The Plaindealer from Wichita, Kansas • 2

Page 2 THE PLAINDEALER News of Sedgwick and Butler Counties Miss Lily Aaron spent the week end with Miss LaVon Engel. Mrs. Al Engel returned home Sunday after: a week's visit with friends and relatives in Wichita. Mr. Ray Deterding, who is attending the Wichita Business College, spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. S. Rausch, on. July 31, a baby girl.

and Mrs. Wm. Huffman, Mr. and Mrs. H.

W. Whelpley and Mrs. V. A. Reece report lots of fish and a good time as the result of their fishing trip Monday.

Many of the young men are receiving their calls to report to the exemption board next Monday. Miss Bessie Robinson of Cheney, is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K.

Pruitt, this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Robinson of Cheney were Goddard visitors Sunday. Mrs.

V. A. Reece, who has been quite 111, is much improved at this writing. Mrs. Ida Haniphan of Garden Plain was a Goddard visitor Tuesday.

Mrs. Nesslerode of Wichita visited her daughter, Mrs. Theo. Harvey, the first of the week. Bricklaying on the new school house received a sudden check Wednesday afternoon on account of the bricklay.

ers' strike. Work will be resumed as soon as non-union men can be pro cured, it is said. Since chop has gone to four dolars, fried chicken is becoming a luxury to us town dwellers. Mr. Mart Holm had the misfortune to fall down and cut his hand badly on a piece of tin, a few days ago.

He has been unable to use either the hand or arm since. Mrs. E. T. James has moved to Augusta where her husband has been working for several months.

Mrs. James left Thursday. Miss June James expects to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rishel for some time.

Mr. Wm. Wunsch moved, Thursday, from the south to the north part of town. GODDARD GARDEN PLAIN Little Robert Schlim passed away at 9 a. m.

last Monday, July 23, and was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery Wednesday morning, July 25. Wichita visitors Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kerschen, Mrs. Ida Haniphan, I.

Renner, Andy Mantz, Dr. Smithheisler, Hy Dust and Jake Schauf. Mrs. C. Rohrback and son, Russell, came out from Wichita Monday evening for a short stay with Mrs.

Warfield, Mrs. Rohrback returned home Wednesday morning, Russell is still with his sister, Mrs. Warfield. Miss Theresa Pauly who was here for her father's funeral returned to her work in Wichita Wednesday morning. Mrs.

Pete Sheledon is not doing very well. Her doctor says she has concussion of the brain. Mr. Everett Jeffery is in the Wichita hospital with blood poison in one of his arms. He is getting along real nicely.

Mrs. Vanaman returned home Friday evening after a short visit with friends in Wichita. Mr. Hy. Tennison returned home after spending a few days in Perry, looking after business.

Mr. W. A. Bradley returned home from Cunningham Saturday morning where he has had charge of a paper for several weeks. The hot wind of today (Sunday) has just about finished our corn.

Miss Bertha Warfield is spending a couple of weeks with her grandma, Mrs. S. Kauffman. Garden Plain has her first Chautauqua commencing tomorrow, July 30, 31 and August 1st, inclusive. Here's hoping it is a great success.

John Bunck installed a new pair of Fairbanks scales this week at the Farmers elevator. Our local ball team went to Andale today to match a game with their boys. Mr. Taylor has the improvements on his farm south of town just about completed. Misses Veneta Gregory and Bessie Holmes, and Messrs.

Delbert Coleman and Edson Gregory of Goddard made the writer a short call Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ewertz and daughter, Miss Pearl Dwyer, leave Monday morning for South Dakota for a month or 80 where Mr.

Ewertz will assist in the threshing. MULVANE Miss Flora Muller and mother, and Mrs. F. J. Muller motored to Wichita Monday.

Mr. John Lappin and wife went to Wichita to attend the funeral of Mrs. Rudisill on Tuesday afternoon. The Muller Brothers sold their corn to Shoup Throckmorton and were hauling it Tuesday. They sold a car load at $2.00 per bushel.

