The Severyite from Severy, Kansas • 1

rv yit: Whole No. 1647 SEVERY, GREENWOOD COUNTY, KANSAS, JULY 24. 1919. Vol. XXXII, No.

30 Hessian Fly Danger! Now Is Tbe Tim To Stop These Destroyers. The presence of Hessian fly has been -detected in many fields in Green wood connty. Trie Infestation appears Another Severy Boy Home. Will Henderson returned home last Saturday evening from New York after two months service on the U. S.

S. Ancon which has been in the transport service bringing our troops home from France. Will enlisted in the nary and having a fair knowledge of pharmacy was placed ii pharmacists school at the Great Lakes Station and later transferred to the hospital dispensary where he worked for some time and later assigned to the Ancon as a pharmacist. Will will go to work in a few days at the J. M.

Cooper drug store where he worked before going into the service. fees? fimmKr-, to be slightly the worst in the northeru part of the county. At this season of the year, Hessian fly may be found in the flaxseed stage in the wheat stub ble at about the surfBce of the soil. Learn The Secret Of Successful Buying We offer to the people who wants the best that money will buy, at the lowest price: Fresh Meats, home killed, from 15c to 35c lb. Cured Meats of all Kinds.

Arriving daily, Fresh Fruits and Groceries at a very low price When in need Call 58 Yours for business, H.BAILEY Phone 58 Not over 5 per cent infestation has been found in any field but less than half this amount is sufficient to cause a 100 per cent infestation next year if conditions are favorable. Present in Of! For His Summer Vaeetlon. Rev. T. K.

Boswnrth left on the Fris dications point to a worse outbreak, ever the state that has been eipericn co Monday noon for Estes Park, ColO' cea in the last la years. The neces Four Complete Operations Every Trip Over the Field rado, where he will spend bis annual sary precautions should be observed one month vacation. He will not be before it is too late. idle all the time however, for as he did Every field of wheat stubble should last year, he will attend the ministers' be plowed by August 1 1.5th, unless it Institute in session there. The pulpit has been sowed to alfalfa or sweet clover, as the flies begin to hatch out at the Congregational church will be filled by outside ministers during his absence.

Next Sunday night is the union meeting at the M. E. church and Suuday night August 3rd. Rev. E.

V. Gardner of Eureka will address WE ARE HERE the union meeting at the Congregation Now that farm labor is scarce, it is to your advantage to do your work in the quickest and easiest way, especially when that method will bring even bigger crops than the old. The planting season is always a busy one, but you will find that the work is accomplished a lot easier if you use a John Deere-Van Brunt Fertilizer Drill. This drill makes horse power and man power available for other purposes. In one trip over the field it pulverises the soil, makes A the srd plants and rovers the and the fer-tilizer.

And besides, it increases the crop yirld bfesuse it doee better seeding. Come in and to show you the patented adjustable gate force f-ed usrd on Van Brunt Grain Drills. This fores feed is the construction that insures even sding over tbe entire field. No is wasted end there are no bare spots la the field. The "Van Brunt" does first-class work in any toil capable of being seeded.

It does not choke up in mudj gumbo, sticky or trashy aoil. al church. Safe, or Sorry? If your property were to go up in smoke to night, would you be SAFE. about that date and lay their eggs on volunteer and early iowed wheat. Care should be taken in plowing to see that all stubble is turned completely under and not left with the ends exposed between the furrow slices.

A rolling coulter or jointer is almost an absolute necessity in turning under all trash. By thoroughly plowing the ground the flaxseeds will be buried and later when the flies hatch they are unable to get out of the ground. Early plowing to control the Hessian fly is only one reason for early deep plowing. The lesults of experimental work for a period of years show that the yield increased sever, al bushels per acre by early deep plowing. It made very little difference last year whether you plowed early or late, deep or shallow, the re or SORRY? It will be too late to decide this question AFTER the fire has occured.

