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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

goOdnatured American boys. No wonder the
French loved them for their looks and their ways,
wondered if was possible that they really could
fight and went deliriOus with ecstasy when they
put the Hun on the run and kept him gOingl
Well, the generations to come, who cannot see
these American heroes in the flesh will have the
chance TO few of these heroes in official por-
traits
Joseph Cummings Chase welLknOwn portrait
painter, who went overseas in October on spe-
cial mission for the War college, has returned
He brought with him 142 portraits, including a
complete set of HkenesSes OF the American gen
erals overseas-save four, which he will be com
PEELED to paint here. There - portraits of
generals, 80 of privates, "noncoms' and lieuten-
ants who performed especially noteworthy Serv-
ice; 20 pictures of officers of various grades.
Mr.. Chase was selected by the War college to
paint these portraits, which be incorporated
into the official history of Americas participation
in the great
Doubtless the generals and other officers of high
rank all imposing in looks, but their portraits
have been published before. It is quite likely pop
ular interest in these official portraits will run
largely toward those Of the fighting men. Some
body said: mo army is bigger than its buck
privates. He said something.
The four portraits here reproduced out of Is at
hand the selection of the etcher and not of the
writer it is clear that reproduction quality and
not the record of the soldier determined the
choice Yet this choice. haphazard to deeds.
shows clearly the marvellous qualities of the
American soldier Here is what the four did, in
brief:
Lieut.. Philip Benson, One Hundred and Eighty
fifth Aero SquadrOn--During the last three weeks
of the fighting Lieutenant Benson made trips
nightly over German towns, dropping hundreds of
bombs and fired thousands of rounds Of ammuni-
ton into Hun supply trains OF the pursuit group
TO which he belonged, only two pilots remained
alive. His father is well-known New York arch
ftect, and his uncle is the famous painter, Frank
Benson. Work like this requires a different sort
of courage from that of the charge in the heat Of
battle. Let your imagination go along with this
aviator, alone in the heavens at night over the
enemy country, and make your estimate of
this city boy, well-bred, educated and refined and
of native American stock. Keep in mind too that
aviators have to be just about 100 per cent per
feet mentally and physically, and in a sense are
volunteers.
Corp. Nisczyslaw Brock, Company B. Sixteenth
Infantry, First Division-SOuth Of scissors on
July 81, Corporal Brock to the conclusion
that the Germans had too many machine guns He
picked out the two that were causing the heaviest
losses to his company, went out single handed
and captured those two particular guns. with
every BOche pertaining thereto. His citation saws
this only one incident Of Corporal Brocki's
activities This is OF Polish birth or blood
according TO Chase-evidently Of those item
peramentaI' fellows
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
G
STOCK
y y
SAVING LABOR WITH CATTLE
Alter Daily Routine of Chores So As
to Reduce Amount OF Work
Needed-Other Hints.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
In general, labor in beef cattle Cd
eratiOns may be saved in two ways
The first, which probably viii offer
quickest relief and not require an
extra outlay of capital, is TO alter the
daily routine OF chores so as TO re-
duce the amount OF labor needed. ID
Allow calves to nurse their dams in
the pasture instead OF bringing them
to the barn lots for that purpose. %
Run the bull with the COWS instead
OF keeping him in a paddock 90
Stack coarse roughages in racks from
which the cattle may eat at viii in
stead OF rationing their feed TO them
daily. "a Use self-feeders in fatten-
ing cattle for market instead OF "a
tiOning the feed 10 them once or twice
a day, as the practice may be. 90
Feed the different feedstuffs in their
whole state instead OF chatting, cut
ting. crushing, grinding, etc. 90 Load
manure to the Spreader and haul il TO
the field direct rather than dump il
on piles, thereby eliminating the ne
cessity of relOading. Cd DehOrn all
grade cattle and pure breds not TO be
exhibited at fairs and run them to-
eether so far as possible rather than
separate them according TO sex. age.
etc, thereby making il possible for
one man to look after a greater num-
Der OF cattle in the same length OF
time. go Carefully Gull the herd so
as TO retain only profitable animals
and reduce the number OF surplus ones
to be carried through seasons in which
the greatest care per head must be
supplied
The second way to save labor with
beef cattle is TO supply labOr-saving
equipment. While this method requires
On expenditure OF money and viii
probably not bring such quick relief
as the first method. the equipment
supplied will be permanent and in
the long run viii probably be more
economical in saving labor The fol-
lowing are some of the forms OF
equipment that should be supplied for
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
LIVE STOCK NOTES

