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HI. SOC. The Concordia News Volume, 1, Number 34, CONCORDIA, CLOUD COUNTY, KANSAS MONDAY MAY, 28. 1917. ALL HOME PRINT CONCORDIA TO CELEBRATE One of the Big Features of the Day Will Be Music Furnished by Marshall's Band, of Topeka.

The committee for the Fourth of July celebration which was out raising money to meet the necessary exmet with excellent success. It penses has been so many years since Concordia has had an old fashioned celebration where red lemonade was on hand everywhere and where everything was free that the merchants and business men responded liberally. One feature of the day's program will be Marshall's band of Topeka, the best band in the state of Kansas. This band will arrive in Concordia on the seven o'clock Missouri Pacific and will be here until the east bound Missouri Pacific at ten-thirty in the evening. So the people who spend the Fourth in Concordia will be assured of plenty of good music, which will include several concerts.

There will be a big ball game in the afternoon but the teams have not been decided upon as yet. Free street attractions will take place during the morning and afternoon. As a farewell surprise the ladies of the Entre Nous Club met at the home of Mrs. A. J.

Paige on Thursday afternoon in honor of their president Mrs. Robert McGaugh who is soon to leave for her new home in Montana. The house was decorated in potted plants and cut glass vases of pansies bridal wreath and iris. The ladies furnished the afternoon's entertainment with songs, reading and music. Mrs.

Shinn impersonated Mrs. McGaugh hoeing potatoes on her Montana ranch and from her appearance, ranch life agrees with her as she has grown stout. Mrs. Sellars, a girlhood heart from Kansas calls on her. The guests were then invited to the dining room where they were seated at one long table which was resplendant in cut glass, hand painted china and silver.

The hostess in her pleasing manner then introduced Mrs. Metz the Past President as toast mistress, who then gave a history of the club and expressed regret at Mrs: McGaugh's departure. Mrs. Sellars gave a short talk on "Our Gift to the West, Mrs. Shinn.

"The Modren Pioneer." and Mrs. Barrett, "Friendship" Mrs. Sutton, the newly elected president, in an appropriate speech presented Mrs. McGaugh with a Entre Nous spoon with 1917 engraved on it. The ladies all stood and gave a toast using the Bryan drink.

Mrs. McGaugh ably responded assuring the ladies of her appreciation. Another pleasant feature of the afternoon was the presence of a former member, Mrs. Dean Truex of Long Beach Cal. XXX Jury Stood 11 to 1.

Hays, May, -The jury in the Lena Kinderknecht murder trial was discharged early this morning after havinghad the case for almost twentyeight hours. The first ballot was 8 to 4 for acquittal. The third was 11 to 1 for acquittal, and it remained that way from 10:30 o'clock Friday night until the discharge by Judge J. C. Ruppenthal after 12 o'clock Sunday morning.

It is not expected here that the case will, be pushed much further. It developed today that the reason of Lena's bondsmen turning her over to the sheriff was that the Kinderknecht family moved out to their for the summer, but Lena would not go with them. Her father told the bondsmen that as she did not accompany them to the country he could not be real sure to produce her for trial. Obituary Joseph A. Dewesse was born Jan.

3, 1848 in. Harrison County, Indiana and departed this life May 21, 1917 at his home in Lincoln Township, County, Kansas, aged 69 years, 4 mos. and 18 days. He was married Sept. 25, 1866 to Rachel Sherwood of Harrison They came to Manhattan, Kans: October, 15, 1866 after living in Pottowatomie, County for two years they came to Republic County and homesteaded on West Creek.

He was Post Master of the West Creek Post Office for a term of eight years and was also Township Trustee for a number of years. He leaves to mourn his departure a wife, his aged mother and four children, Wesley A. Deweese, Nellie Elsie Deweese, Mrs. Marilla Downey of Burlington and Harrison Deweese, also one brother, Lewis Deweese of Marchfield, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Clark, Hollis and Mrs.

Laura Nutter of Los Angeles, and one granddaughter. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Minersville Church conducted by Rev. Carpenter of Hollis. The Interment was at the Smock Cemetery. Mrs.

Geo, Waite and Mrs. Oliver were hostesses to the Fortnightly Club Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Waite. The afternoon was pleasantly spent with fancy work after which a lovely luncheon was served. CLASS OF 46 GRADUATED It Was the Largest Class in the History of the Concordia High School The graduating exercises for the class of 1917, of the Concordia High School, were held last Thursday evening at the Brown Grand theater.

