The Osage County Chronicle from Burlingame, Kansas • Page 1

-V7 ESTABLISHED 1363 Volume 54 BUR LING AM KANSAS, JANUARY 25, 1917 No. 2S HAS HIGH HOPES OtlCE FROM OSAGE RE IARKA EPAI MlN VUi ARE ad CALL WAS CLOSE FALLIH6 TREE CAME NEAR ENDING THE LIFE OF CLAIRE CAZIER NEAR AUBURN. Claire Cazier, a young farmer residing with his widowed mother between Auburn and Wakaru-sa, was so badly injured last Thursday while cutting timber that it was at first thought the injuries would pftove fatal. A companion, Henry Meyers, was with him and was also hurt, but very slightly The young men were using a crosscut saw in Tn 7' i --r? While You Waif: The Electric Shoe Step Arthur B. Pratt Phone 261 Open Day and Night Quoted in This January Clearance Sale when you stop to consider the increased cost of leather footwear.

Only a few more days of this Stock Reducing Sale. You will save big money by supplying your shoe needs now. ee Our Windows for Prices. -ARTB UR Cash Bootery and Haberdashery a meeting of the Bridge club. She was accompanied by Mrs.

Crowe. Phil Lingenf elder was down from Topeka Sunday and on his return was accompanied by his wife, who had been here some three weeks with her parents. Bert Todd, a former resident here and a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. E.

Palmer, is their guest here this week. He now resides at New Cambria, where he buried his wife last Friday. W. E. Estep and family left this week for Spearville where Mr.

Estep, a very thoro and competent man, will have charge of the electric light and ice plant as John Hartshorn was here from Carlsbad, N. visiting his daughter, Mrs. E. Sutherland this week and on returning home today was accompanied by his little granddaughter, Ruth Sutherland. High School Notes.

Lola Amos and Ruby Mings have been absent from school on account of sickness. The Senior Normal Training class enjoyed very much their recent visit to Grade Four. Professor Heilman led the Y. M. C.

A. meeting last Wednesday evening. It was well attended and certainly a treat to the boys. Miss Ethelyn Fortes cue i has returned to Burlingame and her presence in the High school is very welcome, especially to the Sophomores. Last Friday evening the B.

H. S. basket ball teams played the Barclay High school. Our girls i i i i I 5. 1 B.

PRATT company in Topeka, is now manager of the Mackay Telegraph company at Tulsa. Topeka Capital, Jan. 22. Mmi Tiia tiss Dire. One of our gocd democratic friends has handed vus the following "Advice of Uncle to his Nephew" and dared us to print it: "Alfred, my boy, never run down the republicans, for God 1 made republicans the same as He made fleas, lice, bugs, snakes, and all other beastly, crawling, cringing things.

Why He made them He only knows, but some day, in His divine goodness He may enlighten us, but up to now, I'll be dd if ever I could find out." Not being accustomed to being bluffed we print it, but no one will ever convince us that as originally written the paragraph did not have "democrats" where 'republicans" now appears. No democrat would ever think of anything so cute as the above. For a choice beef or pork roast visit the Gurss market. Order your sale bills at the Chronicle office. ONE VICTIM OF GKLAKOLfAN'S DEADLY JEALOUSY FORMERLY LIVED IN THIS COUNTY.

Rowland D. Williams, who as a boy lived at Arvonia in the southwest part of this county, was shot and killed on Thursday of last week at Oklahoma City and the remains were returned to his boyhood home for burial. He has a sister, Mrs. J. E.

Whelden, residing at Lebo. The ball entered the front portion of his brain on the right side. The funeral occurred last Sunday. Rowland D. Williams was not only a former resident of this county, but was well known in musical circles in almost every town in it.

He was known here to a great manyr especially to those here as long as 25 years, as he has frequently taken part in musical affairs. He was shot and killed at Oklahoma City last Thursday by John M. Couch, after the latter had killed Miss Nellie M. Dunn, a school teacher, Couch's sister-in-law, and of whom he was enamored. It is believed Couch's act was inspired by jelaousy.

After killing Miss Dunn in '-the school house where she taught he drove in a taxi to the studio of Williams and shot him just as he stepped out of his door on the way to lunch. He then escaped, drove to Guthrie and there gave himself up to government officials who sought him for sending threatening and ob scene letters thru the mails to Miss Dunn. Couch was employed by the International Har vester Co. .1 i Mr. Williams and Misi Dunn were close friends andU is though iCouch killed them to peryent a marriage, being in love with Miss Dunn himself.

