The Weekly Republican from Cherryvale, Kansas • 5

MORE FOR GAS LOCAL GAS COMPANY INCREASES PRICE TO 35 CENTS New Rate Went Into Effect First of Present Month--City Will Enjoin Company To Prevent Increase In Price Turn down the gas, Mabel; it is costing thirty-five cents per thousand now. What? Yes, the Cherryvale Gas, Light Power Company raised the price of gas in Cherryvale to thirty-five cents last Monday morning. Consumers are now supposed to pay that price. The former price was twenty-five cents. Of course you were under the impression that the thirty-five cent rate would not go into effect until the first of next July, five years from the time you commenced using metered gas, so was most everyone else.

But it did. And the rise in the price is perfectly legitimate, according to L. P. Brooks, the gas company's attorney. The contract between the city of Cherryvale and the gas company was made and dated March 23 1911, Mr.

Brooks stated, and according to the terms set forth therein, an increase of ten cents per thousand in the price was to become effective five years from the date of acceptance which was April 27, 1911. Attorney Brooks stated this morning that the company had no choice in the matter other than to comply with the contract. The company's contract with the Wichita Pipe Line company who furnishes the gas, he says, calls for a similar increase which the local company must abide by. Furthermore, the attorney says that the Cherryvale investment of the Hale company has not been a paying one; that during its five years existance a very small profit if any has been shown. This he explains results from the high cost of operation.

While Cherryvilians in general have been led to believe that it would be necessary to pay an increase in the price of gas after July 1916, it was presumed that the increase would be but a trifle and many expected the price would be the same. City Attorney J. A. Brady said today that the city would enjoin the gas company from making any increase in the price of gas and he had every reason to believe that the public utilities commission would decide in favor of the consumers. He cited the injustice of compelling consumers almost in the heart of the gas field to pay a higher rate for gas than those in up state cities where the price is 28 and 30 cents per thousand.

Mr. Brady says the local company's contract with the city does not specificately provide for a 35-cent rate, but that it does provide, after an elapse of five years, that the gas company may receive not to exceed that price if agreeable with the city commissioners. The contract was arranged in that way, Mr. Brady explains, so the price could be raised if the supply should become limited or for any other justifiable reason. Mr.

Brady says he will use every menas in his power to protect the citizens of Cher ryvale against what he deems an exorbiant rate. Buy it in Cherryvate. Mrs. J. C.

Fisher went to Coffeyville this morning to spend the day with friends. Roy Jones of Oklahoma City, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H.

Jones. Mrs. C. R. Shelby went to Caney this morning to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs.

G. E. Brown. All Kinds of Staple and Fancy Groceries at Wharton's Phone 449 NEWS NOTES AND COMMENT 0 There's no fool like an old fool who marries a young fool. No man ever has as much sense as the female he is engaged to thinks he has.

Speaking of preparedness, congress is always prepared to talk things over. Hard luck is giving room to neighbors' piano just when the tax assessor calls. What has become of the old-fashioned kid who always wanted a penny for an all-day sucker? A rich Chicago man left his fortune to his lawyer: probably figured that he would get it anyway. From the way some people economize in its use, one might think that fresh air has gone up in price, too. Things have about reached the stage where the movies may be divided into two classes, motion pictures and emotion pictures.

Speaking of fast trains Jim Jacobs says a train recently put on the Cotton belt line running near his farm down in Missouri goes through Medoc so fast that the young folks of the town have to notify the old people when the train goes through it runs so fast, the elder people can't see it unless they have an ally keen eye. Jim Jacobs experienced a piece of hard luck recently. He was driving his mule team across a swampy place on his ranch and to his surprise was attacked by a huge frog. The enraged frog landed a kick on one of the mules breaking the animal's leg, Jim miraculously escaping injury himself. Jim Jacobs says that his neghbors down in Missouri have a unique method of hunting squirrels.

He says they go out in the timber and station themselves under the trees and act nutty. Squirrels being very fond of nuts venture down the tree and are easily captured. The fact that the trees are exceedingly tall in that neighborhood, Mr. Jacobs explains, is in favor of the hunters. He says that after being enticed down a tree should a squirrel escape and run up the tree again, the trees are so tall that thesquirrel becomes exhausted before it reaches the top and falls to the ground.

