The Hardtner Press from Hardtner, Kansas • 1

The Harotdne press Published in the Interests of Hardtner and the Surrounding Country. Number 2' IIAUVTNEK, UAIMiElt COUNTY, KANSAS, "Fill DAY, 3IAKCII 8, 1010. Volume 5. QUICK RETURNStOR YOUR l.NVESTMEHl In Every mmm, "Bees are inclispeDsable to horticulture. "Bee culture is not only profitable, but an interesting occupation.

i "A successful bee keeper is well repaid for time srient; he gets a quick return for investment. "Bees may be kept any where wmr, GROCERIES MAKE Our Groceries are sure to please. We have a hobby for pure groceries and it is fast becoming popular among our sat-isfied customers. The seed should then be placed in piles, and covered with clean sacking, blankets or canvas, and allowed to stand at least two hours, after which it may be spread out to dry. It may then be planted immediately; or stored in clean sacks when thoroughly dry.

In the treatment for covered smut of barley, one pint of formaldehyde to forty gallons of water is used. The dipping process must be used if successful results are to be obtained. The seed must be soaked for two If sacks are used, one should allow more than sufficient room for the swelling of the seed. This treatment "will also control to an appreciable extent, the so-called loose smut of barley, which is gen its A HIT Ladies' Coats AND Stuff Just received a shipment of the season's latest and most stylish Coats and Suits, also Skirts, Dresses, Kimonos, Waists, and Uuder wear. Children's Dresses and Aprons in the latest fashions for spring.

You probably don't realize how pretty they are. on me city rooi, in tne village back yard, or in the garden on the farm.1 "Bee keeping rnay be followed by man or woman, by rich or poor, by young old. You May Never Know What real good things we do carry unless you give us a trial. We will appreciate your business. "An awakened interest in honey production is in evidence in Kan erally difficult to SON.

Hardtner ROOTS Phone -kr COME AN J) SEE T1IE3I. HAVING A GOOD TIME The following letter. from John Sterling, Awho 'spending the winter in California, proves thai he is having a good time: Los Angeles, Feb. 21, 1916. sas.

'The presence; or absence of bees in an orchard, often means the difference between success or failure with the says Dr. 'J, II. Merrill, of the (department of entomology in Kansas State Agricultural college. Many of the depend wholly -upon insects for. cross pollination.

Tiis Molz Mercantile Go. To The Hardtner Press and my Friends: THUS DID NOAH: I have a' little spare time TREAT YOUR SEED OATS FOR SMUT this afternoon, and if The Prese has a vacant spot it may print this; My first stop was at El Paso, fexas, at the cattle convention, Among, apples some varieties depend wholly on insects for fertilization, and even Hhoite that are self fertilized are improved by the transference, of pollen from -other Sonic fruits" in which pollen is nominally- distributed by the wind would not, produce mucL fruit if the wind did not happen to ta'iaftfh of blossoming. When bees are -pres- where I had a very nice time with ths arid watching Uncle, March 2. Kansas farmers who expect to plant oats or spring- bailey are urged to give their seed treatment necessary to control smuts which affect these crops and. which will be bam artillery display.

IA According to. plans and specifications of the Su- preme Architect, Noah builded an ark, that withstood the rain of forty days and forty nights. The plans called for a certain kind of lumber and certain dimensions. The waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred and forty days. Every living vcreatui'c perished save those -wiihinhe-protection -of LUMBER.

Can we get any better building material than that which has the stamp of this Architect upon it. His wisdom is never excelled by man is a fine city and. tbegateway to QM Mexico" I took awtm aver to this ent the' direction of the wind is Juarez, was there. Then I went from there to Tucson, where I stoyed for two jtveeks on account of the floods. Came here "The formaldehyde: treatment is effective in controlling the oat smut and the covered smut of barley and is more easily carried out next, but have been down to San Diego, to the fair, and also took a immaterial.

"The old method -of leaving the bees in a single-walled hive and allowing them to be exposed to rigors of wintor has been detrir mental to these insects, The length of. the life of bees depends on the amount of work they do. During the winter if the bees are trip to Goronado Islands, in Old Mexico. That "was the prettiest sight I have seen on my trip, the whales and seals, lots of them, and the mountain stands seven thousand feet above the sea level and went to the top, it was small and narrow up there. The day was clear and that was the prettiest sight ever witnessed." Going down, on the boat, The President, there were something like a thousand passengers on board; coming back on the.

