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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-20
First published in the Hays Free Press
December %, 1920
SHERIFF's SALE NOTICE

SHER1FF'S SALE NOTICE
In the District Court of Ellis County. Kan
J. G. Bremen. Plaintiff,
VIM. Bennett and Mollie Bennett
husband and wife, Defendants.
CASE NO. 67S5
State of Kansas, Ellis County, IS:
Under and by virtue of order of sale
issued in said cause by the Clerk of said
Court, on the 18th day of December, A D.
1920, directing me to advertise and sell ac-
cording to law the life estate and interests
of said defendants and each of them, in and
to the following described lands and tene-
ments situated in the County of Ellis and
State of Kansas. tO-wit:
The west half of the southeast quarter OF
Section Thirty-sx $3.50, IN Township four
teen (14), in Range sixteen (16) west OF
the Sixth Principal Meridian, in the County
and State aforesaid.
viii on January 22nd A. D. 1921. at the
hour of two o'clock D. n of said day at the
south main front entrance door of the court
house of said county, IN the City of Hays,
Kansas, offer for sale and sell at public auc-
ton to the highest and best bidder foE cash,
all of defendants rights, title, interest and
life estate in and to the above described
real estate. with all of the appurtenances
thereunto belonging; that said property will
be sold to satisfy certain judgment IN at
tachnnent rendered against said defendants
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-20
COMMISSIONERS. PROCEEDINGS

Hays, Kansas, January 3, 1921, 9 100 a. m.
The Board of County Commissioners met
this day in regular monthly session Mem
bers present: Herman J. ThOlen. Chairman
John Jacobs and Frank Atwood. Commission
ers: NJ. A BasgaIl. County Clerk.
The quarterly reports of the following
County Officers were examined and approved
M. A Basgall. County, Clerk
j. B. Gross, Probate Judge
Alex Welttz. Sheriff.
Louis Christensen, County Superintendent
Frank Wasinger, Register of Deeds.
j. NJ Wiesner, County Attorney.
r. A. Leiker, Clerk of the District Court
The following bills were allowed and the
County Clerk instructed 70 issue warrants
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-20

said road as the law directs, at which
time and place all persons interested
may attend and have hearing. 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
January, 1921.
Is NJ. A. BasgalI,
County Clerk
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-20
Blessed EQUALITY Of Mercy.

blessed are the merciful for they
shall obtain mercy" Does not that re-
fer TO ones mental judgments as we'll
as to ones outward acts. to the spirit
with which we view our neighbOrs as
well as TO our conduct toward tllem7
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-20

The Depository Bond of the Farmers
State Bank of Ellis approved.
The official bonds of the following County
OAieers and Township Officers were APP
christ Won Intel. County Commissioners.
P A. Leiker, Clerk of District Court
Nj A Basgan County Clerk
G. H Wilson, Constable. Ellis City
Joseph Griese, Justice of the Peace, walker
Jacob Kippes, Town'p Treasurer, Ellis Twp
Albert Christensen, Justice OF the Feace.
smoky Hill Townshipip-
Anton A. Karlin. Treasurer Catherine Twp
Josenh Weigel Jr., Clerk. Ellis TWp
ETrsnl- T2ohr. Clerk, Lookout Twp.
Hoe n Rome Clerk, HerZog TWp-
+ low Trustee, Buckeye Twp
The road petition Of John Applicants ana
Others of Freedom Township praying Tor tne
location of roa dwas presented, eS21nlnsc aIin
PRAYER for view granted Christ Won i'Ih'eei'
Frank Atwood and John Jacobs were 4p-
pointed as viewers. -,,.. 80
The annual report of Trustet OF EHis anu
Hamilton Townships were examined anu Gun
firned. sotaE as
The Board ordered the County freasurer :
RI charge the general fund OF the City OF
Ellis IN the sum of s11s-Se, being n sun
;1reerIarly paid to the Treasurer OF salo Cley
nv the County Treasurer OF Ellis Coon<y ON
the 26tk day of March. 1917 by eneek Vnn-
Der 20 1..h. The
Board adjourned sine die.
NJ A. Basgall' co,ntx CLERK. ''-''--
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-20
First published in Hays Free Press
January Is, 1929
NOTICE

