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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20
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From The Herald

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Miss Edith WEIGH Of Great Bend,
is spending the week here visiting
friends.
Mn and Mrs. Paul Colbert were
shopping and visiting in Hutchinson
Tuesday.
G. B. Holmes was out near Bur-
dett last week moving some buildings
for Earl Ross. He states that wheat
threshing has just started there, and
that the grain is turning out well.
He also says that the corn crop is
going to be bumper out there. and
that some Of the fields viii make as
much as 40 bushels to the acre.
Mrs. Clarence Morrison is up from
the Bend, visiting her parents, ]. #.
Ken and family.
Miss Ethel Davis Of Great Bend,
was the guest of Miss Coda Nc
Dougal yesterday.
DR.. Bunnell, the Larned veteM.
nary, was in town Wednesday on
professional business. He has been
pretty busy the past few weeks,
and on the S1St Of last month a new
veterinary came to their home to
assist him. The little fellow will
probably be able to get out in a few
days and help his dad cure some OF
the sick horses.
Miss Verna Walker of Great Bend
commenced her school in District fS
north Of town, Monday.
Mrs. David Aldrich was shopping
and visiting in Great Bend Saturday
Sam Hill was in Great Bend on
business Saturday.
Mrs. w. NJ. Lewis was visiting in
Great Bend yesterday.
Mrs. W. S. McDougal and daugh.
ter Miss Coda, were shopping and
visiting in Great Bend Tuesday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Dawson and
family autoed down from the Bend
for a visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
H. E. Turck and family.
DR.. Homer Robson returned last
Thursday from his summers outing
in Colorado. He report having had
a fine time and fair amount of sue.
cess at fishing.
R. ]. McMullen, Harry Burkhart
and Ralph Smith went up to Great
Bend Wednesday evening and were
initiated into the mysteries of the B.
P. o. E. W. c. Howe, Henry Ger.
loft, H. E. Turck and George Trump
chaperoned the boys and took care
to see that their horns were properl.
grated.
George NJ. Helm left last night for
a few days business trip to Kansas
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Carson were
here from Great Bend to spend Sun
day visiting with relatives.
Mrs. Ridgeway and father, Mr.
Kattenhorn, who have been visiting
friends here went to Hutchinson
Monday for few days visit witt
friends.
Miss Francis Auchstetter went Il
Great Bend Monday to visit witt
friends.
VIII Hammond, the produce man
Yves here from Great Bend THU
morning looking after business mat
tiers.
Mrs. Margaret Shafer, of Kansa!
City, who has been spending tn,
summer with her daughters, Mrs
W. c. Howe and Mrs. Fred Wolf, ii
Colorado, returned with them from
their outing last Saturday and vii
visit here for some time before re
turning to her home.
Ed Chapman and Charles Andres
were here from Great Bend last Sat
urday afternoon looking after bust
ness matters and visiting with thei
many friends.
W. Gayer, of Larned, visited her
with his brother, ]. D., the first o
the week.
Miss Fay Gwinn was here from
Great Bend Monday to attend tn
funeral of little Thomas Thornsberry
Mrs. Fred WoK and baby, Mrs
John Wolf and Miss Winnie Dame
who have been spending the past fe'
months in Colorado, returned HON
Saturday morning.
E. F. Buess and two sons wer
here from west Of Great Bend Sur
day for a visit with Mr.. and Mrs
John linn and family.
Miss Mamie Byers and Georg
Brewer, Of Sterling, visited WIT
VIII Brewer and family here Frida
evening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20
News From Over The County
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Miss Florence Bundy Of 0sawato-
mic arrived Monday for a visit with
her friend, Miss Mae Peugh.
Mrs. T.. NJ. Keegan returned from
Great Bend Tuesday evening.
Mrs. 0. L. Martin and children
were In Great Bend last Saturday.
Miss Edna Henry went to Great
Bend Thursday to get ready to teach
school in District No. As. Miss Jennie
Sullivan went with her to teach No.
n.
Mrs. L. ]. Barrett and sister, Mrs.
J.ST. Lloyd went to saIina Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fair of Great Bend
parents of Mrs. T. NJ, Keegan, viited
here this week.
Lou Durand and Max Beckett were
passengers to Great Bend wednesday
. and returned b.. the hack.
Ray Boiselle left on No. 4Friday
morning for. Urbana Champagne,
Illinois, where de Is a student in
the University Of Illinois. He is that
type of young. man who makes his
own way in school. He always puts
in his vacation with the Missouri Pa
cific. He is taking an engineering
course.
e Mrs. Will Hammond and son, Mar
Vin,. visited last week with Will
Mitchell and family and returned SAT
urday.
John Wingert and wife came up
from Wichita last week to visit Hois.
fngton friends. Mr. Wingert is still
employed by the Missouri Pacific at
g Wichita. - @:
j. NJ. Baker of White City visited
with A. H. Baker and family last
. week.
j. W. Conner and wife and daugh.
ter Mae went to Great Bend this
morning.
Miss Mary Murphy visited with
her brother, Tom, and family this
week and returned to Great Bend to-
day. ...
c. J. Geadall arrived Friday from
a trip of several weeks in Colorado
and Utah. o i
Mr.. and Airs. ]. X. P Sloniger
parents, of VIII Sloniger, his aunt
Mrs VIM. Scarborough, of Varna
Illinois, and a cousin, Mrs. F. H.
Becker, Of Peoria, Illinois, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sloniger last Mon
day.
The KenSington club was royalty
entertained last Friday afternoon by
Mrs. Clarence Elmore, a member o
the Club. A twocourse luncheon was
Unexpectedly served by the hostess
Mrs. Elsie Stephens assisted by serv
ing punch during the afternoon.
=. Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. den left Mon
day. IN their car for Denver. Mrs. "
II. Griffin will join them at Puebl,
o Saturday and return with them t
HciSiHgton the first of the week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20
RoosEVELT's OTHER SIDE.