Jim says his boys, however, doesn't use that method; they have pretty good look acting natural, he says. KILLED IN BARBER CHAIR When Customer Sat in Chair Barber Cut His Throat By the Associated Press. Kansas City, May Pitts, a tailor was cut to death as he sat in a barber chair this afternoon. Police are looking for Chas. Messer, the barber.

The men had quarreled regarding who was When Pitts took the chair the barber cut his throat. Criticized the President By the Associated Press. Saratoga Springs, May Criticism of President Wilson for providing wine for guests at a banquet in the White House was expressed in resolutions submitted at the dist General Conference by Rev. Jas. W.

Anderson, of Oregon, was referred to the committee on temperance. MAN TO MAN FIGHTING. Dodd Describes Battle Grounds as The Devil's Own Playgrounds. By the Associated Press. Field Headquarters, May April 29 by motor courier to Colum bus, N.

man to man fighting some Americans went up the moun-1 tain side with knives in their teeth during Col. Dodds Battle with Villistas April 22 at Temochio. Dodds described the battleground in southwest ern Chihuahua as the "Devil's own playgrounds." In a two hour fight fifty bandits were killed and two Americans killed and three wounded CASTORIA IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears Signature of the Care Republican Went Ads Pay- Try One REACHED AGREEMENT American Troops Will Operate in Restricted District, But Not to be Withdrawn. By the Associated Press. El Paso, May Advices form Mexico City and Washington are awaited to set the seal of approv al upon a provisional agreement, it is understood, has been reached at an informal conference last night between Obregon and Scott.

The con ference ended satisfactorily to Scott and Obregon, but neither would talk of deliberations. The reported agreement is said to be based on a general proposition that American troops will further retire toward the border and operate against Villistis in a restricted district and remain till the administration at Washington is con vinced that the defacto governemnt is able to cope, with Villa. Reports that Americans will be withdrawn in either thirty or sixty days are not confirmable. Hotel Men Are Superstitious. An architect says that when a new hotel building is finished and ready for occupancy, the front door key is always thrown away.

Hotel men are superstitious as a class. It is well known that no greater affront can be offered a landlord than to close the hotel register. He firmly believes this will work injury to the business. He might recover from such an injury, but as long as the front door remains unlocked he believes he has a chance, but woe to the house that locks the front door. Money in Good Horses.

G. W. Forbes, one of the ous farmers from near Cherryvale, was a visitor at the office of the farm agent this morning, says the Independence Reporter. Mr. Forbes is thoroughly convinced that it pays the farmers to handle good stock.

He purchased a thoroughbred Percheron mare some time back. He now has four colt fillies from her, the eldest of which will not be three years old until July, and he considers the mare a better animal right now than when he bought her. He estimates the value of these colts right now at $1100. He sold one stallion colt for $200. Secretary of Ireland Resigned.

By the Associated Press. London, May Birrell, chief secretray for Ireland, has resigned. SOUL OF COUNTRY NEWSPAPER William Allen White in Harper's Magazine: Our papers, our little country papers, seem drab and miserably provincial to strangers; yet we who read them in their lines the sweet, intimate story of life. And all these touches of nature makes us wondrous kind. It is the country newspaper, bringing together daily the threads of the town's life, weaving them into something rich and strangs, and setting the pat tern as it weaves, directing the loom, and giving the cloth its color by mix ing the lives of all the people in its color pot -It is this country news- peper that reveals to us ourselves, that keeps our country hearts quick and our country minds open and our country faith strong.

When the girl at the glove counter marries the boy in the wholesale house the news of their wedding is good for a forty-line wedding notion tice, and the forty lines in the country news paper gives them self-re-ity, spect. When in due course we know that their baby is a 12-pounder, nam ed Grover or Theodore or Woodrow, we have that neighborly feeling that breeds real democracy. When we read of a death in that home we can mourn with them that mourn. When we see them moving upward in the world, into a firm, and out toward the country club neighborhood, we rejoice with them that rejoice. Therefore, men and brethern, when you are riding through this vale of tears upon the California Limited, and by chance pick up the little country newspaper.

with its meager telegraph service ob 3,000 or 4,000 words or, at best, 15,000 or when you see its array of its country side items; its innumerable local stories; its tiresome editor rials on the waterworks, the schools, the street railroad, the crops, and the city printing, don't throw down the contemptible little rag with the verdict that there is nothing in it. But know this and know it well; if you could take the clay from your eyes and read the little paper as it is written, you will find all God's beautiful sorrowing, struggling, aspiring world in it, and what you saw would make you touch the little paper with reverent hands. I. R. Davis, of Independence, was here on business this morning.

