The Independent from Whitewater, Kansas • 1

WHITEWATER, BUI LER COUNTY, TH USD A OC I'OBER 24 1918 No. 34 VOL. XXXIV WeBankgTWhitewater PEOPLES STATE BANK LUMBER 53P Bonds Record on the Four Liberty Loan Drives: Sold Fourth Issue Liberty $73,850.00 Loan $27,850.00 more Cat from live trees of virgin growth insures you sound stuck, free from dry rot, which will give your building a foundation that will lasFfor years. The mills we buy from make a specialty of Good Lumber and the care we exercise in piling this material in our yard is a guarantee it will be straight when delivered on the job. We carry a good stock of structural material in our yards at all times and can deliver any amount you may waut on short notice.

Come in and look it over today and get our prices. se Patriotism Speaks America Will Win THE BANK OF WHITEWATER, (j 1st Liberty 2nd 3rd 4th 2. ll. G. Kirkwood Lbr.

Co. M. S. FOSTER. WSLSL tseussnrnn -CNITED STAT2S ys0 IN Phone 44 This paper has enlisted frith the government in the cause of America for the period rf the war Scfiool Calendar October 25-26 Teachers Examination ifeourt Hcjuse.

El Dorado. Oct 31 Nov 1- Bimonthly Examination for Rural and Graded school. Nov. 7- 8- 9- Southwestern Division. State Teachers' Association, meet at Wichita.

WORLD WORKERS A wireless statioti, open to the public, has been opened In Terra del Fuego. The aged inmates of a poor farm at Hempstead, N. as a matter of patriotism gave up tobacco to purchase A fiag. Income tax returns Indicate that the United States has 22,696 million-Aires, an Increase of nearly 8.000 la the past year. The food administration states that -the farmer receives 20 per cent more lor his product than he received a ago.

The origin of the tankard took place many years ago, when the water used In the city of London was carried In (by men who made use of Iron-bound buckets of wood holding three than it is oiiota MAHOLI GALAGO. "Far, far away," said Daddy, "In a country called South Africa, which you, both doubtless know about from your Geography lessons" "Are we going to have a Geography story?" asked Nick, feeling a little sad. "Of course Ave have so many pleasant stories, Daddy," said Nancy politely, "that you must tell us just what you feel like telling us." Daddy laughed "Dear me, you 'were both afraid the story was going to he Geography story, and though you both wished to be polite you didn't think the evening was the time for a lesson that is when Daddy comes around to tell his good-night story. "Well, I don't think so myself, and the story has nothing to do with a Geography lesson except that the creature I am going to tell you about came from South Africa, as I said before, and doubtless you both know where it is but if you don't, this isn't the time for telling you you can find that out from your maps tomorrow. "'Good-morrow, said Maxwell Ma-holi Galago to his brother, Mansfield.

said Mansfield. Do you know that we are distant relatives of the Lemur family and they are related to the monkey asked Maxwell. "1 'don't know It and I can't say that I care whether I do or said Mansfield. "'Oh, said Maxwell, there passes a bug. I mast have He caught the bug and ate it "Til have the next one.

Brother said Mansfield. "Tour home Is as untidy as mine said Maxwell. Tou find a forked, branch so that two sides of your house are built without much trouble and yon get some old sticks, dried leaves and any other old stuff you can find to finish It off with. You don't bother about housekeeping, 'nor does -your mate. I can see that' 'What's the use' in fussing? asked Mansfield.

'As long as I have a place to eat and sleep, that la all I car about Of course I don't build a large enough home as a rule, for when the little ones came not long ago 1 had to move out there wasn't room for all of us, and I didn't think tt was gentle manly to turn Mrs. Mansfield oat "But later on the little ones found their own homes, and bUlt them, so I moved back once Tou think just the same as I said Maxwell. 'And you do just the same, too. I have heard of creatures who were forever fussing about their homes, dusting, finding pretty things and bothering all the time. Really, they get aU tired out, and why, may I askf Ton may ask, but I can't tell said Mansfield, far I do not under stand such feel sold Maxwell; It Is bedtime.