Williams had been twice married, his first wife being divorced and his second dead. A daughter, Mrs. Tracy Pritchard, resides at Parsons, Kan. Leg Broki Wkei Tret Fell. John Armstrong, a well known colored man who has been employed for several years on the Dolph Buek farm, was taken to Stormont hospital, at Topeka Sunday night suffering with a bad fracture of his left leg be tween the ankle and knee.

He was with Mr. Buek in the timber on the Buek farm southeast of town Saturday cutting down a tree and as it i toppled over he failed to get out of the way. in time, the tree catching him with the result as above stated. He is a single man. PERSONAL MENTION E.

H. Fast Jr. was in Topeka Monday. Arthur B. Pratt spent Sunday in Topeka.

Cecil Miner is home from K. U. lor a week. Mrs. Jos.

Foster was a Topeka visitor Monday. F. W. Fogwell was in-Topeka Tuesday on business. E.

Wi Sutherland was in Kan sas City this week on business. Miss Zella Mitchell spent Sun day at Wakarusa with Miss Maude Snyder. L. A. Dutton and E.

H. Fast Jr. were in Clay county this week on business. i Mrs. Elizabeth McGinley of Denver was a guest over Sunday of her aunt, Mrs.

F. W. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers of Auburn visited Saturday and Sunday with Mr.

and Mrs. W. V. Myers. Elmer Drew was here from Garden City Sunday and Monday visiting his" mother, Mrs.

Chas. Drew. Mrs. Isaac I man went to To peka yesterday for a few days visit -with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Turvey.

lira. W. Pyns ttss JAMES E. DUNN- WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT PROVEN THAT THIS IS KOT OIL FIELD. James Dunn of McMillen, Dunn Reuland, the firm now drilling on the Bratton farm, was here Sunday to overlook affairs and says he has great faith that thisr field will develop into a producer of either oil or gas.

Uf course the drill has not yet reached a depth sufficient to give out indications, but he bases his opinion on the geological for mations and the report of Mr. Hatch. Mr. Dunn says it is a difficult matter to interest drillers during this cold weather, but that four wells will be sunk here, even should the first one, now being sunk, prove dry as a bone. One dry well, he say, will never satisfy him that 'there is neither oil nor gas in thisimmediate sec tion.

Mr; Dunn is not hopeful that Mr. von Pawell will come in with his rigs, nothing having been heard of him recently, but with good weather says there will be plenty of reliable firms ready to take hold of the pro ject. The cold weather of the past couple of week has proved, even to the novice in drilling for oil, that it js no child's play to work out in the open at this kind of work. Drilling on the Bratton farm is progressing steadily with two shifts at work. The drill is still in shale, with nothing of special interest to report.

A dynamo and material for an electric lighting system, together with some other supplies were de livered at the well yesterday. A.thirteeninch dril; had been used up. Until when a i ten inch drill was substituted. The depth so far attained is not stated positively but is something over 400 feet. Farm House; Burned.

A house on a farm owned by Biji Gifford, near the Prairie Center school house, burned last Thursday. While no one 1 lived in it Mr. Gifford kept it partly furnished and occasionally used it, taking his dinner there, with another man, that day. -It is not known how the fire started but it is presumed from a de fective flue. The house cost about $1000 to build and was in sured for $600.

"Another house on the place is occupied by the renter of the farm. WITH MERCURY NEAR ZERO TOOK BAREFOOT WALK Monday's Topeka Journal re ports that, with the wind blow- ing almost a hurricane and the mercury near zero, Mrs. Edith Archer walked from the Kirk- patrick home at 707 Morris ave. in that city to 1421 West Sixth street, on Monday morning, barefooted, clad only in her nightrobe and with a blanket over her shoulders and carrying in her arms her three days old baby. -Mrs.

Archer, it is stated, had been delirious at times since the birth of her child and it was during one of these periods that she left the Kirkpatrick home and went to that of Homer Shaw, many; "blocks distant, the trip being made between 5 and 6 o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Archer's parents, it is said, reside in Osage City and they were notified of her plight. She went to Topeka three weeks ago from Montana. She is said to be separated from her hus who resides at Lyndon.

She was taken in by the Shaws when she knocked at their door Monday morning and the police and a physician sotified i and everything possible done for her comfort Misses Katherine and Johanna Reese were down from Toneka Sunday visiting relatives. They ti9 both employed now in th Caata oiTicss. presetting Announced. Mrs. A.

E. Foshay announces the engagement of her daughter, Nellie, and Mr. Claude D. Records, of Tulsa. Okla.

The announcement was made at an informal party given in honor of her hema on Topeka" avenue, yesterday afternoon. The guests included close friends. They were Mrs. R. V.

Hamilton; Mrs. F. Bowman, Miss Lucille Sorenson, Miss Jean Trelsaven, Miss Margaret Trout-man, Mrs. E. H.

