The Tiller and Toiler from Larned, Kansas • Page 15

A in A A a years he of we na- is of sas as six is of to or in is APRIL 13, 1917. THE TILLER AND TOILER, LARNED, KANSAS PAGE 15. BUSINESS IS BOOMING Come to Our Store for Groceries. Bring in Your Produce Cash or Trade. We Pay Highest Market Price.

We Want Your Trade. Choice White Hominy, 3 cans for 25c. 25c. box crackers 20c. 121c.

Baked Beans, 3 cans for 25c. 30c. Bell Coffee 27c. 20c. Sliced Pineapples, per can 15c.

25c. package Oat Meal 20c. Three cans Sweet Wrinkled Peas 33c. 40c. jar Waneta Cocoa 30c.

18c. can of June Peas 15c. Three large cans of Carnation Milk 35c. Six bars Clean-Easy Soap 25c. 15c.

can soup, any kind 10c. Hunsley's Cash Grocery Phone 93 Another Old Soldier Gone. Another of Pawnee county's pioneers was called to his home Monday morning, March 26, about 1 near o'clockGeorge W. Countryman, of Garfield, where he had lived since 1875. Mr.

Countryman was born December 21, 1838 at Varick, N. Y. He attained the age of 78 years, three months and five days. He was married to Miss Aurelia Kniseley July 1, 1864, by Rev. M.

W. Holmes, a Baptist minister. To this union were born eight children. and all survive him. They are Wm.

of Kinsley; Frederick "North, Fairview, Mrs. Emma J. of Maxville. Samuel of Emporia; John of Jetmore; George of New York City; Mrs. Katherine Bowers and Edward, of Garfield.

Shortly after his marriage Mr. Countryman enlisted in Co. 15th N. Y. Engineer Corps, and after nine months' service was honorably discharged from the Army of the Potomac.

He moved to Pawnee county in 1875, and filed on a homestead near home. Mr. Countryman united with Garfield. Here the family, built a the Baptist church in New York at an early age. After coming to Kansas he united with the Baptist church at Larned, and later, he, with others, organized a church Garfield.

The writer was his pastor for several years and enjoyed the hospitality of his home, where there was always good home where God was honored. Funeral services were conducted from the M. E. church at Kinsley by Rev. C.

H. Ruff, of Burdett. The Methodist pastor, Rev. Brooks, assisted. All the children were present except George, the five sons and a so son-in-law acting as pallbearers.

The floral, offerings were many, and included a large pillow, by the children, bedecked with miniature flags. large flag draped the casket. A A large company of friends attended the services and followed the remains to the Kingley cemetery where interment was made by the side of Mrs. Countryman, who passed away about five years ago. Mr.

Countryman was a loving husband and father. a kind neighbor, a true patriot and a faithful Christian. May we follow such examples. The sorrowing family have the sincere sympathy of many friends. Fine Array of Talent.

Church people regard as a veritable roll of honor the list of out-ofstate speakers announced for the approaching state Sunday School convention at Topeka May 1, 2 and 3. Miss Margaret Slattery, Boston, author, lecturer, master in religius pedagogy, specialist with girls. Rev. R. A.

Waite of Lincoln, lecturer, leader of Summer Conferences, experienced in Y. M. C. A. and Sunday school work, specializing in boys.

Wm. A. Brown, Chicago, gifted with tongue and pen, student of world-wide religious progress and problems. Mrs. Maud Junkin Baldwin, late of Philadelphia, now elementary superintendent International Sunday school association, promoting a continentwide campaign for children in conjunction with the Children's Bureau of Washington, D.

C. Dr. H. P. Welshimer, Canton, Ohio, who as pastor-superintendent has enlarged school from a handful to pastor ent thousands in a few years.

Dr. H. E. Tralle, Kansas City, president Kansas City School of Religious Pedagogy. Mr.

H. W. Maurer, Cleveland, Ohio, modern church architect. Mrs. W.

H. Dietz, Chicago, elementary devices. The state office at Abilene reports widespread interest throughout the state and predicts a record breaking attendance. Programs and information are available for the asking. American Flag in Belgium.

"American flags of one kind or another pang all the cantines alongside the pictures of President Wilson" says Charlotte Kellogg, in the April Atlantic. "Mottoes expressing thanks embroidered--on sides are atAmerica, floursacks, elaborately tempts to express gratitude and affection. That morning, as the legation car turned a corner, a little old Flemish woman white cap stepped forward and clapped her hands as the American flag floated by. Men lift their hats to it. children salute it.

