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3 TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1920 KINGMAN, KINGMAN COUNTY, KANSAS FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1920 VOLUME 41. NUMBER S3 GRADUATION NEXT WEEK FARM BUREAU NOTES FOR YOUR INFORMATION MANY REGISTER FOR REFERENDUM DECORATION DAY PROGRAM, MAY 29 mobile man and gasoline dealer are paid. There are other folks who are not so fortunate. Not every body owns an automobile and not everybody Eighteen girls and seven boys compose the list of seniors who will graduate from Kingman his school next Thursday and receive their di- sale of wool ever held in Kingman plomas, indicating that they are the County will be pulled off at Nor-f inished products of that institution. I wich on May 31, when close to a All the honors, congratulations of i car load of wool will be opened for friends will be showered upon them inspection by representativea of var-in unstinted measure, making it the ious wool companies and competitive event of their lives, as no happier i bids placed on each lot occasion comes into the life of an Not only will Kingman County be ambitious boy or girl.

As indicated i represented in this sale but wool there are twenty-five in the class, from Reno and Harper counties will nineteen from the regular course and also be pooled along with the King-six from the normal training course. man County wool. The success of Commencement exercises will be i the wool pooling, method last year held at te First M. E. Church, begin- has interested the sheep men In ning promptly at eight o'clock p.

these adjoining counties and several and there will be no admission fee i of them have signified their inten- "Don't think there is much to it," is the reason given by one ex-service man, who was solicited for membership in the American Legion this week, for not joining. In case there are other ex-service men in Kingman county who are likely to give this as a reason we wish to inform them that they are wrong. It is not case of beintr misinformed, with these men, rather, it is a case of lack of information. A short time ago a member of a post of the American Legion wrote the editor of the American Legion Weekly that he was a member of the American Legion and that he had joined just to be joininir some thing, and asked the editor what benetits he could get from his membership. This buddie's letter was published in April 16 issue of the Weekly and since that time there have been enough letters written into the editor in reply to the Illinois Comrade who thought that "Perhaps he had made a mistake in Signing Up," to make him, in the meekest terms, ashamed of himself.

We take it he was one who did not think there was much to the American Legion, but joined, as he said to be ioining something. The editor of The Leader-Courier regrets that lack of space prevents the publishing of the answers to this buddie's letter. Until April 6, 1917 there wasn't much to the Army of the United States (This statement is made with all due respect to that army as a comparison). In less than six months, before the first National Army contingents were raised this statement could not be made about that army and in six months more THERE WAS SOMETHING TO THAT ARMY. The members of that organization worked together and accomplished something.

That is the principle of the American Legion. If the same men who have already demonstrated their ability to accomplish what they undertake organize in one body, they will accomplish their next undertaking. That applies to what benefits can be received from the organization. It is merely a stay-with-it proposition. The American Legion ean be any thing the members, collectively and individually wisn to make it.

if it isn't what you think it is now, put vour shoulder to the wheel and make it so. Every organization, no mat ter how large or how small is look ing tor the man who believes he can and had Deen the past lew years, better the organization and will believing that the climate in Kan-work to that end. The pleasures in 1 as was more agreeable he came (By H. L. Hildwein) Wool Pool at Norwich, May 81 Indications are that the biggest tions of joining in the sale this year.

As evidence that there will likely be a pretty good sprinkling of buyers present, letters advertising the, sales have been sent to the following' wool firms in the United States: St Joe Wool Co. C. W. Swingle Co. Chicago Hide and Fur Co.

Lincoln Hide Fur Co. W. R. Adams Co. Strange Bros.

Crimmins Pierce Co. Union Wool Co. M. Lyon Co. B.

Harris Wool Co. Brown Adams. American Woolen Co. C. J.

Webb Co. Coffin Gilmore. Silberman Sons. Williams Co. C.

E. Doan Co. F. C. Kincaid Co.

De Jarnette. T. J. Brown. Layton McCandless.

