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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-09
THE oRPHEUs FOUR
Official Quartet of the OrPheus Club
of Los Angeles

The Normal Lyceum Committee de-
sires to call the attention of all sub
scribers to tbs next attraction which
viii be presented Monday j January 10th
at 8:15 p. m
In presenting The Orpheus Four, OF
the Orpheus Club, Los Angeles, the
management takes a broad step for
ward and toward the goal of bigger
and better lyceum and chautauqua offer
ings. This quartet has succeeded as
has none other; their appearances have
brought out the most remarkable series
of cOmmendatory statements that it
has been our fortune to peruse- One
prominent committeeman, writing to
his bureau, said: I'VE have had all the
prominent Male Quartets here, but 1
truthfully say that none, on any,of our
courses, gave such magnificent salts
faction as The Orpheus Four.
The repertoire Of The Orpheus -Four
includes literally thousands of compost
tions. It is probably the most exten-
sive of any Male Quartet in the world.
Ranging from the lifting melodies of
popular favor to the ponderous harmon
les of grand opera, every selection dis
closes clarity OF individual tone, deli
cate blending of voice compass, thorO
command of tonaI contrast and color
ing
This quartet viii make an impression
the longest memory can recall 1t is q
REAL quartet ef musical artists, worthy
to rank with the finest four part male
singing organizations OF either this
country or Europe
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-09
Ft. Hays Experiment Static
Mayor Philip has been in the past

Mayor Philip has been Ill the past
week
Can an airplane fly fast and very
high? Well, / sheuldsmilel Last week
it is reported, French plane rose over
seven miles high, the previous highest
record being an American at six and
one-half miles high. As to rapiditT, it
is reported that last week in the flight
from the Houston, Texas, field TO De-
troit, distance of 1850 miles was made
In 724 minutes running time, and q part
Of the way at i22 miles an hour After
the exhibit here Monday morning by
Lieutenant DOugherty, he left here ~
ten O'Clock and few over Hutchinson
about noon They already have an air
mail route from Washington 70 New
York; New York TO Boston, and 70 Chi
cage- The route is being tried out to
St Louis from Chicago. Kansas City
comes next and before the summer IL
over II is expected that Lieutenant
DougheTty will make the run fren
Kansas City TO Denver with stops at
Topeka, Salina, Hays, Sharon Springs
and Hugo.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-09
The Passing of Theodore Roosevelt.

Last Monday morning word went
over the wire and was picked up here,
that Theodore Roosevelt was dead.
While Mr.. Roosevelt had many bitter
enemies-as all men do who rise to
prominence in life-he had very many
more staunch friendswho will sincerely
mourn his loss.
Theodore Roosevelt was one of those
virile characters of the Twentieth Cen
tury, who has made his presence felt in
the world of politics and literature, and
in his death, not only the people of his
native country, but the whole world
viii mourn his passing.
Since his retirement as Chief Magis-
trate of this Republic, he has travelled
extensively and his experience and find
ings in the old world have been given
to his country which has greatly en-
riched literature and helped to educate
the youth.
His writings have been a power for
good. Always intensely patriotic he
has watched the conduct of the
present administration with a zeal
Gus eye. At times he has severely crit
icized the Wilson administration in the
conduct of the great world war and he
has also commended certain actions.
Taken as a whole, his criticisms have
been just and right, and have acted as
steadying influence on the excesses that
always occur in times of great social
and poIiticaI 11nbeaval
Col. Roosevelt was not only famous as
statesman, traveller, writer, soldier,
but was lover of home and family.
Men of national prominence termed
Col. Roosevelt "the greatest American
of his day
In the words of Sir Thos. Upton,
''Col. Roosevelt was the personification
of everything manly and strenuous in
the American nation" He was frank
fearless, a true American, honest and
straightforward.
His simplicity, his dynamic energy
and love of truth endeared him to all,
those in the most humble stations Of
life to those in the most exalted sta
tions of life, even to his most bitter
political enemies.
His was a spirit of vigorous, cour-
ageous manhood, and passionate lover
of country and true Americanism.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-09

