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.ug was taking place. Uncle Sam
Iad started on this remarkable ex-
.eriInent; he was going TO see wheth-
wheat could be marketed minus
-uke-Offs TO The SPECTATORS. This
neCeSsiiaIed complete control by the
Government of storage facilities, trans
iiOrtatiun and diSiributive agencies,
mi the marketing machinery for
wheat ana rye
Everybody was troubled; most of
I'll. the officials of the Food Admins
ration Grain Corporation who had
undertaken, witlinui s;iiary. and at the
sacrifice of their personal connection
with the grain trade. TO whip into
shape the forces that would drive for
ward the big business machine for
marketing American wheat. single
control; and S5O,OOO,0O0 nonprOfit-
making corporation TO do the work.
This work is a necessary arm of the
Food Administration, allowing The
Government to do business quickly
and without red tape. Its stock is held
in trust by the President of the Unit
ed States. For the time of the war IL
will supervise the rate or purchase
the part commercially available of the
5000, 600 bushels of wheat and the
100000 surplus of rye grown in
America in 1917 Its job is to find
market for every bushel, irrespective
of class and grade. Under its patron
age, wheat screenings are moving just
as easily as No. Northern. 1t must
also work out satisfactorily the local
prices for wheat at each Of almost
10000 country elevator points, adjust
thousands of complaints, organize the
gathering and analysis of date, inspect
concerns reported as dealing unfairly,
solve vexatious disagreements among
the trade, and deal effectively with the
allies purchasing agent and the neu-
trails who may desire to purchase.
In the early days. following the de-
termination of prices for 1917 wheat
by the Presidents Fair Price Commits
SIGN, confusion existed in every part of
the wheat-producing regions. This was
Intensified by the Inauguration of the
neg grain grades, as promulgated by
the Department of Agriculture, which
took place about the same time, and
ictl 10 diverse complaints and feel
ing among farmers that the Grain Cor
pcration Of the Food Administration
ives responsible for both the price as
determined and stricter observance If
grain grades But the corporation was
responsible fer neither act IL IS pure
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The Greatest Fortune.

II there be one man before me who
honestly and contentedly believes that,
on the whole, he is doing that work to
which his powers are best adapted, !
wish to congratulate him. Ny friend,
care not whether you are from the
Office or the shop; care not whether
you preach the everlasting Gospel from
the pulpit, or swing the hammer upon
the blacksmith's anvil; care not
whether you have seen the inside OF &
college or the outside-whether your
work be that OF the head or that OF
the hand-whether the world count
you noble or ignoble; If you have
found your place you are q happy
man. Let no ambition ever tempt you
away from It. by so much as a ques-
tioning thought. G. Holland
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Colonies Founded by NEGROES.

OoionieS ROUNDED py negroes.
The first attempt to found an Afri.
can settlement for liberated slaves was
made 40 years ago when Sierre Lee
one, on the west coast of Africa, was
organized for that purpose. Doctor
Smeathman was the author of the
scheme and Captain Thompson in
1856 purchased the territory from
King Tom of the Timmanehs and COM
menced the settlement with 400 ne
groes and 60 Europeans. The hostility
of the natives and the shiftlessness Of
the black cOlonists resulted in the fail
ure of the first attempt In 1871 the
survivors were collected and a new set
Element was started, with a colony of
1,2O0 negroes from Nova Scotia and
the Bahamas. The American negroes
were much more successful and Sierra
Leone is now prosperous colony. In
1922 a similar colony was established
to the south of Sierra Leona and it be
came the refuge for freed blacks of
the United States, as Sierra Leone had
been for those of British possessions.
The American colony became the in
dependent republic of Liberia in 1847.
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Making Hair Fabrics

