Lewis Press from Lewis, Kansas • 1

Vj to ft? VOLUME 4, NUMBER 34 LEWIS, EDWARDS COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY OCT. 26 1922 $15o PER I 1 The SIGNS ON THE ROADS the merchants of this town have for sale. If vour ad is missing Did you see your favorite candidate the past week? Guess they were all here wearing "The smile that wontecome until after The increaseing popularity of CREDIT ROLL. Those who have paid their subscription to The Press since our last report of the credit role are: ZephieRay. they will probably turn to the other fellow the man who goes after MY IRISH ROSE CHARACTERS.

Coleman McCormack, Irish Farmer. Sherman Smith, Maurice Fitzgerald. Dublin Elvie Newton, business, and gets it. Nov. 7.

One of the pastimes of motion WHAT FOLKS SAY "I have started taking applications for membership in the Corn Shuckers Union again. The fee was $16.00 last year, but owing to picture actresses now is guessing who will succeed them as wives of their divorced husbands. Great Britain paid this country 50 million dollars intrest on its perated largely by a bunch of To-peka business men in competition to our only State Fair held in Hutchinson each fall. It seems we have been alone in our efforts, so far as the other weekly papers are concerned, to get this important matter before the public. Its the duty of every weekly newspaper at least, especially those of Western Kansas, to put this matter before their readers.

While the candidates sTill are romping over the country filling your ear full of "Tax Reform they should be asked if they will make an effort, if elected, to put a stop to the use of the peoples money to help run a privately owned free show in Topeka. lower wages this year, the fee will be $7.07" Kelly war debt a few days ago. That would be quite a tidy sum if we BIG DAY PLANNED As we go to press we are informed the American Legion and business men of Lewis aie arrangeing. a Community Day program to be put on on Armistice Day. As the arrangements for the program are not completed we are requested to ask the public to watch the Press carefully for further It is the intention of the ones in charge to make this a Red Letter Day for Lewis.

Watch for the splendid prizes to be given. "I ennt make up my mind wheth hadn't already spent it. er to fill my cellar with coal or go south for the winter" Bill Wells. How time changes system. The old time candidates first sentence in making a speech was: "When I Terry Creigan, Young Irish Patriot in Exile, Ray Pay ton.

Archibald Pennywitt, Englishman, Elmer White. Micheal Pepperdine Barrester, Merlyn Hart. Shawn McGilly, Laziest Man in all Kildare, Merideth Ford. Ann Mary McCormack, Coleman's Sister, Blanch Hager. The Widow Hannegan, Glenna Bridges.

Eileen Fitzgerald, Dorris Dugger. Lady Agnes Barricklow, Thelma Brown. Pegeen Burke, Virginia Smith. Rose Creigan, A Wild Irish Rose, Verda McCarter. To be presented at the High School Nev.

9, under the auspices cf the Young MenV Class of the Christian Church. "I never believed a lecture could be worth $10.00" Coach Fred Keller Well- we have always been able to make a living out in this coun automobile touring as well as the increaseing use of automobiles for business has made necessary the marking of roadways 30 that motorists may know where they are and may get to their objective point without loss of time through losing "their Way. During the past few years practically every state has built many miles of good roads and many more miles are to be built. We are learning that the good roads movement means more than the mere building of smooth highways. We have learned the absolute necessity for proper supervision and maintenance and for begining this supervision and maintenance as soon as the roads are pen to the public.

There is also the necessity of policing the roads so that dangerous speeders may be suppressed and so the roads may not be damaged or bridges destroyed by, overloaded trucks or too heavy machinery, such as traction engines. We must also learn the necessity for proper posts along ths roads. Some highways are well marked and the tourist can easily find his way, while other highways are poorly marked. graduated from today a-bout the first words of the candi date are: "When 1 was a farmer." try, and thats a lot better than they do some Col. Jarvis We are told that Germany is "I dont knwo anything for sure making a great stride in developing her merchant marine.

Con except death andjtaxes; butif you vinced at last that this is more profitable and brings on less trouble than the. submarine. GRANGE NOTICE. The National Grange will open on November 15 at Wichita, Kans-sas. All 4th.

Degree members desiring to" take the higher degrees may do sojf they are there on the morning of the 17 Identification certificates which will entitle holder to reduced railroad fare may be obtained from C. M. Huckstep. AGOOD PLACE TOLIVE Every day we see or hear something good and praiseworthy about someone in this town, and it just clinches us in the opinion that it is a good place to live. We hear and see good deeds and traits of the farmers out in the country, and that too, giyes us a mighty fine feeling.

