The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-23

Den, Eleanor LeVlck, IRIS SWIreS
Norah King, and Miss Harder.
Fred \. Dreiling of the Victoria
First National Bank, has sold an in
terest in his bank TO Jacob and An
thony Lang, father and son, to take
effect July 1st. Anthony, the young
man, will have charge of the prop
erty. The Langs are among the
welathy-and influential families of the
county and will no doubt be a valu-
able asset to the bank and citizenry
of Victoria.
Sewing Wanted.-Mrs. o. F. Jones,
100 East Sheridan Street, Phone
Juniata street from Chestnut to the
bridge east of town, is one of the
most impossible streets in the State
of Kansas, whenever it rains In the
first place it is graded too high in the
center and cars passing slip off the
! grade into the ditch-the car stalls
which causes more or less profanity
from the autoists. When the road
dries up the ''hog back in the center
causes cars to tip over "side-wise"
The county grader, in half day.
could level off the road. ditch the
sides properly and make of it a de-
sirable road. However, paving would
be the proper "caper." That would
settle the whole question.
Now is FAN TIME and Ward &
Kissing are prepared to supply the
needs of the citizens of Hays with
Electric Fans of any size at reason
able price.
Mr.. H. H. Pierce returned home
Saturday morning, after an absence
| of nine months visiting in Florida,
Illinois, and other points east. On
their return trip home they stopped
in Lawrence and visited with their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. W. Sullivan. Mr.. Sullivan
has been teaching for several years
in the State University at Lawrence,
but has resigned there and accepted
position in Indianapolis, Indiana.
at a larger salary.
The oven in the State Park south
of town, for the accommodation of
the travelling public, was placed there
through the instrumentality of Mrs.
Mollie Glathart. 1t is not generally
known who was the donor of this pub
lie convenience, probably from the
fact that Mrs. Glathart, to quote a
biblical axiom, does not allow her
cleft hand to know what her right
hand doeth," i. e. she does not an
nounce her acts of philanthropy from
the house tops.
The sad intelligence of the drown
ing of their eighteen year old son at
Belleville, where he made his home
with his aunt was received here Sun
day evening, by Mr.. and Mrs. Park
hurst of East Juniata street. The
eldest son left Sunday night for Belle
vile, to take the body to Plainville, |
the former home of the Parkhursts, /
where it was buried Wednesday. Mrs. /
Parkhurst was visiting in Plainville
when the news was received, and Mr..
Parkhurst and the children left Mon
day morning, for that place.
DIR. Middlekauff has three of his
sisters and a niece visiting him from
the east, Mrs. Edward Heard and Miss
Grace Middlekauff of Hagerstown, |
Md, and Mrs. William Jarrett and
Miss Frances Jarrett of Harrisburg,
Penna. The ladies were greatly sur
prised when they realized the pro-
gress of the west. None of them ever
had seen a wheat field of over twenty
acres until they arrived in Kansas.
The doctor showed them over the /
Experiment Station, Wednesday of
this week, where they could see hun I
dreds of acres of wheat besides large
fields of barley and other grains.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Lutheran Church will meet in the
Sunday School room of the church
Thursday, June 3Oth.
Mrs. Robert Hall of Hays, Kansas, i
Mrs. George Schoonover of Sterling, i
Colorado, and Mrs. Hugh Irwin of
Keota, Colorado, are visiting at the
home of J. H. Irwin, 3O3 Plum St.
Fort Collins (Colo.) Exchange.
Hugh Irwin who has been seriously
i'll for the past week at the home of B
his son, ]. H. Irwin, 3O3 Plum St.,
underwent a serious operation at the
city hospital on Monday morning.
During the afternoon it was stated
he was getting along as well as could i