The Cherryvale New Era from Cherryvale, Kansas • 8

'Is there no UEL1S! 11 rvn lJ (f Phone ffo. 40 fe- cried President Kroger upon hearing that the Begbee shell foundry had blown np. Those who In search ot bargains, say the Condon Mercantile Co. has the largest stock cf general merchandise to select from in Cherryvale. Our prices are always lower than others.

an The Sycamore Natural Gas WellN ot The "Only Pebble On The Beach." Fraternal Notes. The Oswego lodge A. O. U. W.

a line of piping from its wells in have taken in over one hundred new members within the last month. the Osaee Indian reservation to this place, a distance of about Is known as much by his clothes as he is by the company he keeps. The place to get the right kind.of Clothes is at the C. C. KINCAID MERCANTILE CO.

A practical tailor is always in charge and Style, Fit, and Workmanship are Guaranteed. We also always have a complete line of Gent's Furnishing Goods. miles. The pipe line will be ready Quite a number of the Masonic fraternity of this city went to Liberty Thursday night to attend a for use this week, and 2,000 barrels TWO MORE GOOD WELLS llavo Recently Boon Struck By The Vitrified Brick Company, of crude petroleum will be shipped banquet given by the lodge down to refineries at Neodesha, there. during the week.

Four wells have been sunk and a fourth is almost The membership report of the Modern Woodman society shows completed. An expert has been brought from Pennsylvania to shoot that at the close of last month there were 40,900 oenent members in the wells. Gas continues to flow in ing towns have to do. We can af Kansas carrying $86,879,000 insur OTHER GAS AND OIL NEWS ford not to be jealaus on the gas abundance and is used by the com pany for fuel." ance. This shows a net gain in this state during the month of 1,382 question.

Another dispatch to the same paper later says: "Judge Hook That great gas well Independence benefit members, carrying $2,223, boasts so much about is up in Sye 500 insurance. There are in Kansas er, of the supreme court That Concern Many of The NEW ERA'S Readers in This Section. amore township. In fact gas has to New York, who has been here two or three days looking over the oi Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes and Staple and Fancy Groceries. Prices the Lowest.

be piped to Independence at great expense from wells miles away. fields two miles west of town, has decided to put. down 100 oil wells Daily News. The Forest Oil Company will there. He will do the work in con junction with the Osage" Oil com soon put in a shackle-rod pumping pany, which has tne leases, and will begin it at once.

The four wells already sunk by the Osage 749 local Woodman camps. Can any other society doing business in Kansas make as favorable a showing for one month? Committee Meeting. There was quite a number of persons in the city yesterday 1 and last night, drawn no doubt by the Republican Congressional committee meeting held at Hotel Axtell Among others were Messrs. C. A.

Cox, O. H. Turner and D. E. McClelland, of Chanute; H.

G. Thayer; Seth G. Wells, Erie; C. A. McNeil and Winfield Cavauess, of Columbus; W.

F. Thrall, Md. Valley, V. F. McGill, Oswego; F.

M. Benefield and D. Winters, of Coffeyville. Oil company have an average out put of sixty barrels a day. Chanute has another gas well wonderful strength' and capacity 0, 0.

Kincaid Mercantile THBOLDRELIABLE. V' just drilled this week by the Chan CORNER MAIN DEPOT STREETS. Last week we mentioned the big "gusher" in Sycamore township a few miles west of Cherryvale, but so far we have failed to mention other wells found in ovr midst the past few days. The Coffeyville "Vitrified Brick compauy, whose big plant is located a mile south of town, hitched on another new well to their plant and on Saturday morning "another "gusher," the work of which had to be stopped last Thursday evening, was hitched on to their Circuit. Mr.

Francis informed us Saturday that they liave all the gas they have any use for and of a sufficient pressure to warrant an abundant supply. It must be remembered that the brick company use an immense amount of gas, and they have to use it from the high pressure lines, so 3hey would be the first ones to no- ute Prospecting company west that city. The dispatches telling it say it will flow three million cu bic feet per day but there is no tell ing what it is good for. The Chan ute correspondent once said 125 station at Buffalo. At present all the wells in the Buffalo field are pumped from an engine at Whit-aker number i.

Buffalo Advocate. The new gas well drilled by the Chanute Prospecting Company recently proved to be too big for them to handle, and we were informed yesterday' that they had not got it in full control yet. Its volume is said to be immense and it is impossible to guage it. Chanute Tribune. The Forest brought in a new gas well on Sigel Ford's farm about ten miles northeast of Neodesha, in the edge of Chetopa township, this week.

