The Enterprise from Utica, Kansas • 1

To economise on the paper is like wearing your old clothes to parade." 0lJm jitUrifrise. Published Every Friday $1.00 per year in advance, or $1.25 if not paid in advance The Weekly Chronicle of Local Events Fully Equipped Job Printing; Plant In Connection. WE GUARANTEE YOU SATISFACTORY WOEL VOL. XIII. UTICA, NESS COUNTY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1912.

NO. 41 SPRING I LOCAL NEWS.j John T. Wood arrived in town with a car of household goods yesterday morning. He has lately purchased the tract of land known as the Beaity ranch and intends to improve it and make a first class place of it. He expects to rent a house in town and manage his ranch from here.

Mr. W. H. Smith this week closes his deal for the Tennesee land, giving his quartern this; vicinity and getting $1,200 difference in the trade. Alfalfa seed for sale at $8.00 per bushel.

Ben. Evel, Utica, 'Kans. acquiring this habit. "Personally, I believe the sale of Coca-Cola is a violation of the Food and Drugs act and of most of the laws of the states. "I would be very glad to see its sale absolutely prohibited.

H. W. Wiley." There will be a silver medal oratorical contest given at the Christian church in Ransom Friday evening, April 19, under the auspices of the W. C. T.

U. Following is the program: March, Miss Minnie Dubbs. Invocation, Rev. Laybourn. Chorus, "March On." Recitation, "Old Soapy," Contestant No.

1. Recitation, "Mary Elizabeth," Con testant No. 2. Song, "Battle Song of Temperance," Prohibition Male Quartet. Recitation, "Sim's Little Girl," Contestant No.

3. Chorus, "Wine is a Mocker." Recitation, "Saved," Contestant No. 4. Song, "Sons of Freedom," Prohibition Male Quartet. Recitation, "The Widow's Only Son," Contestant No.

5. Chorus, "Sweet and Low." Recitation, "A Brave Boy," Contestant No. 6. Presentation of medal. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OK THE I'INAlvCIAL CONDITION OF THE lltiea 6tatc flank At Utlrai, State of Kansas, at t.h close or business on the 2nd ilay of April, ltlli RESOURCES Loans discounts Loans mi real estate Gim.OO Overdrafts 15 Hank building 3,000 4I Furnlturo and fixtures l.OKKK) Kxpeimo account (Willis Cash Lotus nnd clearlutr house Items 115 Iltl Cash and sight cxclmwre, legal res.

8.T(CI.H4 Total LIABILITIES Capital stock paid In flli.nno.oO Surplus funds l.fKHUKI Interest 711 Individual deposit 20.745 15 Certlflratcs of deposit Total W.44D.84 Plate of Kansas 1 Sa County of Ness i OB C. liaukln. Cashier of said hank, do soleuinlv swear that the nbove statement Is true; that said bank has no liabilities nnd Is not endorser on any note or obligation, other than xhnwn on ahove st iteinent. to the best of my knowledge and heller. So help 1110 O.

KAN KIN, Cashier. Suhserihed nnd sworn to licforo mo this fith day of April, Uuu. Chas Rutherford Not irv I'ublic. My commission expires March lb, 11)14. COHRKCT.

ATTEST! J. Attivood I I seal J. H. Vogan Directors C. F.

llagans I To J. N. Dili, LBV. Hank Commissioner. Topeku, Kans.

although seemingly reluctant to make its appearance, is evidently here. We have just passed through a winter which will loni? be remembered by people of Ness county, but with its hardships because of scarcity of feed, everyone has gone through it in better shape than we supposed possible. Now we have before us the prospect of a bumper crop. We are starting in with the assurance that we will have a crop, ami we are putting forth our utmost efforts to make this a crop year. We must have a crop and we must all do our part toword making that crop a reality.

We, as a. bank, are doing our part toward this end and we earnestly solicit the co-operation of the people in the good work. rresponcleiKc. Ransom News. Mr.

and Mrs. Will Baer went to Ness City Sunday afternoon Mrs. Baer will visit friends there for a week. Mrs. Josephine Wray is very ill this week.

