The Wakefield News from Wakefield, Kansas • 1

1 mm Volume VII. No. 16. WAKEFIELD. KANSAS.

AUGUST 19, 1915. DAVE B. PYLE, Publisher town is great. One meets friends, has abundant opportunity for conversation with the residents from various parts of the county, and in other respects OUTING CLUB DOIN'S. Last Friday the 0.

C. girls held an all day picnic in the grove on Weaver's farm south of the city. At an early Give (Is a Chance comes in contact with community life hour in the morning the girls assembled If all the monev hereabouts was sent to mail-order houses, however, there would be no such opportunity, because the town wouldn't be here! Wakefield merchants are fair. By watching the columns of The News you can easily verify this statement. The Wakefield News in a sense is the catalog of Wakefield merchants, and wise readers will pay abundant heed.

at the home of Florence West, and were taken to the picnic grounds in automhbiles. Despite the fact that the day was Friday, Aug. 13th the wetther was ideal, bnd the day passed with only one mishap, which will be mentioned later. A more picturesque place could not have been chosen for a day's outing tp be spent in peace(?) and The grove has a reputation tor its ur. surpassed shade trees and blue grass, Don't take our word (or anything unless you (eel like it.

They lay that action speaks louder than words, anyway. We want you to become acquainted with the men who are running this bank and become familiar with the business policy of the institution. Then if we can't satisfy your demands we have at least had the chance. We don't claim to please everybody. No firm can do that, but we do claim that we would like to have the chance to please you.

NEW TRACTORS, Several of the farmers in this locality have recently purchased new tractors and we understand several more are looking up statistics on them. and the scenery in general fairly radi-ates that jolly, care-free, well known germ, "I should worry-about what's New! New! New! This is a new store and we are going to keep it new. It is our policy to clean up each season's merchandise so there will be nothing carried over. In looking over our stock we find much summer goods that MUST be sold. In some lines we have a full run of sizes and patterns while in others we have just odd lots.

And we repeat that these goods must be sold regardless of cost. The prices you will find here at the store will be good until August 28. It will pay you well to look over the amazing values we are offering. We take A. L.

Guy's Pro luce Checks The Wakefield Cash Clothing Store A. L. Guy, Prop. R. P.

Heleker, Manager doing in town." There were various Wm Jevons has just sent a big Case tractor with a gang of plows to the farm of Jas. Auld south of the city. The Wakefield Implement Co. has just delivered one to Sam Grattan with a three plow gang attached. Farm rs Merchants State Bank "THE BANK OWNED BY HOME PEOPLE." Deposits Guaranteed by the Bank Depositors Guaranty Law of the State ol Kama forms of wild and exciting entertain, ment during the day.

Cecil and Re. oecca displayed considerable "pep" in coaxing the Ford to "wake up and near the birds Ruth gave quite i dramatic interpretation of the doings jf Penrod Schofield, while some of the test were busy trying to keep Jolie cut A good one is told on Mr. Grattan in learning to use the new engine, ht found it hard to forget he was handling a team, and on coming to the end of deld, he just shouted "whoa" to the But the Wakefield merchants do. They are in the forefront of progress and their best interest is everybody's thing and it plowed three furrows across a road before he could remem- oer. to throw off the clutch.

However he has good control of the jeast now and is doing good work with it. jf the lemonade and rescuing the to. inatoea from hungry (live) chickens who insisted on investigating our lunch ouxes. Three kodaks were in evidence ind the woodpile and hammock furnished excellent back-ground, until ten husky damsels decided to simultaneously recline in the hammock. -Now tor the one mishap: Lucy lost her fancy work bag with a tor, of Christmas dope therein, atd ihce it takes forntucfe as well a thread and a crochet hook to build Xtnas things in August, we suggest cadt by way of encouragement to this mdutjuiuusmember.it would bd well submit to Lucy any clues as to the neanderings of said bag, since it was i perfectly good one even if it did netd aew strings.

We arrived in town about dusk, and consensus of opinion was that tht affair far surpassed any entertainment promulgated in the history of one club. The club met Monday eve with Cecil Mover. NOT CHARITY. Asking Clay county folks to trade in Wakefield is not a bid for chairity. In.

stead, it is a bid for their own salvation in dollars and cents. The land in Clay county would be worth a great deal less if there were no towns. And just to the extent that money is seat away in mail-order trading is the prosperity of Clay county towns lessened. The dealers in Wakefield are a great convenience to those living in the vicinity. They are here every day to come into personal contact with buyers, conferring with them, giving advice, solving their problems, and in other ways fulfilling the requirements of efficient traders.

A distant mail-order house cannot fulfill this service, it is after the money, and all it gets, is a subtraction from the prosperity of the county whence it came. The mail-order people do not pay any Clay county taxes, do not help build our roads nor contribute to our schools. best interest. The overhead charges of doing business by mail are every bit as high as those through town dealers. Business experts say so, and their statements are written in business books.

