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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
WORTH KNOWING

Minnesota is the latest state to bar
alien teachers.
Congressman Nolan of California is
a molder by trade.
1t is proposed to give London eng
Iand) firemen an increase Of 10 shil-
Iings ($3.75) a week until after the
war.
Harry Mcdonald two years ago en-
tered the Columbus co.. prison weigh
ing 200 pounds. When released the
other day he weighed $40 pounds
Garbage wagons in a German city
are arranged to be drawn either by
horses or electric tractors, the latter
bering SO per cent cheaper to cper-
ate.
An electrically operated tremolo at
tachment for stringed instruments has
been invented which produces the de
sired effects when buttons are
pressed.
A Pittsfeld (Mass.) young man
started to move to another town.
When he looked around for a hat to
wear up street he found that every
enc he owned had been packed and
Skipped to his new home.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
IreIand,s Fishing Statistics.

The twenty-ffth annual report OF
the Congested Districts Board for Ire
land says: During the year f1O5.O31
was paid to the fishermen by fish mer-
chants for mackerel, the earnings for
the previous year being E52, 404- Cork
and Kerry got the lions share, 49,
595 and f41, psf, respectively, Galway
making bad third with f13,8S1. The
earnings for the herring fisheries for
the year amounted to f56,O75, com
pared with f5S,323 in the previous
year. Donegal took first place with
f3T, 164, then Cork with 1884, and
Galway with $3.50. The total guam
dty OF mackerel landed was 1881
cwt-, and the total quantity OF herring
was 62,O91. The total value OF wet
fish and shellfish OF all kinds landed
In the congested districts was 1884,
81 Besides mackereI and herring.
the chief kinds were turbot, brill and
sole, E6,O55; plaice, whiting, etc. TO-
O34; cod. 1857. and haddoek, E, $50.
Fishing Gazette
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
OUR STATES PART IN THE WAR
Volunteers Outnumber the Drafted
Men and Every Quota Has Been
Exceeded BY Citizens.

In the first year of American parti-
cipation in the war, Kansas furnished
10000 men for the army and navy.
Despite the universal draft, Kansas
early in June still had to her credit
more volunteers than drafted men in
the service.
According to records of the adjutant
generals office, 1875 Kansans had
volunteered through the federalized
national guard or the regulars and
IT ,498 had been selected for the ma
tionaI army. This makes a total Of
35,873 in the army while approximate
ly 1000 volunteered their services to
the navy and marines. There was,
therefore, one Kansas man in the ser
vice for approximately every forty
two men, women and children in the
states population of 100000.
The same spirit shown by Kansas
men in assuming military duties
eagerly, has been shown by the peO-
pie OF the state in backing up the
military forces with it's dollars. To
the Red Cross Kansas has contributed
approximately S8,O00,0OO, the two
drives" having netted respectively
5000 900 and $2,5OO,0OO, the other
$2,500,OOO having been contributed by
q membership campaign and by the
various chapters through their indiVi-
dual efforts.
In two campaigns for the Young
Mems Christian Association war fund
the state has contributed $750,000, the
campaign last November running
$150,0OO more than the Kansas quota.
The state has furnished more than
100 Y. NJ. c. A. secretaries for over
seas service.
In subscribing to the Liberty loans,
Kansas has gone over the top" in
each of the three drives, contributing
In all $98,5O0,0O0 In the third Liber-
ty loan campaign, with a quota Of
$50, 301, 900, the state ran up a total of
more than $47,0OO,00O. In this, To
peka led the nation for cities of its
population with a showing Of 202 per
cent of its quota.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

