The Offerle Promoter from Offerle, Kansas • 1

fft-s Thg Promoter iierie NUMBER 2. VOLUME I. OFFERLE, EDWARDS COUNTY, KANSAS, OCTOBER 14, 1910. The birds that all the season long have charmed us with their gentle 1 ANNOUNCEMENT: song now seek a softer, fairer clime to while away the winter time. The hoboes, too, are on the hike, and hit the southward wending pike; for in the balmy south they know-they'll not be asked to shovel snow.

But when the birds return next year, the hoboes also will be here. The leaves are turning brown and have purchased the entire stock of the former firm of Brundage Hale and will enlarge the same so as to meet the demands of the town and vicinity. Although prices have been going up, we will sell at the lowest possible per cent above cost to maintain a healthy business and meet the wants of our patrons. In addition to the stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Mens Furnishing Goods, Shoes. Hats and Caps, Groceries and Family supplies, we will a have a fully equipped Tin Shop in connection and will make all kinds of repairs in that line of work.

Call and see us No trouble to show you the goods. ired; their summer erdauc3r has fled; the erstwhile gentle balmy breeze now croaks amelancholy wheeze. And though the autumn makes us sad, there's one tiling helps us to be glad: we know that when the summer's thru the sketer has to beat it, too. Ex. PETTYJOHN FLINTl "What is our greatest college state No.

not Massachusetts by a jug full!" says the Washington (IX Star. 'Guess again! Give it up? Well, it will knock you down to hear it Kansas. Massachusetts with its hallowed hub of culture, is twice as populous as Kansas, yet the latter has twelve thousand college students to Massachusetts' ten thousane. One out of every 122 residents of Kansas is in college, while in Towa the average is 171: Illinois, one in 200; Ohio, one in 244; New York, one in '2A: Massachus-sets, one in 280: Pennysl vania, one in 313. These are the states having more than ten thousand college boys and girls.

This year there are more than twice as many colleges in the North Cential as in the North Atlantic states." Julia Angleton returned from Colo rado Friday. K. Schwarz left for Colorado point? Thursday morning. Frank Elliott and family were calling on friends last Sunday. A 7-pound girl arrived at the home of F.

Hinds Wednesday morning. Frank DeMoss and Kossert lsreal went to Garnett, Saturday. Henry Trenkamp left Saturday morning for a visit with his brother. Wm. Dunker of Bucklin was shaking hands with old neighbors Saturday.

A. Offerle made a business trip to Colorado last week, returning Saturday. R. Speck made a business tiip to Great Bend Wednesday and returned Saturday. Mrs.

J. Damol of Ellinwood returned home Tuesday from a visit with her daughter Mrs. Werner Jockins. Mrs. Hale returned to Dodge City Saturday after having visited Mrs.

Brundage for the past few days. The Thimble Club will meet with Mrs, B. L. Sams Thursday afternoon Wm. Itemhert has purchased anew Hudson car.

J. D. Baxter was a business visitor at Dodge City Monday. Mrs. Bieber left Thursday for an" extended visit in St.

Louis. 'Mrs. Conrad Brake is entertaining relatives from Ellis count'. Mrs. Joe Herrou of Spearville spent Tuesday with Offerle friends.

Chas. Moletor entertained the young people at a dance Saturday evening. Miss Anna Brehm left for Colorado Friday where she will visit her brother. Edgar Hubble of Jetmore was an arrival at the E. L.

Hubble home Friday. Miss Bertha Miller left Saturday morning on a visit with friends at St. John. Mrs. W.

G. Long of Spearville was in town Monday looking up music pupils. Roy Friend of Burdette has returned to assist W. E. Bindley with his fall work.

Mrs. Fred Lewis of Kinsley visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F.

Local- News Signs of Fall The summer hats are laid away, the summer suit has had its day; and every dainty peekaboo that in the days of June were known is tucked away in some dry place with moth balls snugly in the lace. The low cut shoes that decked the feet of maidens' ankles, trim and neat, are laid behind the closet door; the bold mosquito now no more will push his armor-plated nose into the lady's gauzy hose; his summer's loafing- place is gone, because she has her high shoes on. The men have laid aside their belts: instead of straw they're wearing' felts they give the pleated shirt a rest and uon once more the handy vest with pocket room enough to store the little thing that heretofore they had to carry on their hip or lug about within a grip. The rah-rah boys arc on their way to study, or perchance to play, with tiny caps upon their crocks and furrows "in their knowledge blocks they daily sweat ank strive and toil and burn the grimy midnight oil in rigging out new frats to join and circulating father's coin. The small boy drags himself to school and sits and dreams about the pool where he was wont to pluck the frogs or fish for turtles from the logs.