Miss Christine Grady of Plainville,
who has been attending the Hays High
School, died Saturday morning as a re-
suit of the influenza. Her body was
taken to Plainville for burial Monday.
Two sisters of Miss Grady, Bernatha,
who has been working in the Hays City
Drug Store the past few months, and
Anna are also very i'll with the disease,
but at this writing they are improving.
Reduced prices on all sweaters and
mackinaws. Mems sweaters as low as
$1.O0 each at Bissing Bros. j9t2
Among the deaths in Kansas the past
week are two prominent Kansans well
known in political circles many years,
the noted Farmer" A W. Smith of
Mcpherson, and ex-Congressman Nicely
of Hutchinson.
Arthur Hemphill, former Normal
student who has been in the army the
past ten months, has returned to his
home in WaKeeney where he will go
into business.
The Freshman class of the Hays High
School held skating party on the Nor
NAL dam, Friday evening. An enjoy
able time was reported by all.
Her many friends will be glad to hear
that Miss Annie P. Hopkins who has
been i'll the past three weeks, is stead
| lily improving.
/ Alfred Havemann and wife were
called away last week on account of
the serious illness of Mrs. Havemann' s
! father.
Philip Jacobs presented his family
with fine Victrola as their Christmas
gift, thereby affording them winter s
excellent entertainment.
Reduced prices on all sweaters and
mackinaws. Mems sweaters as low as
$1.0O each at Bissing Bros. j9tz
R. L. Duncan of st. Joseph, No,
who has been conducting the Denning
sale here the past two weeks, left fo1
st. Joseph Sunday morning.
/ Harry H. King of the Red Cross
Pharmacy, is again at work in the drug
store after several days illness.
Next Monday, Judge Purcell of Wa
4 Keeney takes his office as Judge of this
District for the next four years.
/, Now that the holiday season is over
the city this week was full of travelling
men.
4 Misses Genevieye Dorney and Elsie
Grass who are teaching school at Ma
toma, are expected home Friday fo1
the weekend.
Paul Ruder, the Schoenchen mer
chant, was a Hays visitor the first Of
the week
;i We. Beals of the Saline, returned
home Tuesday night from Kansas City
where he had been transacting business
the past few days.
Dr. Geo. NJ. Potter of Manhattan
was conferring with Supt. Weeks o.
the Experiment Station, Monday.
DE-. Blake OF Ellis contempIates 10
eating here in the near future.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-09
Unlawful to XIII Prairie Chicken, Quail
and Other Game Birds.

In 1913 our Game Laws provided a
closed season for game birds for per-
Cd Of five years, which expired J2nu-
ary 1, 1919 Many people are not
aware that a new law enacted by the
Legislature of 1917 takes effect with
the expiration Of the five year period,
which provides for only two weeks
open season each year, from December
1st to 18th (Ch. 2O1, Laws of I910.
Certain parties have been caught
hunting birds recently On the Expert
ment Station, and the Station Manage
ment, In calling the attention Of the
public TO this, assures US that they viii
continue to give permission To hunt
rabbits and wolves, skunks or the like
on the Experiment Station grounds to
reliable parties making application by
telephone or IN person at the Station
Office, but that the killing OF squirrels,
prairie chicken, quail and other game
birds viii be punished with the full
penalty provided by the law above
cited CHAS. R. WEEKS, Supt.,
Ek Ha-u C%-&so-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30

Wool furs. or fur fabrics, have be-
come thoroughly established staples
that manufacturers of suits and top
coats reckon with each fall in making
up their lines of practical garments.
Where wool furs undertake to look
like the pelts they initiate they are so
marvelously close to the original that
II requires careful inspection to dis
tinguish between them. Sealskin IL
initiated in wool fur that keeps one
guessing unless it Is almost within
arms length, and there are furs almost
as successfully initiated. But, some
times the manufacturers of wool fur
use a genuine fur only as an inspI-
ration and, interpret 1t in fabric
that Is handsomer than the original.
This Is what has been done In the
case of the material that resembles
the natural muskrat pelt, which is
used so much for coats. 49, = -
As trimming for cloth suits wool
furs prove more practical than real
furs. from the standpoint of service.
ana handsome wool fur is better
looking than cheap fur. 1t stands
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30
CLIMB ON HIGH WITH
AN ARMY CHAUFFEUR
Rockiest Road to Dublin Is Lo-
Gated in France.
Private Employers Who Are Operat-
ing Large Fleet Of Trucks for De-
livery Purpose Are Told to
Remember Army Men.