agreed Nick. with a show OF bravery.
Its funny that you should have
spoken of caterpiIlars 3 d snakes at
the same time" said Daddy, 'tfor
there is something quite alike about
them''
ct know" said Nancy.
"WhyT' asked Daddy.
Because they both crawl" said
Nancy proudly.
''That is really right, too" said
Daddy, ''but that was not what was
thinking about when I said they were
alike"
'Ten us what you were thinking,
Daddy" said Nick
Daddy said that he would so both
children were very quiet as Daddy
commenced: 'sWhen snakes want to
grow they have to shed their skins or
there would be no room for them in
which to grow. Now a caterpillar has
to do the same thing when it tries to
grow.
after q caterpillar is Matched from
the egg it has soft skin over its little
body, hut over its head there is firm
skin SO that while the soft skin can
stretch the head covering will not
So q new skin forms under the old
one, Just as with a snake, to be all
ready when the old one is thrown on.
ssBut I must begin from the begin
ming" said Daddy, $50 I can tell you
how the butterfly becomes a butterfly.
A butterfly lays an egg on a leaf. In
a little while the egg becomes a cat
erpiIlar And what do you suppose
hos r. first
meaIT'
Both the children shook their heads
at eats some OF the shell from
which it came. It's a little Ike NOV
ing out of a house and before leaving
it entirely eating It upI.
'GThen the caterpillar begins to have
meals Of leaves. And now a new
skin commences to grow under the old
one, for like the snake, too, the more
the caterpillar eats the more it
grows. And that is q little bit like
boys and girls toor'
Nick and Nancy laughed and Daddy
continued: 'aThe caterpillar's old skin
comes open down its back, from its
head, and it crawls and squirms until
it is out OF the old skin and is In a
brand new suit
'fNext the caterpillar takes q little
rest-as it Is quite an effort for it to
get a new suit.
"But soon the caterpillar begins
eating again-just as most Of Us viii
too-end then again it goes through
the same thing with new skin grow
ing underneath and the old one to
be wriggled out OF within a very short
time.
"And again the caterpillar goes
through the very same thing. 1t Is
as though the caterpillar knew that
great things lay ahead, much beauty
and dazzling colors and glorious
markings, and therefore could not be
satisfied with any Of the skins. As
a rule the caterpillar has four diff
ferent skins before the wonderful
change comesi
'aThen the caterpillar becomes a
chrysaIis and soon a butterfly. All,
how happy it is then To live In the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

world where
there are flow
ers, to be beauti-
full, to feel the
sun, to taste OF
the honey Of flow
ers, to. We
wings with which
to fly when one
has been chang
ing skins and
crawling for such
a very long time.
'sIt's a happy
day for the cat
erpillar. when it
becomes a beau
tiful butterfly. No
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

longer Will people call it a horrid cat
erpillar. They viii say, Look at the
beautiful butterhyF
"And as the butterfly sips from the
little flowers and enters right into
the hearts Of many Of them, it whis-
pers:
I've been a long time coming to
you. flower, but the hard crawling
journey had q wonderful ending
"And though the flower does not ale
together understand, it partly does,
for it whispers: Eat all OF my honey
and sip my sweetness, for you are my
beautiful butterfly visitorP"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

At midnight recently IN the court
house at OsWego the last chapter In
the Wick murder case. which stirred
Kansas, was written. John H. Win
field, negro, who confessed to the
triple murder, had been brought from
the state penitentiary at Lansing,
where he had been taken for safe
keeping.
That his coming could not be fore
told through the absence of Labette
County officers, Winfield was brought
down by Bob Frazier of Cherokee
County. Taken before a justice Of the
peace he was arraigned and waived
preliminary hearing and benefit OF
counsel. Immediately taken to the
district court, in special session, he
pleaded guilty to the murders and was
sentenced to state prison for life
Sheriff Elan of Labette County and
Sheriff Frazier of Cherokee took him
after the court pronounced sentence
and drove out into the night without
waiting a moment.
He was not in the county more than
thirty minutes. The route of the par
ty is not known definitely, as every
precaution was taken to keep 1t Sc
cret.
After Winfield was arrested, June
1, he confessed and was taken to Ian
sing to avoid mob violence. Since
that time there has been an organiza-
ton in Parsons waiting for him to be
brought back to the county for trial,
when he would be lynched. The Off
IT1l1o oh r1Iv, int q
belief that Winfield would not be
brought back for several weeks yet.
Had the negro murderer of Mrs. Wick
and her two children November Is
last been detained here until news of
his presence was known his lynching
would have been certain.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

