The Eastern Kansan from Valley Falls, Kansas • 1

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE SEK 1)8 FOB FINE JOB PRINTING VOLUME 1 VALLEY FALLS, JEFFERSON, COUNTY KANSAS, THURSDAY' MAY 16 1912. NUMBER 37 A BAKER MAN MAKING GOOD, DIRECTORY 7 KANSAS IS ALL RIGHT Kansas has been criticised in many quarters, but here are some facts very much in her favor: There are 500, 000 boys in Kansas, over school age who never saw a saloon. Out of 105 point of control; namely the Instep. you set your foot upon the floor or pavement in the act of walking, the shoe adheres and if it.be loosely fastened over the instep, the foot pushes down into the toe of the shoe. At certian spots on the foot this slipping causes friction.

These spots are the soles of the feet; the tops, ends and inner sides' of the great and little toe joints and occasionally even the back of the heek THE HOW OF IT. It is natural for us to long for a life of ease but no one really believes that such a life tends to the development of the sturdiest character. We know that the chlldrdn of those who have struggled and conquered are the ones who fill the most important positions in later life. They have the elements of success that are seldom found in the child of rich parents. They can go out into the world and carve a place for themselves without help from anyone.

The rich man, son must be bolstered up by wealth and Influence and even then lie fails more often than he succeeds. Now one of the great reasons why ve are here is that we may reproduce our Mud. The question is, what sort of children are we sending out into the -world to reDresent us? When we look NEVER COURT BUT ONE. Yes, I've written it, the letter That shall tell him he was free; From this time and forever He is notning mre to me. And my heart is lighter, gayer.

Since the deed at last is done-It will teach him that when courting He should never court but one. Everybody in the village Knows that he's been wooing me. Yet this morning he was riding With that saucy Anna Lee. And I'll warrant that he's promised He will make her soon his bride; They say he smiled upon her As he cantered by her side. It is twilight, and the evening -That he always calls on me; But no doubt he's now with Anna-He may stay there for all me.

He may go; it will not kill me, I would say the same so, there! If I knew.it would, for flirting It is more than I will bear! It is time he should be coming. And I wonder if he will; If he does, I'll look so coldly Who's that coming up the hill. I declare out In the twilight There is some one drawing near; Can it be? 'tis his figure, Just as true as I am here. I regret I sent the tetter That has told htm ke was free; For perhaps 'twas but a story That he rode with Anna Eee. He is coming upithe pathway; I will meet hint at the door, And I'll tell him that I love him If he'll court Alias Lee no more.

Selected Warren Ault Gets Yale Fellow ship and Position on Faculty of Boston University The following clipped from the Baker Orange, speaks good things of and for a former Valley Falls boy and which we understand this paper has always been glad to encourage. This boy not only once lived here but is also a nephew of Mrs. Alex. err of this citv. Ault has been awarded a Fellowship in Yale University for next year.

The committee made it emphatic by an increase of $100 in money value over that of. last year. Mr. Ault has been elected to a position on the facullty of Boston, University, to be accepted at the close of his course in Yale next year. He is to be the first incumbent in a new depart ment and will receive a salary of $1500 per year after he finishes his course at Yale.

Mr. Ault was graduated from Baker with the class of '07. He won the Rhodes Scholarship and was in Oxford the following three years. Last year he was a member of the Baker faculty and is now attending Yale University and will receive his degree or Ph. next year." HIGH SCHOOL NOTES The first four grades will give a cantata entitled "Cinderella in Flow- erland" on Thursday evening May 23 Admission 25 and 15 cents.

Albert Ferguson gave his contest declamation in chapel on Tuesday morning. He did exceptionally well and the sceool has reason to be proud of such a representative. About forty people from the High School and sixth room went to Mc Louth ou Wednesday, to attend the county contest. Following is a brief synopsis of the results. The winners of the Valley-Falls track team were Clarence Young and Art Hiser.

Smoking was indulged in very freely but none of the Valley Falls boys were seen with pipes or aigarettes. The dinner was served by the various churches and every one was well fed McLouth handled the crowd excep tiona'lly well. but in the athletic event the spectators were unable to see ow ing to the fact, that the track was not fenced In. Clyde Glenn as yell master was a credit to himself and the school. There wefe over nine hundred paid admissions to the track and literary events.

Literary Events Oration Perry 1 Winchester 2 McLouth 3 Declamation McLeuth 1 2 Winchester 3. Athletic Events 100 yard dash ichols 1, B. Brown 2, C. Young 3 Time, 11 sec. 120 yard hurdle B.

