The Beaver Valley Booster from Cedar Bluffs, Kansas • 4

CEDAR BLUFFS, KANSAS, BEAVER VALLEY BOOSTER Special Attention Given To Commercial Men First Class Hotel 11.50 to $2.00 a day house A 2 VcSSoy BbostoR eJ Every fhtirsday. Editor Ass't Editor OL. Benton President. Win Hopkins, Vice IVe. G.

H. Lippelraan, Cashier E. Benton, Sec. Gerald D. Benton, Ass't, Treas ESTABLISHED IN ISM THE BENTON AND HOPKINS INVESTMENT CO Oberlin, Kansas.

a The .1 aa second clan matter, Aug 1'vlD, at the at Cellos, Kansas, under Act; of "3 3, 1879. COMMERCIAL H0TEL- C. A. POWELL, Prop. ash Paid up Capital and Surplus 1200,000.00 -INCORPORVTED- DIRECTORS: SFIon.

Charles Curtis, Topeka Kansas. W. W. Nichols, President Mutual Fire Insurance. ADVERTISING RATES splay advertising rates 10 cents column inck per insertion.

ij locals canti per line each in poetry 5 centa per line. All ada run antil ordered out. Company, Rutland, Vermont Win. P. Hopkins, Lock Haveus, Pa.

Gerald D. Benton, F. E. Benton, G. II.

Llppleman, Otis L. Benton. Cedar Bluffs- Kansas- Benton and Hopkins Investment Oberlin, Kansas. $1.00 Price SK8I QE53SZ ass FOUND COAL! A Depth of i.ooo Feet Reached 1 1 Oil Well, Jond Coal Found 930 Fest Ptospscts tit 01 Qood. HEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Furnished By the Benton Hop. kins Investment Company. TIA1E TABLE WESTBOUND. GENERAL COUNSEL: Judge 1. J.

McCabe, Topeka, Kansas. Money to loan on iuc proved real estate to good farmer who believe In and follow, In an intelligent manner, live stock in all its branches and diversified fanning. This Company has, for more than a quarter of a cry stood -up for north-west Kansas and has did its Bess to assist every man, woman and child In it. Daily except Sunday and Tuesday. No.

177 12:50 PM The oil field at Compton's Daily except Sunday. Ranch is now a scene of much activity and anxiety, with the No. 180.. 1:13 P. EAST BOUND.

Daily except No. 190 1:49 P. manager? and workmen jubilant over the splendid indications for Rachel Kious, widow to Frank Frawen, W. D. Tt nw i 30 2 26 $125 Clarence E.

Feeley to GeorireT Sears W. D. ne 14-5-27 $4000X0 John McCue, single to Owen Me-Cue W. D. Lot Blk, 14.

original Norcatur, Kansas I50.C0 Eben Reeves and wife to Mary A. Reeves Q. C. D. fcw 4-5-29 $1.00 Mary A.

Goedrfch to C. A. Launchbaujrh Atim. Deed Lots 25-28, 27, and 28 Blk. 5, Dresden, ks Mon.

Taes. Thurs. and Friday oil. No. 178 1:50 P.

Saturday. No. 180 P. BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CATARRH THAT CONTAIN 9150 CO Smith, A'ft. A 1 Wednesday at a depth of 930 feet the drill passed thru a vien of coal and sandstone and shale again.

Wednesday night about ten o'clock the workmen had reached a depth of 1000 feet. From now on the work will be watched eagerly by everyone. While it is not exDected that oil or gas will be reached much under 1500 feet, yet the forma SjaMBiMilJIUlMMIilJM Albert Grossniklaus. single to Edward Grossniklaus VI. D.

Pt. Be 11-3-29 S500.OO MERCURY as mercury will surely destroy he sense of and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they Elbert E. I.awrenca, single to Mae Lawrence Q. C.

D. nelnel cl seo. 2 sine njsw of Sec. 1 All intwp. 3-29, one half interest.

$625.00 Will and Guss Berndt gave a barn dance in the big new barn that they have recently completed, Wednesday night. Several from town went and with those from the country, there was a tion of the earth from now on James L. Potter and wife to IT. P. Boldosier W.

