The Buhler Herald from Buhler, Kansas • 1

HERALD THE VOLUME 1 NUMBER 18- BUHLER, RENO COUNTY, KANSAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1914 Heinrich janzen Dies in New Mexico Heinrich Janzen who formerly lived here and is well remembered, died at his home in East Las Vegas, New Mexico on Monday of this week. Town Farmer gets 98 Dozen January Eggs A Haven "town farmer" with about eighty hens marketed ninety eight dozen eggs last month, receiving an average of thirty cents a dozen for them. The Haven Journal vouches for the story. Hutch Gazette. OCCUPATION TAX ORDINANCE PASSED Ordinance Now in Force Will Protect Honest Merchant But not Crafter On another page of this paper will be found Ordinance No.

8 of the city of Buhler, pertaining to the city occupation tax which becomes a law on its publication this afternoon. It would be well for every citizen to go over it carefully for it pertains to any business that you might undertake. Taxes under section 4, 5 and 8 are now due and payable, while taxes under section 1 are not due until May 1, but can be paid at any time previous to that. This new ordinance not only protects most of the busines men but also affords considerable revenue to the city. At present there are about 32 business concerns taxable under section 1.

SHOULD ENLARGE FARMERS' MARKET Senator Bristow Believes This can and Should Be Done for the U. S. Farmer "Portect the farmer in his home market and then by a series of reciprocity treatise enlarge his market across the seas," is the method of building up the agricultural interests of the United States, proposed to the senate by Senator, Joseph L. Bristow. "What the farming interests of the United States need he said in discussing the evils of the new tariff, "is a market that is a live active one.

"Instead of undertaking to enlarge the market of American farmer, we have been enlarging the market of the farmers of other countries by throwing our places wide open to them. "I think by far the most important legislation we could enact in regard to the farming interests would be to, provide markets and in some waV correct the methods of toll taking that are indulged in by middlemen on products after they leave the farm and until they are finally consumed. "We had the spectacle last fall of egp that were bought from the farmers along in April, May and June for from 15 cents to 22 cents per dozen being sold in November and December for 50 cents per dozen. F. F.

Matthies and wife attended Ben Hur at Wichita last Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. H. P.

Adrian have gone to Mr. Adrian's parents for a visit. H. P. Ratzlaff and wife were transacting business in Newton Monday.

The school dads and mams all took in Ben Hur at Wichita last Saturday. J. S. Ratzlaff was in Hutchinson Monday. P.

A. Martens of Newton reports that he had the honor recently of selling a big 1914 Oakland car to the chief operator of the Santa Fe. A baby girl was born to Geo. Reimer and wife last Thursday morning. 1 Won a Scholarship Misfcll Canel, cf near Buhler, who is attend ng school in Hutchinson, has won a scholarship in the Wesleyan college in Nissouri, by meritorious service.

Hutchinson News. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. D. Rumple at San Simon, on last Thrusday.

Mrs. Remple is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob J. Bargen of this city.

B. F. Barnes and family spent last Sunday in Burrton visiting relatives. Franz saak of near Gossel was visiting with C. H.

Friesen, P. P. Schmidt and H. F. Friesen this week.

Mrs. J. J. Buhler has been quite sick this week with grippe. Pete Wiebe sold his city property to P.

P. Nickel Monday and is preparing to move to Ore-gan in March with his father-in-law, W. Giesbrecht. Mr. Nickel has moved into his new possession -and Mr.

Wiebe and family now live in the place vacated by Nickel. The Misses Lizzie and Ida Bargen and Mary Dotts spent Sunday evening at Mr. and Mrs. J. G.

Unruhs home. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess in honor of Miss Mary's birthday after which games were played. The girls departed at a late hour having spent a very enjoyable evening. Contributed A birthday suprise was given Mrs. Siebert Goertz Sunday afternoon.

It was planned by the family. She didn't know any thing about it. And as a big croud gathered she said "Is this a suprise on And the guests all gave her best wishes. The guests were Mr. and Mrs.

P. Ratzlaff, Mr. and Mrs D. Hiebert, Mr. and Mrs.

Franz Dick, Mr. and Mrs. Abr. Schroe-der, Rev. H.

Adrian, Rev. Peter Adrian and wife, Wm. Giesbrecht and family and P. D. Wiebe and wife.

Lunch was served to the guests. Contributed The best runner in this community is our little Frisco agent, Frank Barnes. He wanted to go to Burrton last Sunday but had to do some work while the train was at the station, and the train left before he was ready, and left him. When he finished his work he ran after the train and caught it. His legs were working tfoO revolutions per minute to do thetrick.

Contributed Correction In last week's paper in the report of the death of the child from infantile paralysis our informant had things pretty badly mixed. It was the son of Peter Voth instead of Vogt, and the cause "was peritonitis. Mr. Voth's brother has a son who is afflicted with infancile paralysis, but is improving slightly. A daughter was born to Mrs.

Gothilf Witt of Oklahoma, who is staying at the home of her parents, J. J. Neufeld and wife. NATIONS ALL OWE BIG SUM OF MONEY $42,960,000,000 is Total of All Countries' Debts World Population Growing A debt of $42,900,000,000 is the total shown in the accounts of all the nations of the world, according to the bureau of universal statistics which has just announced its figures for the year 1912. Of this total public indebtedness thirty-two miliards are charged against Europe alone.

A century ago the public debt of all countries amounted to only a little over seven milliards. The population of the earth is If Yon Dent Gall Phone 33 feel as young as you ought to, and need a tonic, go and see a medical doctor and he will prescribe what you ought to have for your par ticular case. Then, with that Pre- SCnptlOn, (that's just what you ought to have) go to the place where it will be filled as it ought to and you will feel better and younger. for automobile and other machinery troubles The place where you have a string on your money. Buhler Garage Machine Shop BUHLER, KANS.

now slightly over 1,900,000,000, an increase of 140,000,000 in the past four years, according to the bureau. Asia now has Europe 484.000,000, Africa 188,000,000, America Oceanica 57,000,000. The world's commerce now amounts to $40,600,000,000, and it is carried on by 55,802 sailing ships and 47,714 steamers. Other figures show a total of 625, 000 miles of railroads, or enough to girdle the globe twenty five times. Ratzlaff J.

C. DRUGGIST BTHLER KANSAS We fill prescriptions right rr.