H. W. Weis. Lewis Flora. Pres Bros.

Atchison Hide Fur Co. Inquiries regarding the sale have been received from several firms, one of them as far east as Boston. Thirty districts in Kansas are holding wool sales during May and June and it is expected that practically the entire Kansas wool clip will be sold in this manner as in a good many instances three or four counties are pooling together. LAST BARN DANCE Desnite the fact that it was a cold rainy night the barn dance under the auspices of the Women's Auxil-ary at the Tredick barn last Friday night was satisfactory to the ladies and to all who attended The proceeds received was considerably less than had been hoped for but that the persons who attended the affair had a good time pleased the members of the auxiliary and they hope to have something else in the near future that will be as successful, and add more to their treasury. The features of the evening were a vocal solo by Miss Cecil Day and a solo dance by Miss Ernestine Day.

Both voung ladies are from Arkansas City and unusually talented. They have also given considerable study to the different styles of expression. Their numbers were greatly aDnreciated bv the guests present. The young ladies are daughters of Dr. and Ernest Bay of Arkansas City and were the guests of their grand-parents, Mr.

and Mrs. John Dav. while in Kingman. During the intermission short talks in behalf of the membership drive being carried on this week by the local post of the American Legion, were given by Kingman citizens and members of the local post. Several out of town guests were present at the dance.

ROBBERY AT PENALOSA The store of the Anawalt-Campbell Mercantile at Penalosa, was burglarized Monday night, and goods to the estimated value of from $500 to $800 were stolen and carried away. The goods taken, consisted of automobile tires, and other auto acces sories, guns, ammunition, and cutlery, these being the articles most missed. Mr. Sturgeon of the King man yards said Wednesday that no clue was found, except a fingerprint, that might lead to the detection of the thief or thieves. Mr Sturgeon said that on an adjoining rack to where the tires were keDt was a rack containing inner- tubes, but these were not molested.

A lady residing in Penalosa said she had occasion to be up about two o'clock on the night of the robbery and heard a noise in the vicinity of the store, but gave the matter no thought until she heard of the rob bery the next morning. GA RDEN PLAIN0 HERE SUNDAY The Garden Plain baseball team will play the Kingman team here next Sunday afternoon at Riverside Dark, uarden rUain has a strong team and Kingman stands a good chnce to lose its first game of the season ELECTED PRESIDENT At the state meeting of the Wheat Growers Association held at Hutchinson, the 18th, W. F. McMichael of Cunningham, was honored by being selected as State President of the association. There were over 2,000 delegates in attendance from Kansas.

Oklahoma and adjoining states and a resolution was adopted fixing or recommending a $3.13 price for wheat, based on Kansas Citv de livery, figures being produced showing that that price was necessary to afford the wheat-raisers a fair profit. Hugh Martin of Adams was a member of the price-nxing committee. AM WANTING FARM LOANS. Settling the loan in the shortest time, possible. Have GOOD Rates and BEST of privileges.

C. V. SAMPLE owns a talking machine. There are some people who must spend their Sunday afternoons in town, sitting on the hot curb or taking a nap under a tree or watching the ball game, if allowed. It is not right for the more fortunate class to forbid the other class to enjoy itself on Sunday afternoon, while the more fortunate class retains its own pleasures.

If it breaks the Sabbath to watch a baseball game, or play a baseball game, it also breaks the Sabbath to take joy rides and the city commissioners did not go far enough in their ordinance. The editor of The Leader-Courier hopes the ordinance will be defeated Tuesday, but if it isn't he will not cry over the matter. The Chautauqua people can have their Chautauqua programs on Sunday anyhow, and the American Legion can build itself a baseball diamond in some other part of town, if it wants to. And if the Chautauqua people finally discover that it is not quite fair for them to have their amusement, and at the same time prohibit the baseball crowd from having its amusement on Sunday, we guess we can get along without either baseball and Chautauqua, and will try to find some friends who will take us and the wife and baby out auto-rid ing these hot Sunday afternoons that are coming. So go to it, and let your conscience be your guide.

