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46 Mt MM THE HORTON CHAUTAUQUA IS A SURE ENOUGH "HUMMER." ATTEND THE REMAINING NUMBERS east Front street and the band played MUST ADVERTISE! BOOSTERS BOOST! mutual interest-the stock raisers, the farmers, the merchants and men who have the general welfare of the public at heart. There should be a 'get together' movement for the common good of mankind." HORTON, KANSAS Horton is a town of 4,500, situated in the heart of the finest agricultural section of Kansas, in the very northeast corner of the state. It is located fifty miles from Topeka, Kansas, the same distance from St. Joseph, and only a little farther from Kansas City, Mo. Land close to Horton brings from $75 an acre up.

Horton is the largest town in Brown county, which is known as the banner agricultural county in that great state of agriculture Kansas. Wheat, corn, oats and alfalfa grow equally well in Brown county, and such a thing as a crop failure is never known. While Horton is located in a strictly farming section of the country, it is largely what is known as a railroad town. The city was laid out and put on the map' by the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific railroad, in when that road built its first lines west of the Missouri river. It has ever since been associated very greatly with the Rock Island and all railroad interests.

Horton is the terminus of three different divisions of this railroad, and the second largest railroad shops of the system are maintained here. These are strictly repair shops, doing every class of locomotive and car repairing, and right now 8 forci of 800 men is employed in them. The pay roll of the Rocjc Island at Horton amounts to $60,000 every month. Thus the town has varied interests that of farmers and mechanics intermingled. Because of the many strangers who pass through its borders ever year, the Horton people are unusually hosptiable and easy to become acquainted with.

Little of the class prejudice is found here, for the reason that there are no very rich people, neither are there any of the poverty stricken. Any able bodied man can find employment in Horton almost any day in the year. And the great number of workingmen in the town make the place a great market and trading place for the farmer. Horton has nine churches, the best schools of any town of its size in the state, a fine opera house and a pretty city park. Over $100,000 have recently been spent on an improved electric light and waterworks plant, which will be, when finished, the very latest thing' in a modern public utility.

A complete sewer system is in operation. The railroad is constantly adding new buildings and new equipment to its interests here, and new business houses and splendid homes are constantly being erected. Horton is a clean town, morally and physically, and although it is not half as old as most of the towns in this part of the state, it is making advanced strides every day, It is a home town where any family may be proud to settle down, enjoy the comforts of life in peace and plenty, free to raise a family among pleasant and agreeable surroundings. The Second Automobile Trip to Advertise the Horton Chautauqua. An 88 mile trip with 16 autos to boom our Chautauqua was taken, thru Mus-cotah, Whiting, Netawaka, Powhattan, Fairview.

Hiawatha, Willis and Everest Monday afternoon. Sixty-five or seventy people went along, including the Horton band of over twenty pieces. The trip was well organized, let me tell you. Every car had a number considerable objections to No. 13) and kept is place in the line.

They also had an ambulance car, or repair car, whatever you want to can it, unuer uue nu Tibbetts, lut it had little to do as there were no accidents and only three mild punctures, one of these, too, while Stopping in Netawaka. Dust? Yes, some dust. But who cared. It was not much difference after the first car. Sometimes it would clear away and you would get a few whiffs of the unadulterated but this was the exception.

Towards evening, when the wind stopped blowing, all the dust remained in the air over the road except what you carried away on your face and clothes. Nobody complained. Manager Wheatley was the only man with a clean face and J. H. Bowli.n had the dirtiest.

They made unusually good time. The party left here at 1:15 and were back at 8:30. Eight stops were made averaging between fifteen and twenty minutes for each stop, making over twenty miles an hour on the road. Manager Wheatly saw that no time was wasted. As soon as all cars arrived at a town the band would play two or three selections, the announcements would be made and then off again for the next town.

