The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-07

day.
N P. Gassman has broken ground
for his new residence on East Normal
Avenue.
Mrs. Geo. Wood of Sharon Springs,
was a Red Cross visitor to our city on
Thursday.
Mrs. johnson, who has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Malmberg,
left for her home in Topeka, Tues
day morning
Mrs. C. NJ. Wann is at the Hays
hospital sufereing from an attack
of pneumonia
Walter W. Ward came in on 1O2
Friday night and spent the weekend
with his family
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Howie of
north of Gorham, visited the Howie
family last week.
See Charley Chaplin. He is all
stripes and no stars at the Hays
Opera House, Saturday.
Attorney Holmquist transacted
business in the western part of the
state Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Lisle McElhinney, Mrs. G. NJ.
Rolf and Mrs. H Porter, were here
from Quinter, Tuesday, attending the
Red Cross Conference meeting.
Julia Mullen, who has been suffer
ing from blood poisoning for the past
three weeks, has so far recovered that
she is able to return to her school.
1t is reasonably certain that Hays
will soon have free city mail delivery.
The Chamber of Commerce has been
working along this line for some time.
A dozen of the Masonic fraternity
took supper at the Brunswick, Wed
nesday evening. Mr.. Bowlby of the
Saline and Nh. Rich of Ellis, being
the guests of honor.
Mrs. A. J. Ellermeier, Mrs. Court
right, and Mrs. Phares of WaKeeney,
were here Monday evening in CON
ference with the ladies of Hays on
Red Cross matter.
Deciding to close the Ohio House
on Chestnut Street as a rooming
house, Mrs CoRnell-Munroe this
week is selling off the household
furniture in the building.
This cool wet weather of the past
ten days is great wheat weather and
at harvest time the wheat belt of Kan
sas, will again produce a phenorinal
crop of golden grain.
Cotton" Bissing Of the Electric
Light Plant Service IN Hays, leaves
this Thursday night for San Antonio,
Texas, having enlisted in the cleo
trio service of the U. S. Army.
D. C. Brummitt and wife of Hays
City, arrived in Oakley, this week,
and are visiting friends They are
making preparations to remain here
during the sumper--Oakley Graphic.
Every farmer who visits HAYS. dur
ing this muddy weather will surely be-
come q convert to the good roads idea
as soon as he hits the pavement on
Chestnut Street. The benefit of good
roads, whatever the first cost, is thor
oughly demonstrated.
Mrs. E. R. Hess died at Lawrence,
Kansas, last Thursday, from poto-
maine poisoning. Mr.. and Mrs Hess
were residents of Hays, for about
renee. They have many friends here
who will truly sympathize with Mr..
Hess in the loss of his wife.
See the greatest Wild Animal Pic
ture at The Hays Opera House, Sat
urday.
Only a few more days now until
the Assessors will be around making
their annual trip to find out what
you are worth. This year the land
has to be assessed as well as the per
sonal property. All property is
based on what you have the first day
Of March, with the exception of sotck
Of goods, which is taken from gen
Grad average for the year.
Secretary Bolinger of the Hays
Chamber of Commerce, accompanied
Oy Miles Mulroy went to Wilson, on
Monday of this week, to attend
good roads meeting. Both men made
speeches before the Wilson Chamber
IF Commerce in favor of good roads.
Wilson will have a representative
delegation at Ellsworth, when Mr..
Smith speaks there March goth. A
delegation will also go from here
See the greatest Wild Animal Pic
5ure at The Hays Opera House, Sat
1rday.
If YOU intend to be candidate for
county Office This year 1t will pay you
that your friends may know you are
IN the race and not commit them
selves to some other person before
hey know of your candidacy. The
price for candidates of any party will
be five dollars, strictly paid in ad-
vance. The columns of this paper Is
open to all corners, so get busy If the
political bee is buzzing in your bon
net.
When you buy a sack of flour you
have to take a team and wagon to
haul it home and the bill of fare is
as follows: barley flour, buckwheat
four, rice -four, potato flour, corn
-four, corn meal, oat meal, feterita
meal, hOminy, corn grit, corn starch
and rolled oats.
A sack of flour costs S2.75, but
to get the sack of flour you will have
to buy the above items also, at an
outlay of about $500 and the poor
man with only S2.75 is up against it.
No credit, no money, no flour.
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