Remember that it is illogical to try to be vour brother's keeper, if you do not keep yourself correctly. Look well to your ballot, and be as iair minaea as you can. DECIDED ON PRICE At Tuesday's meeting of the City Commissioners they decided on a scneduie ot charges for the municipal swimming DOOl. and also decided on placing some one in charge as man ager, ner compensation to be one-third of the fee received from per sons using the bath. They have not fully decided as to who will be in charge, but have agreed" that it shall be a woman.

The price for a swim in the day-time is to be five cents, for all, large or small, and in the evening from 6:30 to 10 o'clock, the price will be twenty cents, for every one. Bathers must furnish their own suits, or it is expected that suits will be provided by the manager, at her own expense, for those desiring to rent a suit. The commissioners desire that this matter of renting suits be made plain as the city is to furnish nc. -hur but 'the water, lie-ht And bath-stalls, leaving the matter of owning and renting bathing suits to the person in charge and at her risk and expense. The bathing pool will be open to all desiring to use it from about 1:30 to 5:00 p.

m. and it will-cost a nickel for a bath in the afternoon. After 6:30 p. it will cost 20 cents. PAVING COSTS R.

H. Baldwin of the M. R. Amer-man paving company, which has been paving the streets of Pratt, was in Kingman this week and on request gave The Leader-Courier the figures on the cdst of paving now-a-days. He said it would cost Kingman property owners approximately $323 per 50-foot lot to pave, curb and gutter the residence streets with brick, or 18 per cent cheaper for asphalt, counting 30-foot streets.

He said it would cost Main street lot owners $400 per lot for brick pavements, on a 70-foot street basis. Mr. Baldwin, who intends to visit the Chamber of Commerce at its next meeting and give more figures on paving costs, said that' it would be useless for any town to consider paving this spring or summer, because of the shortage of materials, but he thought that material could be obtained in time to start work this fall. He said that Kingman was the largest second-class city in the state that was not paved. Mr.

Baldwin said that the paving company spends about $2,000 per week to the day-laborers who form the paving gangs, and that a great deal of the money the company receives for javing is spent in the town where the paving is done. He suggested that if Kingman ever decided to pave that he thought it best to make the residence streets 30 feet wide from parking to parking instead of 40-foot, the width Pratfs residence streets are paved. He aso suggested that an additional 4 feet of sidewalk be built along each side of Main street making the pavement approximately 70 feet. JOHN T. HONEY AT HOSPITAL John T.

Honey was taken to the Kingman hospital Sunday and his condition is considered serious. He has been in ill health for a long time and his family has about given up hope of is recovery. Mr. Honey is past 81 years of age. Dr.

W. P. Callahan was out from Wichita last Wednesday on business. BASEBALL SUNDAY, MAY 23 Riverside Park Ladies Free Memorial Observance Take Place Week From Saturday The usual program for the day. Rev.

Johnson, pastor of the M. E. church will be the chief speaker with exercises at the Christian church. The following announcement is mad by the committee of the G. A.

R. having the arrangements for the Memorial Day in hand. At a regular meeting of Kingman Post No. 265 it was decided to observe Memorial Sunday on May 23, next Sunday. The sermon will be preached by Rev.

King of tha Presbyterian church at 11 a. m. in the Christian Church. All are cordially invited to attend. All the churches are requested, at the close of Sunday School to dismiss and go in a body to the Chris tian inurcn ior the services.

Decoration Dav ceremonies will ha observed on Saturday, May 29. The Sons of Veterans will have charge of the service at the Cemetery nd Paul C. Palmer will make the address. The National Guard Company will be with us in full uniform and under arms and will furnish the uring squaa. All returned soldiers, sailors and marines are nrowH ta join with us at this time.

he line of march will form at the court house at 9:30 and be ready to proceed at 10. The line of lxtarca will be from the Court House south on Spruce St. to Sherman, thence west to Main and north on Main to Ave. there to pause to salute the flag. Then reform and march to the City Building, corner of Ave.

and Main. Automobiles will be on hand to convey the procession to the cemetery. The fine will be made up of the following personnel City Officials, fire department and band. Members of the G. A.

