The Moline Gazette from Moline, Kansas • 1

I THE MOLINE GAZETTE. E. MOLINE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1911. NO. 38 Elstun Re- Elected Mayor Frank Webb, 214 George H.

Craner, 197 J. A. Freed, 220 Chas. Morris, 262 F. L.

Wadman, Independent 171 I. W. Beat, 265 Geo. O. Harris, Independent 178 O.

R. Ames, Citizen 297 Independent, no nomination On the Citizen Ticket by a Majority of Twenty-Seven Over E. E. Sawyer, Independent. Four Hundred and Fifty Ballots Cast The Vote the Heavest in the City's History---The Chief Interest Centered on the Two Contestants For Mayor.

The voting last Monday would be elected. The citizen menced early. The weather was ticket was elected with the exsomewhat disagreeable, but did ception of one. Mr. J.

A. Freed not seem to keep the was elected councilman on the from the poles. The chief Independent ticket. interest centered on the contest MAYOR. for mayor.

The two candidates W. A. Elstun, 237 were W. A. Elstun, the present E.

E. Sawyer, Independent. 210 E. Sawyer. POLICE JUDGE.

mayor, and Mr. E. J. N. Force, no 320 These two gentleman pulled the COUNCILMEN.

heaviest vote in the city's history, George W. Mann, 265 which was hotly contested. The ladies took an active part which made it interesting. Autos and vehicles were in great demand, all working hard to elect their ticket. The candidates on both tickets were good inen, and everybody was in doubt until the ballots were counted as to who Loyal Sons Entertained.

Mr. John Thompson's Sunday school class of the Christian church, the Loyal Daughters, entertained J. R. Biard's class, the Loyal Sons, last Saturday evening, April 1st, in the elegant room in the Moline National bank building over the postoffice. The hall was beautifully decorated.

A three-course supper was served. The first course was an "April-fool," consisting of crackers, water and tooth-picks. The second course was chicken sandwichs. salads, olives, pickles and coffee aid he third consisted of two kinds of cake (light and dark) and brick ice cream. The evening was spent in feasting.

games, contests and social conversation. At a fashionable hour they departed for their homes leaving some beautiful thoughts, showing the high esteem in which these classes hold each other, and wishing each other many more happy gatherings. Those present were Misses Jennie Hamilton, Retta Long, Alma Finney, Elsie Brown, Daisy Havenar, Leah Wallace, Eva Finney, Ruby Farrow, Georgia Findley, Opal Farrow, Grace Beal, Iona Beal, Lottie Zollman, Myrtie Chaffin, Iva Miller, Mae Miller, Mildred Thompson and Leta Swan of Howard, Kansas; Messrs J. R. Biard, Lawrence Long, Roy Ketterman, Alf Melton, Wm.

Weatherman, Howard Rausch, Frank Long, Harry Funkhouser, Marion Beal, Orley Long, Orin Smith, Harold Smith, Owen Shackelford and Ernest Carr; Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Schul, Mr.

and Mrs. Roy Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webb, Mr. and Mrs.

Frank McCray, Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, and Mr. and Mrs. J.

H. Thompson. Mayor Elstun Serenaded The Moline cornet band serenaded Mayor-Elect Elstun Wednesday night, and rendered some excellent It was a complete surprise. They were treated to cigars, oranges and candy. Mr.

Elstua appreciates the courtesy of the band boys. Mrs. C. B. Welch and son, returned home Monday morning from Independence and Elk City where they had been visiting a few days with friends.

The New Game Law. The fish and game bill prepared by Professor Dyche, state fish and game warden has passed the Senate. The bill places more stringent rules sportsmen for the protection of the state, and should be of much interest locally. The Warden's salary is fixed at $2,000 a year. As it passed the senate the Dyche bill makes the open season for quail from November 15 to December for wild ducks, geese and brant, September 1, to April 30; Snipe, September 1 to April 30; grouse or prairie chicken, October 1 to November squirrels, September 1 to January skunk, mink, racoon, oppossum or civet cat, November 15 to March 15.

No wild game birds are to be shot at while sitting on the ground or water, nor earlier than one hour before sunrise nor later than one hour after sunset, nor from motor boats. The use of live ducks as decoys is also prohibited. The day's bag of any on game bird is fixed as follows Snipe, 12; prairie chicken, 12 quail, 12; plover, 12; wild ducks, 12; wild geese, The use of seines having three inch meshes is permitted, except in spawning season. No person is permitted to use more than one trot line, and such trot line shall not have attached to it more than twenty-five hooks, nor shall it be set within 300 yards of a dam nor within 200 yards of the mouth of a creek or river. The reduction of the quail season from a month to two veeks, came only when there was a threat to stop quail shoot-: ing for ten years absolutely.

