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VOLUME XXVII.
HAYS. ELLIS COUNTY, KANSAS,, liARCrf 27, 190D.
NUMBER 24
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Condensed Statement of the condition of the
CITIZENS' STATE BANK,
HAYS CITY, KANSAS
At the close of business March 16, 1909.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts 121,870.24
Bonds and Warrants 8,190.09
Overdrafts 3,843.cU
Real-Estate ' 10,725.00
Furniture and fixtures 2,000.00
Expense
Cash and sight
exchange
985.57
237,886.75
$385,501.49
'Dolly Varden" Chocolates at Hark
nesa' ' 22-tf
Annual School Meeting.
Under the new law passed this win
ter, the annual school election in cities
of the third class, like Hays, must be
held on Monday, April 5th at 2 p. ra
and everybody should attend these
meetings. When the city is declared
a city of the Second class then the
school officers will be elected by wards
the same as the Council, but that elec
tion is some distance off as he Gover
nor has not yet issued his Proclama
tion, and there is lots to do after that
before the new election is called.
TSk LIndsfcorg Messiah.
Mr. Arthur Lundgren was here this
week distributing literature ot the
coaling celebration of the Messiah at
Lindsborg. A special train will leave
HAYS for there on Sunday morning at
7:20 April 4th and the round trip will
cost $5 00. This is one of the grandest
song services held. This year there is
to be an orchestra of sixty pieces,
forty band pieces and 450 children in
the chorus of 565 persons. Every year
great crowds from all over Kansas
attend and are well repaid for 'their
trip.
Our Stock Breeders.
P. J. Deane returned from Missouri
last Friday. He inspected several of
the prize winning Herferd herds in that
state and attended the sale of blooded
Herferda at Kansas City. lie bought
three fine young bulls, for one of which
he paid $30Q. Mr.' Deane says the ban
quet given by the Hereford breeders at
the Coatea was a great affair. Although
he escaped the speech making at the
Commercial Club banquet, he was on
for a speech in Kansas City. He Bpoke
on ,4Tne Hereford in the Short Grass
Country.' Plainville Gazette.
Tip Your Hot to Her, She Knows
Your Secrets.
"The telephone girl sits still in her
chair and listens to voices from every
where; she hears all the gossip, she
hears all the news, she knows who is
happy and who has the blues; Bhe knows
all our sorrows, she knows all our joys,
he knows every girl who is chasing
he boys; she knows of our troubles,
she knQws of our strife, she knows
yery man whq talks mean to his wife;
the knows every time we are out with
"the boys," she hears the excuses each
fellow employs; she knows every wo
man who has a dark past, she knows
very man who's inclined to be "fast;"
in- fact there's a secret 'neath each
saucy curl of that quiet, demur look
ing telephone girt If the telephone
girl told all she knows it would turn
half our friends into bitterest foes; she
could sow a small wind that would soon
be a gale, engulf us in trouble and land
us in jail; she could let go a story which
gaining in force wqud, cause half par
$ds Iq sue or divorce; she could get
a.11 the churches mixed up in a fight and
turn a, our days into sorrowing night.
In fact she could keep the whole town
in a stew if she'd tell a tenth part of
the things that she knew. Oh, now
doesn't it make your head whirl, when
you think what you owe to the tele
phone girl. Ex."
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We make a specialty of Loans to far
mers at a low rate of interest, on easy
payments. No red tape or monkey
I business. We will deal fair with you.
I The X ScliaefeF : .
LOAN and INSURANCE AGENCY, HAYS.
LIABILITIES.
Capital
Surplus
Profits
Deposits
20,000.00
20,000.00
4,789.99
340,711.50
385,501.49
The above statement is correct.
J. H. WARD, President
The Methodists are feeling jubilant
that they have another of the Normal
faculty, Prof. Smith, to help increase
and improve their church services.
Last Sunday .they had an innovation,
Prof. Maxty attending with 'his cornet
and adding much to the musical part of
the iservices.- They are striving hard
to make their church attractive and to
secure the new brick church.
Col. Harris Deefines.
StiH .another "appointee of Governor
Stubbs has declined to accept the office
tendered him, the last qne being Col.
