Rooks County Journal du lieu suivant : Stockton, Kansas • 8

PLAiNviiLE mmmi YOU NEEDN'T TAKE ANYONE'S "SAY SO" U. P. Time Table. BAST-BOOND. No.

84, Mixed, arrives 6:60 a. a. m. No. 82, Passenger, leaves 7:00 a.

m. WEST-BOUND. ftBOOT LOW FRI6ES. No, 83, Mixed, arrives 7:30 p. mj Leaves 8:40 9- No.

81, Passenger, arrives 8:33 p. m. No. 82 will wait for No. 84.

No. 83 will wait for No. 81. All trains dally, except Sunday. A.

W. Nuxz, Agent. Snow, mud, wheat, money, plenty. Look around and judge for yourself. All we ask is that you do not skip this store in looking arouud.

Once we get you to compare our goods and prices with those of other dealers we pretty sure of your trade. THE BETTER POSTED YOU ARE W. R. Green made a trip to Stock ton Wednesday. A full line of capes and jackets at W.

R. Green Son's. H. K. Sauer is attending court over at Stockton this week.

The holes for our telephones are about ready to "hello" to. THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO BUY. Before buyingyour capes and jackets call at W. R. Green Son's.

Mrs. Tom Ward has been on the sick list for irore than a week. A pleasant time was had at the dance last Friday evening at the hall. Treasurer Davenport and wife attended the poultry show here on Tues HERE'S A SHOE FOR THAT GIRL, MADAM! THAT BEATS THE IT'S PETER'S "BEST-YET." This is very easy to say but we wouldn't say it if we couldn't back up the statement to the letter. We are ready to prove to any person, in Rooks county or any other county that this store is a de- sirable trading place.

day and Wednesday. C. G. Cochran is spending this week in attendance at the implement deal ers' association at Kansas City. The fourth and last quarterly meet COLBY BROS.

VALLOW, ing for the conference year will-be held on Saturday and Sunday at the M. E. church. Mrs. Heodricks, of Salina, and Mrs.

PLAINVILLE, KANSAS. Winans, of Washington, D. spent Friday night in the city enroute from Stockton to Salina. The Poultry Show The annual exhibit of The Rooks W. H.

Stubbs returned on Wednes County Poultry Pet Stock Associa day from his trip to Iowa. He says 1 A GOOD BARGAIN 1 he wouldn't give ten acres of Kansas tion which was held here Monday, I Tuesday and Wednesday was a com-1 land for all of Iowa. plete and decided success. I The Ladies' Aid society of the M. everyone remarKea on me size ana E.

church met in a business meeting It is made of Pebble Kangaroo Calf, which is very oily and as nearly waterproof as leather can be made. It is solid throughout counters, innersole and is the best shoo we eve Bold for Only $1.60 1 I quality of exhibits and C. H. Rhodes, the gentleman who did the scoring, said it was the best exhibit he had seen in Rooks county. CAN.

BE OBTAINED FROM US UNTIIFEB. 1 at the home of Mrs. Edgar Mead on Wednesday afternoon. The meetings at the Christian church are growing in interest. Elder Berkley is a forcible reasoner and holds the attention of all.

There were four rows of coops the ength of the opera hall besides sever al on the stage and in addition to all I Mr. Raderand family, of Topeka, these there was an incubator busy hatching little chickens and a ben arrived Saturday evening for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Dyarman. They Others get $2.00 for this Shoe. REMEMBER it is a were accompanied by an aunt.

brooding a hatch of little chicks and a number of others just taken from the incubator and being brooded in a box heated by a lamp. WALL PAPER. V. C. King, accompanied by Miss Mertieand their cousin, Miss Mae Johnson, started last Thursday for In addition to the fine coops of do Kensington td visit Bert King and as I i If his new bride.

mestic fowls of all kinds was one containing a pair of pheasants belonging to R. L. Ordway. Peters Shoe Co. Shoe, "The Best-Yet." There were sixty-two entries, many To make room for a Large Spring Stock we will offer what we haye on hand from now until February 1st of which contained from four to six or eight birds so there were about two hundred fifty birds on exhibition.

Many who had never before attend I I 1 ed a poultry exhibit were very agreeably surprised to find so great a variety of such fine fowls as were to be seen and many of our peoyjle will doubtless a Discount of be led to improve their poultry be There was a little maiden and she had a little corn And she was all forlorn, she wished she'd ne'er been born. The pain she scarcely could endure; Oh, hard she tried that corn to cure-She couldn't do It, you may be sure, Until until one glorious day The will that willed it found a way. The maiden sang In ecstacy And danced and laughed inlgreatest glee. The reason I will tell to you She got her foot in a Peters shoe. cause of having seen so many nice home-grown birds.

At their annual meeting Wednesday the stockholders of the association re Be sure and remember that your Wall Paper will cost you one-third less for the next thirty days. We have a great many patterns left yet but don't expect them to last long, so come in early to get a good selection. elected F. C. Frisbie president and Wm.

Mellott secretary. They were so unanimous in their approval of the manner of conducting the meeting that they voted to hold it at Plainville next year. I I GREEN SON. PLAIN VILLE, KAN. R.