NOW is the time to decide it, while the property is still standing. INSURANCE protects your property, protects your peace of mind and pro to look after your wants in the home furnishing line. We try at all times to keep the kind of Furniture that will stand the hard knocks year after year and still look good. Our guarantee is that you must be satisfied at all times with your purchase. Our future business depends on the high grade goods that we are turning out at present.

The prices are right in line with the quality. tects your credit. We want to make you SAFE, and will do so if you will see us. Our companies are the oldest and safest in the world. Save extra labor and eeed and inerea9 your crop yield by buying a Van Brunt Fertilizer Drill from m.

J. B. Tomlinson Hardware The House of Rapid-Fire Service 1 E. E. MEEK AGENCY.

sults were about the same. The patt season has not been an average year A Hard Test But Made Good. for wheat, so don't allow yourself to The Mohne Universal Tractor was given a hard test at the Bleiins place be led astray by some of the results you saw. Prepare your ground as soon as possible. Plow if possible but last Saturday afternoon when the two MABEN'S plows was run into the hardest and driest piece of ground to be found in i i iSoVR this section.

The Moline did nobly and plowed around the field a number of times showing that it had Jhe power Congolium Rugs at Kaler Bowlin's sufficient for any work that might be if you can not plow, double else your ground and plow as soon as you ean. The sooner" you plow the better are your chances for a good wheat crop next year. W. W. WRIGHT, County Farm Agent.

Arthur Simpson of Niobrara, arrived here last Friday and is visiting at the H. Black home in North FARM FOR SALE! Non-resident says sell. required of it. The tractor is the com Re-Enameled ing farm power and in a few years Have your Iron Beds at Kaler Fowlin's. one will be found on nearly every fann FURNITUKE KALER BOWLIN THAT'S ALL.

Maben's lines of furniture are Standard. High grade kitchen cabinets at MABEN'S. Will Locate In California. Makes an offer for 30 days only. $40 per acre.

$2000 cash will handle deal. 160 W. H. Pennebaker has a closing out I'nion Services'. There will be union services Sunday evening on the Methodist church lawn, beginning at sunset.

Leader Miss Edith Johnson. Subject The Prodigal Son. 1st part Vesper service. 2nd part Study of the subject by means of songs and illustrations. 3rd part Address by the pastor.

What and how the church can best work among other prodigals. Length of program, li hours. sale of his stock of groceries and other Severy. Mr. Simpson is an ex-Severy bay and moved to Nebraska a number Your repair troubles end when you buy your furniture at Maben's.

Will Henderson and C. G. Pierce autoed to Eureka Monday afternoon. acres. 80 acres in fine pas goods in the Severyite this week and of years ago where he married arid is engaged in the mercantile business.

expects to clean out his stock in the next two weeks, and is making some ture, with running water. Small improvements. First exchange farms J. C. STINE.

I have for sale and and oity property. We see by the Pike's Peak Daily number after you; miss a copy of th. slope out of Fall river hot Watch tho name. Don't Sever yite. bargain prices that our people should take advantage of.

The Pennebaker family expeet to locate in Southern California. torn. Quick if you want it. News published half way up Pike's Peak, Colorado, C. L.

Carson and family of Severy, and Mr. and CHASE AGENCY. Mrs. H. A.

Carson of Bartlesville, Ok Ora Wyant writes us to change his address from Wichita to Peabody lahoma, were among the tourists to To the Members K. L. of S. At Severy Every Wednesday. Beginning Wednesday July 23 and every Wednesday following, Dr.

W. A.Hodges of 1114 Bitting Building, Wichita, will be at the Clifton Hotel from 10 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.

for where he is now located. reach the summit on foot. July 17th. I will be at the office over the Green Mr. and Mrs.

C. K. Burke returned wood County Bank every Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Richard Binns left yesterday C.

E. Picnic. Last Thursday evening the members of the Cheistian Endeavor of the Congregational church loaded their lunch and themselves into autos and went to the "island" an the F. B. Jordan place south of Severy where they enjoyed a picnic supper, played games and enjoyed swimming until a late hour.