Horses and mules viii be used for
many years On some farms
Compared with corn. nine bushels
OF cooked potatoes are worth two OF
the grain as a hog feed.
When lambs are coming rapidly the
ewes should be watched day and night
to avoid unnecessary losses.
It does not pay to take a chance
feeding hogs swin which contains
strong soap or some Of the washing
powders.
A lamb too weak TO stand should get
q Ill OF its mothers milk as soon as
possible. II It refuses 10 nurse feed It
from q bottle.
Il is needless to say that In order
10 obtain the greatest profit I'm raising
hogs, whether few or many are grown,
good pasture is absolutely necessary.
Where alfalfa hay is fed as the
roughage part OF a ration FOR farm
horses at hard work, less grain Is nee
essary than where timothy hay Is fed
Where a mixed grain ration OF corn
oats, on meal and bran Is fed clover
hay is equally As Efficient II not a lit
tie superior to timothy for horses st
hard work
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Java The fabric is covered with a
thin coating Of wax before II is
plunged into bath OF dye. The Ger
mans maintain that they have greatly
amplihed and perfected the process.
According to their account Of exhIb-
its sc the Leipzig spring fair OF last
year, by means Of their improved
method certain tissues that formerly
would not take colors can now be
dyed. Old stuffS blouses, stockings.
hats, and so forth. san be redyed, in
lighter as well as a darker color, or
can be changed completely.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
SAYS MEAT SHOULD COST LESS
Kansas Live Stock Commissioner De,
cIares the High Price Is Caused
by the Retailers.

Retailers should come down on
their beef price to stimulate the mar
ket," declared J. c. Mercer, state live
stock commissioner, who has just re-
turned from the national producers
meeting at Chicago, where he was
chairman Of the marketing committee
Mr.. Mercer also reports that it was
the opinion of the committee that the
government should dispose of the sur
plus beef on hand by exporting to for
eign trade both to relieve the critical
food situation in other countries and
to prevent a slump in the price at
home
"Cattlemen are losing from SO to
$40 head on their stock right now"
Mr.. Mercer asserted. while we all
expect a gradual readjustment, it isn't
fair to the producer to create pre-war
prices for stock produced on war-price
grain The government encouraged
production and appealed to the public
to refrain from eating beef to save it
for the soldiers. Now it is up to the
government to stabilize these prices so
the stOckman can at least break even.
The packers claim to have reduced
their war surcharge, and if this is true,
then the retailers are getting more
than is legitimate profit
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
CHINESE HORN LANTERNS

The shops of the lantern vendors In
the Chinese cities are usually very
gay and attractive, observes an ex-
change. All varieties Of lanterns are to
be seen-the large silken ones three
and four feet high, gorgeously painted
with variegated colors, embroidered
in gold and silver or decorated with
deep fringe of the same material, and
common small horn and paper lanterns
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
HIT 9ZZZ0 M
RE%SON ~

unit that got a chance at
the Hun showed il was made
up of heroes.
How do these incredible
young fighting Americans
look and act and have their
being? Why, you know.
You see these heroes every
day-either actual or poten-
tia1. They are coming back
by the thousands, tens of
thousands, hundreds of thou
sands. They look very much
as they did when they went
overseas - the able-bodied
ones You can see changes,
if you look close, but in the
main they are the same
smiling, jolly. clean. decent,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

