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MARKED CHANGE IN OPINION STATE HEWS III BRIEF PRAISING THE LUSCIOUS PIE Writer With a Subject Worthy of Hie The Ashley Family Entertainers OBITUARY Mary Isabelle Marr-Kinter was born in McDonough county, Illinois, February 12th, 1860, and departed this life December 27th, 1915. In 1873 with her grandparents she came to Phillips county, Kansas, where she has resided ever since. On June 2, 1875, she was' united in marriage to John Kinter. To this union eight children were born, of which seven are living, one girl dying in infancy. The husband, seven children and seven grandchildren were at her bedside she died.

The remains were laid to rest in the Logan cemetery last Thursday. There was a large attendance of friends to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of one whom they had esteemed so highly and to express their sympathy for the family, bereaved so suddenly. The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful and bore silent tribute to the regard in which she had been held. Chapman Opera House One Night Only Wednesday, Jan. 12 Vaudeville and Comedy Fun! For Old and Young Popular prices: Adults 25 Children 15c Lay in Your Coal Supply Now I 1 mssssss The Logan Lumber Company Naturalists Claim That Ideas Held by Former Colleagues Were Based on Wrong Conclusions.

Naturalists are not pinning their faith to all the theories of the Darwinians, as they were a few years ago. They are ready to discard any theory as soon as it Is demonstrated to be incompatible with facts. One of the latest Ideas to be cast Into the discard is that every part of a plant or of an animal had a definite value and played a part in securing its survival. This change in attitude Is well illustrated by an article in the Journal of Heredity in which the editor expresses the opinion that the extra-floral nectaries found on cherries, cowpeas and other legumes, castor beans, ferns, "just happen;" they have no particular reason; once there they remain, for they are of no disadvantage. Nectaries are the glands, that secrete nectar.

They are found in most flowers, but in many are also found on the leaf stems. Many theories as to their use have been advanced, but long experimentation has proved each of these theories to be erroneous. "We can hardly avoid the conclusion in many cases," writes the editor, "that they have no vital function and that the plant would probably get along just as well without them," although he admits that it is "dangerous for man to assume that he can understand all the ways of Nature and decide by his own standards whether or not a certain structure is of value to a plant." FROM SEVEN TO THIRTEEN Said to Be Age When Spirit of Recklessness Especially Dominates the Child. The motor development of the child from the age of seven to thirteen, says Philip Davis in his book "Street Land," is far greater than its mental development. The thirst for adventure, for dis covery, for taking chances is tho strongest characteristic of this age.

The greatest risk, the more it sat isfies certain children's unconscious calls for acts and daring and cour age. In illustration, Mr. Davis tells of discovering two boys swinging from telephone wires on which they had climbed. "You may be electrocuted," he warned them. "That's what we went," one of them answered grandly.

Co-operation on the part of teachers, parents, police and public service com panies, the author says, will to somo extent solve the social problem pre scnted by this spirit of recklessness among young children. The Mirror and the World." The glass reflects the features" of him who looks therein. Smile is re turned for smile or tears for tears, With the world, as with the glass, one finds what ho brings to it. Is man suspicious and looking for evil? He will meet It on every hand. Does he seek goodness? He will find it all about him, lurking in unexpected places.

The traveler Intent on watch ing for obstacles or enemies misses the wayside Sower, the song of the bird, the music of the brook, the smile of a child. If he is on the lookout for evil it seems to meet him and the good is unseen. Are you pos sessed of fear? You see danger in every shadow; you hear threats in the wind. Smile on the glass. Smile on the world.

Hope and fear not, Believe in good and expect good in others and you will find it. Look-for sunshine, look for Joy, look for love and kindness. Do not miss the good while repining over wrongs, real or fancied. Be yourself what you would see in the mirror. Be yourself what you would find in the world.