W. Al Harris of Lawrence., who was
appointed one of the regents of the
State Agricultural College. Our citi
zens and the" whole of Western Kansas
will regret this as he would have made
a valuable man on the Board. But he
was not consulted before appointment,
and is too,busy to look after the office
as it should be attended to. '
Hotelkeepers Must Look Out.
Hotel men are now Having - their
troubled The new law about hotels.
passed by-the late legretaturjisnow in
effect and anjexctahSgV says:
"It you,, while a. guest in. sop-hotel
in Kansas, find that you have been
placed in a room which is not provided
with clean, unused towels or find that
an economical landlord or landlady has
tried to save wear and tear on sheets
or pillow cases by equipping the bed,
cot, lounge or other sleeping'place with
linen which has already served one
guest since its visit to the laundry, you
will just tell it to the county or city
health officer and Mr. Hotelkeeper will
have to pay a fine of $10 to $25,
If you find that any filth or dirt is
allowed to accumulate anywhere in the
house, any hairs in the butter or for
eign substances in the hash you can
tell it to the aforesaid officer and an
other fine falls to the lot of your host.
If he puts you in a room in any part
of the house above the first floor which
is not fitted with a rope and chain fire
escape he -"again becomes liable to a
fine."
The Western State Normal School at
Hays is sending out an interesting
pamphlet entitled "The Short-Grass
Souvenir 'No. 2." on the school. t is
full of illustrations, from the time the
school started up to the present term,
with the statistics that show the splen
did success and advancement of the
school; from two teachers on the Hill
to the present twelve now; from about
twenty-five students over in the Old
Fort Building to over 300 now; then
nearly all were enrolled from Hays,
now from all over Western Kansas;
from the little old Ft. Hays Hospital
building as a school with the Guard
House as a Gymnasium to now an
$80,000 stone building, modern in all
its equipments, and a $15,000 stone
Gymnasium, and the paper's aU over
the district c'pjita'in complimentary
notices of the school. It is expected
the spring term next week will be the
largest in the history of the school
Nearly every paper in the western half
of the state has copied the "Free
Press" article on the appropriation
celebration by the students, showing
the good times the students have here
and how proud they are of the scnool
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Mrs. Gay of Russell is here on a visit
to her parents.
Frank Fislds of the Brunswick has
been enjoying life for some 'ays in the
mountains.
Miss G arrow has returned from her
trip to Kansas City. She had a lovely
time down there.
Prof. Shively has nicely graded his
lawn around their new residence on
East Normal avenue.
Miss Elizabeth King of Kansas City,
Mo. is here visiting with her aunt,
Mrs. William King.
Don't miss visiting Zeigler's Store
Saturday if you want some bargains.
Everything sold at way down prices.
Some of the household geods ef our
former old settler, P. W. Smith, were
sold at auction la3t - Saturday on the
mam street.
J. H. Spratt is arranging to put up
a residence in the north part of town
this spring, having sold their present
lovely home.
Mrs. Robert Battin received word
this week of the serious illness of her
brother in Milan, Missouri, and left for
there Friday morning.
Last Sunday afternoon was very un
pleasant so the band boys did not get
to play on the street but enjoyed a good
practice in their band room.
All this week crowds have visited
the Zeigler store and many have picked
up splendid bargains. To-day, Satur
day, is the last, and the sale cleses Sat
urday night.
If you want absolutely reliable fire
insurance, come in and see me.
The J. M. Schaefer Insurance Agency
Girl Wanted!
Competent girl for general house
work. Good Wages. Phone No 622.
Mrs. John Gatewood.
If you want t borrow money at a
low rate of interest, come in and see
me. Money always on hand, no delay.
The J. M. Schaefer Insurance Agency
A splendid rain gave our people en
couragement on Wednesday and farm
ers say you can already see an improve
ment "in the" IoolcBof the " wheat fields.
It is hoped that many of our citizens
will arrange to room the crowd of Nor
mal students coming here to the spring
term next week. The Clubs can feed
them kut they must have rooms for the
ten weeks term.
Prof. C. J. Smith of the State Nor
mal, who is to have the department of
Manual Training, arrived Monday with
his household goods and he and his
wife will occupy one of the Leahy cot
tages on East Normal avenue.