Ladies of the Circle, Sons of Veterans, Sunday School children. Co. of the National Guard. Members of the American Legion and returned soldiers, sailors and marines of the World War in uniform. Citizens having cars are kindly re- questea to notiiy us that tney will have their cars at the corner of Mam and Ave.

ready to take the units of the procession to Walnut rial. there will be need of manv cars this year as a large number of persons are expected to take part in the procession. lowers should be sent to the Post room at the Court House where the Marshal of the Day, Cross, will look after them. By order of the Committee J. Williams and J.

S. McClellan. May 29th, 1920, Afternoon Opening America. Song Ella and Josephine Temple. Reading Miss Bennett.

Song Mollie Bear. Song Glee Club. Duet Mildred and Edith Henning. Public Address Rev. Johnson.

Closing The Star Spangled Ban ner. MRS. GRICE, MRS. SPEIGLEMIRE, MRS. STANLEY, Committee.

CONVOY OF TRUCKS HERE With horns blowinc and siren shrieking a convoy of twelve motor trucks invaded Kingman last Wednesday at noon and after taking dinner here continued on their tour to Anthony. While the drivers and men accompanying the trucks were eating tne trucics were parked on Mam Street and a laree crowd soon fath ered. Te trucks are takine Dart in the first "ShiD Bv Truck" tour to be held in this part of Kansas. They came here from Pratt by way of Cunningham and deDarted for An thony where they expected to spend the night. The Booster Club at An thony had made arrangements ta entertain men who wre making tre trio, having prepared a dinner nd arrangements were made to have some speaking in tne venU.tz.

ine tour is a part or tne National Ship By Truck" week to interest. farmers in the use of motor trucks and to promote interest in permanent highways. Floyd H. Yost, of the "Ship By Truck" bureau is of ficial pilot for the tour. The trucks making the trip were from Wichita.

ATTENTION! All members of the American Le gion and ex-service men are expressly urged to appear at the Court House, in full uniform, Saturday morning, May 29 at 9:30 for the purpose of taking part in the Decor ation uay parade. All insignia of, rank should be removed from uniform HARRY GILLEN, Commander, Robert Roy Brown Post No. 34 Solomon The Coal Bird The world is three-fourths water, but you cant blame a cow for what happens after the yets out of her jurisdiction. If you wish, Carl Leach's Good Citwft Coal is sprinkk-1 when they store it in your basement to keep Oie duisi from bothering. V) -SOIOHOM Telephone 5 SOLOMON Big Vote Expected on Sunday Baseball Question The special election next Tuesday on the Sunday baseball question will bring out one of the largest votes ever recorded in Kingman, one can use the registration books as a criterion.

Over a thousand citizens have registered to vote. The question to be decided is NOT whether or not Kingman can have Sunday baseball and other Sunday amusements, but whether or hot it can have them in Riverside Park or other city-owned property. The ordinance, on which the referendum -will be taken, specifically states that it iB unlawful to have such recreation and amusement in the park -and other public owned property. It says nothing about private owned property. Since so many have registered with the intentions of voting at the referendum, it would appear that there has been much discussion on the subject.

Nevertheless, this is not so. No one seems to be "het up" over the matter, and the only talking that has been done, has been done by some of the ministers, who are against allowing Sunday recreation The other side has not talked nor has it worked very hard to get paper believes that the ordinance will be sustained, hoping at the same time that it will not be. Those who are for the ordinance worked hard to get out their voters to register, while the other side did nothing. The matter came up because the American Legion scheduled a game of baseball in the park one Sunday about six weeks ago. There was no ordinance against such recreation (or amusement, if you wish) and for several years the Chautauqua had pitched its circus tent in the park, given Sunday enttertainments (or recreation, if you wish) and charged admission for the same, so the Legion thought it was acting within its rights when it followed such a precedent.

The Legion Is trying to raise mon ey to build a community house in Kingman and to perform other work for the benefit of the public. The managers of the town baseball team had transferred the management over to the Legion with the plan that the Legion should receive all the profits. Baseball in Kingman, as everyone knows, has never been profitable simply because good teams from other towns play only on Sundays, and Kingman had not been playing Sunday baseball. Teams brought here on week-days were from smaller towns and did not put up good games. Consequently the attendance fell off, and the game did not pay.