III l1lC hllO " IL " VI tNAs
For 100 per cent all
round efficiency they
have no equal. The
military experts of all
nations will tell you so.
For enc thing, they're
always equipped, al
ways ready. always
packed up and asking,
Where do we go from
here?" They're the
oldest branch of the
United States military
service and Uncle Sam
has used them so long
as a sort of interna-
tfOnal NJ. P. that they
really know their bust
ness. Before the great
war, you know, they
were the fighting men
on our battleships, and
when they were put
aShnra anruhnro L
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

With the action of the county COM
missioners in approving petitions ask
ing for sixty-seven miles of hard sur
faced roads, Sedgwick County has ap-
proved and under construction a total
of nearly ninety miles of roads and
other petitions are out which will
raise the total to more than one hun
dred miles, all of which will be brick
or concrete. The road petitions ap-
proved recently constitute the largest
mileage passed upon by any county
in the state and represent three main
roads.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

used by the coolies. The mode of max
ing horn lanterns is very ingenious the
horns are cut into remarkably thin
slices, which, by means OF heat and
pressure, are Joined together and form
ed into various shapes square,
hexagon. octsgon and some shaped to
resemble an hour glass.
At the Feast Of Lanterns, which
takes place IN the early part OF the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Chinese New Year, these Iantern-shop
proprietOrs reap a rich harvest, as it
is customary for parents to make pres
ents OF lanterns to their children,
brother to sister. friend to friend. in
feriOr to superior. and vice versa
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
INDIVIDUAL HOUSE FOR sow
Separate Pen or Stall Six by Eight
Feet, With Fender, Is Best at
narrowing Time.

At narrowing time each SOW should
have a separate stall, pen, or individ-
ual house about six by eight feet
with a fender or railing about ten
inches from the wall and q foot on
the floor to keep the pigs from being
caught against the wall by the SOW
when lying down
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

John K. White, member of casing
crew, was stabbed to death at Edo
RADIO by Marion Loughlin, barber.
Loughlin, who gave himself up to the
police Immediately after the killing,
asserted he acted in seIf-defense. He
resented Whites attentions to a girl
friend and says that White made
threats against him. In the fatal fight
Loughlin was severely beaten
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Ashland has established a reading
and rest room for the harvest hands.
A place has been fitted up where the
boys may spend their evenings, write
letters or read. Late magazines and
daily papers are provided, as well as,
writing material. The city is financ-
ing the project, which was Inaugural
ted by the county agent, and is super
vised by committee A man is on
duty all the time to keep the room
in order and to furnish information
in regard to employment
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

The city council has approved petit
lions for thirty-two blocks of paving,
making a total of fifty-eight blocks
now approved for BeIleville. Other
petitions are being circulated, which
will probably total nearly eighty
blocks. The work is progressing rap
idly and it is thought that perhaps
sixty blocks will be completed before
freezing weather.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
THE BIG KANSAS WHEAT YIELD
State Report Gives Promise of22e, $685.
600 Busheis-Warm Weather
Improves the Corn.

