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VOLUME XXVIIL
HAYS, ELLIS COUNTY, KANSAS, DECEMBER 18, 1909.
NUMBER 5
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IN THE
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Hays City,
BY
State Depcsitors Guarantee Fund
of the State of Kansas
Our Large Resources and Unequalled Facilities
together with the Guarantee of" the State cf Kansas,
enables us to give absolute protection to our patrons.
SZf TS
CARL OLSON
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"A Prince of Sweeden"
If you enjoy a good laugh and want
to spen i a pleassnt evening, aee "A
Prince of Sweeden" at the G. A- R.
Hall in this city Pec 20th. The play
ia a pretty itory full of bright comedy.
Good acting by a superb company of
ptayera. Plenty of songs, dance and
specialties and an abundance of special
scenery. Positively one of the best
entertainments seen here this season.
A play like the Old Homestead and
Prince of Sweeden will last forever.
C. D R. A.
The next meeting of the Golden Belt
Educational Association will be held in
Rue eell, Kansas, March 18th and 19th
1910. One feature this year will be a
spelling contest. Participants in this
contest shall be pupils in actual atten
dance in the schools (including high
schools) of this educational district.
The number of contestants will be
limited to two from each county. The
words will be selected from the adopted
text and arranged in groups of ten by
soma disinterested party. The same
group of words will be pronounced to
each contestant as he appears on the
stage. If two or more contestants
attobla te for rlrst place an additional
.group of words will be pronounced and '
this method repeated until first andj
second places are determined. Prizes I
offered: First place $3.00; second place !
jaoa
In order to decide who will represent
$llis county in the contest at Russell a
contest will be held at Havs at the
March meeting of the Ellis County
Teacher's Association in which as many
pupals of Ellis county schools as wish
may take part. The best two will then
represent our county at Russell.
Mrs H2lehran4 Zea4.
We must now record the death of
Mrs. Hildebrand. which oeenrred at
our hospital during Wednesday night
Her son and her two daughters, Mrs.
Napp of Kansas City, Kans, and Mrs.
Katie Pelgen of Rook ford, Illirois, came
here to be with her in the final sickness.
Her husband died here twenty-three
years ago. She was sixty-two years
old, born in Pennsylvania, and came
here thirty-three years ago. The fun-
era took place on Friday afternoon at
the Raptist eburcb, with burial in our
cemetery beside her husband. The
children deslae us to tbank our citizens
for their many kindnesses to their
mother during her life and late sickness.
ice cutting began this week and
several. ice houses were filled with very
fair ice.
Correspond with H P Fit?gerald, QeneraJ Manager
Of the Great Western (eve)opement Co.
W you. would Uke to own
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Heej and Elsewhere
We have what you want and sell on easy
payments. Call wd be convincedi we mean what we say.
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From $100.00 to $40,000
. A few years ago a young business man whom we all
know started in business
accumulated by saving a little as he went along.
To-day He is worth $40,000,
That FIRST $100.00 made it possible for him to be
worth what he is to-day. It's always the first hundred
that counts. This young man is a customer of this Bank.
YOU can do what HE did.
V Will YOU try it?
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A Fsw Pointers. -
Mow that Christmas' and New Years
are coming the fpUowing'might be well
to remember and act on. If some of
our young folks woukJT follow this line.
there would be better men and women
in the world and many lives would be
far happier.
Keep good company or none. Never
be idle. If your hands cannot be use
fully employed, attend to the cultiva
tion of your mind.
Always speak the truth. Make few
promises. Live up to your engage
ments. When you speak to a person,
look him in the face.
Good company and good conversation
are the very best sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things else.
Never listen to loose or idle conversa
tion. You had better be poisoned in
your blood than in your principles.
Your character cannot be essentially
Injured except by your own aeta. If
any one should speak evil of you, let
your life he so virtuous that none will
believe hjfiu
Tip Your Hat to Editor Trimmer.
Editor Tiromer oXthe Cova City Ga
zette tella'his readers at It was $
years agaiJwfcen. -he- kingerl Tin Gave
county and has staid right there, with
it. It seema hardly possible. We fel
lows who knew Trimmer didn't think
he would last a year, we thought he
was an eastern tenderfoot, and yet with
all the sufferings, drawbacks, atarva-
tion, crepa or q crop, and with no
special eneourageHienta or public office,
he has kept right there all these twenty
three kxBg years drumming away for
his county until he haa seen it on the
top round ef sueeeaa, with Und sky
high in price, good crops, a farming
community instead of the buffalo and
cattle range, and we gladly tip the
Free Press hat to brother editor, A. K.