All youths whose numbers were
drawn will be assigned to the various
five classes on the basis Of information
furnished in the questionable now be-
ing mailed out.
New registrants will be placed at
the foot of the list in each class in
the order their numbers are drawn.
Indications are that all new regis
trants placed in Glass 1 viii be called
before the end OF the year and that
only a few months will elapse before
those whose numbers are drawn last
will be called
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

Kansas had fifty fires in May from
unknown causes, which cost the state
$685. 99 of the 1927, 437, which was the
total loss by fire in the month There
were 1913 fires reported to the state
department. Smoking caused seven
fires and loss of nearly $4,000 The
ninety-one dwellings which burned in
the month cost $65, $40, while fifty-two
barns damaged in the same length Of
time cost $50, 135 in damages. One
elevator fire caused a loss of S14,788,
and two factories cost over $4,000,
seven garages show a loss of $16,855,
and three granaries $13,370. Matches
caused seven fires and loss Of
So, 482 during the month.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
DISQUALIFIED.

PatiencAIs Peggy in your college
yet?
Patrice-Oh, no, she had to leave.
''Why soz"
''YOu know she's tongue-tied. and
she never could hope to give our coll
1ege yell"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
Keen Cheerful

You find yourself refreshed by the
presence Of cheerful people; why not
make ernest efforts to confer that
pleasure on others7 You Will find
half the battle is gained il you win
never allow yourself to say anything
gloomy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

when they are
grOwingF he
asked
WED love to-"
said Nancy.
9Th ere are
som e people, "
said Nick, who
hate caterpillars
as they do snakes
and are afraid OF
them I'm not
afraid OF any
thing"
Neither am L"
said Nancy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
Wartime eeooraphy Of Paris.

The city is bounded on the north By
supply depots, on the south by hos
pitfalls and on the west by airdromss.
Its principal imports and exports are
bandages, crepe, wooden legs and
colonials; its products are war bread,
war literature, faith and hope.-Wl-
liam Beebe in the Atlantic.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
MWSgIIN(l
FAIRY Al[
BUTTERFLps GROWTH.
8 hAM 0A|lhl1RNER

Butterflies come from caterpiIlars,
don't they, Daddy" asked Nancy one
evening when Daddy came in to tell
the children his usual goodnight story.
Yes" Daddy answered Would you
ike TO hear about the time in between
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
Both Walled ak.

Our little neighbor boy had been
hurt in an accident and was obliged
70 walk on clutches. Reaching his
little hands through the fence and pat
ting our dog on the head, he said to
him: ''Topsy, we're bos' alike. We bOs'
has 10 walk wiz four legs."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
An Easy Way.

81 wonder how Blifins comes to
be so accurate in his prediction OF
rain and storm
His method Is very simple. He
merely gets the dates OF Sunday
school picnics and excursions"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

George Ripkey, Saline county farmer,
estimates his eleven hundred acres Of
wheat will average thirty to thirty
five bushels to the acre. The crop is
the result of a 4-year effort to get q
good start. Four years ago Mr.. Rip
key went to Russia to make a selec-
ton of the best quality of wheat he
could find. He brought back $50
pounds Of turkey red seed, which cost
him 81 a bushel. On the trip home
the rats and weevi1 got into the sacks
on shipboard; the sacks got wet and
nine-tenths of the seed was worthless.
The one-tenth was sown. He kept in
creasing the acreage and last year
had enough to plant eleven hundred
acres. Dry weather came, high winds
drifted the soil and the plant was
blown out. When he threshed his
crop he sold less than fifty bushels
and had enough to plant the eleven
hundred acres last fall
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

