The Latimer Leader from Latimer, Kansas • 1

rr: THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY IN THE STATE Leader. i me liATIMER, MORRIS COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1916 VOLUME TWO NUMBER 3 TO ROUND UP Kansas City, Aug. 2. Kan DR. L.

W. STEWART sas City is to see its first genuine 'Round Up" in the old Federal DENTIST League Park, September 1, 2, 3 and 4. This announcement was made today by Col. A. Bartles, worthy oil and cattle man of Dewey, Ok- ahoma, who has staged the Round Will Be In Latimer Thursday Afternoon AUGUST 10th Up in his home town annually for the past ten years and which has Storekeeper Loses $850 A store keeper kept $850 hidden in the bottom of a pair of shoes.

He lived in a small town. He didn't want the Bank there to know how much money he had. The other night, a thief walked off with his shoes and the $850. Now everybody knows all about it. By keeping YOUR money here you can get it any time you want it and while you do not -want it you have it safe.

YOU CAN BANK WITH US BY MAIL- MAY i WE TELL YOU HOW? The Latimer State Bank We pay 4 per cent interest on our Certificates of Deposit. the reputation of being the squar-ost, the biggest and the best in the United States or Canada. It is Mr. Bartles intention to make MISSION FEAST BIG SUCCESS. The Mission Feast held at the Kansas City exhibition of steer roping, bronco busting, wild Tiede's Grove, last Sunday, was in horse racing, bulldogging, trick riding and trick spinning the best MENT AND COMMENT.

Defeated candidates will have to find solace in the alabi that they couldn't be nominated. A notice in the Herington Sun prohibits chickens from running at large, also states owners of thickens running -at large will be arrested. i every way a big success. Over a thousand attended and enjoyed the services. Rev.

Theel of Hills-boro preached the English service and the minister from Tampa had charge of the morning? service. ever staged in this or any other country, and those.1 who know Mr, Bartles know he never does things Many visitors came from quite a by halves. When he promises a distance driving in their cars thing, one can bank on it being Nearly every one in town were better than the promise. there. NOTICE Hunting and fishing is strictly THEY FIND OIL Kansas City is the logical place for Round Up, and the dates prohibited on my farm and anyone HIGHLAND NEWS.

are ideal. The last day is Labor Day. Drillers at the Patten Well Near caught trespassing will be prose- Alfred McCabe and family of Alta Vista visited Steve Edwards puted to the full extent of the law. The Cheyenne Frontier Days cel County Line Locate Small Vein. or whether the oil is there and the matter is a secret, is not yet fully determined.

It is said men trying to get oil leases have shown up near the Mulvane and some people of that neighborhood think the Mulvane well found oil the first attempt in this territory. The geologists have indicated that 3,000 feet would probably be the depth of oil bearing sand in and family, Sunday. John Tiede. We read about so many lines beir captured and pushed back v. wonder if the line of the equator hasn't been changed.

If tennis was as exciting as the K. C. Star would have you believe from the. write ups it would be some game. 1 Charley Kasten received an invitation to attend some sort of banquet given by Governor Capper, but Shorty Allen claims the invitation was really meant for him.

ebration is now on. The Stampede will be held in New York, August 5th to 12th. Chicago dates for a similar entertainment are F. C. Leonard and wife spent Sunday with the latter's parents, SIX FEET OF OIL SAND near Parkerville.

Mrs. M. A. Tatlow and children Are Down Twenty-Four Hundred August 19 to 27. Championship records will be smashed at all these events; and as all the par called on Mrs.

W. W. Tatlow, DR. DeMAND, M. D.

Physician and Surgeon HERINGTON, KANS. Foet and Found Two Pockets of Gas. Thursday Miss Erie Harmon and Mrs. S. Morris county'.

None of the wells I have reached this depth. If oil I can be had at less depth it is that I much better than anticipated. I ticipants are Western men, the Kansas City dates have been so arranged as to invite them all to P. Rough were Herington visitors Drillers at the Patten well one day last week. stop over here on their way home to the western cattle ranges.

