Stafford Courier from Stafford, Kansas • 6

THE COURIER. STAFFORD, KANSAS her husband, who passed away December 14, 1892. When a. young girl of 14 years, she was converted and joined the Church of Christ and re- CVrilDT rDAIll Alt orn rr nnti irkTnn THE SETTLE XX By MILDRED WHITE. KX AND I.OPAI.

TAY Card of Thanks. We desire to thank our friends and neighbors, who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our dear little daughter and sister, Fon-tella Lottie Russell, also for their sympathy and the many beautiful flowers. 'Mr. and Mrs. George Russell and Children.

maniea a ianniui memoer until caned to answer the final summons. She was a devoted mother, a good neighbor and a true friend. Grandma, as 5 Reno County Road Bonds. Total debt of Reno Coun-t ty less than y2 of 1 assessed valuation. Legality estab she was so often called, will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

Since the death of her husband, she lished by Supreme Cpurt of Kansas. has made her home with her children. She leaves three sons and one dausrhter-Milton A. Ashby of Oakla- WE BUY AND SELL GOVERNMENT BONDS FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Hutchinson, Kansas. homa, John T.

Ashby of Great Bend, i Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our friends, and neighbors who assisted us in the sickness and death of our darling little Randall. Mr. and Mrs. William Logue.

Even some men who are regarded as very smart are simple-minded enough to believe that their affinities are true to them. Kansas, Mrs. Cordilla Ashby Williams of Illinois and Byron J. Ashby of Stafford, Kansas, eleven jrrand; children, 10 great-grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends to mourn her death. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the a 4f; Jf Cynthia paused before the doorway mt'tbe old house and looked up ti Its desolate windows.

She had knowu the time when these windows were trim vrfth white curtains, the shining class wflecttog firelight within. As workmen came past, removing old mahogany furniture, a whim seized her to go Ha through the open door and inspect dfce draggling rooms, with their unex-t(iI corners. Soggy fall leaves, which had lately Omen luxuriant and green, carpeted the weranda floor Cynthia thought, as she stepped Inside, that the leaves were an aabteai of that life which had, until Che last, made the rambling dwelling a place of comfort. The springtime of Otoe woman's life had been green and anurous with promise; now, even as slhe leaves, It lay broken and wasted. The stairs echoed to her tread as Jbe went on to the long hall above.

The First State Bank Wf Church of Christ and were conducted by Tom Coats of Neola, Kansas, assisted by C. E. Plank of! this city. Interment was made in the Stafford cemetery. Miss "Bobby" Ballinger, Ingenue, with the Wallace Bruce Players.

Stafford, Kansas The Home Bank For All People i Death of Mrs. Ludica Jane Ashby. Mrs. Ludica Jane Ashby, one of the oldest residents of this city, passed away Monday evening at 10:50 at the home of her son, B. J.

Ashby, and family. About two years ago, she fell, sustaining Injuries of the hip and since that time has been an invalid. She was a very patient sufferer and was one who strove always to be cheerful. The Courier 101ns the many friends Picking Over the Seed Corn When corn growers are selecting: in extending sincere sympathy to the bereaved relatives. seed in the crib for next year's crop or are giving their fall selected seed a close culling for the final test in Ludica Jane Parrish was, born in the germination box, the more important points to be considered in such DRINK HOT WATER BEFORE BREAKFAST selection may well be emphasized as M6ntgomery County, Indiana, April 19, 1834 and died at the home of her son at Stafford, Kanteas, February i j.

SOMETIME SOON follows: 1. If the corn we are picking over were fall selected on the stalk in the 23, 1920; age 85 years, 10 months and 4 days. She was married to James Allen Ashby, August 15, 1852 field, we know that we need pay no attention to whether it will yield or Says you really feel clean, sweet and fresh inside, and are seldom ill. and to this union 7 children were born-four boys and three girls. One son and two daughters preceded their mother in death, as also did not.

That we attended to last fall. If we are picking seed from the crib we need pav no attention to whether it will yield or not for ho car character is a sure indicator of ability to esoTutTonT Bo it resolved by the mayor and If you are accustomed to wake up yield. council men of the city of Stafford, Kansas: with a coated tongue, foul breath or a dull, dizzy headache; or, If your meals sour and turn into gas and acids, you have a real surprise awaiting you. SEC. 1.

That the mayor and 2. All that we can do by selection now is to obtain a uniform type of seed true to the variety characteristics and seed that will grow. Hence we select a good average sized ear of eouncilmen of the city of Stafford, Kansas deem it necessary to pave, curb and gutter and bring to grade To-morrow morning, immediately CONSIDER WHAT MAY COME Any day you may need exceptional bank service to help ee you; plans through. Then you want to be in a position to use that service. However small your deposits these days, you will be building for the future a cash, reserve at your command to turn'a business deal with profit, also bank credit to furnish additional capital if required, and a reserve of co-operation from your bank, including competent advice and sound financial guidance.

