The Eskridge Tribune-Star and Eskridge Independent from Eskridge, Kansas • 1

I I Ji lucres idge ESKRIDGE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919 8 Pages NUMBER 51 VOLUME 37 The Coming Car of corn, see us for prices. Concerning Homecoming About Proposed Lights Ends Long Light Fight Explaining About Light Plant -Hakes Son, The best advertisement any merchant can nave is a satisfied cusomer. No greater recommendation can be given an article than the following by E. B. Milburn, Guion Drug Store, Guion, Ark.

"We have sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for yeaes and have always found that it gives perfect satisfaction." I. Bush 10. C. F. Lienard 10.

H. C. Peterson 10. E. A.

Duff 10. C. H. Zinn 10. T.

W. Gibby 10. Roy Bunger 10. W. H.

Upper 10. J. E. Austin 10. C.

L. Bunger 5. Carolyn Kraus 5. W. H.

Duff 5. R. S. Smith 5. Marshall Smith 5.

George Druce 5. A. C. Neeley 5. A.

J. Skeen 5. Bliss Dill 5. E. G.

Bennett 5. A. paid 5. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss. Frank J.

Cheney makers oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Chenny doing business in the City of loledo, County and State aforesaid, and that In this Issue of this paper will be found a letter from Mr. and Mrs. W.

Rulison of Burlingame, two fine old people, who with their son, E. H. Rulison, of this city, own the electric light plant. In the article they explain the situation to the people and promise good service as soon as the plant can be worked over. Bert Rulisou, an expert engineer, is here to take charge of the plant and.

there is no question but what he can handle the engines and give good service. The investment In this light plant represents the savings of a life time to Mr. and Mrs. Rulison. They have worked hard and saved this money for their support in their declining years.

They are now seventy-five years old and the days of their earning capacity are about over. Would It be right and just now for the people of Eskridge to hand $37,000.00 to a million dollar corporation to put in a new lighting system here, and thus crush and ruin in a financial way the present light plant company and cause the savings of a life to be sweep away from a guod and honorable old couple. Why not give decent support to the plant already located here and thus make the income of the light plant enough to justify the management to pay a good man to take charge and give good service without having to dig down in their The Standard Electric Light Company will close its office at 715 Minnesota Ave Kansas, side, August 15 and move to Rosedale, where at present the company will not have to meet municipal ownner-ship competition. The closing of the Kansas side offlcse ends a six year fight to prevent municipal owner ship growth The Standard is a subsidiary of the Kansas City light and power company of this city. It will require only a few wagons to haul away the epuipment of the company once serving the thousands of residents and power plants on the Kansas side.

Eight or nine years ago the company in franchise negotiations was notifying arrogantly the public it could have electricity at ten cent a kilowatt. Then the city started its own plant, after the city officials had let it be known they were willing to give the company million dollars for the plant. Instead of the 10 cent a kilowatt rate demanded by the private company the city started with a rate of six cents to light consumers. This was reduced three years ago by L. H.

Chapman, commissioner of light and water, so that six cents is a maximum rate and two cents a minimum rate to domestic consumers. And the city went through the war period with these rates ami made money. K. C. Star.

G. H. Younker 5. said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J.

CHENEY. R. H. Wallace 5. Fred Gillett 5.

Perry Larkin 5. Bill Lloyd 5. Sworn to before me amd subscribed in my presence, this bth day of December, John Bower 5. We are publishing a list of those who signed the guarantee for the Homecoming and where the money was spent, at the request of many anxious to know where this vast sum went for so little going on The list follows: Receipts Airplane Day ball game 47.15 Watermelon stand right 30.00 Schiedt Bros, merry-go-round 200.00 Save Oil stand right 15.00 First day ball game 53.50 Second day ball game 134.43 Third day ball game 237.39 Jess Lloyd stand right 25.00 11. T.

Roundtree stand right 25.00 Ball doll rack 10,00 Ice cream cone stand 15.00 Jewelery wheel 5.00 Chewing gum woman 100 Disbursements First Airplank flight 100.00 Purse for 1st. day ball game 50.00 Fred Voiland 3.50 Purse second day ball game 50.00 Purse third day ball game 100.00 F. A. Beeson, Umpire 32.00 Dudley Doolittle 5.00 Band 320.91 Thomas Webber, airplane 200.00 Collier DeWalde, skaters 225.00 Jerk Jarvis, extra umpire 5.00 Hettie McKee, board for band 43.00 Pack Penrice, dray 12.00 Tribune Star 12.60 W. A.

