The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-30
THE CITY OF MUNJOR
ONE OF THE THRIVING LITTLE
CITIES OF ELLIS COUNTY
Populated With Loyal, Energetic
Christian People

OnrlsIldn FeoPle
A visit to the little town of Mum
Jor, six miles southeast of Hays, this
week, shows quiet little berg. Out
side of the store and church everv-
thing is closed up, only leaving a few
of the older men and women there to
guard their little city-the houses
closed with windows shuttered up,
and no sign of life as everybody, man,
woman, child, and even the dog had
gone to the farms to gather the
wheat crop. On every side, which
ever way you turn or look, are beau
tiful wheat fields with the header
whirling, gathering in their fortieth
crop of wheat; yet the history of Kan
sas. published in 1880, tells that Ellis
county was organized in 1867, Hays
in 1867, and the Russians came into
Ellis county in 1875, and located sew
eral towns, Munjor on Big Greek, be-
ing one of them-a little town of
twenty-five houses, 100 people. While
it was reported that the land
was a rich loan, unfit for farm
ing, and only good for Stock
raising, many of the original settlers
trying, failing and leaving, yet those
old stand-bys kept right on, trying
year after year, until now it IS one
Of the richest sections of the county
or state. and every farm is and has
/ been for years a wheat-tield.
On the edge of the town in 1868
came John Schlyer with his wife and
children, from Buffalo, located 52O
acre farm on Big Cerek, and engaged
| for four wears in hunting buffalo and
other game on the plains, and then
went TO farming, became friend OF
everybody, and in later years became
Post Butcher at the Fort Hays until
/ 1878. Was elected Sheriff in 1877
and held four years; County Treas
urer in 1881, and then moved to Hays
! and began the Agricultural lmple-
ment business, later retiring and his
children. sons and sons-ln-laW are
still run the business. His old stone
house and barns on his farm on the
road from Hays to Munjor still stand
and are pointed out by the old resi-
dents as they pass by.
Now Munjor has grown, even run
ming ahead of the other Russian
towns. having electric lights all over
town cement sidewalks on all OF the
s+reats has a splendid stone Cathohc
Cbnrcb monastery, school house
close bv a pretty new public school, a
Farmers Union store that is a great
success. while all over town have beer
arectd the past few years modern
b,,roaIo residences and as soon as the
bo,vast is over the farmers, with the
,ood wife and all the children, VII
roova back into town, attend thell
al,,,,.cb and schools and sit arouhC
a,roi+ino, the pleasure of providence
- oivo them another crop, or puhlsi
tbon, as he did the unfaithful IN ths
dav of the Ark. Let the word coni'
80 Iittlo Munjor, there are no douO'
W rboro like the day of the Ark an'
every living soul will get Ih'o ~ sn
Al, until the troubles are past lhe'
balieve in their Lord ...r
Munior was the first town 70 80 sls
+Io ne+ition for the new Kaliroa'
and they are hoping to see - wosb
anu t,oir town. and hoping the WASH
iUo-+on authorities will give permlS
-.-s9 .tS - mild It. This week one OF the
onaoors was there and located tn'
Jono+ and terminal grounds, II II l.
IL IN the strip of ground just wes'
of the present buildings runhlhl
y +l,o creek south to the south enc
~ - and then in direct line t0
0eo;for ~ The depot building VIII D5
- The street leading from the s'ii'0
"a church. facing the church ano
- and if the permission IS glVer
'o'' e.. harvest it is hoped to plo"
+ A. terminal grounds and lay the
- - =. tbroueh the town ready for Chs
ord ties. Every man IN the Io"i
Idly give his time, team ahO
onerev in laying the grade reauy 49, -.
80 Coming of the Happy Day anu '->
tie -,,t;stIe and headlight and the
-, soound, "An aboard fol
Meioo "a catherine" And nowhere
Ill the big bells ring with greater JOY
- honor of the event than the 0huIcl
r,-:s of old Munjor-
We think so much Of France and 81
little of a aslacker" and "Old-Bum'
hin introduced into Congress de