The Plaindealer from Wichita, Kansas • 2

Page 2 THE PLAlNDEALER News of Sedgwick and Butler Counties Lilian Lewis and John Zerener. We wish them much happiness. W. G. Warfield left Friday for Wichita where be has work for the present.

The writer has been sick most of the past week so news is scarce. taking the physical examinations. A double crop of alfalfa nay wiP soon- be harvested as a very heavy crop lias grown since the rains which in connection with the light crop which Several of the Schulteites entertain ed company Sunday Mr. Bock had sev eral of his neighbors and friends also Mr. Chas.

Schulte entertained friends, was on the ground will make an unusually heavy yield. A conundrum. Clarence has a girl; Iber has a Ford, who will milk the cows? Answer, DAD? able to. come home Sunday afternoon. Misses Cora Harvey and Ida Stark of Benton and Mrs.

F. D. Nestleroad of Wichita were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T.

G. Harvey over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G.

E. Engel of Wichita are visiting relatives and friends in and around Goddard this week. Miss Mae Higiiee leaves Tuesday for a visit with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Clias. Miles of Kingsdown.

Miss Ethel Sheets left Monday for a weeks visit with friends at El Dorado. Francis McCarty 'of Hutchinson spent the week end with friends in Goddard. GARDEN PLAIN And still it rains. Wichita visitors this week were: Mr. Evans, Mrs.

Warfield, Mat Doffing, Mr. May, C. Wulf, Fred Berg-kamp, J. P. Compton, Robert Meredith, Mr.

and Mrs. R. E. Shipley, Miss Mary Classen. Misses Opal and Irene left Wednesday for Colorado Springs for a short stay.

Miss Wiske is taking Miss Opals place at Wulf during her absence. Tuesday afternoon at the Lutheran church will occur the marriage of Miss 1 Student airplane observers making topographic sketches of an improvised battlefield over which they are supposed to tie dying. 2 Rear Admiral Cary N. Grayson, who has been assigned to the medical board of ttie council of national defense. 3 Gamouliage os practiced on a British tank so as to make it look like the surrounding.

i came so badly stalled in a mud hole that it required two teams to pull it out. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Koblitz, a baby boy on August 13th. Mr.

H. N. Wilson who was seized by a stroke of paralysis Friday, is improving some at this writing. Mr. and Mrs.

P. M. McTaggert and family left Monday morning for a va cation in Colorado. Dr. C.

B. Magee had his tonsils removed by Dr. Gsell at the St. Francis Hospital Saturday morning. He was Suits and Coats for Autumn Wear SUITS are plain tailored and novel designs.

A very attractive assortment of initial deliveries S25 Others ranging up to $75 COATS. Large collars and cuffs. New belted effects. Many fur trimmed $9.75 to $75.00 on the site of the one blown away in the tornado. Mrs.

Henry Rausch is having a new six room bungalow built on the site of the old one blown away in the tornado. Tony Gorges store is nearing completion and will soon be ready for occupancy. C. F. Fonquet and family have returned.

The young ladies of the Red Cross ire planning another entertainment soon. Just what it will be has no been fully decided. 4 The school board has rented the brick school house of the church, and the public school will be conducted there, until the new public school building is erected. School will begin the second Monday in September, with Miss Louise Grassl in charge. John Grassl suffered some very painful injuries last Friday evening when Kondensed Kansas Komments A small lot of Wash Skirts and Dresses, half price to clear A lot of Silk Dresses in Taffetas and Pongee, half price (0 Greenway 118N.

Main team that he was hitching to a -J-t machine sorted tq pun. One The Busy Store with the Little Prices. ins relatives in Mt. Hope. Site is a nurse at the Saint Francis at Wichita Miss Ethel Scott is visiting relatives at Haven.

Master Fritz 1. arson had a severe attack of appendicitis Friday evenin': hut is better at this writing. Grandma Clark of Ohio, is visiting at the home of her son Mr. Clias For-akpr. John Gilmore of Wichita was a Mt Hope visitor Saturday and Sunday.

