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

Warren Baker was a west bound
passenger on the jitney Friday.
Mrs. Garland Yarbrough and little
daughter Garland, were Ellis visitors
Friday.
E. W. Hockensmith came in on the
jitney Friday, and spent the week
end with his family.
Mr. Kane, formerly a shoemaker of
this city, is reported seriously i'll
at his home in Ellis.
See Charley Chaplin. He is all
stripes and no stars at the Hays
Opera House, Saturday.
The ladies aid society of the Lu-
theran church will meet with Mrs.
Knoche, Friday, March 18th.
Mrs. Harry Miles and little son,
went to Ellis, Friday, for a short visit
with Mrs. Douglas Montgomery.
Mr.. Bartell, travelling salesman,
came in on 1O2 Friday night, and
spent the weekend with his family.
Mrs. Ninetta Kresss, nee Neusbaum
and Miss Ada Handlin of Manhattan,
visited at the Weber home Saturday
Strayed- From my farm on Feb
ruary 9th, a gray horse, weight
about 1900 George Mcintosh, phone
902.
W. A Lewis has returned from
his trip to Atlantic City, Washington
and other points of interest in the
east.
Found-A fountain pen on Craw-
ford Avenue. Owner may have same
by calling on H. w. Fellers and prov
ing property.
I Mrs. Fred Dreiling and children re-
turned Friday noon, on the jitney
after a short visit with friends and
relatives at Victoria
The mother of Mrs. Harry Kirkman
and Leone Smith, is here from Ne
braska, and will likely make her
home IN Hays, hereafter.
Miss Ruby Thomas, as typist, is as
slsting Miss Kane in the Office at the
Experiment Station and carrying on
her necessary work in the High school
besides.
Mrs. B. F. Replogle's children and
grandchildren, all Of whom live in
or near Hays, surprised her on the
evening of her birthday last Tuesday
evening.
W. II Holsinger of Cottonwood
Falls, was in Hays, Monday, of this
week in the interest of Chas Scott's
candidacy. Scott is a candidate for
y. S. Senator.
VIM. Butts IAN old resident of this
city, died at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. P. Shuts, Monday. Fun
eral was from the Baptist church,
Tuesday afternoon.
While playing on a pile of lumber
Monday evening, Master Alvin Wurst,
the small son of Mrs. Lizzie Wurst
of the Home Cafe, had the misfortune
to fall and hurt himself severely.
Mrs. Marion Enfield has been hav-
ing a painful experience with infiama-
ton of one of her eyes-caused by
slight infection during treatment for
a defective tear duct. She is MAX
ing good recovery however.
Six more young men of Hays have
Joined the colors, and left for Funs-
ton: Jack Middlekouff left Sunday,
dore and Paul Gross, CIaud Wilson
and George Miles, Monday night
The Hays Chamber of Commerce
has made arrangements with the
United tSates immigration Service
to assist the farmers in securing per-
manent labor. This will assure the
farmer in getting help of the kind
he wishes.
Miss Emily Johnson, who has been
absent for two months taking medi-
cal treatments has returned to Hays
and is once more at her desk in the
Citizens State Bank, much improved
in health, because of her vacation
She is one of the banks most efficient
employees.
1917 Ford touring car for sale. In
quire at the Free Press Office.
James H. Reeder an old time and
honored resident of Hays, died at his
home in Kansas City Wednesday
morning about one o'clock. Mr. Rec
der has been in bad health for
several years and his ailment took
a sudden turn for the worse His
brother, C. w. Reeder, was called
to his bedside Monday. His body was
SHIPPED TO Hays, for burial. The fun
eral services will be under the au-
spices of the Masonic lodge Friday
afternoon.
Tuesday afternoon representative
of several organizations met at the
Office of the Secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce in this city and or
ganized a farm labor committee with
the object of fixing the pay of ex-
peFienced and inexperienced labor
and also to make a labor survey of
Ellis County. The thirty-five local
farmers unions have been invited to
send a delegate instructed as to the
wishes of their organization in regard
to the matter on hand to the next
meeting of this committee on March
23rd.
1t is expected there will be a large
attendance at the Golden Belt Meet
ing which convenes March 7th and
the housing of the delegates is be-
coming a serious proposition. Efforts
are being made to secure rooms but
the citizens are not responding as
readily as they should. 1t would
seem that householders of the city
might for the term of three days in
convenience themselves and open up
their spare bdrooms In the interest
of the association and the city. They
will be properly remunerated.