Bunnell, Mrs. Fred Munson, Mrs. Michael Sorensen, Mrs. George Soren-sen, Miss MaymeConroy, Mrs. John Capper, Miss-ois Leger, Mrs.

A. W. Wilson, Miss Mina Johnson, of Norton; Mrs. M. E.

Urie, Miss Dora Foshay and Miss Ethel Foshay. The house was decorated in ferns and pink roses and the date of the wedding, February 10, was diiclossd by two tiny cupids under the petals of pink rose-bud place cards. Miss Foshay is a graduate of the College of Emporia and has taken work-at the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Records, formerly manager of the Postal Telegraph and Cable cutting down a tree and it top pled over on them before they were aware of the danger.

Mr. Cazier, who is about 26 years old, was struck on the back of the head by a limb, his skull being fractured. He was unconscious for hours, but at latest reports was improving and will doubtless recover. He is a nephew of Mrs. J.

T. Pringle of this city and the eldest of several children, twd brothers and. a sister teaching school and another brother being a senior at K. U. The family has lived in southern Shawnee for many years.

Night Alarm From a Bank. A short circuit somewhere in the wiring of the First National bank's, burglar alarm system started one of the bells -to ringing about 10 o'clock Friday night and members of the Odd Fellows leaving, the hall, locating the sound to be from the bell in the basement, called up Will Sherry, whose shop adjoins the room containinc thp hll and also the bank officials. Ed Miner soon located the trouble and stopped the clatter. At first it was thought an attempt had oeen to burgle bank; but this proved a mistake. -Life "Sentence "For Cox Murder.

Claude Biggers, the young Topeka negro who shot and killed John Cox, who formerly resided in this vicinity, a short distance from Topeka a few weeks ago, was convicted at his trial in Topeka last week and was sentenced to a life term in the penitentiary. Biggers with two other colored youths was hunting ahdJ.Cox, a game warden, asked for their license when loggers shot and killed him. The father and a brother of Cox reside near Harveyville; Garage Will be Enlarged. The Santa Fe Trail garage is preparing to expand and Mr. Seaman, the owner, has bought the 50 foot lot adjoining on the west from J.

Q. Co wee and that will be taken in as part of the new building. The building, we are informed, will be of brick, fronting on the entire two lots, and extending considerably further to the rear than the present building and affording ample room for a growing Apparatus for charging batteries has ajso been bought and will be among the improvements to be installed. A Relic of Territorial Days. City Marshal Jarboe left an odd and very interesting little book with the Chronicle Monday that we might look it over.

How it came into possession of the Jarboe family he cannot say, but they have had it some 45 years and have the impression that it was once the property of S. R. Caniff who was a member of the territorial legislature in lsbO. in tne old book, are a number of brief personal biogra phies written by members of the territorial legislature of 1860, with their autographs attached. and these should be especially interesting as historical matters and of value to the State Histori cal society.

The bookha3 also been used as an account book and contains many entries made by Squire tlouz in th arly -'vn- were successful, scoring 41 against the opponent's and our boys lost, with a score of The High school student body should certainly be appreciative of the opportunity afforded them in the coming- of the musical company Feb. 1. Why not become enthused and have the old assembly hall Miss Helen Palmer entertained the High school Y. W. C.

A. by giving a fine leeture on the duty, of the student body in maintaining high standards for B. H. S. Every girl of the High school' and Eighth grade was present and all are invited to return.

The International Operatic company will give a program at the High school Auditorium; Thursday night Feb. 1 at under the auspices of the Hih school. This company is ona of the best on the road and cSrnca highly recommended. The proceeds of the entertainment will be used in the purchase of books for the High school library. Give yourself a musical treat and at the same time help a good cause along.

Admission 25 and 35 cents. North of Council Grove on the Gabe Frank farm drillers are now down over 2600 feet and will go to 3000 if necessary. At 2500 feet or thereabouts the shale penetrated showed unmis-tabeable traces of oil. Whether the oil is simply a stray streak and amounts to verv little, or whether it is oil pushed up from a strata of real oil sand immediately beneath, is yet to be ascertained. The big find of the well is the strong flow of gas at 1950 feet.

The driller thinks it is at least a million foot gas well. He tested it and found it petrolium gas all right, the very best indication of oil in the immediate vicinity. '17V 11 Jul! TIoms' iroeery ESIRING to move to the farm in the spring, I have decided to offer my stock of groceries, fixtures, good will, for sale. I have a splendid, up-to-date stock, good fixtures, the best location in town, and a fine In to reduce the stock to I where it will be easy to wins I wiU give a discount of 5 per cent on all cash sales, 'except sugar, for the next 30 days. If do not sell by that time I shall withdraw this offer, rent or hire man on the farm and stay with it.

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