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THE BENTON BULLETIN Volume 1. m'. Benton, Butler (Joiinly, Knnsus. April. 20 11)17.

Number 50. i i i i i I i in i i ARE YOU DOING YOUR BIT? You can help by planting for food stuffs, furnish a plot of ground for some one who will use it. If you have seed to sell tell every one you see and thus spread the news. -There should not be bit of waste land in the state this year, are you doing your part? i IIOII no mi IIOII mi IIOII on 3 Is love enough? Dr. R.

G. MENEFEE Veterinarian. Deupty State Inspector appointed by Stte Live Stock SanitaryBoard. 4 Graduate of Kansas City Veternary College Calla answered day or night. Call CrumDsDrua Store.

Dr. 0. N. LIGHTNER Physician and Surgeon. READ i immmmh; Real 3 I Adventure 0 rm.rrv 1 rrrr JV Benton, Kans.

Phone No. 3. I no IIOII 2 Byrd Bros. Undertaking Co. Successors to Oldham and Auto Hearse in Service, 203 S.

Main, EIDorado. ft Office Phone 19. Residence Phone 184 mi IIOII till Mil IIOII mi on fljpllallczjllaTft I News Notes 1 Latest Patterns of WALLPAPER displayed at the Drug Store. Priced to sell. Call and see them.

0 1 J. R. CRUMP. DRUGGIST. 0 0 CIRCUS HERE Lucky Bill's Big Wagon Show at Gordon, Fri.

April 27. -Benton, Sat, Apr. 28. -Valley Center, Mon. Apr.

30. is first-class, moral and refined, consists of all kinds of vaudeville necessary to put up a show that will please all the People All the Time. All kinds of Comedy, Wire Workers, Trapeze Performers, a troupe of the "Finest Trained PONIES in the world, barring none. Cupid The Educated Shetland Pony or The Pony; With The Human Brafnls'one of the Wonders of the World. He does more work in less time, with more ease and grace than any other living pony.

He will subtract, multiply, spell words, pick out colors, count your money and tell the time of day. to the minute by any watch, and does this work at each and every performance with the Lucky Bill Show. The finest troupe -of Trained Pomeranian Spitz DOGS in existence they do everything but talk. Have HERO, absolutely the largest and performing Elephant on earth, doing marvelous feats that almost surpass human, intelligence, a wonderfully intelligent beast; also a collection of rare birds. FREE EXIBITION Outside the Tent Before each Blloczj5 alfalfa Jno.

Gragg and family were in Wichita Wednesday. Phares and family were in El Dorado on business Tuesday. County Supt. French visited the schools here Tuesday. L.

C. Hil) and wife were in Wichita on business Tuesday. Chas. Hooper has been quite ill this week, ClydeJMcGrew-was in Wichita Wednesday. Mrs.

S. E. Inman. is having her house in the north part of town painted. Geo.

Medworth was in Wichita attending Concistory Wednesday. C.M. Bodle has moved to the Tanner property which he re? cently purchased. Frank Hall has a new Top and windshield for his Ford to replace the ones recently demolished in the wreck. Mrs.

Chester Harvey entertained the Misses Lowden and Ramsay at supper Wednesday evening. Grandpa Corey and S. E. Corey went to, El Dorado Wednesday and while in the crowd at the depot in El Dorado' some "slick-ster" picked grandpas pocket and secured about five dollars. BENTON STATE A K.

Capital and Surpluss $25,000.00 In Becoming a Depositor gether the maximum production of every foot of available ground may be secured. We need to bring Butler to the front in kafir and corn as well as oil this year. Your help in the food drive is needed. He who doubles production serves his country. who doubles production serves his country.

Join "the Urge others too. Mrs. Chas. Melick entertained at dinner Sunday, Chester Gar-lick and wife of Wichita, E. F.

Fisher uid wife, Virgil Fisher and wife, I. G. Mason and family and Wm. Wallace and wife. OBITUARY.

Minnie Gertrude Stockdall was-born near Roanoke Woodford Co Illinois March 31, 1868. Died in St. Francis Hospital in Wichita April 18, 1917 aged 49. yrs. 18 days.

She came with her parents to a farm near Andover Kansas in 1887. For awhile she stayeAwith her grand parents in El Dorado andr attended school. thershe was converted. 'in the. Mf.

E. churchy after coming to her home near Payne she was baptized into the Christian church. She wasf married to August? 10, 1892. They, lived in EJ Dorado 13 years during which time she took an active part and great pleasure in the church work at that place They moved to Sedgwick Co. in 1905, coming from Wichita to the farm to assist her mother in.

caring for her invalid father who passed from this life Sept 3,. 1910. Also one brother and one sister, who died in infancy, preceded her to the Spiritual home. Besides kind, "loving husband she leaves an aged mother, "Mrs-J. A.

Stockdall, a sister Mrs. E. B. Fuller of Attica Kansas, and one brother Rolla Stockdall of Iowa, also a great many other relatives and a host of friends, To know her was to love her. So kind and sympathetic and ever ready to help in time of need or trouble.

Precious in the siiht oi' theLprd is the death of His saints. with this old reliable institution you not only avail your self of the advantages of our prompt service, careful business methods, and other banking facilities' but you also' profit" by our more than years, experience in the banking world. Your account, large or small checking or saving, is welcome, and we assure you of the best treatment possible. The Food Drive. The papers are full of war and war conditions.

Out of these conditions has grown unusual food prices and a serious danger of food shortage. Capper has appointed J. B. Adams chairman of a committee to organize the work in this county. H.

I. French has been appointed secretary. These men need the cooperation of every one especially the farmers to make known any fields or plots that are not being farmed this year. Also any who who have a surplus of seeds of any of the following sorts: clover, corn, millet, kafir, feterita, flax or alfalfa and the pi ice asked for these seeds. If there are any are not planting for the want of seeds arrangements will be made to provide seeds, By working to CLUB NEWS.

Mrs. A. G. Dodge was hostess to the members of the W. F.

ChiO on Friday Apr. 20. Responses on Arbor Day were usually good. Mrs. Dodge gave a fine talk on Trees of California.

A discussion on canning acid preserving fruits and vegetables was taken up and proved of great benefit to those interested. Sweet peas and Apple hlossoms were the table decorations and combined prettily with the Japan ese lum h- 1 State and County Depository Dpposih Guaranteed. eon set of blue. Mrs. J.

E. Davis was a guest. Ladies Oxfords sizes 3 to 41-2, At 1-2 price' See front windows. S. E.

Corey..