The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-28


F'The government has enough to do
right now to make the army and navy
physically fit and efficient, but the
people of the United States owe it to
those who will sacrifice themselves
for US all 20 see it that not only song
| books are distributed to every sol
dier and jackie, but that immediate
arrangements to be made for soloistS,
parts of opera companies, quartets,
etc, to be sent into camps and trench
| es," Mr.. Malloy continued. ''Much
suffering in the field hospitals might
be alleviated by the singers and also
| by groups of people singing in the
other hospitals back of the front"
Notwithstanding the high price of
potatoes and other food seeds the
citizens of Hays and vicinity are
utilize lots and stray bits of land IN
an endeavor to increase the food out
I put at the coming harvest time. 1t is
believed that despite the high winds
and drouth that have prevailed this
spring there will be more wheat har-
vested than was expected these days
| The rain that fell in this vicinity
and pretty generally over the state
has brought backward fields of wheat
/ out, and theire is hope yet of d fair
yield.
On Wednesday, May 23rd, Walter
Ward (Pete) the>Maxyell automobile
| dealer in Hays, will pull off a stunt
! called the National Maxwell Gasoline
I Proof Day" using two cars now In
use; object of the test is to show the
/ actual mileage each car makes on one
gallon of gasoline. Prizes will be
given by the Maxwell Corporation
for the best showing after affidavits
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submitted. Yhe demonstration viii
0e made under ordinary touring con-
ditions.
1t may be prophetic of final vic
/ tory for US in this war-that Amer
| lea, not Germany, sank the first u
| 0oat-that the name of the big naval
| gun mounted on the stern of the
Mongolia was named Theodore Roos-
evelt" and that is occurred on April
| 18th, the day that 142 years ago, the
/ first gun of the Revolution was fired
at Lexington.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A Boys enter
tanned in honor of little Margaret's
ninth birthday, several of Margaret's
friends, Saturday afternoon, from
2;30 until $50. The other guests
present were Mrs. Weeks, Miss Bes-
sic Leahy and Mrs D. Goetchius
After the afternoons entertainment
! the guests were served to ice cream
and cake.
The ear of Mexican Pinto beans
that was ordered by the Hays Mill &
| Elevator CO., have arrived and will
be sold for seed to the farmers and
gardeners of Hays and vicinity at
exactly cost price They are a dry
| Weather bean and will no doubt pro-
duce abundantly in this clamate.
Over forty ladies, mostly members
of the Country Club in the vicinity of
! Yocemento, were delightfully."- enter
| Wednesday afternoon. A number
| from Hays and Ellis were in attend
ance to enjoy the hospitality of the
| beautiful Strailey home.
| The annual patriotic service at the
| Methodist church on Sunday even
ing, in commemoration of General
| Grant, viii be unusually attractive
| this year, with an address by Sena-
| sor BristOw and inspiriting music in
keeping with the occasion. All are
invited.
On another page will be found ali
| interesting letter from Mrs. Clara
McQuoid, of Princeton, Calf,
former resident of this County which
will be of interest to many of the
| older residents, especially of Buck
eye township, where she formerly
| lived.
The Ladies Aid of the NJ. z. church
| will have a Lee Cake contest Wednes-
day afternoon, May End, at the
church. A fifteen cent lunch will be
| served from five to six Hot biscuits
| and Lee Apple Butter. Everybody
come.
The boys at the Fort Hays Normal
have 400 tons of clean ice taken from
| the Normal lake which viii be put on
/ the market at less rate than manu-
factured ice. The price viii be four
cents. ~Get 500 or 1000 pound card
before they are all sold.
Mrs. MagdaIine Giebler died last
Saturday morning She was sixty
nine years old. She had been sick
ever since last December, and not
| able to get out of bed The funeral
was held at nine o'clock last Monday
morning In the Catholic church
]. P. O'Grady of Oberlin, Kansas,
was in Hays, Monday Mr. O'Grady
is president of the Farmers State
Bank of this city.
| A number of Hays boys, who en-
listed In the army, left Tuesday, for
Fort Logan, where they viii receive
their training.
Mrs. J. T. Tillotson returned Sun
day, form Excelsior Springs. Gay has
almost recovered but viii not return
until next week
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dickinson and
family Of Saline township, spent Sun
day, with Mrs Dickenson's mother,
Mrs. Fox Of Ellis.
The Hays boys who went to
Buckeye, to play ball Sunday, de-
feated the Buckeye "Jakes" by a
score of 13 to 3.
The recruiting officers at Ellis en-
listed about sixty-five men the last
week They left for Fort Logan.
Colo, Tuesday night
Frank Kings Ford was badly
smashed up, when he run into another
Ford while turning the corner around
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