In the shop windows one often sees it draping the pictures of the king and queen." Pure comb honey at 15c. a pound. -Snowberger's Grocery. Phone 589. The Yellow Bullet.

Far out in the white waste of that deserted northern wilderness the young hunters and their Indian guide Mukoki had killed a deer. "Heem shot long time ago! Old wound--feel bullet," exclaimed the Indian. With his knife he extracted the ball and peeled a thin slice from it. He held up the two pieces. They gleamed a dull rich yellow.

"That bullet made of gold," he breathed. "No yellow lead. That gold, pure gold." Weeks later and miles farther on, there suddenly came flash of fire and the explosion of a gun at night. A bullet struck the tree just above Mukoki's head. From half way down the mountain came a terrible cry.

The next day the hunters prodded the bullethole with a knife, then withdrew it. On the tip of the blade was a tiny fleck of yellow. Anothergold--bullet. The hunt for a lost gold mine, a mysterious enemy who fires golden bullets, is the stroy of "The Yellow Bullet," by James Oliver Curwood, to be begun in Capper's Weekly of April 14. Nobody writes better adventure read Capper's Weekly anyhow.

Not stories than, Curwood. You should a newspaper nor a magazine, but filled with live, interesting reading matter you wouldn't like to miss. Trial subscription, 20 week 10 cents, which covers the entire time of the insertion of this intensely interesting story. The trial subscriptions will be discontinued at end of term paid for. Address Capper's Weekly, Dept.

Y. Topeka, Kansas. Commends Mr. Prose's Advice. Several have commended the advice of W.

L. Prose printed in this paper last week, in which he sized the suggestion that it is not a good about thing to be in too big a hurry plowing up the winter wheat because the prospects appear unpromising. Money in Chickens These Days. There is money in chickens these days. Mrs.

W. C. Matney, who has 150 chickens, sold $18.75 worth of eggs in one week recently. Many who are handling chickens report equal Mohawk tires at C. 0.

Funk's garage. 5,000 miles guaranteed. MUST SAVE THE FOOD. President Waters of the Kansas Agricultural College Talks. St.

Louis. "We are entering upon one of the greatest wars without AL reserve of food." declared Henry J. Waters, president of the Kansas State Agricultural college, before the conference here last Monday, called by Secretary Houston of the United States department of agriculture to consider the food situation the tion. "Germany has spent in accumulating a food reserve preparation for this emergency," continued. "The country's visible supply of food, however, will be consumed before another harvest.

Should we have an unfavorable season, the United States would face the greatest food shortage since the Civil war. "The problem of supporting two million men in army camps soon will confront us. We must feed our own people at home while they produce munitions and equipment and also must assist in supplying our allies with food. "The army necessities hard tack, pork and beans. -must at once be increased.

More beans must. be raised. All sows must be bred fall litters to increase the pork output, while at the same time a reserve of corn retained to winter and fit the new output for the spring market. Increased bread output can attained by milling all the wheat to be 1 per cent flour instead of 73 per cent as at present. The output over the present production can be increased 18,000,000 barrels by so doing.

"A large saving in grain suitable for fattening live stock can be made by shutting down the breweries distilleries. By closing the saloons and withdrawing their two principal sources of supply, we would have annually 618,508,095 bushels of Increased gardening, rapid extension of community canning clubs and encouragement of potato acreage, were among the other conservative measures advocated by President Watters. Thursday of last week the 11. W. Reid Rumely Agency unloaded and delivered to Curtis Crawford a new oil burning plowing engine, taking in exchange a steam traction engine.

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Ask for a copy. a13-2t. REED IMPLEMENT ENT CO. MR. MOHLER SAYS And a Shortage in Yield Might Still Mean Big Money for the Farmer, Topeka.

-J. C. Mohler, secretary of the state board of agriculture, took his trusty typewriter on his knees, glued his eyes on some Kansas crop statisties of bygone years, and fired the following volley at the little imps gloom that have been harassing Kansas wheat prospects for the last few weeks: "There seems to be a general impression in the public mind that Kanis in for a disastrous year because of prolonged dry weather and the pegsimistic reports concerning the outlook for wheat in some portions of the state. "To give courage to those who "view with alarm' 1 would like to sound a note of optimism. The wheat that alive and growing in Kansas may produce a very respectable yield.