Trimmer. And may he live long and
continue to prosper, &a he deserves.
At the election on Wednesday of the
Yoeemento Cement plant, held in their
office here, I. M. Yost was again elect
ed as president, Prof. Haworth as
as secretary and J. H. Ward, will be
re-elected. aa treasurer. Everything
seemed barmonious and no dissentlons
were shown at the meeting; all seemed
satisfied with the successful w ;y these
officers and .Superintendent Isaacson
were running the plant
There wiU be service as usual at the
Baptist Church next Sunday. In the
morning the pastor will take for his
subject: "A Lesson in Arithmetic;
When double is not double." In the
evening a gospel service. All are in-i
vited to attend,.
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with $100.00 which he had $
ransas.
Nice Children's hats for 75c. at Miss
Deane's store for the next twa weeks.
Rabbit hunting has been fine this
week, and everybody and his dog-has
been hunting.
Tom Ellett was in this week from
his Saline valley home and reports the
roads simply terrible.
SPECIAL SALE on all Millinery
goods from now until after the holidays
at MISS DEANE'S Store. 4-2t
Don't fail to read the inside pages
this week. There's enough for all day
Sunday and interesting too.
New -that the weather has grown
more acceptable, the trains on our rail
road are running nearer on time.
Alex Philip Bpent this week in repre
senting Ellis county at the great Na
tional Corn Exposition at Omaha.
On Tuesday John Hoff, son of Henry
Hon! of north Herzog neighborhood,
died after a short illness of pneumonia
Frank Smith came in from the west
Monday to visit his father-in-law Frank
McLain, and reports the family doing
nicely.
I. M. Yost was here on Tuesday and
reports the family well and our boy
Lin and his new wife as happy as two
little birds.
Mrs. Judd Wood, who has been here
to see her mother, who has been ser
iously ill for some time, returned to her
Topeka home this week.
Monday was a beautiful day, the
snow melted considerable and the froz
en ground thawed out. Many farmers
came in for shopping and a few loads
of wheat were brought in.
This has been the longest spell of
bad roads we have bad in this county
for many years. They are generally
bad for a few days and then get good,
but thia time they hang on and hang on.
Qn account of the cold weather the
picture ahow has not been given this
week, but they will give two or three
shows to-night. Last Saturday the
new instrument showed pictures fine
Our exchanges tell that the play,
"the Prince of Sweeden," which is to
be presented here next Week is fine and
well pet; on "viLJ--atgf3r"ff'you nave
not engaged your seats yet better do
so at once.
The shftw companies are having a
pretty tough time now with the un
certain train service and the bad wea
ther keeps the expected audiences at
home. Three weeks of it la a long
time for them.
The new health ordinance latelv
passed by the city ia a dinger and if
enforced will surely make this city
worth living in. But will it be en
forced or simply be on the ordinance
book and soon bo forgotten?
It is being told that one of the auto
mobile men went out to the barn tbis
week to get his auto in shape for nice
weather and he found that one of the
girls of the family had taken one of
the tires to use as a rat" for her hair.
The directors of the Yocement Ce
ment plant met this week and arranged
to enlarge their plant and make it
nearly double its present capacity.
They have more orders for cement
than they can fill, and it gives the best
satisfaction wherever used.
There is one nice thing about Hay a.
Let any lady have company and all
over town parties and receptions are
the order of the day, and the gcests
decide this is one of the nicest towns
they ever visited. It has been shown
the past two weefcs that our ladies fully
understand, how to entertain. '
Henry Schulta & Son have their
jewelry store handsomely decorated
with Christmas greens. They are sel
ling quite a number of phonographs
for Christmas presents and many re
cords. So many want the latest music
at their homes, that day, and SchulU's
have a great assortment of them to
select from
The time of Pension Agent Metealf
aoon expires and so satisfactory has
been his service that he has been named
by the President as a member of a
National Military Board, with ofSce at
Washington, and he has accepted the
appointment. It is a board composeo
of five men from different states. Old
soldiers will rejoice to hear of his pro
motion.
Mr. and Mrs. William Dillon have
leased their property here and moved
to Oswego, in Labette couny, in the
southeast part of the state. They have
lived on the Saline and here in town
about thirty years and uur people were
sorry to see them go. Their household
goods were shipped there Tuesday.
Joe went along to help them get set
tied in their new home.