THANKED FOR HOSPITALITY Left a Note on Door Teling of His Stay" Parsons Knasas, May -William Mack just couldn't stay any longer. You see, he has friends and relatives and a girl in St. Louis and business to attend to there, so Friday night he decided to leave the city "bunk house where for the past week he has been detained because of an attack of small pox. But far be it from Mack to leave without an expression of gratitude so before leaving he inscribed a note of affectionate regard to the city officials for their kind treatmennt since he has been in their charge. Mack was taken off a railroad train a week ago suffering with a bad attack of small pox.

He was given immediate medical treatment and was then confined in the "bunk where all of those with infectous diseaess are placed. He was the onlyone in the house. But a week of careful attention worked wonders for him and yesterday he decided that he knew more about his own condition than did the doctors, who refused to allow him to, leave. Accordingly he made up all, of his belongings into a neat pack-! age and during the stillenss of the night took flight from quarantine. He left a note tacked on the door It pulsed with gratitude and was said to have read: "I have a date with my girl on Sunday nite and I just has to get there." Saturady morning Jailer Robert Lee found the note flapping in the breeze.

A board placed against the jail wall indicated that after Mack had broken out of the pest house he had scaled the wall and made for Liberty. City officials will make no effort to get Mack as he was to have been released Sunday. However, it is a criminal offense to break quarantine, and if the officers so desired they might be able to cause Mack to lose out with that "date" in St. Louis after all. EXECUTED REBEL LEADERS 'Provisional President" of Ireland Among Those Put To Death.

By the Associated Press. London May signatories to the Republication proclamation in Ireland were tried by court martial, found guilty and shot this morning. Patrick Pearse, "Pro-) visional President of Ireland" was among those executed. Three other signers of the proclamation were sen tenced to imprisonment. Asquith made the announcement in the House of Comomns.

By the Associated Press. London, May of the rebels shot was James ly, who was styled "Commandant General of the Irish Republican Army" Other signatories shot were Thomas J. Clark and Thombas MacDonongh. SEND HOME POST CARDS Worth While to Use Home Scenes on One-Cent Messages. Chanute, -Following a suggestion made in a Santa Fe rail way bulletin, a large number of towns are giving attention to their picture card traffic.

These tiny onecent message carriers make important medium for directing the attenof home seekers and other desirable investors to the communif handled properly. They go over the country by the millions. With a little effort a commercial club can control the picture card industry in its town. The average purchaser prefers to send a card bearing a local picture. As a rule he has to buy a picture of a bathing beach, or something of that sort, because nothing else is available.

If the card case contains pictures of farm, orchard and ranch scenes in the vicinity, attractive town buildings and the like, the purchaser will select them in pre ference to the others. Purely as a town advertising proposition, the effort to control this business is believed by many commercial clubs to be worth the making. Mr. and Mrs. H.

C. Black and children, H. C. and Irene, returned to their home in Oswego last evening after a visit with his brother, J. H.

Black and wife. Mrs. M. M. Burke and her daughter, Mrs.

Flossie Kellenberger, were here today between trains on their way to Cherokee to visit relatives. Grumbacher. Poultry Company We want Eggs and all kind of poultry. PHONE 33 A 1. TO DRILL DEEP WEL C.

M. Paxson Has Rig Ready to Bore an 8-inch Well on Blake Farm Ex-Sheriff Charles M. Paxson of Montgomery county has leases on over one thousand acres in the Dennis gas field and has a rig erected on the Blake farm for the drilling of the first of a chain of new gas well in this prolific field. Of the fifty-seven wells already drilled with in an area of four sections immediately adjacent to the town site of Dennis not a single failure has been recorded. All of these wells are in what is known as shallow sand, the average depth being between 300 and 400 feet.

