The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-10


he city Auto Top Works, first door
east of o'LOughlin's Garage.
The Junior League of the Meth
odist church will hold a popcorn and
candy sale at Basgall's store, Satur-
day afternoon.
Mrs. G. S. Bader left Wednesday
morning for Hope, Kansas, where
they will make their home Mr.. Bader
went to Hope, last week
Mrs. W. C. Nettleton and son,
Billy, have returned from California,
where they have been visiting friends.
The Music Club will meet Tuesday,
March 18th, at the home of Mrs. c.
D. Blake.
The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist
church will hold Food Sale at Grass
store, Saturday, March II.
]. F. Jordan who has been ailing
for some time, left today Thursday
for Kansas City, Missouri, for stay
where he expects to take treatment
for few weeks.
A. A. Wiesner left Tuesday night
for sanitarium at Waukesha, Wis,
of several weeks duration in the in
terest of his health.
c. NJ. Holmquist spent last Satur-
day attending court at WaKeeney.
Mrs. B. Brungardt, one of the early
settlers of Victoria, died Sunday
night.
The Junior League of the Meth
odist church will hold popcorn and
candy sale at Basgall's store, Satur-
day afternoon.
Get your Auto Tops repaired at
he city Auto Top Works, first door
east of O'Loughlin's Garage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Haworth are
the proud parents of a son, born to-
day Thursday
H. F. Addison is attending a meet
ing of the Grand Chapter of Work
men at Topeka, this week as a dele
gate from the Hays lodge.
Miss Nellie NJ. Reeder is here from
New York City for AN extended visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Reeder, and other Hays friends.
Robert, the young son of James
Behan, Jr., who lives at Dodge City,
is reported seriously i'll.
J.F. Overholser was here from Sa-
lima, Wednesday.
The Ladies of the Lutheran Aid
Society will hold their Easter Bazaar
and Food Sale in the old Royal Cafe
building, March 10, 1921. A twenty
five cent luncheon will be served dur
ing the afternoon. We can supply
you with plenty of home made
candies.
A. H. Reed of Reed & Sons, left
Wednesday, for Ellsworth, Kansas,
where he has purchased a grocery
store, and will take possession Mon
day, March 18th A H. is one of the
foremost young business men of the
city; honest, energetic, and efficient,
and we believe will be a success in
the business he has undertaken in his
new home.
Twenty years ago the Citizens Ma
tional Bank of Great Bend was or
ganized, and last week, after care
full examination by the Government,
it was given charter for another
twenty years. Four of the original
five charter members are still con-
nected with the Bank and it has a de-
posit account of over 100000 in
that little city. One of those four is
E. R. Moses, one of the directors of
the proposed Golden Belt Railroad
that wants to build to Hays.
We are under obligations to Frank
Stout, the ubiquitous travelling agent
of the Citizens State Bank, who has
been sojourning in Arkansas for some
time, returning last week to Hays
for a short stay. He presented the
Free Press office force with a
quantity of black walnuts which he
said he gathered himself in the
Scissor bilI'' state. Of course,
Franks reputation is so well estab-
lished for truth and veracity that
whenever he makes a statement, it is
undoubtedly truthful. Thanks for
the walnuts, Frank!
The assessors are finding lots OF
wheat on hand with the farmers un-
able to get cars in which to ship it.
The long haul and the waiting on
higher prices has caused the wheat
farmers of Barton and Ellis counties
to hold at least one-third of their
wheat. There is a lot of dissatisfac-
ton on account OF a recent ruling of
the tax commission which requires
that wheat must be assessed for the
present market value less the hauling.
Heretofore wheat has been assessed
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