The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-06

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will be present if their duties with
the legislature permit.
Word has been received of the safe
arrival from overseas at Camp Dix,
N. J.. of Joe Kissing of this City.
The Bethany College basket ball team
of Lindsborg played the Fort Hays
Normal basket ball team here Thurs
day and Friday nights; both games
resulting in victory for the Linds-
borg team.
Roy K. Jack who has been visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Blackmun and
family the past week, left Friday
night, for his home in Caney.
Bette Ward, who has been very i'll
at the Hays hospital, the past week,
with bronchial pneumonia, is much i'm
proved at this writing.
George Benton went to Salina, Thurs
day night.
An unusually large number of citi-
zens, women as well as men, attended
the mass meeting held in the City Hall,
Tuesday evening, to listen to and to
discuss the question of the Commission
Manager form of Municipal Govern
ment. While Mr.. Long, Secretary of
the Kansas Municipal Government
League, was the princip al speaker, the
citizens took quite an active part in the
discussion which held until quite late
E
the public spirit being manifested by
our citizens.
On Monday evening of this week the
Business Girls Club held their regular
monthly meeting in the High Schoo
auditorium. They have been invited to
hold their meetings regularly in the
Auditorium except when in use by the
High School. After a short business
session they were entertained by a
very pleasing program consisting of a
vocal solo by Miss Elma Creighton,
fancy dance by Miss Alice Penney,
reading by Miss Doris Stivers, plat
form talk upon "Our Social Respons-
ibility in Reconstruction Work. by
Miss Pearl Hughes. and a piano solo by
Miss Eunice Eyler.
DR.. W. Y. Herrick of WaKeeney
stopped on his way home from the Auto
Show in Kansas City, to spend the
afternoon Thursday, with his sisters-in-
law, the Fiesbach sisters of the Cham
Der of Commerce.
The Directors and friends of the
Golden Belt Road from Kansas City to
Denver are to hold their next meeting
in Hays in April, and officers were here
+ his week arranging for the meeting.
The head officers of the A. o. U. W.
lodge were here this week arranging
for their annual convention to be held
in Hays, April 18th, and there will be
over 1000 visitors to the city, repre-
senting the COZ lodges of the State.
They will begin to arrive the 18th and
viii be here until the following Friday.
Their Lodge building on South Chest
nut street is being reshingled and
painted ready for the guests, but the
big meetings will be held at the State
Normal buildings.
Inc lily OIHCSES InlS week contract
ed for the asphalt to repaint inside and
outside both the City water towers, and
the one in the court house yard is to be
put in working shape again and con-
nected with the water system for
spring use.
Hotels are crowded this week with
travelling men getting ready for the
spring openings of goods and the farm
ers' crops. They claim prospects in
Ellis county never looked better.
A notice on the postoffice door tells
of meeting in Salina, March 26th and
9th, to grant hearing of the COM
pany desiring to raise telephone rates
about twenty-five per cent, and of
those who oppose it.
The S. A. T. C. boys can now make
claim for $50. bonus. The official form
letter can be seen at the Normal, or it
can be obtained from any of the form
er boys IN service. 1t viii be necessary
also to send along the certificate of dis
charge.