The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-24

pie so 1aT forget L0elT GOQ. 1llS
war is going to call for all our
strength and resources before it is
over. I am glad / came early, for
however humble part I play, l shall
never regret the choice"
Potato day at the Normal School
| Saturday, November oath. Good
home grown potatoes s1-5O per bu-
shell.
Mrs. Mabel Young was down from
Ellis, Wednesday visiting relatives
and friends.
Chas. Mutton living four miles east
on the Golden Belt highway lost
valuable mule by lightning last Fri
day night.
A nice line of Misses and children's
hats on sale for SO cents at Miss
| Deane's store
Mrs. Barbara Hendrickson re-
| turned on Wednesday from q weeks
visit with her friend, Mrs. Vine, on
the Saline.
The Annual Union Thanksgiving
Service will be held in the Lutheran
Church, on Thanksgiving evening,
| November 29th, at 2 80 o'clock Rev.
Mrs. Esther Joy of Salen, Iowa,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Bert
Foster of West Juniata Street, also
her son, R. F. Joy of Buckeye, and
other relatives and friends.
Lay in your winter supply of pota-
toes at the Normal School Saturday,
November z4th- $1.50 per bushel
A. D. Wolf of this citv. received
dispatch from the War Department
at Washington, stating that his son,
Leonard, who has been employed as
clerk in the u. S. Treasury depart
ment, had arrived safely in France.
Sale of hats for ten days only. Val
ues up to SO for $4.95 at K M.
Deane's store.
Mrs. R. G.. Allstrom and baby of
Topeka, came over from Russell, last
week to visit her aunt, Mrs J. T.
Overhalser. Mr. Ahlstrom is the
architect for the new Russell school
building now in process of erection.
Sergeant Alfred Richmond writes
to friends in Hays that he, too, is
happy doing his bit for Uncle Sam.
1t surely must be some "bit" Al
fred IS down at Fort Sill, Okla, train
ing Indians for Uncle Sam. Among
his "red faces" are represented even
different tribes.
This seems to be the day of trac-
tors for farm work, and the official
report Of the State Board of Agri-
culture for March 1st, when the as
SCISSORS made their report, and shows
4,504 tractors in use IN Kansas; FL
lis County being third on the list. Me
Cracken county having 143; Leno,
13S; Ellis eoCBty ,131, and Pawnee,
1913.
AS a feature of Win-My-Chum
week the EpWorth League divided its
membership into eleven groups and
asked that eleven Methodist homes be
open and each home provide enter
tainment for some one of the groups.
AS a result about 120 of our young
people spent Tuesday evenings hours
very pleasantly in these homes, each
group averaging twelve. Devotianals
games and refreshments were the or
der.
Lookout for anyone who calls and
wants to count the canned fruit you
have on hand. Some of them claim
they are employed by the government
and want you to divide up with
them. They offer you a worthless
receipt in payment Some of
these imposters have been working
in the eastern part of the state. The
government has ordered no such pro-
ceedings. If they visit you phone the
sheriff.
A quick clearance sale of trimmed
hats at Miss Deane's store.
Prof. G.. H. Harne of Salina, for
ten years or more, a member of the
City Council of Topeka, and said TO
be an expert in adjusting street paw
ing assessments, has been here this
week, consulting with and advising
our cOncilmen in the matter of pro-
perty fixing, the amount each of our
citizens who have street paving abut-
ting their lots should pay. In this
way all costs will be adjusted in
fair and equitable manner, and no
complaint of unfair treatment will be
justifable.
Many will be glad to know Maurice
Craig's address since his change. It
is as follows: Sergeant Maurice E.
Craig, Co. A. 42nd Inf, Fort Dodge,
Iowa Write to our boys, anyone
everyone. They are hungry for news
from home. AS result of the short
letter in the Free Press with address
from Floyd Ransom now in France,
he writes that twelve letters came to
him in one mail. cit was the best
dose of medicine I ever got" he said
in a recent letter to his relatives
here.
Mrs. B. F. Replogle was hostess to
twelve elderly women friends at her
pleasant home on East Normal Ave
nue. last Thursday. A bountiful and
deliciously prepared dinner was
served at twelve O'Clock. The guests |
were all those whose age had num- |
bered at last three score year and |
ten. The following ladies were pres |
ent, the age given also: Mrs. Bartholo- /!
NEW, 78; Mrs. Leahy, 10; Mrs. Shaw, |
SO; Mrs. Miller, rs; Mrs. Carter, 85;
Mrs. Marshall, 81; Mrs. Enfield, 72; |
Mrs Runyon, 73; Mrs. Kinnear, 80; |
Mrs. Fogle, 76; Mrs. Reidel, IA; Mrs. |
Stout, rs. Their combined ages num- |
Der 92O years Of course everyone |
had a perfectly delightful time, and |
feel grateful to Mrs. Replogle for so |
kindly giving them such a happy
day.
Now is the time to buy a nice hat