The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04
HAYS so YEARS AGO
January 1891

Council at their last meeting elect
ed George Philip as Police Judge to
succeed Merry, resigned. They have
removed their meeting room to
Georges office under the bank.
MARRIED.-Thef friends of Miss
Lizzie Broadhead will be pleased to
hear of her marriage on New Years
eve to Mr.. C. J. Downey, of Willow
Grove, Mo-, the young man who
formerly, clerlIed for G. H. Clark &
Son in this city.
A few calves are dying of blackleg
caused from running on wheat with
out plenty of salt and water. 1t will
pay our farmers to have a salt box
handy for the stock to run to. One
loss will pay for more salt than you
would use in year.
The annual report of the State
Soldiers Home at Dodge City is pub
ished and shows the home contains
twenty-four old soldiers and their
families there being sixty-seven chill
dren. 1t is expected to have three
hundred inmates this year.
The installation of officers and bean
bake of the G. A. R. at the Windsor
Hotel last Monday evening, was
grand success and was largely at
tended. The beans and fried cakes
were enjoyed, later the installation of
the new officers was performed with
imposing ceremonies after which
many of the guests enjoyed a social
dance until the ''wee small hours"
Next Monday the new Board of
County Commissioners viii meet to
organize for the coming year.
The farmer who plants and proper
ly tends an acre of garden truck will
realize larger and better returns from
that one acre than from any ten acres
devoted to field crop. Ask farmer
Reitz if it is not so.
1t viii be noticed that DR.. Kohl has
been made County Physician for an
other year. That's good.
A perceptable change in the length
of the days can already be noticed.
Next Tuesday is the day the Kan
sas Legislature select their U. S. Sen
ator and it don't look possible for
Senator Ingalls, to be reelected; but
who will be is still uncertain.
The Presbyterian parsonage is
again occupied.
The ground seems to be wet all the
way down to China.
Headers and harvesting machinery
is being brought in thick.
Another week and our prairies will
look as nice as blue grass pasture
back east.
w. H. Kaufman on the Smokey
and Andrew Olson on the Saline have
been granted their pensions.
Hires are expected back next week.
The garden hoe is made to sing in
the gentle zephyrs once more
A number of Walker people were
up this week attending law suit in
a trespass case.
The fruit trees are loaded with
bloom. If the frost will only keep off
what a harvest there will be.
John Schlyer has opened up his
implement business in his opera house
building. John is as straight as a die
in his business dealings.
Mr.. w. ]. Bethard has taken the
Freese brick house on Fairview hill
and now occupies it with his family.
Rev. Mr.. Aller arrived last week,
and preached in the Presbyterian
church last Sunday to a much pleased
audience. The installation services
occurred on Tuesday evening.
The residence of Addison Wilcox
on the north side of town, was entire
" destroyed by fire yesterday, having
caught from a defective chimney
Fortunately they succeeded IN saving
most of their furniture.
Craig has erected fine thirty-slx
foot flag staff and the new flag VIII
be floating next week during the ses-
sion of the Commissioners.
Last Sunday Dick Hall and his
wife left for England to visit their old
home after ten years absence. While