Kansas winter wheat, now being
harvested, was given another boost by
the monthly crop report issued by j.
c. Mohler, secretary of the state board
of agriculture. 1t is estimated at 229,-
217, 900 bushels, an increase of more
than II 100000 bushels over the May
report, and it is approximately 33,00O,-
900 bushels greater than the last
monthly report made by the federal
crop bureau.
Secretary Mohler explains that the
surprising increase is more than 700,-
900 acres larger than that given out
heretofore by the state department,
the new total being 1854, 900 acres.
Today's report, on conditions found on
June q, forecasts an acre yield OF
1913 bushels, as compared with POI
bushels, the May estimate.
For the first time an estimate is
placed on the 1919 spring wheat in
Kansas, which is estimated to yield
$4,000 bushels, bringing the total all
wheat yield of the state this year up
to 229.665,O00 bushels. The report
states:
THE total production promised this
year is nearly equal to the states three
wheat crops of 1916, 1917 and 1913
combined and is 4S 1892, 900 bushels in
excess of the states yield of 1914,
which has stood until now as the rec
ord crop of any state in the United
States
The condition of the crop, based on
100 per cent as normal, is given as 92-4
per cent-a drop of Sc per cent during
the past month due to excessively wet
weather. Damage by rust and insects
is negligible.
In the yield by counties, Ford jumps
from third to first place with pros
pective output of 6.254,OO0 bushels;
Reno, second, 6,O18,OOO; Barton, first
last month, now holds fourth place,
5,837, 900 bushels.
The report says corn Is late and
backward but has shown a vast i'm
provement under the last week Of
warm weather. It's condition on 1885,
900 acres is given as 75.4 per cent.
Oats promises yield of 33.5 bushels
per acre on 1855, 900 acres; total yield
52,416,48 bushels. This would be the
fourth largest ever produced by the
state.
Rye promises a yield of nearly twice
that of last years, 100000 bushels on
287 900 acres.
Alfalfa: The first cutting amounted
to 1925, 200 tons or an average of 1.32
tons per acre. Probably half was dam
aged by wet weather. OF the second
cutting, it is estimated 40 per cent has
been lost, through damege by cut
worms and, in the western part, grass
hoppers.
Potatoes: Condition 90.1 per cent;
acreage $4,000 less than last year when
it was 68,358.
Pastures and meadows: Uniformly
excellent, with promise of hay produc-
ton of 1,1S6,O0O tons, nearly double
the 1918 crop.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

E. w Hume, IS years old, president
OF the Security State Bank of Ottawa,
and director in other banks, is dead
He had lived ia Kansas forty-seVen
years and had been prominent as
farmer, politician and banker His
widow, two sons and two daughters
survive.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
Ratik pYeina Process

Reclamation of wearing apparel dur
ing the war has awakened interest In
the Batik process OF dyefng, which. &C
cording to the Journal OF Industrial
& Engineering Chemistry, originated in
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

this purpose: ID Permanent pasture;
(2) self-feeders; 90 feed racks; "a
deep well; 90 windmill; (6) wafer
piping system; Cd water troughs; (S)
litter carriers; (9) manure Spreaderi
(1O) dehOrning chute, and CID pas
ture fencing.
In many instances some OF the sug-
gestiOns given under both methods OF
saving labor could be economically
applied
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

A connecting link of hard surfaced
road between the Old Santa Fe and
the New Santa Fee Trail will be built
in Lyon County if farmers living on
the road from Emporia to Allen are
successful in circulating petitions.
The plan calls for twenty miles of
hard surfacing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

A rural high school, the fourth IN
Johnson County, was organized at
Stanley recently and bonds for S40.-
coo building were approved. Accord
ing to Miss Lucille Ewing, county su-
perintendent, the new school will have
an auditorium, a gymnasium and the
work will be fully accredited.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

P. S. Peter, deputy sheriff of Labette
County, Kansas, was shot and fatally
wounded by liquor hauler on the La
bette-Cherokee County line, one-fourth
mile east Of Chetopa, early the other
day.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Charged with having made false
statements, classifying records and
causing others to make false records,
Willard Brown, superintendent of
mails, and for thirty years an employee
of the Lawrence postOffice, has been
dismissed from service. Investiga-
tions in the matter have been under
way for several months.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Dan B. Dyer of Smith Center, well
known Sixth district Republican lead
er, is said to have declined the offer
to become sergeant-at-arms in the
United States Senate. The offer of
the position was made by Senator
Charles Curtis.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Dean Alfred J. Harno, head of the
Washburn School of Law, announced
his resignation form the college re-
Gently. He will leave in September
to take up work with the Kansas Uni
Yersity Law School One of the most
important improvements Dean Harno
has brought about while a member of
the Washburn College faculty is the
addition of $50 volumes to the law
library of the college. Dean Harno is
a graduate of Yale and member of
the Chi Tam Kappa fraternity. He
was also elected a Sagmore Washburn
honorary fraternity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

