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VOL. 8 OFFICIAL CITY PAPER ELKHART, MORTON COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1915 ADVERTISING MEDIUM NO. 8. tf i Mr. Putnam of Winfield, Kans.

arrived in our city Friday with the anticipation of locating in this section. He went west of town to see a farm and will very likely become one in our midst. Hot cakes and waffles any time at the Royal Cafe. Mr. J.

M. Carnahan and daughter, Mrs. Chase, were in town Saturday and made us a pleasant call. Mr. Carnahan FIRE IN THE ALLEY A helper at the Farmer Hotel went to the alley back of the hotel to singe chickens, using poper for fuel.

The wind blew some of the fire into a pile of kindling wood and soon the blaze was leaping high. Men with buckets of water and fire extinguishers were soon on the spot and put out the fire, that otherwise might have been serious. This should serve as a warn tetti a ijocal lijreviues WV VVV vvw-vvw A. S. Thayer went to Larned Monday on a big land deal.

You can get good furniture at Cude's on the installmen plan. E. H. Fisher lost a fine mare Monday, cause, spasmodic colic. List your land with Stillman Thayer.

For quick Sale. The Stratton Hardware firm of this city has added a new Ford car to its equipment Cude runs the new store in the Thayer building. He invites you to look his stock over. 8-tf Mrs. George Woods arrived Friday on the evening train to MORTON COUNTY S.

8. CONVENTION The County Sunday School Association will meet in the Baptist church in Elkhart, for its annual convention on the 2i 3d of June. The following" program will be carried out as far as possible: PROGRAM June 2nd at 3 P. M. Song Service conducted by H.

C. Murphy Rev. R. C. Jerrell President's Address.

Address: "The Sunday School Association" Fred E. Gates Appointment of committees Annnouncemenis June 3rd. FORENOON 10.00 Devotional 10:30 Address, Rev. J. W.

Farr 11:00 Lecture, "The Sunday-School Aches and EVENiNG 8:30 Song Service Evening Devotions, Rev. Farr 9:00 Address, "The Gates E. D. Stillman. Pres.

COUNCIL MEETING The City Dads failed to have a meeting last Tuesday night on account of the lack of a full quorum. Mayor Fisher, Clerk Stillman and Aldermen Bradford nnd Tucker, Atty. Roberts and Marshall Coop were present. They had several matters of business that Mayor Fisher had intended taking up that will have to lay over till the next regular meeting night. April 1st.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Elkhart market report of this week. In giving the market report it is impossible to give prices on any articles, like flour especially, where so many different grades are handled. Maize 80c Wheat 1.30 per bu. Corn 62 Broom Corn ...60 to 65 per ton Flour to $4.00 per cwt. Spuds $1.05 to $1.10 per bu.

Eggs 121-2c Butter 20c Bacon the best 25c Beet sugar 6.75 per cwt. Cane 7.00 or 14 lbs. for $1. l-ABIP VS ALAMO One of the fastest baseball games ever played on the North Flats was played on the Alamo Diamond May the 8th. It was fast from start to finish.

Ferguson did splendid twirling for Camp with Fi.nley.behind the bat. Biggs held first base in his usual effective style, and did some hard slugging. Second and third bases were held by Price and Dean; respectively with Cartmell on short. Talbott, Russell and Long-will had very little to do in the field" but they sacked the ba 1 when it came their way. The score was 2 to 1 in Alamo's tavor until the ninth inning, it was tied by Russell, who got a safe hit to first and stole the rest of them.

Excitement ran high until Al amo scored in the last half of the eleventh, and won 3 to 2. The game was ably umpired by the veteran player, N. Sandusky. The same team will play on the Camp diamond May 22nd. Come and see the game.

Below is the lineup: has been confined at home for some time on account of ill health and we are glad to see him out. Cude sells on the installment plan. 8-tf J. H. Sullivan was in the city Tuesday and informed us that Mrs.

Sullivan has been very sick since Saturday. He was in for medicine for her. Dr. Tucker was called to see her Sunday; she is not serious and it is hoped that she will soon be out again. Cude will rent you a sewing machine.