This Some of the Mexicans working Mrs. S. P. Rough helped Mrs here purchased safety razors at J. B.

Shick cook for threshing, the insures the very best talent in the WILL BE IN TOWN. I will be in Latimer and vicinity in the near future with a full line of "Wear-Ever" Aluminum the Badger. Someone suggested later part of last week world. perhaps they were going to send them to Carranza. A number, from this way attended the mission feast at Tiede's grove.i Sunday.

cooking utensils. It will be to the advantage of every housekeeper to arrange to attend one of my The ball park will prove to be exactly what 4s required for this contest. The fence will be moved back, making an area 700 by 1,000 feet and additional seats will be erected to accommodate 20,000 Ila Edwards helped Mrs. John V.W. HUFFMAN CO.

Jewelers REGISTERED OPTICIANS and MUSIC DEALERS Watch Repairing HERINGTON, KANSAS Goertz cook for Satur day. lemonstrations. Watch the Lead er for further announcements. RAY M. CODER, Special Representative.

spectators. Mr. Spiker and Willis Fleming In addition to prizes offered by called on Ray Sheldon, near White the stockmen and business men of City, Sunday morning. Mrs. Emil Kohler was quite ill, Kansas City, Mr.

Bartles has made up a prize list of $9,240 in about one mile south of the Morris county county line, in Chase county, are reported to have found oil in a six foet strati of oil sand. They are down about 2400 feet and will go deeper. The well on the Mulvane tract about one mile from the Patten well is alsQ.thought to have found oil, tho the information is very closely guarded. More leases are been taken in this territory. Both the Patten and Mulvane drillers found considerable gas and it is said enough gas accumulates in the well to burn at intervals when touched with a match by visitors.

Another well inside the. Morris county line is being drilled on what is known as the Berry ranch southwest of Council Grove, 12 miles. This well is now down about 600 feet. Gas has been found as it has in all the wells in this territory. But no oil bearing sand has been encountered.

The drill rig is reported taken away from the Mulvane well. Whether the hole is abandoned, last week. cash. The purses for the steer FOR SALE. 80 acres of hay land, 6 miles northwest of Latimer.

Mrs. S. Bruckner. D. C.

Merritt was a White City roping and bronco busting con caller Thursday. tests will be $2,000 each cowgirls Mr. Thompson of Manhattan ar bronco riding contest steer bulldogging, trick Dr. Stewart Dentist rived the last of the week to take charge of the night work at the It is a good thing that there isn't much pop corn raised here as it would all be popped long ago. Monday was another extra hot one and the editor was still pound-ing-Away at his typewriter.

HOG CHOLERA. A great deal is being said in the different papers concerning hog cholera and how it is being exterminated. This is always of interest to the farmer for he is always anxious to learn anything new in this line. We might take the privilege here to say that the giving away entitled "Stamping Out Hog Cholera." It is a booklet Badger Lumber Company, of this place, has a few booklets they are prepared by Dr. Connaway of The Missouri Experiment and sells at fifty cents.

However, the Badger has a few left they are going to give away as long as they last. A card from Miss Anna Kasten, who, with her mother, is visiting at the home of her sister at Klam-moth Falls, Oregon, says that the weather is nice and cool there. Emil Czarnowsky has traded his riding and trick roping, $1,100 each wild horse race $740. These are the largest cash prizes ever offered, and the contestants will represent every section of the Overland car to Tiede Kasten. Mr.

Lady and family expect to attend the races at Herington OFFICE WHITE CITY country guaranteeing the best ex hibition that can be secured in the Wednesday and visit at the home Mr. John Lady and family drove to Herington Sunday evening to attend the movies. world. of Henry Meyers. Latimer Every Other Thursday.

