The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13

Clarence Hey1 has moved back to
Walker from Solomon.
Bertha Virunond has a government
position IN Washington, D. G.
G. W. Meyer who has been work
ing at Ellis, is at home again.
Mrs. Ed Hill and daughter, Hazel,
are visiting her mother in Hoxie.
J.R. ThOrne of Long Beach, Calf l..
is here visiting his sister, Mrs. Nor
gan.
$295,16O is the quota for Ellis
County in the w SIS campaign June
28th.-
E W. VOORHEES, of Russell, was
here this week looking after his land
business in our county.
Robin SchwaIler son OF Otto
Schwaller, is in the aviation arm OF
the service with the rank OF Lieuten-
ant
Rowena Snyder left Tuesday morn
ing for a three weeks visit with two
girl friends in the Country CIuO Dis
trict.
VIII Wright of the 'sNews" force
says that there is one wedding in the
near future that he will get to tell
the truth about.
A A Wiesner returned Tuesday
evening from his months outing at
Excelsior Springs, Mo. His health is
greatly improved
NJ De-, A. 5-,--,-.,1--,.
has been at the Schermerhorn Ladies
signed her position.
Tom Reed enlisted in the navy at
Kansas City, last week, and will 90
to Puget Sound to the Naval Train
ing camp, leaving on Wednesday.
= DR.. Gerritt Snyder is attending the
Christian Endeavor State Convention
at Mcpherson, Kansas He is to lead
the Devotional part of the program
both days.
Last week the Saline river, n the
north part of this county was the
highest in nine years, and the Solo
mon river in Rocks county, way out
of its banks.
The Ladies Aid of the NJ. E. church
will have a social afternoon at the
church on Wednesday afternoon and
1t is urged that all ladies of the
church be present.
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyter-
ian church will be entertained by
Mrs. Read and Mrs. Clover at the
residence of Mrs. Read, Thursday af-
ternoon, June Doth
The Street Commissioner was busy
grading East Normal Avenue. The
splendid row of tress from end to
end of city makes this one of the
pretiest in the city.
Among the Hays visitors this week
was c. G. Weeks of Los Angeles, who
formely lived IN Russell, coming there
way back in the '7O's, but moved out
to California for his health.
Attorney Geo. Holland of Russell,
was in court Tuesday, trying the Hen
ry Hoff will contest case, with Nc
Clure of Topeka, assisting. Rea and
Flood representing the heirs who got
the estate
c. W. Miller, Jr., has just succeed
ed in getting the contract from the
Red Path Horner Chautaqua Com
pany returned for the 1918 Chautau-
qua and there will be no Chautauqua
in Hays, this year.
Miss Pearl Hughes went to Lincoln,
Kansas, Monday, where she will at
tend an Epworth League conference.
There also will be a similar confer
ence at Russell on Thursay and Fri
day and she viii attend that. She is to
give several addresses at these i'm
portant meetings A number Of the
Epwcrth Laegue members plan to at
tend the meeting a Russell.
The old timer Al Montgomery, in
former times of the firm of Mad en-
&Montgomery, deealers IN farm ma
chinery. later of Goodland and now
of Colorado, was visiting IN this city,
Sunday. it being twenty years since
last time here. He is pleased at the
improvement of our little city. He
ha dbeen to Sockton, visiting his son,
who is living here.
On June oath Princeton college in
New Jersey, one of the oldest and
wealthiest colleges in the United
States, goes on war basis-and like
the State University at Berkely, Calf,
will require every student to take a
three year course in military training,
under the strictest of military dis
cipline, eating and sleeping in bar
racks, instead OF the present COM
Portable boarding houses.
A letter received by Mrs. Stuart
from her son, Kenneth, Wednesday,
morning, states that he is enjoyinfi
the best of health and that he is doing
his 'bit' towards downing the kaiser.
He sent home a souvenir from France
"a small piece of wood taken from a
German aeroplane. It was the plane
driven by the Boche that killed the
American Ace, Lufberry, who had
twenty-one Boche planes to his credit
Last Sunday the Lutherans dedi-
Gated a new beautiful service flag
Instead of the usual white square In
the center there 81 a white cross on
which twenty-three blue stars are
sewed. The cross stands for duty, ser
vice, sacrifice. The significance of the
cross as symbol IN this connection
is easily seen. Two American flags,
on their own standards, stood guard
ing the Altar. Our flag guarantees
religious liberty to all. Under its
gracious folds we may worship God
according to the distates of conscience.
George Grass, represented by one of
the stars on the service flag was pres
ent- At the impressive moment of
dedication he aamo forU1rd z11zf1I