Quotations from a paper of twenty
years ago show turkeys sold at four
cents a pound, chickens a dollar and a
half a dozen, corn at seventeen cents.
Just as manv people eat turkey now at
twenty-four cents per pound as they
did then. But times in TTansag have
improved. Wages are higher, we are
getting more for our crops and land ia
worth more. In fact there's prosper
ity here.
Mrs. John Adkins has returned from
her visit in the east.
Mrs. Gartland entertained a few of
her lady friends at tea Thursday even
ing.
Next week our outside teachers and
scholars will come home for their holi
day vacation. '
The friends of James Magrane of
Denver were glad to see him here this
week looking so well.
All hats and Millinery goods at cost
for the next two weeks at MIsS
DEANE'S Store. 4-2t
Wednesday was the last of the quail
hunting for a year and several were
out having their last hunt.
It tried hard to snow Tuesday night
but the wind shifted and it proved but
a snift. We didn't need it.
Many people have been buying their
Christmas goods this week and our
stores have done . good business.
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Mrs Frank Fields entertained a few
friends at dinner Sunday for her guest
Mrs. Toothaker, whp left for the east
this week.
Monday evening Mrs. George Philip
entertained a few lady friends at tea,
and Tuesday evening Mrs. A. P. Stain
er entertained. j
The autos have been tied up so long
by the bad weather, that several were
brought out this week, even in the
mud, to limber them up.
Working men welcomed the return
of nice weather as it was quite a long
breathing spell with the income stopped
and fires eating up lots of coal.
Miss Mabel Rowlison, primary teach
er at Sharon Springs, returns home
this Friday night. The teachers of
Sharon Springs have a two week's va
cation.
Opal Stick Pin Loet
Between E. R. Cole's and J. C. West
brook'a residence last Sunday. Re
ward will be given if left at thia office.
Building operations commenced in
earnest again this week and the sand
men were getting in their best licks
before the street gctoo bad for hauling-,
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Mrs. Frank Stout of Salina, one of
the daughters ot Mother Sutton, came
up Saturday to attend the celebration
of her mother's birthday, and returned
home Wednesday.
As advertisers crowded our patent
sheet last week, thia week we make it
QP by giving our women and children
readers a whole lot of reading matter
that is very interesting.
With the bad roads, the little two-
wheeled cart, so plentiful a few years
ago, is found the handiest thing for our
farmers to come to town in even if it
is a little cold riding in one of them.
Judge C W. Smith of Stocxton
comes out and positively-denies that he
ia a candidate for Congress in this Dis
trict as he much prefers his judicial
office that he has held so many years.
The show, "Wanted, a Wife," at the
hall Monday night drew a good atten
dance and the actors performed their
parts well and created much merriment
by the various situations an special
ties. Mart Windholtz, Peter Groff and P.
A, Weigel came up from Victoria Sun
day night to settle their tax matters
Monday. The ruada were so bad that
they came by train. Expense is noth
ing now to Kansas farmers.
Dr. Perkins of Kansas City was here
Saturday night to see Miss Lucy Sny
der and decided that no operation was
necessarv only careful nursing and she
was taken to the K. C hospital Tues
day morning.
As we go to press word comes that
she is Improving nicely.
Remember that next Monday ia the
20th and the end of a free lance to pay
taxes. If they are not -paid by that
time the treasurer must add on a pen
alty, which means more tax costs. He
don't want to do it so don't let it be
your fault if he has to do so.
According to a recent decision of the
courts, a man who wants to go faster
than his neighbor ., who is ahead of him
on the road, has a right to pass. If he
is prevented by the other and an acci
dent happens because of the latter'a
interference, the obstructionist is re
sponsible for the damage.
. The city authorities are making quite
a commendable time about , cesspools,
and a general cleaning up and it will be
still more important as spring opens.
They should provide some plaze as, a
dumping ground for carters to haul
things. As it ia now, several ot our
carters have refused to take. $ba of
that kind as there is cp l$e vs empty
their wagons.
The f ollosvjtpgr $roM the MeCraeken
School notes shAW that the boys here
might as well corwjder Ed out of their
set, for since ha owns a 160-aera farm
and got from eat of their charmed set
he has evidently found another charm:
vProf. received a letter the other day,
which he read over and over. It seem
ed to make bins very happy as he baa
been rmiifog ever since and treating
C3 klis" awfal geod.".
Come to the Moving Picture Show
Saturday night. Beautiful moving
pictures with clean, clever comedies
will be shown.
