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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
THE POULTRY SHOW.

II you have not yet attended the
Barton County Poultry Show, which
has been In session in the HUME
building all week and viii continue
until Saturday evening, YOU have
passed up a good thing, and in or
der to get right with yourself you
should attend before its close. It is
one Of the very best shows that has
ever been held in this or any other
county IN the state, and in point Of
quality would rank we'll with state
exhibits. There are over 400 birds in
the show, besides a number Of rab-
bits and other pets. Judge Athertcn
Of Emporia, who is judging the
birds, says they have the finest lot
OF fowls here he has seen in a long
time. About all the local fanciers Of
tnis county have good showings and
there are large number of entries
from different points in the state.
The price of admission is only 10
cents for adults and cents for
children, and it is worth more than
this price to see some Of the single
pens ON exhibition. You are missing
a good thing II you fail to attend.
The award list will be published
IN next weeks issue.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
GOOD WRESTLING MATCH.

The wrestling match in the Moses
hall last Friday night between Blak-
er, the Nebraska man, and Severt-
son, of Mcpherson, was wen by
the former In straight falls, the time
Of the first fab being twelve and~a
half minutes, and the second nine
and a hall. Severtson appeared to
have plenty Of skill and strength but
seemed to be out Of condition, and
did not have the wind to go the
strenuous pace set by his opponent.
Some Of the men here who are in
terested in the sport are planning ON
pulling off some good matches here
this winter, and if you have the red
blood in your veins to enjoy the
sport it will pay you to keep posted
on when the matches are to be pullet
off.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
The Barton County Poultry ow Will Continue All Will Never See Finer Dp P
AND THEN IT RAINEp.

The rain Of the past week has
put a smile onto the face Of the
farmer, the business man and the
Iaborer alike. Starting early last Sat.
urday morning, the moisture has con-
tinued falling for the greater part
OF the time since. Not a downpour
at any time. but steady drizzle that
has soaked right into all the fields
instead Of running off into the low
places, and as a result the subsoil is
soaked up better than at any time
for the last four years.
About everone agrees that there
never was a finer stand of wheat all
over the country than there Is this
fall, and with the ground in the fine
condition that 1t now is, the chances
for a good big crop next year were
never better.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
DR.. SKINNER LEAVES.

DR.. j. o. Skinner, who has been
one OF the leading physicians and
surgeons of this part of the state for
the pastt three years, together with
his family, left Friday night for Kan
sas City for a visit of a few weeks
with relatives and friends, and where
the family will remain while the DR..
goes to Europe where he will study
and practice for a year in one Of
The leading medical and surgical
schools of the world, after which he
will probably reengage in practice in
Kansas City, where he was located
before coming to Great Bend. During
his stay here DR.. Skinner had built
UP a deServedly large and lucrative
practice, and he and his estimabNe
wife had made many warm friends
Who will sincerely regret their re-
moval from among us, but wish for
them the best Of success and hap
piness wherever they may locate.
DR.. P. H. Owens, who succeeds Dr..
Skinner, comes most highly recon-
mended as physician and surgeon,
and is a gentleman whom it is a
pleasure to meet and know, and he
will no doubt retain and add to
the high standing in the profession
enjoyed by his predecessor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
MAKES LONG AUTO TRIP.
ectIeib Ernsting observes Conditions
In Barton and Adjoining Counties.