Every body is planning on a great day, September 3, A. H. T. A. picnic dy.

Every body invited. Mrs. H. E. Forakers daughter Goldie and sons Jay P.

and Harold of Hutchinson who have been visiting at Byron, Oklahoma are now guests at the For-aker home in Mt. Hope. Mrs. H. Tipton and Mrs.

Will Brewer and children will leave Monday for their home in Big Sandy, Montana. Rev. and iji'f Mt. Hop in Wichita 'NjAtvlAnd Sund Suniiaftn was operated on a couple of days ago. Well school begins in a couple of weeks every one is getting ready for I Dr.

and Mrs. Martin are the proud parents of a baby boy, born Saturday 1 -j-Q --ee Cone evening. Miss Esther Brington of Sedgwick was the guest of the O. E. Wright family last week.

Mabel Wright returned home with her for a short visit. NT r. Loshbaugh was a Wichita visitor Saturday. There will he a lot of corn in the country this fall. Many of the farmers tell us that their fields are in better shape than they figured possible after the long dry spell, and that they will have more corn than last year.

Prof. Anthony and family returned last Friday from St. Leo, where they had been spending their Summer vacation. Mr. Schmeihausen is driving a new Jones roadster.

John Buscher and family have moved into their new residence built PSfthe Ifto Andover, one of the most progressive little towns in Kansas, has taken on a building boom. The new $11,000 school house is being rushed to completion. Mrs. Lincoln's new residence is just finished. l- Side walks are being constructed.

Dr. House's new garage has taken on city appearance. Oil wells are nearing our city. Crops are in fine condition. Mrs.

Lincoln was shopping in Wichita Saturday. I. P. Kelley and family was sight seeing in Wichita Sunday. L.

S. Hack motored to Wichita Sat urday. Mrs. Jedika was visiting in Wichita Saturday, returning Tuesday. Wallace Mason was visiting in Andover Sunday evening.

Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Smith was in Wcbita shopping Saturday. Goe. Jr.

Manlove, was visiting in Andover Sunday. Home Maker Club gave an interesting entertainment, Wednesday afternoon, those in attendance were greatly benefited. Andover welcomes her new depot agent, Mr. Haley. Missionary aid Society will give an ice cream social at the home of J.

11. Mason, Friday Mrs. Peacock and Mrs. Hodges Sunday school class will give a piente at Mitchells residence Wednesday. Miss Grace Renley of Andover gave a party last Friday night, all report a good time.

The Missionary aid society will gie a social at Mrs. Blasser's a week from Saturday night. Miss Dora Malcom will give a party next Saturday night for her cousin', Miss Laura Malcom. 1 Rev. Obee received a telegram from his son, St.

Claire Obee, stating 'that his wife died and leaves a babe and husband to mourn her loss. The body will be shipped to Potwin, for burial Wednesday, Miss Nina Keller, lias returned from a visit at Wichita. Kelts, m. taken, had it not been for the courage of his two daughters Miss Genevie and Marie Keller, bravo girls do it again. beibg Mrs.

B. W. Gilchrist has been on the sick list this week. The Missionary lecture that was given in Bentley at the M. E.

church, Tuesday night wasnt very well attended on account of the rain. Noalena Wilson who has been visiting relatives near Bentley returned to her home near Awnoe, Oklahoma, Monday accompanied by Mrs. Charles Little. Mr. and Mrs.

Roland Williams were shopping in Wichita Wednesday. I Mrs. Roy Jefferies of Bentley left for Chicago Monday where she will visit relatives. Miss Mary Jefferies of Pawnee, Oklahoma, lias been visiting her brother Mr. L.

E. Morris, of Bentley this week. Dr. Hawkins and wife were ping in Halstead, Wednesday. Mrs.

Willard Hawkins who lias been visiting relatives at Caselton returned to her home in Bentley Monday. Mrs. Dollie Gibson of Wichita spent Saturday and Sunday at Mr. Raymond Kinley's home. Mr.

