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VomjmeI LlNWOOD, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, THURSDAY; JULY 19, 1917 Number 17. Published BY Tub Printer OUR SLOGAN: "Fear (iOdrAccumulate Collateral. Drill for Oil and Build Up Linwood" Printed By The Publisher. THE PUBLIC MIND' E. Blevins was home over Sunday.

Salt meats and Lard at the "Brlte Mawnin" Grocery. Lemons and Oranges the "BRITE MAWNIN STORE." Tom Serviss is carrying the mail while his father is knocked Answers. Editor Light-In your last weeks edition the gentleman slgnlning himself Rambler, takes issue with me as to who would be the proper man to represent this district in congress; stating there are several reasons why our selection is' a bad one, but faila to point out a single one. Then proceeds to tell us what man is; and in doing so 4s guilty out. Contractor John 'McDonald is anew yearly subscriber to the Light.

Sam Kapp shipped a car load of mixed stock the first of. the of the grossest kind of plagarism; but even then, me thinks, he is week. T. W. Martin and wife enter tained H.

B. Browning and wife at dinner.Sunday. Get the Leavenworth Daily Times and Linwood Lighta, whole jTear for only $3.50. Lester Meinke writes his moth Is What you get when you trade.with The LINWOOD MERCANTILE COMPANY. JAMES PICKENS, Manager.

J'Pay Cash and PAY LESS." er that he is firing an engine Cut of Evanstown Wyoming. Mrs. Charles Winkleman went toK C. yesterday to visit her mother, Mrs. MaGrath.

Mrs. Anna Warner of Tong We offer the following Wo Use for Oil Weiis An oil well is a cheap concern anoxie visited the family of J. C. Hopkins a few days last week. attractive rates on short term grain insurance: compared to a potato farm in SALE OR.

RENT If you have the valley of the Kansas Nile. Dave Mundey had a little patch land for sale list it with us. We will also rent your house or of seventeen acres for which he 30 days 20c per $100, 60 days 30c per $100. 90 days 40c per $100. We insure your crop for received over forty one-hundued dollars.

farm. Do you want old papers to go under carnets and on shelves, we pay our losses promptly and in full. Call up or see T. W. Martin's agency.

twenty five for a jitney at this in reality portraying his own life for without doubt he was deserving of the tbrand of sympathy V' vividly describes, and, at Viturity has lead a life that makes it neccessary to fight shy of all men who try to be honest with their fellow men, the tax collector and sheriff combined, I am then likened unto the camphor tree; all spread out in quest of a political situation swelting with vanity and immagining I cut some ice only to find that ou convention day I melt like wax-never having had any political asperations. I am a stranger -to the pangs of disappointment he speaks of. I presume has spent his life pestering his friends to lend their support that he may hold some pefty office; and when being honored by election, ha9 ignored his constituency in public matters, and has brought down condemnation and dosapproval upon his head, i But before I forget, let me state for Rambler's information, that the days of conventions have Jessed, and UTe old system whereby tin hoi politicans, by sharp practice can thwart the will of an honest majority, is an-tiquitated, and in it's stead we have the primary elections. Of course fraud is not all eliminated and such as I r' ure him to be in my mindy fyef still have hopes that he may return to the old disease in politics, diagnosed as kleptomania, Ci Vie out of it Mr. Rambler, stand for honesty of purpose, the betterment of humanity and the brotherhood of man then you will serve a good honest purpose and you netd not be ashamed to let the world know your name.

Democrat. Linwood's Libirality. Red Cross Donations. Fenton-Field. Miss Nellie Hubbard Field and C.

M. Harbaugh-. C. H.Harris........... Mr.

William A. Fenton- were marriod Friday evening at the Dr.VanNoy John Parry, brides home on 621 Lane street. T. V. Martin.

They left soon after the cere mony for St. Joseph. Out-of-town guests who A. Mrs. Howsman Mrs.

McKinney Mrs. Winkelman Mr. Stratford spent the week end at home. Dave Mundey was a Lawrence visitor Monday. Mrs.D.

P. Lewis was a Lawrence visitor Monday. Agont Lilly Wright, of the spent the week end in K. C. Mrs Sim Owens.

of K. C. was visiting her niece Mrs. Etta Knapp Friday. James Hulbort, of IC C.

spent Saturday and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Knapp. Mrs. P. E.

Fredrick and children, Mary and Alfred were in Lawrence Monday. Messdames T. P. Fredrick and J. E.