D. Pt. nw 13-5-28 will be big indications of what is below. So far. the prospects S400.CO Fiesh Pork and Bacon, are so good that even though Flora liiiler to M.

M. Miller, aingle Xf. D. Undivided half of let 10, blk. 5 in town of Dresden, will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them.

Hall's Catarrh Cure manufactured byF. J. Cheney and Toledo, contains no Kans. (560.00 they fail in first attempt, other wells will be found. Let the good work go on.

Cambridge Clarion. W. R. Chappel and Gree and Winifred Chaipel to Thomas E. frank W.

D. swi winwj 14-4-2G We are paying highest market pnceforVreant- Tt D. F. Barker sheller shell Stanton s. Green to Frank ed a large pile of corn for Robt large crowd present.

The Rae Show Company gave their first play at our town, Tuesday night entitled, "The Tenth Commandment" which was witnessed by a good sized crowd, and it held their interest. This Quaker City Play Co's Garrick Theatre Success has traveled much along this line, which shows that they are well patronized. Rae certainly can imitate a first class Dutchman. From here they went to points west. Simpson w.

D. nci 14-28 Kennedy, the first of the week. H- Richardson, mercury and is taken in rnally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh cure be sure you get the genuine is taken internally ard made in Toledo, by F.J. Cheney and Co.

Testimonials free. 1 Sold by druggists. 75c. per bottle. James N.

Brown, trustee to Elbert Ross Ciaar, W. D. sci 31-5- 30. $2000.00 Homer Troxell of Wauneta, i3 here this week, paying a visit to the D. T.

Decker family and other relatives. 1 1 1 1 1 ijr -ir If i i i i i ism ii mm 1 1 11 mi 1. 11 ii a air OPPORTUNITY OR YOU. "Commend me to the average woman shopper for real said tlip manager of a well known establishment. "We received a visit from one the other day that taught us something.

"She was" considering the purchase of a yard of silk at eighty cents. The woman's purchase KNOW THY COUNTRY Mi lMM Il-Railroads the accepted distance from the earth to the moon. We had in 1911, the last year in which figures for all countries are on the earth's surface, 639,981 miles of rail-war divided as follows: United States 241,199, Europe 207,432 and other countries 191,350. The United States Some people are always wait-' ing for opportunity to take them by the hand. It never does, and it never will.

ODportunity is ever present with us, it is by oar side, it dogs our steps, it never leaves us. But it never reaches out its hand. We must do the reaching, the grasping, the improving. Dorf't sit still and wait for opportunity to come to you. Go fcut and hunt it, and hunt it until you find it.

It is flirting with you every day in the year every hour of the day. One of your greatest oppor-tuni ties lies in what I you may accomplish in aid of your home Ia discussing the commercial achievements of this great age, we shall approach the subject as the historian chronicling events. This series will endeavor to record In writing the supremacy of American men and Industries in the world's affairs and perptuate an appreciation of our marvelous industrial achievements by presenting simple facts, figures and comparisons that are overpowering in their convictions. America holds her proud place among the nations of the earth today on account of her supremacy in transportation facilities. The mighty minds of the age are engaged in the problems of transportation, and the greatest men in the history of the world's has 38 per cent of the world's mileage, seven per cent of the estimated population and about five per cent of the area.

The total capital invested in the railways of the world is divided as follows: United States $13,000,000,000 Europe $25,650,000,000 and other countries $11,350,000,000. Reduced to a mileage basis the capitalization is as follows: The world left a remnant of a yard and one half, which the salesgirl sug- gested that she should take. "What'll it cost," asked the shopper. "Fifty cents." "I'll take it," wa3 the prompt response, 'and you may keep the yard you've torn off." fe: LocaL i Bud and Charley Austin are building a new garage. Mrs.

Alfred Ashton went to Danbury for a visit with relatives and friends. Mr, A. L. Nichok of Herhdc wa3 in town on professional business, Wednesday. $78,000, United States $54,000, Europe $124,000, and other countries $59,600.