S. F. Stamback has a new Reo Six. The Camp Fire girls met with Mrs. Jessie Phenneger Wednesday, after-moon.

Mrs. Jacques and little son of Sunnv- dale visited Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Basore the last of the week. Mrs.

Hazen Stambach and her mother, Mrs. Ramsey of Valley were shopping in Wichita Friday. Mrs. Charles Dosein spent Friday and Friday night with her daughter Mrs. Bert Wiley of Sedgwick.

MT. HOPE Announcement of the wedding of Miss Olive Porter to Mr. Dewey Kis-sick are out, the wedding is to be some time soon. Misses Mabel Wright, Mildred Garrison, Kathryn Berger, of Mt. Hope, Esther Brington of Sedgwick and Messers Pearl Garrison, Fred Donanen and Harold Brewer, motored to Sedgwick and spent a few hours Sunday.

Mr. Henry Mattison and Chas. Alford of Mt. Hope, motored to Wichita Sunday. Miss Afvis Needham has been visit We Are Headquarters For WHITNEY CARRIAGES Stella and Mamie True entertained about thirty of their friends Friday 1 afternoon.

I There will be a basket dinner on the Christian church lawn Sunday August 2d. Hazel Thorn of Wichita spent several days last week with Jean Long. Klma Paidrick is visiting her aunt-Mrs. Baughman. Mrs.

Grosli liars been taken back to the Wichita Hospital after being out lor three weeks. Susie Rosecrants had as her weekend guests Viola Stough, Lucile Stables, Edith and Nora Woods, all of Wichita. Henrietta Sense spent the week end last week with Margaret Burke. Mrs. Cornetts sister, Mrs.

Pinkerton is visiting her. Hughes Wichita Folding sulkies and Go-Carts, Model Kitchen Cabinets, Refrigerators, Porch Swings and Chairs. Also Carry a large stock of Douglas A-Venue Is Served places where Good Drinks are Sold. Ask for a Bottle. Put it to the Test of Taste-today.

the Plaindealer Oct. 1st Now $1.00. Margrite Faker and sister Mrs. Elsie Evens are in charge of the store while Mr. and Mrs.

Faker are touring in Colorado. Father Colin lias carpenters at work remodeling the denominational school house and is completing preparations for the coming school term. Quite a number of scholars will attend this season. Several meetings have been called by the board to complete arrangements for the building of the 15,000 bushel elevator and arrangements are being completed as fast as consistent with good judgment. The charter has been received and The Farmers Grain and Supply will soon be ready to transact business.

A dance in the A. H. T. A. Hall Friday night, a good time and plenty of refreshments for all.

We have not yet heard for certain who will be called to fight for Uncle Sam from this neighborhood, several have been honorably discharged after Daubs of paint and signs accusing him of pro-German sentiments, on his home and store, greeted the eyes of Fred Geckeler, for many years a shoe merchant in Independence, the other morning. It is said he recently refused to contribute money to a fund for an army Y. M. C. A.

While Walter Salathiel, a Socialist, viewed the signs he made some remarks which displeased the crowd and was chased for two blocks, when he was taken into a store and protected by friends. A special election to vote a bond issue of $15,000 to aid in the construction of a community building for the soldiers in Manhattan has been called by the city commissioners to be held the first Tuesday in September. The state board of administration has designated temporarily the penitentiary farm where twenty-one women prisoners are kept, as the state industrial farm for women. This state farm, with a twelve-room residence, is located about one mile west of the penitentiary at Lansing. The two small sons of Robert Harlow of Haskell county were drowned in the Cimarron river recently.

The recent heavy rains have caused the river to rise and the boys, 8 and 10 years old, decided as there was more water they could go swimming. Several Atchison business men, including G. M. Schott and Charles Lin-ley, bankers; Earl Jones and Representative B. J.