Milwaukee Journal. Clever Borrowing. The college stadium is but another instance of the modern adaptation of ancient devices to twentieth century needs. In many things the so-called civilized nations of our day have ex celled the ancients of Greece and Rome, and In many other things they have not improved much on what had been acomplished some two thousand years ago. In science, discovery and invention, especially in regard to things material and utilitarian, we have undoubtedly outstripped them; but in poetry, philosophy, painting, sculpture, architecture in short, in the realm of the arts we have made but little progress, and that not on particularly original lines.

Their works are still serving as our models, although occasionally we do succeed in expanding their ideas to fit our own larger needs, and the modern stadium is a case directly in point. In this Instance we have borrowed both the idea and the name. Taking to the Woods. Mrs. Flatbush "I see Sweden is being urged to pass a law giving women the right to propose marriage." Mr.

Flatbush "Well, I only hope the woods in Sweden are convenient to the towns." 8cared. 1 believe that woman is trying to flirt with me. I wish you would tall her am "I did tell her." "What did she sayr rfihs said roa looked. It," 'COPPED" FROM THE DAILY AND WEEKLY PRESS KANSAS IS OUT OF DEBT! Beloit completed 19 blocks of pav ing last week. There are 159 women holding elec tive offices in the state.

Fifty years ago last Saturday the first railroad train reached Topeka. Fifteen gangs of Dagoes are at work on the U. P. between' Salina and Rus sell. Concordia is to have a single-tree factory if a Stockton man's plans ma terialize.

Almena is now in the motion picture class, the New Lyric having opened for business last week. Dr. J. B. Dykes, of Mankato, who has been very ldw with pneumonia, is reported out of danger.

The Osborne Farmer evidently did not like the blanket size so came back to the good old six-column. city of Plainville is to have an ice plant, local capitalists having transformed their alfalfa mill. Mrs. Phil. Snyder is another pat ient with la grippe.

Norton Tele gram. We don't see how she can be, Richard Clark, of Chicago, is the new court reporter for judge Sparks in the district adjoining on the south From the way they keep on un earthing skeletons at Iladdam it is evident that they have still got 'em A Civil Service examination to fill the position of post master at Kanona will be held at Norton on January 8th, According to a decision by Judge Sparks, in a case in Rooks county, Clerks of the District' Court are not required to make report of fees col lected in final proof on homesteads and proceedings pertaining to naturalization. Uncle John Boyd was a caller in our city last Monday. F. H.

Kern was a county seat visitor Monday. 1 Albert Boethin. May is working for Paul G. W. Swantner, Mo.

Pac. agent, is enjoying a visit from his mother, of St. Louis. E. Elliott THE SPEED PRODUCE HOUSE Pays Cash for your Eggs and Poultry HIDES AND FURS We lead the price on CREAM, me before you sell.

See City We cater to the best and take pride in our work. Next time you need a haid cut, shave, or anything in our line, give us a call. We will appreciate your patronage. O. Owens, Prop.

Don't Forget tst to see me before you give that sale. Years of experience and a good record behind me. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED COLS. W. DROPPLEMAN AUCTIONEER W.

F. HUNTER AUCTIONEER i Call or write for Dates MERCHANDISE or STOCK SALES LOGAN, a KANSAS Pen Dilates In a Rhapsody 1 Worth Reading. Let us celebrate the gastronomic poem of the age the pie. It graces each season, but most especially Is it dedicated unto midsummer and the time of berries, black, red and blue, The pie is both friend and foe, com forter and avenger. It is mighty in the mightiest.

It can mercilessly slay, and it can soothe and assuage the drooping spirit It is a poem both lyric and elegiac singing the sheer pleasures of the senses and again, per adventure, the pains thereof. Dead ly is the pie when overeaten, but gracious, yea, and beneficent, when partaken of In due measure and in reverential awe of the 4 lawful gastric processes. "My blessings on the head of him who first invented sleep," sighed Sancho Panza on a memorable occasion. Be ours on the head of him who first in vented pie. May he dwell forever on blessed isles of pie among the cherry orchards of Elysium.

