The Lyon County Farmer du lieu suivant : Emporia, Kansas • 1

if County Lyon THURSDAY DECEMBER 28,1911. NO. 42 NIONleflLSBtOX EMPORIA, KANSAS VOL. I EMPORIA'S PROGRESS TEXT BOOK QUESTION MPORIA'S IMPROVEMENTS Pwev. J.

II. Oliver of Toronto, while in Emporia today, attendirg to the sale of hi3 farms, made the Farmeh office a pleasant call. 4 -4' information for the people and school children living upon the prairies of Kansas, and particularly those of Western On page 55 this description of our prairies by an author who probably never crossed the state of Kansas is given: "There are few trees because the soil is so hard and fine The grass on these plains is often (Continued from last week) A large majyity of the children our state leave the public schools bifore they study the advanced geography. The knowledge these gt of the geography of their own country and the world cornea from S. B.

Maxwell will not open the milk depot, corner 7th and Commercial, until the first of March; but will sell milk from his residence Mrs. Maxwell's boarding house. Over Two Miles Of Asphalt Pavement Laid This Year By Home Contractor. MANY FINE NEW BUILDINGS AND HOMES An Up-to-date Street Railway And Improved Street Lighting System Installed as high as a man's head." (He probably means buffalo grass.) Again, "the prairies are considered beautiful by wt stern people on Woman Mayor Wins IJtjnxewell, Dec. 24.

Mrs. account of their unnlo outlines and misty distances," but "I am Ella Wilson, mayor, is in control of the city's affairs at last. Three much imnressed bv the vhsti.ess members of the council have re the study of the elementary book. It is hard to consider the elementary geography now in use in Kan-8 is other than a Geographical Reader. If left wholly to the information contained in this book, there is not a boy or girl in Kansas who would know whether Turkey is in South America or Europe, or whether it is a city or country.

The indi-x contains no mention of this country- Page 175 contains the only men In the window of the Good win Printing Company is a cut reproduced from a photograph of'Empora in 1859. It shows a few straggling houses in the background, and a local sport shooting prairie chickens in the foreground. There is not even a suggestion of a shade tree. It is dilucuit to connect it with the Emporia of today. There has been no boom deveh pement, but it has experienced a solid, substantial growth year by year, until now the peer, if not thesuperior, of any citv of equal size in thes United States.

Visitors are always impressed with its wonderful beauty, its well kept lawns, shaded street? and artistic styles of architecture. It ia true, of course, that now and sign as the ret ult of an order of Governor Stubbs to the attorney general instructing him to bring ouster suits. and sameness of things." On the "Hat prahier. clumps of trees tcni like islands in ilia ocem, roads usually run in s'raWht lici-s, and curves seem bani-hed from sight except on the horizon." his She was a little village, Set on a little hill. -1 She had a store and blacksmith shop, A tavern and a mill.

That wasbauk in the fifties (Its a long, long time since then)''1" The entire population Wouldn't number ten times ten. But her poople, they had courage, And was bound to make a town; For thfiy had the best location In all the country round. They were almost in the center Of this Union grand ia she! And ihfijstarted dear Emporia, Tha town that was to be. Tho pride of tho state an 1 nation, The prido of her people true, And ona ot the finest cities Under tho red, the white, the blue In spite of all. their hardships, In spite of the wild "red man;" In spite of the border trouble, She kept moving as a "van." She finally got a railroad The grand, nmv Santa Fe.

And sometime later, another The old M. K. and T. And then she growing In a way both fa-t and grand; llor workman hauling lumbar And brick and lime and sand. Good buildings were erected; Her folks had come to stay; Some went into business, And they turely made it pay.

Th- State then built the Normal, And the Santa Fe built shops, Death of D. W. Morris will be informaHon those vbo have traveled on the railroads of Kansas ami the sf. 'Made in New England'' is of so great importance us to be made tt heading of a whole chapter. It tion in the book of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium and Vienna.

There is absolutely no mention of Spain, Austria, Siberia, David W. Morris, a pioneer of Emporia, died Wednesday night, at 8:30, in St. Mary's hospital, whera he had been takr ist Sunday for an operatiou for gallstones of the intestines, from which he never rallied. Mr. Morris came with his par then some loyal enthusiast tries to improve by a judicious commingling of the Elizabethan with the Mary Ann style but this is true of all live towne, and here it is usually a success instead of a freak.

The majority of the structures, however, are conventional and well conceived. In 1350 the water supply depended solely upon cisterns and a few deep wells. Now it is the electrically pumped contents of the spring-fed Neosho river. Then trie sole mode of conveyance was by horseback or ox carts; now it is by automobile or up-to-date trolley. In all the past fifty years not one has marked the substantial pro Venezuala, nor any mention of the co ers all even to college boys, as shown on page 98.

