The Downs News and The Downs Times from Downs, Kansas • 3

THE NEWS AND TIMES Thursday, January 5, 1922 Ben Simnielink, one of our bully good friends out on the Cawker route, put in an appearance at our The Beam Motor Company at Stockton is the latest large concern in Western Kansas to slide upon the rocks and seek shelter in the bankruptcy courts. deavor to extinguish the fire. After the flames were extinguished he attempted to lift the body but the flesh began' dropping from the bones and an undertaker was called to attend the gruesome remains. sanctum early Saturday morning and handed our cashier the makings for another years supply of good reading matter. FOR DRV GOOD A Another small child was burned to death at Thillipsburg last week, making two children to meet death by fire within the year.

Several children were playing in the back yard, popping pop-corn over a bon fire. The mother of the little girl burned is partially deaf and when the little girl's cries- were heard she thought the children were merely having a good time at their play. A nearby neighbor heard the child's cryi for help but by the time he had reached the little tot her clothing1 was a mass of flames. He grabbed the little girl and rolled her in the dust in an en Mrs. Don Nesbitt and two children left last Friday morning for Riverton, for a few days' visit with her parents.

Almost every newspaper coming to our exchange table last week either contained one or more articles telling of daring robberies or auto smash ups, and invariably in the latter case some ohe was either killrd outright or seriously injured. Val Wright sold a carload of fine two-year-old steers to Skinner Sellers the first of the week. The steers, which made an average weight of 1148 pounds, will be butchered as needed for the new market, which opens Saturday. The Sta-Youngs enjoyed their New Years dance in the of Commerce rooms Friday of last week. Among the towners to come in and line up before our cashier tho tail end of last week was our good friend, Henry Wichers.

Mr. Wichers is one of those fellows who never forget the printerman along about the time one turns the calendar over for the new. year; Mr. and Mrs. S.

W. Carney were host and hostess to a seven o'clock dinner party at their Tiome Monday evening, the guests being Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garrigues, of Osborne, Mr. and Mrs.

George Bemis and Joseph Carney. $sef A WONDERFUL SALE OF SUITS, COATS and DRESSES Continuing throughout this week and all of next week. We wish to extend our sincere thanks to the many friends and neighbors for their kind sympathy acid assistance during the illness and death of our husband and father, and to the pall bearers, Messrs. Raymond Garey, J. A.

Lutz, Joe Baumgartner, Peter Junk, -Chas. Stephenson and Thos. McKenna. Also for floral offerings. Mrs.

Mary Ottlcy and Family. T. S. Robinson, route two, made connections with this office while in the city last Saturday afternoon and made the cashier a present of a couple of "bucks," a reminder that he wished the News and Times to keep coming out his way during the year 1922. Groceries Remember we are in the business now and expect to be Mrs.

B. F. Hansen entertained a number of friends at her home. Monday evening to a delightful three course dinner. After dinner the guests enjoyed an evening of games and other forms of entertainment and a royal good time is reported.

The guests 'were: Misses Marian Hard-man, Hazel Wilson, 1 Lalah Magaw, Lyle Bickle, Mrs. P. E. Arnold, Mrs. F.

B. Lewis and Mrs. Wilbur Florea. next summer' with as good an equipment for handling meats ns any market in the state and we have been selling meat Norm Nixon returned from Kansas City Sunday where he had spent several days at the wholesale house getting lined up for the new year's business. Norm is one of the most popular traveling salesmen in Western Kansas and sells more hardware than any other salesman in his territory.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Greider enjoyed a brief visit on New Year's evening with the latter's brother, George Lewis, of Longford, Kans.

Mr. Lewis had been taking treatments at Wa- cheaper right through the market than the winter peddler. i CORN-FED MEATS: We have a carload right in the feed lot, eating corn: Fore Quarters, per pound 8c conda Springs and ran up from there for an over-night visit with his sister and family before returning to his home. Silk plush coats grouped in three prices, ranging at $14.50, $16.50 and $19.75. A new line of good all-w ool cloth coats in all the desirable colors, originally priced $35, $45.00 $59.75 purchased at very special prices, we are offering them to our trade at exactly HALF PRICE Our remaining stock of all-wool suits, mostly navy blue, regularly priced from $49.75 to $59.75 reduced to $23.75 Beautiful line of poiret twill dresses in new styles at $14.50, $1650 and $19.75.

Hind Quarters, per pound I 11c Boil Meat, per pound 10c Roast Meat, per pound 15c Beef Steak, per pound J. D. (Jerry) Botkin, 72, pioneer Kansan, holder of long record pf public offices in the state, died at a hospital in Liberal, Kansas, last Thursday morning. J. D.

was twice 'a candidate for governor, once in 1888 on the Prohibition ticket and again in 1910 when he was defeated bji W. R. Stubbs. He was warden of the Kansas State penitentiary for two years and some years ago was elected congressman from Kansas. Mr.

and Mrs. Nate Winters and son George, and Mr. and Mrs. Ward Greenman and children went out to the country home of Mr. and Mrs.

J. J. Greenman Monday and assisted in PORK PRODUCTS One-Half Hog, per 10c Pork Shoulder, whole, per pound 16c Pork Ham, whole, per 20c Pork Side, whole, per pound 15c Pure Lard, home rendered, 5 60c a "butchering bee," Mr. Greenman having a couple of fat porkers he de sired to put into his meat, cellar for summer use. We also carry a complete line of GROCERIES, Fresh Vege- tables and evervthiner found in a first-class store.