L. ORDWAY, Mrs. Barnett, sister to Geo. and R. J.

McClay, died on Friday at the home of Geo. McClay. Services were held on Sunday and interment made in the Plainville cemetery. E. C.

Adams moved into Mrs. Gray's house on Tuesday and Mr. Popham moved into the house vacated by E. which he recently purchased. Mrs.

Wilbur Adams moved into a part of Mr. Haworth's house. Miss Mollie Hill, of Stockton, came over to Plainville Sunday evening to bring her brother Charley, who has been living in Wellington, Kansas. Ctaas. took the train Monday morning for Lincoln, Kansas, where he is called to preach for the Church of Christ.

G. W. Green purchased the lots east of F. Gay's furniture store the first of the week and also bought the eighty cords of stone on the property, from George Nichols. We understand Mr.

Green will erect a large stone business building there in the near future. Last Saturday C. G. Cochran purchased G. W.

Green's store, including building and stock. He has moved part of the stock to his hardware store and has J. A. Collins in charge of the remainder at the old stand. We have not learned what he expects to do with the stock.

Through the efforts of II. J. Lambert, superintendent of the Christian Sunday school, and Chas. N. Burroughs, superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school, the teachers of each school have organized a Sunday school teachers' union which will meet each Friday evening with some one of the teachers.

Good results are sure to follow from such a study of the lesson. Rooks county has been quarantined against the south half of Osborne county because of the smallpox througnout that section of country. People should be careful not to go into Osborne county as they will be liable to prosecution. The quarantine order was issued January 12 and Is effective until February 11. Be careful to remember this.

I Tuggis Plainville School Notes. BY OMNIPRESENT. Our pupils are as studious as most boys and girls. Twenty-five pupils'were tardy Monday. This is too many.

The parents had better move forward the alarm on the clock and use their persuasive powers on the slow-goers or use the toe of their shoes. Edmee Gay has been promoted from the 7th to the 8th grade. This takes her from Mr. Lambert's room and gives her to Miss Bigge. Some of our pupils are slow about getting a very little piece to speak, on Friday afternoon.

This shows a lack of business interest or indifference to reasonable requests of teachers or the mule nature in said pupils, Lickin' and larnin' go together in all our grades, yet they may not mix as much as they should. Fifth and sixth grade physiology have an Indian's skull to study. Some of them fear it like they do a spook. We think our geometry class is getting up In Second primary and intermediate rooms have a new library case and during the present school year the books belonging to grades 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 will be kept therein. Coffee 10 cents a package at W.

R. Green's. F. C. Cochran went to Kansas City Monday.

Grandpa Parkhurst is visiting in Twin Mound this week. Date Mead, or Zurich, was doing business in our city Monday. D. R. Hanna took a load of flour to Stockton Wednesday for the mill.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Vallow last Friday evening, a new son, a second son, a fourth child. We ate still handling the best western coal at the Farjners' Elevator. Valentine Stucky.

Albert Fike came over from Stockton Monday with a load of trunks. He will husk corn for Will Robinson, of Twin Mound. W. T. Case spent Monday and Tuesday in Stockton where he negotiated for a large line of clothing for the store here.

He returned Wednesday. Among the northsiders at the poultry show we noticed Mr. and Mrs. M. M.

Green, N. N. Neher, C. E. Hoover and G.

W. Pope, of Stockton, and J. J. Grlebel, of Webster. Rockport Items.

BY TUMPKIN SEEDS. Well the snow Is going off and the boys are taking the buggy tongues out of their sleighs and putting them back in their buggies. Milt Totten, of Washington county, has bought the farm on Bow Creek known as the irrigation ranch, Our old friend John Buss, of Sugar Loaf, was in the county seat last Saturday. We attended a party at Mr. Rouse's last Friday night.

We all had a good time. Fred Streeter says that the floor was so slick that he could hardly stand up. N. J. Low killed a snake pri his farm on the 9th day of January, pretty cold weather for snake to be out.

Rev. Arthur filled his regular appointment at Mt. Lebanon last Sunday. Theodore Horn and Sumner Southard both bad hogs in town last Saturday. Elder Lockwood preached at West Eock-port last Sunday night The Wilkin Bros, have begun putting up ice.

Medicine Township. BY EXCELSIOR. The weather prophets that predicted a mild winter have hibernated. Lough shelled corn for A. 8.

and G. Eaby last week. R. Rubottom went to Osborne city a few days ago and got a tank to haul water with, his well having failed to supply him water. Fred Whltford made a business trip to the county capital Wednesday.

It is rumored that A. T. McFadden has purchased a farm near Codell. T). N.

Cunningham has repaired his threshing machine and will thresh kaffir corn and cane seed. Charley LaRue sold his mules to an Alton buyer Friday. JamCs Johnson's baby is quite sick at present. Several from this neighborhood attended the sale of W. T.

Morrll, on the rlyer Tuesday. L. C. Worden visited at E. E.

Gregory's and D. C. Worden Monday and Tuesday, Mrs. Lord, of Topeka, held a short series of meetings at Survey last week..