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


Gosser was the King of the Knights
of the Bull Whip, he hit the nail
square on the head. 1t is certainly a
great treat to visit old Section Seven
teen. the home OF the King, and see
his fine fields of wheat now growing;
and the corral full of the finest young
mules the world ever saw, and it viii
90 you good to absorb his English,
which is all wool and a yard wide
Take half day off and see the great
est sight in Western Kansas.
We are indebted to H H. Winters
for copy of the q Old Colony Mem
orial," a paper published at Ply
mouth, Mass It is a newsy sheet,
well printed and edited and well
patronized, if the large amount of
advertising it contained is a criter-
ion. They have a Commercial Club,
which instead of weekly meet and
feed, meets once a month and by the
number of committees appointed and
the different live subjects discussed
must be doing some good for the city.
They are not reaching out for aerial
mail service or some other impossible
ity. They are talking right from. the
shoulder and seem to mean business.
Go to the Busy Bee Bazaar in Eel
tens Transfer Office on West Second
street, for Fresh Doughnuts and
Homemade Candies this Saturday.
The High School gave their Oper-
eta, "'WindmiIls of Holland" Mon
day night at the Strand Theatre, to a
large and appreciative audience. The
entire cast played their parts very
well, under the able direction of Miss
Elma Creighton. The cast was as
follows: Wilfred Kraus as Mynheer
Hertogenbosch; Faythe Logan as
Vrouw Hertogenbosch, his wife; Eva
Wood as Wilhelmina, and Lucille Mil
ler as Hilda, their daughters; Lloyd
Wilson as Hans, the student of music,
in love with Wilhelmina; William
Morrison as Fritz, the rich farmers
son, in love with Hilda; Al Kissing as
Bob Yankee, the travelling salesman
from America, and Ruth Hawkins as
the rich farmers daughter. A chorus
of High School boys and girls repre-
sented the villagers. All in all 1t was
a very excellent production.
Mrs. Burnham is here from Brown
ell, visiting her daughter, Mrs. Annie
Shade, who is quite i'll in the hospital.
The Order of Maccabees was or
ganized in Hays in 1902, and Dr.
Geo. B. Snyder's death was the first
since the organization of the order
He carried beneficiary insurance.
For Sale.-A piano. Inquire of F.
E. McLain at City Hall.
R. Leiker, B. NJ. Dreiling, J. B.
Basgall, and Carl Wolf motored TO
Ness City, Sunday afternoon, return
ing Monday evening
The city has sold the old hose house
on South Chestnut street to John
Gross, and it was moved today
Thursday. In moving the hose
house it also abated the nuisance that
has been a menace to the health of
the city for several months.
The Hays High School Girls Basket
Bali team played the WaKeeney
High School Girls Basket Ball team
asst Thursday evening after school.
The score was SO to 13 in favor of
Hays.
In talking to the merchants this
week in regard to the benefits of
Dollar Day. or mid-week sales day,
one of the prominent merchants said
that he sold four times as much on
that day than he does on ordinary
mid-week days. He seemed very
favorably impressed with Dollar Day.
W. A. Miller, son of Andrew Miller
of Ellis, brought his wife to the Hays
hospital, Wednesday.
Mrs. B. NJ Clark who has been at
the hospital for several days, is now
improving and will soon be dis
charged as wholly recovered.
Henry c. DeBoer stopped over at
Hays, Tuesday, on his way to Bur
dette, Kansas.
Virginia and Hazel DeBoer were
here from WaKeeney, Tuesday.
Chas. Grass, brother of Banker
Harry ". Grass of Lacrosse, and of
Geo. Grass, Sr., of this city, died
Wednesday. of tuberculosis.
Jacob A. Wolf of Wolf Bros,
General Hardware, has sold his resi-
dence property to Isadore Leiker and
left last Sunday for Sacramento,
California. He disposed of his house
hold goods at private sale
The House of Representatives in
Topeka on Wednesday passed the bill
locating the Southwest Kansas Nor
NAL School at DODGE Civ and max