In addition to the contests, Will Warneke and family were there will be Indian war dances, in White City Saturday evening, 3 rig DC DC 3DC CLARKS CREEK NEWS. 0 Indian bands, Indian contests and a reunion of old-time cattlemen, frontiersmen, stage coach drivers and the pioneers who blazed the western trail with the six shooters The dry weather doesn't seem to bother John Tatge with his fall plowing. He has been using The Latimer Store ALUMINUM WARE on the side1 of the law and reclaim ed from the buffalo, Indian and three engines part of the time to plow with. This outfit pulls 12 plows at one time. Eight with the DEMONSTRATION Those who attended the "Aluminum Ware Demonstration'' at outlaw, the west now gone for ever.

big "Rumley" and two each with the home of Mrs. William Warne the small ones. ke, last Monday, report it quite a "Bat" Masterson, the noted 'city marshal of Dodge City, now of New York City, will be invited to WHERE IT PAYS TO TRADE August Warneke and daughter, success. Of course on account of the ex be marhsal of the Cvent, and Bill Malissy, who is visiting with him this summer, and John Becker and Tilghman, of Oklahoma fame, and othes whose names are famous wife took supper with John Mc Clintock's Sunday evening. with early western history will attend the event as Mr.

Bartles' per Eddie Tatge has been quite sick for several days. sonal guests. Goods Miss Lucile' Mulhall, the world's Dry Mrs. C. Wilson of Parkerville has been spending several days champion steer roner and rider the only woman who can successfully complete in a roping contest with her sister, Mrs.

R. Currie. Will Cassabaum made a1 trip to will be one of the contestants. Kansas City, to buy stock last week. 0 treme heat of Monday, comparatively few were present.

They were: Mrs. J. McClintock; Mrs. J. Becker; Mrs.

G. Hultgren and children; Mr and Mrs. Wilhelm Warnecke, and Mrs. James Houseman, and Mrs. Askern of White City.

NEW DENTIST. Dr. Stewart, the new dentist at White City, has consented to come to Latimer, every other Thursday and will be here next Thursday afternoon, August 10th. Dr. Stewart comes highly recommended and we are fortunate in obtaining a man of this kind.

We should also make an effort to keep him by giving him our patronage and support. His office will be located over Theel's store. Albert McClintock has been sick for several days. Robert Currie returned Sunday, This will be a contest from start to finish, not a wild west show, not a circus, not a salaried man in it A real contest participated in only by the sons and daughters of the prairie, who will here in miniature re-enact the part played by the dauntless dead in the west that is gone forever. from Kansas City, where he has a been to visit his sister, Mrs.

C. Walker, and his brother. Matt hew Currie. He reports his sis This department is one in which we take pride, and you will not find the assortment and quantity such as we have on our shelves in many towns of this size. There is a few pieces of wash goods left that we wish to dispose of before our new fall goods arrive.

Better pay this department a visit It will surely be to your advantage. ter just doing fine, but crops look bad all the way. A good many from this neigh-hood attended the Mission Feast the near Latimer, last Sunday. Some of those attending Mrs. Edd Warneke who has been "enjoying?" the grippe is out again.

Charlie Paige shipped cattle to Kansas City last Tuesday. SONGER SELLS THE SINGER. Do you want to get the best sewing machine? Do you want to exchange your sewing machine Do you want your. sewing machine repaired? We sell machines on easy terms. Repairs for any make of sewing machine.

Address, Singer Sewing Machine H. R. SONGER, Agent, Junction City, Kans. mission feast were: Emil Czarnowsky and wife; H. R.

Tiede and wife; Geo. Parker and family; Mr. and Mrs. Theel; Mr. and Mrs.

Huxtable; Mr. Wm. Blume and family; Grandpa Czarnowsky and wife and Mr. Lady and family. Theel Brothers Merc.

Co. Mrs. Arthur Norman of Bethany, Nebraska, arrived the first of the week to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nonnon emphasis on Still hot and hot DC 3EZ3C.