To see the water-mains lying around
some of our streets makes it look as if
we were to have the system mnch im
proved shortly. A great deal of the
small pipe is to.be taken up and larger
put down, and some new territory is to
be supplied. Work over at the Pump
house progresses nicely.
The play of Old Arkansaw last Fri
day night in our hall was the best that
has been here this winter. Each actor
did splendidly and their private scenery
was very appropriate, There was not
a coarae remark in their whole per
formance and the whole audience was
well pleased with the show.
Gardening is going on all over town.
Some already have early vegetables
coming up. The cool weather has kept
back the buds and few of the trees or
bushes show any green, which is sure
ly a big improvement over last year,
when everything got caught by the
early spring, late frosts and cold weath
er.
Eye and Ear Surgeon
Dr. M. Jay Brown, the Salina eye
and ear specialist will be at the Bruns
wick Hotel, Monday, April 12, 1909.
Dr. A. H. Pruitt, 1
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist, is now
located in Hays and will be found at
the Hollenbeck Livery stable.
Phone No. 65.
Stone Posts.
I have a few stone pasta for sale
cheap at pay residence on West Juniata
street E. R. Cole.
DO YOU WANT TO GO TO COL
LEGE? If so we will help you. ' We
have al: eadv put Hundreds through
college by means of our plan. Write
to-day for full -information regarding
our. offer of a free scholarship iu any
school or college. . Address, Robert J
Sherlock, 29-31 East 22nd Street. New
York City. 21-lt
A GENUINE WESTERN WOMAN'S
MAGAZINE, THE CLJB .MEMBER
The Regular Departments: State
Federation oi Clubs, Daughters of the
American Revolution, Woman's Relief
Corp3, Crane Reading Course, Book
Notes, Fashion. Page. Only 50 centa.
Lilla Day Mokoe, Editor, 2l-4t
S0 Harrison, Topeka.
Pelham's have packed up and gone
to their new home in Reno county.
Rev. Smith left Tuesday morning
for the Methodist Conference at Belle
ville. H N. Higgins returned last Satur
day from hia trip to the Springs feel
ing much improved.
Melvin Winters proved ud on his
homestead north of Ellis last Saturday
before the District Clerk.
The City Clerk is sending out his wa-
tPT rpnt hills an all 'nrhn qci'm ,
mence next Thursday to beautify their
lawns. And many' new ones are ar
ranging to use City water this summer.
It is surely a pleasure to the news
paper man to be eontinnallv receiving
checks to renew subscriptions and have
the letter say, "never let the paper
stop, we would feel lost on Sunday if
we couldn't have the Free Press to
read, for it gives the general reading
the whole family enjoy." Thanks,
kind friends.
HAYS will have to look ut for it
self to keep up its reputation as THE
BEST town west -of Salina as far as
Denver. Our neighboring town of Ellis
is rapidly pushing to the front Work
has already commenced on a $40,000
church, also on their City water-works
and electric light and on a $30,000 opera
house block, ""with stores in front and
the finest hall west at Salina. It may
come to pass that good shows will only
stop at Ellis then and, with its up-to-
date town, people will go there rather
than to Hays. Our business men must
wake up and keep up with the march
of improvement.
It is told that Sullivan and Calvert
of the Normal have been selected as
'public catchers." That is-that fire
e3capes are to be installed from the
second story to the ground, the stu
dents are to slide down the escapes,
and these young ''experts" are "to do
the catching at the bottom of the slide.
And now Barnes and Reed and the
other boys are indignant' for having
been left out. JThe Jate legislature
passedthliTIawf v
Section 1. That the sum of $4000 is
hereby appropriated out of the State
treasury for immediate use in furnish
ing fire escapes, fire extinguishers and
additional fire protection- for the build
ings of the State Normal School, at
Emporia, the Western State Normal,
at Hays and the Auxiliary Manual
Training School at Pittsburg.
Farm for sale cheap.
We have a. 161 acre faim for sale only half a
mile from town and depot of Winona, in Logan
county, on this road. Town a live one with good
s chool and business houses. All good farm land.
Water. Must be sold quick. Only $ 1 7 an acre.
