Portis Independent from Portis, Kansas • 1

4 VOLUME XIX. FORTIS, OSBORNE COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19t, 1922. NUMBER 24. BANK ROBBERY A YEAR AGO. CANVASS FOR CHURCH BUDGET.

BICKLE WELLS. COMMUNITY FAIR AND SCHOOL OF EXTENSION. THE P0RTIS-0SB0RNE ROCK ROAD IS UPHELD. Mr. Turner and Mr.

Thomas have returned from their conference with the State Highway Commission at Topeka and we. are able to report to tlx- public that the rock and gravel road as petitioned for from Portis to Osborne will stand all o. k. and In addition to this, the State Commission recommended that this north and south road be extended south and west from Osborne to Russell and north from Portis to Smith Center. The Commission was very reluctant to make any change in the route from Downs as originally proposed, that is, west to the Storer corner south of Portis.

However, Obituary Mrs. J. H. Chrisman. Mrs.

James Chrisman who was stricken with paralysis on October 2nd, died at her home Saturday night. She recovered somewhat from the stroke and was thought to be getting better gradually but took a sudden turn for the worse and death ensued. Ella Wolverton was born in Laf-eyette, Ohio on July 23rd, 1857. In her girlhood days she moved with her parents to Rryon, Ohio where she married James II. Chrisman on November 17th, 1877.

After a few years they moved to Nebraska where they helped make the pioneer history of that state. In the year 1899 they moved to Oklahoma and after living there five years they moved to Kansas in which stale they have since resided, having moved to Port is from Smith County a few years ago. Mrs. Chrisman died at her home in Tort is last Saturday night. October 14th, 1922, her age being C5 years, 2 months and 21 days.

Thirty-five years ago the deceased was converted in a little country M. E. Church near their home in She is survived by her husband; three daughters, Elsie James of Gaylord, liessie Dillon of Portis Ellie Jackson of Holla ire; and (wo sons, Harry anil Charles, of Portis. Two daughters preceded her to the world beyond. Ilesides the children mentioned she leaves sixteen grandchildren, two sisters and one brother.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Ihe E. Church al two o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. E. Hall, and burial was made at the Crystal Plains cemetery in Smith County.

We wish to express our heartfelr thanks to our many neighbors and friends at Portis and vicinity for their kindness and assistance Curing the illness of our beloved wife, and mother and also at the time of the death and burial. We a'ro are grateful for Ihe many beautiful flowers. James Chrisman anil children. NOTICE TO EX-SERVICE MEN." The Ilrcthreii Church people will put on their Every-Member Canvass for the year's Budget of $2,450.00 next Sunday afternoon, October 22. The membership is asked to remain at home until after the solicitors have called to see them.

Have your minds made up as to what you want to do for the church the coming year. This is the lord's work and if all co-operate it can be made easy, and be done in one day. Those who are' to do the solicitation will go out in icanis of two. The territory has been divided up into six districts, two south of town, east andwest of the Osborne road; and two north of' tow east and west of the Sunflower Trail; and two in town, east and west of Main Street. The brethren who will do the' work, chosen by the Church Hoard' are, Elva Lemon, Frank Ratliff.

II. A. Turner, Joshua Miller, George Smith, Charles Booze, Dell i D. W. Paxton, Wm.

Herron, George Thompson, John Held and one other whose name we failed to get. The success of the coming year's work I will depend on what the membership will do on this day. The Lord has been good to all in the past, we have not gone hungry, unclothed, and still have a reasonable portion of health, so we should show our ap- preeiation to Him by making gifts In his name. The weekly envelope system was adopted again, and yours will tie given to you by the solicitors when I hey call. The system is all right if we work it.

So let's unite' in one big effort to accomplish our goal, in His Name. xx SCHOOL PIE SUPPER. There will be a pie supper at the Garfield school four miles northeast of Portis on Friday night, October 27th at eight o'clock. There will be a program followed by the sale of pies. The public is invited and ladies are requested to bring pies.

