The Pratt Independent from Pratt, Kansas • 6

Deaths. William R. Bloss. With the death of William R. Bloss Tingley, Iowa, on last Thursday, is the passing of another one of the early settlers in this- part of the state.

Mr. Bloss died while visiting relatives in Tingley. He had attended the big G. A. R.

Memorial Meeting at Topeka, last month, from which place he had traveled to Iowa for a visit. William R. Bloss was born in the state of New York, March 1839. He came to Kansas in 1882, locating in the western end of the state and had made his home in Pratt county for the past ten years. He was married in 1860, his wife dying in 1885.

Of this union there were three children, two boys and one girls. Mr. Bloss was remarried in 1888, his second wife dying last year, the body being laid to rest in the cemetery at Coats. The body was shipped to Great Bend, where it will be interred beside that of his first wife. Charles S.

Chaffin. Charles S. Chaffin, one of the pioneers of this county, passed away at his home in Carmi township last Thursday morning. He had made his home in this county for 37 years, having moved here in 1877. Charles Chaffin was born in Carolina, February 20, 1845.

He was a soldier in the Confederate army, during the last part of the Civil War. 'He is survived by a wife and twelve children, ten of the children being present at the funeral. The funeral occured last Monday, from the Christian church at Iuka, Rev. L. C.

Burr officiating and the burial was near the old home. Adeline Hopper. The death of Adeline Hopper last Thursday evening at Rochester, came as. a great shock to the many friends of the family here who had hoped and prayed that all danger had been passed after the long siege of sickness that the young lady had gone through. Miss Hopper was taken ill about two months ago.

At the time specialists at Kansas City were consulted who advised that the patient be placed in a hospital for treatment. She was taken to the Wichita hospital where after an unusually hard fight she was discharged as much improved. The first of the month she was taken to the famous Mayo Brothers hospital at Rochester, her father and mother accompanying her on the trip, after a few days in the northern climate she was so much improved that her father returned home. Death came with very little warning, she had suffered from a severe headache on Thursday morning and was taken with a violent fit of vomiting in the evening and died very shortly afterwards. Mr.

Hopper made the trip to Rochester and his wife brought the remains here. The funeral was held from the home Tuesday morning, conducted by the Rev. Leonard of the First Presbyterian Church, interment being in the Green Lawn cemetery. Adeline Hopper was born July 14th, 1898, being nearly 16 years old at the time of her death. She was a devout -member of the Presbyterian Church.

and excellent student, being a member of the Freshman class of the high school, and a young lady who was admired and loved by the many friends who knew her and who will deeply mourn their loss. Albert Helsel. In the death of Albert Helsel who died at his home 514 South Ninnescah street last Thursday, there closed a life of unusai worthiness and sincerity. Mr. Helsel had given the great and better part of his life to help and better the cause of mankind.

From 1886 until he was compelled to give no his charge in 1902 he has been an earnest and devout worker in the Free Methodist Church, having covered a greater part of western Kansas in the interest of the church and doing church work. It was only when absolutely compelled to do so by ill health that he withdrew from the field after a life of great usefulness. Albert Helsel was born at Dayton, Ohio, Feburary 3rd, 1859, he came to Kansas when he was twenty years of age, and has made Pratt county his home every since. The funeral services were held last Sunday afternoon, a short service being held from the house and the regular service from the Christian Church at Iuka, which was conducted by the Rev. B.

F. Closson of Rago assisted by the Rev. Vossberg both of whom were close triends of the diseased. There are left to mourn their great loss besides the loving wife, two daughters and one son, and two brothers both of whom live in this county. Interment was in the Iuka cemetery.

William R. Rose. Willism R. Rose died last night at his home at Elm Mills. Mr.

Rose came to Pratt county ten years ago locating at Elm Mills which place he has made his home. William R. Rose was born at Brauschweig. Germany, February 14, 1844, being 70 years, 4 months and 9 days of age at the time of his death. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn their loss.

The funeral will be held Friday at Sterling, burial to be in the Sterling cemetery. Thomas Murray Jr. Thomas Murray Jr. the eleven year old son of Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Murray died at the family home at Isabel last Thursday afternoon. Death was due to peritonitis. The young man was operated on a short time ago for appendicitis. Burial was in the Isabel cemetery. Deals in Dirt.

Furnished by Clark Keller, Abstractors. June 6, 1914. I. C. Moore to Forney Smith wd land formerly lot 4 blk 33 North Cullison $1 A.