Word was received that Mr. Chas. Rogers, formerly of this county, died at his home in Kansas City on Friday, April 5, 1912. His death was a shock to his many friends here who deeply regret his loss. Mrs.

Thompson is visiting her brother D. M. Sipe. Her little niece is with her. Their home is at Hastings, Neb.

W. H. Johnson, of Lawrence, and stale high school inspector for the university, spent Thursday, April 4, in our town. He inspected our high school and found it up to the standard. After school was dismissed he gave an interesting and instructive talk to the patrons of the district, of whom about 40 were present.

Jas. Wright and family departed Tuesday for Alberta, Canada, where they expect to make their future hohie. They are making the trip overland, hoping thus to benefit Mrs! Wright's health. Last Thursday afternoon Bondu-rant's elevator caught fire from the engine somehow. A crowd soon gathered and by the liberal use of chemical extinguishers and water the blaze was soon conquered.

G. F. Ulery and F. Craghead, recently of Hoisington, arrived here this week and will rmike this ffhe Xltiea 6tate flank, tf. tf.

flankin, Cashier. Cream Cream Cream Bring it to Buxton's, opposite depot you will get all there is in it. Can you ask more? Highest market price always and a square deal our motto. their home. They own some land north of the Gafrigues farn), southwest of town, where they Expect to do some building, and being contractors and carpenters by trade, will be looking for other houses to build in this locality from now on.

Mr. R. A. Boulware informs us that he is one of the joint heirs to a large estate leased by an ancestor 101 years ago for a period of 99 years, which is now in shape to be dispensed among thosedn line of inheritance. Dr.

Raffiington, the old reliable dentist, will be at the Odd Fellows hall in Utica on April 17. We will have a car of corn on track about Monday at 85c from car. Leave your orders and we will call you up when it arrives. J. H.

Vogan. It will probably be news to some that last fall Mr. J. R. Foster Bold his barn in Utica to the Big 4, and Mr.

McKinley (has had it painted and remodeled', throughout for the convenient housing of his breeding stock this W. C. Jacka, in response to a letter from Kid Wilson, left for Hoisington Monday night to take a position proffered to him in a barber shop at that place. Save! For Sale. One registered Percheron stallion 3 years old a good one jet black, wt.

1,500 lbs, broken to drive or work, good disposition, price reasonable, good terms. Write or come and see him at ranch 11 miles northeast of Utica. Otto Young, Utica, Kans. Ransom W. C.

T. U. On the afternoon of Thursday, April 4, the W. C. T.

U. met at the home of Mrs. Susa Laybourn. A short program, led by Mrs. Eva Dieffenbach, was very instructive.

The subject, "Our Schorls and Colleges," was well discussed by Mrs. Laybourn. The suffrage question was treated by Mrs. Mollie Dubbs. "Fickle fortune's favors are sure to fall among the savers." OFFICIAL STATEMENT OK THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OK THE CITIZENS STATE BANK at tltlea, KfttiBtis, at the cIobi of business on the 2d day of April 1H12.

RESOURCES. Loans and discounts 13 IuriB mi real estate Overdraft Hunk hutldinfj I.wnmni Furniture and fixture UiUMtO KxK'iisf ecount 7 01 Cash and eljrlit exchanye hfral res. 13,007 04 Total 6HJ40 4U LIABILITIES Capita) Mock paid in, I nufl Hnt-pltiH fund H.iKHMH) I'li'llvuled l'rollu Ifi0.40 liilt'rcut 701.74 Kxrhanue aw InriivMluHl do 1 Its Uuik" Hint hmikiTf' ih'p'isitH id deposit oj Hills rrdiuonuud iMHHum Hnt Total 50,44 49 Htiite of Kimu County tir Nrtw W. K. Tniyl'ir, raslnorol said hank, flo unt-I'ltinly Hwrttrtliat ilimestiUt'liit'ht is irue; ttmt fluid hank Iuik no lial.illiici and Ih not en.

dm-Ht-r oti any unit or dtiliaimti other than sOimvn 011 tne ahove Matt-incut, to the hest of my knowledge und liollef. So help me (lot). W. Thaylou, CaHhler. Huhseiihed and sworn to h-ie mu tins 5tii day of April, lie ah ItirriiKKpuHi), Notary Puhllc (Commission expire on the iHlb day of Mare IOH.) COUltKCT Attest: CtiAt.

