Bartlett News from Bartlett, Kansas • 2

TI THE BARTLETT NE WS THOMAS A. REED, Editor and Owner. Entered at the Bartlett Postoffice as sccond-da-ss mail matter. FOR PROBATE JUDGE. I hereby announce as a candl date for the office of Probate Judge subject to the will of the Republic can Voters at the Primary.

If nom I WILL PAY YOU The highest market price for your Eggs, Hides and Cream at all times N.IK. BICKFORD, BARTLETT KANSAS. inated and elected, I pledge my Notary Public Work Solicited and Appreciated at The Citizens State Bank J. 11. SMITH, AUCTIONEER D.

Christman OSWEGO, KAINS. BOTH PHONES best endeavors in the discharge of my dutins, as in the past. W. W. Thompson Maich 24, 1916.

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT I wish to announce that I am a candidate for renomination and re election to the otfice of Superintendent of Public Instruction of Labette County, subject to the will of the Republican voters in the For Piano Tuning SEE E. Q. BYIsID 10 years' experience AU Woik Neatly Done and Fully $1.00 per year, paid in advance Subscription Notice If this paragraph is marked with a blue pencil, it denotes that your subscription expires with the next issue. Please let us know whether we shall continue to send you the paper. Do you know, Mr Voter, the roads of Hackbcrry Township are worse than any other section of Labette County? Is the Superintendent of Put lie Instruction, the Probate Judge, the County Sheriff or the County Commissioners responsible for the disgraceful condition of the roads in Hackberry Township? Do you know, Mr Taxpayer, that annually you pay an amount in taxes for the maintenance of the roads of Hackberry Township? Randaff Graham Drug Co, DRUGS AND SUNDRIES Prescriptions a Speciality Bartlett, Kans.

Fulton, Kans primary. I am grateful for past favors, and if honored with the nomination and election again, pledge my best efforts. Ida B. Marley. March 14, 191G.

(iuarant ed Phone 1501-B I OSWEGO, imsSfcua92r mnsas mega mmSTu amaCIia, aflT'Ti uq3w mmtSSm uf. maSgac TT A T7) rnTTTTTD CI V) a 1 FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY Thanking my friends for their assistance in the campaign of 1914, I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election to the office ol ounty At torney of Labette Conn DR. E. J. BOORN 213 West 9th Street COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS POPULAR PRICE TAILORS, CLEANERS I AND DYERS I One of the best equipped Steam and French Cleaning and Dyeing WorVs in the Middle West is at your command.

Send work by I'srcd Post. j) Spine Specialist and Adjuster Removes the Cause of Dlser.se PARSONS, KANSAS Hats cleaned and blocked and new bands and out $1,25 Suits pressed $1,00 Suits dyed $5.00 Pants cleaned and pressed 50c ty, Kansas, on the Republican ticket. In asking for re-election to the office of County Attorney, I chat lenge the attention of every voter to my record during my first term. I will be grateful for the support and influence of all persons interested in the enforcement of tht of law. Elmer W.

Columbia, County Attorney, Labette County Or 41 TJ 4 A ftwQ V30 xtdfcjS tLiA 073 Tl REGISTER OF DEEDS I desire to announce myself as a candidate for re-nomination for the office of Register of Deeds, subjecl to the will of the Republican voters at the August primaries. J. Q. Wimmer. And do you know, Simple Taxpayer, that Hackberry Township is not getting her portion of that maintenance? How long are the good people of this township going to remain asleep at the switch? We accept no advertisements back of which we cannot stand.

Whenever our readers can patronize those who advertise those who advertise with us, we shall greatly appreciate it. If it can be brought to the advertiser's attention that his announcement in The News has been influential in securing cr retaining a customer, it will materially aid us. Paul Kimball, candidate for Slate Senator on the Republican ticket, made a pleasant call to The News office Saturday afternoon. Mr Kimball is a natural son of Labette County, having been born born at Parsons thirty years age. lie is highly educated, having graduated from the public and high school and the UnivcrJ of Kansas and admitted to the bar in 1907, and has practiced law at Parsons since.

Mr Kimball is a clean-cut young man, and if nominated and elected should make an excellent state senator. FOR SHERIFF I am a candidate for re-nomination and election, to the office of Sheriff of Labette County, subject to the will of the Republican voters. I am grateful for your support in the past, and if honored with the office again, pledge the best service I can give them. James L. Elam.

Faced by demands from the conductors, engineers, firemen and brake men that would impose on the country an additional burden in transportation costs of $100,000,000 a year, the railroads propose that this. wage problem be settled by reference to an impartial Federal tribunal. With these employes, whose efficient service is acknowledged, the railroads have no difTercnces that could not be considered fairly and decided justly by such a public body. Railroads Urge Public Inquiry -and Arbitration The formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of the controversy is as follows: "Our conferences have demonstrated that we cannot harmonize our rtiflerences of opinion and that eventually the martrrs in controversy must be passed upon b- other and disintr reslr agencies. Therefore, we propose tiiat your proposals and the proposition of the railways be dispoNed of by one or the other of the following methods: 1.

