The Independent from Whitewater, Kansas • 1

nV 7 CUCZZZD Z2 VOL. XXXIII WHITISUATlga, BU1LBB QQUNTV, KAW8A8, THURSDAY, JULY 26 iM7 No. 22 Jl Vliri Hi) I. H. NEIUAN.

President. J.T, BBANS.V' President 11008 1917 G. P. Neiman, I THE PEOPLES COQtt Of UMtGUOfGP JTEWATCR. KANSAS.

Capital and Surplus $60,000.00 DIRECTORS Lumber Is NOT I-Sgh Do not consider lumber as high as, wheat, oats, -eorn, cattle or bogs. A study of the accompany, tog table wdl show that LUMBER IS CHEAP when compared with, the commodities named. Since Lumber and Woodwoi are only about one third the cost ot the average house, it can be seen how they affect the cost of building. Labor has increased only about As compared to the increased cost of other things, homes are the cheapest purchase on the market today. P.

Neiman J. D. Joseph Edward CAPITAL $15,000.00 SURPLUS $15,000.00 M. Finch, President. H.

H. Norris, Vice President. G. B. Ham tine, Cashier Directors: W.

M. Finch, H. H. Norris, G. B.

Hanstine, W. G. Scrivner, J. H. Claassen.

We Solicit Your Patronage. GENERAL BANKING AND LOAN BUSINESS Loans on Real Estate made at Lowest Prevailing Rates. tSTDeposits secured under the; DEPOSITORS GUARANTY FUND of the State of Kansas. Percentage of Increase since 1914 4 Per Cent INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS. Copper Canned Goods Wheat Gasoline Hogs Lumber Labor .15 .10 R.

G. Kirkwood Lbr. Co. Phone 44 ReportsFromTne Along with the hopes of a corn crop, the hopes of Whiteweter in the Oil Game seem to have gone glimmering at least for the immediate present. 1986 William A Schmidt 1987 Charles Dudley Dunn 19881 Julius Rutschman 1989 Gustav Dyck 1990 William Roth 1991 Henry Dyck 1992 Jacob Regier 1993 Glenn Eilerts 1994 Robert Percy Pile 1995 Henry Eberhard 1996 David Puckett 1997 Otto Grant 1998 Otto Pecner 1999 Paul Hanstine 2000 Kurt Penner 2001 Lee Hensley 2002 Arthur Penner 2003 Perle Hudson 2004 Walter Pace 2005 Earl Huffman 2006 1 Olan Neiman 2007 Herman Ingold 2008 Orin Moore 2009 Cleve Jones 2010 Charles Miller 2011 Chas Miller 2012 Donald Joseph 2013 Orville Miesse 2014 Jacob Kasitz 2015 William Maltbie 2016 Robert Kirkwood Jr 2017 Richard Lynch, 2016 Daniel Glenn Kuns 2019 William Kissell 2020 Robert Busc'ikovski 2021 Herman Wiebe 2022 Fred Bartlett 2023 Herman A Thomas 2024 John Brooks 2025 Geo Thomas 2026 Gustav Claassen Jr 2027 Aaron Thomas 2028 Gerhard Claassen Jr 2029 Frank Crabtree 2030 John Thiessen 2031 Leonard Claassen 2032 Henry Thiessen Jr The Membership Roll HOW THE DRAFT APPLIES TO WHITEWATER I.

D.Joseph, Ass't Cashier. I. H. Neiman Corman JJ. T.