So he went back to his own home, folded his two huge and very peculiar ears behind his head and slept for a long time. "When he woke up he had a meal of Insects. "Eating, sleeping, doing nothing, are the only things in the world I believe he said when Mansfield came to return his call later on. said Mansfield. 'Ah, yes.

see, you are just as untidy as I am every bit of It My, what a looking home you have got I It's quite too terrible for words, and I think that is the right sort to have. 'Ah, to be bury, to do nothing, what Joy It tar "We are supposed be as laty as any creatures said Maxwell. 'Good I' said Mansfield. 1 am glad folks and creatures know we have good "But we wouldn't Uke them all to follow ew said tUxwetL We wlU let Oesa work, for tsere la work, to be tea la Co Irorti, ocif we 8550.00 66 fh 1 rrr duvv.oo fcTQ1R.5n.nri a. 66 69500.oo 5 STATE BAKE.

5 RED CROSS The local Branch is i receipt of $15 given by a Private in the Hospital service, who gives his money as well as his services to war Relief, and not War Destruction." There is a lull in our work room service just now. but don't forget to save nutshells, shells, and peach, apricot, plum, and prune pits, tin foil and platinum. Mrs. J. A.

Thompson, Secretary. Birds Remember Kindness. Birds are naturally very friendly man. They make friends easily, and unless violence is threatened them they never forget a kindness or favor. Once food la placed on a window sill In the winter, when food for birds Is hard to get they return time and again, even though the Individual for gets to place morsels within their reach.

ROBINSON Harriett Raymond, daughter of John and Louisa Raymond, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 12, 1837 and died at her home in Whitewater, October 19th, 1918. When six years old she came to America with her parents and settled in Illinois. She was married to James O. Robinson, July 17, 1854 in Chicago. In the fall of 1871 they cime to Butler Connty and settled on a farm in Milton township, where they lived until after' the death of Mr.

Robinson Dec. 17, 1886. For several years after, the death of the husband and father, Mrs. Robinson stayed ot the farm and with the help of the children managed the work. In 1906 she left the farm and moved to Brainerd where she lived until 1909, when she moved to Whitewater, where she spent the rest her life.

She leaves two sons, Robert of Whitewater. James C. of Tomball, Texas, and three daughters, Lucinda of Whitewater, Mrs. Elizabet BaUer of Brainerd and Mrs. Martha Smith of Wichita; also 28 grandchildren and 10 great grand children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her departure.

Two daughters, Mrs. Emily Miller and Mrs. Jennie Johnson had passed from this before the call came for mother. Mrs. Robinson was a kind friend and good neighbor, one who was always willing to sacrifice to help others.

She lived a humble devotedChristian life, united with the Christian Church at Potwln, November 10, 1906, and died trusting la Christ and knowing that He was wafting to receive her. AT OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE STATE COUNDARrEt Influenza epidemics on the wane at Camp Function is the encouraging news the past week. Influenza raged in Topeka last week and deaths ran up to about twenty. Meetings discontinued a week yet. Exercise is very good in its way but it is doubtful if busy men can afford to take at the expense of time The State House elevator is still out of commision.

EEarly sown wheat around Ness City is being resown oh account of the ravi by grasshoppers, and some doubt as "to enough seed being left to make a full stand or stool out. ElmoSlader, an oiler in the Ismert-Hincke Mill in Topeka, was caught in the belt of the machenry Thursday morning and killed. Every bone in his body was broken. Pasre 128 in Kansas School Laws of 1S17 provide that teachers' salaries go on iust the same, regardless of their not being on duty under the present order of partial querentine. Mrs.

Zelma Grochowsky of Newton who died last Wednesday was buried Friday morning. She leaves her hus. band and four children. She has rela- in this city someof whom attended her funeral. a The town of Hiawatha will h4ve an other sane Halloween.

Each year Hiawatha has a parade on Halloween, offering a prize for the best cosurae and in this way there is very little pro- pery destroyed. Oil employees around EIDorado are taking the lead in the buying of Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds. Otherwise the city is somewhat behind its quota so far. The oil chaps are getting good pay, and it is up to them as well as any one else. Last Thursday at about 12:30 a couple of men walked into tha First National Bank at Newton and walked out again with 110,000 in cash and some $50,000 in U.

S. Bonds. They had marched the bank crew into the vault, locked the door and then made good their excape. Celumbus C. Daniels, colored, of Topeka, allowed two confidence men, also colored; to work him Friday morn ing out of $400.

They pretended to have a corpse in charge, said corpse, it transpered, did not belong to them however. The two men and the $400 are still missing. While lifiing some heavy casing at Lichlyter, two miles west of Douglas last Wednesday afternoon, the mast fell on the work buiding with crushing force. Ed Mitchell was caught inside the shack and an anvil just saved him from being killed by the full weight, and though badly bruised no bones were broken. little Known of Shooting 8tara.