Lloyd Hettinger, who travels for the Baker Company with territory in Sheridan and Trego came home last Thursday for a visit with T. E. Ward, member of the Young Co. Construction has returned from his holiday visit and is making arrangements to get his force of men re-organized and started on the grading of the streets preparatory to paving. During the remainder of the winter months a large force of men will be employed to do the grading of the streets to be paved, laying of the water mains and getting everything in readiness for the paving gang to commence work with the opening of spring, home folks.

He expects to return to ORTEL'S MARKET DELIVERY AT ALL HOURS Hoxie, his headquarters, Monday. Lloyd is making good with his com pany and during the past year ranked 9th out of 278 men in tho average of sales made. 'I 'J Jm1 'H 'I 'I i' I Miss Edith Dockstader, of Juno LOCAL NEWS NOTES tion City, and a student at K. S. A.

has been a guest of Miss Marian Hardman the fore part of last week, returned to her homelast Zane Grey's new book, "To the Last Man." Ebnother's. rmay. Air. and Airs. wm.

Hettinger en joyed a New Years visit with all of "Atkinson's orchestra furnished the MBsic for a New Year's dance at the Woodman hall Saturday evening. their children this year, except Mr. and Mrs. A. W.

Hanna, of Idalia, who found it impossible to at tend the family reunion. Mrs. Henry Grace and children left for Beatrice, Monday morning to spend the week with home folks. A A Miss Gertrude Srack, who spent her Christmas vacation with her friend, WILL MAKE A SPLENDID, EVERLASTING GIFT and you may have this celebrated Phonograph sent to your home for a small payment! We have several cabinet models from $65 to $150; other cabinet styles $250 to $310, period and console models $225 to $750. Miss Ruth Lukritz, wTent up to OS' Mr.

and Mrs. George Taylor and children spent New Year's day in Osborne at the home of the former's parents. borne Saturday for a few days' visit with friends and from there will re turn to her home in Manhattan. S. W.

Carney was around last Saturday presenting the different busk Ms firms of the city with elegant calendars. illr i 'dbolii The boys up at the Farmers' Union store have found their city business to be gaining on them so rapidly of late that they have decided to put on a free city delivery. A new auto truck will be put into service just as W. A. Layton, formerly a resident ti Osborne, has been appointed city manaecr of Salina at a salary of soon as one can be secured.

$6,000 per year. Skating parties have been "too numerous to mention" the past week. II 1 RECORDS Almost every afternoon and evening C. L. Cushing left early Sunday Morning for a swing up thru the western part of the state, returning home Monday evening.

the young folks of tti city (and some of the older ones, too) have slung in ill their skates across their shoulders and hied themselves to the river. Play en any phonograph without extra attachments. December release now on sale Mr. and Mrs. R.

P. Mace entertain ed at a seven o'clock New Year's din ner at their home in North Downs on Miss Eva Parker came down from Osborne last Thursday and spent the wck end at the home of her sister, Mm. George Taylor. Very nearly all of the young folks who came home to spend their vacations with home folks, have returned to their various schools. Saturday evening.

The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hobson, of Stockton, C. C. Hobson and daughter, Miss Hazel, and Leland Jones.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Worley are now residents of our city, having moved into the Charles Jones property in North Downs last week. Mrs. Carrie Huff, of Wichita, a niece of Judge Huff, died at her home on December 25th following a surgical operation.

Interment was made in a' Colorado Springs, cemetery Tuesday afternoon. She is survived by her husband and two The annual meeting of the Bethany Center Mutual Telephone Co. will be held in the Bethany Center school house on Monday night, Jan. 9th. I Mr.

and Mrs. Boy Hettinger and children returned to their home in Abilene Monday after a few days' visit with relatives and friends in Downs. Fire of an unknown origin destroyed a barn on the Wm. Crosley farm, 3 miles south and 1 miles west of Downs, early Saturday forenoon. Mr.

Crosley managed to drive the live stock from the burning building but lost several tons of feed and also some grain. 'Of all the marvelous inventions devised by man, it seems to mo the most wonderful of all is the Phonograph because it can talk. It veri-fies that passage of Scripture which reads: being dead yet And though the tongue of flesh may wither to dust and eternal silence, yet a tongue of metal will continue to speak its message and sing its song in ages to Gives New Beauty to Record Music "Tones that are reproduced truer, finer, sweeter." "Music that in both spirit end letter is restated with greater beauty." "All records transcribed with greater fidelity." Golden opinions like these are showered on The Burns-wick by its hearers All phonographs, all records, have been weighed in on the delicately balanced scales of musical knowledge. And in the home of great musicians, both in Europe and America, you will find Burns-wick the musical world's accepted ideality in phonographic expression. MisB Hazel Wilson returned to Salina Tuesday after spending her holiday vacation with home folks.

Miss Hazel is employed in the Salina schools zt a very lucrative salary. George Tamm, came up from Kansas City last Saturday and re mained over Sunday at the parental home. Albert, who found business JL W. MJGH MUSIC ST0E11 Mrs. Eelle Hahn and her three sons, Joe, Frank and Edwin, drove down from the farm in the western part of the county last Thursday and spent the diy with Grandma Ann Williams.

The latter went out there the last of the week to spend New Year's day with the family of her daughter. too pressing to leave the city on Saturday, arrived in town Sunday morning to Spend New Years day with home folks. fThe two Tamm boys are well tip in the business of Kansas City and each of them are more than making good the Gate City of the West. 'H IHI1 I'M H't 141 1 I I' I S' i 1. 1, ii it.

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