The Golden Belt Railroad of Kansas
hereby gives notice that on the 18th
day of December, 1920, it fled with
The interstate Commerce Commission
at Washington, its application for
certificate of public convenience and
necessity TO. construct a line of rail-
road in the State of Kansas.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Commission said application is
now published, as follows:
Application of THE GOLDEN
BELT RAILROAD OF KANSAS to
build approximately "a miles of
Standard Guage, Trunk line of rail
road track IN the counties OF Barton,
Rush and Ellis in the State of Kan
sas, from connection with the Santa
Fe r. r. in the west part of the City
of Great Bend, Kansas, Qeading to
the Gulf of Mexico) northwest
through Barton county to the east
line of Rush county, adjoining, thence
westerly and northerly through said
Rush county into Ellis county, ad-
joining, thence northerly and westerz
ly through Ellis county to and into
Buckeye township, in said Ellis coun-
ty, with a spur track from the main
track near Munjor, miles, to Hays,
the county seat, whole distance of
81 to 81 miles of track, and permits
sion to run passenger and freight
trains thereon during the term of its
charter of the State of Kansas, $50
years..
By Harry Freese, Secretary of the
I Company,
/ By order of its Board of Directors,
December 1920
! published 3 times by order of The
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, Washington, D. c.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-20
The Uader Dog

Under the Underwood Tariff, now
the law, the United States is the
under dog. and has no means OF pre-
venting the dumping OF goods made
by the cheap. haIf-staved labor Of
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22

not be violated. and no warrants shall issue but
upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirma
fion." etc. aT
This devotion Is sudden because not before
shown as to this particular amendment, whose con-
struction depends upon that of the words "un-
reasonable search" and any subject to "un-
reasonable search" has recourse in the courts for
damages They hardly need the especial attention
Of the Senate nor guardianship by reafirmation of
this clause through injecting it in amphed form in
special law. ......- So
1t is sudden because never before in evidence.
Search without warrant is an everyday occurrence.
1t takes place probably hundreds e. times every
day in all parts of the country, outside the Vol
stead act and always has. Police officers take their
chances and always have. They have made mis-
takes and always will, but seldom in comparison
to the number of times they are right.
When bank is robbed the police do not wait
for a warrant When they suspicious char
aeters, they do not go for a warrant. Few arrests
of those suspected of crime made with war
rants and few without concurrent or following
search. Why this great anxiety over an infraction
of the Constitutional right only to bootleggers?
Why is it not evidenced to thieves, pickpockets
and the other criminal gentry?
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
Boxing the Compass.

ENIN is rapidly boxing the economic COM
II pass on the way back to capitalism He has
- gone from communism to Red socialism,
to MARKHAM scientific socialism, to Fabian social
ISM. It is but another jump to capitalism. He
has permitted private trading recognizing individual
ownership; land longer is nahonalized; what
purports to be real money, backed by the govern
.ulent is to be recognized the use Of railroads and
all means of transportation and communication
must be paid for.
Capital has been invited to come back to Rus
sia to invest with the assurance of protection. 1t
is admitted that there must be such thing the
bourgeoisie and the political rights and equality
are distinct from equality Of ability and social
Equality. Long ago Lenin yielded that special
ability and training should have corresponding
wards He found that to operate banks and in
dustries. transport and communications he must
have those who knew how and to get them must
pay correspondingly.
He always recognized this of political officials
who have been housed, clothed, fed and given ia
% cilities Of different standard than those OF the
!. &prking classes. Lenn has discovered that COM
-rres in operation He had his choice OF deserting
Shem or deserting his job. He chose the former.
If he can swing the circle fast enough he hopes
to hold his control politically Naturally his
greatest difficulty is in handling his associates.
many of whom fail to what will come to them
: in the dispensation.
But as they to him all they have and all
they can hope to have; the choice with them is
TO so along and land where they may, or land quick
in six feet of earth they naturally do not protest too
much. Those essential to his organization have
Fewer fears while Trotsky helps the game by
heading the unreconclables and keeping them from
jumping the fence, until Lenin has executed his
mastery strategic retreat. Any report Of a break
between them is about as reliable sensible as
those OF of the Franco-British entente.
What is coming in Russia or what is under
way is joint effort by these men to COM
pletely reverse their economic and political system,
without surrendering their power and control.
There be doubt of their remarkable ability
and probably it may be we'll that they remain
personally in the saddle, to change rulers now
would but add disaster disaster, so long as they
have an army subject to their orders and ready to
obey them They will have this so long as they
fic.d and clothe them
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
Hall Of Records and Archives.