H. L. Colburn, farmer living near
Stockton, is seeing through smoked
glasses after, rather than during the
recent eclipse of the sun. Colburn
was blowing while the eclipse was in
order and repeatedly looked at the
glaring sun. He soon noticed that his
vision had become affected and the
following morning he was almost
blind. Since that time he has been
under the care of an occulist, wear
ing darkened glasses continuously
With proper treatment Colburn believ-
es his sight ultimately will be restor-
ed to normal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

A special state bureau to fight mo-
tor car thieves will be Immediately
established in Topeka by the Kansas
Peace Officers Association. Crea-
ton Of the bureau with the Shawnee
county sheriff in direct charge was
authorized at the annual convention
at Wichita. The bureau will be styI-
ed after the organization now in oper-
alton in Oklahoma and the system Of
running down motor car thieves used
in New York
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
Best Use for Eyes.

Teacher-What is the third letter Of
Ehe alphabet, Tommy?
Tommy-DOn't know.
Teacher-What do you do with your
lyes7
TOmmy-SIeep-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

The confession was received by Lew
T. Hussy, state fire marshal, of Mae
Barrick of Florence, relative to her
guilt in the burning of a rooming
house last September. The household
goods were insured for $1,000. The
confession duplicates A E. Gray, a
Santa Fe engineer. Both are held for
trial pending the next term of the
Marion County District court, charged
with arson. Proof had been made
to the Hartford Insurance Company
OF the loss. Part OF the goods had
been removed to Gray's house.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

The impression that a man in mill
tary service is impervious to state
and municipal authority is erroneous.
Drafted men at Sedan, Kas., celebrat-
ed their entrance into selective SER
vice by shooting up the town" The
city officials were not sure Of their
Jurisdiction and hesitated to interfere.
Advice was forwarded from the adj
jutant generals office today that the
members of the local board as well
as the man in charge of each detail
constitute the superior officers Of
such units and failure to obey orders
Of these members or party leaders Is
the same as disobedience Of any sup
erior officer and the subject of court
martial. Soldiers at any time are sub
servient to civil and state authorI-
ties whether in uniform or not.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
Thoueande a. Ants II AIN.

An ant hill two feet IN height con
tains about $1,000 ants. according 70
the observations and counting. extead-
Ing over two years. carried cut by .
wen-knoWn naturalist.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
Invention Constantly Improved.

Invention Constantly Improved.
The storage battery or electric &C
cumuIator OF Faure was first exhibited
In London 81 years ago. Since then
the invention has been greatly i'm
proved by Edison and others, and Is
now successfully applied to the opera
ton Of street cars and other uses.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

Frank Jennings, a young farmer re-
siding north of Quenemo, threshed
eighteen acres of wheat that yielded
fifty-one bushels to the acre, mis- en-
tire field of eighty acres averaging
forty-two bushels, and testing sixty
one pounds to the bushe1 The aver
age in the Marias de Cyne Valley
will be close to forty bushels to the
acre.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
Steady Hand Imperative.

A steady hand in military affairs IL
more requisite than In peace, because
an error committed in war may prove
emediabIe.-Baeon.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
Dangerous Driving.

Why is it dangerous to drive during
! hard showerg'
Because you cannot hold the rains
freins).
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

William Ferrill, As years old, and
Hubert Konzern, %. both of Upton,
were killed by lightning the other
night while returning from the har-
vest fields. The bolt also killed eight
horses and badly shocked Willis Fer
rill, son OF William FerriI. A wife
and six children survive Ferrill.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

Word was received in Atchison re-
Gently that Ralph Shelly, son OF DR..
b. T. Shelly Of Atchison, has been
made first lieutenant in the Ameri-
can aviation service. He is serving
In France.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

A jury of Kansas farmers decided
recently that Robert Stroud should be
hanged for the murder of Andrew T.
Turner, a guard, in the dining room
of the United States prison at Leaven-
worth, March rs, 1913.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

News of the death of the first Man
haitian soldier to be killed in active
service in France was received there
recently. Arthur Hopp was killed
June II. He was % years old, grad
s1ate of the Kansas State Agricultural
College with the class of rs, and at
ter became assistant city engineer of
Manhattan. He enlisted in Company
D, Second Engineers, in May of last
year and had been in France several
months.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
AT all up-tO-date grOcers.
A Mean Suggestion.

