND ACCOMPLISH LITTLE GOOD

The maGnates IN every minor
league In the couutry-and we believe
we can say this without exception
would jump at the chance TO get a
higher rating. Naturally they do not
want TO be showed hack. and they
need not be. But clubs left in leagues
which would have been split up
through redistricting OF the minors
claim that their franchises would be
hurt by association with cities brought
up from q class just below them. that
interest among the fans would fail off
TO an alarming degree
Is Good Argument.
This argument IS a good one. no
doubt. but the fact remains that the
minor leagues have been losing money
as a whole for the past two or three
years. dating back to the advent Of
the Federal league. and that some
thing should be done to better con-
ditions.
Mileage in the minor leagues
many of them. at least-is so great
even in a shortened season. that II
eats up profits with alarming swift
ness Overhead expenses in general
ought TO be cut down, and this could
be done II the minors, as a whole.
would settle down for once I'm their
lives and talk business without flirt-
ing with the thought that everybody
is trying TO double cross every body
else
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-01

7EW YORK, Dec If minor
N league magnates were not so
l deathly scared Of each other
they might be able to get together
some time and accomplish things
which would better conditions every
where IN the National association.
A few reactionaries in American
association ranks. supported by scat
tering representative from other
minor leagues, attempted to pave the
way for a plan TO redistrict the minor
leagues at the recent minor leagues
meeting in Louisville. and the at
tempt was q flivver.
Had Selfish Motives.
The magnates who started the
movement had selfish motives in
view. Il is true. but they did not lack
just motives as well. for. regardless
Of what dissenting club owners in the
American association may have said
it IS a known fact that several OF
them were prepared to announce at
Louisville that they did not intend
to open their gates in 1913.
The only thing which forced
then to change their minds was
the fear that the redistrictinE
plan might 20 through. in which
event they would be classed with
cities now holding franchises in
the Western league.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-01

~OAIMENT in International league
circles regarding the outlook for
~ that circuit is pessimistic.
Writing in the Providence Tribune.
n. J. Flherty voices the general opin-
ion when he says;
The defeat OF Ed. Barrow's plan to
merger the International and Amer
lean association circuits at the Louis
vile meeting has upset the plans OF
certain International league magnac5s
and fandom in this city and other
towns in the league viii now anx-
iousIy await the next move OF the
Barrow moEuls with q view OF plan
ming FOR next year
However any number OF Incl
dents may happen between now
and next spring. and the war may
also cut n big figure In the plans
OF baseball msEnutes.
It is understood in baseball circles
that Sammy Iichtenheiu of Montreal
is through with the game and viii
not operate the Montreal franchise
next year. 1t is also rumored thar
Charles Chaplin. the Rochester mag
nate, has had enough Of the game
and will turn his franchise back on
the league by refusing TO open his
gates This same situation applies 20
Richmond. where II Is understood that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-01
SOLDIER TEAMS
To MEET TODAY
Camps Funston and Dodge
to Meet on Gridiron This
Afternoon at Omaha.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 1.-All-star foot
ball teams. picked from college elev-
ems OF past years, representing the
soldiers in training at Camps Funston
and Dodge, will meet on Creighton
field today IN what is expected to be
the greatest game ever Witnessed in
Omaha and before the largest crowd
ever gathered for a gridiron battle
here.
The players selected for both teams
include both officers and privates and
though some OF them retired from
football some years ago, recent train
ing in the military camps has put
them in the most perfect physical
condition. The proceeds are to be
divided between the athletic funds OF
the two camps. The tentative nneups
are:
Camp Funston. Positions Camp Dodge.
Left ends.
Berry. Washington .-.-.-. -Carberry. Ames
Left tackles
Rowley. West Point. Mayer. Minnesota
Left guards
wilmington, Harvard. ...--....... .dahan
Centers.
Hammond, Kansas Cook, Wisconsin
Right guards.
schweiger. Colo. -Aliauson
Right tackles
Carlisle Robertson Dartmouth
Right ends.
Fletcher ...... ...-.-... Allison, Carleton
Quarterbacks.
Beck, Nebraska .............. Moss. Ames
Left halfbacks.
Clark Jones. Wisconsin
Right halfbacks.
Fast, Illinois. Pennsylvania
FuIlbacks.
Prince. Hastings -AIcCormick. s Dakota
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-01
MIKE Gibbons ?
NAY MEET NEW
TITLECLAIMANT.
Another st. Paul Boxer Is
Now After Middleweight
Champion Job.
MADE OLD
ST. PAUL FAMOUS

~HICAGC, Dec There IL Habls
to be an Irish fnsurrection in S.
~ Paul most any time now that
VIII make the Sim Fem fracas sesm
peaceful as a slzat match. Two Irish
kings are trying to occupy the mid
dleweight throne. and the fight fan
who cannot see possibilities OF a rue
ton in that situation has no under
standing Of the Irish
Nike O'Dowd. a Celt OF purest ray
serene. clipped Al Mccoy, who Is not
as Irish as his name implies, on the
chin in New York not long ago and
thereby annexed what he and MS
friends always viii claim Is the mid
dleweight title. Mixes habitat Is St
Home Of Gibbons
St. Paul long has been the home OF
one Michael Gibbons whose admirers
consider him to be the smoothesL
piece Of fighting machinery IN tne
middIeWeiEht ranks Mike has been
claiming the title for many months
No one ever has questioned gibbons
right 20 wear the green.
The question Just naturally
suggests itself: VIII st. Paul be
big enough to support two
worlds champion middleweiEhss
when both OF them are 1ulADloouea
Irishmens
It might be Interesting 70 delve
somewhat into the way both Nike
Gibbons and Mike O'Dowd came to
acquire the claim to the title each OF
them puts forth.
Gibbons claims the crown because
he says he has beaten all OF the best
middleweights in the country It IS
true Mike has beaten several good
men, but he never has stepped the
marathon route in any bout that had
a title al stake. He might be able TO
win a title in a decision bout, but
that matter IS open for argument.
O'DOETd Wants Bout.
O'Dowd claims the title because he
slipped Mccoy a dream punch Nc
Coy acquired his claim TO the title
By trimming George Chip with
heavy swing 20 the chin Chip got It
by twice clouting Frank Flaus, OF
Pittsburg. for the count Klaus be
came an alleged title holder By heat
ing Billy Papke-
PHpke's claim was based on the
fact that he was the last man to
meet Stanley Ketehel, who died
(ContInued On Next PaEe)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-01

the maEnates have been hard hit by
the past two seasons
Needs ReuOvnting.
Thus II would seem that Il the IN
ternatioual league is going TO make q
start next year il will need a thor
ough cverhauling before IL viii be
ready TO begin a schedule OF games
In this city the owners OF the club
are ready TO operate again next year
and with an improvement In the
schedule can see chance TO break
even on the year. President Gam
mons and his associates also feel that
Jersey city should be given the fran
chise now held by Montreal. and that
as a result a saving OF thousands Of
dollars would be made in train ex-
penses as a result. There would also
be natural rivalry between Newark
and Jersey City which would help the
league as q whole.
But what about the other towns in
the circuit2 This is a question that
has caused the league officials more
or less worry and the end or the So
luton Of the problem is not yet in
sight
However. Il Is likely that the
annual league meeting, which will
be held ia New York next month.
Will see some radical plans
adopted with view of retrench-
mcnr for the coming season.