Miss Gladys Naylor of Portis is the teacher. Mr. and Mrs. John Dorr spent ten days early this month 'in Colorado at Cheyenne Weels with Mrs. Stormet and Mrs.

Armstrong, daughters of Mrs. Dorr. Mr. Dorr says it was dry over most of the territory through which they traveled. They covered 507 miles without a puncture and no trouble at all to their Overland.

Little Uillye Cummings, granddaughter of Mrs. C. E. Burtch, has been very sick the past week. She contracted scarlet fever in some way and was seriously ill for several days.

She recovered somewhat from this but has now contracted pneumonia and is in a critical condition and tier recovery is doubtful. A number of the Dynamos were at Downs the first of the week giving their opinion reagrding the layout and fixtures for the basketball court in the New Memorial Hall. The e-quipnient for the court was ordered through the Dynamos and the court will be ready for use early in November. Common rumor has it that the Dynamos will play at Downs this season either as the Downs Dynamos or else as the Portis Dynamos and play all games on the Downs court. No agreement has been made to that effect so far and we cannot say positively as to that plan.

However, Ihe team has practically -agreed to play the opening game on the' court on Armistice Day, Nov. 11th, against lie best team that can be obtained Tor the occasion. There will be a bjg fool ball game and other features during the day. We heat a package to tutt. they consented to recommend the southern route from Downs, that is, some four miles south and tHn west into Osborne, as a compromise and to grant the north and south road between Portis and Osborne in order' to lu-coniuiodate more of the taxpayers of Osborne county.

Mr. Turner says that when our people get awake to the real facts concerning road: building with federal aid, we will see some good roads in a very few years and at a cost that will not burden anyone. FORDS GOING DOWN! The local Ford dealer, G. E. Wlne- inger, had a wire Tuesday evening advising of a drop in Ford prices effective that date, Oct.

17th. See his ad in this issue relative to the new prices. This is the third drop in price on Fords this year and they are now selling at mark lower than ever before during the history of the i Company. The reduction averages bout fifty dollars per car on most all of the models. The Methodist ladies have decided to serve dinner and supper election day, November 7th, at the church baseiient instead of at the house in the city park as originally planned.

An unusual specimen in the way of a vegetable may be seen at the In- dependent office. It is a large yam that looks like a parrot, especially first glance. The yam weighs over five pounds and was grown by John Rube just southwest of town. Notice-the Missionary Society of the Brethren Church wishes to serve notice to the public at Portis that they will serve dinner on Thanksgiv-j Ing day, November 30th, at the base- merit of the church. This will likely be the first dinner served in the new remodeled building.

Further part iculars later. Arthur Dague is having the Independent furnish advertising matter for a sale he will hold soon at his farm east of town but the date of which is not yet decided. Watch paper next week for particulars. C. E.

Bent ley returned Wednesday morning from Concordia where he went Monday to attend to some business affairs and visit relatives. Chas. Rooz and Chas. Bradskey left Sunday by auto for Hiawatha in eastern Kansas to attend a big sale of Chester White hogs. They thot some of going into southern Nebraska to attend another sale but secured what they wanted at Hiawatha and so went no further and got back to Portis Tuesday afternoon.

The i stuff they bought there arrived at, Portis yesterday morning. The men! were accompanied Clay Doolittlej who had some business affairs to look after at Seneca. They went through Washington going down and stopped for a visit with Arch and Will Welch. jviouiters Moult From lie Downs News. Another popular young Downs couple were united in lust Sunday, afternoon, October 8th, 1922 when Donald K.

Wells and Miss Lyle Bickle drove to Red Cloud, Nebraska and the happy words were spoken that made them man and wife. The ceremony was performed at the Methodist church by the resident minister and in the presence of Harold D. Arend and Miss Hildegarde Krobst of this city, who accompanied the buidal couple to Red Cloud. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Ira Bickle. She is a graduate of the Portis high school and is a young lady of charming personality and gracious manners. For the past year she has been employed in the dry goods department of G. H. Skinner where she has proved highly eflicient and where her efficiency won her many friends.