G CATERED through the many departmental
- buildings in this city almost infinite
variety of valuable historical documents and rec
ords They are not properly cared for pro-
tected. No one man knows the resting place of all
of them. They are not available for historians and
researchers. They are losing their usefulness as
correctves to false statements and wrong opinions.
In a recent Herald. letter was published from
James keating librarian and researcher advocating
separate building of records and archives He
instanced its importance in bringing together all
the data to the early days of this country, its
colonial settlements, and early history He in
staneed among other things, which should be so
housed as to be safeguarded and readily accessible
the log of the MayAower, records Of the following
wars; Revolutionary, 1879, Indian wars, CIVIL army
lists OF the civil war, Union and Confederate; index
to the honor roll; Daughters of the American Rev
olution, and the various books pertaining thereto;
records of the FIRST census, 1900. Card indexes at
the Congressional Library, indicate that these rec
ords for Certain States which stored in the
United States Capitol, destroyed at the time
of the invasion of Washington
There is certainly no lack OF material to fill
large space in such building. 1t is material much
OF which cannot be duplicated and, when lost is
gone forever 1t includes what often only special
lists to consult but what to them is invaluable
and through them has great value to the countrs as
a whole. Moreover, if there were alcoves for the
States, they would deposit in these their records,
original or duplicates, OF their early history in
maps, documents and printed form, that all might
be in this one central building which would in this
way be fully national
As it is, the historian, the researcher the spec
ialist must hunt all over Washington, delve into
forgotten places, dig into disorder, search for
months and then, maybe. tail to find what is some
where but no one knows just where. Or he may
hunt only to find that what he wants is in the
archives of some distant State. Certainly there is
need and demand for such building 1t should
be located as near may be to the Congressional
Library and should be one OF the first structures for
which Congress should appropriate, whenever a
building program is resumed.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
Army Civilian Service.

INHERE IS no reason to question the entire sim
Il cerity and good faith OF the Committee on
Military Affairs OF the House, in tabling the bill
aimed to permit General Wood to accept the gov
crnor generalship of the Philippines without resign
ing from the army. But The Herald differs from
the committees judgment. We can see no danger
IN permitting army officers holding civil offices by
appointment along with their army rank.
An example is to be found in the commits
sonership OF the District Of Columbia. By law
one commissioner must be taken from the army
engineers and this has proved entirely satisfactory
No one would consider a change. Moreover under
She armys own rule, officer can remain on spe-
cal service duty for than short ternr
1t would to go with the saying that no
President will make habit of filling civilian posts
from the army. An army officer is not political
asset in himself. He has voting residence He
has no vote-getting ability. He does not belong
nor fit into any political machine Where stationed
in charge OF harbor Improvements, like service
closely allied to civilian service, they politically
unknown. They would have but relatives and
,. friends to promote a candidacy for civilian place
and to prefer them, in exceptional cases.
would smash any political organization. That is
the practical side allied to politics.
On the other side, the only one which should
nS considered, there in the army who
show especial capacity for certain very difficult
SObs. General Crowder is in Cuba on a diplo-
matte mission, purely civilian service. Army men
have repeatedly been used in this way. Are their
especial fitness and ability to be wasted in peace
tIhe when the army does not need them and de-
med to civilian public service that does need them?
They should be available wherever they can be
ot greatest value and a President surely can be
trusted 10 such services wisely and not to pro-
voke political hostility.
II the committee has sufficient reason for
IT'S action which will satisfy the plain common
sense OF the people, does appear to have vet
been made public. While the bill is to make Cen
eral Woods ability available for service for
which everyone admits he is peculiarly qualified,
ne need not be considered in the general equation
If there are forces that do not want him. the
Senate is the body through which to act as i,
trzs the right to withhold confirmation, or they
Stould act directly with the President The OBJ
jections to the bill general principles, hardly
ssem sufficiently weighty
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
Claims of Veterans.