Happy Kansas. A wonderful country is this Kansas of Secretary Coburn's reports. The imagination is staggered by the figures that he marshals. The products of a farm one can comprehend. But I when the figures run up into the hundreds of millions, there is a confusion like that resulting from the statistics of astronomy.

How much wealth does a half billion dollars' worth of crops and live stock represent? How far off is the star whose light doesn't reach the earth for a million years? One question can be answered as readily as the other. Anyhow the republication in book form of Mr. Coburn's re port recalls the tremendous portance of farming as an industry in the state. A land not only flowing with milk and honey, but with wheat and corn and alfalfa and live stock. Happy C.

Times. Rev. G. Mehl. Pastor of the M.

E. The Knocker. LOCAL BREVITIES April 14, is good Friday, and Sunday, April 16, is Easter. Let the hatchet be buried and all work for greater Molne. Waldo McKay of Longton, was in our city Tuesday morning.

The Santa Fe is still making more improvements at this point. George Satterlee, the nurseyman, has been making his spring delivery. Prof. L. P.

Breeden and J. R. Tomlinson went to Grenola Friday evening. Dr. and Mrs.

B. B. Mason of Grenola, were in our city last Friday morning. Edmund Foulston came in from Wichita Saturday evening to visit friends. Mr.

W. 0. Angelo came in from Belle Plaine Monday night to visit friends. Miss Violet Sherwin of Elk Falls, spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks. Miss Leah Wallace went to Howard Monday morning to visit friends a few days.

Sunday, May 14, is Mothers' Day. Let every one wear a white flower in honor of their mother. The increase of autos don't seem to lower the price of horses any. Horses are higher than ever. F.

R. Adams came in from Decatur, Illinois, Thursday to visit his family and other tives. Mr. and Mrs. A.

Yates visited with relatives and friends in Moline last Sunday.Leader. C. D. Resler came down from Chanute Saturday on: business trip returning home Sunday morning. Mrs.

W. G. DeVoe of Howard, was in Moline Friday morning enroute to her home from Independence. Mrs. Chas.

Martin came up from Elk Falls Tuesday morning to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Holton.

Miss Avis Dungan came in from' Winfield last Friday morning to visit her parents, who lives south of town. It makes no difference what the proposition is, whether it is large or small, "knockers" can always be found. We can look forward to some fine weather now, according to the weather prophets. March went out like a lamb. George Buel, the job printer, was badly crippled a few days last week by a "stich" in his back.

-Howard Courant. Mrs. Onique Gaither arrived Saturday morning from Texas to visit her mother, Mrs. Electa Hall and other relatives. When a man is "going to the dogs" it is time to put a dog tax on him and compel him to wear a muzzle.

-Marysville Advocate. Miss Mattie Jackson came down from Emporia last Friday evening to visit her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Redman. Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Monroe. and daughter, Florence, returned to their home in Chanute last Friday after visiting a few days with relatives. Last Saturday was exceptionally a busy day with our merchants. Souse were buying garden seeds of various kinds, and the ladies were Letting new spring lids.

Mrs. John Tomlinson spent Friday and Saturday in Grenola. Geo. O. Harris made a business trip to Elk Falls Tuesday.

Dick Swartz of Elk Falls, was in Moline Monday morning between train's. Mr. U. G. Sutton, editor of the Review, made a business trip to Independence Tuesday.

Mr. W. S. Martindale and daughter, Mrs. Nora McCaslin, went to Wichita Monday morning.

Lloyd Sehnert came in from Chanute Friday evening to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sehnert. Mrs. J.

R. Smith returned home from Winfield Monday morning where she has been visiting relatives. Kansas is becoming noted in another mills are being pulled off in every nook and corner of the state. Mrs. Ed.

Mann came in from Independence Sunday evening to join her husband, who is work ing at the carpenter's trade here. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley came in Saturday from Emporia. Mr.

Stanley takes Mr. Huddleston': place as express messenger on the Howard branch. It is about time Moline was getting in the procession and forming a "booster club" of some kind for the town's good Who has got an idea to advance: Misses Anna and Ella Shackelford came over from Grenola Sunday morning to visit their brothers, Owen and Ellis and family. Miss Leta Swan came down from Howard last Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday with her friends, Mrs. Frank McCray and Miss Leah Wallace.

Word was received Monday morning that a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom W. Flory at their home in Leaven worth, Saturday evening. The young man has been named Dorus James.

-Howard The Downs News says there is a man in Downs so dirty that when he moves from one locality to another the fact should be chronicled in the local newspapers under the head of "Real Estate A woman painter says a dog's face is far more expressive than that of a man. This is hardly to be relished by some of more o1 less noted persons who have sat for her. -Thomas Tribune. Mrs. J.