S. Fay to Samuel Cammarn et al wd hf nw qr hf sw qr 33-26-15 $1500 Joseph T. Mason to George A. Wallace wd lot 9 blk 10 Riverside Add Pratt $25 John W. Kile to L.

A. Harman wd lot 10 blk 36 Southern Add Pratt $1 etc John to L. A. Harman wd lot whi lots 1 2 whf lots 7 8 blk 71 Grand View add Pratt $1 etc. Hattie Davoe to Piercy Phillips god lots 1-2 blk 10 Pitzor's and Pratt $25 William P.

Pingor to Edward Finchm wd lot 11 blk 11 Sawyer $200. George A. Bradon to Frank E. Coulter wd lot 6 blk Croft $50. S.

E. Coulter to Geo. A. Bradon wd let 11-12 blk 1 Croft $100. Lom Farmer to W.

B. Hess wd lots 14-15 bik Southern add Pratt $5500. S. H. Skinnor to Robert Mayes wd-50 by 100 ft in lots 7-3 blk 3 Anderson's add Pratt $200.

Thomas C. Hodges to Roy A. Hodges wd lot 3 blk 2 Story's add Pratt $300. C. E.

Stone to W. L. Missimore wd sw qr, no qr a0 nw qr, nw qr SO qr no qr'sw dr 20 26 15 $4500. A. C.

Adams to Abraham Stotts ot al wd lots 8-9 blk 4 Hoppers Re-Survey $2000. C. A. Hopper to Abraham Stotts st wd lot 7 blk 4 Hopper's Re-Survey $150 George W. Lemon to Samuel C.

Swindier sp wd lot 16 20 ft of lot 15 blk 4 Pratt $4000. James A Plilor to Henry Ramer wd lots 5 to 12 bik 77 lots 1 234 17 18 bik 91 Preston $2300. Johnnie V. Schwinn to W. W.

Schwinn god nw qr 28 28 15 $275. W. L. Missimore to J. G.

Barry wd sw qr no qr so qr nw qr, nw qr so qr no qr sw qr 20 26 15 $4600 C. H. Ogborn to William Kuhlamm ot al wd lots 7-8 blk 6 Pratt $2650. Hal H. Damell to G.

W. Hull wd lots 5-6 blk 6 Finger's add Sawyer $250. Emma Mitchell to Joseph A. Mitchell ot al wd whf so qr1 27 11 $2500. Francis M.

Zerger to E. F. Humhhrey wd no qr 36 27 13 $1 etc. George H. Makepeace to Robert L.

Kader et al wd two tracts in nw qr 23 29 14 $1 etc. Alpha Bales to F. E. Shackelford qed lot 1 bik 9 Pratt $1 etc. William Baker sheriff to Walter B.

Pepp sheriff's in partition hf 32 27 13 $152000. William Baker sheriff to Guardians of Louis C. Repp sheriff's in partition se qr 17 27 12 $6400. William Baker to Annie E. Repp sheriff's in paatition hf ne qr 31 27 13 lot 10 bik 12 Pratt lot 15 blk 2 Smith Briggs add Pratt $139000.

Geo. A. Helsel et at to H. M. Helsel qed lots 21 22 23 24 bik 66 Fairmount add Iuka $1 etc.

C. H. Ogborn to E. B. Curran qed lot 2 bik 1 Simpsou's add Pratt lot 6 blk 15 Anderson's add Pratt lots 123 blk 4 Story's add Pratt $1 etc.

Laura E. Finger at al to Charles S. Keller et al wd 22 by 140 ft in lot 6 blk 11 Sawyer $200. H. Payne to D.

W. Welton wd lot 9-10 bik 51 Preston $200. Commission Meets. The City Commission met in regular meeting in the council room of the city building last Thursday evening. There was very little business to transact outside of the regular routine of allowing bills and a few minor matters.

The report of the appraisors for Sewer District No. 2 was received and approved and the city attorney was instructed to draw up an ordinance covering the levy for this district. A contract was made with the Independent for the publication of all legal notices for the ensuing year and also designating the Independent as the exclusive official paper. Methodist Circuit Notes. Next Sunday, June 28th, the Southwestern College Male Quartet, of field, will give a free sacred concert at Glendale at 11 a.

m. and Fairview at 3 p. m. Preaching services at Saratoga at 11 a. m.

and Glendale at 8 p. m. Everybody cordially welcome. REv. L.