Gotleb Ernsting of Comanche town.
hip, made an automobile trip last
week through a good portion Of Bar
ton, Stafford, Rush and Rice coun-
ties, and observed conditions pretty
closely. He says that west of here
the farmers have been selling off
the most Of their old cattle, and
have only the young stuff left, and
that it is his opinion that on the ma
aority of the farms there is but very
httle stuff left to raise calves with
for the next two years, and he looks
Tor q big demand for breeding stuff
BY next spring. When the dry spell
Came on last. summer people rushed
the most of their cattle onto the
market and the result has been that
about all that can be seen now is
real young stuff, and there is 60
ing to be a big shortage for some
years to come.
Wheat is looking fine in the ter
ritoy visited by Mr.. Ernsting, and
& nothing unforeseen happens he pre-
diets the biggest crop in the history
Of Barton county.
Another thing Mr.. Ernsting was
particular to observe closely was
the condition of the roads, and he
remarked that if we were going
to say anything about this feature,
we might as we'll tell the truth. The
best roads he found on the trip were
between Bison and McCracken. In
Barton county the most of the roads
were in pretty good shape except
IN Great Bend township from Walnut
Greek to town, those in the town
dAIu dlSO some CT Une ROADS west OF
town. Gotlieb says the numerous
good roads meetings held here are
Gll right and he is heartily in favor
Of them, and they are all night as
Tar as they go, but that Faith
without works is dead,' and he has
yet to see the piece of good road
constructed SOLELY with hot air. If
the town men would see that the
streets are fixed up in half as good
shape as they want the farmers to
fx the rural roads, and If the fel-
lows who talk good roads the loud
est would expend some of the EN-
ergy in real work, a whole lot more
good would be accomplished than is
being done at the present time, and
we have a sort Of foolish idea that
Mr.. Ernsting Is Just about eleven
tenths right In the matter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
WELFARE ASSOCIATION.

/ A union meeting of the various
church organizations of the city was
held in the Congregational church
last Sunday evening for the purpose
OF hearing a discussion of the Public
'#eHare Association. DC. Llse, o:
w. Dawson, the pastors of the differ
ent churches and others made short
talks, teNlings of the aims of the as
sociation and soliciting. the co-opera-
ton of everyone who was desirous
OF joining in the movement for the
betterment of the unfortunate of the
community. The dues of the asso--
citation are 81 per year and $40 pays
Tor a life membership and surely no
man or woman of the city can ex-
pend dollar in better cause than
this. At the meeting Sunday even
ing over one hundred people signi--
fled their intention Of joining by Civ
Ing In their names, and the member
ship should, and We believe will,
reach the five hundred mark before
the campaign closes.
Headquarters have already been op
ened in the city building where do
nations of fuel, clothing, food or cash
will be received and distributed in
homes where such may be the most
sorely needed, and there is no doubt
but that the association will accom-
plish much greater amount of good
than could amy number Of people who
worked individually toward the same
end.
If you desire TO be of real service
to your fellow man, if YOU want to be
u eAooloVoilOo W ullo mdH UOJ one
Of the chronic beggars but is tenn
porarily down on his luck, if you want
Your dollar to buy more clothes and
food and fuel for his family than il
possibly could in any other way, if
you want him to receive this charity
in a way which will help him to main
tain his independence and self res
pect and with the spirit that this
old world is not such a bad place
after all, If you want a part of this
dollar to go towards securing employ.
ment for him so that he will be en-
abled to help himself-inshort If you
are just mercenary enough to want
the biggest worth for your dollar that
you ever secured in your whole life,
then try investing that said dollar
in a membership in the Public Vel
fare Association. You'll get full
worth for every penny of it a dozen
times over every year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
HENRY ERTzIcK.

Henry Ertzick, an old time resi-
dent Of Stafford county but of late
years resident of this county, pass
ed to the Great Beyond Sunday,
evening, November 30, about 7:3O
at his home in Ellinwood, Kansas.
Mr.. Ertzick was born in Berele--
ZELDA, WeStphale, Germany, in 1895.
With his parents he came to Amer.
ica in 1866 and settled in Quincy,
Ills. In 1887 he came to Stafford
county, Kansas and settled on the
farm where he nesided until the year
1909 when he moved to Elfnwood.
He was a member of the German
Militair Verein, having served time
in the German Army before coming
to America, and Joined their organi-
cation here and was a member until
the last bugle called him to eter-
nal freedom, where wars and rumors
OF wars are unknown
He had undergone an operation in
Hutchinson some time ago for re-
lief from a complication of diseases,
but had never recovered his health,
and his death had been expected
for some little time. He was a good
citizen and always had the welfare
of the community at heart, and
was beloved by all who knew him.
He was always booster fer every
thing he thought was right, and as
long as he lived in Ellinwood was
in favor Of all Improvements fer the
welfare of the town, and never did
he put In an objection to any pro-
posed improvement, and the citizens
OF EllinwoOd will greatly miss him.
He leaves a wife and one son,
Fred Ertzick, Of Hudson, and a
stepdaughter, Mrs. Otto Fiege, OF
EllinwoOd, to mourn his death.
Funeral services were held from
the Evangelical church in Ellinwood
Tuesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock, un-
der the auspices Of the German
Militair Venein.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
OLD FIRM QUITS.
manse'sdorf Firm In Business Ia aar>s
to County Since 1877.

