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The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
Voting on Site Has Been Suggested
Two Plans for Deciding the Momentuous Question of
Location for Crowley County's Court House Have
Been Suggested By Prominent Citizens

No site has yet been selected for the court house and
county Jail which be built Several methods have been
suggested to aid the board of county commits
sones decide the question It proposed that the
mssoners day half day in Ordway at which time
could call and their preference to the
locations These sites could each be outlined to
price, proposed plan of locating buildings and something
how it would appear They then could be posted in the
Office and the entrance to the commissioners Offices each
numbered Tax payers could then vote by number and in
of half day expressions to choice could
be made by 300 to 400 people.
Another plan suggested for the commissioners to
hold half session also in each of the other two commits
districts get like ions of choice from tax
payers who could to Ordway Or the day the
election being held here committee could be sent to
each of the other two districts to act for the board of
mssioners. -
pretty generally urged by here that this
matter of location be made without further delay and
express themselves believing that the commissioners
would very much have their minds relieved of the
sponsblty least hear from the tax that they
might be better able to decide location.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
Where All Is Speed

Caught In the act, taken 10 custody,
punished and allowed TO 20 on their
way rejoicing, all 10 nve minutes. WAN
the experience Of Two dashing dam
sells and a youth who visited Ordway
last Sunday. The visitors who gave
their names as John Walker, Bekie
Smith aud Velma Miller are believed
to reside In Fowler. although they
said Sugar City. They rode into Ord
way horseback and ss stunt TO ere
ate q little fuu aud excitement pulled
OF horse race through the business
section Of town 70 the iimite Op Main
street TO the north. After giving
spectators this little Wild west act
tbey ro1e hack thls ttabs allowing
.shST 6of5s1 70 1S1k. Wn12s ID front
OF the Berendo hotel they suddenly
found themselves facing Marshal
Worker.
"Do you know you have violated q
town ordinance" asked the marshal.
His next remark was, You may get
of and we'll talk this matter over"
Each OF the three dIsmounted. "Now
which would you prefer" they were
asked, "be arrested and remain in
jail until Monday morning 70 have Il
hearing or remove your saddles and
carry them to the next cruising on
Second street and 20 free?" They
were unanimous In agreeing that they
preferred to have their punishment
meted out at once and be allowed 10
travel. They took their medicine
very meekly. and Marshal Workers
plan saved them the embarrassment
OF being arrested.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
CHAPTER '.
1ha Hunted Man.

bboukV0 Ws9Us
That day was hot and windless with
an unclouded sky-a day Of brass and
burning.
Long before any sound audible to
human ears disturbed the MONDAY
hush. bobcat summing on log in .
glade to which NO trail led. pricked
ears, rose. glanced over shoulder with
. snarl and-of sudden was NO more
there.
Perhaps two minutes later = success
sion Of remote crashings began to be
heard, . cumulative volume of sounds
made by some heavy body forcing by
main strength through the underbrush,
and ceased only when . man broke
into the clearing. pulled up. stood for
an instant swaying. then reeied to .
seat ON the log. pillowtng his head ON
arms folded across his knees and shud-
dering uncontrollably IN all his limbs.
He was young man who had bsen
and would again be very personable.
Just now he wore the look OF one
bounded by furies. His face was Grim
son with congested blood and streaked
with sweat and Crime: blush veins
throbbed in high relief upon his tom
pies; his Mps were cracked and swoL
len. his eyes haggard. his hands torn
and bleeding. His shirt and trousers
and ~cruissrs" were wrecks. the latter
soofched, charrsd. and broken in .
dozen places. Woods equipment -
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mad none beyond . hunting knife belt
ID At the small Of his back. All else
had been either consumed in the for
est IRE or stolen by his Indian guide
who had subsequently died while at.
tempting to murder his employer.
Since that event. the man had sue
ceeded in losing himself completely.
In seeking shelter from the thunder
storm, he had lost touch with his only
known and none too clearly located
landmarks. Then. after night passed
without fire in the lee Of . ragged
bluf, he had walked to discover the
sun rising in the west and the rest Of
the universe sympathetically upside
down: and aimlessly ever since he had
stumbled and blundered in the maze
of those grimly reticent fastnesses. for
the last few hours haunted by fear
Of failing reason-possessed by mo-
tion that he was dogged by Aartive
enemies-and within the last hour the
puppet of blind. witless panic.
But even a. he strove to calm HIM
self and rest, the feeling that some
thing was peering at him from behind
. mask of underground grew intoler-
ably acute.
At length he jumped up, glared wild
ly at the spot where that something
no longer was, flung himself fran
tically through the brush in pursuit Of
It. and-found nothing.
With a great effort he pulled him
self together, clamped his teeth upon
the promise not again to give way to
Authorizations. and turned back to the
clearing.
There, upon the log on which he
had rested, he found-but refused to
believe he saw-a playing card. a
trey Of hearts. face up in the sun
glare.
With a gesture of horror, Alan Law
fied the place.
While the sounds of his flight were
still loud, grinning half-breed guide
stole like shadow to the log, laughed
derisively after the fugitive. picked up
and pocketed the card, and set out
in tireless, cat-footed pursuit.
An hour later. topping a ridge Of
rising ground. Alan caught from the
hollow on its farther side the music Of
clashing waters. Tortured by>thirst,
he began at once to descend in reck-
less haste.
What was at first gentle slope COW
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
News from the Front