She is very popular with a large circle of friends who wish her a future of unalloyed happiness such as she richly deserves. The groom is the only son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Nate Wells. He was born and grew to manhood in this city, attending the Downs high school until this country declared war with Germany, when he quit school and entered the services of Uncle Sam, being a volunteer member of Co.

organized in Downs in 1917, and served overseas with his company until the close of the war. He is a young man of sterling qualities and is popular with a large c'- friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wells have leaned light housekeeping rooms at the home of Mrs.

D. E. Allen on West Division street, where they are at home to their friends. A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. You will never make footprints on the sar.ds of time if you spent all of your time sitting down.

Edd Gosney reports that he is disposing of a lot of the wood he sawed last week and will not have enough torun long. He plans vo, get nyr 5nto shape soon to cut up and offer for sale. Elmer Hammond does not make a general practice of delivering goods from his store but we understand that he will deliver certain articles, for instance walking sticks, canes, and so forth. Speaking of apples, how many bushels do you imagine grows on a tree? We do not know what the record is but Frank RatlifT tells us that his mother who is visiting at Independence, Mo. writes him that she saw a tree on which were thirty bushels of the fruit.

Ordinarily people do not take ad vice with any more pleasure than they do the bitter medicine the doctor leaves" for them, however, the Independent is. going to give folks a little tip this week and 'we are real sure they are going to follow our suggestion. It is Jhis if you have not yet. lit the fire in the furnace or lut up the heater, do so at once. A Mitchell man shipped a carload of potatoes to Portis last, week and had them on the sidetrack for sale.

Saturday morning O. E. Eaton made a deal and got hold of ihe carload. He put a price of 55 cents per bushel on them and they went out in a hurry, being closed out by Monday night. It was a 600-bushel car and they were Idaho grown stock.

We cannot remember a time when potatoes have sold off lie car at Portis for that price. BOOZE PARTY RUNS AMUCK. Topeka State Journal. Manhattan, Oct. 10.

R. H. Mahin and Lewis Moore of Smith Center, today were fined $500. and sentenced to 90 days in jail, each, on charges of having twenty-five gallons of grain nlcohol in their possession. The case against C.

L. Mahin, nephew of R. II. also a member of the par.ty, was continued and he was released on bond. Win.

Mahin, well known Smith Center attorney and a relative of the two defendants of that name, appeared in behalf of the trio in court. A large touring car in which the three men were riding along with their cargo of liquor, is being held by the sheriff here. It carries a license number indicating it belongs to Bert Porter of Glasco. Moore testified that the liquor was purchased in Kansas City and was being taken to Smith Center. No doubt about a year ago now some miserable crook was laying the plans for robbing the PortiH Flint State Hank as it was a year ago the coming Tuesday night that the local bank was looted and burglarized.

During the year "no particular evl-j denco of the guilty parties has been obtained except that certain members of the Eddie Adams gang are reported to have told authorities, after they were in an eastern state prison, that they did the Portis Job. At times during the year some of the safety deposit boxes and valuable papers have been found in out-of-the-way places in Mitchell county southeastward from Portis which indicates that the thieves made their ge'-away in that direction, and they likely went on to Wichita which was headquarters then for the Adams gang, taking for granted that this outfit did the work. Most of the val-' uable papers and all but one or two of the deposit boxes were found in Mitchell county. We are unable to state the actual loss but it is several thousand dollars. The Independent is one of the heaviest losers, the a-niount being $650.

in unregistered bonds and war saving stamps. We understand that L. M. Northway and Allen Hammond each lost about this same amount. Of course large a-1 mounts of registered bonds were also taken and not recovered but it is assumed that the thieves were unable to cash in on these.