After being one Of the solid end
leading business firms Of Barron
county for the past thirtysix yeam
during all OF which time they have
conducted general store IN ElnA.
wood, and also for some years COZ
Quoted IN connection a large store
at Bushtou, the finn last Saturday
closed their business interests IN tAda
county and the unsod goods have
been shipped to Pueblo where Mr.
Mangelsdonf is opening a large dry
goods and ladies furnishings estah..
iishmeut. The firm Of MangeledUt. /.
was one Of the oldest in Barton com
ty being established in 1877 by wra.
and August Mangelsdorf and In 1881
the business was incorporated uns
der the name Of the Maneelsdor6
Bros. Co. For the past ten or muus
years the business has been under
the charge Of the younger VIM. Man :
gelsdorf and H. C. Back, the former
having charge Of the dry goods and
clothing departments and the lattsr
ohe grocery and general department.
In January, 1911, the firm was 'rs.
organized as simple partnership 81,
Messrs. Back and MangeIsdorf ana
has since been known as the Back.
& Mangesdorf store, until a few
months ago when Mr.. Mangelsdorf d
cided to seek location in a larger
city, and In the division Of the>bus-
mess Mr.. Back retained the builS
ing and the grocery department and
Mr.. MangesdoT the clothing and
dry goods stocks, and has since
been disposing Of the same, CLOSING
out the business Saturday while MI.
Back will continue his business as,
heretofore.
About five years ago the building
which had been used by the firm for
number Of years was destroyed by
lire, together with a large portion
OF the stock, but was Immediately re-
placed by the model store building;
which the firm has occupied since
The firm Of Back G MangelsdoH wssy
one OF the strongest In the state
and carried an enormous stock ot
the best grades Of goGls, ard their
hundreds Of loyal customers in Bar.
ton, Stafford and Rice counties win
sincerely regret that Mr.. Mange,sdogt =
has decided to leave Ellinwood for
good, and especially is this true nt
the older settlers of that community
many Of whom have been patrons a
the firm since it was first establish
ed. Like the other merchants q
that prosperous city, the Mangelsdcrt
firm had built up their extensive
business by handling good goods and
according every customer fair and
square treatment, and to some ot.
the old timers of Elinwood 1t viii
seem like one of the family is mis-
sing to have the old firm gone.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
WoRKMEN ATTENTION.

On Saturday evening, the 9Th inst,
occurs our election of officers and ev-
cry Workman is aware that it is his
duty to be present and assist in
putting good men at the head Of
OUR order. In addition to the elec--
ton there will be a Smoker, and
you all know what you miss If you
fadl to attend one of these functions.
After we initiate that class of ladies
but let us not anticipate. Come out
Saturday night and help to arrange
for some jolly times during the win
ter months.
MASTER WORKMAN.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05

Jack johnson has been over from
Hoisington this week looking after
matters in connection with the pic
ture show which he will open soon
in the Wolf building on Main street,
which was formerly occupied by the
Newport barber shop and pool hall
The building is being remodeled and
fixed up this week, and the promot-
eH expect to be ready for business
In about ten days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05

DR.. and Mrs. Roy johnson, of La
Crosse, spent Thanksgiving in the
city, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Kopke and other relatives and
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Luse,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert UuSe and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley IuSe accompanied them
home Friday for a short visit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
GENERAL SESSION 1880 P. NJ.