Will double in value in a few years. Only $1500
in cash needed to secure this bargain alongside of a
good town. John Brumitt taught the schooh
See or address Harry Freese, Hays, Kas,
A white frost on Thursday morning
followed the rain.
Hargain$
One set of heavy work harness in
good. jiondition, a set of double driving
harness nearly 'good as new, a farm
wagon, a-eod cutter, all for sale. See
24 2t Elihu Stout. Havs.
Ed Escobar, 34402
Sired by Escobar, the greatest
Kansas Sire of to-day, that was
recently sold, at an advanced
age, for $2500. First Dam Re
partee, one of the best mares of
recent years, and she by the
great Axtell, the highert "priced
trotter ever sold.
In conformation .. he is a grand
horse, elegant brown in color, a
clean cut head, intelligent coun
tenance, great stamina, powerful
back, strong shoulders, hips and
stifles, all gracefully combined
to produce strength and speed.
He is a superior stallion, cheer
ful and tireless, arid heir to ex
treme speed, and transmits it to
his colts.
His family is noted for its good
bone, and that one great requi
siteand that is size. This stal
lion weighs 1350 lbs. Call and
see him and read his pedigree.
This horse has never beed de
feated where shown in the show
ring, and in indhicu- lity and
breeding cannot be excelled any
where, .
This horse will make the sea
son at HAYS CITY; Kansas:
The relatives of Mrs. Bannister from
Michigan are plowing up and much im
proving her lots on east Normal avenue.
The new store room of Havemann on
North Main street is shaping up and
will be a good improvement to that
neighborhood.
The outside of the new residence of
John Adk in s in the southeast part of
town is about done and shows a lovely
improvement. . When out walking or
driving go down that way and see.
Letters are pouring in from every
direction asking for accommodHtions
for students who are coming next week
for the new term at our State Normal
School. Our citizens should prepare to
welcome them and see that there is no
scarcity of rooms.
Last year at this time apricot and
peach trees were full of buds, and the
lilac bushes were in leaf. This spring
it has kept so cold that hardly a bud
has appeared and the prospect for a
fruit crop was never better in this
neighborhood.
On this Sunday the new Baptist
church at Turkville is to be dedicated
and preparations are being: made for a
grand celebration and a large crowd is
expected to be present. Everybody is
invited. If it is a nice day take a drive
out there.
The quarterly statement of the Citi
zens' Bank, in another column, shows
that it contines to grow rapidly in the
confidence of the people of this county,
with over $300,000 of deposits. No
wonder, with so much money lying
around, our farmers do not think any
thing of paying forty to sixty dollars
an acre for farms and doing lots of
building.
Nursery stock is beginning to arrive
at ur depot. It is told that more
orders were taken for spring deliver?
here than ever before. All over town,
along the sidewalks, you can se holes
being dug for shade trees. If you nev
er commence you will never have trees,
but if you do plant and care for them
in a few years you can have sme
splendid, trees growing around your
property. , . r. ...
Saturday Afternoon Club
March 27
Program on Richard III.
Hostess Miss Freeee
Roll Call.. Counties of the Third
and Fourth Congressional Districts,.
Act IV, Scene 2, and Act V,, Scenes 1
and 2, Miss Annette Foster
Strayed, from the Homer
farm, twelve miles southwest of Hays,
one yearling black horse colt with
wmte spot m forehead and white hind
feet. Rell Moom.
Watclies.
Howard. Hamilton. Wnltrmm
Elgin, Rockford. Illinois. Dnhpr
Hampton, and South Bend watch
es at H. C. SCHULTZ & SON,
the Pioneer Jewelers established
m 18Y8.
MOTIGE!
Hays, Mar. 18, 1909.
The business connections "py.
isting between myself and Dr.
Loutzenhiser have been severed.
All bills to date for medical ser
vices rendered by Dr. Loutzen
hiser are payable to me.
. Dr. J. U. Catudal. '
Frank King is now, ready to deliver
ice on call and solicits your order for
Summer delivery. The finest lot Af
ice ever stored in this county. Ph'jae
203 FRANK KING. ' f4t
or Hoffman Meat Market.
