Meriden Message from Meriden, Kansas • 8

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i i. iiU'll a'. i i may 1 Ii ofu'r ft a ii'iii atij iiioniH as ciif who 1 few yours ago? L't a wiu'ti joiulni; I was I rather rat tlal to tlio l'nliu s'ivo it ha achieved considerable la h.tivt cn Jns cxlI'iMiiii iui.j terra firnu quite notlrt-ubh, llowiMcr I do think that his bo and broadened without dolus any serious damage. And why so severe In regard e. The examination 3 1 a.

in. The teach-to this otlifo a In etwh Hubject that town, i ii bi-uiu at ir should f.s-iid for ach pupil And With a Lot of Nw Good We have Sateen in black Outing in white Indian Head muslin Curtain Material Rick-rack Edging and lots of other notions, building co-operative concerns, a not to criticism of Union officials? Are they exalted and so clothed with divine rights that it Is heresy, lese r.ajeste, or what not, to criticise? Don't you think It would get rather lonesome around headquarters If you fired all 'critics from th the pupil will write upon In the diploma examination. That grade la the average of the three grades) and three class grades, the c'ass grades to correspond In time to tl. 1 three bi-monthly examination gr Cue American Singer Series bird pictures will be sent free to teachers by the Singer Sewing Machine Company, International Life St. Loui3, Mo.

The following Is by F. L. Pinet, Secretary Kansas State Teachers' And all kinds of tun-itud logical that the Union would bo the one that would the fanner out of the wools. The Bureau nl that time was just gettln; a start and was rather an unknown quantity. My opinion has been formed entirely by observing closely the working of both organizations and studying their literature.

I believe, and no doubt have plenty of company in thh belief, that the farmer should cxerclae some control over tha price of his products, the. same as other business man. I think tbla Is fundamental and to this end the great farmer organizations are or should be working. The Union, with iU great organi High Glass Groceries 1 Come in and inspect the new arrivals zation already on tha ground, was "Rural High School Salaries" This Is no time to even talk about reducing salaries of teachers and principals In the rural high schools of Kansas. The rural high school movement in Kansas is still young, and, In a sense, is still on trial.

That this movenieut, thus far, has been a tremendous success no one who Is conversant! with Kansas school af W. A. SMILEY. MERIDEN Now let us summarize: We have the meeting at Chicago which call 1 for the committee of 17; the membership of this committee; the meet-lug which ratified the action of this committee; the 'mooting called by Sec. Mohlor at Topeka; tha meeting called by Sec.

Wallace at Washington; Farm Bureau meetings, State and county, all controlled bv bankers and millionaires, delegates hand-picked, proceedings cut and dried, cards stacked against the enly bonaflde farmer organization; not a dirt farmer within shouting distance; also the well-meaning but sadly mistaken notions of the Farm Bloc about legislative relief. The only beacon light in this great dark cloud of antagonistic forces sweeping, down on the real farmer, the Union meetings at Topeka and Salina and the vaporing3 of McAuliffe, Tromble and Yes, Mr. Mangold, I believe wo have you located correctly. If you desire to render a real service to the Union and the farmer movement in general, why not assist in hushing the anvil chorus as rendered by the Union 'band at Salina? It is not only sadly out of time but also is not considered good music by thinking people. Trusting that I have not Imposed upon your good nature, Mr.

Editor, by sending In this correspondence, I am respectfully yours, B. F. Abmeyer, Grantville, Kansas. KANSAS 'the one that should have taken the 'lead, and It is the greatest disappointment to myself end a good many of the members that It has so far refused to take that lead. Instead, it has seen fit to spend time and energy fighting other farm oragniza-tiona that Pie really trying to accomplish Bomething.

The position of the Union appears to be that, "the advancement of farm conditions should not be brought about unless we do It and we absolutely refuse to do it." I find on the other hand that the pnntiniiallv nrlvanrps a fnn. fairs, doubts. But a reduction of salaries in the rural high schools of Kansas, at this time, would be fatal to the entire movement. For the 1 rural high school occupies a field In -x- iw Kansas education, distinctive in itself; and this being true, must de velop its own unique and specialized leadership and teaching force. If the boys and girls of rural communities are to continue to enjoy the type of 'high school education espec structlve program and always offers esse Metzger MERIDEN GARAGE GOODRICH AND U.

S. TIRES AT REDUCED PRICES ially suited to their needs, if the social and intellectual life in rural districts and small towns and villages is to he enriched and quickened, if lo co-operate with other farm organizations for the advancement of farm conditions, and I have yet to bear or read the first disparaging jremark about other organizations. Your correspondent, Mr. Mangold, lias a good deal to say about the county agent. If Mr.