W. KEMP, Pastor. The Chautauqua. The program for the big Chautauqua, which will start on July 29 and last a week, has been received. This promises to be a much bigger and better series of entertainments than has been given before.

The program is full of good things and many people of great prominence will be here. An extra feature of the Chautauqua this summer, is the work of the al Child Welfare Association. It is a work that is closely related to the Chautauqua, the improving of the lives of boys and girls. Ex-Governor Stubbs, of this state, has offered a prize of $1000 to the city of the second class in Kansas that makes the greatest improvement in conditions for the development of child life in one year. The program for the week follows: First day--Afternoon, The Military Girls; Evening, The Military Girls, Chas.

G. Gorst. Second day--Afternoon, The Muehling Page Recitals, Dr. W. B.

Dickinson; The Muehling Page Recitals; Alton Packard. Third day -Afternoon, The Chautauqua Quartet, Katharine Oliver McCoy, Evening, The Chautauqua Quartet General L. C. Boyle. Fourth day- Lenge's Symphonic Orchestra, Judge M.

Schoonover. Fifth day--Afternoon The Riner Sisters, Uel W. Lamkin; Evening, The Riner Sisters, Hon. John G. Wooley.

Sixth day -The Wonderful Cavaliers, Dr. Strong or Miss Coye; Evening, The Cavaliers, Thomas Brooks Fletcher. Seventh day--Afternoon, Mme Christine Giles- -Bingham and Ralph Bingham. Marriage Licenses. The following marriage licenses were issued by Probate Judge Fisher the past week: Joseph B.

Crosby, Preston and Hazel Miskimen, Preston. married by Judge Fisher; Chester Martin, Pratt and Beatrice Johnson, Pratt, married by Rev. Stokes; C. B. Hickman, Pratt and Laura Peterson, Pratt, married by Judge Fisher; Geo.

H. Glaser, Pratt and Goldie White, Pratt, married by Rev. Glecker. Pushing The Work. Work on the Anthony Northern extension north from Iuka, is being pushed as rapidly as possible.

There are now two different gangs at work, a grading gang and a steel gang. The company has experienced some difficulty in getting men enough to keep the work going as fast as was planned, on account of so many workmen being in the harvest fields. There are now in the two crews 30 men, who are under the direction of I. S. Puckett, formerly with the Rock Island in construetion work.

There has been completed, so far on the new work, more than a mile and a half of grade and the steel is laid for a little over half a mile. The company will have five cars of steel here this week, which they have been waiting for and which has caused some delay. Women Should Register. While it is the opinion of City Attorney Hess that it is not absolutely necessary for those women who voted in the last city election to register again, yet there have been so many different opinions given out over the state, that it would be better to take the precaution and see that their names are on the books. August 4th will be the first opportunity for the women to exercise their total suffrage right and, as the election laws have been a little misconstrued in the past, it is better for the women who wish to exercise their right on that day to see that they are properly registered.

Sinking New Wells. The city is putting down two new 8- inch wells to add to the present water supply, the work is being done under the supervision of F. G. Haskins, superintendent of the water service. With these two new wells the city will then have 18 wells in all.

These wells are put down about 60 feet and go below the second water level. The city water is the best of any in this part of the state and there is an abundance of it. The last semi-annual test made by the state chemist showed a test of 99 per cent pure and, in the twenty years that Mr. Haskins has been in this department, the test has never run below 98 per cent. To Drill at St.

John. St. John is getting ready to go after oil or gas or anything else that they may strike at the depth of 2000 feet. A mass meeting has been called for next week by the Commercial Club to interest the people in the project. There is, just at present, a wave of prospecting passing over the country.

There has been some drilling at Wichita and south and west of that place but, so far, we have not heard of anybody who wants to know what is buried 2000 feet under Pratt county. Neeley's Slogan. Harvest before harvest, now or any time is when you can ride a Yale Motorcycle. All the real pleasure of motorcycling is obtained when you ride the machine of durability, comfort and ease. To obtain results ride the YALE Walter Peacock, Agt.

Maxwell Automobiles We have taken the agency for the Maxwell Automobiles and would like to show you what we consider the best car on the market for the money. The Pratt Mach. Co. A Test Case A pretty good way to test a store is by the coffee it sells. We are willing for you to test us by our coffee any time.