at Leavenworth recently because
of rain and wind storm, said to be
the most severe Of the year. Many
cellars were flooded by the rain, which
reached the proportions OF a cloud
burst at times
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Mrs. Josephine Aaron, wife of Gus
Aaron, one of LeavenwOrth County's
widely known farmers and head Of the
Leavenworth Farm Bureau, died at
the family home north of the city re-
Gently. Death followed a stroke of
paralysis. She was 81 years old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Louis Russell Williams, Is years old,
who has lived west of Eldorado for
the past year, was drowned in Won
derland Park, Eldorado, the other
evening He was taken from the pool
at once, but efforts of physicians and
a pulmotor were of no avail
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Col o. S. woodward, for many years
prominent in Kansas politics, is dead
at Neosho Falls. Colonel Woodward
had served in the Kansas Senate. He
lost a leg in the Civil War.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Approximately 10000 United States
histories, published by the state of
Kansas, are being held in incompleted
form at the state printing plant
awaiting the outcome of the Paris
peace conference. The text of the
histories lacks only the final chapter
of the world war-the signing of the
peace treaty-tO make it complete.
But already the negotiations at Paris
and Versailles have been of such long
duration that the state board of edu-
cation has decided that it will be i'm
possible to hold up the completion of
at least portion of the books longer.
They have instructed State Printer
Imri ZumwaIt to put enough of these
volumes through the bindery to tide
the Kansas school children over for
another term Of school,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

AS the result of a conference of City
Attorney Spencer of Salina with the
state banking department recently, it
is announced the state guaranty fund
will protect the city on drafts pur-
chased against its account in the de-
funct Kansas State Bank, a few days
prior to the closing of its doors. The
banking department had announced
that the guaranty fund was not re-
sponsible when the money had been
withdrawn as a draft. Salina County,
it develops, did not buy its drafts
from the Kansas State Bank and has
been issued certificate on the state
guaranty fund for its deposit
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Vera Dean Cross, 6 years old, was
struck and killed by a motor car at
Wichita while she was playing in the
street in front of her home on South
Water street. She died on the way
to the hospital. The driver of the
car was Earl Frost, salesman for a
local lumber company.
The Douglas County potato crop has
been cut down on an average of % to
100 bushels an acre, according to ]. W.
Blechly of the federal bureau of plant
industry. after a trip through the
Kaw Valley potato lands.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
PORTRAITS OF MEDAL WIN
NERS BY J.C CHASE FOR THE.
OFFICIAL HISTORY OF AVER
ICA IN THE GREAT WAR
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.

Ark Now the city bells are ringin'-
Harkl Now the drums begin to
beat
Look Where the banners all are
swingin'
Who's that marchin' up the street?
See! Where the flag is flynn proud
est.
Look Where the hats are tOssin',
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture-)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-31
DISCUSS BOND
PLANS FRIDAY
Proposed Issues Are Before
Council Committee

phscusslon Of five bond issues
proposed for submission 20 the
voters next March VIII he held by
tho city council finance commit.
tee neat Friday afternoon. Chair.
man A. +. Drake announced Tues
day.
The proposed bond Issues include
5000. 600 for the purchase aud
equipment of an airpiane landing
ate and buildings. $4,000 for the
extension and Improvement Of the
city park and boulevard ayHtem.
$500, 900 for extension and improve
nrnt ~ the eity's public marketA
q bond Issue for the construction
OF bridge acrona the Lake Wash.
tnrton canal at Montlake ave. and
fsonas for the construction OF a
bridge over the West Waterway
on Spokane ave.
IL Is certain that nom. of the
proposed bond issues win be cur.
tailed or rejected altogether aE the
bonded Indebtedness OF the city IN
now within $4,000. oce Of the limit
set hv law. IL all OF IN. proposed
bond issues should be submitted to
tho voters next March. the limit Of
bonded indebtedness would be ex.
ceedcd.