''I would have you know, sir, my
family comes OF a very old line" "Oh.
I dare say, its members have had
plenty Of rope in their time"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
Woman caIIed Mxzterx

Little Reuben-Say. mamma, Is
nan called a mister7
Mamma-Yes, darling.
Little Reuben-Then I suppose a
woman is called q mystery, isn't she.
mammal
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

The first wheat in Chase County
was threshed on the farm of Repre-
sentative Dudley Doolittle east of Coz
tonwood Falls. The wheat yielded al
most forty-five bushels to the acre
and was hauled to the city for ship
ment
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

Strict surveillance will be kept by
the state banking department upon
Kansas bankers especially officials in
one bank town to see that every eff
fort is made to keep up activities in
support of the war. Walter z. VIII
son, state bank commissioner, stated
that so-called "pro-Germanism" in
many cases was in reality ''pro-dol-
lar proganda and that the almighty
dollar" assumed such a size in the
eyes of some persons that it hid the
viciousness of the kaiser and the
needs of the boys now fighting for
America. The bank commissioner
will cooperate with the council of de-
Tense in the roundup of any slackers
in the financial business of the state.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

w. H Morgan, founder of the Pea
body Gazette, died here recently at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Err
nest Jordan. A son, the Rev. George
E. Morgan of ST. Louis, also survives.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

The first load of new wheat was
VIII G. Schmidt. It tested 81 II lbs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

Abilene has exceeded its savings
stamp quota OF $4,000 and early re-
ports indicate that the county too viii
take its full quota.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

The appeal of Ralph L. McCawley
Of Butler county to the President has
been denied, according to informa-
ton to the adjutant generals office.
MeCawley appealed from the decision
OF the draft board Of District No. 2
against his exemption.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

The first new wheat to be sold in
Atchison this year was marketed at
an elevator recently and was the ear
lest to be sold in the history of At
Gibson. 1t was sold by the Joe Lane,
q farmer south of town for $2.O6 a
bushel and tested No. red.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

A service flag twelve by thirty feet
is being prepared by the native sons
and daughters of Kansas in honor of
the native Kansans who shall serve
in the present war. The flag is to
be hung in the rotunda of the state
house. George NJ. Stone designed it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18
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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-18

agreed Nick, with a show OF bravery.
Its funny that you should have
spoken Of caterpilIars d snakes at
the same time" said Daddy, 'for
there Is something quite alike about
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-08-22
CHlLDS SAYS THE
FUTURE IS BRIGHT

Leroy Childs, who has Just returned
from a visit in the middle west that
carried him as far east as Michigan
fruit districts, says he is more opti-
mistic than ever over the future pros
poets Of Northwestern fruit districts.
81 saw no good orchards on my en-
tire trip," says Mr. Chids. THAT is,
in comparison with a Northwestern
commercial orchard Apparently the
demands Of agriculture have consumed
the time Of middle western growers,
and trees show lack Of care and spray
ing Several years ago was over the
same territory and saw some produc-
tive, we'll cared for orchards. look
for a growing demand for western
boxed apples in these middle western
districts
While away Mr.. Childs visited the
Wisconsin, Minnesota. Illinois and
southern Michigan experiment stations.
He says that all farm crops, except in
southern Michigan, where weather con-
ditions have been unfavorable, are
good.
i was certainly glad to get back to
the Oregon climate, says Mr. Childs
u was in Chicago when the tempera-
ture registered l03 degrees, the hottest
August day they had ever had there.
1t was entirely too hot for an Oregon
ian ~