Beans 2033 John Crabtree 2034 Win Stephens 2035 Cornelius Epp 2036 Carl Steiner 2037 Guy Hall 2038 Theodore Roth 2039 Willie Harder 2040 John Regier 2041 Henry Harder 2042 Pearl Puckett 2043 Claud Phelps 2044 Will Newbury 2845 Simon Kleiver 2046 Paxton Lytton 2047 Leland Newbury 2048 Roy Litton 2049 Geo Newbury 2050 Geo Long 2051 Carl Morgan 2052 James A Long 2053 Frank Miller 2054 Earl Lych 2055 Herbert Mellor Edward Mellor Those in other districts whom you know follow: 2069 Kenneth Taylor, Benton 2082 Sidney Chaney, Benton 2036 Frank Claypool, Benton 2089 Joe Motter, Benton 2091 Frank IHotter, Benton 2093 Reuben Moore, Benton 2094 Ray Moore, Benton 2899 Ed Greep 2105 William Hawes, Benton 2245 Harry A Artz, Potwinl 2247 Fred Artz, Potwin 2250 Geo Whiteside, Potwin 2205 Paul King, Potwin 2315 Geo Morgan, Potwin 197 Lem Marney, Augusta 1636 John 1635 Andrew Elbing 3228 Neal Kirkwood, El Dorado Send The Independent to your friends It costs less than postage. of the Cross Society in AH Penner A Peterson Emma Poe Dave Puckett WE Regier Ray Reeves Smith Cora Swarthout JW Steiger J. Schooley Stone Will Schmidt A Thompson -Miss Janet Thompson Mrs Turner Ethel Thomas JWVancil A Worthington Miss Ethel Worthington Mrs Frank Worline Wiebe HM. Woods Wm Finch LA Warren Jno Horner Trimmell 2 Dr Regier 5 Eberhard A Mellor 5 Fred Breising 5 LM Pace A Son 5 8 Stuart Vancil 6 Dr Norris 6 OB Hanstine. 10 RHFarr 10 Penner Dept Store 5 Neal 5 Mrs Katherine Neiman 10 tl 1 1 I 1 260 1 4 5 .50 1 1 2 Frank Worline Howard Brainerd Beans Lou Neal PSHershey Traveling man 2 6 5 10 2 .25 Total 1195.25.

STATEBANK, Ben Shipley aged 73, a Smith" Center farmer was found dead in his field Saturday: He had plowed seven acres with the walking culativator. He leaves a fortune of $100,000. His oft-repeated wish was that in the harness." The fruit of a family not living in unison culminated in the awful tragedy that occured at317Klein street T0u at 5:20 Saturday evening. George KODinsonson shot his wife and two children, then slashed his own thrnat with a razor, he and his son, Vernon, are both dead; his wife and baby, dauerhter. Luev nr in tho a ttyjLUUU lUi chance for recovery.

The list quarrel was caused by Mas. Robinson attend- -ing a dance and refusing to come horns with her husbadd. CHURCH NEWS REFORMED CHURCH Sunday School 9:45 m. Preaching services 11 a. m.

Preaching on the Lutheran Church lawn at 8:00 p. m. Popular Social of the Mite Societv this afternoon at Mrs. J. B.

Hazlett's. The Dorcas Mission Study. Club at Mrs. G. W.

Neat's, Saturday, 4 p. m. The pastor is away on a vacation, to return, 1st W.F.Kissel, Pastor METHODIST EPISCOPAL Services for next Sunday: July 15th: Sunday School 10:00 a. m. Preaching by the Pastor 11 a.

m. Union service at the grove at 8 p. m. Lutheran Church lawn. Preaching by J.

Russell Schultz. Everybody cordially invited to rttend. Dr. J. Russell Schultz, pastor LUTHERAN CHURCH Sabbath School at 10 o'clock a.

m. Preaching service 11a. m. Young People's Luther League 7:00 p. m.

every other Sunday. Union service at 8p. m. J. B.

Guiney, Pastor. OUR BOYS A list of those you know who have enlisted and where they are located. Sarj. John Bushkovski, 16 Infantry, in France. Amil Bushkovski, Musician, West Point.

Paul Dutton, Coast Artilery, California. Tommie Carter, Aerial Corps, California. Cecil Welch, Light artilery, Ft. Poliss, Texas. 1st B.

Artillary Jay Thompson, BatteryE. Artilery, Wichita K.N.G. Paul Hanstine, 3 Reg. Band, K. N.

G. Edmund D. Davis, Battery EarleC. Witt, Battery William Phillips; Battery KN Herbert Spencer, Truck Driver, lows, NO -Albert G. Lsughlin, Engineer Submarine, U.

S. N. AT THE fcSter IMe 7V Saturday Evening 2-reel drama "The Eel." Rex. 1-reel "Epes of Love." 1-recl Comedy. Program on Wednesdays and Saturdays Admission 5 and 10c if .100 .93 .68 .44 Mgr.