A person might travel a long way and see many worse places to live than in this town and among these good town and country people It suits us. It i3 reported that Francisco Villa is going into the banking busiuess. We'd say it was rather a risky ven ture, considering that he is liable to forget sometime whose bank it is and hold It up. WOULD HE? Mrs. John A.

Ary met With a very pleasant but most unusual event this week. Her brother Albert Quance, of Brookfield, Ohio, arrived this week for a visit. This is their first meeting in 55 years. Mr. Qnance who is a civel war veteran, settled in the state of Ohio, and lost the whereabouts of his sister until recently.

Thisceitsinly was a happy meeting. THERE'S A REASON E. Fisher and family whp have been visising at Zenda, returned home Saturday! Elda and Irene Kitchen of Sterling spent the week end at the Arthur Rollins home. How many merchants wno see their business gradually slipping a way from them realize the under MEMORIAL TREES The Rock Island is conducting this month a general tree planting on its different divisions, in honor of various former superintendents. Some person is designated to take care of each tree.

This certainly is a praiseworthy plan and towns and cities would do well lying cause of this condition of af At a bankers convention held recently in the east, among other important financial points of discussion was the great war debt. It is said a representative of the J. P. Morgan banking concern advocated the canceling of foreign debts, or a part of them. Wonder if.this great king of finance would be willing to cancel the several million dollars worth of U.

S. Liberty Bonds the great banking concern of J. P. Morgan and Co. hold? Looks to us this would ba a mighty good start to reduce our debt.

fairs? Of (Course, there may be a number of reasons, but generally do, I'll pay you well for your Jim Cross. "This work on the section is getting pretty hard for me at my age: I only hope I can hold out until 1 get my girl through Marci-ana Aguaya. "If they are going to have big fellows like Pop Barnes in the fire department, they will have to get a bigger Ford to haul Elvie Newton. "I'm sure glad to get back home Lewis looks better to me today than it ever did Russell. "Its a shame a farmer has to work all year, and then cant make a D.

C. Hiller. As I rode the trajn to Hutchinson the other day, I could not but notice the vast improvement in this country in the. Jwentv ive years; by Jolly we're living too fast and we cant afford Uncle Perry Ray, "Since I have been having so much business from the extra gangs I'm getting so I can handle the Spanish language pretty W.S. Ruff.

The show at the Auditorium Saturday night was an extra good onejf they had left out the fight it would have been much Warren Dugger. the principle one is that the people Hear Ye are losing interest because ttey to follow it. A group or grove of! never see the merchants advertise Hear Ye Meetings trees set out in a' city bark' ment in print. The business man pr a line of trees planted along who never', advertiser ip own Borne paper, can hardly expect to successfully compete with the one who does-and who makes his ad highway in memory of Eomej noted person or sotne old pettier will not only recall the distinguished service of the person in whose memory they are planted, but will enhance the beauty of the community. These trees would also give shade -to the public on warm days.

vertising an important feature of AT THE METHODIST CHURCH Every Evening 7:30 O'clock Good Singing, Gospel Message TAXPAYERS WANT TO KNOW. We have inquiries from different parts of the State of our recent articles' "Bleeding the Tax Payer." These articles were put out to inform the people of the State Of Kansas their money was being appropriated by our legislature to support the Free Fail held in Topeka each fall, owned by and op- his business. Advertising of the right kind will always bring results, and the buying public reads the advertisements ef a live paper as religiously as it does the news columns. The readers of this paper want to know something of the wares William and Mabel Payne of Fredrick spent the week end at the home of their brother Mr. Lee Payne.

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Rest assured of this: The greater your chances of gain on any investment, the greater your chances of losing all that you have invested. This is a poor time to speculate. Good investments usually bear a low rate of interest. That's why the rate is low on farm loans" Liberty bonds, municipal bonds and other like securities. The safer your investment the lower your rate.

It pays to be on the safe side, even if the income is low; We buy and sell bonds, warrants, and other reliable securities in which your surplus funds may be safely invested. Ask us about them. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LEWIS Bank with us It Pays Total Rainfall to date. ..27.35 The squash crop is said to be big enough to insure plenty of pump tin pie for Thanksgiving. )An after-breakfcst trick that mny girls regard as obsolete is the ireading of a needle.

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