Charles F. Russell, in the Coming
Nation: | recall now curious fact
about this man that seems to be both
appropriate here and Illuminating.
| have been following his career
closely for twenty-six years. In Wash.
ington years ago and in New York
later he was long on official position
where my work as a newspaper mas
caused me to observe him with dill
gence. l know as much about him as
about any man who has been in pub
lie life in my time. | know about him
many stories that illustrate his meas
ureleSs ambitions, his arrogance, cru
city, savage instincts, love Of brutal
sports, his i'll manners, his love of
power and ostentation, his total lack
of consideration for others, his rude
ness to the aged and the weak. But /
have never heard one anecdote about
him that told Of an act of kindness or
charity or generosity. No one has
ever told me Of an instance where he
tried to relieve suffering or took any
interest in misfortune or tried to
tighten distress, or showed for so
much as one instant one touch of
kindly emotion. have never heard of
his exhibiting on any occasion the
slightest interest in the welfare Of
any human being except himself, and
| don't believe any other newspaper
man has ever heard of such an in.
stance.
And 1t is odd, now that I look
back upon these things, that all the
public men l have known in all my
life, he is the only one Of whom any
of this can be said. Every other put
lie man in the whole catalogue of my
observation, from Mckinley to John
Powers and Hinky Dink, had some
redeeming touch. To have lived so
many years, to have left not one
warm or kindly impression anywhere
on this earth is a horrible fate and
singular. | don't believe it can be
paTalleled in history. It makes the
mystery of his following perfectly in.
exphcable. Some men have been adj
mired and followed because of their
achievements or their brilliancy. Thii
mans achievements are mass Of fiC
tons, and instead Of being brilliant
in way, he is, in fact, one of the
dullest of God s creatures. Other mer
have been followed because Of their
personal magnetism and kindness.
This man has no such attributes. For
the marvel Of his case know Of but
one explanation that seems at all ade
quate and that is combination Of
his exquisite knowledge of the press
agents art and the strange conditions
of the hour in which an old system
is breaking down and an unthought-
ful people has not yet perceived the
thing that must take its place.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