Last year the local team played only one or two. games at home, although they played nearly every week on Sundays, at Antony, Harper, and other towns where the game was allowed on Sunday. This year, the Legion boys thought they could keep the team going, and also afford the citizens and themselves a little recreation if they played their games at home and on Sunday They played one game, and the clamor arose. Immediately the 'City Commissioners passed an ordinance making it a misdemeanor to play baseball or hold other amusements in the park on Sunday. A petition was then signed calling for a referendum vote and submitted, and the Commissioners called for the special election which will occur Tuesday.

Naturally, the ordinance could not single out baseball alone and let the Chautauqua, swimming pool and other amusements run, so all entertainments at which an admittance fee was charged or at which the performers were paid directly or indirectly were forbidden in the public parks. The Chautauqua people had already planned to hold the Chautauqua on the school grounds', which is controlled by the school district (a corporation) and not a public owned piece of ground, so the only thing the ordinance hit was baseball and the swimming pool The editor of The Leader-Courier does not believe it will be fair to the Legion bovs and to hundreds of other people In town If the ordinance is sustained at the special election. J.t appears to him, that if Sunday baseball and Sunday Chau-tauoa and other Sunday entertainment break the Sabbath while being held in the citv bark, they break it just as badly while being held -in any other part of town. But, he does not believo such recreation or amusement break the Sabbath any where. There have been three or four baseball games at Riverside park this spring, and as far as can be learned, the crowds and they were large ones were just as mannerly, the gentlemen just as gentlemenly and the ladies just as ladylike as the crowds that huve attended the Sunday afternoon Chautauqua during the past ten or twelve years.

It simplv appears to us as if one class of the citizens wants to have its Sunday afternoon recreation, vet it is not willing to allow another class to have its recreation. Fr if one twill notice, he will find that several of the most bitter opponents of Sunday baseball are also the owners of automobiles, and almost any nice Sunday afternoon they can be seen starting out with their families on a nice pleasure ride in the country, there to snend the rest of the dv taking in the cool breezes while riding or while eating nicnic lunchos beside some strenm or in some shady nook. If thev do not 'are to ride. the( stay at home on Sunday afternoon, read books or or play the phonograph. That is Sunday recreation for which the auto charged.

The program will consist of an address by rrof. W. ti. uarro-thers of the Kansas State Normal, musical numbers and the presentation of diplomas to the class. The remainder of the Commencment week program will be witnessed and heard at the Class Day exercises on Wednesday, preceding commencement day.

The names of the graduates follow, those from the regular course, being, Myrl Baker, Vernon Bay, Esther Cragun, Mona Chambers, Bessie Endicott, Rose fc.lder, iena ruiKer-son, Marguerite Heatherman, Mildred Menning, Iceland rlotson, Arthur wan-son, Pearl McReynolds, Marian Par-menter, Budd Poland, Glen Payne, Faye Riley, Basil Starkey, Marguerite Sturgeon, Earl Winfrey The following six graduate from the normal training course: Sarah Crumley, Lillian Jones, Opal Libby, Madaline Miller, Margaretta Pattee, Bertha Spradlin. The valedictorian. Opal Libbyy and the salutatorian, Sarah Crumley, are both from the normal training course, and their orations will be given at the class day exercises Wednesday, preceding commencement day. CAPT. C.

P. RODMAN DEAD Capt. C. Rodman died last Saturday, May 15, 1920, at his home at Lebanon, Indiana, after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday and interment was at Lebanon cemetery beside his wife whnsa Henth nrrurrpd At Kincman 'about 23 years ago.

Deceased was 1 aged a little more than 84 years, 1 Mr. Rodman was in feeble health from his Indiana home last Novem ber and spent about six months here at the home of his daughter, Mrs. May Parmenter. He returned to Indiana about six weeks ago. He had been at home but a short time until his condition grew alarmingly worse, and he sent for Mrs.

