The Gaylord Sentinel from Gaylord, Kansas • 8

County Seat Notes Grasshoppers are already beginning to eat at the edges of wheat fields in Crystal Plains township, and farmers are anxious for cold weather to come. Chinch bugs, this fall, do not seem to. be bothering the crop much. Smith Center, Oct. 8 iP OA Don't get excited.

Spanish influenza is only a fashionable name for a bad cold. Cjfe-S ypk 1 I V. 1 I 1 I rpsi V' tt i Iff 7-! -H vj ik vs. J. i v.

High school here is closer for a couple of days while the building is being thoroughly fumigated. Quite a number of the students are confined at home with bad colds, or what many are pleased to call Spanish influenza. Fred Voyles, the new county engineer, hailing from Agra, showed up here for duty last Friday and expects to be on the job from now on. The first car of -hard coal arrived here Friday and went like hot cakes. Each patron was allowed a ton and a half-Other shipments are expected later.

Part of the east half of this county came in for a rain last evening, although it was not general. Lebanon reports a small shower and in the southeast part of Crystal Plains an inch and a half fell. It was gveat stuff for the new wheat crop. Ten cents a bushel and board is freely offered for corn huskers, but the takers are scarce. In fact there is an acute labor shortage and it is nearly impossible to hire a man at any price.

It. stirs' every American heart The new manager for the Smith Center Lumber company, Omer Wolfe, arrived with his family from Grinnell last Sunday and has already taken over his new position. Clarence Yocum, who was temporarily in charge of the yard goes to Seibert, to manage a yard there. The Farmers' bank in this city opened for business Saturday, although the interioi is far from being finished. This work can be done, however, and' the bank business carried on at the same time.

We have the opportunity at home to show our patriotism by other deeds of valor. We can fight and we MUST fight. And we must WIN, no matter how heavy our burdens may be. Oar former habits are the Huns we've got to battle with. We can't go on living r.s we used to.

We can't go on spending our money for things we like. We must set up new standards war standards and stick to Who 'was not thrilled to read of the American soldier who supported a wounded comrade, and fought his way with the little detachment back through the Boches to the American lines? That is only one deed of heroism among the many happening every day and looked on as a matter of course by the boys fighting for us over there. It shows the stuff that's in them. They are our own sons and brothers. Is the same stuff in us over here? A Few Of The Things We Have In Stock The big Reneberg restaurant in Kensington, said to be one of the finest restaurants west of Manhattan, got out of business last week, and so did the Louie Niedermeyer restaurant in Athol.

Seems like the business of feeding the hungry no longer pays. them loyally. From now on there can be only one standard for those of us zvho fight behind the lines by saving and lending We must buy bonds to our utmost 0060000000 This Space is'Contributed to Winning the War by oooooooooo The four children of Claud Cooley of Gaylord, two boys and two girls, were before juvenile court yesterday charged with fighting neighbor children. They were all sentenced to the reform school and then paroled to their mother who promised to look after them more closely. ment hereby proposed shall be designated on the ballot by the following title: "The suffrage amendment to the constitution," and shall be voted for or against as provided by law under sutli title.

Sec. 3. That this resolution s'n'il take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute bonk. Passed the Senate Feoruary 2N, 1917. Passed the House March 8, 1917.

Approved March 12, 1917. I hereby certify that the foregoing is South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. If you have been thoroughly trained in a reliable business college, we can place you in an excellent position. We have more positions than we can possibly supply with our graduates. Address: Grand Island Business College, Grand Island, Nebraska the Oldest Business Training School west of the Mississippi River.

I a true and correct copy of the Senate Concurrent Resolution Xo. IS, now on file in my office. J. T. BOTKIX, (Seal) Secretary of The Norton football team was here Friday and.

tangled with the local school, but both sides drew goose eggs in the scoring. It is the first time the Norton aggregation-ever went home from here minus a victory and our boys are considerably elated. COAL Both Colorado Kansas, the best at all times. Wagons Truck Wagons Gang Plows Walking Plows Harrows Disc Harrows Manure Spreaders Disc Drills Fence Posts Wire Field fencing Nails Staples A full line of Fairbanks Morse Co. Windmills Tanks Pumps Pump Jacks Galvanized Pipe A few Fairbanks Morse Co.

