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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17

First published in the Hays Free
Press, March IL, 1920.
In the District Court within and for
the County of Ellis, in the State
of Kansas.
Publication Notice
State of Kansas, Ellis County, IS:
The State of Kansas to Ernest An
drew Brant, If living and If dead to
his unknown heirs, executors, admin
istrators, devisees, trustees and as
signs, and Anatone Roger and Mary
Roger, his wife:
You and each of you viii take no
tice that the plaintiffs, Alexis Isadore
Roger and Azela Roger, did, on the
10th day of January 1921, file their
petition in said District Court within
and for the County Of Ellis, in the
State of Kansas, and against each of
the above named as defendants, and
that you and each of you must an
swer said petition on or before the
18th day of April, 1921, or said petit
ton will be taken as true and Judg-
ment rendered accordingly In said
action adjudging the said Alexis Isa-
dore Rover and AZeia Roger to be the
owners in fee simple of the south half
of the northeast a OF Section So,
Township II south, Range 10 west of
the 9Th P. NJ, In Ellis County, Kan
sas, quieting their title to said land
as against you and each of you, and
forever barring each and all of you
from all interest and estate in, and
right or title to said real estate, and
every part thereof.
Isl r. A. Leiker,
Clerk District Court.
]. P. Shuts,
Attorney for plaintiffs.
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ExPERIMENT STATION NOTES

The date for the Experiment Sta
ton Round Up Is Saturday, April 80,
this year. This is later than the
Roundup has usually been held. 1t
is hoped that the later date will give
Us better weather. Another reason
for the late date is that this year some
Of the feeding experiments will be
carried up to the time the cattle go
to the pasture. The full program and
announcements viii be given later.
Dean F. D. Farrell and Professor
L. E. Call of the Agricultural College
spent Thursday at the Experiment
Station looking over the work and
planning for the experimental work
another year.
DIR. G. N. McCampbell, Head of the
Animal Husbandry Department of the
Agricultural Callege, spent Friday at
the Experiment Station helping weigh
the experimental cattle and getting a
general check on the stock feeding
work for the winter.
Mr.. A. L. Hallsted of the Expert
ment Station staff, returned to the
Station, Thursday of last week. Mr.
Halisted has been in Washington
since the middle OF January Mrs.
HaTlsted has spent the winter with heI
parents at Manhattan. She viii re-
turn to Hays within the week. Mr.
HaiIsted goes to Colby to help start
the dry land agriculture work on that
station. He win be gone two or three
days.
Mr.. A. F. Swanson, in charge OF
cereal crop investigations at the Fort
Hays Experiment Station, returned "a
his work on the Station, Monday
night. Mr.. Swanson has spent the
winter in Manhattan where he has
been preparing his annual report and
completing the records on the plant
breeding work which was started
here under his direction last summer.
The nursery records st the Fort
Hays Experiment Station indicate
that there has been sE1e heaviest early
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17

Community Seed Sale and Auction
Every farmer is invited TO bring
to Hays, Monday afternoon, March
21st, any seeds or other farm pro-
duce, machinery, buggies, live stock
anything he may have on hand that
he would like to dispose of The of
ferings will be sold at public auction
at L 80 p. m. on the lots back of Geo.
Philips store, now being used as a
hitching ground. Mr.. Ignatius Brun-
gardt of Victoria, a graduate Of the
Missouri Auction School, viii serve
as auctioneer.
This is the time of the year when
men are beginning to look for sor-
ghum seeds and with this in view you
who have seeds for sale are urged to
bring it to be sold at this auction. Or,
if you prefer, bring them in and offer
them at private sale.
The terms of the auction will be
39o of the selling price and you have
a right to refuse or accept any bids,
but in case of refusal, must pay the
go of the price offered to help de-
fray expenses.
Responsible members of the Farm
Bureau, Farmers Union and mer-
chants are promoting this institution
with the hope that if the sale is sue
cessfu1 and the idea proves to have
merit, efforts will be made to organ
ize it into a regularly occurring COM
munity event.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17
First Published in Hays Free Press,
March 10, 1920.
ROAD NOTICE
tate of Kansas, Ellis County, IS.

