The Rolla News from Rolla, Kansas • 1

I I 7T71 TT 7T 1 1 Rolhi, Kansas, Wednesday, Odobt 24, i )7. Vol. 1. No. 17.

most of them away in their tin wagons. There were several hundred melons th.it had to be thrown a way. They are not all gone yet. 2. Owen Gar in 3.

Pies Bruce Maize 1. E. L. West 2. Owen Garm ROLLA BAD FINEST ACR1CDLTDRAL EXHIBITS AT FAIR New In The itiry 01 The "New Southwest" Has There Ever Been Such A Vtr'ety 01 Such Excellent Tarm Product! Brought Together For The Purpose Of Demonstrating The Practicability 01 This Section As Were Shown Here On Friday And October 19th And 20th.

3 E. E. Rhiter Kafir 1. Chas. Burrows Squash 'any Positions at Washington Charles R.

Anderson. Local Secretary of the United States Civil Service Commission, who has headquarters at Dodge City was in town this week giving the examination for the fourth class 1 Mary Stinecipher 2. Mary Stinecipher Paid Circulation 18') School Entertainment Free The Rolla School is preparing a program to be given Friday, November 2 in the High School Auditorium. No admission will be charged and everyone is cordially invited. The following program will be given.

Piano Mrs. Burton Songs and Primary Dept- Reading Georgie Hill' Pantomine; "Swnnee the Cat tie Home" Jack Lantern Drill by Intermediate Grades Recitation; "Her Fortune" Devota Handy Vocal Solo Geo. L. Hayward Reading; "The Promise" Hesper Handy Duet. Hart Solo; "Just Bartley Patriotic Song School Everyone should attend this entertainment and show their interest in the school and also to Fr For All Winner Beans postmaster to be appointed at 1.

Floyd 2. R. Floyd Rolla to fill the vacancy made by the res'gnation of Mrs. C. E.

Potatoes Ward and in talking with Mr. 1. E. D. Thompson Anderson the editor was told of 2.

M. Hjort the great shortage of typewriter Peanuts 1. Jake Sullivan operators and stenographers at 1 2. I. R.

Mangels Washington. The Government wishes to employ several thous and typewriter operators and On Friday morning, October 1 9t h. the farmers of this section brought in of corn, broom corn, katir, maize, sudan grass, and other farm products for exhibition at the Fiist Rolla Agricultural Fair. On that day a very small crowd attended the fai-owing to the fact that the farmers were so busy with their crops and as a result the afternoon attractions were not staged. On Saturday a good crowd was in attendance and the room with the exhibits was crowded from noon until night.

The afternoon program was very good and ihe tent where the speaking was held was packed for both the speaking and the free show that was given. The first speaker was Henry L. Carey of Dodge City who gave a very interesting address We Are At War." Mr. Carey is a very able speaker and handled this subject very capably and it was greatly appreciated bv his hearers. The next speaker was Mr.

Hagan of Hugoton, County Agent of Stevens County, who gave a very interesting and in stenographers of both sexes and the pay is very liberal. Even students can often get employment and the possibility of advancement is great. Girls and boys, tural exhibits, many people from over the state tnd even from Missouri said that they had never M-en finer farm products than exhibited here and also pro-phecied that if the Ralla Agricultural Fair was permanently established it would be one of the noted event's of the Southwest in a very few years. The prizes awarded and the winners are herewith listed. Morton County Winner I room Corn 1.

L. Scott Morgan 2. E. Ward 3. A.

O. Mangels 4. J. J. Thomas 5.

J. II. Kau (Turin h. Roscoe Floyd 7. M.

Hjort 8. A. O. Mangels Corn 1. Albert Garten 2.

M. Hjort 3. J.J. Thomas 4. W.

Caldwell 5. W. B. Wayland 6. Ed Ward 7.

J. II. Kauffman 8. I. I.

Mangels Maize 1. Henry Stoner 2. R. A. Ward 3.

R. A. Ward encourage the oupils and the teachers. Let us make our school the best. Sweet Potatoes 1.

R. A. Ward 2. J. D.

Bar more Canteloupes 1. F. B. Clinesmith 2. J.

D. Barmore Tomatoes 1. Geo. L. Hayward 2.

R. A. Ward Cabbage 1. M. Stinecipher 2.

M. Stinecipher The following prizes were given on stalk products. Maize 1. Albert Garten 2. J.

J. Thomas Cane 1. J. II. Kauff man Sudan 1.

E. L. Leeper Sudan (two cuttings) 1. J. A.

Wayland Corn 1. Albert Garten 2. J. II. Kauffman Broom Com 1.

J. J. Thomas 2. Unknown Pop Corn 1. R.

A. Ward 2. J. J. Thomas Bob Seeds Won't Come A letter from the manager of the winter lyceum series informs the local lyceum committee that Robert Seeds, who was to be here November 1st, will be unable to come owing to the fact that he is in the hospital and that this number will either be subutituted or postponed until spring as Mr.

Seeds will not go to work again earlier than March 8. The Ohio Girls Quartet will be the next number on the series and will probably bo here the latter part of November, although no definite dating has been given the local committee to date. The Ohio Girls Quartet is one of tie best numbers on the entire series and should be attended by all who are able. not less than eighteen years of age, as well as men and women cau possiblv secure permanent positions i the United States Civil Service with the most pleasant work and under the most favorable conditions writing either to Charles R. Anderson, Local Secretary of the Urited States Civil Service Commission, at Dodge City, or direct to the United States Civil Service Commission at Washington, Remember, you will be giving your government vour service in this capacity just the same as if you were to go to the front.

