The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-05-26
In Nineteen TWenty-One
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ApE
BEING SPENT IN HAYS
FOR HOMES
~r0ie's OF the Short Wheat Crop
and the Consequent Depression
IN Money Matters

IN Money Matters
Prices of labor, building materials
OF all kinds, and even town lots may
De nigh, yet it is surprising
now much building has been done in
this city, the past year, and is now
Oelhg done, and a ride around the
city IS surprising to visitors to- our
CITY Many who have their homes
have added additions, back buildings
or even garage for their car.
- On East Juniata Mr.. Luce has add
ed a coy addition to his home.
Arthur Wiles has raised his house
three feet and added-a new basement
and moved the house back on the new
walls-a good improvement.
On East Normal Avenue Charlie
Bissing and Joe Dechant have each
put up $4,000 stucco bungalo, much
improving that end of town. Gass-
man added brick garage, in addi-
tion to his $25OO invested in a new
stucco shoe shop on South Chestnut.
On West Normal, Nick Arnhold
gave his big home a new painting,
making it look like new home, while
Frank Bissing is building at the site
of his old home cute bungalo that
will take $4,000 to complete.
Further west is the new $4,000
Methodist parsonage, also the c. w.
Miller, Jr, home, and DIR. Daniels
pretty bungalo, while Dr. Anders has
the foundation up for his new $4,000
home.
Over on Wilson Avenue, Felix
Kissing has his cute little bungalo;
DR.. Wilson has put $500 into repaint-
ing his home-the Treat property.
Over on West South Main, the
Havemann home place has been won
derfully improved, and Mr.. Walz has
added another cottage to his rental
property; while down in College addi-
ton, near Henry Knoche. is new
bungalO just completed.
North of the track on West Second
street, the Burtscher stone home has
been greatly improved by the addi-
tion of dandy new modern cement
block porch; and on West Crawford
DIR. Unrein has a cozy home recently
built.
Mr.. Goetz is building a $4,000
bungalo up next to the Mrs. Ryan
home; Anton Shoemaker of Victoria,
and H. w. nlingworth have new
$4,000 bungalos that are just com
pleted.
Ben Huser of-Victoria, bought the
17-acre tract of Chas. Reeder, just
north of the railroad track on the
west side of town, and erected sub
stantial home; while Peter Rohr of
Liebenthal is putting up home close
by. These folks are taking advant-
age of land prices before the Cath
winter on the erection of their new
100000 college on their forty-acre
tract Just west of the Oshant home.
North of the Oshant home Mr.. Eel
lers is erecting a home for his family,
TO be of the stucco kind, and on It's
completion will erect another along
the west side.
The show house of the town is the
new brick residence of Justus Bissing-
It will pay you to drive out and see
this beautiful Corinthian brick with
5mported cobblestone porches. 1t is
a perfect beauty
Peter Smith, Mrs. Keough and Carl
Leiker each planted hedge-row IN
E.. e +ba;r residences which viii
add much to the beauty of their sur
roundings in another year.
In the west part of the city j. Nj.
wiesner has built a cozy little home
and in the northwest end M. ). Dorz-
weller is building cute S4OOO oung-
,Io and on the same street B. M
K,,hn has built a home for his family,
Naw sidewalks are being built all
~ town. and in the northwest part
80 the city long strings OF sewer
~3oes are in place ready for the olg-
~. Pretty roses and flower Deos
.oor an over town, and most
Lot Is nicely cleaned up to be
,,,.aesntable to strangers, or even our
Deonle who happen to pass Dy'
,.bodv - seems proud of their
- he If a mansion or dove-cOI
for .Betty and me and the oAOS'
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