Muscotah was the first stopping point. Our band boys took possession of the band stand, gave a couple of selections, and Supt. Devoss and Rev. Fowler were the official announcers. They aed the megaphone and told the peo-ile about the good things in store for them at our Chautauqua, never failing to mention that Bryan would be here r.

EVMa- nirrVif Whi1 the hand was I VU 1 v. i DlavinK. the chauffeurs were busy get a few selections which were heartily enjoyed by the large crowd that had assembled. We saw just a dozen threshing machines all at work. "That's a good band you have with ycu," was heard in every town along the way.

It is hardly possible to mention the other business and professional men who put aside their work to boost You will find the same class, though, supporting every good measure. A word should be spoken in honor of W. H. Wheatley, the manager of the trip. It was to a great extent due to his effort that the trip was planned and made.

It means much to go ahead, to shoulder the responsibilities and take the boquets and brick bats that follow. corn along the way is nothing like in as bad condition as was expected. True the early corn is badly injured, but very little is early. True enough, too, it's not doing much just waiting for rain, and if it comes any time this week there will be a fairly good corn crop in this part of the state. Wolfe and Tibbetts, also the machine man, who always brought up the rear in the ambulance car belonging to the Northeast Telephone had no easy trip breathing the dust kicked up by fifteen automobiles.

They seemed to enjoy it, though, for they came into every town smiling as if the work was the joy of their lives. The dust was about two inches deep at one place where the autos to pass an old fellow in a buggy. A car would go by raising great clouds and about the time he was able to see a little ways ahead another auto would whizz by. He stood it until the fourth or fifth car had passed and then the air began to be filled other things than dirt particles. The writer happened to be about the middle of the procession and by that time he was saying things very distinctly unbecoming a gentleman.

Any of us will do something that di rectly benefits ourselves. Many of us will do nothing unless it benefits only ourselves. A few have learned the great lesson of doing for others as well as for self sharing, if you please, just a little more of the burden for the other fellow. In the latter class were the men who furnished the cars and gave their time to the booster trip. It means something to run a loaded car practic ally a hundred miles over country roads.

Here are the names. Don't forget fhem: Dr. Baldwin, Wra. Beck, E. J.

Huffaker, A. Pyle, Wm. Burke, Dr. Brownlee, J. S.

Henderson, Martin Hardin, W. D. Franklin, Dr. Harker, Dr. Heptig, Willard Phiffer, L.

Blake- ley, Theo. Schecher, Claybourne Sautter and the Mutual Telephone Co. Do not forget the band boys, either. Most of them are shop men. The Rock Island is big enough to let them off for every occasion of this kind but their pay does not go on.

The following sacrificed their wages for the good of the town: Chas. Stone, Glen Stone, Roy Hill, Ed. Olson, George Did Dual, Eugene Taylor, Floyd Hunter, Stanley Hitchcock, Hei-bert Harris, 0. Guyer, Frank Campbell, Charles Snyder, Lew Kirk, N. Roberts, Christ Omdahl, Cole and L.

Blakeley. Such a spirit as this means every thing to a town. Sheriff's Sale. The Fairview Photograh gallery property was sold by Under sheriff Bartlow last upon a court order in the Buser-Vogele et al case, Liens to the amount of $1282.43 were brought against the property. It was sold to W.

H. Vogel who held the first lien and to save his he bid the property off at $1100. Itaptist Notes. The morning services will be held as usual Sunday morning. The Sunday school begins at 9:45, and preaching at 11 clock.

The pastor will preach on "Some things God expects of His Fol All other church services are discontinued during the Chautauqua We wondered what Ed. Dove was so allflred swelled up over the past few days and upon investigation found that rhe's the proud father of a son. The event took place Friday, July 18, Mother and child doing well. If you know an item tell us or phone the News office. Several friends do this and we appreciate it very much.