State of Kansas, Ellis County, IS.
Office Of County Clerk
Hays, Kansas, March 8, 1921.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERNS:
Take Notice, That a legal petition
signed by Nick P. Dreiling and other
Householders of Saline Township, in
said County, has been presented to
the Board of County Commissioners,
praying for the location of a road, as
follows, viz:
Beginning at the s. W. corner of
Section 9, thence one-half mile north
between Sections s and 9, Twp. IL,
Range II, thence east one-half mile
to center Of said Section 8, thence
south one-haH mile on half-mile line
and terminating at laid out road No.
40.
And that said Board has appointed
John Jacobs, Frank Atwood and
Christ Won Intel, Viewers, who viii
meet at the place OF beginning of said
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For saIe-Cadillac combination
carpet sweeper. Phone 49,.
KNIFE WEEDERS

81 heaCX
Twenty-one years ago, Mr.. Clayton
lived on farm and made his first
knife weeder. It had wooden run
ners, the knives were hard to adjust,
it was heavy and pulled hard, but it
did good work. Every year that he
stayed on the farm he made a new
model, aiming to decrease the draft,
increase the strength and decrease
the weight, and make all adjustments
simple and easy. Steel runners re-
placed the wooden runners, and from
year to year important improvements
were placed on the machine, mate
rally, increasing its efficiency and
value. While On the farm, Mr.. Clay
ton worked up quite a business max
ing these machines and selling them
to his aeighbors After he left the
farm he still continued to make a
new model every year, until he has
now perfected his New Model 81"
for the coming season. This new
model is a mighty fine machine for
killing weeds and saving moisture IN
any listed field, and it would hardly
seem possible that any further i'm
provements could be made upon it.
The Weeder Factory, Hill City,
Kan.," is where this machine is now
made, and any farmer, within driY-
ing distance of the factory, can easily
take his car to Hill City and haul one
home They are Sc easily taken apart
that two Of the doubie-row machines
are frequently hauled in Ford car.
The one-row machine weighs e5
pounds, the two--ow ESQ pounds, and
the three-row $50 pounds. The one
row machine sells for $50. the two
row for SEQ, and the three-row for
$50. These prices are for machines
without eyeners, and with 4-foot side
knives Longer knives can be fur
nished as extras and also eveners, If
desired. Most farmers have all the
eveners that are necessary for these
machines. All OF the older models
viii be discontinued after this sea-
son. TWo-roW machines OF last years
model may still be had, while they
last, at $500 to $1,000 less than the
above prices.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AT.
ENTT0N

The annual convention of the
school boards of Ellis county will be
held at the court house in Hays, on
Tuesday, March %, 1921. The con-
vention viii be called to order at 80
p. M, and the following program will
be given:
What School Board Organizations
may hope to Accomplish
Things to Consider in the Employ
ment Of Teachers"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1t is"
Agriculture in the Rural Schools"
-------------------------- Supt Kent
1.-The Work of a School Board"
Louis Christensen,
Co. Supt.
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sale of trees this year in the history
of the Station. One noticeable
feature is the number OF people driv-
ing to the Station and selecting their
own trees. These people are coming
from radius of fifty miles. They
are buying the stock here because
they can inspect it and because they
feel that trees grown at the Fort Hay
nursery are little better acciimated
than those sent in from eastern
nurseries.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17

The National Department of Agri-
culture report for March 1st Is pub
lished and shows about one-third of
the wheat crop in Kansas still held by
the farmers, Thomas county, a
hundred miles west of as, topping the
list with I ,649, 900 bushels on hand.
Rocks county, north of US, comes
next with 1,479, 900; Barton county,
south of US, with 100000 bushels
on hand for which to pay taxes, are
waiting for higher market prices. The
assessors report in Ellis county, soon
to be completed, will show nearly a
million bushels still in the hands of
the farmers. No wonder the Wheat
Growers associations and Boards Of
Trade want the farmers to store their
grain with them, take a dollar a
bustel on account. balance when they
get ready to sell, and let them buy
and sell the wheat on trade until
aetual sales are made. Here in Ellis
county farmers propose to hold their
own grain and sell when they want to
and need the money. They have good
granaries and most OF them
have money in the bank.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17
Presbyterian Annual Dinner