Lyons will plant a large acreage of wheat in western Kansas this fall. J. C. Linville, a lineman, was electrocuted while working on high voltage wires at Great Bend. Fellow workmen found his body hanging to a pole by his safety belt.

A pulmotor failed to revive him. The Kansas State Faderation of Labor elected these officers for the year at the recent meeting in Hutchinson: A. J. Johnson, Wichita, pres ident and organizer; Charles Hamlin, Leavenworth, secretary -treasurer; S. B.

Weaver, Topeka, first vice-president; W. E. Freeman, Pittsburg, second vice-president; J. L. Gere, Hutchinson, third vice-president.

Two of four men from the United States who will develop pure bred cattle herds for the Brazil Land, Cattle and Packing Company are Kansas State Agricultural College men. They are Reed Weitner of Fredonia and Louis Howard of Hutchinson. They will leave shortly for Sao Paulo, Brazil. higher than the new record, which was made three weeks ago when alfalfa hay reached $20 a ton. Notwithstanding these record prices, the demand continues strong.

One local buyer, who paid as high as $23 a ton the past week, shipped out fifty-five cars during the first half of August. foot was badly cut, and one shoulder injured. He is able to up and around SOine with the help of crutches. Margaret May has commenced work as second relief girl at the S. W.

Bell Tele Co. office, Misses Bessie Holm yuid Ethel Sheets, returned Friday morning from a two days visit with Miss Mabel Jennings at Cheney. Dr. and Mrs. 0.

B. Magee and Mrs. M. I. Strong were Wichita visitors Wednesday.

Mr. C. G. Elliott of Dallas, visited relatives in Goddard this week. Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Magee and family of Texas, are visiting Dr, Magee and family this week. Miss Xeuschke of Mound Ridge is-ited several days this week with her brother, Mr. J. Meuschke.

and family. Mr. Edson Gregory spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks. Ife is a member of the Signal Corps encamped at Wichita. The daily rains of the past two weeks have put most of the roads into bad condition for autos.

One car be Rugs, Carpets, Linoleum and Shades. Would be pleased to have you call and look over our immense stock. C.S. DANIELS 4-19-421 East One or the record prices for oil leases was paid when A. D.

Morton of Bartlesville, paid $50,000 for 2 10 acres five miles north of Eldorado. The land is situated -one mile north of the big Shaffer well or. the Frank L. Robinson farm. Dr.

F. M. Pearl, a negro physician, of Atchison, has received a commission as second lieutenant in the medical reserve corps. He has not yet been instructed where to report for duty. Charles Snyder, a wealthy farmer living near Pratt, was struck by lightning recently.

Although bis clothing was torn from his body and his flesh badly burned, physicians sav that he will recover. Company IT, Kansas National Guard, was mustered into the federal service at Winfield recently by United States officers. The ceremonies were witnessed by only a few of the relatives and friends of the soldiers. A petition filed witl: the Jefferson county commissioners asks permanent improvement of the road from Oska-loosa to the Northwestern depot at Valley Falls. A mess fund of more than $3,000, raised by business men, was presented to Company Third Kansas Infantry at an informal ceremony at Guild hall, Junction City.

Robert L. Marshall, 78. years old, a pioneer Cowley county farmer, is dead at Arkansas City. He was a Civil War veteran. The Standard Oil Company of Kansas has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $3 a share and an extra dividend of $2 per share, payable September 15 to stockholders of record August 31.

A. W. Stevens, an Atchison druggist since 1880, died there recently. He was the first traveling salesman for the old McPike Fox Drug Company, formerly of Atchison, now the McPike Drug Company of Kansas City. Judge J.

W. Finley of the Wilson-Neodesha district court was one of the officers training camp students who received a commission. Judge Finley was named a captain of infantry. He will resign from the bench. A total of 1,250 motor cars crossed the pontoon bridge across the Republican river between Fort Riley and Junction City the first twenty-four hours afler its completion, according to guards who kept track of the number of machines.

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