The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-16

Anthony Deane has returned from.
| his eastern trip
Miss Leon Smith visited friends in
WaKeeney last week.
i The young people gave a dance at
the Essex Hall, Monday night.
All Mems overcoats at reduced
prices at Kissing Bros.
The students of the Fort Hays Nor
NAL gave a tinker" at the Normal
Coliseum Friday night.
i ". J. Madden and Clarence Hafa-
mier spent Sunday and Monday in
Kansas City.
Tn family of Herbert Chittenden,
who have been i'll with the influenza,
are getting along nicely.
/ Mrs. Frank King and children who
have been i'll the past ten days with
the flu, are getting along nicely.
i L. B. Balm who has been working
for some time in the meat market of
T. G. Reed & Sons, has gone to South
Dakota.
i Sergeant Fred Jay who has been
i stationed here for some time at the
Fort Hays Normal barracks, has gone
to Springfield Missouri.
Prof. G. F. Soderlund entertained
the students of his French and music
classes at social tea, Monday night.
A very enjoyable evening was report
ed by all.
i Capt. and Mrs. Delaney entertained
"a number of their friends at seven
o'clock dinner at the Brunswick, Tues
day, it being their twelfth wedding an
niversary.
On account of the bad roads the bod
les of the two Misses Grady were ship
ped on train 1O3 Saturday night to
Plainville for burial. The young ladies
had become quite popular in Hays.
The mud. having dried considerably
the sweeper was put into operation on
the paved streets of the city, Wednes-
day. Well paved streets are something
for any city to be proud of even if they
are expensive.
R. B. Thomas and son, Roy, have
filed their ice houses with ice from Big
Creek, and will help supply the city
next summer John Schlyer has also
filed his home ice house and is now
ready for July weather when it arrives.
Harry Felten of the Hays Pure Ice
Co., has 'ecided not to build and move
the plant this spring, but will repair
the present plant and use it nntil after
/ harvest, when he will bulld larger and
more commodious house for future use.
Sergeant Jay and Private Estel of
the Medical Corps, at the Fort Hays
Formal Camp, were discharged last
Friday, which closed the military camp
here. Captain Delaney of the regular
army, is awaiting his transfer to anoth-
er camp.
An out of town party, this week
offered Edwin W. Hill $1,000 for his
elegant new residence on West Nor
NAL Avenue, which he wisely turned
down. Ed has made up his mind that
Hays is good enough for him and he
proposes to stay
The three daughters of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grady of Plainville, Kansas,
who died here last week of the infiu-
enza, were buried at Plainville, Mon
day afternoon. The son who is Ill
with the influenza at Downs, Kansas
is reported as improving.
Miss Annie P Hopkins who has
been i'll at st. Anthony's hospital the
past three weeks, is now very much
improved in health. Her brothers,
S. J. Hopkins of st. Louis, and E. O..
Hopkins of Washington, D. C. and
sister Louise of Washington, D. c..
left for their homes Friday night.
Miss Edna Carter and Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas Ruff of Topeka came in
3 Wednesday night on 1O3 for a short
visit with their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Carter. Mrs. Ruff was for
merly Miss Viola Carter, daughter of
Thos. Carter, a former resident of
this City.
It is with regret that the citizens of
Hays learn that the Fort Hays Normal
; School is net to get the proposed Off,
: GERS Training Camp. 1t would have
brought hundred or more very desir-
able students-young men of ability
and education. The soldier boys have
5 been missed very much since their dis
: charge and departure.
Monday morning Judge Purcell Of
this district, entered upon his term OF
{ jud cial duties and held his first court
in Russell county. Ralph Graham,
: the new court stenographer, was or
hand for his part Of the court work
3 Court meets here the first week il
8 February
3 Mr.. Sim, the Standard oil man locat
8 ed here, has organized boys band and
3 alrdady has twenty-four members, none
of whom are over fifteen years of age
3 Last Sunday the boys were out fol