Monday from Cheney where they have for Miama, to visit a few weeks. been visiting for a few days. LAURA C. PIERCE, Financier. Miss Alice Binns accompanied her and after visiting there a few days will go to Eunice, to visit her brother, When in need ol first class den Church of Christ Services Elder C.

T. Burtis of Wichita, will The city received another car load of crushed rock this week for the streets. There is a steady procession of wagons loaded with wheat coming to the Severy market these days. WALL PAPER! New patterns arriving daily for the Fall Trade. Call and see.

KALER BOWLIN. Better let us figure on that Wheat Drill now, for we are prepared with the goods in stock. W. A. RIGGINS.

We represent some of the mast substantial and prompt paying companies in the world, companies that do a tremendous business all over this country. E. E. Meek Agency. tal work, see Dr.

P. C. Hopkins Jim Binns. over severy state Bank. Support your home paper havrtg your name on the subscription list.

Don't bother your kind neighbor any longer. $10.00 REWARD. A reward of $10 00 will be paid to any person who will furnish, the evidence to convict parties who have been entering the Severy preach at the U. B. church at 11 a.

m. Sunday July 27. You are cordially invited. Just completed our line of Butcher Woman's Magaziiie! Call at Biggs' store for the July and Alienist Woman's Marazine. It is more profitable to insure BE FORE the fire than after.

INSURE THE KOBINSON CO. We have always tried to please and accommodate you. Now please accom E. E. MEEK, AGENCY.

Mrs. R. G. Loper and children ar R. R.

CAFE. For Meals, Short Orders, Canly modate us by settlement or bankable note. A. M. BRANDT SON.

school buildings without author rived here Monday from Cleveland, or Cigars. See Mrs. A. M. Marlr that ity.

School Board Dist. No. 82. Sale bill printed at this office. and are visiting her parents Let this office renew scriptioD to the daily Mr.

and Mrs. Link DePew. We ara now in addition to the Revere line of Tires handling' the Oak Leaf Tire bearing a 6000 mile Knives with the aluminum handle line of them, a Bread knife that never gets dull and a beautiful line of slicers and carvers. Also anything in Cutlery. W.

A. RIGGINS. Mrs. W. H.

White and daughter Mrs. Lillie Welch left last week for Beatrice, to visit Mrs. 'Anna Walker who was recently operated on for appendicitis. The Greenwood County Bank interior is being repainted and repapered this week. C.

F. Pierce is doing the work. Attorney Lew E. Clogston was down from Eureka yesterday. He was at guarantee with adjustment right in -M- Wichita.

Our prices on the ZOxVA 4. diamond tread being only $19.65. We The Union Elevator ask you to compare price and-quality W. A. RIGGINS, Men Pants and Asks a of your patronage The editor aud wife are in receipt of an invitation to attend the commencement of the Class of 1919 of the New Mexico State Normal at Silver City, N.

July 28th. Miss Hazel Bur- torney in a case in Justice Steel court. dette is a member of the class and is Mens Wash Pants at $2.00 Mens Worsted Pants at known by many Severv people, having visited here with her grandparents Clare Palmer is up from Norman, vacation visit- on a two weeks ing home folks. offers you High Quality Feeds and Seeds at the lowest prices possible consistent with the high grade of our goods. A small quantity of Cane Seed that will grow tOf close out at $2.00.

See us before you sell your GRAIN AND HAY. Yours for Mutual Cooperation Union Mill and Elevator Co 25c-75c Mens Dress Shirts at Mens Black Cat Hose When you are undecided as to where to buy your furniture just drop in at Maben's. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Bullock.

Miss Treva Hilyard left yesterday morning for Cold water where she will visit a week with her aunt Mrs. Emma Rucker, and then accompany her to Colorado Springs where they will spend August. Miss Hilyard will return in time to take up her work as a teacher in the Neodesha schools. Harold Keitier autoed over from Keo-dtsha Sunday and visited Severy friends. J.

C. Stine is having; the old U. B. pirsonage he bought last fall, painted aud papered. Mrs.

B. B. Finch The- SeveryiU anywher in the United State or to our soldier coys over iws at $1.33 per year. i.