But seductive catalogs, in which the selling points of "leaders" are played up to the limit, cause a great number of rural residents to "fall" for their game. It is generally known among those who have investigated that a few articles are selected by these houses for "leaders," articles that are sold at cost or below cost. These are used as bait. Folks who are not on to the system, and seeing these "leaders," are given the impression that all the articles in the catalog are in the same class. They are not 1 The average of prices are quite as high, if not higher, than right here in town.

The convenience of trading here it ENDS HER LIFE. Word came to Wakefield Saturdaj norning that Mrs. Fred Lacey living i2 miles south ot town had committed suicide. From what we can learn of the affair vlrs. Lacey had become despondent long tickness and feared in--anity, Being left to herself for a short ime she slipped into another room ano ound a shotgun which she placed igainst her breast and it is supposed he pulled the trigger with a lead pen-il which was found near her body.

The funeral was held from the home ionday and the body was laid to rest a Greenridge cemetery. AN EGG STORY. Mr. Mathew Spooner has a freak in the way of an egg recently laid by one of his thoroughbred Campine hens. It is two complete eggs in one.

The outside egg or shell is extra large and the white between, and inside of that is a normal sized perfect egg, yolk and all. A hen that will lay two eggs a day is the kind of a ben to tie to and Mr. spooner is proud of his Campines, 01 they don't do this every day. Methodist Church Notes. Services next Sunday at the usual hours.

At the church in the imorning, and at the Air Dome in the evening. Sunday School at 10 a. m. Union services of the young people's societies at p. m.

Subject "How to Make the World Happier." Miss Fern Weaver, leader. Special music. Fair attendance at the services last Sunday. One addition to the church at the morning service. The Ladies' Aid Society met this week with Mrs.

Shepherd. A cordial welcome to all services. A. R. Williams, Pastor.

The Clerk Guaranteed It. "A customer came into our the other day and said lo one of my clerkp, nave you anything that will cure i ard my clerk went and got him a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. We Chance Jumped at the Ira Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy- and said to him, 'if this does not cure you I will not charge you a cent for So he took it home and came back in a day or two and said he was cured," to give our friends the benefit of this great bargain offer. By special arrangement with the Cole Mfg. Co.

we give each purchaser of Cole's Hot Blast Range this beautiful 22-piece set of Guaranteed Pure Aluminum Ware writes J. fl. Berry Salt Creek, Obtainable everywhere. Adv. A country correspondent reports that a mule kicked Aleck Sinks in the middle ot the afternoon near the barn.

And the wonderful part of it is, Aleck recovered. Sure a painful place to get kicked, though. Minneapolis Better Way. We imagine it is fine to have plenty of money and get all the things that money can buy. but the fellow who will check up once in a while and see what he is missing that money can't buy is the fellow who gets the most out of this world and incidentally puts the most into it.

County Liner. During the Hot Blast Days Only Remember the Dates Cook the family meals with one-third less fuel by using Cole's Hot Blast Range The Hot Blast Draft stops the scandalous waste of fuel now going up the chimney unsaved. The Fresh Air AutomaticOven insures san-itaryeven baking easily doubles the oven capacity. Made of Copper-alloy Boiler Plate iron-greatest rust-resisting iron known. Malleable iron features, air-tight, hand riveted construction.

Exclusive sanitary features. So easily cleaned the year around, just one or two rubs with a soft cloth instantly brightens it up. Simple tojoperate saves miles of steps. Odorless and Smokeless Broiler. Broils meats to a Queen's taste all the tenderness and nourishment saved a perfect toaster too.

Invest in the tried and true Cole's Hot Blast Range Double the buying power of your money. Its reputation for durability and economy is now nation wide. Such universal satisfaction can only be based on un-equaled value for your money. Come in early with your friends and have the expert show you part by part the many valuable labor saving, time saving and money saving exclusive features. Rain or shine we are expecting the Finest Exhibition in the history of our business.

It will profit you to come. A surprise party was given at the home of Mrs. Roy Woodbury last Fri-dav evening in honor of Miss Nin Ingamells and Miss Eva Swenson. The evening was spent in playing games and dancing. Dainty refreshments were served after which the party dir.

persed delighted with the of their surprise and leaving behind equally delighted. An employe of the Niemoller farm hose name could not be learned was brought to town Monday with a fractured leg. The accident happened Sun-day evening and was caused by his team shying and tipping the vehicle over. He oid not think the accidett serious enough to demand the services of a physician, until Monday morning, when it was found that the bone was broken. Dr.

Myers reduced the fracture. PIANO AT A BARGAIN. Customer near Wakefield is unable to finish payments on piano contract. We will turn piano over to first satis, factory party who will either cash or five dollars per month. Write Schmoller Mueller Piano Omaha, Nebr.

It. September 2nd, 3d and 4th -I (mmgA fmmmk I Iwmmm WmmSIl Sfalrofiolrl I mn I am ant Hardware Co ANNOUNCEMENT. I will be in Wakefield at the Commercial hotel August 31, from 9 a. rr. until 6 p.

W. MILLER. Optician and Optometrist, Junction City, Kansas. BCmCHGIU llllJlblllblll.