8-tf. Stillman and Thayer closed two nice little deals last week. One with the Minnie Quellhorst to C. L. Ahlgren, and the other the Woodruff place to Harry Shrauner.

Both places were bought by our home people. Have several thousand dollars to loan on Morton County land at straight ten per cent. Money ready as soon as abstract is furnished showing good title. Don VanWormer, Rolla, Kans. 7-4t J.

F. Norris of the county cap ital and three of his friends from Nickerson, Kans. were in town last Thursday. The visitors had out to see some real estate that one of them had bought neur Richfield. See me for a good loan on your Morton county farms.

Cecil B. Long, Elkhart, Kansas. (In the Bank block. Rex Powelson, and L. G.

Blackmer of Hooker, Okla. were in our city Thursday transacting business and meeting with old friends. Mr. Blackmer is president of the First National Bank of Hooker and Rex is associated with the Scott and blackmer Realty Firm. FOR SALE or TRADE-One 2 year old bay mare mule, One 3 year old brown horse mule.

See A. S. Thayer, Elkhart, Ks. Trees and vines are doing fine. If every farmer would put out a thousand trees on his place this fall this country would not look like itself in two years.

Rev. I. Jones from the Wil-lowbar, Okla. community, was detained here Tuesday by the rain, and while here he made us a call and became a reader of the Enterprise. He is pastor of the Baptist church at Willowbar.

W.H. Odneal was in town Tuesday for lumber for building purposes. He has onlybeen in our vicinity a short time. He came here from, near Forgan, Okla. and has located west of town.

He says people are coming into that part and buying land alipost every day. One man was asked to sell and refused. He was asked to price his place and he put it $5,000, and the buyer took him up once So the man who sold and several others from that section are coming to this locality. Mr. Odneal is well pleased here.

ing to all of us to be more cara- ful in this matter. Look out for the old papers that may collect around the buildings as fire starters, as fire is liable to get started some time and we will not be able to stop it until it nas done its work. METHODIST NOTES Last Sunday was a good day with us. The Sunday school and morning preaching service were attended by a small but interested audience. The League service in the evening was reported as a splendid service.

The services in the country at Point View and at Wilburton in the evening were good. The work is progressing and we are encouraged with the outlook. The prayer meeting will be held, as usual, on Thursday evening. Let us make this a profitable service. Services next Sunday are as follows: Sunday school at 10 a.

m. preaching at 11 a. m. Leasee at 7:30 p. m.

preaching at.8:30 p. m. The pastor will preach in the afternoon at Union Center. Sunday, May 30, will be a fifth Sunday. -In order to avoid confusion the pastor will preach in town that day.

There will be no preaching at Point View nor at Wilburton. Let all the people remember these announcements. You are cordially invited to attend any and all of our services. Roscoe. C.

Jerrell, Pastor. DECORATION DAY Will soon be here when our dead should be cared for, and the heroes of our land should be remembered on the 30th of May. We have but one little grave in the new cemetry as yet but why not that we begin the dedication now and keep up? from several on this out on Sunday, May afternoon anyway. Let's hear and all go 30; in the SPECIAL REDUCTION As I have a large supply of optical goods on hand, I am making a special reduction on all glasses of 20 per cent, until June 1st. Ashby, the Optician.

LIST OF BARGAINS We have a three room house to rent "for per month with free water. A two room house and fifty-foot lot to sell for $350.00 if taken at once. 160 acre farm, as good as there is in Texas county, for $800.00 if taken at once. 1 One-half acre lots for sale with free water. $55.00 and terms.

160 acres, vell, barn, fence and steel tower, 3 miles from ELKHART, for $1800.00. See us at once for RCal Bargains. Stillman Thayer, assist Mr. Woods with the Dime. Do your eyes smart and pain? Proper glasses will give you relief.

Fred, Frank and Cal Wooley, Geo. Ellie, Leo Long and Joe Elliott, all of Stonington, were attending to business here the past week. I want some one to break 10 or 15 acres of sod at once. E. D.