To the Editor, The Warrington Herald:
have read many vf these letters
in the paper published by you and
find SO many things that are
sound and l am glad that we have
such a paper in our city.
Some of these letters are amusing
to me, as this will appear to Others,
but, Mr.. Editor. the nsrrowness OF
some soldiers that were drafted and
were taken better care Of than they
were ever before gets my goat.
Now, / was a soldier. ate hard-tack.
sowbelly and fought hard TO keep
up with the flies, in order to get
my share. and received the great
price Of 1850 per month. and re-
ceived 25 cents per day for clothes.
know many volunteers, and j
thank God that have not seen a
letter from one Of them yet asking
the old man, Uncle Sam. TO take
care OF them. am only a man
that served my country when the
occasion came. and when II no
longer needed my service / found a
job and have had one ever since. !
am In favor Of taking care Of those
that cannot take care of them
selves, by giving them a home and
clothes. and ! am in favor OF build
ing good roads and giving these
men Jobs, and in any climate that
they desire: this is something that
would beneht all the people all the
time.
Mr. Roosevelt was a great man.
was in the same war with him and
am not in sympathy with all OF
his ideas by any means. but he did
say. Go do something, do not stand
and beg" II was that spirit that
made for him more than anything
else.
HENRY B. JOHNSON.
Washington ID G
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
CAPE COD LYNCHING
THREAT SUBSIDIES

BARNSTABLE. Mass. Aug. 90
State militiamen. called to prevent
a race riot and possible lynching Of
three negroes in jail here. will be
disban anded tomorrow, Col. Alfred
Foote, OF the State constabulary,
announced tonight
Foote said that a careful survey
OF the situation here indicated that
feeling among whites and negroes
of "Jungletown" had died down SO
that the release OF the guardsmen
was justified.
The three negroes were Jailed on
the charge OF assaulting Miss Ger
trude Butler. after beating her es-
cort
Members OF the second Massachu-
setts Artillery, under Gen. ]. r.
Sherburne, patrolled the section
about the jail tonight.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
Plea to Employers.
he Editor. The washinston Herald:

TO the Editor. The washington Herald:
We have In our midst many hun
dreds OF young women out of en-
ployment. We have also IN our
midst numerous employment agen-
cies preying upon these unemployed
young women. 1t is to be reason
ably expected that the unemployed
arc. in many instances. financially
embarrassed. 1t costs a merchant
who requires stenographer or
other clerk but so cents to insert
an advertisement in the paper. but
ii is almost an unknown thing now
TO see an advertisement of a mer-
chant seeking an employe.
Rather than spend SO cents
rather than take the trouble to in
terview the number that might call
upon him. he becomes one OF the
many lined up by the employment
agencies in the city. It Is nothing
to him that the girl that Is hard
up and out of work, must pay. FIRST.
a registration fee of at least 81 to
some agency. and them after she
secures position. 20 per cent more
of her months salary, or, in other
"OTubB "OTh q "Sth IOE
nothing. for the privilege OF having
secured a position that she could
easily have secured through her
own efforts had the merchant a lit
tie consideration for the feelings OF
others.
cannot imagine what the mer-
place these unemployed young wom-
lama tha ~
agents. The newspapers would
make just as much money in ad-
vertisements paid for by the mer-
chants. as those paid for by the
agencies. and no wrong would be
done the masses of unemployed.
There is a principle involved that
should stand before all else.
There is one agency in this city
run by the government, that asked
a young woman the sum of IS re-
Gently to permit her to register for
q position. This is a serious mat
ter and worthy of investigation.
The merchants should have IL
brought very earnestly to their at
tention and no doubt. when the
other side" OF the question is put
before them. they will see it in a
reasonable light.
In Chicago and other large cities
there are such agencies for work
ing men. They take the registra-
ton fee, ship a man to the Far
West; their accomplice in the West
puts the man to work for a few
days and then dismisses him as un-
satisfactory. and in that way room
Is continuously made for the new
patches Of men that are being
duped by this system, while the
poor victim nnds himself in a
strange country and without funds.
1t Is a form Of extortion that should
be stopped and ! believe a paper
like The Washington Herald could
do much to accomplish this end.
MARION WELSH.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
A Biz Job.