We are told that New Haven, the largest city in the state, is where the most valuable production is Yale college boys. Nuturally the Kansas pupil will want to visit the hennery (page 51), and learn geography through watching the "thousand osiers." gress of the past year. In addition the paving, trolley line and improved pumping system, the following buildings have been erected: Parker ha built a new ment of the new addition and the ents to Emporia township in October 1857 and settled on a farm on the Neosho, where he lived ten years. He then moved to Emporia and has lived here ever since. Isthmus of Panama, where tun-government is building the greit canal, except a map questbu on pig.i lot) that cannot be answered from the map.

Many of the states of the United States are not once named in K1 rig's Elementary geography now ii use in the Kansas schools. And this is one of the books Superintendent Fairchild said wa the best ever adopted for the Kansas hotel will be steam heated and In 1872 Mr. Morris took charge electric lighted throughout. The cost of the improvement will be office commodious and up-to date at his coal and building material yards 119-23 West Sixth avenue, at a cost of $1,500. He has also charge of the drug business of the late Dr.

John A. Moore and held that position about twelve years. He then- went into the drug business for himsalf at 423 Commercial $7,000. Dr. Black ia building a 10 room colonial bungalow at 825 Exchange street.

The inside is finished in mahogany and white enamel; the schools, the work of a text book commission which he commended built a new warehouse for storing building material at 302 Market street. Cost $500. Tb.e new building of lha Emporia bakery, 827 Commercial uf was completed the second week in Direct from Topeka. Gov. Stubbs intends to sift to the bottom the charge of unlawful use of supplemental books in the schools of Kansas.

He has announced that his investigations will begin at once. And the farmers all W9re busy, Raising "bumper" crops. We could not menton all the things That to our city came, To bring her wealth and happiness, And joy, and pride and fame. And still she grew in grandeur, Until today she stands, The greatest of all cities In this broad, prairie land. Not in wealth nor population, Not in crime, as some towns boast; But the cleakkst little city That you'll find from coast to coa9t Contributed.

in these words: "I believe the commission has a lopted an ideal street and later took into partnership hiB son, Edward Morris, forming the firm of D. W. Morris Son. Mr. Morris was a member of the Bet of bjoks.

Everv book on the December. It is a brick building walls in Keystoney fresco. It will be heated and lighted by electricity and thoroughly up-to-now in every particular. Cost $8,000. Stair company built a new Grocery store on West Sixth ave consisting of five large rooms; sale Gov.

Stubbs has been Blow to old city council for many years act in this matter, but is thoi-j room, bread room, oven room with aroused since Dr. Eva furnaca and flour store rooms ex oughly and president of the board of edu cation six years. nue of Concrete blocks that cost about $1,500. tending back to the alley and a hall from the front extending back to the oven room. The ceiling, Misses Bertha and Ethel Morrip, who have been in California the A box of Henry Carr's La Coni-peto cigars was received at th'0 office.

They are very fine. last five months, at rived home and list is the best of its kind. I don't believe that any set of, nine men could select a better class of books to be used in the public schools I perfictly satitlitd." Speaking of this educational vaudeville, King's Elementary geography, which Superintendent Fairchild says is the bast of its kind, a leading teacherV journal "As a thing that is without form and void, this book gets the head-mark. And, sad to Bay, tht-re are a gotd many 'per- walls and woodwork of the sales David I. Noggle built a modern cottage on Park street at a cost of about $2,000.

Bumap Bros, have built a fine 2-stJry stucco frame residence with the other children were pres ent at their father's death. Harding hud beiore turn tne result of her investigations in the homes of poor families in this city. The publication of these revelations has stirred the state, and not fewer than tweut" suits are scheduled by the A'tonvy General members of school boards, city superintendents and teachers, irl in Under the rec- The funeral will be held Friday room are finished in pure white. Entire cost $4,500. The Electric Railway and Light company are putting up a car barn that will be quite an addition to Emporia's improvements for this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home.

Rev. J. II. Ilice will conduct the services. Interment will be in Ma plewood cemetery.

thoroughly modern on West street between Seventh and Eighth avenues, cost $4,800. It is occupied by Dr. D. Morgan. Jasper Boggs is building a Cali- A young man of this town while having a good time the other day took dinner with a friend at the Lennox restaurant and feeling sporty thought he would surprise the waiter by ordering something he thought sure they did not have.