0. Booth visited her son, Dr. V. P. Booth in Moline Saturday.

She says all the buildings burned in the recen fire have been rebuilt on a much larger and finer -Sedan Times Star. The Lawrence Gazette believes Emporia has good grounds for her grave apprehension over Wichita's attempt to steal her college. It argues that a town that has men in it who steal stamps from the governmentprobably also has still other men who would steal from Emporia. Sunday was one of those rare days, even in windy, dusty Kansas. With a tremendous bigh wind and rolling clouds of sand and dirt.

Into the parlors, din ing rooms, kitchens and pantries it sifted and spread its dirty slime. But late in the evening it began to cloud up, and along in the night we got a good old soaker. Vegetation is looking fine, and the farmers are jubilant over the present outlook. If you take a gloomy view, as your journey you pursue, you will have a weary jaunt, getting nothing that you want, for the man who always knocks finds 1 his pathway strewn with rocks. In our village there's a man who has followed up this plan, saying, as he jogged along, that all things on earth are wrong; and the gods nave weary grown of his dismal monotone, and they surely make him prance every time they have a chance.

If a thunderstorm is loose, lightning hits his cheap caboose; if a flood is raging 'round, he's the only one that's drowned: if the fire fiend visits town, it will. burn his haystacks down; and his pigs all roam astray, and his hens have ceased so lay, and his daughters all elope, and his heart is void of hope. for the man who always wails of nisfortune seldom fails to encounter all there is of that melancholy biz. -Walt Mason. Kansas New Drag Law Word has been received here of the marriage of Miss Irene Adair and Cary H.

Sawyer at Kendallville, Indiana, March 27, 1911. The contracting parties' homes are at Belknap, south of town, and they have friends galore. Miss Adair is the only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T.

E. Adair, and has been visiting in Indiana for the past three months. She was much loved and admired by all who knew her. Mr. Sawyer is well known, having taught several terms of school, but for the past year has held a government position in Washington, D.

until a short time ago he went to Indiana to claim his bride. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer will make their home in Indiana the coming year, and their host of friends extend their heartiest congratulations and best wishes. The Dorothy Stock Co.

Adair-Sawyer. The Dorothy Stock Company played to fairly good houses Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. They were all good pertormers. Miss Marie Russell, the leading lady, is without a doubt a clever little actress, and made many friends off and on the stage. Miss Rose D'Almaine i is also a fine actress.

Baby Francis Moore, was the sweetest child performer that ever appeared before 9 Moline audience. Her appearance alone was worth the price of admission. The specialties between acts was good. These people deserve good houses wherever they go. Mrs.

Grace Turner of this city, was pianists for the company during their stay here and rendered some excellent music. The Moline Cornet band also furnished some fine music on the street for the company. Mr. John Martin from St Louis, who has been visiting friends and relatives in Moline and vicinity for a few days, returned home Tuesday morning. His uncle, Mr.

Charles Martin, returned with him to make his future home. He ordered the Gazette to follow him. Miss Hattie Martindale returned home last Saturday from Long Beach, California, after Road dragging in Kansas has not only been put on a "must" vasis by act of the recent legisiature but as soon as the law is published in the statue book (about June or July next) it will be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed $25 if any officer under the authority of the aw neglects or refuses to enforce the provisions relating to dragging the roads. The dragnan on the rural routes and township roads is under the authority of the township clerk, trustee and treasurer who consticute a highway commission. They designate the drag roads, time of dragging and the terms upon which the dragging is to be done.

The county commissioners does a similar duty with reference to state and county roads. "Township" roads are defined by the law as all roads in a township other than the rural mail delivery routes. "County" roads are such as connect cities and market centers and "state" roads are laid out and defined by the state. We Need a Commercial Organization. From time to time some of the town have got together and said: "We need a Commercial organization," but to date that is as far as the matter has gone.

We repeat, "we need a Commercial organization." It does not matter what the name of the blub is, whether it is a "20,000 Club," or a "Booster Club," or just a plain Commercial Club." We need such an zation and need it badly. There are many conditions confronting the city today that just such an organization can handle satisfactorily. Matters of vital interest to the welfare of the town are constantly with any live, progressive town. Mr. Citizen it is high time some action--result bringing action--was being taken.

It is time idle talk is giving place to realization. You are interested in seeing the town advance. It. is to your interest that it should do so. "PUSH" is about the only agency that can bring that desire about.

It is used by every city of any consequence in the universe. Towns do not become large and progressive in this by merely w.shing that it would. It takes Push. If you have any ideas along tle lines of a town boosting club we would like very much to hear from you. Bring them forward.

Two inches of rain fell Sunday night and Monday morning. We also had another fine rain Tuesday..