The class was composed of 46 members, making it the largest class to graduate from this school. Every seat in the big theater was taken long before the curtain went up, revealing the class and Supt. Ewing, who was presiding in the absence of H. M. Davies president of the board.

The address of the evening was delivered by Pres. Waters, of the State Agricultural college, at Manhattan. His subject was: "The War and What it will Mean to Us as American Citizens." It was a subject that was certainly timely and few men in the middle west are better prepared to speak upon that subject than is Dr. Waters. Those who received diplomas last Thursday night were: George Munch, Wallace Murphy, Violet Walendorf, Vivian Olney, Josephine Choquette, Florence Carlgren Arhtur Goodwin, Vera Bray, Harry Johnson, Wilbur Rolph, Marguerite Murdock, David Capper, Ruth Cunningham, Marie Melcher, Henry Melcher, Esther Stockton, Edith Day, Doan Perkins, Russell Sturges, Carl Moore, Harold Evert, Miles Scott, Harry Hanson, Velma Duff, Mildred Lamphere, Everett Clawson, Nellie Mahin, Nellie Lauz, John Hackley, Walter Perry, Arthur Lewis, Vera Kelly, Charles Rogers, Minnie Augustine, Gladys Hall, Mildred Churchill, Maude Rader, Lucille Belisle, Manelva Pettit, Helen Lowman, Eulala, Christie, Edna Carlson, Marie Gildersleeve, Ruth Johns, Sanford Hazen and Dorothy Spencer.

MEMORIAL DAY MAY, 30 FORENOON PROGRAM G. A. R. 'and R. C.

and all other who will join us, will meet at the city hall at nine o'clock and form on Sixth Street at nine-thirty and march west to Cedar street, thence south in conveyance to the cemetery where the usual exercises will be held and flowers strewn on the graves of our soldiers dead. Martial music will be furnished by the Belleville drum corps. AFTERNOON The G. A. R.

and W. R. C. Corps, Ci- vil organization and everyone who is willing to join in the parade to the Brown Grand are requested to meet at the city hall two o'clock, All those desiring to join in the parade can report to V. A.

Brown, who will assign them a place in the line. The Drum Corps and the Concordia Boys' Band will be on hand to furnish music for the occasion. Our country is, now engaged in the world war and it is hped that the people' generally, will take advantage of this occasion to show their patriotism their loyalty and their interest in all that pertains to the welfare of our country by taking in the exercises of this day. The program at the Brown Grand will begin at two-thirty and will be as follows: Star Spangled Banner Invocation John A. Logan's Order M.

Harrison Music Quartette Fag Drill Reading Helen Palmer Solo Marie Day Gettysburg Address E. Curran Music Quartette Address James Aikin Smith America Mrs. Emile Schmitz and children left this morning for Houston, Texas, where they will join Mr. Schmitz and make their home. Mrs.

Schmitz is Mr. Lague's daughter. SIMPSON PAVES COUNTY ROAD Citizens and Farmers Work for Improvement When Cost of Concrete Road is Explained, Simpson, May citizens of Simpson, and farmers living in the vicinity along the route of the Midland highway in the southern part! of Cloud and Mitchell counties decided at a big road meeting here last night to pave this part of the road. Over 200 were at the opera huse to hear J. Frank Smith, of Topeka, explain the provisions of the new Kansas hard road law and learn what a concrete road would cost and about what each land owner would have to pay to get the road.

After a full explanation, and many questions had been asked and answered, a vote was taken on whether the people wanted to improve the road and every one present voted for it. After the meeting was over every farmer present living within two miles of the road, who had not already signed the petition came forward and signed for all of his land, adding several thousand acres to the petitions. Those in charge feel sure that 90 per cent of the land in the district will be on the petitions before many days. The Midland trail from Clay Center to Beloit, a distance, sixty miles passes thru a rich and prosperous section of the state touching Clay, Cloud and Mitchell cunties, C. A.

Boggs, the traveling man, was out between Cawker City and Tipton last Friday night when the big rain struck that section. He says that the roads were turned into regular rivers and little creeks soon became swollen streams. They crossed several streams in their car that were more than a quarter of a mile wide. We have changed Mr. Bogg's tatements here a trifle as he says that they were more than a mile wide, but we cut it down to a quarter of a mile.

