The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-07-27

are creating much interest. A crowd
has attended each evening.
Robert Bullock was operated on
for appendicitis, Monday, at st.
Anthony's Hospital.
Mrs. Glenn Tillotson and daughter,
Dolores, left for Kansas City, Tues
day morning, where she will visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Baugh-
man.
Miss Ida Wasinger is taking a vaca-
ton visiting friends in Colorado. Miss
Mary Haffamier is holding down her
job in the postofice.
Tom Hurt, convicted of violating
the liquor law, and later paroled to
help a farmer harvest, was returned
to jail, Saturday, to serve out his
sentence.
DR.. H. B. Neiswanger now sports a
new Cadillac automobile, recently
purchased of the Hoffman
Motor Company of Salina.
Some unterrifed sinner, last Mon
day morning, stole County Clerk NJ.
A. Basgall's Ford motor car.
J. B. Rouse who has charge of the
Normal truck farm, recently pur-
chased Durant motor car.
Summer School ends this week, and
the girls who have graced the streets
of Hays of evenings for the past
sixty days, will depart for their
homes. Hays will miss them.
P. J. Deane and little son were
shooting Roman candles one evening
this week-Ieft-overs from the Fourth
when one prematurely exploded,
burning Mr.. Deane's hand slightly
and severely burning his little son.
Belle Rankin was convicted in JUS
tice court, last Tuesday, for disturb
ing the peace, and fined SIS and costs
of prosecution, in Justice Woodward's
court in Ellis.
1t is reported that Walter Runyon
will move his battery plant into the
OLOughlin garage, August LIST.
Kruger Brothers are threshing
their wheat, this week. They report
a yield of thirty-three bushels per
acre.
Miller Brothers put up some new
real estate signs this week.
The Telephone Company have a
are wrecking the Model School build
ing across the creek south of the
Coliseum, preparatory to commencing
the erection of the girls dormitory.
The Telephone Company have a
force of men laying underground
wires in the alley south of O'Lough-
Inns garage, running east and west
through Hays.
On Friday, four miles south of
Hays, a fire started in a touring car
from Wichita, which was enroute for
Stockton. The men in the car did
not notice the fire until the top of the
car was enveloped in flames. The
man sitting on the left then jumped
out and at the same time he pulled
out his grip. The driver fell off on
the right and he too pulled out some
personal belongings. In a few mo-
ments the car was in ruins. None of
the occupants of the car were injured.
Sunday at 4:3O in the afternoon,
the air tank in Burgardt & Ingen-
thrones new garage, exploded. The
explosion came with such force the
rafters were torn down and a big rent
was made through the roof. The win
dow panes were shattered. The air
tank was installed over a month ago
but the garage men refused to use it
until the safety valve was put on. 1t
was attached Sunday forenoon. The
tank was marked two-hundred pounds
pressure. The safety valve was set
for one hundred and seventy-five
pounds pressure. When Mr.. Ingen-
throne looked at the pressure a few
minutes before the explosion it regis
tired one hundred and twenty-five
pounds. Fortunately no one was hurt
but Jake Burgardt was thrown to
the floor. If the explosion had oc-
CURED on week day it would have
meant certain death to several men
who worked near the tank.
The defamation of the explosion
was heard all over the city. If the
doors had been closed, the building
would have been wrecked. From a
distance a big cloud or gust of dust