We wish you would try some of our 35 cent Chase and Sanborn. We'd be glad to sell it to you and you'd be glad you tried it--its such a fine coffee. Blended skillfully and just roasted enough. J. M.

Lucas Phone 387 319 S. Main Harvest Specials Pure Sisal rope for headers, header barge clamps, reel bolts, assorted bolts and nuts, water kegs, wrenches of all kinds and pliers. Hard oils and axle grease and oils of all varieties. Files, saws, rasps, copper rivets, machine hammers, augers and drill bits, harness, collars, collar pads, whips, whang leather, wagon and implement paint. Header forks and extra No.

1 fork handles. Also complete line of cooking utensils for the house wife. Hopper Hdw. Co. Pratt, Kansas Geo.

A. Neeley has a motto, slogan or whatever anyone wants to call it. Neeley is the only candidate with "sich a and he is not spreading it around in English very much. Most Kansas towns and a lot of the railroads wouldn't be happy without a motto or slogan and may be Neeley couldn't. Here it is, just as printed on the bottom of some cards Neeley is sending out: "Er hat im congress gut gemacht; Er wird such als Senator Gut machen." A fairly reasonable and accurate translation of this motto makes it read: "He has made good in congress; He would also make good as a senator.

On the face of the card and right along with the motto Neeley announces that he is a candidate and on the baok of the card appears "'Neeley's Record" It is all in German and tells of his committee assignments and the bills he has introduced and amendments to important measures he offered during the debates in congress. The card also tells what Neeley stands for if elected to the senate. A comparison with the campaign literature Neeley is sending out in English does not show his motto on it SO it is supposed that he has reserved the motto exclusively for this German constituency. It is reported that Neeley has had the same card printed in Russian for circulation in Ellis, Harvey and McPherson counties, where there are large Russian settlements. Hold- at Rock Island A boy about 16 years reported to Officer Judkins of the Rock Island, last Thursday night that he had been robbed by a tramp.

The boys story was that the man forced him to give up five dollars which he had earned in the harvest field. The robbery was not reported to the offieer for some time after it was supposed to have occured. Officer Judkins reported the hold-up to Sheriff Baker and the two put in the best part of Thursday night scouring the railroad yards for the man, but nothing could be found of him. The time is now getting ripe for the harvest of the harvesters and the officers will likely be kept pretty busy on just such business as this. Man to Penitentiary.

Sheriff Baker returned Monday from Lansing where he had been with Chas. Hart who was given a sentence of from one to five years at the last session of court. Hart was the white slaver who plead guilty. While at Lansing Sheriff Baker saw some of those who had been sent up from this part of the state among whom was Harry McByers who is working in the kitchen, Dr. Buck of Greensburg who is a clerk in the warden's office and Earl Bowman of Medicine Lodge who is what they call a runner in one of the cell houses.

While at Lansing Mr. Baker was shown through the new twine plant by the warden. This plant is the one which has just been completed and replaces the one burned some time ago. S. J.

Allmon A Candidate. The latest candidate in the field, one whom the Democrats will back to a man, is S. J. Allmon, who, after his many friends and supporters have INsisted that he become a candidate for the office of Representative, has agreed to enter the race. Mr, Allmon is so well known in Pratt county that it is not necessary to try to tell who he is.

The fact that he has four times been elected to tne office of county clerk shows the real appreciation of the people for him. Mr. Allmon has been in a position that has shown him, very clearly, the needs of the people and he would be a conscientious and tireless worker to bring about legislation that would be to their benefit. Baptist Notes. The Ladies Aid will have an important business meeting at the church Friday afternoon.

All members of the Aid will please be present. The Scouts met Monday evening to arrange for a camping trip next month. The disposition on the part of some of the Agoga class to go harvesting showed in the attendance Sunday morning. Subject of the Morning sermon next Sunday, The Enlarged Life. The evening subject, Procrastination.

Morning worship at 11, a. m. Evening worship at 8, p. m. Sunday School at 10, a.

m. Men may leave their coats at home if they choose and come and be comfortable. All our services will be short and to the point. All invited. A Bargain.

We have for sale, at $3200, a choice 80 acre tract of land, 5 miles from a small town on the Rock Island Ry. 60 acres of this is in cultivation; 20 acres in pasture; all smooth table land; good weil; place enclosed with two and four wires. Incumbrance $1500. This land is located in a good neighborhood. Clark Keller Brokerage Co.

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