Queen there were housed in the manner mentioned, they forni a cluster when the temperature falls and try to keep warm by muscular exertion. LUMBEK has ever bzen man's best friend from the cradle.and the homes of the living to the shrouds of the dead. It is more sanitary than other building material and just as warm when properly dried and put together. Noah has proven to us that there is no belter protection from the weather, to man or beast than a shelter built of LUMBER. We carry a full stock of lumber, on hands at all times, gathered from the Gulf to the Lakes and the Pacific Coast.

Estimates and prices cheerfully given on. application. We are here to serve. Be as wise as Noah. The Kiowa Lumber Company H.

A. Burroughs, Local Manager Phone, No. 27. Hardtner, Kansas on a. large scale than the so-called hot water says L.

E. Melchers, department of -botany, Kansas State Experiment station. In oat treatment for 'oat smut, one pint of formaldehyde is used in forty-five gallons of water. Dip the seed and allow to stand half an hour; or, sprinkel the oats, cover with heavy with canvas and allow to stand two hours.4 When the dipping process is used the solution' should be in a suitable tank or barrel. The treated seed should be placed in gunny sacks and plunged into the solution for a moment.

It should then be raised and allowed to drain slightly before the operation repeated with agitation until it is certain that all the grain is thoroughly wet. Consequently many oMhenr and those which survive are in a weaker condition in the spring. One of the' best methods of wintering bees outdoprs is to cov about one hundred and fifty. It was a rolling sea and over half of the passengers were sea sick, but I. escaped and didn't get sick, It was a little like a bucking horse only a little longer strokes.

Los Angeles is a nice city, a large crowd on the streets all the time. -1 will leave here tonight, er tne nive with a packing case and fill the space between the hive arid the case with. some packing material cork, hay, or sawdust. "When spring comes, care should be taken to see that the food snpply within the hive is suf- ficient to last until the honey flow The sacks should then be re What Mich Men Think and What You Know. If a father can instill into his son the early habit of systematic saving he has laid a sure foundation for Ike sou's future pi usyeiily.

Nothing Ls better to en-- courage this than a share in The Aetna Building and Loan Association. -o- -o- -o- H. A. Burroughs, Agent Aetna Building and Loan Assn. starK Tf then Hrr cf food, artificial methods should bo cm-ployed to supply nutriment." taking in more of the coast towns as I go along.

I expect to be home some time in April. J. 11. Sterling. N.

F. LASLEY FRUIT TREES The Veatbr morning, Feb. 24, and the remains were taken to Lancaster, for burial. moved from the solution and set aside for half an hour. Next the grain should be spread out in thin layers and dried.

The seed, il thoroughly dry, may be sown immediately or it may be stored in clean sacks or bins. The sprinkling method is perhaps the most commonly used. It makes use of the same strength of solution. Where a large quantity of seed to be treated, it is the more practical method to be employed. The grain should be spread out in layers four to six inches deep, and the treating solution applied by means of a sprinkling can.

One gallon uf solution insufficient for treating approximately 1J bushels of grain. One man should sprinkle the seed, while another shovels it over as in mixing concrete Every kernel should be undormaly moistened. -All the fruit trees I have, both apple and peach, I will sell at 10c each. Come early and get your choice. These trees are all budded and are both early and late." I also have a 2 h.

engine and a large, lOObarrel storage tank for sale. If you want any tLing of this kind it will pay you to see me A. C. Bartholomew, Hardtner, Kan. N.

F.Lasieywas born in Suiuyler county, Dec. 13, 1863. He was joined in marriage to Belle V. Lunsford, at Lancaster, Sept. 11, 1887.

To this union were born three daughters and one son. Together with his family he morel to Kansas in 1012 and settled on a farm, northwest of IhmUncr where he died February 2', 7) 2 months and 10 days. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, one son his mother, five brothers and four listers. Tb3 funeral senvice was conduct-el at the home by Rev. Geo.

H. Weaver, at ten o'colck, Thursday, After some beautiful, spring weather, the ground hog went to bat and, this week he has been fanning out some of his own kind. Three mornings this week a thin blanket of snow has greeted us, only to disapper within a day or two. As a whole, the ind has been cold, and the ground has frozen slightly during the nights. The cisterns still have their mouths open and are hoping for a filling.

Universal, pictures at the Cpera House, Saturday night. When we were just getting ready to offer a reward under the classification of lost, strayed or stolen, August Achenbach dropped the train at Hardtner, Wednesday, nuietly as he disappeared. The lst report from him was, that he was under such deep snow, on the Northwest Pacific Coast, that he did not know which way to dig to reach daylight the quickest. Pauline Cush and William afford in the three-act Hex feature 'The Heart of Cerise." Cpera home Saturday night..