It is in the vicinity of the coal mines out there, and for various reasons the company expected to get oil but were disappointed. However it is a valuable gas well and was properly capped and anchored Tuesday. Wilson County Sun. A Bartlesville dispatch to the Kansas City Star of Tuesday says: "The Osage Oil company is laying pounds rock pressure" in telling: of Yes, You Lie a well there and he was nearly cru cihed by the mdignaut citizens when they found out that it meant down when tired. And when you want a dollar to go a long ways and buy lots of goods it will pay you big to bunt up the Condon Mercantile for they are the price cuttersthe bargain giversthe money savers.

Trade with them. U. A. Mitchell, G. Hammerburg, and Comrade Appleby attended the Grand Army Eneampmrnt at Holton this week.

Charlton Dana are getting a divorce for Mrs. Lillie West, who thinks she has borne that name long enough and wishes the mar-raijje knot to be untied, thus sepera-ting her fiom her husband, Wm. Wesc, and giving her back her maiden name, Lillie McQueen. Caney Chronicle. Mr.

Bailey of the Clarion, boarded the north bound Santa Fe Mon- 1 1 a very small well compared to others in the state. Now, no doubt, he hopes to tell it as big as any of them. We hope it is a real good one. Wilson County Sun. The Waters-Pierce Oil Co.

have been refused a permit to do business in Texas. jice a scarcity ot it. uur city is jrigbt in the gas belt of Kansas, and we have never had to have it piped into town as some of our neighbor McAdoo the colored barber, has moved into the basement under A. L. Wilson's office, on the Bowery.

The early closing agreement entered into by our merchants, will be hailed with delight by employes. are Big Strikes Epidemic Laid To Rest. The-remains of Mrs. Mamie Crosby, who died at her borne in Das Moines, Iowa, last Friday, arrived here Tuesday on the morniDg train. The funeral took place at the home of her mother, Mrs.

Fuller. Rev. S. A. Roberts, of the M.

E. churcb, preached the sermon. The death of Mrs. Crosby was rather sudden and casts a deep gloom over her relatives and many friends in Cherryvale where she formerly resided. To the mother it is a hard blow, and she has the sympathies of all.

Has It All Settled. Numerous newspaper items recently have announced that the independent cracker factory at Independence has won in a fight with the cracker trust and has driven the trust from the field. We don't believe a word of it. The trust has withdrawn its branch at Independence it is true but there is nothing to indicate that the home factory has won. In fact there is everything to show that it has joined the trusts in some kind of an agreement as to a schedule of prices.

When the trust first opened its branch at Independence prices on crackers dropped to a very low point but of late they have been gradually raising, the prices all the time being made without regard to the price of flour, until now anil for some time they have been back to about where they started. The trust branch has gradually ceased its fight on the local factory and has finally withdrawn. People who have been sympathizing with the Independence cracker factory will now feci like kicking themselves. all over the country, but this is nothing compared to the way we "strike" terror to competition when they hear of tne extremely low prices at which the Condon Mercantile Co. is selling goods.

We positively will not be undersold. At the Osawatomie insane asylum the other night, one H. Goertzen, a former citizen of Coffeyville, hanged himself with his bed clothing. This was the simple story sent out from the institution, but it might be enlarged into a tale of heroism. Four years ago a runaway horse dashed down the principal street of Coffeyville dragging a carriage in which sat Mrs.

J. R. Mitchell and her baby. MrGoerlzen dashed out of his bakery, threw himself in front of the horse, and though dragged and hammered in a cruel fashion, held on to the reins until the horse stopped, and the woman and cLild were saved. But he never recovered from his injuries, and they sent him to the insane asylum and death by his own hand.

Parsons Eclipse. ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. Editor Moore of the Republican, "visited Liberty Monday. Sam Lewis and family have gone to Sulphur Springs, Ark. Editor Kent made a business trip to Kansas City, Tuesday.

J. B. Skelton made a business trip to Coffeyville Monday. Jim Kearncs of the Hotel Logan, epent Sunday in Coffeyville. W.

H. Linton shipped a car of hos to Kansas City," Monday. Mrs. Mary J. Bonney of Blair, is in town visiting friends.

C. S. Hoover at the Vienna Mills wants your wheat. JohnDy Clayton has treated his residence to a new coat of paint. Accidents are becoming of daily at the" Paris exposition.

G. F. Godby of Claremore, visited Jim Kearnes and family, this week. litor Ritchie of the News, made a business trip to Coffeyville Tuesday. Miss Louise Duley visited Liberty Monday, and Independence Tuesday.

W. D. Nesbitt made his regular weekly trip to Independence Sunday. Mrs, J. J.

Grogging visited with the family of Mr. Clotfelter Sunday. l)r. Hamilton left last Monday Wichita to remain until Thursday. Monday's dispatches say that the British have the Boers on the run Mrs.

L. C. Veeder went to Independence Wednesday to visit Mrs, A. D. Williamson.

The gas company aregrading the highways lying along their farms at their own expense. Hon. A. B. Clark passed through town Tuesday, on his wuy from Independence to Coffeyville.

