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0cll ''i-V, 9 i BEE POWHATTAN TH I'iiIiIImIiimI Wet-lily by .1 Nmll li, Mini hh Mitiiii'I-i Iiihh Mil 1 1 Miilli'l' III I I'iihI (if I111 lit I'iihIiiiI Inn. Ilroivn Conn I Kmiikiin NUMBER 4 POWHATTAN, BttOWN COUNTY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1910 VOLUME XVI Big Snow Keeping Batch Kickapoo Training School The grades correspond to the grades of the Kansas public schools and some of the text An English paper received by Mr, and Mrs W. A. Fish, Mr ami Mrs. Perle Fish, Mr.

and Mrs- Mil Ilinkle and Mrs. Howard Hinkle attended the Zack Gilmore funeral at Highland, Saturday. John Marriott contains an interesting account of a big snowstorm in England about four books are the same as those used in the state behoof. There are about eighty pupils church was greatly revived and thirty new members enrolled, and last night (Thursday) between thirty and forty people came to worship with the Beaumont people. The indications are good for a great meeting at this place; we expect to have the balance of this month, then we expect to go home to Powhattan and make our garden.

enrolled, and two teachers are w'eeks ago. The account says it is the largest snow fall there during the past century. The snow was eight feet deep in places, and traffic of all kinds was stopped until roads could be shoveled out, at which work all classes, including soldiers, worked until thoroughfaies were opened. Likes California Geo. J.

Watt, formerly of Pow hattan, is now living at Long Beach, California. In a recent letter, asking us to change his The Bee for Job Work. The heartless health officer ordered the editor and the foreman of the Bee to leive home last week under penalty of being confined there awaiting i pleasure to lift the quarantine for a case of scarlet fever in the family. After taking a few meals at the hotel, they decided, as a measure of economy, to fit up a bachelor den in the room in the rear of the office- After three days of bachelor fare 'the foreman had to go home to Everest, Sunday, to get some of "mother's cooking," while the editor very gladly accepted the invitation of Postmaster Wilson to take dinner and supper at his home. The culinary ability of the average amateur bachelor is limited to eggs (19c a doz.

now) and navy beans. Luxuries are bought already cooked and canned. But the real pleasure of as everyone knows, is in dish washing, and as the foreman likes the job as well as the editor, every day provokes a Gaston Alfonso argument. address on our mailing list, he says: I have traded off my ranch near Santa Ana and have moved back to Long Beach. We are all well here and enjoying this beau The writer in company with S.

N. Wilson visited the government school for the Kickapoo Indians on the reservation five miles south of Powhattan last Sunday. We were pleasantly entertained during the afternoon by Superintendent Edwin Miner, who courteously showed us through the buildings and over the farm. Not only this a school, but a model farm as well, where full blooded Holstein cattle and Poland China hogs are raisod. The dairy barn is one of the best in the country, and cost the government about five thousand dollars.

It is built of cement blocks and has a forty-foot silo of cement blocks. A daily milk record is kept of each cow and is reported to the Kansas Slate Agricultural college. The farm contains 210 rcrcs, and the annual products amount to over four thousand dollars, and these proceeds arc applied toward the running expenses, which is nearly eighteen thousand dollars a year. F. II.

Thomas is the government farmer, and he, as well as aethers connected with the institution, is under the civil service commission. The pupils of the school are instructed in industrial as well as literary branches, the hitter running only to the sixth gradf. Diamonds for the Graduates Commencement is not so far off but what you are beginning to wonder what you will give her as a memento of the occasion. With that particular occasion in view we have provided an assortment of diamond rings set with stones of varying sizes from which you can surely select just the ring that will please her and fit your pocket The prices range from 10 00 to 13.00 18 00to 22 00 30.00 to 35.00 employed. W.

T. Dias, the principal, is a Kansas University man, and this is his second year at the Kickapoo school. Miss Letta Myers, the primary teacher, is teaching her first term here. She is an Omaha Indian and ji graduate of the Hampton Institute. Edwin Miner, the superintendent, is a native of the state of Washington, where he started in the government work among the Indians, and continued ten years before coming He took charge of this work in 1906 and in addition to the Kickapoo, he also has charge of the Sac and Fox reservation in Nebraska- M.ni.v substantial improvements have been id' here during his administration and others are being p'anned A large volume of business is handled here and he is furnished a secretary and a clerical force.