The making OF hair fabrics is an i'm
portant and growing industry. All
kinds OF hair and fbers are used. Dur
ing the process that Is to render them
fabrics the hair or other material is
reduced to paste by q solvent. The
paste is run through an artifci;.. silk
spinner and drawn from the spinner in
threads Certain OF these threads are
a yard or more in length. They can be
braided or woven like artificial horse
hair. Hair composition of superior
quality is kept for the manufacture -
Wigs and Oraids
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at New York City was SIPS per BUSH
ell. Here is how he went about 1t:
The freight rate from Sikeston to
New York being 1898 cents per BUSH
ell, he deducted that from $2.2S per
bushel and found the price at Sikeston
to be S2.1102. From this he deducted
1 per cent per bushei for the commits
sion firms charges, which put the net
price f. o. b. Sikeston at $4,000.
He next compared this price with
what he could get IL he sold at St
Louis, his nearest primary market. at
st. Louis the basic price is S2.18 per
bushel, and the freight rate from
Sikeston to St Louis 6 cents per bush
ell. This would make the Sikeston
price S212, less 1 cent per bushel for
selling charges, or S2.11 net The St
Louis price would therefore govern,
being advantageous to the Sikeston
seller.
If our imaginary bushels of wheat
had started from Sikeston, since 1t was
a No. grade, we must deduct cents
per bushel, which would bring the
price f. o. b. the elevator point to
S2OSO2 per bushel AS our imaginary
elevator man is charging cents per
bushel for handling, which includes
the commission fee just mentioned, we
deduct an additional 4 cents to arrive
at the price the farmer received. This
price would be S2.04O2 at the elevator.
Some of that cents will return to our
farmer If the elevator prospers; for 1t
is owned comparatively.
When Farmer and Elevator Man Dis
agree.
Had this elevator been owned by pri-
vate firm or person, or had it been a
'1ine'' plant, Col. Jenkins would not
have been so bland and trustful.
He might have refused to sell at all
and arranged to store his wheat or he
might have taken It over to a COM
petitive concern which offered high
er price; for the Food Administration
has not yet attempted to regulate the
prices paid farmers for wheat at coun-
try points. II does. however, offer to
sell for any farmer or farmers organ
ization wheat offered at terminal
points, bit makes a commission charge
OF per cent for its services
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PILES

Itching, Bleeding Blind or Pro-
truding Piles quickly and permanent
ly cured WITHOUT THE KNIFE.
No cutting, no chloroform or other
dangerous anesthetic used. He gives
a contract and guarantee to cure
every case he treats, no matter how
long sanding, or refund every cent of
your mony.
f.you are afflicted with this pain
full and troublesome malady it will
pay you to call and have a talk with
him.
The doctor is authorized by the
State of Kansas to treat all chronic
diseases of men and women.
Examination and consultation free
and confidential
Office Address:
T. c. BROWN, Nj. D.
AIS Ridge Bldg. Kansas City, Mo.
Reference: Gate City National Bank
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EXECUTORS NOTICE

First published in Hays Free Press
April 4, 1879
State OF Kansas, Ellis County, IS:
In the Probate Court In and for said
county In the matter of the
estate of Barbara Amerin, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary have been granted to
the undersigned on the Last VIII and
testament of Barbara Amerin late of
said county, deceased, by the Honor
able, the Probate Court of the county
and state aforesaid, dated the LIST
day of April, 1918 Now all persons
having claims against the said estate
are hereby notified they must present
the same to the undersigned for allow
ance within one year from the date of
said letter, or they may be precluded
from any benefit of such estate: and
that If such claims be not exhibited
within two years after the date of
said letter, they shall be forever
barred
Dated April 1, 1918
A A Wiesner,
Executor OF the Last VIII and Tesla
ment of Barbara Amerin, deceased.
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First published April 4, 1918 in the
Hays Free Press)
ROAD NOTICE

ROAO NJ LIE
State of Kansas, Ellis County SIS:
Office of County Clerk Hays, Kansas,
April 8, 1913.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Take Notice, That legal petition
signed by Frank Thurston and other
householders of Saline Township, in
said County, has been presented to
the Board of County Commissioners,
praying for the Location of Section
Line road, as follows, viz:
Beginning at the southwest corner
of section 6, Township Ii, Range Is
in Ellis County; thence east on the
section line between seton 6and z, 5
and 8, 4 and 9, two and one-haf miles
intersecting with public road at
point of beginning and with the north
and south road at point 80 rods east
of the southwest corner of section 4.
And terminating at the point last
named.
And that said Board has appointed
Herman J. Tholen, John Jacobs and
Willett J. Helms, Viewers, who will
meet at the place of beginning of said
road, as petitioned for, on the 9th
day of May, 1918, and proceed to
view said road as the law directs, at
which time and place all persons in
terested may attend ard have a hear
ing. In case said Viewers fail to
meet on the day designated they may
meet on the following day, as provid-
ed by law, without further notice
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Witness my hand and official seal
Of said County, this 3rd day of April,
1918 Geo. II. Brown.
(Seal.) County Clerk
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First published April 4, 1918 in the
Hays Free Press)
ROAD NOTICE

