The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-26

that he had never known 1t so dull on
the farm and that there were dozen
farmers looking for every job in town.
If there are, the fellows in town won't
be holding many jobs. The farmers
generally get what hey go after.
A new motor bus line has been
started from McCook, Nebraska, to
Scott City. 1t goes south through
Hoxie at a. m. arriving at Scott
City at noon. Returns to Hoxie go
ing north at a. m. Arrives at Nc
Cook, Nebraska, at noon.
Rev. ]. T. Crawford, D. D., State
Superintendent of Missions, was in
the city between trains Wednesday,,
in conference with Rev. H. Mac D.
Thompson who is Missionary Director
for this Western District.
The Baptist Parsonage family were
pleasantly surprised when Mr.. and
Mrs. Bush of Salt Lake called upon
them Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Ed
Hockersmith, the father of Mrs. Bush,
was with them. s., They are old friends
and members of the Baptist Pastor.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Arnhold, who was operated on at the
hospital, last week, was brought home
Friday night.
Charles Stoecker spent one day last
week in Salina.
Mrs. c. E. Williams is here visit
ing friends. From here she will go to
Kansas City, and from there to New
Orleans, where Mr.. Williams will
join her. They will then proceed to
Cuba. Mr.. Williams will look after
business in connection with the mill
ing interests in that country.
H. D. Shaffer and wife are visiting
friends in California. They will visit
Long Beach, Los Angeles, and other
interesting California points before
returning, and will be absent perhaps
two months.
A number. of business men from
this city spent nearly all of last week
in Ellis, cooperating with local COM
mittees in the drive for the Catholic
College.
Mrs. Rose Peterson is patient at
St. Anthony's Hospital.
P. P. Smith has been conducting
an auction in his store every day dur
ing the past week. His purpose IS to
close out his mercantile business and
devote all his time to the sale of real
estate.
Rev. FIR. George conducted services
at Grinnell, Sunday.
Hosiery for all the Family on sale
at Stevenson's.
Mrs. Carrie Reiff of WaKeeney, is
spending this week with her mother,
Mrs. Jacob Wagner, who is i'll.
Miss Louise Wann spent the week
end with her father and brother, Max.
She is attending Miss BarstOw's
School for Girls in Kansas City, Mo.
A letter from a once prosperous
farmer in Russia, tells story of the
misery there. 1t reads in part, 81 am
seventy-one years old. Was prosper
Gus once but we have eaten up near
ly everything we have. A pound of
bread costs from ten to 1900
roubles. We have eaten all our live
stock except one colt. One year ago
Herzog had 5000 people, now it has
only 600. Whole families have died
from hunger"
'What becomes of the Centenary
Money" was the subject of an illus
trated lecture by Rev. DR.. Baldwin.
Sunday night. The slides pointed
out that nearly the whole world is
bettered by this energy of Method
ism.
A letter has been published at the
request of the County Attorney, from
Attorney General Hopkins, that the
prohibitory law is openly and motor
iously violated in this county and that
complaints have been coming in TO
Topeka from time to time, and con
cludes by saying ''this department
must insist on a rigid enforcement OF
the law in your county"
Co. Supt. Louis .Christiapsen at
tended the Executive meeting Of the
State Teachers Association last week
in Topeka.
The Methodist Ladies served dinner
to the church family Wedpesda!