The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-22


report nice time.
One of Mrs. Kirby's boys had the
misfortune to fall from horse this
week breaking his arm.
A very large snake was killed Mon
day near the old ice house back of
the Penney warehouse.
Mrs. Candas Carter, (Mother Car
teri has gone to Clay county, Kan
sas on a visit to her son Dick.
Up to Tuesday of this week Mrs.
Milton Luce has picked 3961z pounds
of tomatoes from her 1Ox30 patch
]. NJ. Schaefer wants to employ
about ten young ladies to help in reg
istration work. apply at his Office.
Miss Alice Case after a slight i'll
ness has returned to her work as
stenographer at the Experiment Sta
ton.
Several of the threshermen were in
town spending Sunday and report the
yield of wheat from 5 to 20 bushels
to the acre.
Miss Earnestine Field entertained
a weekend party of her young lady
friends last week, in honor of Miss
Fowler of Lucas.
Our old timer, Judd Wood, the
photographer, now in the U. S. Army
as an officer, is here on a visit to his
sister, Mrs. A. W. Noble.
Both Sunday and Monday nights
very heavy local showers visited this
section, in many places making the
roads impossible for hours.
Mrs Marshall will serve a chicken
pie supper in the basement of the
Baptist Parsonage on Thursday even
ing, Sept 5th. Everybody invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Ware of Pratt,
rnsas returned to their home We'd
nesday morning after a short visit
with Mrs. Wares sister, Miss Pearl
Hughes.
Misses Esther and Iona Goetchius
who had been visiting their brother
Charles Goetchius, in Kansas City
for several days returned home Mon
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Cochrane of Little
River, Kansas. spent last Sunday with
their son Jerry Cochrane one of the
soldier boys in the U. S. A. Training
School at Hays.
We wish to thank the friends,
Catholic sisters and relatives who so
llindly and patiently assisted US dur
= the illness of our baby.
Mr.. a. Nicholson and family.
Mrs. Hatfield entertained at a mil
itary dinner at the Hotel Brunswick
last Sunday. Captain Delaney and
wife, Lieutenant Hatfield and Lieu
tenant Riley of the Fort Hays Troops.
The following citizens of Hays and
Ellis county have purchased Maxwell
automobiles of W. H. Fellers, the
agent at Hays, the past week. The
Mullen girls, W. W. Paul and Sophus
Johnson.
Miss Alice Case and her sister
Agnes were very happily surprised by
a visit from their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Case from near Little River,
Kansas, who came to spend the week
end with them.
Tuesday morning, Milton Luce re-
ceived a telegram from his mother,
Mrs. Ida Stoner, at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, where she is at the hospital,
.tating that she is recovering nicely
from a recent operation.
During the month of July more
than 100000 gallons of water was
pumped from the new city wells, and
used by our people, yet the water in
| the wells was not lowered sufficiently
for any one to notice it. Some wa
ter, this.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Modlin spent
last Saturday and Sunday at the
home of Mrs. Modlin's parents at Ba-
zine. The visit was made for the
| purpose of seeing her brother Sam
Hollander, before he left for Camp
Funston.
Comrade Francis NJ Ellis is arrang-
| ing to move back to Hays. He likes
to be here with the old boys of the
| Slue. He says he is ready to re-en-
| list with the boys in brown if the
Government would accept him in
some capacity.
1t is whispered that the present
soldier boys out at the Fort Hays
Normal will break camp on Tuesday,
September 10th, and be sent else
where, and new bunch of about 200
will arrive a few days later. A few
| will remain here as instructors of the
new bunch.
The State Tax commission are hav-
ing time examining claims made by
the various railroads of Kansas
against 80 counties for excessive or
wrong assessment against the rail
roads in their bridge work, but in the
ong list published of claims of over
$4,000. Ellis county is not in the list,
our commissioners being very careful
in making their levies and assess
ments..
Last Sunday the editor had the
pleasure of seeing one of the finest
/ herds of thorough bred Hereford cat
tie in the west. The herd consists of
twenty-five head of thorough bred
cows-the breeding herd on the Alex
Philip & Sons Big Greek ranch south
east of town. There are about 500
head of cattle-mostIy cows-on the
ranch, but this choice herd of cows
are the particular pets of Alex Philip,
the Senior of this splendidly stocked
ranch. Besides several sections of well
yatered land up and down Big Greek
they have a large ranch in Cove
county.
There are 373 houses IN the free
mail delivery zone and out of that
number only 124 have bought boxes
Mail will be sent to the address given
on the envelope and if you want 1t
I sent f0 vo71F residence Won xx-1I1 have