T. I'KTUIt- I 113 A John lVu'arii Directors. C. A-kKw To J. N.

Doli.EV, Hank Commislon'r, Top ka, Kansas UTTER FAT. We are in tne market for cream and have excellent facilities for testing and caring for the same in our new quarters. We will give you prompt and courteous treatment. Bring us your cream. Pres The subjest of Coca-Cola, as a soft drink, has been discussed by the Union Signal, our national paper, at some length.

The leaders of the W. C. T. U. do not approve of its use, as it has been found to contain the drug "caffeine" and is flavored with coca leaves, from which cocaine is extracted.

Of course one glass contains but a small amount, but it is said that it creates a thirst for itself which soon calls for sev ent price 28 cts. Remember, at the Home hotel. Mrs. J. C.

Brown. with a dime. Keep it up until you have saved ten dimes or enough to secure a bank book. Do not part with it under any consideration. Keep on repeating the operation.

A bank account will curb the fickleness of fortune. Hail Insurance. Insure your growing crops in the time tried and reliable Northwes- eral glasses a day. A clipping, taken from the Union Signal, is Wm. Schoepf left on a business trip to Junction City Monday night.

The Missouri Pacific uploaded CO cars of cinder ballast between this place and Ransom, the first of the week. We now have on hand the following: Seed corn, kaflir, milo maize, millet, orange cane and seed oats. Rotter get your Bupply while they last. J. 11.

Vogart. Repels Attack of Death "Five vcara ao two doctors told me I had only two years to livo." This startling statement was made by Stillman Green, Malachite, Col. told nic I would die of consumption. It wan up to ine then to tern Fire and Marine, of Minnoap-, olis, the company with a record of 14 years without a contested claim. We also write for the National, of Hartford, the only company with a cash capital of $1,000,000 writing hail business.

We have all had hard times. You cannot afford to carry the risk of being hailed out for a small amount. Either of these good, old, reliable companies will carry it for you. We will be glad to have a talk with you about it. We also want to list your land for cash sale, if you are willing to sell at a bargain.

We will work hard and try and get you a sale. If you can't come, write BUXTON Utica, Kans. Our office is opposite the depot. Money to Loan on Low Rates a Terms Adminintrator Notice. here printed, giving the opinion of Dr.

Wiley, of pre food law fame, which is no doubt genuine. Let us read this carefully and consider well before we drink Coca-Cola, or allow our children to do bo: "One of Kentucky's able educators, Miss Katharine Christian, the head of the department of household economics in the public schools of Lexington, not long ago came across a group of high school boys drinking Coca-Cola. Being possessed of the true qualifications of a teacher, and a deep and abiding interest in the well-being of the young people of the sch ioI, she warned them of the dangers of the drink. shs said, 'if you knew what I know abuiit Coca-Cola, you would not be drml.ing The boys replied that Jr. Wiley, of the agricultural department at Washington, had said that it was harmless.

'We will write to Dr. Wiley and inquire if such a statement was ever authorized by said Miss Christian. The letter was duly written and the following reply was received from the chief of the bureau of chemistry: February 10, 1912. Dear Madam: The boys to whom you refer must have been reading faked literature. No such statement as you mention has ever issued from this office.