The friendship of your banker, his good-will, his confidence in. you, may sometime be important. Start in now to cultivate close relations. There is no better way than to open a bank account in your own name. the proper color, shape and type of the following described street, to- upon arising, drink a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it.

This Is intended to kernel while we discard all ears wit; that are not very similar in all these first neutralize and then wash out or Camden street commencing at the characteristics. It is well to consi your stomach, liver, kidneys and East line of Main street and running der these facts in choosing these ears Won this hall rooms branched out jwrplexlngly and she hesitated select-tag tier way. Here, a white marble aucntel beckoned from Its Inviting nook near the green latticed bow-window; Ctaere, an outer balcony promised a wiew of the tangled garden beneath. Rot Cynthia went down three steps, Ao a second hallway, on to a twisting tarn, resting at length on a wooden settle at the end. The place was de-dijfttfully surprising.

She thought how easily one might keep house for one's iflf In one or two of the great sprend-anjr rooms. Cynthia loved to keep onno. Now, she was boarding. Presently, ns she sat, she began to flrun of the old house, peopled with Jonns of her fancy. Some way, always An the centen of these happy dream gpeorilo she herself moved, dispensing The fire beneath the tunr-Hle mantel of the living room glowed rtMwrHy.

Lnte crysnnthemums were (beaped upon It. Then, with a tremu-tkma laugh Into the shadows of the hall, jrathla ciime back from her dreaming fta realization of her own small room Oie city boarding house. following the sound of her broken Bsogbtar came quickly another step. 3wbc one else had perplexed act that last twisting way, undecided' Bnw to continue. The unexpected sight a ker apparently decided the man, for ftw advanced, hut in hand, toward the1 nettle.

the Intrusion," he began. "I Ghought the house vacant." So It Is," Cynthia told him. "I In, following an impulse." interesting old place," the man said thance East to the West line of Buckeye Avenue. Said pavement to be Ears that are well covered at the tip but shorter than the average constructed of brick and to be' 40 feet arc very apt to produce cars shortcK wide from the east line of Main street to the West line of Boston thirty feet or Intestines all the indigestible waste, poisons, sour bile and toxins, thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal. Those Bubject to sick headaches, backache, bilious attacks, constipation or any form of stomach trouble, are urged to get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store and begin enjoying this morning inside-bath.

It is said that men and women who try this become enthu street, thence 26 feet wide from the West line of Boston street to the West line of Buckeye Avenue. SEC. 2. the mayor and eouncilmen of the city of Stafford, Kansas deem it necessary to pave, curb and gutter, and bring to grade than the average. 1 b.

Ears that are not covered at the tip are not good for show ears but if of good size are apt to yield more than the short covered ones. c. Extra long ears arc apt to produce corn that is too late maturing. d. Ears that are unusually thick do not ripen as quickly or dry as thoroughly as medium sized ones.

c. Relying on the fact that like begets like, we choose for our model car one that is as large as experience has shown will ripen well in our the following described street, to- siastic and keep it up daily. It is a splendid health measure for It Is more important to keep clean and pure on the inside than on the outside, because wit: Boston street commencing at the the skin pores do not absorb impurt South line of Morrell street and run ties into the blood, causing disease, nine thence North on Boston street w'hile the bowel pores do. The to a line extending East across said Boston street from the Northeast corner of lot number 22 of Vicker's The principle of bathing inside Is not new, as 'millions of people practice it Just as hot water and soap cleanse, First State Bank Stafford, Kansas The Home Bank For All People f. Kernels of uniform shape and Subdivision of a part of the North purify and freshen the skin, so hot west quarter of section 13, township water and a teaspoonful of limestone in straight rows are of value in seed we may offer for sale as an 24, range 12, Stafford County, Kan phosphate act on the stomach, liver, sas, Said pavement to be of brick and g.

Deep kernels will not mature kidneys and bowels. Limestone phosphate is an inexpensive white powder aud almost tasteless, to be 30 feet wide. jyonr Inspection." well in central or western Kansas, not exactly Inspecting," she, Likewise deeply dented kernels are not suitable in the dry regions, aaiid. 'looking Into his kind, shrewd eyes, CJyothla was moved by a second Im- SEC. 3.

Th.at the cost of said pavement and curb and gutter shall be assessed the abutting property according to law and shall be paid by installments and for such installments there shall be issued im h. Freedom from the disease shown in cracked kernels filled with fungus is essential for this disease provement bonds in installments of may be present in kernels that are whole, from the same ear. The seemingly good kernels may even sprout erual amount each year; none oi which bonds shall run longer than 10 years, nor bear interest to exceed six and grow but are apt to be barren or 0 per cent per annum and interest grow nubbins. coupons shall be attached thereto City 8. We depend upon a germination ii wra test to decide both ability to grow.

