The Rock Reporter du lieu suivant : Rock, Kansas • 2

A Lqcal Timetable NEWS 0F TIIE CHURCHES. THE ROCK REPORTER. BV C. A. WICKENS.

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Sunday-school 10:00 a.m. Morton. Supt. Epworth League- every F-updai evening 7:15. Preaching every evening at 8:00 Junior Epworth League 3:00 p.m Prayer Meeting Thursday evening 8:00 p.m All are urged to attend these services Geo.

H. Weaver. Pastor. Card of thanks 25 cents. Entered as -second-class matter August 8, 1913 at the post office LAUNDRY at Rock, Kans.

under the Act of March 3, 1870. FRIDAY 0CT03ER, 17 1913, in it 1 1 i nn ww wi i ii 'MiiifciiiiiWT wiir rmnn Those three scientists who de cended 1,200 feet into the crater of Vesuvius have not made a full If you receive a copy of this issue of the Reporter and do not happen to be a subscriber, kindly consider it an invitation to become a regular reader. If you subscribe now, your subscription will not expire until Dec 1914. Price One Dollar, reDort but it is not likely that CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Sunday-school 10:00 a.m.

Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening, All are invited to attend. tW. M. Harp, Supt, they found the janitor. A GOOD TIM: ON "THE TRAIL" PLENTY OF FUN BOOKED A 7 TULSA, OCT.

22--NOV. 1. W.M.HARP AGENT leaves each Tuesday FOR EXCHANGE! 160 acres unimproved land '30 acres in cultivation, balance in grass mostly mow land. Exchange for' General Merchandise 240 acres in Custer County Oklahoma. 115 acres' in cultivation, balance pasture.

Fair mprovements, some bottom running water. $30, an acre. FOR sale. Second hand wagon and one set harness." C. A.

WICKENS. In all probability the Leon band will enter the contest to be held in the Forum, Wichita, Friday, Oct. 17, during the fair. The band will enter Class to compete for a cash prize. The contest begins it 1 p.

and it is expected that several bands will participate. It would be gratifying to local pride if the band brought home a "piece," and and no small piece at that. Leon News. KANS. ROCK, G.A.Ross Sons Blacksmith and Repair Shop Horse Shoeing a Specialty Rock, Kans A Fort Scott man was in an automobile accident and when he was asked to explain how it occurred he thought it over for a minute.

"Well, We Were coming down a hill," he said, "when the car began to go fast. There Amusement Section of Dry-Farming Congress Named For Noted Author. Like every ctle'r wcfld's fair and great exposition, the International Dry-Farming Congress at Tulsa, Ok lahoma, October 22 to November 1, will have its boulevard of amusement and concessions. In this instance it will I known as the "Irving Trail," bringing to mind the historical "Tour" of the Plains" by Washington Irving in 1832. Washington Irving passed through the present tewnsite of Tulsa on this our and camped on the Lost City hlll3 overlooking the Arkansas river and valley.

On the Irving Trail will be assem bled the greatest aggregation of higW class shows and wholesome amuse tnenst ever seen in Oklahoma. The at' tractions will line both sides of the and at night the boulevard fun and frolic will be a blaze of electris Among the feature attractions oti the avenue will be one of the great' est carnival companies in America; ft wonderful congress of cdvvboy, cow. girls and Indians participating in the sppr.ts and pastimes of frontier life in tlie west, and a typical Osage Indian tillage, containing in primitive surroundings hundreds of men, women' and children of this richest tribe of Indiana on earth. Flashing uniforms and martial mu-Bio will also be marked features of the Congress and Exposition. One of the best concert bands in the country will furnish daily music.

The 'United States government is sending EXPERIENCE MEETING At TUL9A oid World famous to Describe Su was a loud report, and the doc- cessful Dry farming Method. 'Sit up and take Leon Newg How fQ grow fiext year's crops on a AH' Kinds of Blacksmith, aiiH Carriage, work, "All work Guaranteed. Rock, Kans this fall's ralfi. This is the big secret -which 'will be told to tKe world at the International Dry-Farming Congress in Tulsa beginning October 27. Many men say It can't be done, but there will be dreds of other men at the Tulsa Con' gress who have actually succeeded in" doing It and who will be glad to tel! how.

Our readers will no doubt notice the change With this issue of the Reporter in that We have discarded the ready "print pages. A big raise the price of ready-print service is partly the cause One man from South Africa will tell' how he grew seventeen bushels of of this idea, and the fact that the inside pages' rarely attract Jf wni- ii Li it lf ill Wl UL rainfall between planting time and harvest. Another from Stratton. notice other than to read the continued story that they contained, has caused us to make the change in the Reporter. The change does not affect the home news the artillery band of forty pieces from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, one of the finest military bands in the service, to Tulsa for the entire ten days.

A big detachment of United States troops from Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas, will act as military escort to visiting governors, congressmen and foreign dignitaries and tfiH be seen in dally maneuvers on the exposition grounds. THE OLD STAND A Big. Line of Fitz "Overalls "PREPARED FOB MONSTER CR3WD3 will furnish: proof that he raised 32 bushels of 62-pound wheat this year on fouf and a quarter Inches of rairi between January 1 and August 30. A third-, from" Peyton, Colorado, will be there to give the details of how he raised' Z.000 bushels of wheat on 100' Seres df ground with but four Inches' of rain from the day he planted the wheat to the day he cut it.

These men, and many "others, will insist that they get good crops in bad J'ears principally by kriowing how to hold the moisture of an entire year' in the' soil for use tfhen needed by the growing crops. For five full days these men will tell what they have done, how they did" If and liow much net profit they made, and they will point to a soltd ten acres of good crop samples. Any farther in the southwest whose Srops were cut by drouth in 1913 will be well lepaid for a trip to Tulsa between October 27 onfl October 31. I.TULSA TO PLAY THE HOST IN GREAT STYLE. Postmaster Win.

R. Atkmson was called to Oklahoma City last Sunday to attend the funeral of A. D.Lee aged 73 years'. He Was formerly one of the leadmg business of Butler county the f6underof Rock, a member of the State were held Monday; Mr. Atkinson -1 T-r -I 1 Just Jackets, Shirts, Socks and SuspenderS.

Griffin Son's Ample Accomnlodnticns For Visitors to Dry Farming Congress-, Oct, 22-Nov. arrived Home Wednesday Mom ing.Udalt Times A Pull Line of Lumber. LOOK To properly arranje details for the handling of huge crowds is a big job 'in any convention city. On the first flay of October, the citizens of Tulsa had completed plans to fully entertain the largest number of people ever gathered togeth-er at any place in Oklahoma. Tulsa can give very assurance of adequate and comfortable accommodation for her thous-nds of visitor's during 4he International Dry-Farming Congress, October 22 to November Every hotel, every rooming house And every restaurant in the city has been busy preparing to take care of the enormous Influx of strangers and facilities have been increased to handle with ease, a daily attendance ff over 10,000 Bureaus of information wi'fl be open day andnight ffear the railroad stations" and visitors wllf be" furnished with full information atf to the loca-fion, prices and equipment of hotels, rooming houses; restauranfs and private homes, hundred's of private families' are preparing' to" serve meals to their guests at moderate prices and very business man In the city has greed that there shall bje no increase fti the price of accommodations or necessities during the Congress and Exposition; -Lumber ft Lime it" Cement it Paint it Varnish it Put- a do'or in it Vaxinate yourself Try our Rubber Roofmg on it and keep' the water out of it and buy i-t at of Long Bell Lumber, Co, G.

LOVETT. MGR; HIGHEST CASH' Price paid for creariV and pixk Rock, KansV.