Brown 1, S. Bell 2, It. Lobb, 3. Time 17 2-5 220 yard dash Of Jefferson, County, business men. these men have something to tell you that is to your interest, Be sure and read it.

Dr. A. II. Braden, Dentist B. 5- Bragg, hardware, Eastern Kansan, Clubbing Listl J.

M. Marks, Physician Surgeon! Kendall State Bank. Dr. Mann, physician and surgeon. W.

J. Nincehelser, buss line Oska. Dr. W. II.

VanMeer." K. C. W. Railroad. E.

N. Boatman, Attorney. Sam Strawn, Insurance. II. J.

Schuler Son. Furniture. Mrs, A. Linton, Royal Hotel. Hauck, Delhi Boyer, Furniture I CGrlftith, Shoe Repair.

R. C. Patterson Paperhanging. J. J.

Harman, Veterinary. A. W. McClure, Dray Line Oils. Mrs.

M. E. McCoy, Millinery. Dougherty's Business College. A.

C. Schellburg, Jeweler. Alex Kerr, Groceries. Mrs. F.

B. Spink, Hair Switches AMONG CHURCHES Edited By the Ministerial Association CONGREGATION AL CHURCH. Sunday school 10:00 a. m. Preaching 11:00 a.

m. Christian Service League 7:30 p. m. The evening meetings will be held in tjhe Congregational church. FESTUS Pastor.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Bible School at .10 o'clock, a. m. ing next Sunday. Communion and Sermon at 11 Junior C.

E. 3 p. m. Senior E. 7:00 p.

m. Evening worship 8:00 Come and worship with us, you will be welcome at all of these services. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CIIRCII Albert L. Wood, Pastor. Sunday School 10:00 a.

Dr. A. II. Braden, Supt. Piiblic Worship and Sermon 11 iiipwortli League m.

Albert Ferguson, President Evening AVorship aud Sermon 8:00 Prayer Meeting, 7:30 p. nv Ladies' Aid Society 1:30 You will a cordial welcome. Albert L. AVood, Pastor. Shot Put N.

Vnndruii 1, Boyer, J.xNichols 3 Distance 3li ft. 8 in Pole. Vault B. Brown 1 R. Lobb 2 B.

Griffin 3. Height, 9 ft. 6 Running Broad Jump B. Brown 1 L. McKemey 2 G.

AVise 3. Distance 18 ft. 11 in. Standing Broad Jump J. Nichols 1 L.

Wallace 2 Brown 3. Distance 0 ft. 1 in. Relay Race aortonville 1 Perry 2 Winchester 3, Final Standing ofpolnts Perry 5 Norton ville 41 McLouth 17 AVinchc.st.er 10 Oskaloosa 11 Aalley Falls 3 MerldenO Observations The judges of the athletic events were all fair and performed their duties satfactorily. Albert Ferguson and John Carter left the X.

F. bunch early and were no more. They joined the Merldan crowd. Dust was nlmil.lflll .1 Vltilwilu ivc tltn best all around athletics on the field. It Pays to Advertise.

counties in the state 80 have not a single tenant in' poor houses, and 52 counties do not even own a poor farm. There are 61 counties without an inmate in their jails. 17 counties with-jails and there4 are 87 counties that last year did not send an inmate to the insant- asylum. Kansas had 900 newspapers that will not take a liquor advertisement. Tne ratio of illiteracy is the lowest of any state in the Union, the farmers Of the state own 10,000 automobles, and the state is second richest in the Union.

Manka-to, (Minn) Journal PROTECT YIRTUE FOR VIRTUE'S SAKF. Be careful how you speak of a 'woman's character. Think of how many years she has been in building 4t, of the toils ud privations endured of the wounds of heart received, and let no suspicions-follow their actions. The puri ty of woman is the salvation of the race, the hope of greatness in the future generations, the redemption of men. Wipe out her purity and man sink, beneath the wave of despair with no star to guide his life imto a channel of safety.

Think, then, before you speak, ajid remember that the hog can root up tne uirest nowers tnat ever grew, so the vilest man can ruin tha prettiest woman's character by a false' hood told in public Virtue is wo man's richest jewel; without it she becomes of low creatures the lowest, unloved, unworthy and art outcast forever. So vile is he or she who would fasten such disgrace upon a sister, in Adam, if not guilty. Selected. A PECULIAR CASE Emery O'Neal, section boss at Dun-avant was over Friday, to see doctor Mann regarding a swelling under his left jaw which hid been troubling him for several'days and threatened to de-velope into something serious. Upon arrival home from here Friday his trouble became so much worse that lie returned to Valley Falls tne same" evening for treatment.