The milk condensary is paying the highest price for milk this month that they have ever paid, $2.27 per hundred weight. Just think what this would have meant to the farmers of the community had we had enough moisture for good pastures. The feed is very scarce but still a great amount of milk comes in daily. The Helvetia Milk Co. are shipping in bal.

alfalfa of choice quality which is being eagerly taken by the dairymen east of town. The price being $21.00 per ton at the car. The Shock threshing in this community is about finished. The yield in most cases have averaged from 16 to 40 bushels per acre and is a very good quality. The price paid on the local market is around $2.45 for soft wheat and $2.70 for hard.

We believe many farmers are going to make a mistake this fall by sowing their whole farm to wheat. We don't believe it always pays to put: all the eggs in one basket. We were very much pleased to meet our old friend, Ernest Hixson, now of Lamar, Colo. "Hick" will be rememvered as one of the best tinners and plumbers that Mulvane ever had. At present he is foreman of the canning department of the Helvetia Milk Co.

of Lamar, Colo. He likes his new location but is always glad to get back "home" with his old friends. He, with Mrs. Hixson, will visit Ft. Scott and Anthony, before returning to Lamar.

Mr. Will Robinson, has been confined to his home for the past month with rheumatism. This particular case being arterial rheumatism. He suffers very much and is confined to AT HALF PRICE Voiles, linen, gaberdines and Wash Dresses sport effects at half regular prices. Gaberdine, basket weave, Wash Skirts waffle cloth etc.

All at one half price. Taffeta, jersey and etc. Silk Suits-- All will be cleared at half price. Greenway Hughes 118 N. Main Wichita The Busy Store with the Little Prices This Store Closes "The New Store With Familiar Faces" We Prepay All Charges 10 p.

m. Saturdays We give green trading stamps on Out-of-Town Orders If You Want to Make Some Money Now, Take Advantage of Our CLEARANCE SALE Of Men's and Young Men's Odd Suits Clothes are going to be higher next year---woolens are advancing rapidly---but because we believe it's best to clean our stock we up are going to sell our "Odds and Ends" at reduced prices. PARENTS will find some strikingly big values among these "Odds and Ends" suits and incidentally can prepare their young men for school and make a big saving at the same time. Every suit is of this season's style; every new model is shown. $18 Odds Ends and Suits, now $14.50 1-4 $20 Odds and 1-4 Ends Suits, now $16.50 OFF $22 Odds and Suits, $18.50 Off Ends ALL $25 Odds and Suits, $21.50 ALL Ends now STRAW Odds $27:50 Ends Suits, now $23.50 BATHING HATS $30 Odds and Suits, now.

$24.50 SUITS Ends Blue and Black Suits Excepted---All Alterations Made Free McVICAR HOWARD MILLHAUBT 210 E. Douglas Ave. CLOTHING CO. 212 E. Douglas Ave.

his bed the most of the time. We hope to see him out soon. The draft has called quite: a number of our best young men to their colors. If they make as good soldiers as citizens what a glorious army we will have. We understand there are a few citizens who are not as loyal to Uncle Sam as they might be, and consequently the authorities have an eye on them.

That's right, we hope they get them. If you want to get some good jolts for that tired feeling take a motor car trip to Wichita over the Meridian road on the west side. Dell Gould, the oil man, is just about the busiest man in the community since the storm of last week. A dozen or more windmills were blown down, and they all want them fixed at the same time. We don't appreciate these conveniences until we lose them, and have to go back to pumping by hand.

The checked corn is very badly injured and most fields will yield no corn at all, even with plenty of rain. The listed corn seems to have stood the drouth better, and bids fair to make some corn if we could have rain from now on. MT. HOPE The threshing machine owned by Bell Richardson of Kingman, caught on fire Monday while threshing for J. R.

Adams northwest of Mt. Hope. Separator and four large stacks of wheat were destroyed. One of the threshing crew received several painful burns on the hands. Little Leota Larsen was taken to the Halstead hospital Saturday.

Leota has been suffering the past week from an abscess on the hip but is reported some better at this writing. Mrs. N. W. Young had a stroke of paralysis Thursday morning.

Her entire left side is paralyzed. Her many friends are hoping for a speedy recovery. E. D. Barnes and family and Opal Cornwall motored to Burrton Sunday evening.