Just why the sand should be called shallow is a puzzle to laymen, for the depth of the sand has been proven to be at least 76 feet, and the drills are generally stopped at about 40 feet in the sand. The average rock pressure of the wells in this field is said to be 130 pounds which is extremely strong for such shallow depth. It is Mr. Paxson's intention to sink an 8-inch well instead of six in ches, the usual bore in order to permit the drill to go clear through to the Mississippi lime if necessary. Paxson is curious to know just what underlies the rich strata of gas sand which is now being tapped in so ny places and it is possible that his curiosity may result in the development of subtereanean wealth even greater than already discovered Want To Hear Billy Sunday? There is no doubt but what many Cherryvale people will want to hear "Billy Sunday" in Kansas City.

A score of people are already to planning to go and it is thought best for all concerned to go together. If a sufficient number desire to go a special car will be secured to make the trip. Paul Henry Packard of the First Christian church has charge of the securing of the delegation and all who desire will kindly phone at 608. The trip will be made about the 17th or whenever it will suit the majority of those desiring togo. Mr.

Hite of the Globe has chare of making arrangements for the special car. Arouse, Ye Slaves! Emporia Gazette: Taking their tip from the barbers of London who have hiked the price of hair-cuts from 8 cents to 10 cents owing to the war, the war-stricken barbers of Lawrence have announced the price of hair-cuts from 25 cents to 35 cents The argument is that being farther from the war, the advance should be more. Emporia men and boys are urged to rally 'round the flag and save Em poria from the fate of Lawrence. From time immemorial, a quarter has been the price of a hair-cut. The price was the same, whether the patient wa sa shock-headed kid, or an elderly gentleman, who maintained a few scattered hairs west by southof his ears.

The man whose forehead extends to the back of his neck, and the wool-headed harvest hand have contributed two bits and the barber has performed. Two bits is the price of a hair cut and two bits should be the price whether nations are at war or peace. Emporia suffered in silence when the barbers tacked on a nickel for a neck shave. The moans were audible, but still not insistent when for the benefit of squirrels--meaning men who shave themselves the barbers decided that the neck shave or no neck shave 15 cente was the price. Emporia stood for a 5-cent hike on a vaseline-vanilla hair raiser.

But two bits is the price of a hair-cut and the toscon should be sounded, the broch should play and the tom-toms should beat in the cause of the two bit hair-cut. To Kill Field Mice. A farmer living near Bolton has written to Farm Agent Macy asking for a remedy to prevent injury to his watermelon vines by field mice. It is said the mice have bocome so numerous as to be a mellace to growing crops. Mr.

Macy recommends the use of the following: Dissolve 1 ounce of strichnine sulphate in 2 quarts of boiling water. Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of laundy starch in one-half pint of cold water. Add to the starch the strychnine solution and boil for a few minutes until the starch is clear. Pour the hot starch over kaffir or feterita. Let the grain stand over night to abl sorb the poison.

Spread the poisoned grain over the infested area about one teaspoonful to a place. P. T. Thompson returned this morning from a business trp to Kan SHORT LOCAL STORIES. From Wednesday's Daily.

Postponed till Friday. -The board meeting of the Christian church which was to have been held last night at the Peoples Bank was postponed until Friday night. Reurned L. Billings left this morning for his home in Grundy Center, after a short visit with his sister, Mrs. A.

S. Markley. He has been visiting his mother, Mrs. E. J.

Smith, in Garden City and stopped off here on his way home. Visiting Mrs. J. A. Wilson and W.

S. Corser, fAttica, Kansas, arrived yesterday to visit her sister, Mrs. W. W. Murphy, and family, and also their uncle, M.

M. uncle, M. M. Corser. Mr.

M. M. Corwho has been seriously ill for some time, is slightly improved. -The name of Miss Mary Henry was accidentily omitted from thelist of teachers in yesterday's Republican. Miss Henry was elected assistant grade teacher.

Several of the old teachers did not apply for re-election. Funeral This Afternoon. -Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Losack, who died yesterday morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

S. E. Bohannon, southeast of town, were held this afternoon from the home, conducted by A. M. Barker.

Burial was in Griffith cemetery. Visited Her Emma Richardson returned last night from a few days visit with her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Mason, in Kansas City.

Mr. and Mrs. Mason are planning to leave soon for California for the benefit of Mr. Mason's health so Mrs. Ritchardson brought her little grand-daughter, Beulah Thom, home to remain during her mother's absence.