Blevins had dental work dene in Lawrence Tuesday. Mrs. Will Vaughn and her mother, Mrs. Fouse, were in Le-nape visiting friends Tuesday. Watch the date near your name to see that you have the proper credit.

It's 12 1 -2c per month. Margret Sherer of Jefferson City is spending the week visiting her cousin Mrs. Stratford. Mrs. Mattie Shipman, and children Jack and Joe Trinton are visiting Shipman's mother Mrs, Will Saunders; Miss Ruly Warner, who is to teach for the sixth consecutive year in the Tonganoxie School, visited Miss Ethel Hopkins last attended the wedding were Mr.

bonorol Live Stock AUCTIONEER No sale too big or too little for me. TSatisfaction guaranteed. You can list your sale at the Light office. Call Phone 53F. Litnvood Kansas.

Dp you want cabbage cheap? Come to me as I can please you. tWj Theo. Meinke. Friday The Unlucky Thirteen. Last Friday morning D.

C. Srviss, one of our rural mail carriers remarked in a jocular way to his friend Shelley Winkleman, that he must be careful as the day was Friday the 13th. He made his route and was nearly back to the office when he had an accident that came near costing him his life, as well as that of his two little girls. He had been driving an old Ford car and something went wrong with it, so he took out his Maxwell for the trip. He arrived at the Harris crossing on the K.

a mile west of town, where he met the 12 o'clock car which was a few minutes late. THe result was a bad wreck in which the Maxwell was totally wrecked, D. C. had three ribs broken and was otherwise bruised up. Lot and Mrs.

O. Bowman, Miss Gladys Bowman and Mr. Waldo office. Mrs. Petty, of Linwood Kan.

visited Saturday and Sunday with her brother, G. R. Knight and'Mrsv- Gazatte. FOR SALE Thecornerlotand the one, next to it, cheap. For, furthi Information call at the Light office.

These lots are a. bargain1. Mrs. Jeanette Glimpse Basehor, and one of the first residents of this place were visiting at the Anna M. Harbaugh home last week.

Messers Homer Hughey, Harry Hicks, Clyde Hoffine, Herbert Moore, Harry Marshal, Mr. Mason, Donald Siscoe, Sam Hubbard, Frances Fritz andRay Anderson. Arch Meinke and E. H. Engle were a rabbit hunt last T.

C. Bowman of Linwood Topeka Capital. Miss Mrs. Esther Harbaugh A Fat Man's Race, a False Alarm. John Last Thursday morning while Alf Bowen was over to the bar Mrs.

Stratford Mrs. Aiteburg Mrs. Winkleman 100.00 5.00 2.00 2.50 5.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .50 .25 .25 .50 .50 .50 1.50 .75 1.00 .50 .05 .10 5.00 1.00 14.00 5.00 1.50 1.00 1.00 .50 .50 .00 .50 .75 .08 ber shop after a pail of water, Ethel Jack Snider discovered a cloud of thick black smoke coming out of Alf's barn and hen house. He gave the alarm and everyone in Mr. Bowman Ruth Pettingill.

Epworth League of the hearing started for the fire. Just imagine a big fellow like M. E. Church C. O.

John Godfrey Mrs. Ruth Pettingill Miss Jane Gregg tie, lo years old, was cut about week. Mrs. Lon Haney Miss Esther week and "got They had rocks propeled by their great muscular power. They didn't even hit a Hare.

Mrs. John Hopkins attended the basket supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bullard, at Summit lastt evening. She will also attend the Grange Pic-nic at Valley Falls, July 23:" i REWARD A liberal reward will be paid for the return of one single cylinder, hot-air, push-a-mobile.

Leave the same in back alley arid we will not ask more Big Money. Monday morning, H. B.Browning sold two cows to boys from Leavenworth. They will be entered in Capper's Boy's and Girl's contest. One was a pure red Holstein registered cow, r)M to B.

E. Zoll, for $250. The other was a grade Holstein sold to Paul Studdard for $15o. and people who don't read will set up and howl about papers behind bloodod stock. It does not cost any more, in time or money to raise a cow that sells for a big price than it does one that sells for a small pvice.

Mrs. Chas. Mrs. Srratford the head and was unconscious for some time. Vella, 7 years old had a bad fracture of both upperand lower jaw.