Over 180,000 annually passes through his ofliee. Most, of this is money belonging to the In dians ho iire wards of the government Religious services are held every Sunday during the school tiful climate, but we like to get the Bee to keep in touch with Strawberry Plants our friends in and around Pow hattan. Rook Party Mrs- J. W. Sprague and daughter, Miss Juanita, enter tained a number of guests at her Best Standard Varieties.

Send for Catalogue. Do It, Now. Having Good Meetings Evangelist A French of Powhattan, has been boiling revival meetings several weeks in Kansas City and vicinity. In a home Wednesday evening with a Progressive Rook party. Apples, pop coin and divinity were served during the evening.

The guests were certainly delighted to spend such a pleasant evening in this hospitable home and left at a late hour expressing their thanks to the hootesses- the editor of BJJ fell 1111.11 13 Will I IIC ill (It Ui 1 personal letter September to Uie lirst of July. HORT0N.KAN5A5. .1 1 r. uw, in- o.ij o. Sunday-school is heldftomlO till Mrs- French and myself are staying with the pastor qt the Anderson Brothers Hiawatha, Kansas "Beaumont" church, herein the 11, in charge of the principal, and at the evening-service neighboring pastors are sometimes asked to preach, but when no city, where we began a meeting last Sunday morning.

Our meet I am still handling the Beatrice Cream Separator, a machine that is second to none jn skimming and durability. See me for prices. Wm. Corder. preacher is available the super intcndent or one of the teachers ing at Sugar Creek was a great victory for that church.

The Ibi lead the service. State Republican Convention The state convention atTopeka lust Tuesday was the most en thusiastic and harmonious meet ing of republicans held for years. Every county in the state was fully represented, and there Dry Goods and Shoes WILL BE ON OUR SHELVES Br SATURDAY were 902 delegates. The purpose of the convention was the selection of four dele gates-at-large to the national convention at Chicago in June- Brown county was honored in COME AND SEE THEM the convention by the election of Drew McLaughlin, editor of the Hiawatha World, as secretary Also Brown county's candidate Spring Hats We have a nice assortment of the latest styles and the price is less than you will be asked at other towns. Make your selection early and get your pick.

Oxfords We are ready to fit your feet as' well as your head. Come in and look 'em over. Seed Potatoes We have genuine Red River Early Ohio Seed Potatoes, and Early Six Weeks. They are selling very fast. Potatoes planted early do best in this locality.

for national delegate, T. A. J. MEYER GENERAL MERCHANDISE Smith, was elected on the first ballot; in fact only one ballot was taken, when it seen that four of the eight candidates had received a majority. The other three delegates elected were Chas.

F. Scott of Iola, Al F. Williams of Columbus and VV. Y. Morgan of Hutchinson.

Democratic Banquet The democrats of Brown county held their annual banquet at Savings Deposited with Us are as Safe as an Investment in U. Government Bonds while the earning power of your money placed in our vaults is greater than if invested in grvemment bonds. A bank book showing an ever increasing savings account ig one of he most valuable things you can possess It carries with it an assurance of independence, and a relief from worries for the future. The saving habit should be cultivated as a virtue, and you will find in it a pleasure that far exceeds your expectations. Get the habit now.

Take a part of this week's earnings as a beginning. Start a bank account with us, today. Ilorton last Thursday evening About 250 persons were present, and the meeting is reported to have been harmonious and en thusiastic. Dr-J. O.

Ward of Ilorton, was toastmaster, and the speak ers of the evening were as follows: Miss Margaret Laughlin and Prof. Fred M. Thompson, of ((- a ri. ah Flour and Feed We will have a car on track soon and will make wholesale prices off car for cash. Garden seeds and onion sets are in demand now and we want to supply you.

S. T. HOLCOMB Ilorton; Mrs Harve Kinzie and F. M. Pearl of Hiawatha, and Jas.

Orr of Atchison. The banquet was served in the banquet room of the new Methodist church by the ladies of the church. Those attended from Powhattan were W. II. McGinnis.

S. C1 vciii. vn line Lyepusus jj The Bank of Powhattan T. J. Fletcher, President R.

L. Funkr Vice-Pres Len Roberts, Cashier L. C. Christenson, Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS T.J.Fletcher R- L.

Funk Len Robots J. Cay nor G.C. Rife N- Wilson, F. li. McCrerey, John' Willi ams and Frank ('handler..