Our knowledgo of shooting stars ex tends Into the oldest history of human Ity, hack Into prehistoric times. Tot today no ono knows exactly what a shooting star is, or from where tt An hypothesis proposed In 1875 and generally accepted today, Is that meteorites are fragments broken from small planetary masses by volcanic ex plosions, brought about by a sudden ex panslon of passes, steam and probably hydrogen. The broken bits, after their separation, are believed to arrange themselves in swarms which cross tha orbit of the earth In accordance with a definite law. stars, then, undoubtedly come from within our solar system and an broken bits of a worM body destroyed by volcanic events. Ilany meteorites have been found In ArtsouL Popular Sdeoct Monthly, Advertleere a- tito paper eta 4eUr tha goods.

9 8 THE PEOPLES 'We don't want to know of it, and we don't want to do it, said Mansfield, but most especially we don't want to do It and we won't 1' "And they each shook paws on it and each ate a leaf full of insects. He Didn't "Kobert," said the teacher of one of the lower classes during the progress of a reading exercise, "please read the first sentence." A diminutive lad arose to his feet and, amid a series of labored gasps, breathed forth the following: 'See the horse runninV "Don't forget the Robert," admonished the teacher. 'Gee, seethe horse runninV EULTIIR COUNTY may wrll be proud of its patriotic record in the way of financial contributions to the world's great war. It is one of the banner counties of the country. In the last Red Cross drive the Butler County quota was the subscription was $11,000, Over the top" balance $3,900.

In the last Y. M. C. A. drive the quota was $5,500 with a subscription of $8,000 or over the top $2,500.

In the first Liberty Loan campaign the county exceeded her quota liberally though exact figures are not at present available. In the Second Liberty Loan the over subscription was $28,350. The ThirdLiberty Loan brought an over the top excess of $63,250. In the War Stamp drive the quota given out The "over the top" excess was $179,099. The combined "over the top" balance of Butler County, there-fore, exclusive of the unobtainale Fisst Liberty Loan figuresjs $276,999.

Promising figures, these, in view, of the United War Work Campoign ar ranged in behalf of the M. C. the Y. W. C.

A. the National Catholic War Council, the Jewish Welfare Board the War Camp Community Sepvice, the American Library Association and the Salvation Army. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF EKintrii uie of Kmuum, I Butler Coontjr. IN THE MATTER OF THE K8TATE OF F. A.

R0THA. late of Butler Connty, Kansas. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT- Notice is hereby given that on the 15th day of Octaber, A.D. 1918, the undersigned was, by the ProbateCourt of Butler County, Kansas, duly appointed and qualified at Executor of the estate of F. A.

Roths, late of Butler County, deceased. All parties interest ed in said estate will take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Marie Rotha, H. W. Schumacher, Rxecutrix.

Attorney. First published in The Independent. oat October 24 1918., n7: Tan tt bo Cat we The funeral services of Burton E. i Cochran who died of aevere case of Pneumonia on October 14th, while the service of his country at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, were held at his home Friday, October 18th, 1918, at 2:30 p. m.

Burton entered the Military service July 15th 1918 at Manhattan, Kansas. While there he was bugler for his company, also solo cornetist. in band. Upon completion of his Manhattan course, he was sent to the U. S.

Training Department, Carnegie Institute.Pa. where he was receiving special training for Band Master and Second Lieutenant. He leaves to mourn his loss, father and mother; three brothers, Harold re. siding in Topeka, Kansas, Clarence, in the army at Camp Funston, Kansas, and John, living at home; as well as a host of relatives and friends. A bargain is not merely low price.

Only when you get low price and high duality do you have a bargain. Advertisers In tliia paper can deliver the goods. Coleman Lamps and Lanterns Boys' Sweaters Large ass'mt Glassware Sox and Hose for all the family 250 Pieeev Enamel ware to pick from Shoes and Boots WE BEAT THE BAND FOR PRIGES ON MERCHANDISE 2 large can Pumkin 25c 3 can Prepared Prunes 25c 2 larges cans Hominy 25C 2 pkg Giiffin Raisins 25C 2 catia Vieua Sausage 25C 3 doz Sweet Pickles 25C at Don't Fail to Get a Can of Out Best Peas. About 50 ton of coal left out of two cars, if you think of buying, Hurry Phone 9741 BRAINERD STORE H. B.

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