The chauffeur who used to consider
Broadway and Forty-second street Il
hard place to cross went to war to dis
cover that the rockiest road to Dublin
lay in France, after all. For automo-
bile driving became supreme art over
there, where there were no lights to
Illuminate the roads, and often no
-cads to illuminate.
With shells bursting on all sides, ana
bombs dropping from the Jerrys above,
the truck, ambulance and lorry driv-
ers soon learned thousand new tricks
in the trade: how to keep n straight
course without benefit of compass or
hight, how to climb out of mud hub
deep, how to run on three wheels If
something happened TO the fourth, in
short, how to do the impossible, all
10 the glory of the allies and Novem-
Der 11th.
These men are now coming back TO
the United States, master mechanics
and drivers, trained in the hardest
school TO every emergency that an au-
tomobile could confront. Some of them
are still jobless, and Col. Arthur
Woods. assistant to the secretary of
war; and in charge Of the governments
unemployment campaign for ex-seryice
men. offers them as the best possible
material in the world for expert auto
mobile driving.
Private employers who are operating
large fleets of trucks for delivery and
transportation purposes, are especial
ly recommended to these expert driv-
ers. The various governmental and well
fare agencies will be the means for
bringing the men and the Jobs to-
gether.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30

mp better. Manufacturers chrlsten
their new productions with new names,
for the convenience % buyers, but the
public prefers to call them by the
names of the furs they resemble.
A smart new suit of duvetyn. shown
In the picture above, Is trimmed with
furfelt that looks like sealsSin. The
coat model is one of the most success
full that the season has presented. with
close-iittng body and basque that
falls In ripples at the sides. Rows Of
narrow silk braid appear on the basque
and on the sleeves. In passing, II may
be noted that this form of decoration
has made triumph this season. mp
pearing persistently on the best mod
els in frocks and suits. The rows Of
braid or the sleeves terminate In large
bone buttons. The coat buttons up
the front and looks very cozy and
trim with high choker collar of the
wool fur. The belt Is interesting and
pleasing. II is very narrow and fas
tens at the front with a most unex
pected little bow tic OF the material,
instead OF the usual button or buckle
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30

The point that is mainly interesting
about coats for girls and misses lies In
their new style features, for they are
developed In all OF the soft, limp coat
ings that lend themselves TO draping
or shocking or shirrlngs. velours or
duvetyn. and similar cloths with new
names, make variety in the choice Of
coatings but do not provide great
amount of dlsslmlarity. so that ii is
design and style that. must serve TO
distinguish them. Besides these hand
some and dressy fabrics there are the
dependable tweeds and homespuns In
sturdy coats for school. that are pre-
sented In trim and comfortable models.
Something new In design In coats
for the "junior miss'-which Is the
new and dignified name by which the
fiapper now finds herself placed--ls
shown In the picture above. With Il
there is pretty coat for little girl.
made Of yelours with bands OF nutria
fur about the sleeves This attractive
model IL ornamented with triangular
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30
GOOD
ROADS
KEEP ROADS IN GOOD REPAIR
concrete or Special Road Brick Set In
Cement Over Concrete Founda.
tion Is Favored.

The war and the consequent railroad
congestion imposed heavy traffic bur.
dens upon our highways; burdens. in
fact, much greater than the roads were
built to sustain. To make matters
still worse, labor and repair materials
were scarcer during the war, and many
roads as result are now in deplora.
BILE condition. AS the preacher would
say, they are "more holy than right
eous."
The year 1919 Is going to witness an
immense road repair movement. And
the work should be at least fairly
permanent. Merely throwing dirt or
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30
PLAN HONOR TO ROOSEVELT
Suggestions Have Been Made to Name
TranseontinentaI Highway After
Former President.