made TO begin inipping the fine hahd-
BET stitches. She had slipped H
mono over the unfinished frock she
had contrived-ths short coat. which
would be new and jaunty by and BY.
hung raw and limp over the back
Of chair at her side. All about was
the litter and disorder inevitable to.
close contriving. Rose stood gazing
at her sister-both were too intent TO
note the opening door. Suddenly Al
ison's hand fell-she held the waist
coat away from her, saying. in .
choked voice: "Rose-take it-back.
l-l-somehov ! can't spoil it-lt
feels as though II would be spiritual
murder"
A hand fell upon Aunt Anne's
shoulder soft hand, heavy with
rings and only family wrinkled. 1t
drew her back. leaving the door q
little ajar. Very shortly the owner
Of 1t was saying. hushing Aunt
Anne's sobs the while:
TO think you wouldn't come to me-
your Oldest friend. Anne dear, Pml
ashamed Of you-you know your girls
feel almost as though they we're mine.
But your pride has had Its reward.
Not many girls under the conditional
would forego as nobly as our Alison
Don't tell her and Rose We overheard
not yet, at least. II would hurt
them to know We knew. But you are
going to be sensible, and let me sd-
vance. you those delayed dividends.
Also, you are to remember, cabs are
a wicked extravaganza when one has
friends with cars and next to nobody
to I'LL them,
At that Aunt Anne cried harder
than ever, but after a little agreed
meekly to do as her friend babe. The
friend, Mrs. Norris Lane, a rich
widow, childless, with two adored and
adoring nephews, was unobtrusively,
the great lady Of Charlotte town.
Perhaps there was no direct Sc
quence Of events-but people began
to notice early In the season that
Lane Norris and Howard Lane, the
great lady's nephews, were mighty
attentive to the Agnew girls. Rose
and Alison felt as If they had found
fairy godmother-all at once.
Aunt Anne had ceased worrying
she had only smiled mysteriously,
and told them things were not 80
bad as they had threatened to be.
Then at Christmas she surprised
each OF them with a dainty new
gown-to which Mrs. Lane had added
all the other things-gloves, fan.
slippers, silk stockings, and cobweb
kerchief. Alison was not able to say
thank you, for the lump in her
throat. Even Rose had to turn away
her eyes. And that night, hand in
hand, they told Aunt Anne of their
plotting-and what had withheld
them from carrying 1t out. She
patted their bent heads, saying as
tears dropped upon Alisons bright
hair:
1T would have been murder. dear
children-murder of something in
yourselves-reverenc FOR family ties
and traditions. l am glad indeed you
made the blank frock much better
use the cloth than let let moths ruin nd
in the end. But the waistcoat means
something-it is a sort of patent OF
nobility. Only fine gentlemen wore
such garments"
Il know" Rose broke in. "And
we came near showing We didn't de.
serve to belong to him." Then the
two ran away to make ready for a
very late party. Aunt went, too. And
as she came away she had the happi-
ness of sealing with her approval a
double betrothal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

you understand" said the en-
ployer, that we want a superintend:
ent who Is thoroughly accustomed to
managing men,"
an that case" answered the ap-
plicant, sadly. I'm afraid It's not
me you want, but my VIE"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

. He was a poet. How the trees
are. moaning and signing today" he
murmured.
She was practical. so would you
Il you. were as full Of green apples
As they are" she replied.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

Il know Charley enjoyed being q
delegate at the convention" said
young Mrs. Torhnk
How"
Il heard him talking In his sleep
and some Of the language he used
was exactly the same as that which
he employs at abaseball game" .
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

DO you love me, Charles?" in
quired the beautiful girl.
"0f course do"
DO you think only of me, by day
and night"
"Well I'll be frank with you. Now
and then I think of baseball. wash
Iington Herald. !
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

Miss Beulah DuMont returned Tues
day from a couple of weeks vacation
spent in Colorado.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

John Wood has returned from Pitts
burg where he went with his daugh-
ter, Anna. She will attend school
there this winter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20
CELEBRATED ANNIVERSARY.

The Ellinwood Maennerchor cele-
brated their 18th anniversary at
their hall Tuesday evening and a
fine time is reported by all in atten-
dance. The Maennerchor was organ
lied Sept. 8, 1889 with the following
as charter members: John Dotter.
who organized the society; John
Hoffman, Adam Tritsch, Frank
Schultz, Otto Schwerdtfeger, Otto
Winklemann, Fritz Woelitz, Gustav
Kennel and E. D. Isern and the first
Officers were as follows: Gus Kieuzel
Pres; Otto Winklemann, Vice Pres;
E. d. lsern, Sec'y.; Frank Schultz.
Treas; Otto Schwerdtfeger, Librar-
ian, and John Dotter, Musical Direc.
tor. Since that time the society
has grown until now it numbers
more than one hundred and fifty
members and have entirely outgrown
their first quarters and few years
ago they erected their present hand
some lodge home on the south side.
The object Of the society is to edu-
cate their members in vocal music
and they enjoy we'll attended meet.
ings every week and have a thor
oughly good social time. 1t was a
matter of regret to the members
that Mr.. Dotter who was the chief
mover in the organization of the So
ciety could not be present on account
of poor health, and speeches con-
gratulatory of his faithful work for
the society in the past were made
by various members present.-Leade
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