At last in one of these streams the car turned over and Mr. Boggs, Mr. Choquette, who travels for the National Cash Register and a couple of other men from, Beloit, were all thrown into the water. Mr. Bogg's suitcase started down the stream but he was close to its heels and after struggling in the current for about a hundred yards he recovered it.

Then they righted the car and went to a farmhouse for a team to pull the car out. They finally got into Cawker City late Friday night but Mr. Boggs says that he doesn't care for another trip like it. More County Graduates The county graduating class will have 141 members, the following having passed the examination in Hollis Jamestown, Miltonvale and Aurora: Pearl E. Anderson, Eugenia M.

Crider, Harold Miller, Viola Maude lo, Eva Mays Shroyer, John M. Minnie M. Ackley, Carmen roughs, Clara Edyth Graham John A. Reel, John Stanton, Frank Bessette, Pearl Hart, Esther Ekstrom, Charlie Campbell, Della Mae Elliott, Alfred Watt McCall, Harold Champlin, Mabel Carr, Beulah Marcella Hills, Gladys Wheelock, Bennie Crosse, Alta Smith, Mamie Stinson, Charles R. fey, Blanche Courville, Ronald Letourneau, Lynn Lecuyer.

Wm. Evert, the produce man has purchased the John Nixon property on South Washington street. The consideration was $5,500. Four Inches Of Rain Smith Center, May rains amounting almost to cloudbursts fell over Smith county Friday in the eastern half. Four inches of water fell in an hour.

Great damage resulting from crops being washed out. Complete Showing of Summer Wearing Apparel SILK DRESSES AND SILK SPORT SUITS--made of cool Looking Pongees and Crepe De Chene in dainty new styles. SILK SKIRTS -the thing this summed made in plain and pleated models with large pockets and big belts in plain colors, also stripes and plaids. STUNNING STYLES in Wash Skirts made of preshrunk materials in white in figures and stripes. Full range of sizes and styles.

CHILDRENS GINGHAM DRESSES--for little tots of 2 years to girls 16 to 18 years. Made of fine fast color ginghams. Bungalo Aprons Big roomy aprons made of fine ginghams, the handlest all around garment made. Special at $1.25. The Bon Marche TORNADO IN SEDGWICK CO.

Fifteen People Killed at Andale, 22 Miles Northwest of Wichita. List Of Andale Dead Citizens of Andale killed by the tornado, are: Agnes Rausch, 23 "Grandpa" Heiger, Mrs. Frank Heiger, Frances Heiger. Mrs. Alex Schmidt, Irene Schmidt, aged 4.

Joe Mertes, aged 13. Mrs. John Klein and three children. Nick Cordell. Henry Rausch Minnie Somerhauser, aged 16.

Henry Bach. Three unidentified. Of the fifty injured, several die. Those whose condition, tonight appeared hopeless are: John Heiger and his aged mother, infant son of Alex Schmidt, Mary Heiger, John Buscher, Mrs. J.

A. Fisher, Wichita, May seventeen person were killed and at least fifty injured, many of them fatally, by a tornado which swept across Sedgwick county late today. The storm struck Andale a small town twenty-two miles northwest of here, with vicious fury, wrecking dozens of homes and hurling the bodies of the inhabitants into the street. Fifteen Andale citizens are known to be dead and it is believed that six of the fifty persons injured will die. Two persons were killed at Sedgwick.

Only meager reports have been received from the devastated area, but loss of life at other points where the storm struck. The tornado formed in western Sedgwick county about 3 o'clock this afternoon swept thru Andale, passed within a mile of Bentley barely missed 1 Sedgwick and went towards Peabody. It occurred during a driving rain and hail storm. A second tornado formed near ville, eight miles southwest of here, and passed along the western edge of this city, doing considerable property damage. No lives were lost so far as is known.

The roof was burned off the Butts block and the plate glass front in a big department store here was smashed. Wires into this city from Sedgwick and Andale, as well as Peabody, are down. Word of the disaster was brought by an automobile party and a relief train was at once started for the scene of the disaster. The Missouri Pacific depot at Andale and half the residence section of the city was literally wiped out. The path of the storm was about a quarter of mlie wide: It runs in a line to the northeast and can readily traced by the wreckage left behind.