I'n-leiably by submission to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only tribunal which, by reason of its accumulated'information bearing on railway conditions and its control of the revenue of the railways, is in a posi tion to consider and protect the' rights and equities of all the interests affected, and to provide additional revenue necessary to meet the added cost of operation in case your proposals are found by the Commission to be iM and reasonable; or, in the event the Interstate Commerce Commission eannot, under existing laws, act in the premises, that we jointly" request Congress to take such action a may be necessary to enable the Commibsiou to consider and promptly dispose of the questions involved or 2. liy arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Federal law" (The Newlands Act). 1 Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote Leaders of the train service brotherhoods, at the joint conference held in New York, June 1-15, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitration or Federal review, and the employes are now voting on the question whether authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike. The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposed by the railroads as the COUNTY CLERK I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination for County Clerk of Labette County, subject to the action of the Republican voters in the August Primaries. E.

A. Miiliken. February 15, 191G. public body to which this issue ought to be referred tor tnese reasons: nloves as warts and the money to nay increased war! And while we are on the subject of candidate, we not overlook the name of Noble, present State Representative, who seeks re-election at the hands of the Republican voters. Mr Noble, or our Merle, resides two miles southwest of Bartlett, where he carries on the stock' feeding bu -iness on a large scale.

Since Mr Noble has been in the state legislature he fathered many bills, and witnessed their passage by that body, bills which were of vital interest to the Granger and the farmer not a member of the Gra-ia. Truly, Noble is a friend of the farmer, and whenever the legislature is in session, he is an ardent supporter cf any bill which will be of mutual benefit to the farmer. We predict that in the coming election Mr Noble will poll the largest vote ever given to a candidate from this section. COUNTY TREASURER I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-nomination and reelection for the office of Treasurer of Labette County, subject to the will of the Republicans at the August primaries. May 18, 1916.

Nina Woodford No other body with such an intimate knowledge of railroad conditions has such an unquestioned position in the public confidence. The rates the railroads may charge the public for transportation are now largely fixed by this Government board. Out of every dollar received by the rail'oads from the public nearly one-half is paid directly to the era- can come from no other source than the rates paid by the public. The Interstate Commerce Commission, with its control over rates, is in a position to make a complete investigation and render such decision as would protect the interests of the railroad employes, the owueri of the railroads, and the public. A Question For the Public to Decide The railroads feel that they have no right to grant a wage preferment of $100,000,000 a year to these employes, now highly paid and constituting only one-fifth of all the employes, without a clear mandate from a public tribunal that shall determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facts.

The single issue before the country is whether this controversy is to be 'titled by an impartial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare. National Conference Committee of the Railways FOR REPRESENTATIVE I hereby announce my candidacy for the nomination for Representative from the 25th District, subject to the will of the Republican voters. If nominated and elected, I promise to represent the district to the best of my ability and in accordance with the wishes of my constituency. RM Noble ELISHA LEE, Chairman t. It.

ALHItlGHT. Gtn'l Manattr. Atlumic Cnal Line Railroad. L. W.

BALDWIN, Gtn'l Manaitr, Central o( Georgia Railway. C. 1.. TJAKDO. 6V7 Manascr, New York.

Nov Haven ct Hartford Railroad. E. H. COAPMAN. VictPrtiidtnt.

Southern Hallway. S. E. COTTER. Gtn'l Manattr.

Kailway. -ROWLEY, duf. VictPrtsUtnt. "ork Central Railway. N.

D. MAHER. Kfat-rWaW. Norfolk tf'Weittrn Kulwar. JAMES Gn'l Manazar.

Denver Kio Grande Railroad. A. M. SCHOYER. RtsHmt Vict Pennsylvania Linei Weit.

W. L. SEDDON. Vict Seaboard Air Lire Kailway. A.J.

STONE, Vict-fmUnt. Erie Railroad G. S. WAID. Vrt-Pm.

Gtm'IMit. Sunset Central Lines. G. H. EMERSON, Gtn'l Mananr.

Great Northern Kailway. C. II. EWING, Gtn'l Manattr. Philadelphia Heading Kailway.

E. VV. GKICE, Gtn'l St. Chei.incnke Ohio Kailway. A.

S. GRE1G. Asit. fa Rtcriven. M.

Louis San Francisco Railroad. C. W. KOUNS. Gn'l Manatir.

Atchison, Topeka At Santa Fe Railway. H. McMASTKK. Gtn'l Manaitr, Wbeclinf Laka bria Railroad. Edison's Enterprise.

When Thomas A. Kdiion sold papers on trains for the Detroit Free Press company during the war between tho states a printer showed him proofs of next morning's big story, that of the battle of Shiloh, Edison telegraphed a 'bulletin to every newsdcalor alonjr route, 'nought hundreds cf copies of the edition and fold them at a good price, making what is known in modern parlance as a big "cleanup," probably Lis 'very first. Pointing Paperlia tiding VARGASON Bartlett, Kansas.