Daily Reporter from Valley Falls, Kansas • 1

titt 'V Mmht Mm VOLUME VALLEY FALLS, KANSAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 191 NUMBER 57 Published in the interest ofValley Falls and Jefferion Count? Admitted to the Mails as IT IS NOT TOO LATE (TOj START SEEING' THE 1 i 'in i hi tlXmiw if ONE OF THE BEST FEATURES THAT WE HAVE SHOWN YET. DON'T FAIL TO SEE IT WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11th! COME AND GET A COUPON AT THE ELECTRIC. DUNAVANT Tom Mathews, who has 'been buying' cream, eggs, and poultry, has sold out to Jerry Uhl, who will conduct the business in addition to-liis own. Robert Tur ner will have, charge of thel cream room and at odd times will clerk in the store.

Mr. Mathews has not definitely decided what he will do, but expects to remain here for awhile at least. We will be sorry to lose Mr. Mathews "as one' of our' business men. He has by his honest principle and christian character made a reputation for himself here.

We are hoping that he will engage in some business or occupation that will keep him with us. The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. Church gave an ice cream and watermelon social in the implement room of Mr. Uhl's store Friday night.

There was a large crowd in- attendance, everyone seemed to have a good time and the ladies cleared quite a neat little sum by their efforts. Mrs. Elder and children went to Leavenworth Saturday to visit Mrs. Elder's who is seriously ill. Mrs.

Fred McClenny is on the sick list. She has been confined to her bed since Saturday. A pick-up ball team went from here to Oskaloosa Saturday for a game and were defeated by the score of 13 to 5. Next time we will win. Mrs.

Smith Curry, her two daughters and Mrs. Milligan of Winchester had a serious accident in Winchester the fore part of the week. A shaft clip on the buggy in which they were riding broke. The horse became frightened and ran away and the occupants were.thrown from the buggy. Mrs.

Curry sustained broken arms "and other injuries, Mrs. Milligan received scalp and- the other daughter body bruises. Mrs. Milligan is suffering with brain concussion and is seriously ill. The others are resting easy and are recovering.

They were driving "old family horse that had been driven for years and had always been a trusty but somehow you can not wimr LOCAL ITEMS iiiiBiiiiiiniia Mr. Guy Swallow of Meriden, who formerly sheriff of this county, came up this morning on a short business trip. 'Mrs. S. P.

Trimble and little son went to Atchison this morning, where the son is to have his eyes treated. Arthur Mcintosh and wife went to Topeka this morning to do some trading. They drove down in their little Ford. Vera Connell is expected to arrive home this evening after a visit of two days with 'her sister, Mrs. Bertha Chapman, in "Topeka.

Mrs. Lizzie Howard returned to her home at Winchester this morning after as hort visit, here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. A.

Harbin. John Russell left this morning for his home at Madison, Oklahoma after spending a few days here' with his mother and his sister, Mrs. Neal McLeod. Bert McDermond of Topeka, who works for the Santa Fe at that place, changed cars here this morning on his way to Winchester for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

A. L. McDermond. Berry Scott has gone to Book-waiter, Nebraska, as a relief agent in the depot at that place. He will be gone about five weeks and to keep off the loneliness that will creep around him each day he ordered the Daily to go to him at that place each day while he is gone.

Tailor Sloeffler Case Dismissed. Mr. Stoefflcr of Winchester has released from the charge of attempting to kill the jeweler of that place. Some time ago he attacked Mr. P.

W. Smith, the jeweler, with a knife, cutting him so badly that his life was barely spared. As-soon as Mr. Smith got well he left for Missouri, and could not be brought here as a witness. In the of any testimony to be presented by the county attorney, the court dismissed the case against Mr.

I. L. A Spelling Contest This office has a. few direc tories of Jefferson, county that! have been gotten out by a Leav en worth firm that just came off the press last week. They are reasonably are, cloth bound with stiff board covers.

A mail order firm in Kansas City; bought 200 of them at $5 each'. We are going to give one of them to the person who will find the most misspelled words in the display ads in this paper, Saturday's issue. There may be only one word and there may be a score of. See how many you can find, The spelling test closes Mon day night at 7 p. m.

hand your list in, in writing and signed. The Lesson of the Seeds. If you will take a tiny mus tard seed, cabbage seed, and a radish seed, which all look as much alike as two peas in a pod, plant them side by side in the same soil almost anywhere and watch their developments, can you draw the plan and give the outline of the growth and the reason for the difference in the looks and the taste of the plants produced as the result of the immense quantity of material that the seeds have gathered from the earth iand air and stored up? If you can not do so, how can you listen for a mo- ment to the blasphemy of a man who says there is no God, no Creator, no Almighty George C. Hall. We received today four big aPPs from Mrs.