All night long he suffered intense pain from the swelling which liad extended downward and over his face. Dr. Mann wiio was called early in the evening diagnosed his trouble as probably resulting from' medicine" taken for or applied upon a finger which recently becaiuejKidly swollen many years since when a boy at school it was injured by his teacher with a rubber ruler in the course of for some infraction of disiplinc. Dm mffiM. HELPLESS TEACHER Parents often times wonder who or wba.t lias ruined their hoys.

They have been in school every day, but, seemingly, the taacher doesn't teach them lessons in morality or their teachings must be a failure. The real fault is here the boys have been on the street from the time school closed until late at night. The street corner is the best place in the world for teaching vice, profanity, proflig acy, vulgarity and crime. Nearly all the bad language and idle, vicious habits of boys are aught to boys on the streets at late hours of night, Teachers may be able to accomplish a little in counteracting these evil influences, but much of thefr labor is in vain until parents co-operate with them in keeping their boys off the streets and in places where bad men assemble to FOOT TROUBLES In an article on sensible shoes in the May Woman's Homo Companion' the anther says: Seven persons out often suitor ex- crucaltlng pain, at one time or another, with their feet. A single corn no larger than a grain of sand, can take all thennp and vitality right out of "Two-thirds of modern foot troub les are due to the fact that almost ev eryone man, woman and child wears his shoo to loose.

The shoe Itself may be correct as to size and shape but it not fastened tight at the only "When the friction thus caused is continued hour after hour day after day one or more of these spots will become inflamed and sore. A slight thickening called a "callous" is formed. As the friction- and pressure go on, the resulting callous may thicken up unevenly; then it is called a BOILED DOWN 'The crop situation, so Herbert Cavaness says, will be about Jike this the coming season in Kansas; May 1 Fanner Smith reports all the wheat killed in his township, May 30 Farmer Smith reports that there will be only a 10 per cent fruit crop this season. uly 7 Farmer Smith reports that the corn is going to make a one-third crop, becanse of the drouth. September 23 Fa.mer Smith was in town today from Hoop-pole township and reports that he marketed 34 bushels of wheat to the acre off his 120 acre field and that his wife took first prize at the farmers' Institute on vaflety and quantity of canned fruit this season, having put up 24 vareties and an aggreate of 280 quarts.

Mr. Smith was talking to our local agentN for the Buzz--Biug automobile and thinks of getting one of the $3,500 cars. Horton Headlight. PUSH IT ALONG! No town, county or community will ever prosper, to any great extent where there is a division or strife of any nature People in towns should help eacli other, for in helping others you invariably help yourself. There is no man who cannot assist in the growth, prosperity and development of his town.

However small his enfluence It has its effect. Opposition is tne life of trade and merit wins. No town will prosper and grow where lack of enterprise and push on the part of its citizens is lacking. The true motto of each and every citizen of a town and every neighborhood is aud should be to assist and help your neighbors, encourage business of all kinds; don't fear any danger of gorging the market in this line, do all you can in improving and making the town attractive and giving it a home-like apperance. When this, is done the people from a distance will form a good opinion of the place, and it will be an inducement for them to locate with us and become permanent and substantial citizens.

Ex. TO THE POINT In handing out- some needed reproof on various subjects last Sunday night, 'Rev. Watts intiminated that when it came to plain and ornamental lying the newspaper reporter took the cake, He didn't use" that lan guage, but that was the thought ex There are newspapers and newspapers, and there are preachers and preachers. The newspaper man must get his news in on short (notice while it is news. He has little chance to verify his news, and is frequently imposed upon by the unscrupulous, i Many times he has to jump at conclusions, and sometimes -his leap Is in the dark.

But the average newspaper wants the truth and demands accuracy In Its press reporters, The great Associated Preys' with a world-wide service, asks that every item be the truth. When a reporter or a newspaper makes a mistake, he can never removo the exact wording of it from the memory where it was planted by cold type. The preacher says things today, that will de distorted and garbled by next Sunday. The cold newspaper type is like the laws of the Medes and Persians. Mulvane Subscribe R017.

at it in that light, we can see that we are really to be envied in that we have brought up children who are not afraid to go out, empty handed, to make a liome for themselves and to rear a family which its turn, "will tell more than anything else possibly could the kind of citizen wewere. A DOUBLE STANDARD NECESSARY 1 It is bad to lose a grip business, but it is a tragedy to loosed grip pn life. Many men and wenoaan who find life turned stale just when they ought to be in their prime ame paying the hearts with selfishness and greed, or burning out their souls and bodies with vice; but life's dull brown taste is not confined to passengers, on the Champagne Limited. Many men of exemplary lives, who woilk faithfully in fruitful fields of endeavor, and in the hour of victory their zest is gone. Many wise and prudent men who have been preparing for the rainy day suddenly find their carefully built shelter dry indeed more monotonous and desolate then the rain itself.