I I POLITICAL ADVERTISING. It is nearlng election time and in every paper you are offered columns of political dope and advertising. This is not always the idea of the editor but is generally paid political advertising. For some time considerable political advertising has been running in the Independent practically all of which is paid for by either the candidate himself or by the County or State central committee. For the most part just now the Independent is running articles rela tive to the Sixth District congressmen, Boyd and Hays, and so readers must be their own Judge as Ij the sincerity and correctness of the ar- tides.

As we have stated, the Inde-I pendent is a republican paper but we are not partisan enough but that we recognize the fact that it is a I good thing to have at least two big political parties and to offer the In dependent columns to either or both of them on identical terms. From now on till election we have enough political advertising to swamp the paper but will try to handle it all if at all possible and take care of the ads of both parties according to their receipt at the office. Read the ads, make some sort of conclusion, and don't let it be said on November 7th that you did not go to the polls. John Rube and family, Carl Thom- as and family and Mr. and Mrs.

Ross Rube were guests lasi Sunday at uie Mrs. Elizabeth King home. The Nick Maier family wishes that, the Independent express to their i neighbors and friends of the commit-! nity, their sincere thanks for the assistance given them in their present trying circumstances following the burning of their home recently. The friends of the vicinity have been li- beral in providing new clothing and the immediate necessities and the la- dies have dpne considerable sewing: for the children and the family is very thankful for the kind acts, i Mr. and Mrs.

H. A. Turner got home Tuesday evening from their trip to Topeka and other central Kansas towns. Mr. Turner went there last week on business connected with the proposed rock and gravel load between Portis and Osborne and Lino elsewhere in the county.

His report regarding same may be read elsewhere in this issue. The Turners visited several former Portis families now residing in Topeka and also went to Pomona in Franklin county southeast of Topeka and visited wilh the Geo. Cade family, former Portis people. Mr. Turner says the Cades' are doing well there and have good crops this year.

He brot some products from the Cade farm which can be seen at the Independent office as follows: two fine ears of corn, two pawpaws and a pear that for size beats any we have ever seen. Mr. Turner reports good rains in the part of state where they visited and says wheat looks good all along the Kaw valley and on this way as far as Mitchell County. Mr. and Mrs.

Turner came home by way of Salina and visited their cons, Orville and Joe, who are attending the Wesleyan U. at Salina. In this issue of the Independent is an ad relative to the Downs community Fair and Extension School. Head it as the affair is going to be one of importance to the vicinity. The following account relative to Ihe event is taken from the Downs News of last week.

The slock salt) department of the community fair is now full. Sixty-two head of purebred stock is registered for the sale. If you are in need of a Hereford bull, a Short Horn bull, a Duroc Jersey boar, you will be able to get your need at the first great purebred sale ever held at a community fair in Downs. The historical curio department, under the direction of Del Cox, is creating a great interest and many of the homes of the community will contribute to this display. Mrs.

Myrtle Hampton, Superintendent of the Woman's Department, wants you to contribute and make a display that will be admired by all. Watch the special premium list which will be furnished the paper next week. Nate Winters wants all of the farmers to bring to the fair the best that their farm grows. We want peck displays of small grain. Let us have a line corn show.

George Tamni is making arrangements to take care of your Btock. Men will be employed to care for them during ihe night. The stock is to be judged by Prof. Mc-Campbell, the greatest stock specialist of the Mississippi valley. A ribbon from him is considered the highest honor.

The school of extension is to be the best in years. Ureal men are to be here, to instruct us. We want these lectures well attended. It is hoped that each business man will take special pains to decorate bis place of business and enter into the spirit of the fair. It will be one of the best chances for three days to show the world what we have to offer and the prices we can make.

The baby conference under the health department of the state should attract the attention of the people of the community. This will be a real chance to have your child studied and to get an expert opinion of four doctors. Give the children a chance. Caiload of CABBAGE and ONIONS at PORTIS SOON! We expect to have a carload of cabbage and onions on track at Por tis soon, the last of this week or early next week. Cabbage priced at per hundred pounds and onions priced at $2.50 per hundred pounds.

your orders now and watch for arrival of the car. The EATON STORE. Th KAUMEUS' UNION STORE. The ships that pass in the nTght are no longer seen, but you may be able to sell them. Mrs.