Mangold reads his' Union paper, and it is evident from Ms line of reasoning that he it Is worth while to give the youth from the farm an equal chance witn the youth from the city, then it is sheer folly and nothing else to talk of salary reductions in the rural high schools of Kansas. If there must be (We believe this discussion, al-tho prolonged and wide-spreading, is illuminating and instructive and tax reductions these reductions fall elsewhere than on the schools. District No. 53, or Clover Hill, has some new library books. Miss Esther Hamm is the teacher.

ter appraisement and for not less than of appraised value. Letters were granted to Sarah Williams as guardian of of Russell Williams, et al, minor heirs of E. L. Williams, deceased, upon approval of a bond of $800. Final settlement of J.

Raines, executor of the will of John Shortall, deceased, was made and approved, and executor discharged. worth all the space it occupies. The way to get at the facts in these live questions of farm marketing, hard roads, taxation, soldiers' bonus, District No. 43, or Buck Creek, Grejt Bend Tribune: The next governor of Kansas will not be the man who campaigns against the Industrial Court. The court is an institution that the people of Kansas have been for overwhelmingly.

Its abolishment would not better conditions either for labor or capital and its cost is negligible while its results mean much to the state. Other states are patterning after the Kansas idea in their legislation and President Harding has endorsed a similar plan as what is needed in the nation as a basis of bringing about more stable enditions. Kansas is constructive, not destructive. is through intelligent discussion by well-informed men. welcome has a new piano.

Miss Lucille Brit- tain is the teacher. all such communications, only ask ing: that the discussion he confined The follbwlng pupils ranked first "Muddy Creek" Items. in the educational test given in the to the points at issue and personal Itles be avoided. Editor.) Thompsonville school, Dist. No.

15: What Is Being Done for the Soldiers Not long since when this does, he has surely noticed an editorial In which Mr. Lansdon denies that the Union is opposed to the county agent and the college extension department. In fact, he claims that the Union is responsible for the. employment of the county agent in several counties, No Mr. Mangold, are we to infer that the county agent is all right when the Union is behind him but becomes very objec-jectlonable at once when backed by the Farm Bureau? This would be in.

line with a statement made by an 'ex-Union official, that the S. Grain Growers Inc. marketing plan would not be objectionable provided it was not backed by the Farm Bureau! This reminds me of a little song that vsed.to circulate back in the nineties. One stanza runs like this: -I don't want to play your yard. .1 don't like you anymore; You'll be sorry when you see nj Sliding down my cellar door." Wonderful logic for full-grown men -what? Speaking about logic, Mr.

Mangold, you no doubt. remember how members were admonished Wot sign, contracts to sell their Kv3ir-t. and how the ones that, rllr referred to the $450,000,000 given annually to the disabled soldiers of the late war as evidence that the Notice Our patrons are expected to settle all back accounts with us before asking further credit. Please take notice. 2t Palmberg Bros.

COLFAX LODGE No. 2151, I. O. O. meets each Friday night at hall.

R. O. Preston, N. G. The Curtis Arithmetic Test Donald Frandle, 8th grade; Alice Vardley, 7th grade; Helen Brown, 6th grade; Hazel Brown, 5th grade.

Ayres Scale. Writing. Olive Turpin, 7th grade; Donald Frandle, 8th grade; Linus Skldmore, 6th grade; Hazel Brown, 5th grade; Ceeile Workman, 3rd grade. Composition, Willing Scale. vDonald Frandle, grade; Mary Gieber, 7th grade; Linus Skldmore, 6th grade; Mildred Duree, 5th grade; Albert Duree, 3rd grade.

Spelling. Ayres List. Donald Frandle, first in all the sohool; Ruth McCoy, second; John McCoy, third; Olive Turpin and Mary Gieber tied for fourth; Brown, first in 5th grade; Berna Brown, first in 3rd Farmers in this vicin'ity are getting rather nervous owing to the protracted wet weather! Going to make oat sawing late at the best. Wheat is looking fine and pastures are getting green, so, there is some good with the bad. Clyde McKeever has rented the Birt place and George Bardsley, who lived there the past year, is moving down south of Topeka.

Henry Winter has bought the old Eice place and we hear his so.n-in-law, Mr. Woodhead, is going to farm it. Doyle McKeever has moved on the Henry Winter place on West Muddy Creek. Noel Coleman, from Cedar; has moved on the old'Bainbridge place. Mrs.

Bessie Sheard, of Colorado, is Visiting her Mrs. B. L. Hills and family. The South Star Sunday school gave a party at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. E. A. Rippetoe last Friday evening. A list of those present appears in another column in this issue.