Wanted-a girl with fair education at this office to learn to set type. Governor Hodges States a Few Facts That Are Worth Considering. The governor's article, entitled "Community Interest," reads as follows: "This administration is using its best endeavors to build up community interest centers, better rural schools and lacal markets for the products of our state. The 'back to the farm' movement is the wrong end to begin work on. The state should have a system of good roads, with big township schools that teach domestic science, agriculture and fit students for normal training work.

The school should be made so attractive and so good that it would not be necessary for the agri culturist to go to town with his family to procure an education for them. The freest the truest and the best life is the agriculturist's life. It takes the same brain, however to be a successful farmer, that it does to be a successful banker or professional man, and our farmers are now awakening to the fact that good roads, community interest centers and graded country schools, are solving the problem, and when we have community centers, good roads and country schools in a high degree of efficiency, there will be no 'back to the farm' movement, for there will then be no incentive or desire to leave the farm. I believe it is of vital interest to the agriculturist to keep the small towns in a prosperous condition, but the reason for the decline of the small town is from the fact that the merchants do not advertise their wares, together with their prices, as well as an accurate description of the stock they handle. While to the exact contrary, the mail order houses have a big high priced catalog in the hands, of every man throughout the country, and it is a constant advertisement of their wares, the description and prices, and a family that wishes to buy some article, looks at the catalog, and at once takes it up with the mail order house.

"I do not think there is a doubt but every small merchant can, and will sell exactly the same material or article at the same price as a mail order firm will, but they must use the same endeavor to advertise their ware and to get the facts before the consumers. Mail or der houses claim their wonderful ad vantage over the country merchant is by reason of their buying in great quantities. This, in a measure, is true, but this difference is more than off -set by the great difference in the cost of conducting their business. A mail or der house, with its expensive buildings, high-priced ground, enormous rent, high-priced officers, interest, and a score of other necessary expenses makes his overhead expense enormous, while to the exact contrary, the country merchant with a very minor expense account, can be a strong com petitor of the mail order house if he will only set himself to the task of nresentine his stock to the con sideration of the customers, by strong, clear, lucid, honest advertising. "The newspapers are by far the best medium, but if that is not acceptable, then a circular letter should be used.

I know of a lumber firm who have not in practically ten years' business, had $100 worth of mail order house goods shipped in on them. They have the mail order house catalog on their desk and they advertise mail order house prices in the newspapers, giving a description of the goods and their prices for the same ware. I find in one in stance they are selling exactly the same grade of roofing at 10 cents a roll less than the mail order house and have saved the consumer the freight. They advertise the same weight of galvanized iron and painted iron, and they are having no trouble at all with the 'going away from home customers' because the farmer would much rather deal with the home merchant if he knows that he can get the same goods for the same price, but the solution of the problem rests with the country mer chant, and it behooves him to get in touch with farmers. Take them into vour confidence, talk to them, and point out to them certain added sped fications that the list price man over looks.

"This campaign of honest education should be made, and it must be made, by the man who is vitally interested- the merchant The agriculturalists re alize that by the blotting out of the cities, they, the farmers, would be com nelled to pay increased taxes, mer chants and their employes must become stork raisers, or agriculturists, and thus become competitors of the farm en. The community center mean Otis Carl ton Massey was born in Andrew county, March 26, 1866. In Jnly of the same year the family came to Kansas, locating near Hiawatha. In 1876 they moved to the New Maiden neighborhood where Otis spent his boyhood days. Upon becom ing of age he went to Atchison where he entered the service of the B.

M. railway as fireman. After four years he was compelled to leave this service on account of injuries received in an accident. He spent some years in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. He again took up railroad work for the Santa Fe, but on account of defective hearing he was after a few years compelled to gsek other employment After spending some years with the people of the home neighborhood he again went west, locating in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he became a lathing contractor in which business he was engaged at the time failing health compelled rest For about a year his health has been failing but it was not until six months ago that his friends induced him to have a medical examination.

