The Belle Plaine Defender from Belle Plaine, Kansas • 1

ULitoiical Society a i L' '1 A A CLaL' iL JL JL II if St. fml NO 43 BELLE PIAINE, SUMNEl? COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25. 1904 VOL. IX. ft ill Drill Season is Coming and Andrews Has The One that Will Suit You.

iff Grapes For Sale. Fine ripo grapes for saie. Frank Arnett. See 7 School Store. House iQpera Open i SHOES, I Sept.

sth. i The Walton Family. Mrs, Barak Walton, aged 77 years, suffering fiom a tumor in the stomach and lying at the point of death ut the farm home of her son II J. Walton five miles northwest of Belle Plaiue, the old Walton homestead, is the mother of twelve children all living, eight of whom are now at her side administering to her wants all that human hands can do. On July 6, 1870, over thirty-four years ago, Mrs.

Walton, with her husband, G. C. Walton who passed away nineteen years ago, came to this country from near Ft. Wayue, Indiana and settled on the Ninnescah river as one of the first five families' to locate here even before any survey wa. made.

These were the families of G. C. Walton, A. D. Clewell, H.

LeForce, Mr. Cambridge and J. J. Ferguson, Young Joe, now J. F-.

Walton, carried the surveyor's chain during the early Part of of our Fall and Winter Lines are now in Good Honest Shoos for the prices we ask for them Made out of such stock as Oil Grain K. K. Calf, Crome Calf, Valour Calf, Box Calf, Colt Skin, Vioi Kid, Dongola Kid, Patent Colt Welts, Turns and McKays. These shoes are built by th best of worKman. Our sUx-k or SCHOOL will be Inrgcr mid more complete limn evor Iji'l'orc Wo tnko Special in this department, nnd trvtojjivi! th- pupils the best things in I ho 1:1:1 rk-t i 11 Tub-lets, Composition Hooks, Inks, Pen-ci Is, etc.

mill our prk'es tnlk for tlieuiselvus. Teachers' Examination. A supplementary teachers' examination will be held at the court house ii) Wellington, Monday and Tuesday, August LHh and 80th. Applicants should be present at eight o'clock sharp, provided with pencils, knife and eraser. Geo.

E. IIosicic, County Sunt. For Sale Cheap. For sale cheap, the S. F.

Stewart home in town, he having dtcidea to go to Wichita. This property consists of 8 east front lots on corner facing business part of town and new house 6 rooms, cellar. Good new barn -wind mill, trees, premises all fenced and clear of debt and will offer it for sale at a bargain if sold soon. Will rent for $10.00 per month, Call on C. Watsox.

3ee Our Children's School Shoes CONSTANT The Drucfsist. $1.50, 1.75, 2.00. 2.25, 2.50,3.00 $3.25 and 3.50 en lb N. Side 5th Ave. 2.25 and good as ft Our Drugs are as our Soda.

Qa $1.50, 2.00, $3.00 days. What the Waltona do not u3 3 3 6 know about early day life in Sumner 4 county, would be hard to find out. -j -yi -S-l -ii W- They have not lived in vain, and are numbered with the prominent active Boys' Youth's and Little Gents' Shoes $2.25, $2.00, 1.75, 1.50, 1.25 and 1.00. Misses' Children's and Infants Shoes $1.75 $1.50, 1 35, 1.25,1.15, 1.00, 80c, 75, 00, 50, 35, 25c Besides our lines, wo have a few Bargain Shoes iu Slock. Ask to see them.

1 citizens of their respective communities. Saturday afternoon, eight of the children who are able to be with their mother during her last days on Farm Loans. Have plenty of money to loan on first mortgage on good improved farms at 0 per cent straight the borrower. Call and get terms O. C.

Watson. Belle Piaine, Ks. If you are going to the World's P'air can you figure a better route than this? Leave Belle Belle Plaiue, via. Missouri Pacific at p. arrive St.

Louis, next morning. Achat's the use of starting before breakfast when you can leave after dinuarandget your breakfast in St, Louis, earth, came to town and were photo graphed bv Harden. The Defender acknowledges a call by them, and their nams follow: Frank Walton, 11 farmer, Cheney, Kansas. I'. L.

A. Walton, farmer, Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Notion Department. New Tilings. "Bon Ami" Hose Supporters, "The Yassar" Hose "Boston" Garter, 'The Sun" Garter.

Arm Bands, Dip Puff Combs, Back Combs, Bide Combs, Patristic Fobs, Good line of Wrist Bags aud Purees to select from. Watch this corner of the papr. Our Fall and Winter Lines are beginning' to come in and we will yall your attention to the arrivals as they come iu, and want you to inspect them. chlitz W. J.