Entertainment by Rankin and Miss Beps
Report Of the State Teachers Meeting "The New Constitution and
What Should Mean To Kansas Teachers-Supt A. F. suer
Selection by the Girls Ghe Club of the High School,
HIGH SCHOOL ROUND TABLE
Prof. F. H. Barber, Chairman
General Discussions participated Prof W. Johnson State gt
School Visitor
Social Equipment Of the Modern High School Teacher-Namie Helm
Common Mistakes of New Teachers R. Rankin Hosneon
Supervision of Class Work. What Kind How MuhCaron Nielsen
bach, ElFnwooOd.
GRADED SCHOOL ROUND TABLE
Grace Mahewson Chairman
Model Third Reader Class McCauley Hoisington
Teaching Wrihng-Clara Miller, Great Bend.
Presentation of Classics-Grace ONea Hosingon
Report From State Meeing-E. Mabel TAYLOR HHnwoood
PRIMARY ROUND TABLE.
Matte Fruit Chairman
Teaching Beginners to Wrte-Ddra Hemenway Hosingtou
Second Grade Spetng-Nelie Cheney Great Bend
Story Telling for Primary Grades Rush. Great Bend
General Discussions.
RURAL SCHOOL ROUND TABLE.
Jennie B, Momyer Chairman
Primary Numbers - Matte Cheney Great Bend
How to Interest Glass PupRalph Younkn Rist AZ
Fourth Grade Language-Rebecca Laird Dist 81
Busy Work Exchange Each teacher to give descruon of
the Busy Work he found most profitable showing samule Of
possible
Practical Occupation WOrkWrg Teachers are to bring amp
Writing from their 1s 2d and @ grade pupils for dispay and
comparison Let have sample sheets from every school ren
sented.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05

Miss Helen Dawson, who came
home from Lawrence to spend the
Thanksgiving holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. O. W. Dawson,
teft for Hutchinson Monday evening
tor a short visit with friends before
returning to her studies at X. U.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05

Mrs. Harry Turck and youngest
son were here from EIinwood to
spend Thanksgiving with Mr.. and
Mrs. o. W. Dawson and family. Both
Mr.. Turck and the elder SON we've
both on the sick list that day, and
consequently missed out ON the an
nual event.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05

Charles Radenberg, trustee of IN
dependent township, was here on
Monday hooking after some matters
Of business at the court house ard
visiting with friends. He reports a
good rain over In his vicinity Fri
day night and Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05

Miss Cahsta Chaffee, who has
been here from New York for sew,
eral months past on visit with her
mother, Mrs. E. W. Chaffee, Of the
south side, returned to her home
this week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05

John Herter and mother, Mn,
Marie Herter, Of Comanche township.
and D. c. Johnson, Of Blhnwood,
were in the city Saturday looking
after some matters Of business in tha
probate court.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05

Miss Anna Yost underwent an op-
GRAFTON at the st. Rose hospital on
Monday for gall stones, and Is said
to be getting along in fine shape
now and recovering rapidly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hayes and
family were down from the ranch
near Burdette to spend Thanksgiv-
ing with relatives and friends here
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-12-05
RECOMMENDATION COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
To B. Held Tn. Yves. School Building Hol.nston k.n. De-. s

MORNING SESSION 1O:SO A. NJ
Reading Circle Work. Country Life The Country SCHOOL, Chan
.ters 6, and S-Prof H. E. Powers Leader
Current Evens-Mldred Coughlin
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-08
CHAPTER X.
A Woman Of Intuition.

Ill tidings, always heavy burden,
never weighed more heavily on any
one than on me that dismal, rainy
Sunday morning, on which I stepped
from the Sibylla's launch to the stone
water steps Of Cragholt. For two days
we had searched the bays and inlets
from Provincetown to Plymouth and
from Siasconset to Providence; ques-
tioning at every pier and landing
stage; making inquiry in every town
and hamlet; but without thimbleful
of profit for our pains. AS that black
craft, with dimmed lights and muffled
engines, had eluded our pursuit on
the night of Cameron's disappearance.
SO for fortyeight hours succeeding
she had bafled our quest. No one
knew her; no one had seen her.
AS for that shaken. frayed, pallid
fisherman, Peter Johnson, he ap-
peared below, rather than above, sus-
picion. II my knowledge OF men went
for anything he was too inferior both
mentally and physically to be a par
ticipant in any such plot as was here
involved. He seemed to me woefully
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-08
THROAT GROWN TOGETHER.
Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Eats First
Time Since Aue of Two.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-For thirteen
years Katherine Besse of Milstadt, Ill.
has been kept alive by pumping food
into her stomach through her side, but
now she is beginning, at the age OF
fifteen years, to eat food, and for the
first time in that period to know how
food tastes.
When she was two years old, at
Milstadt, she drank lyo and her throat
was so badly burned that it adhered
and closed the esophagus.
The girl is now in St. Joseph's hos
pital in this city.
At first, silk threads were given her
to chew, and these threads gradually
worked down through the trachea and
in the course of a few weeks it was
possible to reach the tissues of her
stomach and treat them.
Then the girl was able to begin to
eat, and the first thing that was given
to her was candy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-08
MORE BiBS AT THE TABLE.
Prof. Sharp Says Men Should Wed at
Age Of 25.