The football season of the Presby-
terrain College of Emporia has open.
ed this week with light signal prac-
tee. Next week the heavy work will
commence with the scrimmage as
the event Of the afternoons pro-
gram. The Emporia team which
had such a signally successful sea-
son last year, has unusually bright
prospects for this season. Leo Brack-
en-, an old star, has returned and
the competition for every place on
the team is very keen, owing to the
new material coming out. Among
the schools the Emporians will play
this fall are Campbell, State Manual
Training School, Paramount, Baker,
st. Marys, William Jewell, Aggies,
State Normal and Ottawa.-Press Blu
reau, College of Emporia:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
Argus Branch Offices

Fer the accommodation OF its patrons
N various PARTS Of the city. The Argus
mas esta blished a system OF branch Of
noes. where subscriptions and want al
Nertising may be received and any in
formation left that may pertain to any
department OF the paper. news OF busi-
ness. II Is also planned 10 have at each
OF these branch offices every evening
supply OF copies OF The Argus OF the
day. sc that eng subscriber who may
have failed under any circumstances 10
receive his paper, will be supplied free
Of charge
The Argus chain OF branch offices
includes the following:
J. J. Kipp's notion store. 45OS Fifth
avenue
II. Z. Rowe's pharmacy. ais Four
teenth avenue.
Riess' drug store, Twenty-seventh
street, Seventh avenue.
Ullem syer5 drug store. Eleventh ave-
rue. Fifteenth street
George W Millbouse. confectionery
SOC Fourth avenue.
Mrs. London's notion store. Seventh
street, Fourteenth avenue.
Heimbeck's pharmacy. 922 I'h.rd ave-
nue.
sengers grocery. s2s Eleventh
Robert drug store Thirtieth street
and Fifth avenue
College pharmacy. Seventh avenue
and ThiTty-eiEh.h street
Olson grocery. Thirteenth avenue and
Thlrtleth street.
Stelnor drug store. corner Firth ave-
nue. ina Twenty-third street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
POISON IN ITS AIR.
Java's Valley of Death, Where Life
Cannot Exist,

Java's Valley of Death, Where Life
Cannot Exist,
The Valley of Death is on the island
of Java. 1t is the most remarkable
natural example of an atmospheric
loaded with carbonic acid gas In ek-
istence. 1t has never been fully ex-
plored because of the danger of re-
naming more than a few moments in
its poisonous atmosphere.
Approached through an opening be-
tween the hills, it Is seen to be an oval
shaped valley about half mile across.
1t is about thirty-fve feet deep. The bot
tom is hard and sandy. without vegeta-
ton and strewn with large stones. The
surface is covered with the bones of
animals, birds and human beings.
Explorers seldom venture beyond the
borders. though the deadly air does not
Immediately affect human beings. This
is because the carbonic acid gas, being
heavier than the atmosphere, settles TO
the bottom Of the valley. Dogs aud
fowls thrown into It full senseless in
stantly and die in a few minutes. No
craters or assures are visible on the
floor of this valley, and it is thought
that the openings are near the base of
the hills.-Exchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
BREAKING 1T GENTLY.
The Naval Court Was Polite With the
Pushing Boston Attorney.

The Naval Court Was Polite With the
Pushing Boston Attorney.
Courts martial are not infrequently
held on battleships in the Charlestown
navy yard. Sometimes a sailor will
send for a Boston attorney to defend
him, although this tendency is discour-
aged by the officers. Most attorneys
know they have no absolute right to
practice in a naval court and can do
so only by permission of the court, but
occasionally a lawyer goes aboard who
does not realize this fact.
A sailor who was charged with gam
bling had retained an attorney to get
him off. This attorney, who had never
had such a case before, went briskly
into the officers wardrobe, where the
court was sitting and without waiting
on ceremony began TO address the
court In a clustering manner.
"Just minute" interrupted the pre-
siding officer. "Who are your"
81 am Mr.. Rudolph SInithers," the at
torney replied. land am a member of
the Massachusetts, bar"
"Oh, you are Mr. Smithers, are your
continued the officer. Then you are
the man whom the orderly wants to
see" He called the orderly.
What does the orderly want of me-"
asked the attorney in a superior tone.
Nothing very much" replied the
chief justice. 'EHe merely wants to
show you off the ship."-New York
Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
VILLAGE LIFE IN EGYPT.
Crude Mud Houses, the Roofs at
Which Are Garbage Dumps.