ROAD NOTICE
State of Kansas, Ellis County IS:
Office of County Clerk Hays, Kansas,
April 3, 1918.
To Whom II May Concern:
Take Notice. That legal petition
signed by J. ]. Roth, and other house
holders of Freedom Township, in said
county, has been presented to the
Board of County Commissioners pray
ing for the Relocation of a Section
line, road, as follows, viz:
Beginning at the northeast corner
of section 36-15-16, thence west on
section line, between section 25 and
SO in Township Is, Range 16, for a
distance of one-half mile more or
less. Said road to be SO feet wide
for the purpose of getting dirt to
grade said road. Said relocation be-
-Ig part of road No. 402.
And that said Board has appointed
Herman J. TEolan, John Jacobs and
Willett J. Helms, Viewers, who will
meet at the place of beginning of said
road, as petitioned for, on the 10th
day CT May, 1918, and proceed to
view said road as the law directs, at
which time and place all persons in
lterested may attend and have hear
ing. In case said Viewers fail to
meet on the day designated they may
meet on the following day, as provid-
ed by law, without further notice
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Witness my hand and official seal
of said County, this 3rd day of April,
1913 Geo H Brown.
| (SeaL) County Clerk.
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First published April 4, 1918 in the
Hays Free Press)
ROAD NOTICE
State of Kansas, Ellis County IS:
Office of County Clerk Hays, Kansas,
April 8, 1918.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Take Notice, That legal petition
signed by Louis Johnson and other
householders of Pleasant Hill Town
ship, in said County, has been pre-
sented to the Board of County Com
missicners, praying for the Location
or Section line road, as follows, viz
Beginning at the northwest corner
of section %, Township IA, Range
10, west; thence west three miles on
the section line or as near as practic-
able, between sctions 10 and 30.
Township IA, Range 10, sections "a
and 25 and between sections % and
26 in Townhip Ia, Range 20, and ter
minating at the northwest corner of
section 26, Township IA, Range 20.
And that said Board has appointed
Herman j. Tholen, John Jacobs and
Willett j. Helms, Viewers, who will
meet at the place of beginning of said
road, as petitioned for, on the 9Th
day of May, 1918, and proceed to
view said road as the law directs, at
which time and place all persons in
terested may attend and have hear
ing. In case said Viewers fail to
meet on the day designated they may
meet on the following day, as provid-
ed by law, without further notice.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Witness my hand and official seal
of said County, this 3rd day of April,
1918 Geo. H. Brown.
(SeaL) County Clerk.
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Floating.

If one would reflect, let him en-
bark on some placid stream and float
with the current. He cannot resist
the muse. As re ascend the stream,
plying the paddle with might and
main, snatched and impetuous
thoughts course through the brain.
We dream OF conflict, power, and
grandeur. But turn the prov down
stream, and rock, tree, kline, knoll, as
Stunning new and varying positions, as
wind and water shift the scene, favor
the liquid lapse of thought, far-reach-
ing and sublime, but ever calm and
gently undulating.-Thoreau.
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.ating into The pOckPts of both prOdUc-
'rS and CONSUMERS benefits derived Icy
he Nation He has shut off specula-
ion. produced free market and
movement of all grades of wheat, cut
-NpenSeS and induced a normal flow Of
VheaI in natural directions, and eff
pcted thousand other economies.
The Food Administration Grain Cor
'oratiOn, which supervises the sale, or
tSclf buys every busheI of wheat pro-
iuced in the Nation in its progress
rom country elevator to foreign buy
"rs or domestic consumers, marks a
new step toward national efficiency
How i'm four short months it has been
lone is told in the following episodes
wherein two bushels of wheat travelled
q market.
One fine fall afternoon, Col Bill
Jenkins. who farms somewhere in Mis-
souri,. loaded his wheat into a wagon
md drove along the black road that
led across the prairie to town When
ne reached the cooperative elevator
which he WAS a stakeholder. he
.ulled up on the scales. checked his
ross weights carefully, and began TO
itS Jul
<ked
when Won want TO sell this wheat"
i dunno" ne answered. lone
ines about as good as another
'hese days. T won't weigh any more
AFTER" he added. with a dry smile
wheat shrinks lot" admitted the
manager. 81 hear the Government
wants as much wheat as it can get
lust Ow-understand the Allies do
.'at a terrible lot of it Since the war"
Whats wheat to-day?" asked Col
Jenkins. getting interested.
We'll, let me see," parleyed the
'nnager- II guess this wheat'd be a
God No. under the new grades
Grades? What about grades? That
'oOd Administration seems to mix into
Mighty nigh everything from rabbits
axle grease
Hold on, Colonel" said the eleva-
nr man. gOod-naturediy 1.-The Food
administration Is not to blame. Con-
,ress passed the act and told the De
nartment of Agriculture to fix the
grades They became effective last
Tuly. sent out a letter on it,
We'll, | guess you better sell for
The hest you can" said the farmer.
I am needed at home" And he drove
.;way.
a New Order In the Grain World.
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HAYS HISTORY
% YEARS AGO
April 4, 1889