May his Jowls delight in mincemeat, pumpkins, the Juicy squash, the tooth-staining blueberry, the pippin apple and oodles of lemon custard. "Something felicitous and fruity between two crusts" that is pie. Long may it wave! Begin at one corner of the crust and eat judiciously along the outer crust in order that something felicitous and fruity may remain, like wine, the best at the last. Let us heartily rejoice that it is our good hap to dwell within the great New England pie belt, and not a thousand miles from certain Justly celebrated pie foundries. Give us liberty, or give us death.

But, failing that, give us pie. Boston Globe. SPLINTERS OF THE FAR PAST Declared by Scientists Who Ought to Know to Be Many Millions of Years Old. The discovery of splinters millions of years old has been made by a professor of paleontology at the University of California. The splinters are neither decayed nor petrified, but retained the grain and distinct markings of the 'California redwood, and it is even possible to whittle shavings from the larger splinters.

The discovery of these sphncers was made at Mussel Rock, California, a bank of rock about twenty miles out of San Francisco. This stratum of rock offers an excel lent opportunity for the study of rock formations, and it was while cn a trip of this kind that the splinters were found embedded in the sandy base of the rock. Furthermore, these splin ters were contained in a stratum which had sunk under the sea and had been afterward raised and turned over in a different position so that the redwood trees were in a horizontal position in Btead of vertical. World's Advance, Importance of the Corn Crop. Corn is king of all the crops.

More than 20 per cent of all the improved farm land in the United States is an nually devoted to the growing of corn In 1914 105,000,000 acres were planted to corn in this country, producing 2,700,000,000 bushels, which brought the growers $1,900,000,000. For nearly fifty years the land planted to corn has been equal if not greater than the acreage of all other cereal crops combined. Corn from a standpoint of acreage yield and value exceeds' every other crop. Wherever corn is grown, there you find high-priced land and prosperous people. No other crop can replace corn, but corn can readily take the place of any other grain crop.

Corn is put to a greater number of uses than any other crop that grows. There are greater possibilities for improvement, yield and quality of corn than any other crop. From a Lecture by P. G. Holden.

Motoring in Spain. Motorists in Spain describe the road between Irun and San Sebastian as very beautiful, and the latter place, even in the rain, looks most attrac tive to those speeding through. The way runs along the Oria river, a tur bulent stream, through Tolosa to the Tillage of Beasain, where the traveler leaves the Oria, By a curious optical illusion, al though running steadily uphill all the while, meeting the rushing torrent, the road appears to be a down-hill one. So it is on the reverse Journey, although from the running of the car one is obviously going down quite a considerable gradient the road looks level. A Swift Uppercut.

"I see you have your arm in a sling," said the inquisitive passenger. "Broken, isn't it?" "Yes, sir," responded the other passenger. "Meet with an accident?" "No; broke it while trying to pat myself on the back." "Great Scott! What for?" "For minding my own business." Barn's Hern. Almost Realized. "Did you ever dream of being a pirate when you were a boy?" "Oh, yes.

Isn't It How Tm In the prosaic business of managing an Mtomobfle repair shop." TJmpn! Ton tfidnt mist it to far." L. E. CLARK, August. Veeh, accompanied by his father-in-law, attended services at the Gerrnan Lutheran church at Stuttgart New Year's day. Mrs.

L. C. Hopkins, of Phillipsburg, has been visiting here with her mother, Mrs. Lindholm, this week. Rev.

Michels and wife have the pleasure of a visit from their son, Clyde, and wife, of Blue Hill. II. A. Selbe was over to the county capital last Friday paying his respects to the county treasurer. W.

G. Meyer is the possessor of a new Ford touring car purchased of E. I. King, of Logan. Misses Anna and Mary Veeh were visitors at the A.

M. Veeh home in this city Sunday. Henry Meyer and family were call ers at the A. M. Veeh home in this city Monday.

Paul Blauer and family returned Monday from a week's visit at Irving. Miss Mary Veeh, of Phillipsburg, is visiting with home folks this week. Herman Lipps, of Phillipsburgway, was a caller in our city Tuesday. Henry Fix took New Year's dinner with Garrett Post, at Logan. H.