Tom Beshears. one of the photographers over Kincaid's store, went to Oswego Saturday. The SoutheasteoD Gun Club will hold its next shoot at Coffeyville, on Friday of this week. Another second band store is to beopened in Cherryvale by U. H.

Johnson of Williamsburg. Mrs. John Botsford attended the G. A. R.

re-union at Holton, as a aay morning, ana 11 caused mucn uneasiness for a time among Cherryvale people, for fear that he was leaving town, but their fears were allayed shortly, for when the train stopped at the Frisco crossing be got off and was soon on his usual hunt for news. Sunday was exceedingly warm in some sections of Kansas and as a result a cyclone or tornado followed. Rains seem to have been general throughout the state and the angry looking clouds caused much alarm to hundreds of people. Sunday night looked very, stormy in this section, but excepting a very high wind during the night, no harm, resulted. The colored people had a bigdav yesterday, it being the time for the usual Bermon before the Grand United Odd Fellows.

The sermon was preached at the auditorium at 3 p. by Rev. J. Dudley, of Fort Scott, and dinner was served at Brinkman's hall. About 250 visitors from the Territory, Coffeyville, Cherryvale, Parsons and other points were in town and it was a gala day among the colored people, Reporter, Monday.

On last Sunday evening the opera bouse was filled to overflowing with citizens, who came out to hear Rev, S. S. Estey, pastor of the Presby. terian church at Independence, deliver the Baccalaureate sermon. The meeting was opened with a song by the choir.

Invocation by Rev. S. A. Roberts. Song by the choir, 'The scripture lesson, taken from Galatians iii 1 to 7, was read, by Rev.

Roberts. Barker then introduced Rev. Estey. The text was taken from Phibjpians iv. 8, Rev.

Estey is a pleasing as well as a talented speaker, and handled a subject in a logical and instructive manner. Jos. F. Green, of Elk county, has purchased three houses located on the corner of Third and Montgomery streets, of J. P.

Lewis. Uapt, J. Walker has had ripe strawberrirs grown in his yard in this city for nearly a week. They are a very early variety. Chanute Daily Tribune.

At the council meeting held last Monday night, it was ordered ihat 500 feet of new rubber hose be purchased. It was also ordered that a site be purchased upon which to build a suitable building for the fire departments needs. Mrs. James II. Lynch came up from Cherryvale to attend the lecture last night and returned home this afternoon W.

R. Harmon of Cherryvale was a visitor last evening. He' was accompanied by H. Harmon of Bucyrus, Ohio. Chanute Daily Tribune.

H. Ritchie, editor of Cherryvale News, who was endorsed by the populist convention for secrela-tary of state, is well spoken of by populist and democratic exchanges, who declare he is a good man for the place. That being the case, we are glad he got the endorsement. Chetopa Democrat. The band of the Salvation army arrived from Kansas City Wednesday and took up quarters at the Cottage House.

Ajdt. VanBernard informed us that a portion of the boys were away on furlough and one was at the bedside of a sick mother, consequently reducing the strength of the organization. They were on the streets Wednesday afternoon, and held their first meeting in the Methodist church at night. Bryan Dewey Nominated! The above is a joke. But the fact the Condon Mercantile Co.

is selling goods at the lowest possible prices, quality and style considered, is no joke. We are better prepared than ever to serve you. We invite you to call; take a look through -our stock. this delegate from the W. 11.

C. of city. The merchants of Cherryvale have entered into an agreement to close their stores each evening at 7 o'clock prompt, except on Saturday nights and the nightspot the 10th and 23th of each month respectfully. A signal -will be blwn from the water works whistle, and at time it is sounded the doors of their stores will be closed; but customers in their stores at the time' shall receive the usual courtesy. The agreement went into effect Wednes-nesday, May 9th and will continue in effect until September 1st.

XOTHE. To citizens of Cherryvale who con traded for an Economy Kitchen safe, same will not be delivered until May instead of March as intended. Economy Kitchen Grocer Co. Comrade Shulthies was among the callers Monday of this week ta advance the date of their subscription to the iew Era another year. He says he wants to take a newspaper that has news in it and finds the New Era gives a great deal more news than any paper published in Cherryvale and it is always printed nioely.

Comrade and Mrs. Shulthies are planning for a pleasant visit with friends and relatives in Michigan this summer, but their date for starting has not yet been decided on. James Axton has purchased the New York Packet store of Geo. W. Kilmer, and just as soon as an invoice can be made, will take possession of the business.

Monuments. We are opening a shop in herry-vale, and parties needing anything in this line will find it to their interest to get our prices before ordering, fiirst class work and material. Bell Doylb. the telephone Parsons Wed- Fred Brown man, was over from nesdav..