The Linwood Light from Linwood, Kansas • 1

The Linwood Mercantile Co's Store is the cheapest place to trade. Special sale on sugar Saurday. June 30. Advertising Rates. Advertising Rates.

to the highest bidder. Present price 20e per inch pay ine, All prices are given for one issue per single calOther pages 15 per inch. Reading notices 10c per Lines over head rule $1, First page, Display ads Headline biotiedo, set cover in 12 point territory type, which like is the darker dew. ads received up to Thursday noon, Study the date THE LINWOOD LIGHT it in neut have out. ads You time your must must We to do be address.

in make not for by run all Help changes dead Wednesday the advertising ads. later. Light noon Copy until by Copy as for we you for keeping do changes new not orde it face than the regular type, must pay double price, paid a yea: Su advantige VOLUME 1 LINWOOD, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1917 NUMBER 14. PUBLISHED BY THE PRINTER OUR SLOGAN: "Fear God, Accumulate Collateral, Drill for Oil and Build Up Linwood" PRINTED BY THE PUBLISHER. Everything is High But We Are Doing Everything in Our Power to keep down the High Cost of Living in this vicinity by buving close, and keeping the expence down as low as possible.

We will have a fine lot of CANTELOPES Saturday. Fruit in season, always at Bed Rock prices. Get our prices on sugar and fruit cans before you buy. Canned goods, salt meats, cheese, dried fruit, Beans, jellies, mustard, etc. We are the cheapest place in the County to trade.

Come and see us and we will convince you of this fact. LINWOOD MERCANTILE CO. Camp Fire Girls to Organize. Saturday, June 30 the girls in this vicinity will organize a campfire club. They will meet at the country home of Mrs.

Howard Howseman. Strike Oil at Linwood? Workmen drilling on the Harbaugh place at Linwood found some trace of oil after digging to a depth of 690feet. On drilling farther however no oil could be found. The well has been closed and the owners will give out no information as to their plans for further drilling. -Bonner Chieftain.

The above article is alright down to the last paragraph. Operator Sinclair has been right on the job and only had to stop for an under reamer. The work of prospecting goes right 011. TEN GOOD REASONS. A business man or woman who buys goods from a traveling man, out of their line, in a little town should be boy-cotted by every one in the country.

The Grocer expects trade from the Doctor, the Printer, the Drug. gist, from all. Then would it be right for him to send to a wholesale drug house for drugs just because a traveling man would sell them to him at wholesale? How would the Druggist make a living in this case? If the butcher bought hardware and cooking utensils from the wholesale traveler could he expect the hardare man to patronize his butcher shop? Now here are ten good reasons why every one should patronize home industry and spend the money you make here--not ata far-away city. 1. Your home traders can duplicate the prices made by any responsible concern anywhere; on goods of equal quality in the same quantities and on the same basis of delivery and payment.

2. You can always examine your purchases in the home stores and be assured of satis faction before investing your money. 8. Your home merchants are always ready and willing tomake right any error or any defective article purchased. 4.

Your home merchants help support, thru direct and indirect taxation, your schools, churches and other public instiutions. 5. Your home merchants help make a good local market for everything you have to sell, as well as what you need to buy, and that market--more than any other factor- -gives your real estate its present value. 6. Your home merchants are your friends -ever ready to tend a helping hand in time of need.

7. If your community is good enough for you to live and make money in, its good enough to spend it in. 8. The best citizens in any community are those who believe in and practice home patronage. 9.

The merchants in a distant city give you nothing valuable that home merchants cannot give you -and the foreign mer. chant cannot and will not do for you, the many things your home merchants do gladly. 10. Every dollar kept in circulation in your own community helps increase property values. Every dollar sent out of your community that could as well be spent here, hinders the wheels of progress and helps build up some other community at your expense.

Yes we believe in home building; locate permanently and then spend your money where it will do your home the most good. OBITUARY. Mary Francis Smith was born in Tassel Co. Va. March 16,1886.

She came to Kansas in 1889 and united with the congregational church in 1899. She was married to Jesse Louis Allison Nov. 26, 1906. Died June 22, 1907. Was burried in Mt.