Said bonds shall not be issued in an amount in excess of Itjie contract and to a large extent, freedom from disease. A few years ago we ulant price of said improvement and sWall be payable from such assessment to jwiIhr a need of fellow sympathy, taps, for the hardness of the She herself could hardly have expluln- the Impulse. "I came," she added abruptly, "to Chink things over. To put myself, as) fflt were, In place of the woman who, an been dispossessed of the home of her lifetime. To wonder just what samuM do In her place." asked the man.

Un-Oavlted, he seated himself on the set-Cte. "Cynthia nodded. "She carried the mortgage as long as could, hnd then It was foreclosed. There had been an Invalid father fpr, jnars, you see, her youth was tied. atat she made little money go a very' Hong way; she was planning to make' ed seed from ears that had one or be made in each year, so tar as same is chargeable to abutting property, two weak sprouts on the six kernels in a rag doll test.

Now we know better than to do this. Recently the In SEC. 4. This resolution shall be published for four consecutive weeks in The Stafford Courier. 1220 Tractor Passed and resolved by the city council of the city of Stafford this 24th dav of February, 1920: Approved by the mayor this 24th diana Experiment Station has shown that these weak sprouts are indications of disease and tha: seed when planted are apt to sprout grow only a few inches or at best produce a barren stalk.

"What are you going to give Bill for a i birthday present?" inquired an East Main street boy's mother. "Well, I thought I would give him a book," answered the boy, "then I can cither read it before I give it to him or borrow it after the birthday party." dav of February, VJZV. S. E. PEACOCK, Mayor.

ATTEST: C. E. STONE, (SEAL) City Clerk. First published in the Stafford Courier this 26th day of February, 1920. Ilt4, We announce to the people of this community, ihat we have secured the agency for the Twin City line of Tractors and Threshers, and in a few days will have a Twin City Tractor on our floor.1 1 The Twin City 12-20 has so many exclusive features found in no other tractor that we want to impress on you the importance of seeing this Tractor before you buy.

Experts consider it the greatest achievement in Tractor Engineering of the year. Whether you intend buying a tractor this' year or not you owe it to yourself to see the Twin City and find out if other Tractors on the market have all, the features you want in your machine. Kite old house pay for Itself, when" dynfhhfs tender fuce hardened "a brute of a man foreclosed the mort- xajR. He'd been waiting his chance, for years, wanted to build a big apart-sent on the land. So the poor woman toad to get out.

she brushed the aawrs from -her eyes "It's a tragedy to aaip," Cynthia explained. "You see, I Smew her well." The man; drew a notebook from his OmCket hikI held It up to the light. iituth Vail was the former owner of tfcn froperty, I believe," he said. 'knew, this man who fore- jsedr saw Cynthia replied, "Just amce. A red-faced bully who made no Uowuncejfor woman's helplessnesssin IMjs Her indlnntlon ended 3a- a trodden' smile.

fl hoped," suld Cynthia, "that I might meet that man here toduy to Cive him an Illuminating glimpse of an own character. and greed Jbave killed all humanity In him." TRhc stranger rose from the bettle tand-sto toolOng down1 upon' herv-'r' yim- irnay said "Sometimes tlat Is so 'Jbujt this wct-fuced bully of Vhom you arpnak was1 tvut the owner's agent ful-' Kiting what lie. thought to be his duty, Tfce despicable creature to whom you awtr1s myself, I held that tnortgoge; ftatl waliiot liiformCd of this partlcu-' tltawr tastattoe orvforeclosute does not ex-ji wose oe. 1)ly mtip Is ordered to Jake what Is mine. Now that you! ae relreVedy blindness wiH'y6u tlaihe-upon yourself the pleasure of go-; .1 An11tnM V.

HM AUCTION SALE Saturday March 6th 1920 March 6th, 1920 I will sell at Public Auction, my farm in Kingman Ivansas, located one mile south of Spi-vey, on the Chicaskia creek consisting of 240 acre's. Well improved, good stone house, stone barn 30x40, well and, mill, 100 ton steel silo, all fenced and cross fenced, 160 acres in 'cultivation, some alfalfa, living water, plenty of pasture for 30 to 50 head of cattle. Will make, reasonable terms to "purchaser. 1 Will give possession as soon as sale is con-firmed. Ask any expert mechanic or the man who owns one.

She is to be reinstated here, promise of being undisturbed, un-Tin ahes ttia advantage of a good atattr -Cynthia The Curray Hdw. Co. Sale to, start at 10 o'clock a. m. sharp.

W. H. CARLISLE, OWNER Newcomb, Auctioneer. Spivey State Bank Cashier. You "i she began ishk Utj.

pansed. fl-oni Kuth Cynthia told ttdia. The man smiled enigmatically. Too tooted Twrninclr at homrup-' -at that he 1.