R. G. Kirkwood Jr. The Monarch No. 1 is tied up in litiga tion and Monarch No.

2 have reached their- contract depth 2750 feet with no sign of oil. It has not been decided to continue the drilling as first reported and it is now supposed the company will abandon the hole, probably both ofihem. Big Harvey in 4-23-2 strung tools last week and are reported fo have spudded in yesterday. No 282 Richard (Dick) Lynch 2017 No 285 Qren Moore 25Q8 No 341 Leland Newbury 2047 No 375 William Stephens 2034 No 437 Earl Huffman No 463 John Brooks 2024 No 466 Herbert Mellor 2055 No 487 Sidney Chaney (Benton) 2082 No 490 Donald Joseph 2012 No 498 Orville Coen 1981 No 595 Franks Miller 2053 No 596 Carl Wm Morgan 2951 No 600 Herman A Thdmas 2023 No 751 David Puckett 1996 No 751 Henry Eberhard 1995 No 813 Guy Hall 2039 No 826 Chas Church (Elbing) 164J0 No 839 James HarrisonAlexanderl961 No 891 Bert Spencer 1978 No 914 Geo Thomas 2025 No 917 Arthur Coen 1979 No 927 Otto Grant 1997 No 948 Cecil Welch 1972 No 959 Orville Miesse 2013 No 1000 Frank Motter 2091 No 1016 HermauFBruhn 1975 No 1031 Frederich Breising Jr 1971 No 1124 Robert Wiley 1968 No, 1130 CD Alexander 1963 No 1142 Arthur Penner 2002 No 1146 Gvstav Dyck 1989 No 1175 Geo Newbury 2049 No 1190 Oscar Church 1977 No 1226 Dexter Thomas 1976 No 1259 Simon Kleiver 2045 No 1310 Paul Hanstine 1999 Some of those in Sedgwick county who are liable to be called on first are: Chester Rhoades 676 Orville Wallace 692 Clarence Parker 652 Orville Patterson 675 Russell Ransome 677 Arthur VanMeter 685 Everett Sanders 679. all of Furley.

The Milton Township List more or less correct and full, as best it could be obtained at the courthouse in El Dorado the other day follows, the name is pre. ceeded by the serial number. 1961 Harrison Alexander 1963 Chas Donald Alexander 1967 Chester Bear 1968 Robert Wiley 1989 Frank Barker 1970 John Wiebe 1971 Fred Breising Jr 1972 Cecil Welch 1973 Henry Brooks 1974 'William Thomas 1975 Herman Bruhn 1976 Dexter Thomas 1977 William Oscar Church 1978 Bert Spencer 1979 Arthur Coen 19S0 Irving Smith 1981 Orville Coen 1982 Hylas Smith 1983 Ed a ard Corman 19S4 Arthur Schmidt, 10oJ LJxuud Eavis AT OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE 8TATE OUNBARlEI Florence will have a three da Chautauqua, August 21, 22 and 23. E. Jones, an Emporia man, was killed by a Mo.

P. train three miles east of ElDrado Saturday evening. Work starts on the new 122,500 school building at Powhatten this summer, to be completed by December 1st. Next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will by the three days Chaureuqua at Towanda. This will be their first time.

Potwin Chautauqua closed Thursday of last week, and one for next year has been booked for that town by the same company. Halstead will have its usual Old Set tiers picnic August 4th. And as usua the young settlers will be the main ones, in it. Lightning struck the flag pole of the new Slate Bank at Winfield and shattered it during a thunder shower Jast Wednesday, JDscar Haile living near Howard lost his home by fire Thursday morning. The family being away at the time nothing was saved.

The last name on the serial lost of the Harvey county registered is Earl William Kaiser. Merely a coinci dence and no love lost. Miss. Nora McVey of Leon come very near having lockjaw as the result of an ulcerated tooth; it was a case where the dentist saved a life by extracting a tooth. Mrs.

Harry Mark was fatally burned at her home a few miles south west of Burlington, Wednesday morning Her clothes caught while she was building a fire. Anthony finishes, up her 'ten day Chautauqua tommorrow. Whitewater's Big Chautauqua comprising the very best talent will give us fully as much enjoyment in half the time. Two old men arrested for investigation for selling adhesrive tape, plaster and so forth near Wichita were fonnd to be veterans and grand dads and otherwise were honest old fellows. Will Mommersi, a harvest hand from Missours while sitting at dinner in the Georing home Friday with other threashers, was fatally stabbed in the side by an I.W.W.

with whom, he had been arguing. W. P. Mangel of Elbiing was killed at 1 1 0 Saterday by his car being struck by freight, he being thrown out by the aide of the track and his car knock to pieces. Parts of the car were scat tered 200 feet away.