In point of fact, the bureau of chemistry was instrumental in bringing a famous suit against the Coca-Cola people on the ground that the caffeine which was added to their product was a harmful substance. The suit was lost to the government, not on the ground that the caffeine was harmless, but on a technical point in the law that it was not an 'added' substance, "I consider the Coca-Cola habit one of the most dangerous and insidious habits which is in existence today, and I believe the health officers, with the aid of parents, should do everything in their power to prevent children, especially, from State of Kansas, County of Ness ss' In the matter of the estate of Thomas M. Nuttle, late of Ness 1 county, Kans. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Notice is hereby given, that on the first day of April, A. D.

1912, the undersigned was, by the pro-I bate court of Ness county, (ltllv HIlDointeil nnd mmlifinrl na n.L ABSTRACTS IT Made PrompUy Cci I Floyd Floyd, Kansas The local paper carries impressions from the town to the outside world. To economize on the paper is like putting on your old clothes to go to church. Again, a knock at the paper is a knock at the town. If you wish to kill the town, first stille the paper. A newspaper Btands for progress.

No progress has been made anywhere in the world for 500 years without the aid of a newspaper, and the world hus moved faster and farther with the aid of the press in the lust fU0 years tnan it did in all its thousands of years of previous history. He who places an impediment in the way of the press commits a crime against progress. Cave men and other contemporaneous anthropology did not have newspapers and for nges and eons of ages they groveled in the dirt, fought each other with clubs and stone axes and led a squalid cxiutance. There are a few slow specimens of evolution holding forth about Utica who are in favor of killing the paper off and reverting again to the stone age of slow existance. Are you one of the number? Are you following the prehistoric anthropological spe ciman from the hills of Germany with the big stone hammer who is knocking this sheet? If you are you are in a slow procession and you had better get out of it if you 'are in favor of getting anywhere.

Will Trade I have a 90-acre farm in Leavenworth county, that I will 'exchange for good Ness county land. E. W. Smith, 215 Cypress Santa, Anna, Calif. 4t.

try the best lung medicine and I began to use Dr. Kings New Discovery. It was well 1 did, for today I am working and believe 1 owe my Mil to this great throat and lung cure that has cheated the grave of another victim." Its folly to suffer with couKhs, colds or other throat and lun.tj troubles now. Take the cure that's safest. Price and $1.00.

Trial buttle free nt Attwood Hovard Drue Co. He "Didn't Glvo a Whoop." When the 9:20 train from Tarry, town was drawing Into the Grand Ceu tral station yentorday morning a pleasant looking, square-Jawed young man, wbo hud been studying a Sunday school Jesson paper, rose and followed bis wife to the door. A brusque, sportlly-dressed inan from the same up-river town saw that the wife bad left her fur boa in the Beat and, lag It, he pushed forward and tapped the young man on the shoulder. "Your lady has lost something," be Bald, holding out the boa. Ho of the square Jaw smiled and thanked the stranger.

i "Here's an umbrella back bere.too" some one called, "Gee' that's my umbrella; hero, toss, it over," exclaimed the brusque one. "By all means don't forget your umbrella In doing us a kindness," luugheA the young man. "You betcher life I won't." The car emptied and eome bnej tapped the brusque man on tne ana, Very nice young man that Did yoU know who it was?" be oBked. "No, and I don't give a '1 "He was John D. Itockefellcr, Mew York World.

I DRAtf ministrator of the estate of Thomas M. Nuttle, late of Ness county, deceased. All parties interested in said estate will take notice, and govern themselves accordingly. W. E.

Traylor, Administrator. General Delivery and Transfer iusiness Am prepared to do everything in the way of dray in? hauling aboai town. Prompt and reliable servi Charge; nsonable. CHAS NUTTLE, Uhcn Kansas. 1 CLEANING.

PRESSING at the New Barber Shop BRING IN A SUIT First door east of Citizen's State Bank. C. O. SMITH, Prop. Wm.

GROSS Ready to lay your Cement Irrigation Pipes at Any Time, by Contract or Hour Work. Satisfatcion Guaranteed UTICA, KANS..