The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-27

Reed & Sons grocery store.
Frank King shipped a load of hogs
to the Kansas City market Thursday
morning.
Mrs. Stella West Mann, formerly of
Hays, is visiting with her parents up
in Trego County.
At the Isaac Zeigler home they
| have the pleasure of entertaining a
niece from New Orleans, here on a
visit.
Quite a number of Hays autos are
running without rear lights. It means
$3.50 and costs if the Marshall sees
you.
July 22nd is another call for draft
ed men, which will exhaust those in
Class 1. Kansas furnishing 1000
men.
Sheriff Weltz and wife on Monday
night took two young ladies of Ellis,
who have become "bad" to the Wom-
ans Detention farm at Lansing.
Alex Philip, the retired farmer is
ready to do his part to gather ne har-
i vest and is running a header over at
! the Experiment Station.
| Mrs. Editor Givler of WaKeeney
was visitor in our city this week,
J and took in the war meeting at the
Normal Sunday evening.
Farmer W. F. King took his string
of trotters from the Fair ground this
I week and went out to his ranch near
Ellis to look after his wheat harvest.
Harvest is on in earnest this week
| n Ellis county and every man posi-
bic is out in the fields helping, while
many of the women have also gone
out to help.
On July 18th Ellis will vote on the
proposition whether they shall issue
$4,000 in bonds to improve and ex-
works system.
One thousand colored men have
been called to the colors in a draft
! of July 18th, to report at Camp
Funston and Ellis county is to fur
nish six men.
President Lewis of the tSate Nor
NAL and Superintendent Weeks of the
| Experiment Station went to Topeka.
Monday night, to attend meeting of
the State Educational Administration.
James Krysl of Ellis, was among
the soldier boys who left for the war
on Monday, and he and his best girl,
Miss Cerney, were entertained a din
ner at the Brunswick on Sunday by
friends.
Frank Payne was quite severely
kicked by horse Tuesday, cutting a
d cash over his left eye. However,
Frank was in town Wednesday. It viii
take something more than kicking
horse to down Frank for keeps.
Lieutenant " E. Daniels of Seattle,
Washington, who visited his brother,
DIR. W. B. Daniels, the first of the
week, left for hs post of duty, Tues
day Lieut. Daniel was at one time
student at the Fort Hays Normal.
Miss Lizzie Wooster of SaIina,
filed her papers for nomination as
State Superintendent of schools on
the Republican ticket and the race is
! now between her and State Suprin-
tendent Ross, who wants a fourth
term.
In this 23rd Judicial District,
Judge Ruppenthal has filed nomina-
/ ton papers for another term, and
! IKE Percell of WaKeeney has filed
for the Republican nomination, so
the contest will be between these two
men
If you want to see how to have a
nice hedge fence in front of your
residence look at the one in front of
the Penney residence on South Chest
nut, the Gassman on East Normal or
the Feitz on East Wilson Avenues. It
is quickly grown and looks attractive.
Friday. June Fl, Provost Marshall
Crowder at Washington, D. c., is
sue da call for 1916 draft registrants
of which 1O3 are to be sent to Fort
: Hays Kansas State Normal School,
for special instruction, to entrain on
Monday, July 18th, so they will land
here about that day. 515 are to go
to the State Agricultural college at
Manhattan.
Leigh Main writes home from
France that he is getting along fine
and that when he comes home he will
bring with him the sweetest little
| French girl we ever saw.--Grainfield
| Cap. Sheaf. You Ellis county girls
who have a feller better take warn
ing from the above and hitch up to
him before he goes ard brings back
pretty French girl.
The National Geographic Maga-
zine, for February, 1913, Office of
! Washington, D. c., has an illustrated
article on the shale beds of Colorado
and Wyoming. The views show just
| the same formations as is seen along
the Smoky Hill river In south side of
this county. There may come a time
when the Ellis county shale beds will
be turning out lots of oil.
The dependent wife and parent
checks for the month of April for
the soldier boys of this war were
mailed rom Washington, May oath,
and are being received, putting lots
of money In our county. Notary
Freese made out several applications
last week for the boys who started to
the war last Monday. His pension
work experience of thirty years as
sures of their being made out cor
rect.
Who is the greatest woman In all
history? One hundred and fifty
school teachers recently answered the
question with enthusiasm and unani-
nifty the judges awarded the prize to
the one who made this reply: "The
wife of a farmer of moderate means
who does her own cooking, washing,
ironing, sewing, brings up family of
boys and girls to be useful members
iof I,- 4oT a