The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-04-28

posed Golden Belt line, if built, to get
more wheat to their mill.
Township Trustee Urban of Free
dom township, was in town Monday,
and VIII have the railroad Bond peti-
ton in his township all signed up this
week.
Application was filed this week,
with the Interstate Commission at
Washington for a RE-HEARING,
with thirty days to file new evidence,
and decision will be received within
a few days whether to go on with the
work
A letter from Director Moses at
Great Bend says they will have the
petitions in that county all signed up
within a few days to give the Pro
motors a chance to build, if they can.
That their new membership of 440 in
the Commercial Club of that city are
for it TO a man, hoping it will come.
Mayor Dawson writes they are still
holding the 1O-acre Terminal grounds
in the hopes that the Interstate will
grant the permission to build.
AS the old-time Booster Club, the
pushers, who want the new railroad
to come and are willing to give them
q showing an encouragement. AT
the Knights of Columbus wrestling
match at their hall, last Friday night,
the captains secured and turned in
157 signers to the Bond petitions:
Captain Frank Kissing -.-------------- A
Captain A H. Dreiling Farmers
Bank) ------------------- ----------------- OF
Captain County Attorney Wiesner 27
Cantain I,eiker 4 %
While the Fre( Press crowd and
others around town have run the list
up to over 400, and every day is
bringing more. The Directors want
everybody to sign and send in their
blanks to show the Promoters that
everybody wants it. There were $50
votes cast at the November election
in Hays and the required two-fifths
make 352 signatures necessary TO call
the election. During the war times
the honor roll of the Red Cross ano
the Liberty Bond campaigns were
published and in later years the chill
dren will have that honor roll to look
over. 1t is hoped to soon publish this
railroad list so the children of twenty
five years from now, when the bonds
come due, can see who were the
pushers that helped give them the
North and South road across Kansas
There was some talk of the Union
Pacific railroad opposing the new rail
road. Evidently Charlie Reeder had
mt any such orders, as he quickly
signed the railroad petition this week
and he has been the U. P. attorney
for thirty or more years. He doesn't
want any other Normal School built
in Western Kansas and seemed glad
to help prevent it.
A committee from Loretto, in Rush
county, was here Saturday and re
ports that their township of Illinois
just south of Pfeifer, has its bond
petition all signed up and hope the
promoters may be able to swing it
through, and were glad to give them
encouragement. If the road is built
their township can we'll afford to vote
the bonds.
Last week the Booster Club boys
had 500 of the Railroad bond petit
tions for Hays printed and this week
put in about every house and store
in the city. They are being literally
signed and sent in, and the bunch to
hand to the City Commissioners to
ask the election will number 500 or
more.
The railroad Bond petitions were
scattered around town on Monday,
and are being generally signed and
sent in. Miss Elsie Macintosh has
the honor of sending in the first. On
it are the names of C. W. Reeder and
C. w. Miller, ST., both old-time Union
Pacific Railroad men, showing that
railroad is not fighting this one.
While we have a sufficient number,
we would rather have 600 signers to
show that Hays wants it, than the re-
quired $50. Let everybody who re-
ceived one send in their name and
let's make a big showing.
Dory Gosser was in Wednesday and
reported Buckeye all signed up, which
makes all of the Ellis county town
ships and city signed up, and the In
terstate was notified by Registered
Letter Wednesday, showing why the
should grant the asked-for re-hearinC
and permission.
Under date of April %, Congress
man II. B. White writes: II have thi;
day fled your petition for a re-hear
ing. have also filed with it per
sonal request that your application
shall have a favorable answer"
Every man in the Court House
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