1T is intmated that new office NAV be created
i to take control OF the many activities of which
the President is the nominally responsible and con
trolling authority, loosely ana indirect
ly attached to a department. The proposed title
is Assistant to the President" which, in the
language of distinguished New Yorker is quite a
"mouthful." 1t has been a custom of Congress- and
bad one, to create bureaus commissions and
boards of more less importance and instead of
attaching them to department, adding them to
correlated bureau, to make them directly response
BILE to the President, indirectly to some one else
No man rightly supervise or keep within
gurshot of any intimate knowledge of all these ac-
tivities or even have a speaking acquaintance with
them, and also perform the obligatory duties of a
President This is not expected In many in
stances the object of this detached attachment has
seemingly been merely to create Offices of more i'm
portance than the duties require.
There two score of these so-called
miscellaneous activities" AS examples of how
they have been differentiated: The Smithsonian In
stItution has seven bureaus under it, while detached
is found the National Academy Of Science United
States Geographic Board, Commission of Fine
Arts, and National Monument Association. There
is National Home for Disabled Soldiers Board,
distinct from the United States Soldiers Home
Commission, neither being related to the Bureau Of
War Risk. The Columbia Institute for the Deaf
have nothing to do with the Bureau of Education
There is the International Joint Commission, Inter-
national Boundary Commission, United States and
Canada; International Boundary Commission,
United States and Mexico, the Pan American
Union. and the United States Section of the Inter
American High Commission, none of which have
enough to do to keep them busy two months of
the year. And so on, and so forth.
Then there are the more highly important
commissions and boards: The Federal Reserve
Interstate Commerce, Federal Trade United States
Shipping, United States Shipping and Emergency
Fleet, Civil Service, Railroad Labor, Alien Proper
ty Custodian, Tariff, Employees Compensation,
Mediation and Cancellation, etc. Why several of
these were not placed under some already estab-
lished organization is beyond business ken. Why
most OF them were not put regularly under some
department is too, mystery. Why is the Pana-
ma Canal Commission unattached? Why, too, the
Commission for Navy Yards and Naval Stations
and the National Advisory Board for Aeronautics?
There may be need for an assistant to the
President. 1t would be big job, carrying politi-
cal importance equal to, or exceeding that OF
Cabinet officer. Whoever held it, by name and
by authority, would be Presidential annex car
rying at least one Of the Presidents ears with him
as official perquisite. But the natural query ia
that if so many widely diverse activities can be
placed under one head, why cannst they be mere
ly attached to the various departments after being
condensed by eonsolidSion to half their numbera
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
Disarmament vs. Prepared

To the Editor. The washingtor Herald:
OF every 100 cents we pay
Into our Cncle's store;
Some 80 OF this. they say,
Is spent for making war.
My country" does not so prepare;
This talk is silly sense:
OF liberty We want our share
We spend il for defense.
We put the bolt upon our door.
We build the jails for some;
We do not spend for making war
We hope il may not come.
They weep because 'tis IS.
And think it's only waste:
They'll weep some more in miser-ee,
When gold the thief will taste.
For il We DO not bolt the door,
To keep the 4 per:
The thief will rob US in their war,
And take the 100. sir.
AMERICCS.