A comparison of rates is equally as interesting and the United States takes the lead in economy and service. The average rate per ton per hundred mile haul is as follows: The man who is always down and out is fthe man Who never has a Bank account at FIRST STATE BANK, TRAER, KANSAS. town, for what is good for the town is even better for you. If you want your town to do som tbing for you, you should frit r)n cr.mfitViinof fnr thft tftWn' (li- commerce are at the' head of the transportation eystems of the United States. In the discussion of transportation, let us consider separately our Railways, Telegraph and Telephones, Express, Public Highways, Steamships, Street Railways, Interurban and other forms of transportation, and this article will deal with railways.

The United States has the largest mileage, the best service, the cheapest rates, pays labor the highest wages, and we have the most efficiently managed of the railways of the world. They stand as a monument to the native genius of our marvelous builders, and most of the railroads In Mr. and Mrs. Aba 01mt. came up from Danbury, Thurs 1 day to visit relatives.

ti United States 7Cc, Great Britain $2.53, France $1.44, Germany $1.44, Russia 92c, Austria-Hungary $1.30, Italy $2.30 and Switzerland The average yearly pay of all railroad employes in the principal countries is as follows: United States Germany $392, Italy $345. Austria $322, Great Britain $279, France $260 and Russia $204. About 30 per cent, or 188,000 miles, of. the railways of the world are government owned; About half the railway mileage of Europe is govern ment owned. A comparison of the economy, in time and money and the convenience in travel, will bo made in a later article." 1 Dr.

Bartholomew and family I nlarion attended Church ser yices here, Sunday evening. L. Smith will give his pop 'IMA foroicn countries have been built 4 5 portunity believes in that, aid greets the one who does it. Don't expect to receive everyT thing and give nothing. Opportunity does not approve of that, will not sanction it, will not lend its aid and encouragement-Only foqls expect that, and fools seldom step beyond the shadow of their own foolishness.

The wise man makes his own opportunity, and that." begets other and greater opportunities, and they breed success. Your future is not up to opportunity it is up to yoa- i- under American orders. uiar lecture. An evening in The railroads represent a larger Investment of capital than any other branch of human activity. The mile- jvlexico, here on May 10th.

ace in the. United States exceeds "8 vine lecture, An evening in Jlexico" which 13 to be given here, May 10th, includes about tventy minutes of Mexican Vio lin Music. am persuadeC." wrote LaurencH PAID TRIBUTE TO LAUGHTER but much more so when be laughs If adds something to his fragment oi Men of Intellect and Renown Join In life." Testimony to the Value of Last of all may be cited the verdicl Jollity In Life. or Oliver Wendell Holmes, given with his own inimitable humor, "The rlot-i Tfce value of a good-natured laugh mt tumult of a laugh. I take It, Is the.

ma7 be rated low by some people: mob law of the features, and and Mrs. D. C. Porter- lit. FARM LOANS and daughter Clara, accom 1 zzki by two friends rctr I hut many writers have attested Its priety the magistrate who reads the C.F.LEHN Traer -took in the play, "The TenLh Commandment" at our McCcok, "The 7 per cent interest rate offered on good farm loans by The First State Bank is the cheapest rate ever offered around here on farm" Joans." They are also in a position to take care of other food leans and solicit your business.

worth in no measured terms riot act." The Sunday Magazine. It is not surprising that Charles Tuesday Presiding JSIder; vf erry came 1 ednesday; and'held a quarterly which was "attended Tracr citizens ana those who 1 interested at this place, decided that Rev. Borton 1 3 our pastor for the com- The BOOSTER for the News Lamb should have said, "A laugh is worth a. hundred groans in any-marj Let those who hunger and thirst for but front the Bps of theVeoabei wer. understand that the -highest Carlyle one is scarcejy prepared to of a stitestnan is liear, "No man whoias once heartils that it is Ixstter for a maa that cud wholly lauahed can be altogether build a public highway thaaf or irreclaimably bad." that he should become 'GOTaradr of su It was Douglas Jerrold who boldly1 jtate, End that ho start a plo thal Uted that, "What was talked of as'that he become tho author of a the golden chain of Jove was nothlngTbe true test of stAtesmaaahip Is th more than a succession of laughs; aiow and the hammer, so let thtM chromatic scale of merriment reach-jjjg would govern, Irot tuild.

from "isrth Olrutui" i' 1 C. Lofton's traction" engine now being vustd to plow and grade the road to county seat which is indeed, a good.