Memorials to the dead and tributes
to the living in the form of highways
is plan which is catching the
popular fancy everywhere. Since
France christened street in honor
of Wilson, Tientsin, China, has done
the same thing. and elsewhere sugges-
tions have been made that a trans
continental highway be named in
honor of Roosevelt. Louisiana is plan
ming Victory oak way and sentiment
is reflected by movements to rename
streets and highways after heroes OF
the war In other states.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30
Motor Truck Heavily Loa ded VITA Farm Produce.

more common in the West and South
west than in any other sections of the
country. but has decreased under re-
cent demurrage and traffic regulations.
Reaching Markets by Trucks.
Direct delivery by wagon or motor
truck is practicable only where the
farmer lives within 25-mile radius OF
the consuming center. Hence this
method of marketing affords an outlet
only for the commodities produced In
the area Immediately surrounding the
market. Such deliveries are limited,
In the main, to country towns and
smaller cities. The automobile truck
undoubtedly is enlarglng this service
but II probably will be limited to a
very small portion of the total produc-
ing area of the country and can not
be expected to form an outlet for the
great bulk Of farm crops. Again, the
development of cities, with their con-
stant encroachments upon outlying
country districts. forces production
areas farther from the market centers
and in the larger cities makes II
practically impossible for growers to
deliver their produce direct to con.
sumers. The best examples of sue
cessful direct deliveries by growers to
consumers are found In the sale OF
fresh fruits and vegetables in small
country towns and deliveries from
neighboring farms through residential
sections of most Of the larger cities.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30

When radiator leaks 1t is not ad-
visable TO use material to stop the
leaks from the inside.
When any part gets rusty put kero-
sene on II. but be sure to wipe II of
after it has stood a while.
Spend an hour or two going over
your instruction book and learn more
about keeping your car in good shape.
Every time you change a wire wheel
put grease on the metal surfaces y
wheel spindle where the hub touches
II.
Motorists who use one Of the hand
numns VIII do well 10 give the pump q
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30

1t there are plain box plalts pressed II.
and reaching TO the bottom OF the
coat at each side of the front. The
small cape-collar is edged with nutria
and the belt is made of the material
In the coat.
The heart of the flappcr is sure to
rejoice when she finds herself In pos
session OF a coat that looks so alto
gether grown up as the model shown
here for girl Of fourteen or more
II IL OF duvetyn, with big draped
sleeves ana skirt that narrows In to-
ward the bottom. There Is long
shawl-collar and deep flaring cuffs to
finish this very dignifled and graceful
wrap. Large buttons are sparingly
used and nicely placed for use and for
ornament. two Of them on the narrow
belt, two on the overlapped seams be
low the sleeves, and down the straight
front OF the coat.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30
ASSISTS TIRE-REPAIR WORK
Handy Device Is sheet-Metai Clamp
Which Holds searehlieht in
Position Desired.

For those who prefer the tubular
flash light TO the trouble light con-
nected to the storage battery, for tire
repair work, handy device is a
sheet.meta chimp which holds the
flash light In such position as to throw
the light where II Is needed. The idea
would be of little use to the driver
who always has companion to hold
the light for him In case Of trouble,
but for those VINO often drive alone,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30
II Given Half a Chance

The seed is nothing without soil,
and the richest farm land is nothing
without seed, but the two together may
mean a bountiful crop. Opportunity
Is as much inside as out. Nothing Is
opportunity TO you which does not
correspond to some power Of your be-
ing. and If these powers are siven half
a chance. they VIII find opportunity la
very bleak surroundiugs.--Glr Com
panlon.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30

loose stones in the holes Is a sheer
waste of time, because after few
automobiles and trucks 90 over the
roads these loose materials are pushed
out again and conditions are as bad
as ever.
Broken stones and tar binder are
the only satisfactory repair materials
for macadam roads, and many inn
proved country roads are of that type.
1t is beginning to be realized that
concrete or special road brick set in
cement over concrete foundation
must be used for truck roads designed
TO carry heavy truck traffic. Any
thing cheaper and less stable simply
means bad roads and constant repairs.
For laterals or main roads in sparse
ly settled countries where traffic is not
heavy and when the amount available
for road construction is not large, tar
macadam highways are quite satlsfac-
tory.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30