Stillman. 8-lt A. P. Shafer, the veterinary, came back to Elkhart last week. He and son Homer went out to Colorado this week.

Get a good banjo at Cude's. The B. P. Drug Store has installed a fine, new soda fountain with all the most up-to-date fixtures. It has an elegant appearance and is a credit to our city.

Everything in the baseball line at the B. P. Drug Store in Elkhart. 7-tf Mrs. E.

V. Kahlermade a pleasant call at this office when she was in the city Saturday. She was taking out a new Rrim-rose cream separator and says, "No more churning for me." If your land is for sale, list it with Cecil B. Long. Elkhart, Kansas.

(Near Morton County Bank.) Mr. Bane, employee of the Star Lumber went over to Liberal Saturday and stayed till Monday visiting his parents. Get your lunch for your trip at the Royal Cafe. A. A.

Leedy, the Dixon boys, Bill McKinney, Tim Ellsworth, L. B. Thompson and C. D. Myers delivered broom corn here froi.

about sixty miles southwest last week. Abstracts made by Faris Burch are the only ones accepted by the loan companies doing business in Texas county; their examiners are critical and demand the best. tf. Ira Foreman and sister, Miss Margaret, of Garlington, Ok were visitors JMknart batur-day. Miss Margaret spent the night at the L.

J. Edgar home as the guest of Miss Fay. Buy your trees, shrubs and berries of R. H. Moore.

E. T. Ashby, the optometrist, will leave for a sixty-day vacation June 1st. If your eyes need attention, see him at once. 8-tf For a quick lunch go to the Royal Cafe.

W. H. Roll and wife are in Guthrie, this week with their little son George, who will receive treatment from specialists there. CUDE-MARL9W On Sunday afternoon at 2 P. at the home of the bride's parents in Elkhart occurred the wedding of Miss Bessie Iola Cude to Mr.

Joseph Elmer Mar-low of Liberal, Kansas. It was a quiet, home wedding with only a few friends of the family present. Rev. Roscoe Jerrell officiated. The bride is tfee accomplished daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. J. S. Cude, wh? have recently located in Elkhart from L'beral. On Monday the -'couple left fir Liberal, where for the present, at least, they will reside We wish them prosperity and happiness through a long married life.

A BIRTHDAY PARTY On last Saturday eveninc a number of the friends of Miss Bessie Welsh gathered at her home for a social remembrance of herfifteenth birthday. Several interesting games were played and about 10 o'clock refreshments were served consisting of ice cream and cake. The hostess received a number of nice presents. Those who enjoyed the ocons-sion as guests were: Misses Velma Bingham, Flora Lampkin, Wilma Lee, Fay Edgar, Nellie Tucker and Helene Mallory Messrs. "Common Joe" of the depot, Hohart and Lawson Tuck er.

All wished Miss Beessie many more such celebrations. NOTICE The board of County Commis sioners met in the office of the County Clerk in the city of Richfield, Kans. on the 17th day of May, 1915, as a board of equali zation and adjouned to reconvene as a board or equaliz ation on the 26th day ot May, 1915 at Rich field in the office of County Clerk All persons feeling themselves aggrieved by the assessment of valuation of their property as returned by the assessor can appear before said Board of equalization on the named date and have a hearing upon-such grievance. Please remember the date. G.

P. Riley, Co. Clerk. CAMP. ALAMO Ferguson Callahan Finley Decker IB Biggs Myer 2B Price Odneal 3B Deane Wirley SS Cartmell Ralston LF Talbott Williams CF Russell Wirley RF-Longwill Whitney Joe.

SUNDAY EVENING There will be a lecture at the Baptist Church Sunday evening by -E. D. Stillman. Subjeeti "The Sabbath from Eden to Eden." All are cordially invited to be present It's free. DO YOU KNOW That eighty per cent of all headaches is caused by eye strain? With correct glasses all ii i a pain win vanisn.

Asnoy gives 20 per cent discount on goods bought before June 1st..