Daily Reporter from Valley Falls, Kansas • 1

Hist. Topeka, Ks. Daily Reporter I. VALLEY FALLS, KANSAS, TUESDAY, NOV. 30, 1915.

NUMBER 153. Published in the interest of Valley Falls and Jefferson County Admitted to the Mails as The High School Agriculture! class is studying about com mercial fertilizers. Swift and' Company of St. Joseph, upon the request of one of the class, sent a fine set of fertilizers for school use. The samples wil be used for mental work and a record kept of the results.

In addition 04 the samples, the Company sent a list of the premiums and prizes offered for corn exhibits at the Interstate Agricultural and Industral congress held in St. Joseph, December the eighth, ninth and tenth, nineteen hundred and fifteen. Some of the students are talking of sending corn exhibits. The members of the class wish to thank Swift and Company for the favor Sale Bills in a class of their own at the Daily Reporter office. Standing of the Contestants The following is the rank of the contestants Saturday, Nov.

20. We will change the standing each Monday morning. INDIVIDUALS Ben Griffin .6500 Sam Strawn ..1450 Ada Snider 400 ORGANIZATION Boyle City ..1650 V. F. Baptist Ladies ..1700 Dunavant Christian Church 450 Dunavant M.

E. 150 Gregg's Chapel 150 V. F. Odd Fellows. ..300 Nortonville Woodman Lodge 100 Alex Kerr has a hidden prophesy in his ad to-night.

Is it a true one or a false one. A year's subscription to the Daily Reporter would be a splendid Christmas present to send to friend of yours who formerly lived here, or is acquainted here in the county. It would remind them every day in the year of your thoughtfulness and be appreciated by them. Our regular price to all outside of the county except three towns is $2.00, 1 but if you will send us only $1.50 for the year for each of your friends that you wish to so remember we will do the rest and give you a nice three sheet wall chart for yourself. To each one receiving it as a Christmas present we will mark every paper that way and stop it promptly at the end of the year so as not to annoy them with a statement.

We will mark it in addressing, thus: John Smith (Xmas) Second Class Matter, Act of 1879. A Birthday Party. Sam Moore the trustee of Sarcoxie township was a court house visitor Monday. P. J.

Stallard the Williamstown today attending the trial of some cases before Justice of the Peace Mott. Robert Dick and wife of Topeka are visiting Mrs. Dick's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.

A. Buck Guy Parson trustee of Rural township was at the court house Monday in the interest of the public roads of his district. C. H. Viets of Sarcoxie was here today starting proceedings to have a change made in the road along Nine Mile Creek.

Ben Kyle of Williamstown was at the county seat looking after the chance of having the Hutcheson drainage ditch cleaned. W. W. Barnard and wife leave tomorrow for Southern Californ ia for the winter and maybe longer. They will go to Los Angeles first.

We are authorized to announce the marriage of Miss Mae Williamson and Dean Gay. The wedding was at Leavenworth August 19th, 1915. Capt. Hank Mott has been busy all day with cases in his court of Stallard vs Hackett and Stallard vs Transue. These are suits on store accounts.

Mrs. Lou Todd who has been in the State Hospital and par oled, has become demented again and the hospital authorities have been notified to come and get her All the teachers have returned to their duties. rested and refreshed and the students have returned to their duties rested and refreshed and the students have returned to their respective colleges glad that there i is only four more weeks of school before the Christmas holidays. County Clerk Sheldon went to Topeka this morning, Tuesday, to attend the annual convention of county clerks, register of deeds and commissioners which meets Wednesday and Thursday. Today there is a meeting with the State Tax Commission.

The Commissioners are all expecting to attend also The District Court was in session nearly all day hearing a motion to foreclose in the case of R. W. Nelson vs Pearl Williams. The court rendered judgment against the defendant for the sum of $1017. Some of the property is in this county being a half interest in a residence south of the Postoffice in Valley Falls.

H. T. Phinney represented the plaintiff and Wells and Wells of Seneca, the defendant. Oscar Bryant, better known as Erk and a resident of Perry, Kansas was arraigned in District Court Monday There are four Courts charged against him for selling liquor. He pleaded guilty to two counts, on July 19th, 1914 and Sept.

19th, 1914 and sentenced to 60 days in the county jail and a fine of $100 and costs on the first count and 30 days in jail and a fine of $100 and costs on the second count. The other two charges were continued. In the case of Stallard VS A DAILY LETTER FROM THE COUNTY SEAT. By J. C.

Blevins. Transue before the Justice of the Peace court yesterday, the opposing attorneys got the court so befuddled that after the evidence was all in he locked the attorneys, in a room with instructions to stay there and settle it themselves. They were released at a late hour without coming to an agreement. The court then took it under advisement. Zachariah May, Pioneer of Williamstown, is Dead -Zachariah May, a farmer, died at his home here this morning after a two' weeks' illness.

He was 66 years of age. His widow and the following children survive: Sally J. Getty, Perry; Ernest H. and Sylvester of Lawrence; Oliver Topeka; Alfred and Oscar of Kansas City, Mo; Albert of Oskaloosa, Ralph Manhattan; Glen Z. and Clyde Williamstown.