. Don't Teast TAeax
To Whom It May Concera: Notice "is
hereby given that Michael Peter will
pay no bills contracted j& any store or
business by Jacob Peter, Peter; Peter
or Andrew Peter, as I will not be re
sponsible for or pay any uch bills.
Hiciuxl, Fetes
Memoval IMooce
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i My increamg business demands
larger premises. -On and after March
29th I will be located one door south
t of King's barber shop.
1 Respectfully Yours
A. M.
THE HAYS
PHONE NO. SO
Bruce Goffe went to Hays Saturday
evening where he accepted a position
in Ross Hoffman's butcher shop. Ells
worth Reporter.
Arthur Meserve, an engineer, ia
moving his family here from EJlis this
week and will make their home in
Sharon Sorings. Sharon Springs Times
Wm. Fiel, Jr , has installed a Junior
Linotype in the Advocate office at Quin
ter, and "is as proud of it as a boy
with his first pair of red top boots."
Parties wanting wells, any depth,
can secure our services by addressing
us at Ellis, Kansas, or by leaving word
at the Blue Front Implement house.
W. J. Helms & Co. f-13
Little Mabel McGuire, the five-year"
eld daughter of Annis McGuire, while
playing with other, children fell and
broke her ankle Monday. We hope she
may boon recover. Kanopolis Journal.
Normal Regents Organize.
At Emporia on Wednesday the new
Normal board of Regents convened and
organized. The following-officers were
ejected: President,. H; W.r Grassi; 5?ieja
President, - W-' SJJamf 'S'eci etajyT -A.
H. Busby; land agent; 'M. F. Amrine.
This week the U. S. Land Office at
Colby closed and they are moving to
Topeka. This shows that the western
half of the state has come from "The
Wild and Woolly West" days down to
Civilization, that the land generally
has been taken up and the cheap land
seeker must go further west. There
is not over 500 acres (very rough) land
left in Ellis county to take.
Dugald Carmichael reports the loss of
nine head of cattle by the stalk disease.
Some time ago he lost two head aud
then took his cattle out of the stalk
field. Last week he put them in the
field again and the second day he found
five of them dead and two died later.
This is quite a I033 as most of the cat
te were cows and two-year-olds.
Plainville Times.
The time is coming when it will pay
stockmen to go through their fields and
pick: off the smut ears the same as
they do the corn. It is the only way
to be safe.
StocK
Ending Saturday March 2?
Our entire stock will be in the hands
of; an expert salesman who- will be in
Complete charge.
.Everything will
at sacrifice prices regardless of cost.
Remember the date of Beginning and Ending
McKIE
TAILOR
OPP. 1ST NAT. BANK.
Farmer Flyer of Trego county was
here Friday on business.'
At the Lutheran church dinner and
supper last Saturday the ladies cleared
$125, which will help them nicely in
their church repairs.
Dr. M. L. Bancroft, father of the
boys, who have ben practicing den
tistry here, is here with the view of
locating.
The coyottes on the Reservation had
a great time howling early Friday
morning. A hunt should be made to
exterminate them.
The Russell High School boys' bas
ketball team, accompanied by a crowd
of the lady students, who came alonpr
to encourage their player?, came here
last Friday evening and tackled the
Normal second team in th gymnasium.
It was a good gam, the score being
27 to3Q with Normal in the lead. On
Saturday-afternoon Russell played the
High School team on the public schoo'
grounds and "won after a spirited contest-in
which both sides played an ex
cellent gameuv. . . "-
The habit of treating those who ar
nearest and dearest to us with discourt
esy is one that clouds the sunshine of
many homes. If you are young and
looking for your prince, just test his
home conduct. Do not be guided in
your choice by what a young man is in
the parlor; find out what he is in his
mother's sitting room- Do not . judge
him by the way he can tip his hat, but
by the way he treats the old, especially
his parents. Moundridge Journal.
The legislature of 1909 gave more
personal attention to the State higher
schools, as in visiting the Agricultural
College and the Uuiversity, ' than hap
any legislature since 1897, says the
State University annual magazine.
That's a remarkable tribute to the
only Populist (or fusion) legislature
that the state ever had. It will be re
called that numbers of people have
honestly thought that Populists and
-Democrats as a rule 'were not friendly
to education. Judge Ruppenthal in the
Luray Herald.
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