The board of army officers on the way to Hutchinson to inspect a for a prospective training campy was held up at Sedgwick by the tornado which wrecked the interurban trolley line. Unconfirmed reports stated that the tornado also struck five miles south of Newton doing considerable damage. In account of wires being out no deails could be secured. Henry Rausch and his daughter of Andale, were believed to have been the irst victims their little house being blown asunder as if by an explosion and the two occupants being beaten 0 death by the flying timbers. Mrs.

Schmidt adn her small daughter were truck and killed as the mother ran to place of safety. The child was found dead clutched in her arms. The Klien family, which suffered most from the tornado was buried in the wreckage of their cottage. Mr. Klein vas at the time.

This paper is sorry to report that Geo: Brown, who formerly lived in Sibley township and who is now living on West Fifth Street is very sick suffering from asthma. His son, John Brown, of Osborne is here visiting him. Wooster Townsdin, who have been running the Glasco Sun for the past two years have sold the paper to. Messrs. L.

Noel, Raymond Sawhill and L. F. Davidson and the last three named will hold the paper until a suitable newspaper man can be found. That was their only idea in buying the paper and it was a mighty good one, too. Glasco is entitled to one good newspaper but if the paper is allowed to be sold to to every Tom, Dick and Harry, it is bound at times to come under the management of mighty poor editors.

Wooster Townsdin, who have been running the paper have purchased a paper at Junction City, The eight young ladies who were from Downs attending the houseparty given by Mrs. Austin Boggs returned to their home at Downs last evening. The children of the Parochial school will give their entertainment for the close of school this evening. The different classes have a very interesting program arranged for the occasion. Helping the Horse In Hot, Weather Since the horse is one of the 1 most important factors in the maximum crop production planned for the comyear, a few simple precautions that will increase by 25 per cent the efficiency of the average farm horse are suggested: I.

Water frequently for the body of the work horse needs great quantities of water during hot work. Watering frequently overcomes the dangers that result from watering freely at long intervals. 2. Feed regularly a uniform ration both as to kind and amount. This practice lessens the danger of colic and other digestive disturbances.

3. The daily allowance of grain should be fed in three equal feeds but only one-fourth the daily allowance of hay should be fed in the morning one-eighth at noon, and the remainder at night. 4. The grain portion of daily. ration should be increased in direct proportion to the severity of the work performed.

5. As a general guide for feeding work horses, one may suggest one and one third pounds of grain and one one pound of hay for each 100 pounds live weight. 1 6. Allow the horse to stop in the shade for a few minutes whenever possible for a brief rest and a chance to' breathe freely and deeply. 7.

Watch the work horse carefully. Drooping ears, unsteadiness of gait, short breathing, and a sudden ceasing to sweat are danger signals demanding prompt attention: They mean that the horse is getting too hot and that he must have shade, cooler air, and rest. 8. If the horse suffers a heat, stroke, protect him from the sun, remove the harness, apply cold to the head -either water or ice -wash out his mouth and nostrils, and sponge his entire body with cold water 9. Provide as cool a place as possible for the work horse at night for the horse that does not become thoroughly cooled off at night will be in poor condition to stand the heat and work of the next day: 10.

Allow the work horse to rest on Sunday. Do not use him for 3. work horse during the week: and for buggy horse on Sunday. 11. A horse produces the greatest amount of net power from the feed and care provided when drawing a load at a moderate gait, hence greater and more efficient power and energy can be secured by increasing the load rather than the speed of the work horse.

12. Eliminate lice, worms, the flies for they may decrease the efficiency of the work horse 50 per cent and increase the feed bill 25 per cent. 13. Groom the work horse thoroughly. This will save feed and will increase the health, vigor, and power of the horse.

14. Clean the collar every time it is put on the horse and keep its bearing surface hard and smooth. 15. If possible sponge off the work horse, especially where the collar and other parts of the harness have left their marks when he comes in from work. Sponge out his mouth, nose, and eyes.

Soak his feet thorughly with cold water but do not turn the hose on his body or legs. Wash his shoulders every night for a few weeks with cold salt water. away' The Swastika Club was' delightfully entertained Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ed. Martin.

The afternoon was spent with auction bridge after which a lovely luncheon was served by the hostess. The proceeds from the Annual College play, "Captain Racket," which will be given at the Brown Grand theater Thursday night, May 31, will be turned over to the Concordia Chapter of the Red Cross. In the past the proceeds from the annual class played have been turned into the athletic fund of the school..