Company Doctor Chandler, of Bonner, was called and phoned Dr. VanNoy to meet them at the depot The Ethel At a party at Jot Knights the patients were given treatment first of the week it was practically demonstrated that Kaw Valley employees and automobile than a theusand questions. F.E. Fredrick under full sail, then a little fat man like the Editor, doing his level best, and a big tat man like Alf Bowen, on a keen run, and a tall man like Jack Snider, almost stepping on a little man like Art Kirt-man, all in a race to -a fire Yon can take it from us, it would have been funny in a movie. Well; "Buck" was the first to arrive, with the Editor a close second and we found Mrs.

Bowen leisurely burning the trash from the hen's nestsar.d cleaning up preparatory to the setting for the fall broods. While it was funny it goes to show just what wonld have become of the barn if it had been on fire. With everything as dry as it is Linwood would burn if a fire should get started in anyone of our old wooden buildings on a day that the wind happened to be in the right direction. Very few people can afford -tne loose a building by fire if it should Wipe out half or all of the town we would be sorry we had not voted bonds a.nd put in water works. and are all making rapid recovery.

"Speed! the Parting." The Dcpurtlug Guest- "I hope my two weeks' stay here with you husu't proved a big addltlouul expense to you." Mrs. Inwrong "Oh, no 1 George and I have what we call 'Catastrophe Fund' that we've snved for Just such York Times. Mrs. Arthur Hale, of Desoto, came over to assist her mother Mrs. D.

C. Service during the time she is taking care of the maimed. Roy Kirkman returned home Thursday from Trinton where he has been spending the past 6 weeks with his aunt, Mrs. Shipman. While sharpening a tent stake Monday, Jack Curtis had the misfortune to cut a middle finger off.

Charley Jones is acting hauffer on the milk truck. J. R. Christian, is a farmer who lives two miles east on the Byers farm. He is.

one of the nimblest tongued auctioneers in Eastern Kansas. He isa a son of Col. Sam Christian, of Holden and has located in Lmwood to stay. A little later he expects to hold a monthly sale in Lin-wood for the benefit of those who have, a cow or a hog or a boo stead that they want to sell. If yoU have stuff you want to list see the Light Editor.

Mr. Christian has an ad in another column and is a new subscriber to this family necessity, Good Work Done by Amateure. Do not leuve experiments with plants to professionals. Much of the best work in the Improvement of plants and flowers has come through the work of auiateura The lutter clnss traveling abroad have ulso been first to send vnlunblo plant Introduction to the home land. John Do Hed, Sunday evening the 'Epworth League enjoyed a good meeting with Miss Maria Diebel and Opal Woodruff of Lawrenceas leaders.

The subjctwas the Baldwin institute Leagues, if you wish a good vacation spend it at The Baldwin League Institute, Aug. 13-20, James Kramos who lives ou the old Price farm north east of town, was out from the hospital last Tuesday. He is recovering from gunshot wounds received in both shoulders, while talking to an Austrian on toe street in K. C. He owns several lunch wagons in the city and while ke was talking to the man a fellow came up and shot him.

The gun man probably took him for some one else, men are not to be trusted. When a couple of these fellows started for home the Knights found their car literaly loaded down with all kinds of junk, wheel-barrows tools etc. The auto man had a pit to dig and could have used the wheel-barrow; but what in the world did the Kaw Valley want with the junk? Mrs. J. C.

Hind men of Pasadena California spent a few days with Mrs. Tom Ward last week Mrs. Hind man moved with her family to Pasadena seven years ago and this is her first return visit to Kansas. She was gladly welcomed by a host of friends. She was accompanied by her only son, Olen.

Will Wright, of Garey Ind will thank a friend here for the Light. i i i 4T-, Why Not Here? Up in Nebraska the State Uni-virsity in their extension work hold Parmer's Institutes at all the little towns, with immense profit to both business men and farmers. They have a day set when they send two or three people who furnish good profitably entertainment. It brings a crowd to town for a pic-nic and rings the fa rmer and his family in touch with the business men of the town. There slnvild bo no gulf between the farmers and business men.

Let us get together. OIL TALES. Itis rumored that one of the oil firms have sub leased 1,000 acres of their leases for Marveloua lanyan Tret. The giant banyan under which Alexander Is said to havp camped with 7,000 men, tiow measures nearly 1,000 feet across the head, contains about trunks and forms a dense enn-oiy through which the sunshine never penetrates. Several other species also propagate In like mutiner.

O. S. Goodrich and wife, of Omaha, spent Sunday visiting her parents, C. D. Stickles.

"Buck" Eberly, of Eudora, was here visiting the Chance and Godfrey families over Sunday..