Government was really doing a good deal in the right direction, the showing was referred to contemptuously as being anything but "generous." In order to a right understanding by people generally as to what is being done while ways and means are being sought to provide a bonus, we submit the following, which looks quite impressive to us, and suggest that it ha passed to Uncle Sam's credit while we are waiting for him to "do something for the "1 Paying out $1,000, 000 cash every day, including Sunday directly -were ed about 15 different kinds' of fooTh for so doing? then; what? The Union endorses the moot uncompromising plan National Wheat Growers' Pool Probate Court Letters were granted to Frazier, as guardian, of Roy W. J. F. Fra- (Qrr8w into the hands of the ex-service man or his dependents. "2 Providing, without cost, I103- of a zier.

a minor, upon approval 1'10'v- rool and you deliver your wht when demanded by tha Pool five. contract! rote thai; according tt Mr. Man- Told th" Farm. Bureau hps no foun- bond in the sum of $2000. Court was moved to Meriden for a hearing in feeble-mindedness of Amanda Brewster, who was shown i 'u! 0.

re pmi treatment to veterans? This care includes -board and lodging and represents an expenditure by the government of per annum. "3 Giving vocational training, without cost, to 100,000 disabled ex-service men at an expenditure The argument between Mr. Frank Mangold and Mr. A. J.

Hamm was interesting to the readers of Meriden Message, as It at least showed the editor's willingness to present both sides of the question to I113 readers, bu.t we for one are glad to see "The Dove of Peace" enter." BURPEE'S ANNUAL The Leading American Seed Catalog SENT FREE Burpee' Annual is a complete guide for tho Vegetable and Flower garden. It it a bright nd interesting book with over a hundred vegetables and flow ers illustrated in the colors of nature. Write for your copy today. W. Atlee Burpee Co.

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Box to be in very fboor health and old and infirm. Court adjudged said Amanda Brewster to ibe of feeble mind and incompetent to care for herself or her property, thereupon the Court appointed Obadiah Chacey, a 'brother of said patient, as 'guardian of her person and estate. Guardian filed his petition for sale of all real estate belonging to said Amanda Brewrster, and the hearing was set for March 25, at 10 Claim of Dr. F. P.

Mann against estate of Susan M. Utz, -deceased, was flowed as a first class claim in full sum of $74.75, with interest at 6 from March 15, 1922. Claim of Irbie B. Utz against estate of Susan M. Utz, deceased, was allowed as fifth class claim in full for tuition and supervision of $30, 000,000 per annum, "4 Mailing out 650,000 checks every month, representing "5 Condutting an insurance business for over 6000,000 ex-sier-vice men, without any cost of administration to them, at premium rates below that of private companies for like policies.

Insuraace in force, "6 Conducting over 50,000 medical1 examinations every month. "7 Giving outside treatment in cases where hospitalization is not required 'to 20,000 ex-service men every month. "8 Receiving 1,000 new claims t'o-- and again, "the Federal and 'tate Governments, the press to a rra-. the county agent;" and, he might have added, the time and morev of us' deluded fools ere contributing, are backing this r-i-gt nidation. For one "without fonndption" this is doing pretty we'l.

I would say! And will you please permit us, as "Union numbers, to forget the Topeka rreeting? Those of us who attend distinctly, remember the dis-pnsMfsbow our officials made of themselves. I will quote from Mr. "TromMe's (Salina) interview the "statement that he "had nothing to Toffer at Topeka." I believe this is one statement coming'- from' that source that we can all unqualifiedly endorse. If he had added that tarried a hammer to use on any-rorre that did attempt to offer any-Th'in-g, we could all agree that he liad done just that. 1 am not in position to either ve-'y or dispute Mr.

Mangold's figures on the composition of the Washington meeting, but cannot help wondering if those figures are as nearly correct as his statements regarding the Farm' Bureau membership and the 10 million bushels of wheat signed up with the U. S. every day, in addition to the I FEED STORE SPECIALS I Blatchford's Milk Mash will keep your chicks from I dying and grow them to two pounds at 8 wks. Try it Get your grass seed here. Aho-f I Flour Bran Shorts Tankage Oil meal Chicken grits Ground bone Kaffir corn Mixed chick feed Rolled oats Blatchford calf meal 1 D- W- BEGKRR.

Prop imumiimumimuummmimmimmniiimimmumminmimimmmiiiimmtn 000 on file; employing 4,000 ex- service men and women in carrying sum of $400, with interest at 6 from May 4, 1921. Court approved deed of Mary A. Brown, guardian of estate of William Brown, insane, and ordered same delivered to W. Harrington and his wife upon payment of $2200. Hearing was had on petition of Bertha Gieber, guardian of Frances Marie Gieber et, al, minor heirs of William Gieber, for an order to sell certain real estate and court ordered same to be sold at private sale af- out the work.

"9 Requiring for 1922 expenditures in behalf of the disabled ex- service men $510,000,000 more than the entire expenditure of the whole United States in any prior to 1897.".