Many excellent women, whem the flush of youth is passed instead maturing into enduring increasing usefulness aud serenity, became like uuto a house left desolate. Whether work be drudgery or delight, too exclusive application to it naturally tends to narrow the horizon. The merchant finds himself surrounded by dry goods, dry goods talk, and dry goods people until the walls of his store are boundaries of his world. The scientist who puts bis heart and brain into pursuit of the bettle finds in time that e-very point of the compass ends in a battle, The society woman who finds all herfnterests in one class aud in one set of events and modes of living sees and feels little of the vast and palpitating enrrent of human iife above and below and around her. The nerves brain and muscles grow weary of monotony.

However intensely we apply ourselves we should keep our eyes on the distant hills and the crimson sunset. There should always be kept open a path that runs a-way to the east or west or north or south, to an entirely new horizon; to some other study that appeals; to a new game with a new set of rules. Collier's' A TIMELY WARNING Warning has been sent out that it is illegal for a grocer to advertise any canned goods as 1-pound, 2-pound or 3-pound cans or pints, quart or gallon cans, unless they hold the net amount stated. In the eastern part of the state grocers have been fined for these "misstatements' although there was no intent to cheat, the cans being commonly called by the weight and measure advertised. It is advisable for grocers not to advertise the the weight or measure of goods unless they know the net amount is Is contained in the receptacles, ESTHERS DAY Mothers dy" was observed in the M.

E. Chutoh in this city at the evening preaching hour last Sunday, A crowded house greeted the pastor although had not been any1 special effort put forth to announce a special service. The good Be v. A. L.

Wood helped ereryone present to go away with a greater resolve to honor, "the hand that rules the DECORATION DAY TO BE (BBSERYEDASA HOLIDAY At a special, meeting of the City Council caililod Tuesday evening, ar rangememts were made to observe Decoration day as a holiday in Valley Falls. To hat end the citizens, will co-operate with the soldiers. Places of business will be asked to remain closed during the hours of ceremonies conducted ton that and patriotic observance of the event participated in. WATERWORKS EXTENSION Ground was broken Monday morning for the extension of the city water mains from Frazier Avenue toward the "Piety Hill" part of this eity. good people of that neighborhood 4iave been helping pay for a water works system now for a- bout 25 years 'hut have never had any of the reaf benefits that" came from use water fordo -nestle purposes or fire protection and are greatly rejoic ing that they will have 'the real water mains and the best water in the state.

SET Mil niGSIT If your boy wants a gun tell him "no." A gun Is unnecessary in this age. The desire to kill "should die out. Educate against it. Get the lad acamera to "shoot" with. Teach him to see beauty in living things instead of dead ones." Two birds on the hough, making the woods ring with their song, are better, than a dead one in your hand, the reiult of a gun shot and an unbred lust to kill something.

Unless the birds and wild game are kept sacred from this mania' of ours, the world will soon be depopulated in the matter of bird life. NEWSPAPERS Every worthy citizen reads a newspaper, and owns the paper whion, he reads. A newspaper is a wind through which men look out on all that is going on in the world. With out a newspaper a man is shut up In a small room, and knows little or no- hi inr of what is happening out side of himself. In our day, newspapers keep pace with history and record it.

A good newspaper will keep a man in sympathy with the world's current history. It is an ever-unfolding en cyclopedia; an unbounded book for ever issuing never finished. Henry Ward Bieecher. J. Nichols 1, S.

Bell 2, C. Young 3 1 Time 20 2-5 sec. Half mile run J. Nichols 1, Art Taylor 2, J. Tote 3 Time 2 min 2(1 2-5 sec.

50 yard dash B. Brown 1, J. Nichols 2, II. Still-man 3 Time, 6 sec. 220 yard hurdle B.

Brown 1, S. Bell 2, B. Griffin 3 Time, 30 sec. i 440 yd. dash W.

Beall 1, L. Queany 2, L. McKem- ey3 Time 63 1-5 sec. 1 A Mile run II. Taylor 1, J.

Tote 2, A. Hiser' 3 Time 5 min, 37 sec. Discus E. Bates 1, N. Vandruff 2, K.

'Hoy. Ojin. High Jump N. Vandruff 1, K. Boycr N.

Adams tlu Helghth 5ft, 2iin. It Pays to Advertise..