Miss Ruth Overman and Mr. Leonard Moss were united in marriage Sunday, July 29, 1917, at Hutchinson. They will make their home on a farm one mile east and a half mile south of Mt. Hope. Both the bride and groom are well and favorably known here and have the best wishes of the entire community.

The boys' Sunday School class of the Christian church accompanied by their teacher, Wade Dow, and Rev. Umphries, motored to Hutchinson Friday and spent the day at Stevens pond. The boys also visited the reformatory. Mr. and Mrs.

J. Sherman and daughter of Wichita, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fauley of Hutchinson, were Sunday visitors at the Fauley home. Mr.

and Mrs. M. L. Cornwall and son, Millard, of Hutchinson, motored down and spent the day with Mrs. Ellen Cornwall.

Still the wind and dust blows but no rain. Mr. and Mrs. George Parker and Earle Anderson visited several days last week in Fort Riley with Evan Parker. Mr.

Alvis Weaver and family moved out to Lewis, last Friday. Mrs. Clyde Avery and children of Hutchinson, visited several days last week at the Fay Wadsworth home. Mr. Chas.

Dofflemyre is the owner of a new Lexington. Mrs. Bessie Rhodes and children of Oklahoma, are making a visit at the home of her parents, M. B. Rush's.

A miscellaneous shower was given at the Johua Rush home last Wednesday afternoon in honor of their daughter, Rachel. very pleasant afternoon was spent. Miss Rush received many useful presents after which she served the guests to ice cream and cake. Mr. anl Mrs.

R. A. Adamson and daughter, Gladys, left Wednesday in their car for Moran, to visit for a few days. From there they expect to go to Kansas City. Mrs.

Cartwright of Wichita, was a Sunday visitor at the James Atherton home. Remember the ice cream social and program at the Congregational church Friday night. Mr. J. W.

Harrison end family visited Sunday at the George Forward home near Colwich, MAIZE SCHULTE The sudden death of John Wall, old settler, of near Clonmel, was reported to us this morning. Mr. Wall passed away in the early morning hour. At this writing we have no further particulars. Lawrence Reamer is billing a sale in his preparation to depart for duty in the U.

S. navy. Lawrence Cleneger also enlisted in the navy and Lynn Tucker enlisted in the U. S. army, The boys will soon be many miles from home.

Mr. Tucker joined the signal corps under Captain Bayless and will soon be in active service. Several are greatly worried about the draft call. "Boys, it is too hot to worry," a call to service does not mean your death nor injury as "Uncle Sam" takes great care that no man is hurt or subjected to disease except when absolutely impossible to protect further, if you are one who is called to go, make up your mind to go with determination to do your bit, as it depends on how hard you work as to how soon this terrible war closes and the world is at peace. Two births have been reported the last week, both girls, all are getting along fine.

The proud parents are Frank Colson and Lee Wilson. Paul Brock is now riding around in a Lexington chummy roadster, "A real nifty looking car." Our good natured merchant, Henry Faker, is doing a thriving business these days in supplying the farmers plow lays. "Dock" is putting Sears Roe-Boat and Monkey-Ward in the shade on prices he is quoting on this class of stuff, Henry can save you money on anything you wish to buy. Go and figure with him, it makes no difference what you want he can get it and save you money and it helps him some too. Lets read over this golden rule again, it sounds pretty good.

Mrs. K. C. Parkhurst and son returned Saturday night. "Dock" is fattening up now on three square meals a day.

Quite a good deal of comment has been made the last three months or so on the way Frank has been racing through town toward the west with a determined look in his eye and hardly a nod of recognition for old friends. Some think it is the war that 1 troubling him, others who have studied the question closely say there is a certain maiden in the case, and the determination which we have spoken of is his intention each time to pop the question. Luck to you Frank. TOWANDA Dr. G.

E. Egloff is starting to France next week and his family is moving to Wichita. We have three days Chautauqua here this week, composed of good talent lecturers and musicians. Everybody is complaining here in Towanda of having bad weather, and it is rather sultry. If Towanda keeps on building they will have to have some new editions, as they are using the alleys for streets now or using one lot for two buildings.

