The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

friends l have decided to become a
candidate for the office of Sheriff of
Ellis county, and ask the voters to
cast their ballot for me at the Novem-
Der election.-Respectfully, A. o.
Robinson.
FOR SALE OR TRADE-A five
h. p. gasoline engine. Bissing Bros.
". A Smith and wife returned
Saturday evening from their visit to
their old home in New York state.
FORT HAYS NORMAL STUDENTS
Rooms blocks from Coliseum. $I.OO
a-week. Baggage deliv sred- M. E Lord.
RR. Superintendent Merrill and
party of railroad men were here on
Monday, looking over some proposed
railroad work in our city.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church will hold a business
meeting at the home of Mrs. Alex
Philip, Thursday, September 18th.
Under the new draft regulations
there can be no more enlistments, and
all such Offices in the United States
have been closed, and hereafter men
are assigned, as drafted.
The fall term of. the Fort Hays
Normal commences next Tuesday,
and on Saturday and Sunday the stu
dents will begin to arrive to hunt up
their rooming quarters.
The Womens' Foreign Missionary
Society Of the NJ. E. church met Wed
nesday afternoon in the ladies parlor
and opened their mite boxes. A pleas
NJ fo1Iorrol
In the list of killed anl wounded in
France published the past week are
Lieutenant c. Coldiron of WaKeeney,
wounded severely and private Orville
Darling of Norton, degree undeter-
mined.
The old time farmer, David Ken
nedy. who lived so many years in the
West Yocemento neighborhoed, died
this week, the funeral being held in
the Methodist church and largely at
tended by old friends.
Friday afternoon, Mr.. and Mrs.
SnapD were delightfully."- surprised by
visit from Mrs. Arch Taylor, wife
If the editor OF the Resell Reformer,
with her children and Mrs. Robert
Muir of Salina. The ladies are cous-
rs of Mrs. Saapp.
Tom Garter and family who have
been visiting friends and relatives in
Hays the past ten days have return
ed to their home in Topeka. Tom is
making good as an employee of the
Santa Fee Railroad Company. He has
been with the company for the past
six or seven years.
Mrs. E. R. Cole, of Lawrence, Kan
sas, was a Hays visitor this week,
stopping off to see the many improve
ments in our city since she left. She is
on her way home from Portland and
the Pacific coast where she went on
the @. A. r. encampment excursion as
an old soldiers widow.
The boys of the u. S. Army Train
ing School at the Normal enjoyed a
delightful treat of fried chicken for
their supper Wednesday evening.
The canteen committee of the Hays
Red Cross secured the chickens, a
goodly number of which were donat-
ed by farmers wives and daughters
The federal statutes provide that
any minor children who are living in
this country at the time their parents
take out naturalization papers shall
by this act become naturalized citi-
zens of the United States. 1t is not
necessary for them to take out nat
uraliZation papers themselves after
they become of age.
In the call for the limited service
draft last week was 103 from Kansas
to report at the Fort Hays State Nor
NAL camp on or before Thursday,
September 18th, the present bunch
leaving for various points Friday of
this week. Nebraska sends SIS to
the State Agricultural college at Man
haitian, Kansas
To all who are, and wish to become
members of the w. G. T. u IN Ellis
county. Please write, or phone 554,
names of husband, sons, brothers,
and grandsons, that they may be rep
resented on our Service Flag to be
at the state convention at Wichita,
September "a to 81. Please send in
names by Sept. 19th.-Mrs. Ida A
Ransom.
The railroad officials here this week
inspected the location and decided to
order built the south switch track,
starting near the east railroad bridge,
coming up to the w. o. Anderson
warehouse platform and joining the
main track near and Just east of the
elevators. Work will begin soon. It
viii make that part Of town railroad
yard place. with the new freight de-
pot grounds, W. o. Anderson & Co.
and the coal yards OF the Fellers'
Lumber yard. Freese has, as agent,
for sale a half block of lots close to
the new switch track. See him and
get IN on the ground -four If you need
such a location
Between thirty-fve and forty mem
bers OF the Hays Chapter of the East
ern Star drove to Ellis, Monday to
ioin with the Ellis Chapter in enter
tanning the Grand Matron OF the
State Mrs. Matte Davis OF Indepen-
dence, Kansas The associate Matron
of the Hays chapter, Mrs W W. Paul
acting as Matron was entertained at
dinner with the Grand Matron, at the
home OF Mrs Arthur Meserve Of Ellis,
Matron of the Ellis chapter Both
chapters took great pleasure IN re-
ceiying the helpful suggestions from
the Grand Matron, whose personality
was so charming Mrs Davis regret
ted that she could not renew Grand
Ehapfer aco11sinfa7eez with Mrs e