Waugh, mdse. 42.00 MudgeMer. Co. mdse. 38.52 Herb Richards 5.00 A.

P. Karnes 5.00 Jess Lloyd 5.00 F. A. Newcomb piano rent 5.00 Mrs. C.

W. Page, meals 2.20 Sloyer, meals 1-80 J. W. Shaffer, rent on lumber 34.70 Ash McPherson, rent on lumber 29.80 Independent 100.53 A. D.

1886 A. W. GLEASON (seal) Notary Public. Shilas Tomlinson 5. Elmer Brannon 5.

A. M. Dor man 5. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken in Burlingame, Kans. September 15, 1919 Editor of Tribune-Star, Eskridge, Kansas.

Dear Sin-Will you kindly allow us a little space in your paper to say a few words regarding the electric light proposition that is agitating your city at the present timet We see by your paper that a proposition has been submitted agreeing to furnish lights for Eskridge, the city being asked to pay $37,000.00 for the same. We, as part owners of the plant already installed there, wish to make a few statements. The plant there is owned by ourselves and our son, E. H. Rulison, of your city.

We each have about $4,500.00 invested in it. This, on our part, represents the savings of many years money that we have labored for and laid by to support us in our declining years. If another line is brought in there it renders our investment practically worthless. Now if the good people of Eskridge have this matter explained to them and know the financial loss we would sustain, don't believe they would do anything to bring such a catastrophe on us. We are old people now and our earning power is almost and this would indeed be a great loss for us to sustain.

Our son, Bert, has been away eighteen months. During that time we have tried many men to run that plant but they all seemed to fall down on the job. We sent for our son, Bert, to come and straighten things out. He has just returned from Canada and has come back with the express purpose of putting the light plant in condition. Within a very short time we will be able to furnish all the lights needed, i 'He understands the engines thoroughly and will give you good service.

It seems to us that this explaination will put us right before the people there ternally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send D. L. Cantrill 5. Knox Campbell 5.

testimonials, free. or Chas. Cleland 5. F. J.

CHENEY Toledo, Offia. A. Schwarting 5. Jess Lloyd 5. Sold by all druggists, 75c.

Hall's Family Pills for constipation. C. W. Marlin 5. Will do your painting and papering at the lowest prices.

Bett of work and pockets every month for a deficit. Wm. Meeker 5. Dad Jennings 5. Jay Ferris 2.

Bert Ferguson 2. A. J. Thompson 1. George Lyddane.

paid 1. guaranteed, prepared to take large or gome of the fellows who have signed small contracts. Will figure with you on Was there ever a town in the United up to give the million dollar corporation work or on both work and material. B.G. two or three hundred dollars for electric States of 600 population that paid over $37,000 to a million dollar corporation, Rickel.

current the first year, generally kicked and roared when the management of the without said corporation putting in a single cent, to run an electric wire into W. D. Young 1. E. 1.

D. S. Bowman D. S. Bowman 1.

present plant presented them with a bill for two or thee dollars for electric current the city? Itch I Itch I Itch I Scratch I Scratch Scratch I The more you scratch the worse Chas Haywood 1. for a month. We have also been present the itch. Try Doan's Ointment. For at many city council meetings when the eczema, any skin itching, buc a box It is mighty easy to get a city head over heels in debt but not so easy for the tax payers to pay it out.

E. M. Beach 1. Sam Belt 1. The subscribers were required to pay 45 per cent.

This was the first Homecoming to not pay out. management of the present plant presented bills for something like $20. for electric current for the city for a month WANTED Hides at W. Busenbark, 4.75 E. Leacure, livery 42.00 and furs market.

ter Bros, meat Mrs. J. W. Robertson, rooms for and the city officials would roar and kick, sometimes holding the hill over for another month. Last week the city signed up to pay the million dollar cor band boys 5.00 If Mayor Busenbark gets into the right in earnest and takes an active part against the ligut proposition of the million dollar corporation, it is our guess Eskridge Study Club Mrs.

J. W. Shaffer, rooms for band and they will see there is no need to put snch heavy indebtness upon the FOR RENT Six room house, opposite Methodist church. Mrs. A.

J. Skeen. poration nine hundred dollars for electric boys 7.50 it will lose by a big majority. Ninety current the first Why could not The Eskridge Study Club will hold its people living in Eskridge. Respectfully yours, Mrs.