Gas and Oil Engines that we can still sell at the old price because of a large purchase Washing Machines, both single and double tub Iowa Cream Separators Feed Grinders All kinds of Oil, steam cyclinder, auto cyclin-der; hand separator, heavy machine, hard oil and axle grease. The following people attended the Ministerial Association of the Congregational church held at Alton, yesterday: Mesdames A. M. Lewellen, D. P.

Moorman, R. H. Gedney, Paul Chmplin, E. W. Putnam, E.

J. Blake, A. E. Gledhill, S. M.

Howe, E. L. Boesche and Mr. R. H.

Gedney. (First published in the Gaylord Senti- nel August 1918.) Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members of each house concurring i therein: Section 1. That the following proposition to amend the constitution of the State of Kansas is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the state for their rejection or approval.

Sec. 2. The Legislature may levy a permanent tax for the use and beneiit of the state educational institutions and apportion among and appropriate the same to the several institutions, which levy, apportionment and appropriation shall continue until changed by statute. Nothing herein contained shall prevent such further appropriation by the Legislature as may be deemed neceswiry from time to time for the needs of said state educational institutions. Sec.

3. This proposition shall be submitted to the electors of this state at the election for representatives in the Legislature in the year 1918. The amendment hereby preposed shall be known on the official ballot by the title "Amendment to the constitution providing for a permanent income for the state educational institutions," and the vote for and against such amendment shall be taken as provided by law. Sec. 4.

This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its Oranges are priced at 70 cents a dozen in the grocery stores, and sales are very slow. Looks like a holdup somewhere along the line, as there are just as many of the oranges raised now as ever before, but retail men say they are not to blame. This city's night watchman, Sam Eshelman, is back home after several weeks spent in Mayo Bros, hospital in Rochester, having a badly broken arm attended to. The member was broken in Yuma county, last fall and it never healed. A.t the big hospital a piece of bone a half inch wide and eight inches long was taken from Sam's right leg below the knee and used to join the broken arm bone together.

At the present time Sam's coming right along toward recovery and firmly believes the arm will give him no further trouble. J. B. Polka gave notice last, week that his orchard would be open yesterday for people to come and pick their own apples. Polka did not anticipate the bigrush and was almost swamped by the crowd.

Autos loaded with people began, to arrive at his place at daybreak, and in a few hours there were over a hundred cars and three hundred people on the premises. After selling the supply of apples he had picked, Polka turned the crowd loose in the orchard and they did their own picking. The cash receipts for the lay were over $900. Polka says he has neither apples nor cider now, and for people not to bother him with requests for either. Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin threatens to run independently in Montana for the Senate.

Now isn't that just like a woman. It can be authoratively stated that the Democratic county ticket is now complete all vacancies being filled. J. E. Brodmarkle of Lebanon is the candidate for representative; Miss Ethel Bryan of Beaver township for register of deeds and Will Morris of this city for clerk of the district court.

publication in the statute book. Passed the Senate February 28, 1917. Passed the House March 7, 1917. Approved March 10, 1917. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of original Senate Concurrent Resolution No.

15, now on file in my office. J. T. BOTKIN, (Seal) Secretary of Stale (First published in the Gaylord Sentinel August 8, 1918.) Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 13.

A proposition to aniend section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the State of Kansas relative to the right of suffrage. Be it resolved by the Legislature ot the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected to each house thereof concurring therein: Section 1. The following proposition to aniend the constitution of the State of Kansas is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the state for their approval or rejection: That section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the State of Kansas be amended to read as follows: Section 1. Every citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards who shall have resided in Kansas six months next preceding any election, and in the township or ward in which he or she offers to vote, at least thirty days next preceding such election shall be deemed a qualified elector. Sec.

2. That this proposition shall be submitted to the 'electors of the state at the general election in the year 1918 for their approval or rejection. The amend Kit Carson county, continues to fill up with people from this county. In the last week three more of our citizens, Rev. Adams and Ralph Dierdorff of Thorn-burg, and Charlie Holmes of Washington township have bought land out there.

The Holmes' are already getting Black Dimond Dehorning Pencil For sale at the Farmers' Union Store. Every Pencil will dehorn 50 calves, from 10 days to 10 months old, for $1.00. A forfeit of $5.00 on any calf it fails to dehorn. Call at the Farmers Union and get one. Wanted Stenographers and bookkeepers to accept positions with banks, lumber companies and other business firms in Nebraska, Kansas, Farmers Union Eeyator C.

BLAKE, Mgr. i ready to move to their pur-I chase..