On Wednesday of this week at $50
p. m, the Presbyterians assembled
en- masse at the church for their
annual supper and social. Some seats
were taken up IN the auditorium to
permit five long tables spread with
the best things that the ladies know
so well how to provide, and a most
enjoyable evening was spent. The
whole affair was pronounced the most
successful of the kind ever held in
the church and drew by far the larg-
est ATTENDANCE
Prof. C. A. ShiveIy presided as
POSTMASTER, and read from the book
of Hezekiah, chapter u (please look
up the book and chapter) and read
about the building of a new church,
which was really the subject of the
evening discussed both humorously
and seriously.
The following was the program:
Text: 'fLet's build a new Church
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17

ament is high water mark for ath-
letics in Western Kansas. The high
schools of Western Kansas are to be
congratulated on the sportsmanlike
athletics which are being developed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17

at public auction, and sell to the high
est bidder, for cash in hand, at the
south door Of the Court House In the
City OF Hays In said County, on Mon
day, the 21st day Of March, 1921, at
goo o'clock ?. N. Of said day, the
following described real estate, living
and situate in the county OF Ellis and
State Of Kansas, to-Wit: Lot number
five go IN Block number five 81 in
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17

the town Of AnsOninO, Kansas The
said property is taken as the property
Of the defendants and VIII be sold
under said order Of sale 70 satisfy
judgment Of the said Henry SchWai-
Ter and Fred Schwaller, and VIII be
sold subject to q SIX months period
Of redemption.
Frank Loreditsch,
Sheriff OF Ellis County. Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17

The Galveston News tells this week
of one ship going out of there last
Saturday carrying 335, 900 bushels of
wheat-over three hundred cars.
This is more than either Catharine
or Buckeye townships raised last
year. This went in one ship to an
italian port, while a Danish ship
sailed last Friday carrying over
100000 pounds of Cotton Seed
Cake for the animals in the Danish
lands. Over I2O car loads; Ellis
county farmers get a couple of cal
loads and think they are feeding a
good deal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17

road, as petitioned for, on the 2eth
day of March, 1921, and proceed to
view said road as the law directs. at
which time and place all persons in
terested may attend and have hear
ing. In case said Viewers fail TO meet
on the day designated, they may meet
on the following day, as provided by
law, without further notice.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
of said County, this 9Th day OF March
1921. N. A Basgan,
(I-S) County Clerk
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17
First Published in the Hays Free
Press. March 10, 1921.

tE1fSC EuD1lSuGQ II Inc nays E1%S
Press, March 10, 1920.
State of Kansas, Ellis County, IS.
In the Probate Court of said County
and State.
In the Matter of the Estate Of John
F. Besse, Deceased.
Notice of Final Settlement
Creditors and all other persons in
terested in the aforesaid estate, are
hereby notified that on the 4th day of
April, 1921, I shall apply to the Pro
bate Court sitting at the Court House
in the City of Hays, Ellis County,
Kansas, for fun and final settlement
of said estate and for an order of the
Court finding and adjudging who are
the heirs of John T. Besse, Deceased.
Edward A. Besse,
Attest: +. B. Gross, Executor.
Probate Judge.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17

When Mr.. Lee finished his toast
and before the members departed,
they left voluntary subscriptions Of
twothirds of the church budget for
the coming year.
The past year has been the best in
the history Of the church in what was
raised for both current expenses and
benevolences, and with a splendid
spirit of unity and hopefulness the
coming year promises to be still
better one.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17
THUS SHALL BE-"