Sidney cemetary funeral services at the congregational church; by her pastor, Rev. Clarence E. Roberts, Monday June 25, 1917, at two P. M. Mrs.

Allison had been a sufferer from rheumatism for many years. She leaves two children. Margaret and William, her husband and a host of relatives and friends to mourn. The Light extends the sympathy of the community to the bereaved friends. Birth Day Party.

Last Saturday, seven of the young lady friends of Miss Valeria Lewis met at her at the Crystal Palace ice cream parlor and enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon of visiting and celebrating her fifteenth birthday. Refreshments in the way of ice cream, cake and fruit salid were served. Miss Valeria received many nice presents and the well wishes of Misses Zora and Genevive Engle, Irene McKinney, Ruth Quinlan, Gladys Bowman, Esther Winkleman and Lena Anderson. Many of those invited were kept away for various reasons, but all join with the Light in wishing this estimable young lady many more returns of the day. Call Telephone 31.

Bonner will celebrate Let us do your job printing. New potatoes cheap at Linwood Mercantile Co's- Moson's pint jars 50c per doz. Linwood Mercantile Co. THRESHING per ton at the Linwood Lumber Co's. HOGS for sale--Three thoroughbred Hampshire male pigs.

Enquire at this office or John Lorimer. Do you want old papers to go under carpets and on shelves, twenty five for a jitney at this office. C. C. Spencer sends the Light to his three brothers, one at Saxton Mo.

and two at Leavenworth. Theo. Meinke has accepted an agency for A. H. Andrews School Supplies and had a neat card advertising the same, printed at this office.

Theodore knows the value of advertising Get the Leavenworth Daily Times and Linwood Light a whole year for only $3.50. Think of it The leading Daily of the country and the best weekly in Kansas for less than 7 cents per week. B. W. Woodburry solicitor for the old reliable R.

M. Morrison insurance agency, of Lawrence, was in town last Friday and made us a pleasant call. He says he is very much pleased with the Light. Through the untiring efforts of John Lorimer a new station has been established on the K. V.

one mile east of Harbaugh. The name is to be Sarcoxie. This will be of big benefit to the people in this neighborhood and too much praise cannot be accorded Mr. Lorimer for his effort. Miss Mildred Brown is home from school at Manhattan.

She has been attending the State Aaricultural school. More of our young men and women should take advantage of this good school that they may become not only farmers but business people as well. YOU believe in the motto, 'SAFETY Insure your property against OSS by fire, lightening and windstorm and let the other fellow take the chance. T. W.

Martin. is agentfor several good Companies. READY TO HELP US. Still the Downs Oil Co. say to their agent, Jim Pickens, that they are ready to start a drill AT ONCE, if the people joining the leases already signed, would sign up.

Come gentlemen get in the game and let us have more rigs prospecting. Somewhere there is an oil pool here and it may be under your farm. The $500. for an 80 acre lease and the several thousand dollars telegraphed to a local agent, to buy leases with turned out to be a hoax. Anninas wouldn't stand much of a chance in Linwood and the local talent don't seem to care whether it hurts the town and community or not- -anyway the bigsale hasn't started yet and will not start until some rig "strikes ile', SO sighn up and get several at it is our advice.

Pine apples two for 25c at the Linwood Mercantile Co's. Cabbage is cheap. 5e per lb at Linwood Mercantile Mason's Half gallon gless jars 85c per doz. Linwood Mercantile Co. Mrs.

Clark Ward visited her parents, near Edwardsrille, last week. Mrs. C. M. Foose, of Tuscot, Ks.

mother of Mrs. Will Vaughn is here visiting her daughter. SALE OR -If you have land for sale list it with us. We will also rent your house or farm. Mr-.

Bowers and son "Jodie" were in town Monday. She says she is going to move from Lawrence in a few days. Don't turn down the Red Cross call for money. Let's put Line wood on the list. We've boys in the war.

If Ralph, or Jim or Will or any of the Linwood boys are maimed we'll be glad we helped. Mrs. Dan Cline and two daughters and sister-in-law, Miss Reta Cline, were down from Lawrence Monday visiting their many friends and were in attendance at the funeralof Mrs. Allison. Captain Wiiliam Pickens came down Monday from Leavenworth to visit his mother Mrs.