Mr. May was graduated from the University of Missouri when 19 years old. He had lived on his farm at Williamstown for thirty-one years, and was a cessful farmer. He was a member of the Fraternal Aid Union and the A. O.

U. The funeral was held from the home at 2 o'clock Monday. This is the father of Albert a mail carrier at Oskaloosa and who was married Sundy. Williamstown, Nov. 28.

Miss Florence Bell entertained a party of girl friends from North Cedar at her home on South Sycamore street Sunday in honor of her birthday anniversary. An important event of the day was the excellent "turkey" dinner, including every other good thing to eat imaginable. Among he pleasures of the afternoon was a "line party" to Albert Towler's just across the way, and a mock wedding with Misses Isa Montgomery and Lizzie Towler as principals and Eva Ferrell as officiating clergy man. With music and merry conversation the time flew, and the were soon compelled to bid their hostess good bye wishing her many more as happy birthdays and leaving several presents as mememtos of the occasion. B.

C. McKinzie and wife who moved here a month ago from Iowa and who have been living in the Fisher house out on Oak street have shipped their goods back to Peru, Iowa, and will leave tomorrow for that place. Mr. McKinzee expected to rent a farm here but did not find a suitable one for rent. He says that he has rented 240 acres near Peru at $5.00 per acre and will farm there the coming season.

He says that he and his wife want to hear from Valley Falls, frequently and as proof of the pudding he handed us two dolars for daily report from this section for a year. We trust that we wil be able to keep him interested and that he wil be back again next season with us. See Agnes Franklin, the laugh able comedians with Simpson's Tipperary Mary, Thursday, Dec. 2, at Electri Theater. Call on us for farm loans at lowest rates, also for insurance.

Decker Booth. Hear George Temple the phen ominal Baritone with Simpsons Tipperary Mary, Thursday, Dec. 2 at the Electric Theater. Hear Donald Moore, the king of all rag time and classic piano players with Simpsons Tipperary Marry at Electric Thursday even ing, Dec. Bazaar and exchange by the ladies of the Catholic Church, Saturday, Dec.

4, at Corner Drug store. Useful and fancy articles for Christmas. 8t50. Fresh Bulk Mince Meat and Kraut at Owen's market. We sell Swift's Premium oleomargarine.

See Carl Simpson, the funny inventive comedians at the Electric, Thursday evening, Dec. 2, with Simpsons Tipperary Mary. It is the Little Things It is the little things in life, not the big things, that really count. That is to say, it is not given to many of us to participate in really big things; most of us go through life participating only in minor matters. So if we had to depend upon great events of which we are a part for our existence, most of us would find existence hardly worth the effort.

Passed By Board of Censor We have decided to extend the contest for the Child's Range, closing date December 1915. THE GROVES HDWE. CO. C. L.

Cummings and wife Robinson, Kansas, arrived here this morning to take charge the city bakery in the morning which they purchased some time ago. They have taken rooms Mrs. C. C. Jackson Mr.

Cummings is an experienced baker, having been in the business four years and has worked Robinson in a bakery for past eighteen months. wanted to get started in business for himself and liked the location of Valley Fals. regret to see Mr. Gahm leave as he has made a success at bakery business and built up nice trade, but we welcome and Mrs. Cummings and are the opinion that they will tinue to help in the work building up our little town.

The contract has been let the business block for the Valley Falls Mercantile according to the terms of the contract understand that the building to be 94x100 feet and two stories high with a basement under brick and trimmed with stone. The plans were made by private parties. The general contract The building is to be built was let to B. P. Scott of Topeka, who is to commence work soon.

This will probably be the most handsome and best building the city when complete as it to be modern in many respects with the latest equipment shelving, racks and storage apartments. Louis Allcock brought in package of groceries that he says were left in his buggy Saturday night while standing near the livery barn. He said that he could have used them up but didn't like to treat a fellow that way and that they would not have tasted good under the circumstances. So brought them in and told us to advertise them and for the man claiming and identifying them to pay for the ad. Earl Lillie went to Topeka today to consult a specialist, in regard to his health.

He has been examined by the local physician in regard to passing the medical examination for an insurance policy. We understand that his lungs are weak but whether it is due to excessive smoking or tubercular trouble the local doctor was unable to decide. Mrs. Lillie accompanied him to the metropolis. Alex Kerr returned home last night from Clay Center where he had been since Wednesday, visiting with mother and old friends.

He says that they had some big crops out there the past year and that the wheat crop is looking extra fine. J. W. Spilman and family are moving from the Bruton house today to the Mrs. Jackson house on South Walnut street which recently purchased of John Bunker.

Remember the Band Concert Thursday, Dec. 9. Something real good. 52tf. FOR SALE- The editor of this paper has two fine gasoline lamps to sell, they are almost new and are claimed by the makers to be better than electric lights and cheaper to operate, anyway they are just the kind of a lamp for the country home where electric lights are not available.

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