Kansas always produces some wheat each year. She will do so this year. Sesaonable weather alone will determine to what extent. Prior to the outbreak of the war the average crop in Kansas 20-year, amounted to about 65 million bushels. The three crops of 1914, 1915 1916 averaged more than 125 million, bushels annually, While this crop will doubtless be far short of the average for the past three years, it is possible the state may yield as much or more than the previous 20-year average.

Most any other state would regard this amount a big crop. "Assuming that we may disappointed in wheat this year, we should not be discouraged. Usually when we have a poor wheat good corn year when conditions are bad for one crop, they are favorable to the He Talked Too Much. (From The Emporia Gazette) Once, fifty-three years ago, a man who owned a quarter section of land in Jackson township, Lyon county, held an expensive conversation. His name was James Wigginton, and he didn't like the way this government was run.

So he talked too much with his mouth and lost his land. It will pay some of our talkative friends of a too pacifist persuasion to read what follows carefully about times Here it is: The records of Lyon county disclose strange story in regard to 160 acres of land, the northwest quarter of section 28, township 19, 13. tract adjoins the townsite of Neosho, Rapids this on the It nppears that land belonged to one James Wigginton. During the Civil Wigginton was charged with treason for "aiding, abetting and comforting." the enemies of the government during war time. Proceedings were brought in the United States court to confiscate his Lyon county land.

The treason seems to have been proved and Thomas A. 0g- born. United States Marshall, afterwards sold the 160 acres, under the hammer, for $25, under the orders of the Federal court, made in 1864. The heirs of Wigginton, after war, made an attempt to recover the land by suit in the Lyon county district court on the grounds that the confiscation related only to the life of the alleged traitor, but judgment was rendered against the heirs in March, 1875 and the deed of confiscation confirmed. The tract has since been cut up into small tracts, and is owned by a number of Lyon county people, who are probably unaware of the unusual history of their titles.

The value of the entire quarter section is now many thousands, but the Wigginton heirs got nothing. This is a free country; but for all its freedom sometimes man can talk too much with his mouth. Death of Mrs. Martin Bengston. Mrs.

Elma L. Bengston, wife of Martin L. Bengston, of Garden City, died last Saturday at her home in Garden City. Mrs. Bengston was the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Alfred Polson, until recently in business in Garfield, but later in business at Sublette. Mrs. Bengston was born in Garfield, where funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Swedish Lutheran church. Burial was in Garfield cemetery.

Mrs. Bengston the mother of four children. She was 31 years old. The her death will be mourned by a large number of Pawnee county friends. Good mixed candy, chocolate, Snowberger's Grocery.

Enemies of Potatoes. Manhattan, Kan. The potato grower should begin watching for the attack of the Colorado beetle as soon as the young potato plants come through the ground, advises George A. Dean, professor of entomology in the Kansas State Agricultural college. The Colorado potato beetle is the most common and destructive enemy the potato grower in Kansas, according to Professor Dean.

The adult insects hibernate in the earth in the winter months. The warm sunshine of April or May brings them The adult beetle a stout, striped insect about one-half inch in length. As soon as the young potato plants appear the adult female beetles deposit their eggs on the under side of the leaves, One female beetle lays an average of 500 eggs one months. In one week after the eggs are deposited the larvae hatch and immediately begin gorging themselves on the leaves and eat an amount of food out of all proportion their size. These larvae enter the ground after two and a half three weeks, pass through the pupae stage, and in a week or two the adult beetles of the second generation appear.

In Kan- sas and the states where the beetle is most injurious two generations always appear and in some seasons three in one year. One of the most effective remedies for this pest is Paris green, according to Professor Dean. For small patches it may be used dry by mixing it with fifty times its weight in flour, slaked lime, or land-plaster. This mixture should be applied in when the dew is still other mornins. either by a perforated can of some sort or a powder gun.

On large fields it is best to apply the mixture in the form of a spray. One pound of Paris green and one pound of freshly slaked lime will kill the larvae, but it necessary to use two or three pounds of Paris green to dis kill the beetles. "Many growers prefer to use three to five pounds of lead arsenate to EL barrel of water because it is more adhesive than the mixture of Paris green and there is no danger of burning," said Professor Dean, "Powdered lead of arsenate may also be used as a dust spray just as soon as the insects are found working on the plants, and the application repeated when the other generation of insects appear." BEST PAINTS PAINT HERE TIME ARE YOU GOING TO have your house painted this season? THEN IT'S TIME now to think about the paints. What kind will you use? IF YOU HAVE looked into this matter thoroughly you will use ours. COSTS LEAST at the store, costs least to put on, costs least in wear--costs least altogether.

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