Picture Voice of Violin" an Edison picture which was to have been shown last Thursday night at The Royal Theatre, was missent and did not arrive in time, so will be shown on Thursday night of this week. A number of the scenes show the Edison workshop and the man, Edison, himself, also appears in the picture. Violin records of the Edison Diamond Disc will be given during the show. Commercial Club -The regular monthly meeting of the Cherryvale Commercial club will be held tonight in the club rooms over the city hall. A good attendance is desired.

Moved Po-, lice headquarters have been moved from the first floor of the city hall building to a room on the second floor. The police will occupy part of the room occupied by Police Judge J. N. Sandefur. Visiting His Sea- cat of Topeka, is here for a short vis it with his parents, Dr.

and Mrs. G. M. Seacat. Mr.

Seacat is stenographer for Attorney General Brewster and they have been on a trip to investigate conditions and clean up Coffeyville. Mr. Brewster and his personal stenographer, D. W. Payne returned to Topeka this morning.

Motored From Los -Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stewart and daughters, Lehta and Twila, arrived last evening fro Los Angeles, for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart, 418 North Neosho and other relatives.

They made, the trip through in their Ford car taking two weeks for the journey, Funeral services for Chris Blaes, who died yesterday morning at his home, northwest of town, will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from St. Francis Xaviers church, the Rev. Father Meehan, having charge. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery, west of town. Closed Her School.

Miss Elva Lo max closed a very successful term of school last Friday at Wright, Kansas, and is now on her way home to spend the vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Q. W. Lomax.

On her way home she stopped in Lawrence and Emporia for a visit with friends. Miss Lomax was re-elected at Wright for the coming winter at an increased salary. From Mr. and Mrs. I Lewis Billings had as their guests yesterday Mr.

and Mrs. P. S. Hollingsworth, of Santa Rosa, Calif. Mr.

and Mrs. Hollingsworth are visiting relatives and looking after business affairs at Independence and took of the opportunity to visit GERMAN REPLY READY IS SUBJECT TO MINOR ALTERATIONS, HOWEVER Note Will Leave No Doubt Concerning Exact Position Assumed by Hopeful of Satisfactory Adjustment By the Associated Press. Berlin, Germany, -A draft. of the German reply to the American note has been finished. The reply is subject to minor alterations which may result from inter changes in views between Berlin and general headquarters.

The attitude of Germany will be stated in clear, precise term. The note will leave no doubt concerning the exact position assumed by Germany which will communicate the definite nature of instructions that will be given submarine commanders and other data on which Washington its self can judge the situation. Washington D. C. May, from Berlin that new and definite instructions are to be given submarine commanders is the first indication of how Germany will attempt to meet Wilson in final demand that she declare and effect abandoment of her present method of submarine warfare.

Whether the new instructions will prevent a break can only be determined by careful examination, but officials are more hopeful that the situation will be satisfactorily adjusted. in Cherryvale. Visited Central Hattie Moore-Mitchell, Dean of the women of the State Manual Training Normal of Pittsburg, was in Cher ryvale yesterday and made a short call at Central school. Mrs. Mitchell was on her way to Morehead where she delivered the commencement address last night.

She has been invited to give similar addresses at seventeen other towns. Floods in Shake Dav- idson, who has been playing drums with the Kilties Band for the past six weeks, returned to Cherryvale yesterday. The company with which he was traveling was disbanded last week at Minneopolis, until the first of June at which time he will join them again. Mr. Davidson says that the northern states have exeprienced much rain this spring and that residents of Minnesota say the floods have been worse this year than in twenty-eight years.

He says there were no signs of spring in Minnesita when he left there. 0 Mrs. E. J. Wells, went to Nowata today to visit her daughter, Mrs.

H. C. Smith. BE UP TO DATE This is a big year for news. For $2.00 the Topeka Daily State Journal will be mailed you for 200 days, taking you through the big political conventions, campaign, primaries and election.

The legislature also convenes in Topeka this winter. The State Journal is official State paper and will give you in detail the daily happenings in important legislation, new road laws, etc. The great war is still in progressand you should keep in daily touch with the action of foeign countries, as well as the situation with Mexico. Also up-to-the-minute 'baseball and sporting and general news. Trial order 100 hundred days $1.00 but better send $2.00 for 200 days, or $3.00 for 300 days, $4.00 for 400 days, $5.00 for 500 days.

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