Of course. these positions are not open to rsons who are subject to the Selective Draft. Appointed President Mr. Geo. L.

Hayward was this week appointed Township President of the United States Food Conservation' by Mr. Mayo Thomas, of Elkhart, County President. Buys Ben Ton Cafe Mrs. Will Estes bought the Bon Ton Cafe this week from Nellie Dickey and will conduct the same in the future to th-benefit of the public. Miss Dickey-is starting on a bie rest and won't Local Market Butter fat, lb.

.430 Butter, lb 300 Eggs.doz 300 Youngchickens 170 Hens 1-70 Young roosters 80 Wheat, corn, no market. structive talk on 'Mo'dern Methods of taking up the dairy cow in the. Southwest and the Pit Silo'as a sure revenue producer. Hagan had large charts showing the approximate cost of the pit silo, how much it increased the value of feed and how it would pay when fed to the milk cow. Other charts showed how much profit could be made by feeding different kinds of feed to different kinds of stock.

A large number of these charts were shown and each one was very instructive and of the greatest interest to the farmers of this section. The last speaker on the urogram was Representative W. I). Thompson who spoke on the "NewSouthwest" with a very interesting discourse showing the progress that has been made and in a way prophecying the fu ture. Everyone enjoyed Mr.

Thompson's address as he is one of the home fellows and also one of the progressive farmers of this section. E. O. Luther, farmer-real estate man, introduced the speakers. After the speaking the Bybee Stock Co.

gave a free matinee, playing a very good melo-drama entitled "The- Power of which was greatly enjoyed by a packed house. In the evening the Bybee Co. again played to a full house with the the play that was so strong in New York two seasons ago, "The Speaking again of the agricul have to get up in the morning to Post Office Examination On Thursday of this week the examination for fourthclass postmaster is to be held at Rolla for the purpose of filling the vacancy recently made by the resignation of Mrs. E. Ward.

The appointment will probably be made in the near future. 4. Joe Stewart 5. M. Hjort 6.

Albert Garten 7. Henry Stoner 8. Thos. Little Kafir Corn 1. L.

Scott Morgan 2. Roscoe Floyd 3. Harris Son 4. Thos. Little 5.

W. A. Caldwell 6. Russell Rickart 7. Irvin Mangels 8.

L. Scott Morgan Feterita 1. CM. Bigger 2. M.

Bigger Squash 1. L. Scott Morgan 2. R. A.

Ward 3. K. U. Thompson Pumpkin 1. F.

E. Green 2. T. S. Ward Watermelon 1.

Geo. Bovven 2. E. D. Thompson 3.

Frank Clinesmith Outside-ol-county Winners The following prizes were given on outside-of-Morton County products. Broom Corn 1. W. S. Jurren 2.

E. E. Rhiter Corn 1, E. L. West shoot the biscuits again for a long time.

Good Windows Two very creditable window- displays were open during the fair. One was in the Russell Burgner Store and designed by Mrs. Arthur Long representing If vou buy it in Rolla it's O. K. Subscribers to the News are coming fast now.

Can we get 300 by Christmas? Lost; two suits union underwear, two pairs striped overalls, one pair blue overalls, three pairs of sox. Please return to Rolla News office and get reward. The time of both trains thru Rolla has been changed. The morning train now comes an hour later, at 8:55 and the afternoon train an hour earlier, at 2 o'clock. Both trains have the same time at Dodge City, but make the run in an hour less time than before.

the bounteous harvest. The display was a large basket turned over with all kindsof garden veg Have Office Up The work on the new Wheaton Grain Co's. elevator is being rushed along as rapidly as possible and the office building is now almost finished and the engine room is nearing completion. As soon as these are finished the main building will be started, for by that time the foundation will be completed and ready. etables and fruits falling out.

It certainly looked very good. In the background was a sign work ed out of grain and glue with the names Russell and Burgnei" upon it. The Rolla Drug Co. had a very clever window display worked Dr. J.

Ellis returned from Missouri the first of the week. out by Mr. Lyman Hillhonse which represented a farm and in the background was a sign that read 'Buy a farm like this from E. O. Luther Co.

and then use Dr. Hess Stock At the left of the window was a farm house, barn and garage and You will be delighted in using this non gritty tooth paste that is so delicately flavored. LILLY Tooth Paste BANK WITH US AND BE SATISFIED. mill and a car was just leaving the place for town and on the car a little sign read, "Going to the Rolla Drug Co's. for some more Dr.

Hess Stock Tonic." In the farm yard was almost everything that a person would see on an ordinary farm including the chickens and even the dog. At the right of the window was the fields and in one was shocks representing shocks of fodder and also little imitation pumpkins. The window attracted considerable attention during the fair. is unlike most dental creams inasmuch as 'it does not scratch the enamel of your teeth and leaves no soapy taste in your mouth. We want you to try it.

Use it regularly for a week or ten days and note the diffence between it and the cream you have been using. Lilly Tooth Paste is in generous 25-cent tubes. Try it upon our reccommendation. Couldn't Give Them Away The Rolla Commercial Club had several hundred large watermelons for the fair and on the first day about 250 of them were taken out in the street to be given away, but it was hard to get people to take them. On the last day of the fair a huge pile was again stacked up and a sign telling people to help themselves put on the pile but the kids hauled The Rolla State Bank "The Only Bank In Morton County With Depeeita Guaranteed" THE ROLLA DRUG COMPANY NYAL'S QUALITY STORE SERVICE.