We quote a SPECIAL ORDER
from the throne of the C. of C. While
the Free Press is a paying member
in the Chamber Of Commerce and
contributes to all activities of that
body, yet we are not considered in
the least. It's long lane that has
no turn. The inference is plain from
the following:
Tuesday evening, March 9Th, the
Merchants Association held a meet
ing to plan for the next special sales
day. Motion. made and carried that
we take two full pages of the ELLIS
COUNTY NEWS to announce the
Sale and that the merchants take
blocks OF 1t to name the special offer
ing each has for that day; and
further, that 5000 extra copies of this
double page ad be run off and mailed
out to specially prepared mailing
list OF heads Of families within rs
miles Of Hays that do not take the
ELLIS COUNTY NEWS,
The two-page ad can be divided
into about % blocks. Half of these
were subscribed that night and any
one desiring to have space should i'm
mediately notify the NEWS Office. 1t
is very desirable that the COPY for
these ads be gotten in very early so
that the NEWS can print them first
and enable this Office to get them
mailed in plenty of time to bring in
these people to the sale Monday"
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the first clear warm day.
People are busy all over the coun-
ty setting hens and caring for baby
chicks. A few things should be OBJ
served in preparing the eggs for set
ting and also in the care of the baby
chicks.
Never allow the eggs to be kept in
same position longer than one day.
They must be turned or the yolk will
settle to one side and a deformed
chick or infertile egg will result.
Never allow the eggs to get cool.
This lowers the Matching per cent.
Never use eggs for setting that are
dirty nor never use washed eggs.
Both affect the fertility.
Be sure that the hen is kept free
from lice.
Don't feed the baby chick until AZ
to. u hours old.
A little charcoal kept before the
baby chicks will help keep them IN
good health.
Feed the baby chicks about five
times day but always avoid over
feeding.
The first five weeks of the chicks
life is the most important and il
brought through this period there viii
usually be no more trouble.
The Dodge City Branch Normal
bill was killed last Saturday evening
in the Senate,by a vote of FL to Is
The Kansas Legislature closes bust
ness today, March 18th, and viii ad
journ sine die Saturday, March 10th
Two travelling men were arrested
this week on charge of drunkenness
DIR. Neiswanger sports a new auto
mobile.
For SaIe-Cadillac combination
carpet sweeper. Phone 49,.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17

DR.. Wilbur N. Mason has resigned
his position as member of the State
Board of Administration and will take
charge of the Methodist church at
Pittsburg, Kansas. His resignation
was accepted last Monday, and he
take his leave of duties as a member
of the board on April 1st.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17
EARN BUREAU NOTES

The Prairie Dog campaign is in full
swing. Farmers are calling almost
every day for the poison. Ten
bushels of the poisoned oats has been
distributed up to the present. We
have on hands about six more bushels
for distribution. Make arrangement
with your Township Trustee for the
poison or call at the Farm Bureau
office for it. Put this poison out on
the first clear warm day.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17
First Published in Hays Free Press,
March 10, 1921
ROAD NOTICE
State of Kansas, Ellis County, SIS.
Office of County Clerk


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Take Notice, That legal petition
signed by A. E. Johansen and other
Householders Of Saline Township, in
said County, has been presented to
the Board Of County Commissioners,
praying for the location of a road, as
follows, viz:
Beginning at point Of the County
Road at the Northeast corner of Sec
ton "a, Twp. IL, Range II, and run
ming thence west 80 rods on the north
line of said Section "a, Township IL,
Range II, and terminating at point
80 rods west of point of beginning.
And that said Board has appointed
John Jacobs, Frank Atwood and
Christ Won Intel, Viewers, who will
meet at the place of beginning of said
road, as petitioned for, on the 29th
day of March, 1921, and proceed to
view said road as the law directs, at
which time and place all persons in
terested may attend and have hear
ing. In case said Viewers fail to meet
on the day designated, they may meet
on the following day, as provided by
law, without further notice
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
of said County, this 9Th day OF March
1921. NJ. A Basgall,
O-S) County Clerk.
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First Published in Hays Free Press,
February II, 1929
Sheriff's Sale
State OF Kansas, In the District Court
of Ellis County, IS.
Henry Schwaller and Fred Schwaller,
Plaintiffs,
VS..
John K. Leiker, Paul J. Leiker, and
Elizabeth Leiker, Defendants.
Under and by virtue of an order of
Sale issued by the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court, in and for the said Coun-
ty OF Ellis in a certain cause In said
Court, numbered 1859 wherein the
parties above named were respective
~ plaintiffs an defendants, and to
me the undersigned Sheriff of said
County directed, will offer for sale,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-04-14
KNIFE WEEDERS

