The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-05-12

The Catharine Band was here Sun
day and rendered some excellent
musical selections on the streets of
Hays.
Rev. Baldwin and family moved
into the new Parsonage on West Nor
NAL avenue, Tuesday. The old Par
sonage will be used for Sunday School
purposes until the new church is
built.
Music Festival Week at the Fort
Hays Normal was decided success.
The association paid all expenses and
had a surplus of 1886. About 5000
persons attended during the week.
The guarantors all signed up for
next year.
Harry Felten has sold his dray
and transfer business to his son, Pete.
Harry has retired from business for
the present. Pete is a hustler and viii
make the business hum.
John Chittenden who has been ser
iously i'll at the hospital for the past
four weeks, has so far recovered that
he is now at home and was down town
Tuesday. He is slowly recovering and
his many friends hope that he will
soon regain his usual rugged health.
Joe Kutina, former commissioner
of the second district, was in Hays,
Friday Of last week.
c. W. Miller, Jr., and wife, H. W.
Chittenden and C. w Miller, ST., left
for Hutchinson, Monday, to attend
the Grand Commandery of Knights
Templar which was in session at
Hutchinson, Tuesday and Wednes-
day of this week.
At Victoria, the Cooperative Ele-
vator Co. is erecting $4,000 grain
elevator.
Editor Snyder was down from Ellis,
today, attending the Shriner cele-
bration.
4. George Drake, the venturesome
wizard, was seen a few days ago, at
one of his old-time pranks-sawing
the end off a meat block in Zeigler &
Sons meat market with a common
hand saw The block was between
three and four feet in diameter. 1t
was a good job.
Another new bungalow is being
erected on East Normal avenue near
Allen street.
After thirty years of driving
through terrible sand bed of a road
at the Schoenchen bridge on the
south side of the Smokey river, they
are now macadamizing it and will
make it a splendid driveway.
Quite a shower came this way dur
ing last Saturday night. and kept
many away from the Musical on Sun
day.
Henry S. Leiker and family from
Ness county, visited their folks, Mr..
and Mrs. John S. Leiker, at Munjor,
Kansas, Monday. Mrs. John S. Leiker
became suddenly i'll one day last
week, but is getting along better at
this writing.
Father McKenna of Russell, is a
Hays visitor today.
On May 18th, the children of Nun
jOr will be confirmed at Munjor, Kan
sas, and the Knights of Columbus
band of Hays will play for the occa-
sion. Quite a number of boys from
Munjor belong to the K. of C. band,
and it may be we'll to attend the cele-
bration and take a look at the i'm
provements of the town of Munjor
made within the last year.
Tuesday, Frank King took the
writer down to the ice plant and
showed US six yearling Hereford cat
tie that he had slaughtered for the
Shriner barbecue. They were raised
at the Experiment Station and had
been fed seven months especially for
the feast of the Shriners who are
here (today) May 18th, in large
numbers. The animals were very
fat and the meat is expected to be
tender and juicy. The animals when
dressed weighed 425 pounds each
$3.50 pounds of luscious beef They
were roasted in Walter Miles
bakery oven until thoroughly
done. There were also several
hundred dressed turkeys that
will be served at the banquet
this evening under the auspices of the
domestic science young ladies at the
Fort Hays Normal dining rooms.
At the Golden Belt Fair Grounds,
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