Sam has been visiting at Mountain View, Missouri, all summer. These apples are real beauties, and if this is the same kind that the serpent used to induce Adam and Eve to transgress the law by taking a bite of them, we can understand how easy it was for them to go astray, for they do look so tempting and such big, fine beauties, These apples came packed in a shoe box and there was room for only the four" of them. -They were all about the same size and we measured one to see just how big it was. The diameter across the apple was inches and 314 inches deep; the circumference the larger way was 14 inches and the smaller way 12 inches. The weight was 15 ounces.

Mrs. Allen writes' that these apples" grew near Howell, Missouri, where she has been visiting some. Clarence' Royer has borrowed two -of them to place in his real estate window I for a few days. They attract considerable attention by their beauty and large size. I am handling the "Peacock Flour at the present, which is a splendid flourr but as soon a'sj i "SeconTClass Matter Act 'of 1879." BRACELET Now is the time, This is the place, To start, your Friendship 11 I 1 i i I Bracelet.

We give you a ribbon with the first link. Engraving free. Phone 21 1 I- E.C.Burdick I Jeweler and Optician I always tell about these horses under certain circumstances. Mr. H.

Farra of Valley Falls is putting in a general merchandise store in the Merrill building. AT THE ELECTRIC TONIGHT. See 1 the two-reel feature, "The Sin of Olga Brandt," by Rex, and a Vitagraph comedy. Money to Loan on farm property any amount, low interest rates" and most liberal' terms. Call or write C.

O. ROYER. Mr. and Geo Curtis went to Topeka yesterday to do a little shopping and to visit Mrs. John a sister of Mrs.

Curtis. Nyal's Face Cream can't be beat. Try it once and you will use no other. St. Charles Flory motorcycled out to unction City Wednesday to visit with his sister, Mrs.

R. M. Connell for a few Lydia Walker was out in her wheel chair yesterday and took dinner with her niece, Mrs. Sam Connell. The leading brand of face powder is Nyal's.

The' reason is it satisfies. 3t 3i I- KANSAS. i will cool ycursei -II 1 1 and family store or Price sufficient. $5 and Mrs. Patterson returned to her home 'in Herington this morning after a' visit with her people, the Hukilis, at this place, Her sister, Miss Myrtle Ilukill, accompanied her home.

Do people read the ads in the Daily Reporter Mr. Alex Kerr says that they and that he knows it, for a lot of people have been in to buy that coffee that he has been advertising in the Daily at 12c per pound. That 12c was a mistake, for it should have been 13c instead of 12c. It was only in the Daily -Reporter that the price of 12c was -The ads that we have been running the last two days to stray horses both resulted in finding animals, and thus the good work of the Daily Reporter goes merrily on. Al Sto'ckwell decided this morning that it would be a good thincr to eet on the water wag on.

This was his second attempt at it this year. In the absence of a shower during the past 7 days, our streets had begun to get a trifle dusty and he decided that it was time to sprinkle them, for the rain clouds that were forming last night blew away without giving us even so much as a sprinkle. Thomas Williams was around town this morning circulating a subscription paper to get enough funds to install electric lights in the Second Colored Baptist Church, at 520 Walnut street, Most of the business men were donating to the extent of 25c Mr. Williams tells us that the church has been located on that corner for over, forty years nd hopes that it will stand there there that much longer. Mad J- V.i-: -V Company $15 "Do it Electrically" ONLY Why go stumbling around in a dark room just because the electric lamp has burned out? Now is a good time to replace it and lay in a supply as the price of Mazda lamps has been VALLEY FALLS.

These suits are of the kind and quality that thousands are wearing men who are very particular about the Wearing these suits. Call in and look over the styles and fabrics that we hae. and place your order for one that will be made to your order and of the particular cloth that you want. Over 200 fabrics to select from. J.

A. Evans A xt A r-i t- iNote tuectnc ran just as well at home as at the up. A word to the wives is the mill can get a good qualitv of wheat to work on and start up the mill again, I will then have the well known Brora Krust Flour for you. LOUHAUCK-.