ttNew Model 21'' Is Now Ready
Twenty-one years ago, Mr.. Clayton
lived on a farm and made his first
knife weeder- 1t had wooden run
ners, the knives were hard to adjust,
it was heavy and pulled hard, but it
did good work. Every year that he
stayed on the farm he made a new
model, aiming to decrease the draft,
increase the strength and decrease
the weight, and make all adjustments
simple and easy. Steel runners re-
year to year important Improvements
were placed on the machine, mate
rally increasing it's efficiency and
value. While on the farm, Mr. Clay
ton worked up quite a business max
ing these machines and selling them
to his neighbors- After he left the
new model every year, until he has
now perfected his New Model 21'
for the coming season. This new
model is a mighty fine machine for
killing weeds and saving moisture in
any listed field, and it would hardly
seem possible that any further i'm
provenlents could be made upon it,
1.-THE WeeGer Factory Hill City,
Kan.,'' is where this machine is now
made, and any farmer, within driv-
ing distance Of the factory, can easily
take his car to Hill City and haul one
home They are SO easily taken apart
that two Of the doub1e-rOw machines
are frequently hauled in Ford car
The one-row machine weighs 95
pounds, the two-rOw 250 pounds, and
the three-row $50 pounds. The one
row machine sells for $50, the two
row for SEQ, and the three-row for
$50 These prices are for machines
| without eyeners, and with 4-foot side
| knives Longer knives can be fur
| nish ed as extras, and also eveners, if
desired Most farmers have all the
| eveners that are necessary for these
/ machines. All OF the older models
will be discontinued after this sea-
SON. Two-row machines OF last year b
4 rv1<a 7a1 off1 1&a 1za n
| last. at $500 to $1,000 1ees than the
above prioee.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-04-14

of taste and the things they consider
good eating. The writer of this para
graph remembers that up in Michigan
about fifty years ago pioneers made
potash from wood ashes, or peeled
and dried red or ssslippery'' elm bark,
for the purpose of helping out the
family exchequer. Also they some
times ate the wild leek, just about
the first green thing to make its APP
pearance in the spring. However,
they ate the 1eek a sort of self
defence, Disgusting the taste of the
"leeky'' milk and butter which was
obtained by the help of cows that had
the run of the woods and were not
reluctant to browse on any green
thing. Out here in western Kansas,
less than fifty years ago, not a few
people were glad to gather and
market buffalo bones to help out on
living expenses Black-eyed peas and
rice corn were staples, pie melons
were used for sauce, and the wild.
black currant was regarded as a
Eefruit" and no mean "pie-timber." In
those days a white clover blossom ex-
cited comment and the honey bee was
a stranger in strange 1and-inding
sparse pasture and unable to get back
to her home because of the buffeting
zephyrs. Less than forty years ago
| the dandelion was not an outlaw here
| but was carefully cultivated in one
or two gardens in WaKeeney, for
| greens. Even now we have respect
able citizens who eat garlic and who
regard sunfiower seeds as a delicacy
Less than a hundred years ago the
| tomato was regarded with suspicion
| fifty years ago some cooks had the
| tenn Gritty to offer US green tomato pie;
less than thirty years ago canned to-
natoes formed our ftmain holt on
life in western Kansas. The writer
| has never forgotten his first attempt
! to eat cooked tomatoes, nor has his
| epicurean taste ever fully recovered
from the shock occasioned by his first
| attempt to eat gooseberry pie, al
| though his astronomical education
has been somewhat 1iberalized by the
lapse of time. On the other hand he
| can not remember when e1derberry
pie was not goodwill cream, ano
| the more cream the better the dose
/ The tomatoes that recently ripenec
in the Warnoak kitchen window
formed a part of our last Sundays
4 dinner, and, although forming onl,
a small part of the meal, they went
very well with the fat hen that was
kindly donated by one of our neigh
bors- Also, we have new potatoes il
the Warnoak garden. We know be
cause we planted them there only {
few days ago. They grew in tn
house and were just about the siz,
and color of ripe cherries, being O.
the red Mcclure variety.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-04-14
MEN WANTED TO SELL GROC-
ERIES

One of the Worlds largest whole
sale grocery houses wants ambitious
men in your locality to sell direct to
consumer nationally known brands of
an extensive line of groceries, paints,
roofings lubricating oils, stock foods,
etc. No capital required. Commits
sions advanced. Write today. State
age and county desired. John Sexton
e Co., 352 w. Illinois St., Chicago.
Ill. adv. Clip.