Although the doctor did not tell him, all his friends knew that his days were numbered. While he was far from members of his own family many kind friends did all that could be done and his closing days were spent mid comfortable sur roundings. He was hopeful of recovery until near the close of life, which came peacefully on the 19th day of July, '13. The friends who ministered to him dur ing his last sickness speak of his pa' tience and hopefulness and of the spirit of gratitude in which he received the kindnesses shown him. He was a member af the Trades' Union and at the time of his death was treasurer of the local among whose members he was held in highest esteem.

Mr. Massey is survived by his father Mr. A. R. Massey of Effinaham, a sis ter, Mrs.

A. F. Moore of Horton, and two brothers, S. W. Massey of Old Mexico and Blaine Massey who resides in the New Maiden neighborhood.

The body arrived in Horton last Tuesday evening accompanied by Mis. Moore who went to Cfcayenne at time of her brother's death. Services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.

F. Moore at 10 o'clock, Wednesday morning and interment made in Ken-nekuk cemetery. Man Killed at Greenleat. L. D.

Burchfield, a resident of Green- leaf for more that twenty years, was struck by a Central Branch engine while driving the oil wagon across the tracks at that place at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. He died two hours after the accident. He was for many years owner of the elevator there and always prominently identified with the business interests of the town and his death was a great shock to his family and friends. Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Glen, nearly grown, and many relatives at Reserve, Kan3. He was known to quite a few Frapkfort people.

The remains was taken on the east bound tram today to Reserve, Kans. where the funeral services will be held tomorrow morning. The bereaved wife and son were accompanied on the sad journey by Mrs. D. A.

Kramer, of Washington, Mr. and Mrs, H. G. Spencer and W. VV.

Webster of Greenleaf. New Front to ISenway X. uul- f'aker's Store. A couple of carpenters from Omaha are putting in a new tront to tne HufTakers's hardware store this week. It will make quite a change in the appearance of the building ttoo.

There will be a side entrance and the display window will extend across the entire front. It will be five feet deep and lowered to about a foot above the level of the floor. Overhead will be prism glass. We understand there will be a couple more new fronts along this street in a short time. Iteal Estate Tranxlers.

E. S. Davis to Gaston F. Mann and wife, lots 5 and 6. blk 92, C.

K. ft N. Horton, $475. Ezra B. Steward and wife to the City of Horton, pt.

of w. 60a in s-1-2 se 23-4-17, $300. Walter J. Simmons to Thomas E. Coffman, lots 1 and 2, blk.

19, Horton $125. Willie Connell to the W. A. Margrave lots 1 and 2. of 3-1-17, $5000.

Roy Steward and wife to Ezra B. Steward, lots 2 and 4, blk. 53, C. K. N.

Horton, $900. Summer drinks at Burt's pool hall. ting their cars in shape for the next run and different individuals washed down the dust with pop and water. The next stop was Whiting. Just before reaching, there the first puncture occurred but it took only a few moments to remedy same and the car had its place in the line again.

C. A. Dy son, Guy Vining and others had driven across from Horton and met the crowd here. Dr. Brownlee had a call and returned to Horton, Mayor Bailey accompanied him.

The writer took ad- Baby Hurt on "Wire Fence. Charley Shull's one year old baby was badly injured Monday evening. He was left in his carriage a little too near the edge of a hill and the action of the baby set the buggy in motion which rolled down hill into a barbed wire fence. The baby's face was scratched in two or three places and a gash was cut in his neck. A doctor was called and took a couple of stitches in the wound.

He is reported doing nicely. Methodist Notes. The regular morning service will be held next Sunday. Sunday School will convene at 9:45 and at 11 o'clock the pastor will preach. The theme of the morning sermon will be "The Unprofitableness of There will be no evening service on account of the Chautauqua.

You are especially invited to worship with us on Sunday morning. The July Clearance Sale at the Fair Store covering summer merchandise continues till Aug. 1st. -Adv. vantage of the stop and visited I sanctum of the Whiting Journal and Bill for Farm Loans.