Peddling farm produce from "side-
door Pullmans" is market outlet
which some producers have followed,
as, by accompanying a car of their
produce on the road and selling direct
ly from the car door to dealers and
consumers in a number of small towns.
they realize remunerative return from
their marketing operations. In most
of the places where this method of
car peddling" is practiced the pro-
ducers take out license from the
authorities which gives them tempo
rary selling privileges. such licenses
costing from $40 to $25 apiece. This
system Of self-service salesmanship is
applicable only in regions where the
growers have no cooperative associa-
tion. 1t would be extremely unwise
for the individual producer to go On
the road in active competition with
an extensive selling organization.
Cut In Profits.
The growers also must bear in mind
the fact, although the returns from
this method of selling at first may ap-
pear large, they will be cut down to a
great extent by his expenses, the time
consumed, and the consequent neglect
OF his regular business. This practice
nay result also in lowering wholesale
prices, inasmuch as the grower may
he anxious to get away and may sell
at figures which the regular dealers
would not accept. Car peddllng is
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30

there is decided advantage. The metal
used should be sthf brass or steel, but
the spring which holds the flash light
must of course have sufficient spring..
ness for this purpose. The light will
be found convenient for tire changing
in the position shown, but II some
other angle is preferred. the clamp
can readily be made to give ftp. p.
Avery, Garfield, n. j., in Popular Me.
chanics' Magazine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30
DURABLE ROAD SAVES MONEY
Saving Of Eight Cents Per Ton Mile
Can Be Effected in Transporta-
tion Costs Alone.

The report of the joint congression-
al committee which investigated high
way economics in 1914 shows that a
saving of eight cents. per ton mile can
be effected in transportation costs
when a road is lifted from the dirt to
the durable class. This does not take
into account increased real estate val
nations or social advantages resulting
from the Improvement.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30
IMPROVE ROADS FOR TRUCKS
Bureau Of Markets Arrives at conclu-
sion Motor Vehicles Have Passed
Experimental Stage.

Inadequate highways are one OF the
penalties with which the user Of high
way transportation must contend, says
Bulletin No. 40, recently issued by
the bureau of markets. The depart
ment arrives at the conclusion that
the motortruck has passed the expert
mental stage, but says that before 1t
can attain its fullest usefulness the
highways must be improved.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30
DADDY,5TvENNNG
lfAIRY AIFE
WrARY @AHAn u \ l['4;!l! BONNER
MEAN POISON wv.

Yes. Tm menn. and I'm glad OF IT. n
l were sorry for II | might try to
do better, but | am not sorry for II.
Therefore. ] don't try to do better.
There are times when don't pol
son creatures. That isn't because
am feeling any nicer but because
I'm not Just feeling like working nc
that moment. ] may be taking a nap
or something OF the sort.
"But I did n fine thing last year.
] made two children sick with the eff
fects Of poison ivy for a longer time
than ! ever had before.
II really had a good summer.
made them feel so poorly, y. so
poorly.
IL poisoned great many. Lots and
lots of children and grown-ups, too,
did I poison. Ny
They didn't know just what I look
ed like. And they went around get
ting ferns and plants and touched me,
ha. hn.
a"They went In swimming In part
OF the lake. near swamp where
had decided some of my family ought
to he.
II just was In so many places and
did so much, much harm. 1t was
splendid, perfectly splendid.
81 was proud OF my record. But
somehow there were not the same re-
suits this year dIdn't have quite my
usual good luck"
I'm glad ef it," said the little gnome
who was listening to the poison Ivy.
"whatl Why. You wretch" said
the poison ivy. "What do you mean
by saying such n thingT"
Il mean &c say II because think
that way. rm glad when you aren't
successful" said the gnome.
"But just what have we ever done
to you?" asked the poison Ivy.
Nothing" said the gnome.
81 don't understand at ALL" said the
poison Ivy.
"Of course you wouldn't" said the
gnomc.
"Why, why. why?" asked the poi
son Ivy. pray explain"
"You have never done anything to
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