Cambridge, Mass. - Prof Dallas
Lore Sharp of the department of Eng
lish at Boston university inclines to
twenty-five years as the ideal age at
which men should marry.
"There is nothing particularly God
fearing or discreet or reverent about
thirty" said DIR. Sharp. Thirty is the
timid age. Forty is the dangerous
age. Twenty is the ageless age, the
silly. milky, tasseled age, when boy
is still liable to be croupy and to need
castor oil and his mother.
Marriage is not a matrimonial
proposition but family affair, first
and last, and should be entered into at
time best calculated to promote the
increase of bibs about the dining
table.
II am inclined to put the ideal mar
riage time at twenty-five"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-08
1925 900 900 In Manufacturing.

Washington. - Prosperity marked
the manufacturing Industries of the
United states during the calendar year
of 1912, according to statement issued
by the federal bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. The bureaus sta
tcians based their declarations on the
importations of material used in manu-
featuring and on the movement of do
nestic materials from tt e points OF pro-
ductlon to the factories. Values or ma
terials for manufacturing imported
reached the record figure of more than
1925, 900, 900 during the year.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-08
SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron. capitalist, consults
fhiilip Clyde. newspaper publisher re-
Earding anonymous threatening letters he
mas received. The first promises a sample
OF the writer's power on q certain day.
On that day the head Is mysteriously cut
from portrait of Cameron while the lat
yer is In the room Clyde has a theory
that the portrait was mutilated while tho
room was unoccupied and the head later
removed by means of a string, unnoticed
oy Cameron. Evelyn Grayson. Cameron's
niece, with whom Clyde IL In. love. finds
the head of Cameron's portrait nailed to
= tree. where It was had been used as .
target Clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy.
Clyde learns that a Chinese boy employed
by Philetus Murphy. an artist living
nearby, had borrowed a rifle from Cam
eron's lodgekeper. Clyde makes an ex-
cuse to call on Murphy and is repulsed:
He pretends to be investigating alleged
attractions OF the game laws and speaks
Of finding the bowl Of an opium pipe un.
was found. The Chinese boy is found
dead next morning. While visiting Cam
eron in his dressing room a Nell Gwynne
mirror is mysteriously shattered. Cameron
becomes seriously III as a result of the
shock. The third letter appears mysterf-
ously on Cameron's sick bed. It makes
direct threats against the life of Cameron.
Clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty. He tells Evelyn everything and
plans to take Cameron on yacht trip:
The yacht picks up fisherman found
drifting helplessly in a boat. He gives
the name Of Johnson. Cameron disap-
pears from yacht while Clyds's back Is
turned
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-08
PIXIES PEAK NOT THE HIGHEST.
Mount Massive and Mount Ebert the
Highest Mountains in Colorado.

Mount Massive and Mount Ebert the
Highest Mountains in Colorado.
Washington-What is the highest
mountain in Colorado? pixies Peak"
nineteen persons out of twenty will
answer, and incorrectly. The twenti-
eth may know that the two highest
mountains in the state are Mount
Massive and Mount Ebert, both in
Lake county, in the Leadville district
The altitude OF each of these mouC-
tains. according to the United States
Geological Survey, is 14.402 feet above
sea level. The height of Pixies Peak
Is 14,10S feet. Moreover, there are fifty
or sixty other peaks in Colorado ap-
The lowest point in Colorado is $3.50
eet above sea level. OF all the states
Colorado has the highest average alti-
tude, estimated by the Geological Sur
5cy at 6,So0 feet.
Although not the highest mountain,
Pixies Peak is probably the best
known peak in the United States.
Theer was at Cne time a weather bu-
reau station on its summit, and it now
has a substantial railway station at
the terminus of the highest railway
line in North America. 1t can also be
reached by an excellent wagon road
and trail which connect the summit
with Colorado Springs