Mrs. Schwaller is entertaining her
baby from Lawrence.
Mrs. Col. Yard and family have ar
rived and will take possession of the
Goeky residence next week.
Mrs. Shelby is entertaining her sis
ter, Mrs. Wood, from Ness City.
Kruger received a car of pota-
toes on Tuesday and the car was sur
rounded by eager buyers as the peo-
pie appreciate pure good seed.
The baby of L. H. Boyd died this
week and was buried on Wednesday.
Robinson has returned to his po-
sition~at the freight depot.
Benny Miller rejoices over the ar
rival of baby boy at his home
The newly elected city officers quail
flied before the District Clerk on
Thursday morning.
The railroad company furnished a
couple cars of water to help put out
the fire.
i Hill Wilson returned this week
from his trip to New York. He re-
ports our railroad matters in good
shape and feels confident it will be
built this summer.
J. H Ward has leased and located
in the Sponseller cottage on the north
side of town on Fairview addition.
John Hemperly has moved to one
Of the Beach cottages on Gospel hill.
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A Mild Threat.

The following story of the late Dr.
Timothy Dwight appeared recently in
the daily press. In his early days,
when he was a tutor in charge of stu,
dent discipline at Yale, a sort of proc
tor, apparently, he was called out of
his room by some midnight escapade.
He was obliged as a matter of duty
to pursue the disturbers, and with his
long legs he soon found himself gain
ing rapidly upon them. Thereupon a
solemn voice rang out suddenly into
the night:
"Gentlemen, if you don't run a little
faster, shall be obliged to overtake
you I"-Youth's Companion.
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DR.. Brown treats diseases of the
Stomach, Liver, Blood, Skin, Nerves,
Heart, Spleen, Kidneys, Bladder, Sex
uaI Diseases, Diseases of Women,
Rheumatism, Diabetes, Catarrh, Bed
Wetting, Leg Ulcers, certain forms
of Paralysis, Weak Lungs, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Appendicitis, Gall Stones,
Golfers, Tumors, Cancers, Bilious
ness, Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Emaciation,
Epilepsy, Headaches, Sleeplessness,
Neurasthenia, Obesity, Plurisy, Scro-
fulous Diseases, Diseases of Men.
If you have Kidney or Bladder
troubles bring an ounce bottle of
your urine for analysis.
The doctor furnishes all his own
medicines.
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Iy an administrative arm of the Gov.
eminent formed to buy grain or super
wise its sale at the prices determined
by the commission, and It must do its
work on the basis of the new grades.
But to return to our farmer and his
expectations of price
introducing Two Bushels OF Wheat.
Lying side by side in his wagon had
been bushels Of wheat that fate had
marked for strangely different ends
They were very much alike, those
bushels Of wheat, and to look at them
you would not have suspected the
strange and wonderful adventures In
store for them. Yet one was destined
to travel abroad for consumption in
France; the other to find its way into
Georgia, where 1t was milled and its
-four finally reached a New York
baker on the East Side. But In the
sum Of the travels made by the two,
as we shall follow them, will be IN
folded the International panorama Of
wheat marketing in time OF war.
Finding a Price at Country Point.
High war costs of production gave
our Missouri farmer much concern as
depression over the prospects of his
wheat grading down.; for that meant
a reduction of 8 cents per bushel IN
der the No. 1 grade. But 1t graded
No. 2.
The elevator would also deduct an
additional cents a bushel to cover the
fixed charge made in this locality for
handling and selling The scent
charge included the commission Of
cent per bushel customary in 1917
among commission men for selling the
wheat to domestic millers or foreign
buyers.
The elevator man was none too sure
as to how to get at the price which
this wheat should bring. He knew
considerably more about human nature
than freight rates and decided to
check up" the problem to the nearest
zone agent Of the Grain Corporation.
So he wrote a letter to the representa-
tive stationed at St Louis. That let
ter was referred to the traffic expert
in the New York Office, who transmit
ted the following rule for determining