Walton, farmer, Belle Plaiue, Kansas. I. A. Walton, real estate agent, Kingfisher, O. T.

El The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous. But thie cannot be said of our little city. We have a nice, clean, respectable, temperance ohice of which we are justly pround. Call and J. E.

Walton real estate agent, Humansville, Missouri. Ella Herriugton, Cashion, O. T. Ed Walton, farmer. Peck, Kansas FT "TO H.

J. Walton, farmer. Belle Piaine see us wheu in the city and if iu need of anything in our line we will be glad to serve you. If you contemplate building, do not fail to figure with us, as we caa certainly save you money and furnish you good material. Also wheu iu need of Paint, Coal, Flour or Feed, don't fail to see us.

ft. a I 3 ff tin W. Jtfc Kansas, The following uamed children are if' unable to be present at this time Mrs. Sarah Martin, Hnniausville, Phone Ho. 16.

Missouri, Mrs. Eunice Mapes, Keu- KNOX dalville, Indiana. A.J, Walton, Cashion, O. Thos. Walton, East Lynn, Missouri.

Stole a Team. Thursday morning, of last week, a stranger hired a team of the Bradley bovs. which afterwards proved to be his way of stealing. The following To The World's Fair. I been selling Santa Fe tickets in this city a long If I haven't done business with you, let us begin now.

You know that our cars, our tracks, our engines our meals, are of the best. article from the Daily Mi.il explains the story better than we write it "Sheriff J. M. Liugenfeiter went to Caldwell oh the belated Bock Island train hist night and returned with a boy 17 years old named Arthur Bei key whom he placed in jail to await his trial for horse stealing. The stolen Yon know that the Santa Fe is the com-fortfiblo way the chair cars are easy the Pullmans are cozy.

If I can be of any help in planning your trip to St. Louis, write or call. property belongs to Sum Bradley, the Belle Piaine liveryman. "Yesterday morning during Bradley's absence, Berkey hired a team W. S.

Conaway, Agent, A. T. S. Belle Piaine, Kans. 1 It of ponies from Mr.

Bradley's two boys to drive, as he said, four or tiye miles into the country and drive north. When he did not return at noon, as 'A A Thing of Beauty is a Jcst Forever! xki 16 inch Good Enough Sulky Plows with extra share at a reduced price. Come and see us before you buy a plow, We will save you money. Superior Disc Drills are the leading drills because there are more Superiors sold in Kansas than any other one make of drills, therefore, why not buy the Superior, they are good drills. Three section, 105 tooth, bar lever harrows, all steel for We have some fine buggies and carriages that we are offering at low prices.

WHY. NOT MMEYQUH A8EAUTY TWO COATS OF promised, Mr. Bradley resorted to the rural telephone and commenced in quiring over the surrounding country but got no track of the outfit. While still telephoning, he was called to the long distance line and Fred 'Vannen-wetsch, city marshall of Caldwell, asked whether he had lost a team. The boy bad driven the team to Caldwell, 40 miles, and had there attempted to sell the team, buggy, and bar r.ess for $80.

His actions re rorort-ed to Wannenwetsch who pie.ceu him IiiEtasMnxioAN BES' 1 WILL BO IT. i WEAR? mm r. j-vv LEAD and OIL BYaTLEAST sopCEKT. MINI MAKERS We Solicit Your Trade under arrest and he told whrre he had obtained the team, although ho did not know the name oi the town. Bradley and Lingedfelter went to (jaldvve'l lasi night.

"Aftei passing Wt llington. Berkey took his pocket knife and roa'diPd the ponies' manes and threw the flyueis away. He waived his preliminary examination before Squire C. at Caldwell this morning and sa she will plead guilty. lie says he lives southwest of Kingfisher, O.

T. A SUMMER COLD. A summer )'d is not annoying but tf not relieved Pneumonia will be the probab'e result by Fall. One Minute Cough Cure clears the phlegm, draws out the inllamation, heals, soothes and strengthens the hmgs ahd tubes. One Minute Cough (lure is an ideal, tetnedy for children.

It is pleasant to the taste and perfectly lirmlpsi. A certain cum -for '4 Landis Parkinson, Belle Piaine, Kansas. Independent Phone No. -15. farmers Phono No.

22. ROCK ISLAND LUMBER CO, AGENT Try The "Defender" Office For a Line of Job Printing. Cough and cold. Sold by IL R. Funk.

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