Pamly C. Pickens. He is captain of the gard at the pententiary at Leavenworth where he has been employed for the past -two years. Manager James Pickens of the Linwood Mercantile reports a fine trade for the past week. Tuesday he sold a big bill of goods to parties living right in the heart of DeSoto.

Advertiseing done right and constantly kept at, always wins. Read our ads and save your money. H. A. Garwood has our thanks for a year's subscription in ad- vance.

Mrs. F. E. Fredrick and children attended the Catholic church at Bonner Sunday. Miss Mary Catherine Fredrick spent the week end with Mrs.

Clarence Lundy who is now stationed at Lawrence. Mrs. A. B. Fredrick has our thanks for a year's subscription on a paper sent to Garden City Mo.

E. A. Babcock made a trip to K. C. yesterday with Mrs.

Ollie Serviss' Piano on his Republic truck. William Sinclair Jr. is here from Humboldt, Kansas, helping his father run the oil drill at the Harbaugh well. Eat your ice cream in our electrically cooled parlor these warm F. Lewis.

EYES--J. F. Brock, Optometrist of Lawrence, Kans. will be at Resturant, Fri. June, 29th conserve your eyes.

Have them examined, and glasses correctly fitted. All work guaranteed. Please come early. Notice the ad of J. D.

Chambers in another column Mr. Chambers is a funeral director, andembalmer and willdoanything you have in this line in an up-todate manner. He will treat you right as to price, and remember he advertises in your home paper. Can't little old Linwood help in the Red Cross campaipn. The Light will give 25cents out of eveay $1.50 paid on subscription up to Aug.1dt.

Hand your contributions to the Light Editor. You will get credit in these columns and a recipt will be given by the authorites of the Association. Rev. Bascomb Roberts, of Kansas City was here Sunday. He spoke at the Methodist church and took up a collection for the benifit of the Bethany hospital.

He took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Jones who knew him at Baldwin Kans. some twenty years ago. He also preached at the Jewett church.

Chas. Winkleman and wife and Miss Hazel Harbaugh weregiven a three cornered birthday party at the home of Mrs. Anna Harbaugh last Friday. About thirtyfive guests were present. Mrs.

Dr. Jones, Mrs. Bowman and Miss Ethel Hopkins were the en tertainment committe. A fine' time is reported. Oranges two doz.

35c at the Linwood Mercantile Co's. Try one of Lewis' pine apple pies this hot weather. Theodore Meinke has started on his duties as traveler for the A. H. Andrews school supplies.

We wish him success. People are buying their fresh meet at our market because they can get it every time they ask for it and every day in the week. -D. F. Lewis.

John Orm, who holds the day Watch on the Stranger Creek bridge for the U. is in the bean raising business and it looks as though he was going to show us what could be done in the way of irrigation with water lifted from the creek. John carries the life giving fluid to his beans in a busket, but it will show what could beaccomplished if a farmer near the water had a lifting pump and resorvoir. Suppose Linwood calls a mass meeting to make arrangements for a one day street fair to be held in August. Committees could be appointed to look after exhibits and they could be placed in the hall where everyone 'could see what our farmers were doing and a day off would help us renew old associations and make new acquaintances.

Let the Ladies canning club answer. We will give 6 months subscription as one of the premiums on crochet, canning, quilting, embroidery, corn, watermelons, sack race, horse race, greased pole climb. Lets hear from others. Ladies call the meeting. Wesley Thompson, who was well known here prior to 1908 was here over Sunday visiting his uncle, Ryan Wilson, his niece Miss Blanch Thompson, and his cousin, Clint Chance.

He was breaking for the Burllngton out of Denver Colo. for eighteen months prior to last December and has since been in the building and bridge department of the U. P. Mr. Thompson has an army record that he can be justly proud of, In October 1908 he enlisted in Battery E.

2nd field Artillery. He served two years tn the Philipine Islands and acquired the position of a first class gunner. He at once re-enlisted in the navy and was assigned to the U.S. Sailing ship Maryland as a trumpater. Now he has taken a position with the 2nd Battilion U.

S. Engineers and is daily evpecting a call to go to France..