Par menter to come to his bedside and assist in caring for him, and she went at once and had been with him some five weeks, before the final summons and afforded all the care and attention possible for a loving daughter to render. Deceased had been twice married, his second wife surviving. Their marriage took place about a jiozen vears ago. Surviving children are his daughter, Mrs. May Parmenter of Kingman, and his two sons, Rollin, of Texas, and Harry of New York.

Mr. Rodman was a resident of Kingman for many years, settling here about 36 years ago, and remaining here until he moved back to Indiana about twelve years ago, and during all his years of residence here was much in evidence as a business man and public-spirited citizen. By profession he was a miller and first became acquainted with the public in this community as an operator of the Ed Wright (upper) mill. Later he operated the Gros-venor mill for a number of years, and was owner of the celebrated and Sweepstakes" brands of flour, that proved so popular in this part of Kansas, and he possessed the faculty of being able to retain his customers from year to year. In the civic and social life of the community he was especially prominent, and filled numerous positions of trust with absolute fidelity and efficiency.

At one time he served the city as mayor, was also a member of the city council, served one or more terms as City Justice and police judge, surrendering his trust at rest in the old home cemetery beside friends, relatives, neighbors and comrades of the sixties, who had nreceeded him in that mysterious journey beyond the veil. And at his passing there will remain many who will regret to learn of his departure from among us, for he was a good man, in the fullest ac ceptation of the terms, a congenial .1. i i I iieiuuur bjiu nasuemvo this life are not always those bene nts we receive for ourselves. There are about 400 ex-service men in Kingman county To date about 30 per cent of this number has joined the American Legion. The campaign for members will end tomorrow night.

If you are not yet a member, or if the reader has a relative who is not yet a member, get informed and join now. The American Legion makes no boasts about what it can or is going to do. It has accomplished something already in its youthful existence and it urges everv man and woman entitled to membership to get in and help out. Some things can hp nrvmin. 'ished bv a large membership at this time and it is more essential to the organization that every one join now than to delay BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY R.

H. Wallace, residing on avenue West, was born in Calhoun, on the 16th day of May, 1839. To celebrate that important event in the history of the Wallace family his numerous children and grandchildren gathered at the old family home last Sunday and spent the time very pleasantly visiting and feasting and making the day pleasant for the aged parent. Mr. Wallace has the distinction of having conducted one oi the nrst stores Kingman, in the early eighties, in that old frame building that still remains as a landmark at the corner of Sherman and Cedar, on the comer east from the noultry ware-house of Almond Co.

ECTON-PAYNE Kingman friends will be pleased to extend hearty good wishes and congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Payne, who became husband and nellev officiating. Without anyone ciose oi nis wrmi wuu "car hurrah, or parade, they were married and c'ean record, for honesty, fair-and have started down the home ness and to the satisfaction of all. stretch in double harness, in fine 1 While resident of Kingman he af-shape, and ready to take up the du-1 filiated with the M.

E. church, and ties and pleasures of life fft their was one of its most faithful and Icon-new relation of citizens, neighbors! sistent members and lived well up and members of the married set. to his religious professions, anu The groom is one of the hustling when he left the community where wide-awake young men of the com-1 he had so lang resided it was with munity, a son Mr. and Mrs. Willi the respct of all who shared in his Payne, one of the cioneer families of i acnuaintance.

this community. He is a young man Mr. Rodman was a veteran of the of good repute who did service as alCivil War having served his coun-soldier for his country over-seas and try that great struggle as a cap-mode a fine military record. I tain Company 86th Indiana In-The bride is a daughter of Mr. and gantry, taking part in many of the Mrs.

Al Ecton of the Fourth ward, important battles of the Rebellion, is industrious and competent to ad- and when life's fitful fever has end-mirably fill the role of wife and ed and taps have sounded he lies at he'nmate Here is luck and best wishes for the newly weds. May their tribe increase, and prosper. Mr. snd Mrs. Roseoe Messenger visited last week in Kingman.

Mr. nnd Mrs, Messenger were recently married. They became acouainted 'hile she was acting as nurse or V. 1 1 ti i. mill in i uuspimi Hi.

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