Henry Righter 60 years old walked onto the track just in of the front Englewood train No. 517 in Wichita about 9 Thursday morning and was im mediately knocked down. He was hurled thirty feet and fatally injured. It is supposed that a nasty, cheap, stinking rue cigaret respon sible for the destruction by fire of the barns and outbuildings of E. E.

Zentx, 16 miles west of Wilmores, Friday evening. A thousand bushels of corn was burned, total dam aire rmout- ed to more than 14,000. During the extremely hot wetaher last week, some hogs at Smith Center rolled in the mud wallow, the mud baked on them as they lay in the sunshine afterwards and actually cooked them. Three of then died the rest were saved by being dragged in to the shade the mud raked off them, but they and lost all their hair. Whitewater consists of the following names at the present time: Mrs A Acker Mrs Cleve Jones Miss Gertrade Kelly Mrs Kirkwood Karney CHKutz 'WW Kemper Liptrap Frank Lowther A Lamer Lydia Long 1 LA Beck Harry Mellor LH Mellor I Neiman 'Viola Neiman J.

S. Neiman Miss Jessie Neiman Alice Neiman Eleanor Neiman Olive Neiman Eva Neiman Lucile Neiman Lois Neiman Pauline Neiman Mrs A Nossaman HH Norris Florence Neal Florence Pace Anna Barker Frank Brainerd Haward Brainerd Will Brainerd Miss Lou Brainerd Mrs Beans Miss Hellen Beans Mrs Ella Beck 'C H. Bruhn Miss Bertha Qreising Mrs Ed Corman Frank Cunningham Geo Corfman Harvey Corman John Chew Sam Eskridge Edgar Fair Robert Farr" Henry Flemming Guiney Nida Garner GB Hanstine ECHershey EH Hawks Alice Hazlett Joseph Miss Marion Joseph There is still much talk about the use of the draft numbers. we have received only indefinate official information we will pass it on to our readers in the hope that it will help them in the finding of their standing in their num-1 ber on the list of In the first place, any number is liable to come anwhere on the list, as the drawing does not run by any order. I ti i ne size or smauness oi your numDer is no indication of your position in line.

In Butler county there were 3813 regis-v trants. 127 men are wanted to fill the quotia from this county. To obtain your standing in line for, this first quotia, take a list of numbers which has been published by most of the daily newspapers, (a full list contains 10,500 numbers,) and strike out all numbers over and above 3813, the of registrants Vi tftis county. Then count down the list until you find your own number, and you will have your standing in the drawing. It is understood that the first ones drawn will be hard at work in camp before 8eptembea 13th, and the second draft, which will probably be still larger will take place in November.

The other two will follow each other by about two or three months. The officials of this county expect there witl be 50 exemptions, so if your number is with, in the first 254 you will receive a call almost any day. It may be that this number will be raised to 300 or more, as the exemptions may run larger than the The following is a list and the serial number of the registrants from this township, and also others whom you know, of this neighborhood. Those of our own community who are subject to the draft and their number in the liability to service under the draft arc: No 12 Fred Bartlett (Braincrd) 2022 1 No 37 CarlFSteiner 20IW No 73 Edgar Creep 201)9 No 93 William A Schmidt 19SG No 1C1 Chas Miller (Brainerd) 201 1 1 The names of the people who contributed to the Red Cross Supplies Fund are as follows: P. Neiman.

I Neiman Ed Corman FE Bishop Paul Hanstine HMNolder -O Miesse Mrs Schooley Dr Nosserman Aerman Bruhn 20 1 Frank Lowther Frank Poe Woods Henry Chaney Friend Will Schmidt Edmund Mr Miller 2 250 5 2 1 1 5 1 Cunningham nemmlnff Davis Paul Theleman Sanger EW Huffman Kirkwood LumberCo 5 Warren's Grocery 2 Joseph MrGladfclter 1 Dr Alexander A Neiman Neiman Steiger-Hazlett Drug Co 6 Peoples State Bank 6 BColoclough .60 Turner 2 i .1 I.