Representative Hulings of Pennsyl vania has introduced a bill in Congress to create federal farmers' loan associa tions to make loans on agricultural lands. The measure would require all such associations to get authority from the comptroller of the treasury to commence business and deposit with the treasurer promissory notes equal to their capital stock with three per cent interest, receiving in return United States circulating notes equal to the par value of the stock. Shipment for Week. Eight cars of wheat have been shipped out but no live stock. The shipments received are: W.

G. Kelley three cars ice; J. R. Wiggins, two cars of coal; P. P.

Killey, one car of lumber; F. J. Baugh, one car of flour and the Chandler Grocery a car load of melons. For meals, lunches and short orders go to Water's Hotel and restaurant where they are served at all hours. i found Mr.

Butters on guard with a big 9 hodce knife and a reneatine Marlin in -n the corner of his office. It was then to Netawaka where about the same program was repeated. One car. while unloaded and resting here, 7 AnniAaA trv eavo trniihlp latpr nnrf had utwu v. I blowout.

At Powhattan a good crowd was PROGRAM assembled to greet us. The well in the street came in mighty handy after the long drive from Netawaka. From Powhattan to Fairview the roads, excepting the dust, were like pavement. Even on to Hiawatha the roads are ideal, the overseers certainly know how to fix the approaches to bridges to keep those in the rear seats autos from tearing holes in the tops, IWhat a country it is, too, around Fair Jiew. None Better anywhere.

And the town electric lighted, big churches, 'excellent residences, and a town hall that would do credit to a much larger place. The best time was made from here to Hiawatha. The roads were fine and it was nearing supper time. At 6 o'clock the cars began to arrive in Hiawatha, the band took charge of the band stand, Rev. Fowler made the an- nouncements, ana men tnere was a scramble for sandwiches.

Hiawatha had about eight extra ones on hand and it took them some time to hustle up For the remainder of our Chautauxua session. FRIDAY, JULY 25 2 :30 Prelude-The Craven Family Orchestra. 3:00 Lecture-Glenn Frank, "Morals and Machinery." 7:30 Prelude-The Craven Family Orchestra. 8:00 Entertainroent Brush the Great (Magician). SATURDAY, JULY 26 2:30 Prelude-The Boston Lyrics.

3:00 Lecture-Hon. F. M. Nye. "The Lincoln Demqcracy." 7:30 Prelude-The Boston Lyrics.

8:00 Entertainment Ross Crane, Cartoonist and Clay Modeler, SUNDAY, JULY 27 2:30 Sacred Prelude Euclid Male Quartet 3:00 Lecture-Wm. H. Lewis. Subject to be announced. 7:30 Sacred Prelude-Euclid Male Quartet 8:00 Sacred Concert Euclid Male Quartet MONDAY, JULY 28 2:30 Prelude-Ernest Gamble Concert Party.

3:00 Lecture-Fred E. Baker, "The Lucky Number. 7:30 Prelude-Ernest Gamble Concert Party. Concert-Ernest Gamble Concert Party. TUESDAY, JULY 29 2:30 Prelude-Miss Annie Therese Devault.

3:00 Le'cture-J. Whitconib Brougher, "What's Under Your Hat?" 7:30 Prelude-Miss Annie Therese Devault 8:00 Entertainment-Kaffir Boys' Choir. i enongn to go rouna. First class time was made to the next stop, Willis. At the turn toward Wil lis Dr.

Harker pulled on to Horton, the two ladies with him. Miss Helen Robinson of Eldora and Miss Molly Frith of Emporia, had evidently enough of the trip, traveling by this time about 75 miles. At Willis Mr. Beck had to return to town but the rest journeyed on to Everest another beautiful little city. On returning to Horton the cars lined up near the High school building and went into the business section blowing horns, beating drums and making all tne noise possioie.

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