He reads that knowledge giveth pow-but dreaming of vacation's hour, the only thing he knows is this, that surely ignorance is bliss. The housewife airs the flannel clothes and darns the children's heavy hose; she digs up all her garden plots and puts the bulbs in winter pots. The hundredth time she goes and scans the fruit she's stored in jars and cans and wonders whether it will do to last them all the winter through. The good man sadly contemplates his empty coal bin and berates the evil nature of the trust which yearly makes its plea to bust the poor consumer who must freeze or pay hat-e'er the coal men please. But while he drops a mournful tear he gains some temporary cheer reflecting-that he soon will slip from out the iceman's brawny grip.

He plays the hero with his spouse by meekly helping her clean house, and ends a long and busy day by putting all the screens awaj Where late the garden flowed in pride the jimpsons and the4urdocks hide the onion patch and lettuce bed; and all the tater vines are dead. The red tomatusses still pine upon the slowly fading vine, but soon cld Boreas will get the straggling ones that inger yet. The breakfast fodder that we ate in summer days now fails to sate our yawning stomachs and we ache to find a hunk of juicy steak wherein to fill our long felt want and pad a set of ribs grown gaunt. The oyster climbs with stately air to take first place on the bill of fare and shares the honors of the eats with syrup and a stack of wheats. The base ball season's nearl' done the pennants mostly lost or won and in the bleachers where the crow all summer rooted long and loud a heavy silence soon will fall and drape the diamond like a pall.

The game of games, too, soon, alas, from off the sporting page must pass and yield to mortuary notes o'er which the college student gloats the foot-ball fiends will smite and kill and help the early graves to fill. 20. All the ladies are invited. Joy Gilbert and Lee Kell, nephewrs of C. E.

Riggs, came from Pawnee Rock Saturday and visited over Sunday. Last Tuesday was a big sales day. Mr. Darcey, the auctioneer, disposed of three lots of household goods, be sides other property in the afternoon. Anyone wishing to take a ride to Spearville without much preparation and be entertained while there free of charge just ask Jesse Baxter and R.

Speck how it is done. Morg Langhofer is on the sick list. J. W. Githens of Belpre was in town Saturday.

Ed. Ott transacted business in Dodge City Monday. E. P. Ott made a business trip to Dodge City Mondav.

A. Bieber left Saturday on a business trip to Missouri. Ed. Warren's son, Clifford, has been very sick the past week. Supt.

Weltner was in town Thursday and visited our school. M. Hawkins of Belpre transacted business iu town the latter part of the week. Mr. and Mrs.

Naglo are enjoying a visit from their daughter Clara of Ellinwood. Mrs. Fred Lewis of Kinsley spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs B. P.

Hedges. H. Lovette of Kinsley and O. D. Marlow of Oklahoma are at work on D.

Bowers' new house. Mrs. L. L. Angleton arrived from Caddado, Colorado Friday for a few weeks' visit with friends.

The Offerle Hotel is being newly-papered and painted. The work is being done by J. V. Blair. This week the firm of Brundage Hale sold their stock of goods to Mr.

Flint and Bert Pettyjohn of Dodge City. Mr. and Mrs. Brundage. left Wednesday for Dodge where they will make their future home.

We regret their departure but welcome he new families among us. Hedges, Sunday. J. E. Ward was in town Friday night aud left Saturday moi'niug to visit his parents at St.

John. The Wheatland Township nine crossed bats with the St. Paul team Sunday. The score was 33 to 10 in favor of Wheatland township. A.

Juiker and Fred Stegman went to Denver Saturday. Mr. Stegman will remain for some time at Hot Sulphur Springs hoping it will benefit his health. Dr. W.

W. Cunningham was called to the home of F. M. Ehlers Sunday morning to welcome the arrival of a young banker. He weighed seven and one half pounds, and will no doubt soon be a valued assistant cashier.

Frank W. Tyler, for eight years manager of the Globe-Republican has sold his interest in the paper to W. E. Davis, and an interest has been purchased by J. C.

Denious, who comes to Dodge as manager and editor of paper. Mr. Denious has been connected with a number of Kansas papers: The Erie Record, The Ottawa Herald, and comes to the Globe-Republican from the Wichita Beacon Stegman--Kisner Last Thursday at 8 a. Father Hull of the Catholic church at Belpre. performed the ceienony that joined together in holy wedlock Mr.

Alex Stegman and Miss Francis Kisner, two well known young people of this vicinity. They left shortly afterwards for an extended visit with friends and relatives in Topeka, Herrington and Sal-ina. They have the well wishes and congratulations of their many friends among whom is numbered The i.