Graham, rooms for band boys 5.00 A. J. Skeen, room for boys 2.5o the city pledge $50. a mouth to the per cent of the people will stay with him, for we have all got a lot of confidence in first meeting this fall at the home of Mrs. T.

W. Wilson, Tuesday Sept. 23rd Mr. and Mrs. J.

W. Rulison R. Hauschildt, messages and calls 3.30 We will sell you the Topeka Daily "Booze," and believe in his judgment and BujUngame, Kansai Mrs. Frank Frost, room for band boys 2.50 present plant and thus save the tax payers $300. on this one item alone and also encourage the business already established here.

Capital and the Tribune-Star one year wisdom. for only $6.00 60.60 36.00 E. H. Rulison, lights for park Jewett Drug Co. ice cream Band transportation from Man A healthy man is a king in his own There aro a few fellows in this town who do not care a rap for the other fellow 87.20 This million dollar corporation would start out at a fifteen cent rate and could STRAY PIG FOUND Chester White sow.

at 2:30 P. M. The following program has been arranged: Roll Call of Dues America Among The Nations. Interoduction and Chapter 1 Mrs. H.

Hershberger Chapter 2 and 3 Mrs. R. R. Humphrey Current Events J. E.Crawford Music Miss Longabaugh hattan to Eskridge M.

Marlin Inquire at this office. right: an unhealthy nun an unhappy lave. For impure blood and sluggish liver, use Burrdock Blood Bitters. On the market 35 yrs. 1.25 a bottle.

later raise or quit the town. Why not put up an indemnity bond? Nol Not or his business unless they can absolutely control and dominate over both. If they can't do this then they will do anything to crush and ruin that business without the least thought of the financiul loss to Parmiter Bros. Trusters Tom Warren 5.00 19.00 9.00 4.95 Tha Guarantee They absolutels refuse to do this. Nor DRESSMAKING Alterations, reason will they invest a dollar in the project.

Coming Car of corn, see us for prices. able. 2 blocks east and 'A block north of Main street. Mre. J.

L. Brady. Thsoe Who Signed Hakes Son. the owner. There are also those who would bond the city for two hundred The expense of the special airplane day was also saddled on those who thousand dollars to gain their own self I have a good two ton truck and am Accidents will happen, but the best ish purpose.

It is so easy for them to signed up to guarantee the Homecoming prepared to do all kinds of hauling. E. M. Beach. 33-tf regulated families keep Dr.

Thomas' Eclec spend other folks money. tic oil fot such emergencies. Two sizes We have heard a lot of complaint 30 and 60c at all stores. This million dollar corporation built their own line into Alma a distance of WANTED Men or women take orders among friends and neighbors for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning.

Saves money. Everybody buys. A bonanza for agents. Experience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Mills, Norrislown, Pa.

A fine baby was born Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Schutter, near Paxico. Dr. F.

C. Stewart was the attending physician. Harsh physics react, weaken the bowels about twelve miles, paid all expenses Auto livery. Perry Larkin. will lead to chronic constipation.

Doan's and did not ask the city of Alma for one Regulets operate easily. 30c a box at ail dollar as a guarantee or bonus. stores. lately about this light proposition with the million dollar corporation. When all the people thoroughly understand this scheme we don't believe they will be taken in and vote a heavy tax upon themselves, and at the same time cause financial ruin to the present owners of the plant.

This scheme from this million dollar corporation seems to many to be a big graft from start to finish. There is no business about it on the side of the Just What She Needed Coming-Car of corn, see us for prices Hakes Son. Social At Bradfod In the electric light proposition from the million dollar corporation the city of '1 used a bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets some time ago and they proved to be Eskridge is to buy $18,500 worth of stock There will be a ice cream social at Mrs. Lizzie Guthrie went to Topeka Saturday where she expects to stay this winter what I Mrs. Volta Bankson and then give thern on top of tins as the Bradford church Friday evening Sept Chillicothe, Mo.

"They not only relieved a bonus and for electric current one year 19. An are invited to be present at that and keep kjouse for her daughters who local promoters but they have gone at it in a hap-hazard manner. In fact at the meeting the other evening when Mayor Busenbark suggested that this million $18,500 more. The Idea is preposterous time and enjoy the evening. are working down there.

me of indigestion but toned up my liver and rid me of backache and dizziness that I had been subject to for some time. and we believe that ninety per cent of the people are against it. We all want Sunday School Convention We understand there is a sugar dollar corporation be required to put up They did me a world of good and I will lights but not at any cost. always speak a good word for them." shortage in Eskridge and that each person can only buy 25 or 50 cents worth at a The annual county Sunday school con time. Several farmers have told us this week that they got in their cars and an indemnity bond they scuffed in horror at the very idea.