Mr. and Mrs. George Philip, Jr.,
have returned from their trip east and
up in Canada.
Charlie Reeder went to Kansas City
Thursday night on their new railroad
business.
Mrs. Nick Gassman and children are
arranging to go to St. Mary's next
week to spend the 1 olidays.
The Presbyterians are preparing for
their Christmas celebration to be held
at the church next Friday evening at
7:30
A baby bov has come to the home of
Mrs. Julia (Beach) Black at L ramie,
Wyoming, and Mrs. E'S. Beach has
gone out there. This is the first grand
son in the Ed Beach family and he is
receiving congratulations.
J. E. Turner came in from Hays City
Saturday where he has been engaged
as singing evangelist for the past few
weeks. He reports a very successful
meeting at Hays. Oakley Graphic.
Parties visiting a printing office should
bear in mind that it id just as ill man
nered to look at the proof sheet or read
the type as it is to go into the kitchen
and look into the pots and see what
they are going to have for dinner.
Frank Weaver and Adam Peiffer re
moved fiom Yoeemento, Kansas, the
last part of last week with their fami
lies to this city. They both used to be
residents of this city and have a num
ber of friends here. Kanapolis Jour
nal. Mrs. Tom Ryan arrived Monday from
Colorado Springs to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Thomas of 822 W.
Iron Avenue. Mrs. Ryan was formerly
Miss Ella Thomas of Salina. Mr. Ryan
will come Saturday and with Mrs. Rayn
will spend the holidays here. Saliua
Journal.
The McPherson boys played two good
games of basket ball with the Normal
boys here this week. Tuesday evening
the score was 52 to 50 in favor, of Mc
Pherson.' Wednesday evenjner the tab
les turned and Normal won by a score
of 48 to 44. Harry Neilson and " Leo
Bice were the star players for the Nor
mal.
Farmers seem pleased that the Con
tinental Creamery are taking an inter
est in their creamery business here and
are enlarging and improving their plant
in our city. They get most of the
cream business, it being a big concern.
with sure pay and they always pay the
highest possible price. Mr. Reemsny-
der is giving the station his individual
attention and is always there to wait
on customers.
For lack of patronage, and some say
bad roads, the star route from Ellis to
Mendota. in Hamilton township, has
been discontinued by the P. O. depart
ment. And this is only the starter of
these discontinuances that are going on
all over the country. The Department
claims that if the people along the
mail route don't feel interested enough
to keep the roads in gooi shape, they
must not ask the Government to keep
the mail going, as poor roads means a
greater cost to carry the mail in the
bid of the contractor.
As the Topeka Club in Topeka were
being winked at by the authorities in
their private drinking, another club of
the 'lower' class thought they had the
same right and were running in full
blast, but Saturday night they were
gathered in by the police and a full out
fit of liquors and all the accessaries
were captured.' They belonged to the
"Lower ten, the lower ten" but the
Topeka Club "belong to the upper ten.
the upper ten" as the song goes ana
are all right. However, there should
be no distinction for one is no better
than the other. Both were keeping
place where liquor was drank on the
premises. ,:
There ia a farmer who is YY's
Enough to take his EE's
And study with his II's
And think of what he CC's
He hears the chatter of the JJ's
As they each other TT's
And CC's that when a tree DK'a
It makes a home for BB's
A yoke of oxen he will UU's
And their mistakes he will XQQ's
When plowing for his PP's
He little buys but much he sells
And therefore little OO'a
And when he hoes his ao3 by spells
He also soils his Lose. Ex.
Sewing Machine.
Having taken a first class sewing
machine on a debt, I will sell it for $13
in cash. Give your wife a present and
get a bargain at 3-tf
GASSMAN'S SHOE SHOP.
IZoS&a FtJiintf.
In going from Hays to Yoeemento we
found, a lap robe. The owner can have
by proving property and paying ex
penses. Call at the Free Press ofice or
write to G. R. Bullocz, P. 0. box 540,
4-tf Hays,. Hansas ,
What We Are Seeking
To Accomplish .
1 St We aim to conduct our business at all
times to merit the full confidence of this com
munity. 2nd We aim to represent Insurance Com
panies who are absolutely "good all the time"
and will grant to property owners the most favor
able contracts consistent with good business prin
ciples. 3rd We aim to promptly adjust and pay all
legitimate claims for Joss, affording the insured
immediate aid when the burden of loss is heaviest.