The surprise was on him --he got all he called for served in first-class style. eitt dieisiou of the State Supreme; year. contract is let complete Court, the Governor can order the (except steel work to E. F. Sprague festers' who will be so attract-.

by the colored plates showing cute little Japs exploring tlnir noses a ad and little big Indians Mrs. Joseph White died Monday Attorney General to proceed in of the Sprague Lumber company night at her home near Riaker ornia bungalow on Nirth llural street. Cost $4,000. Luther Thomas is building a He casi s. school house.

Her husband and togged out their Sunday Gov. S'ub'" and many others Gov. Si oh! sitting in lii'- gra--, itching the; brieve ther- is a thoroughly organ-feathers sprout from brave's I -d to disr da and bring re- Mr. Brinknnn being the architect. Th'i contract for the steel work is to the Illinois Bridge eomrany, of Kansas City.

Work began Nov-, ember 27 and will probably be finished about February 1st. The building is of brick in one story frame residence on North llural street to cijst $3,500. A. E. Plante is building a $2,000 frame house at 105 Neosho street.

Ies- Head, aiul scores oi oiner nan c-n the unMorn.uv live children were all present at her death. She wa3 a pioneer and had lived for thirty years in that neighborhood and wa3 esteemed by all her neighbors. The funeral 1 i w. 1 1 is nib rr-'i' tint the towns I ii'ol i ities of the are piying I nut annuiily tor bookn other than jt'iose Tvi-ied fir by law, approx 170x05 feet. Co 1).

I. Noggle is building a frame residence at Sixth and Washington was held Wednesday afternoon and interment was made in Union cemetery. S. NT. Parker lost a horse Monday night, vakud at $200.

The veterinary attending said death was caused by poisonous dust in the feed or wormy corn which resulted in congestion of the brain. The pain maddened the horse so that he was wild and violent until death. Some say the poisonous feed is the fault of the miller who to cost The College of Emporii i3 build Ed Rowland has built a new, modern, up-to-date buogalow on North llural street, cost $3,500. tones, that they will forget all! about whit a lev bok in rt-phy ought to be." Examining further King's geography hieh Snj-ir-inteinhnl Fairchild declares is ti best of its kind, it is wdl to note what the author has to say about a prairie. It would be a safe bet to wager a tck-rabbit against a cod lislitli.it the Yankee who wrote this book n-ver -aw'n pr.dri".

11 i imately a ear. Top newspaper declared that city's t-bare of the extra expense $52,000 per annum. Kansas City, Lawrence, Cof- Carl Juid is budding the finest house for this year at 727 Mech log a gymnasium, which was begun in June. Mr. Sprague has the contract and is trying to have it completed by January 15.

Cost J. W. Elliott has alarm clocks that play a tune like a music box the sweet, truly melodious kind and will wake you up with a beau anic street. It is a combination of bricu, dressed stone, venter and feyville, Parson, Wichita, SaUna am! a score of oiln towns are up in against the supplemental Continued on page tour.) (grinds it without the use of the fan tiful Btrain of music instead of the Work on the Girls' Dormitory at stucco. Cost $8,000.

L. M. Harris is building a frame residence at 1020 Constitution usual clatter-rattletybang alarm. tJ blow out the poisonous dust. the college Jhas begun and a heavy discussion i it- o-i force of men will be kept on the job as long as the weather permits.

It will be the handsomest building 5c Keiio and Liitlo Rustler 5c street. Cost Miss Pearl Taylor built a new bungalow at Fourteenth and Neosho street. Cost 3,000. Dan Blakely built a frame residence at 1021 Commercial street. Cost $3,000.

on College Hill and one of the largest and best equipped dormitories in Kansas. Cost $30,000. S. N. Parker had the contract ANF0RD L00MIS for the extension and remo'eling of the Emporia poatoffice which George Blakely built a new resi is ''A i its ii was completed last July.

Cost dence on South Commercial street. Cost $3,000. $30000. The Atchison, Topeka Santa Mrs. is putting up a 2-story brick at 420 Commercial street which will be occupied by Pritchard Brothers' billiard parlor.

Kent Peak will put hie barber shop Livery Barn and Feed Store A New Mill For Grinding Feed Livery Automobile and Good Rigs Let at Reasonable Rates 520 CONSTITUTION 'PHONE 973 Fo lly. Co. are building a new freight station at Third and West streets, an immense brick structure costing about $30,000. The new Parish House of St. Andrews Episcopal church, corner ot 1 in trio basement anu ine upper llcor will probably be taken by the Loyal Order of Moose.

The National Hotel is building a 3-story brick addition which will Commercial and Ninth streets is built most substantially of stone and light gray brick. It consists of a large assembly room on the first Sold by all Dealers in the County I give it twelve more jooms and a 'new kitchen. A steam heating plant will be installed in the base- Moor and a kitchen and banquetioom in the Cost i.