the price Of wheat at any country
point:
There Is only one price for wheat at
country point That price Is always
to be arrived at by taking as a basis
the price at the most advantageous
primary market where we have fixed
a price and deductine the freight to
that market and fair handling profit
That is the price to be paid for wheat
at any station, regardless of the point
to which IL may be shipped.
Working out the price which should
be paid for wheat at your station is
a fine occupation for an of day. II
you cannot find the answer, write TO
the Food Administration Grain Cor
poration in New York City and its
traffic expert will give you aid.
Finding the Price of No. 2 Wheat at
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able, bewteen section So and 36 in
Township Is, Range 16, for a dis
lance Of one-haf mile, more or less
and there to connect with an already
laid out road. And terminating at
the meeting with said laid out road.
And that said Board has appointed
Herman J. Tholen, John Jacobs and
Willett j. Helms, Viewers, who will
meet at the place of beginning of said
road, as petitioned for, on the 10th
day of May, 1913, and proceed to
view said road as the law directs, at
which time and place all persons in
terested may attend and have hear
ing In case said Viewers fail to
meet on the day designated they may
meet on the following day, as provid-
ed by law, without further notice
BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Witness my hand and official seal
of said County, this 3rd day of April,
1913 Geo. II. Brown.
(Seal.) County Clerk.
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nestle supplies, we urgently need
this year earlier and more complete
marketing Of the wheat in the farm
ers' hands than usual. The Allies are
taking from US fifty per cent of other
cereals than wheat to mix in their
bread
Inasmuch as the people in Allied
countries and the soldiers must he
fed with bread made wholly out of
other cereals and we must furnish
them with sufficient wheat ito main,
tain their bakery loaf, I therefore ap-
peal to all Of the farmers in the state
of Kansas that they shall bring all Of
their wheat, except their necessary
reserves for seed to market before
May 1.
This is war call and service for
Uncle Sam who is fighting for his
life. If your local miller is unable to
buy all the wheat that is offered,
market it in the other customary trade
channels through which it will reach
the food administration grain corpora
ton.
HERBERT HOOVER.
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CHURCHES
Methodixk Notes

CHURCHES
Methodist Notes
9:45 A. NJ. Sunday School.
IL a. m Preaching Service.
$50 p. m Epworth League
BaPtists Notes
1000 q m Sunday School
HOO a. m. Morning Worship
$50 q m Senior and Junior B.
Y. P. U
7:30 D. m Evening Worship.
Edward Otis Rogers. Pastor.
The regular services In the Baptist
church. The pastor has spent the last
two weeks in Lucas helping IN special
meetings We are now ready to make
effort count IN our work here.
Trinity Lutheran Church
Charles F. West, Pastor.
Schedule OF Services.
1000 a. Sunday Schol.
HOO g. m Morning worship
700 D. m Luther League
500 o. m Evening Worship
Evening services hereafter will be
held as follows Lague at z p m;
evening worship at 8 p m
Pulpit themes for this Sunday: Il
a. m.-'Upper Room Experiences"
800 D. m-''The Fatherhood of Cod
Two messiah" numbers were sung
at Holy Week services On Thurs
day, Mrs West sang fHe was De-
spised-" On Friday, Mrs Holm sang
'fThy Rebuke Has Broken his Heart
Behold and See"
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First published April 4, 1918 in the
Hays Free Press)
ROAD NOTICE
State of Kansas, Ellis County IS:
Office of County Clerk Hays, Kansas,
April 8, 1913.
To Whom II May Concern:
Take Notice, That a legal petition
signed by J. J. Roth, and other house
holders of Freedom Township, in said
County, has been presented to the
Board of County Commissioners,
praying for the Location of a Section
Line road, as follows, viz:
Beginning al the southwest corner
of section 16-15-16, thence north on
the section line or as near as practic-
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AXE an actual example:
An elevator man In
Sikeston, Mo-, wanted
to know what price
No. 2 wheat should
bring at his station
when No. l wheat