Which Are Garpa9o bumps.
Egyptian village life is quaint and in
teresting, says the Wide World Maya
zine The houses are crude, one storied
structures of sun baked mud, with pos
sibly a couple of tiny square holes cut
in the wall for ventilation.
Each home consists Of a single room,
absolutely devoid OF furniture, one or
two drinking Jars and cooking utensils
being usually the only articles to be
seen. The roofs of these novels are
matched with cornstalks, and for some
HnaccOuntable reason all the house
hold rubbish is dumped on the roofl
For this purpose ladder may fire.
quently be seen reclining against the
side of the house. From a distance a
village is apt TO look like an immense
rubbish heap. These primitive cree
lions are inhabited solely by the ,fella
hin, as Egyptian peasants are called
In some Of the Arab villages the ar
rangements for sleeping are even more
unconventional. Huge cuplike struc-
lures made of mud are built out in the
open, away from the houses, and into
these the babies are frequently placed
during the day, and often the entire
family sleep in them at night. The idea
is to escape the numerous snakes and
scorpions which abound during the
great heat of the summer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
BRAlLE'S. BIG WELL.
It Would Have Worked Wonders Only
IL Was Never Dug,

II Would Have Worked Wonders Only
1t Was Never Dug.
Perhaps the most idiotic of all the
many idiotic schemes with which Brit
ons have been enamored in days gone
time as Braile's big well. NJ. Braile
was a Belgian engineer, residing tenn
porarily in England, who, in 1S4S, ap-
preached the then prime minister
Oord John RusselD with a scheme for
sinking a huge shaft, mile in diameter
and twenty miles in depth, that should
tap the earths internal heat and there
by render England Independent of her
coal supply when this gave out.
Lord Russell, always rather attract
ed by visionary projects, attentively
considered the scheme and caused
plans and estimates to be drawn up.
The first difficulty was the inPdsh of
water, which would have been certain
to occur sooner or later This 1t was
proposed to keep under by pumping,
caissons being used for the purpose Of
further excavation, while the finished
portion of the shaft was to be rendered
vatertight by a Jacket" of granite
Sc in Portland cement.
Mad as the scheme was, it found
PLENTY of advocates, and a provisional
bill had been, 1t was said, actually
drafted, when the overthrow of the
government on the franchise question
was annouHced. and the whole bust
ness was tnenceforth consigned to
a we'll merited oblivion. II earson's
Weekly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
The WomanIx Touch.

Adam was showing Eve through the
cave.
This is the living ROOM he said. 1T
is furnished as luxuriousIy as possible
In these prehistoric days. II have spared
no expense on it. and yet 1t lacks some
thing or other. some final touch that
cannot name"
Eve took a swift look around. Then
she pulled the magazine table out a lit
tie from the wall, gave the morris chair
a twist, laid a~book on the window sill
and kicked the tiger skin rug back a
foot from the door,
WONDERFUL cried Adam and gazed
open mouthed at the magical transfer
nation.
The cave was more than cave now.
II was a home.
There's no place ike home.-Newark
News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
Publication, Notice.

State of Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court Of Rock Island
County. Il--January Term. 1919 In
Attachment Demand. s1.66120.
Smith Bios & Burdick Company VS.
Fred w Larson. Ell al
Notice is hereby given to you, the said
Fred W. Larson, that a writ of attach
ment has been sued out Of the Office OF
the clerk of the circuit court of said
county OF Rock Island, at the suit Of
the said Smith Bros &Burdick company,
and against the estate of you, the said
Fred ". Larson. for sixteen hundred and
sixty-one dollars and twenty cents, be-
sides interest. directed 10 the sheriff Of
said county to execute.
Nov, unless you. the said Fred " Lar
son, shall personally be and appear be-
fore the circuit court Of said county on
the first day Of the next term thereof
TO be holden at Rock Island, n said
county. on the first Monday In the month
of January next, give special bail and
plead to said action, judgment VIII be
entered against you In favor OF the SAID
plaintiff and the property attached Sold
10 satisfy Ihe same, with costs
GEORGE ". GAMBLE. Clerk
Rock Island. Ill, Nov. 30, 1912
Albert Huber. plaintiff s attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26

WANTED-Work by the week. or wash
ings, at 712 Second avenue. Phone
west 929-Y.