Ace Staaduine has been at Manhattan several days this week visiting her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Dull, and husband who are attending K. S. A. C.

there. Ben llurgard received a bushel box of mighty fine pears Tuesday from a relative in southern Iowa not far from the town of Oakley. The pears are very large ones and fancy stock in every way. C. E.

Wincinger was at several days last week as a witness for the government in a feieral grand jury investigation rel-Btie to the stealing of certain autos out in this part of the country. A number of men from this section were subpoenaed for the purpose of establishing evidence against an alleged gang of car stealers. Mr. Wincinger got home Friday night. you want to see some really big applet, call at the Independent.

Of course there have been larger apples than the ones we have but they are large enough to be interesting and measure twelve inches around. We have just a few as samples taken from a truck loud in town Tuesday. They were from southeastern Nebraska in the Falls City vicinity. The proprietor of the load was trying to interest some local merchant in bringing a carload to Portis but we are unable to state whether this will be done. There were several varieties in the load and the ones we have are York Imprials.

Apples are said to be quite plentiful in that portion of Nebraska this season. We understand the apples would have to sell at Portis at $1.50 to 1.75 per bushel, the higher price being for, fancier stock in Members of Glenn W. Bottorff Posl No. 11 American legion and other ex-service men within the jurisdiction of the Posl are requested to meet al Ihe Legion Hall Wednesday evening. October 25th, eight o'clock p.

Downs, Kansas. Matters of great importance concerning the Kansas Adjusted Compensation Act. Feed alter the meeting. Harold D. Arend.

Commander. MEETING of the PORTIS BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB AH otlicers and members of the Pol is Itus'iiess Club are requested to meet Ihe coining Monday evening, October 23rd at the Independent office at seven-thirty o'clock. Several important matters are waiting for action by the club and it is time for election of officers. Let a good attendance be present. J.

C. MclLVAIN, President. WHEAT BACK TO A DOLLAR. Wheat is bringing a dollar a bushel on I lie local market for the first tine in a long time. In fact it has not brought a dollar except for a short time during last summer when new wheat was first put on the and then most of the dollar- wheat was contracted.

Previous to that wheat had been below a dollar I for many months. A price of $1.00 per bushel was offered last Saturday and yesterday the market was $1.01. Com and oats are also both up a I nickle Ibis week and there is a slight 'gain in barley. I The Independent has on exhibit i some fancy Nancy Hall sweet potatoes grown in Portis by W. S.

Pres-! uell. TJiey were grown without irrigating and nine of them weigh o-' ver ten pounds. Mr. Presnell says he has about eleven bushels of them. They are so large that everyone calls (Hem vams but Mr.

Presnell declares Mhev are are Nancy Halls and since 'he 'is considered some authority on gardening, we take his word for it. Bradskey. local Chestei-Wliite hog men, took seven first two seconds and two thirds 'a, i be Sylvan Grove Fair where they seven of their hogs on exhibit. They also look the grand champion-'sbip This record, together with theh- vinings at the Mitchell county rair makes it apparent that they lvlve -nine fancy stock and are get-llinR on the map the Chester-White hog business. THINK of the amount of hen energy, vitality and red blood required to grow a thousand feathers the average plumage! A moulting hen needs good health good appetite good digestion.

Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a helps poultry through the moult and starts pullets find moulted hens to laying. It contains tonics for the appetite, tonics to aid digestion. It tones up the dormant egg organs. It contains iron that gives a moulting hen rich, red blood and a red comb.

No disease where Pan-a-ce-a is fed. By all means feed your moulting bens Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a. We handle the Dr. He Line.

Call on us. Sold at Portis, Kansas by The MILLS DRUG COMPANY Tell ns how many hens you hare..