L. Seeger made a business trip to Phillipsburg on Monday. C. W. Totten, of Stockton, was in our city last Thursday.

THE PRESIDENT'S FORD JOKE Even President Wilson has fallen into the popular habit of telling jokes on the Ford automobile. The other day when he started for an auto ride he observed four machines parked in font of the White House and noted that three of them were Fords. This reminded him of a story, in substance as follows: The owner of Ford had come down with what was considered his last illness and requested the friends gathered about his bedside to see that the machine was buried with himi Much surprised at his odd request they pressed him for an explanation. "Well," he said, "that little old car has pulled me out of many a deep hole and it may pull me out of this one." HERKICK-SUTLEY A very simple and quite wedding took place Saturday evening in Phillipsburg at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

L. J. Herzog when Miss Irene Her-rick, of Phillipsburg, was united in marriage to Walter Sutley, of Speed. Rev. Ward, of Phillipsburg, performed the ceremony.

Mr. and Mrs. Sutley will make their home in this city. Both of these young people are well known in Speed and this vicinity and their many friends wish them a long and happy married life. HUMOR OF HENPECKERY The little, mild, bald man had settled down in the train to read, and fell asleep.

On the hat-rack above was a ferocious crab in a bucket and it fell, alighting on the little man's shoulder and grabbed his ears to steady itself. All the passengers waited expectantly for 'developments, but all they heard was: "Let go, Sarah! I tell you I have been at the office all the evening." SPEED M. E. CHURCH NOTES Revival services will begin Sunday night, January 9th, at 7 o'clock. All are invited to attend and take part.

Come one and all, let's have a good old revival which is greatly needed. We can't just say who will help in the preaching at the present. Come and see and tell all you see. Heaven is our home, let us try and get there and take some one with us. M.

E. Pastor. Perry McCollum took a little run to Missouri a few weeks ago and while there was married to Mrs. Joddfls Ruby, of Cabool. Mr.

and Mrs. Mc toiium are now at their home in Rooks county. Mrs. McCollum for merly lived in Rooks county. Both Mr.

and Mrs. McCollum have many friends here who wish them much joy in their wedded life. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Richardson, after spending a week visiting at the F.

Kern home, returned to their home in Phillipsburg Monday. Dick Weeks received a few more registered Shropshire sheep the past week. He is going into the sheep busi ness for keeps. E. E.

Whitney took Mrs. Whitney and the children over to the 'Berg Sunday to be on hand for school early Monday morning. Miss Sophia Grundlund returned to her position at Kirwin after spend ing the holiday season with relatives here. Rev. Michels and wife returned last Thursday from Blue Hill where they spent Christmas with their children, Charley Summers finished a nice job of paper hanging for E.

R. Barber in Speed the first of the week. Robbie Veeh left Monday for Sali na to take up his school work at the St. John Military school. Clay Fix, of Logan, was visiting a few days last week with his uncle, A.

J. Fix, east or town. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert' Fix, December 31st, a boy.

Mother and baby are doing fine. Bert Thomas, tonsorial artist of Glade, was a Speed taller Sunday." EER Local Speed 4S3S rmers State Bank SPEED, KANSAS CAPITAL $15,000 SURPLUS $2,500 4 per cent, interest paid on Time Deposits YOU CAN PAY YOUR TAXES AT THE FARMERS' STATE BANK Safety First Is Our Molto AX. DOUGHERTY President E. WILLIAMS Vice Pre, C. P.

BLAUER Vice Pre. M. C. KN02 Cashier The Salina Northern railroad is completed to Lincoln. A grading outfit of 75 teams is at work on the" Osborne end of the line and it is expected they will reach that town with the rails in the early spring.

James Larsen jitneyed over to the county hub with a passenger on Tuesday. A. Hanson It a We Thank We wish to thank you, one and all, for your generous 1915 patronage and assure you that itTis appreciated and we hope the coming year will yield to you peace, health and J. illl88Htllllllllllltllllllllllll'llllllllllllllliliniiiiimiMiiiiiniii 'f'mmilllHt.