It was only a fair business proposition and this million dollar corporation should be willing to do this much as they don't intend to put a dollar into It, but just take the $37,000.00 HELP THE KIDNEYS You can get the Topeka Daily Capital Call at vention will be held at' Alu Vista, September 18 and 19. The seryices will be held in the Babist chureh. All those drove to Topeka and bought 10 pound and the Tribune-Star for $6.00. his office. ESKRIDGE READERS ARE LEARNING sacks and did not have any trouble in getting it.

and let the people pay the bill. who are interested in Sunday School work should try and be present at this meeting. You are invited to take part i the discussions. Your experience may Despondency We all want lights but they can be had A bunch of motor tourists from Kansas without the city making a present of Security State Bank $50. Eskridge State Bank 50.

Parmiter Bros 50. Mudge Mer. Co. 50. W.

Trusler Hardware Co. 50. Waugh Son 50. A. N.

McLeod 50. Sunflour Store 50. Jewett Drug Co. 50. J.

E. Reynard 50. Eskridge Motor Co. 50. Ash McPherson 50.

Walker Bennett 50. R. C. Day 50. E.

A. McKnight 50. S. E. Sloyer 50.

F. C. Stewart 50. J. W.

Busenbark 50. J. W. Schafer 50. R.

J. Lockhart 50. Geo. G. Bunger 50.

W. C. Shumate 25. J. R.

Moreland 25. W. A. Hakes 25. Roy Jensen 25 Pack Penrice 25.

R. F. Kerr 25. E. R.

Brown 25. H. E. Rickel 25. J.

F. Penrice 25. Standard Oil Co. 25. D.

E. Leasure 25. Geo. D. West 25.

Frank P. Frost 25. J. R. Hauschildt 25.

C. A. Kraus 25. H. D.

Gorsage 25. F. L. McCoy 25. R.

R. Humphrey 25. J. W. Robertson 25.

Miss E. H. Meineen 25. C. B.

Henderson 25. Moses Hay 25, Sinclair Oil Co. 25. Lewis Thompson 25. J.

W. Peters 25. J. C. Lockhart 25.

M. R. Ince 25. T. H.

Cousins 25. H. A. Kraus 25-T. M.

Bunger 20. L. Kaeckel 20. T. W.

Warren 10. Harley Gifford 10. D. B. Robertson 10.

M. E. Rountree 10. J. W.

Kerr 10. R. E. Leasure 10. J.

W. Place 10. W. B. Doty 10.

J. Warran 10. THE WAY. It's the little kidney ills The lame, weak or aching back-The unnoticed urinary disorders-That may lead to. dropsy and Bright's disease.

When the kidneys are weak. be a big benefit to someone else. City will be in Eskridge at 11 o'clock $37,000.00 to a million dollar corporation Suffers from indigestion are apt to become discouraged and feel that conpete recovery Saturday morning. without them putting up a dollar. Any one would start up a business if they WANTED-A switchboard operator and line man Inquire of Dover Telephone Miss E.

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These tablets troubles for SO years. Not only do we train you for positions in Business, in Civil Service or as Commercial Teacher, but we help you to secure such a strengthen the stomach and enable it to Endorsed by 50,000 people endorsed What To Use To Prevent Investigate this proposition, think it preform its functions naturally. If you by citizens of this locality. position. Our Employment Department over and then "do untoTothers as you Appendicitis have not tried them do so at once.

Mrs. S. Workman, Burlingame, Kans. receives more calls than 6 schools could fill. would have thern do unto you." Send for free catalogue.

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Dr. Jewett Drug Company. Price 60c at ail dealers. Don't ask fo, wish to thank you for your grand good Pigs Wanted simply a kidney remedy get Doan'i medecine, Chamberlaine's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. We are never with Kidney Fills the same as Mrs.

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Many ills come from impure blood. Can't have pure blood with faulty digestion, lazy liver and sluggish bowels. Burdock Blood Bitters is recommended for our baby's life this summer." Bunger. 50 Re Mrs. Mary Carrington.

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