4th We are representing Loan Companies
who are making the lowsst rate on farm loans and
on more favorable terms than you are offered any
where else. There will be no misrepresentation.
5th We aim to merit a large share of your
businss by living up to above rules.
Our Motto: "Live and let liv."
The J. M. Schaefer
Loan & Ins. Agency
Office over Post office.
Birthday Anniversary CeL brat ion..
As laBt Saturday was Grandma Sut
ton's birthday the children had their
UBual dinner and family gathering, this
time at the lovelv home of MillardJ
Kirkmaq. it was her 79th birthday
and. her friends farandn.'ar remember
ed the event in -a postal shower. Over
200 handdonrre ciitta were received,
whicV brouglit tof her . remembrance
hosts of old friends and happy days in
the past. She is enjoying the grandest
of health and few believe that she has
reached that age. It was indeed a
pretty sight to see so many children
and grand-children present celebrating
the day.
Supt. McClelland Leaves.
On Wednesday Superintendent Mc
Clelland of the State Experiment Sta
tion shipped his stock and household
goods to their new home at Presscott
Arkansas, where they have a farm
that he will devote his attention to the
coming year. Our citizens and farm
ers were sorry to eee him leave as he
has proven a very ageeable man to
have over at the Station. He never
lost an opportunity to interest visitors
to the Station and show them that this
is the greatest Experiment Station in
the world. The new superintendent
has not been publicly named yet, so it
is not known who is to come here and
run it. Both Prof. TenEich and form
er Superintendent Haney are talked of
for the position.
People driving along the streets when
the roads are muddy and sloppy should
be careful and not spatter people with
mud who are cros3ing the street. Be
a gentleman and stop your team when
someone is crossing in front of you.
You should remember tbe law gives
pedestrians a right to cross the street
and if you should happen to spatter
mud on a lady she sou Id sue you for
damages.
The best Automobiles at the
O'LAUGHLIN GARAGE.
We are prepared to fit ycu out with a good car
anywhere from $550. to 31SOO.OO.
What do you think of his FORD C&iV
all complete with top, speedemeter, wind shield and
gas-lamps for $1 CCO? This is the car that
won the Ccean to Ocean race last spring.
We have the sale of the Viele, Brush
and Maxwell auto also.
These cars all made geed records in the late Endu
rance race frcm Salina to Hays and return.
Our $16co.co car is the VI ELF. This
car is put out and Guaranteed for cne year by the
John Deere Flew Co. We knew of no other car on
market with over a 90 day guarantee. We also
have the VIELE 4o at $18oo.oo.
This car is equal to any $3CC0. car on the market,
being a -40 horss power, 1 1 5 inch wheel base, 34
O inch wheel, with 4
I O'tauigMIsi Garage f
Hays, Kansas. " f
CARL OLSON
as J'A Prince of Sweeden"
The record-breaking comedy drama
"A Prince of Sweeden" will be the at
traction - at the G. A. R. Hall next
Monday night Dec. 20th. This is the
most complete and best Scandinavian
American diaiect comedy now - before
the public. . Enhanced, , by , a KHJnJc
equipment, of beauty -and magnitude,
the leading roles are in the hands of
some of the foremost comedians "and
commediennes on the American stage
and specialties introduced during tbe
play assures you that this is one of the
theatrical events of the season.
Lectures on Catholic Doctrine.
Rev. Fr. Edward cordially invites the
public to attend the free lectures which
will be given at the St. John's Church.
Hyacinth, during Christmas week.
The subjects will be, "Divinity of
Christ." "Church," "Bible," "The
Holy Eucharist," "Confession," "In
vocation of Saints." These lectures
will be pimple, lucid statements of the
Catholic doctrine on the subjects named
without any controversy., No admis
sion will be charged and no collection
will be taken up. The lectures will be
by Rev. Fr. Francis, professor of phil
aaophv at the Victoria Monastery and
Rev. Fr. Eugene, professor at the Hays
Catholic College. The dates are Dec
28, 29, 30 31. and Jan. 1. The lectures
will begin at 7:30 each evening. Be
sure to come and bring your friends
with you; everybody will be made, wel
come. 5-ikt
While the Hill City club were de
feated by the Normals, from the follow
ing from their town paper they evident
ly don't feel bad: "The basket ball
game at Hays last Friday night be
tween the Hill City High School and
the Hays Norma, resulted in favor of
Hays 38 to 24. Considering that Hays
is a Normal team and ours only a high
school team. Hill City almost claims
the victory."
inch tires.