F. W. Robison, H. S. Wait and C.

E. Ard, of Towanda, got busy Saturday and sold the season tickets for the Chautauqua. Chas. Clugborn left for eastern Texas Saturday to get his marriage certificate to claim exemption. F.

A. Minter received some new fixtures for the Minter's White Cafe, Every time Towanda has a wind storm everybody has to go to bed in the dark. Towanda is on the boom as there are more people here than the town will hold, so they can't stay. Don't cry, honey, papa is going to subscribe for the Plaindealer, as it is a paper that gives new ideas and promotes new thoughts, so get on the subscription list and then laugh. AUGUSTA Augusta is to have fifty blocks of new pavement.

Mike Breen, representing the Boiler Makers, was an Augusta visitor the past week. Mrs. Geo. Dewsbury, of Denver, is visiting her sister, Miss Laura Wilkins. Mrs.

Gertrude Wright is visiting in Wichita this week, There are several new rigs going up in the Augusta field. Things sure look good at present. Robt. Barry, manager of the Barry Casing crews, made a flying trip to Brown-town this week with Joe Vogel the Dodge City speed demon. Chief of Police Murphy has just completed traffic regulations that would be a credit to any city.

Augusta should be proud of the small number: of accidents that happen on its Mrs. W. W. Lyons and son, Stewart, left for Cushing, to visit their son and brother. He is of the Empire Gas and Fuel and was sent to Cushing a few weeks ago.

Mrs. Gertrude Smith has gone to Casper to make an extended visit with relatives. Henry Lietzke, who is in Wichita hospital, where an operation will be. performed on his face for neuralgia, is reported worse. Misses Elah and Marie Chapman, of Virginia, are guests of the A.

R. Barr family. Mrs. E. A.

Gilbert and daughter, Miss Josephine, of Kingman, are guests of Chester Ewing and family. Mrs. J. B. O'Neal and family, of Neosha, are the guests of her daughter, Mr.

and Mrs. Ted Retser, and family. Mrs. Charles Tatum left for Charleston, W. for an extended visit with relatives.

W. D. Hough, of Drumright, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas left for Baltimore, where he will visit.

relatives before returning home. Mrs. Fred King and Mrs. Andy Mar-. tin are in Eureka Springs, Ark.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Alvies write.

from Farmington, that they are visiting J. J. Alvies there. Mrs. J.

W. Walliere of Detroit; guest of her brother and sister, Albert Watson and Mrs. J. B. Johnson, went to Wichita Wednesday morning.

Mrs. J. Beck, Mrs. A. Stevenson and Mrs.

Louise Cordy visited Wichita Monday. Mrs. E. M. Snail, of Iola, guest: of her son, B.

Chapman, and wife, returned home Friday morning. Mrs. Chapman accompanied her home for a visit. Mrs. Adda Gibson and Mrs.

A. Stevenson, of Tulsa, Okla, are guests of their mother, Mrs. A. Holder: Mrs. M.

A. Morgan, of Eldorado, guest of Mrs. Tom: Crow, returned home Tuesday morning. Ed Lietzke was a passenger to Wichita Tuesday morning on business. Mrs.

S. E. Duren, of Mulvane, guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. M.

Wilkie, left for Denver, Wednesday morning Mrs. M. S. Loomis and daughter, Miss Grace, left Wednesday morning for Colorado Springs Mr. and Mrs.

C. W. Walter and Mrs. Cash Henderson were in Wichita Monday. John Moyle was a passenger to Wichita Wednesday on business.

BENTON Threshing is progressing nicely in the neighborhood. A. Phares has a new Lexington car. Charley Winegarner is repairing a barn on the Ethelberg ranch that was torn down by the storm. Otis Mason from Eldorado is visiting with Wm.

J. DeLong. Everett Meaders was a Wichita visitor Tuesday. Mr. Carl Woods of Wichita has been visiting at C.

M. Neals. L. L. Lane has a fine new seven passenger car.

Miss Mabel Harrison, who has been working for Dr. Perkins, spent a few days with home folks. She left Sunday for Colorado to spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs.

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