The allied forces Of besr.huotsrs
uader the leadership Of Gsyetty. Gal
lavsn. Hosler and Matthews reached
the seat OF var With the grizzlies ses.
sral days ago, according TO delayed
Adtices received By some Of their fem
inins '.rnlsss." TsAx dstrained q
Bayne1d. ard -inmedistely marched
Into The wilderness TO plan 40 attsck
90 tie fortified haunts Of the tribe Of
bears peculiar 70 the Rockies. They
made an attack and repulsed the enc
my.
Advices from the front are meaaer
and unofncisl but Correspondent Fred
Hilvert IL 10 possession Of . dispatch
from Commander Husler stating that
the eoemy's loss Ia heavy. This mes
sage was DELAYED several times 10
transmission and barely passed the
bosrd OF oensors because Of It's posi-.
BILE lack OF tr,,thfulness. It Is sent
via Marshall Pass. and further states
that Dan Matthews. who lead y
scouting party to the north was
penned 10 mountain pass for night.
He had food supplies but the weather
was cold. He Was compelled to rest
his head over night on snow capped
peak. and allow his feet TO remain
alone in the valley below.
Heir Apparent Dick Is in receipt Of
q message via Telluride and Farm
inyton, New Mex. from King George
tGallsvanski) reporting all we'll with
plane under way for decisive attack
on cub bsAr which had been report
ed 10 the vicinity OF their camp. X.
George ia suffering with surplus Of
weight due to heavy appetite, and
may have TO be relieved by Field Mar.
shsl Gayetty who lead the attack q
few days ago on couple Of mountain
sheep.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
Basket Ban---O. H. S.
vs.. s.S.C.HS. Today

There will be . basket ball game at
the high school grounds 1t 3 O'Clock
this Friday afternoon between the
Ordwsy snd Sugar CITY teams. 1t 10
probable that there will be . double
header game q the sseAs CITY Girls
are cousiderinR' cOfnipe for . game
with the girls III the Ordway school.
Tickets are being sold for this event,
the rrst Of the season. There will be
several such games during the pres
ent school year.
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Yes. and Peanuts

This county will grow any thing.
Peanuts can be raised just as we'll AS
alfalfa, sugar beetsSor cantalOupes.
and to prove 1t peanuts grown this
season, are on display 10 the New Era
show window. They were raised on
the Akssrben ranch Of the Stewart
Investment company. b. M. Meyer
brought some In the past week and
nuts Of the Spanish variety are as
thick as hair on a dogs back. Both
this variety and the old Virginia va
riety bore we'll and the pods are
plump
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
Beet Production
Under Last Year

WAsHIN0rON, D. c., Oct. l7.-From
the condition Of sugar beets on Octo-
Der !. the department Of agriculture.
10 forecast issued todsy, estimates
. harvest OF Asa 900, Tons compared
With S,d6e 900 teps which psoduced
f.S6l 800 pounds os soear Isst year. Q
yieidtofrsbout i0.2ssas 40. acre Is in
dicated. but the acsuai outturn will
likely be above or below this, II con.
ditions are better or worse than usual.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
Ladies' Aid Officers

The Ladies' Aid society ofthe Meth
odist church was entertained at the
parsonage on Thursday afternoon by
Mrs. Barker and Mrs. Workman. Ofl-
GERS were elected to serve one year:
President-Mrs. /. H. Stanley.
Vice President-Mrs. T. L. Edgar.
Secretary-Mrs. Geo. Riley.
Treasurer-Mrs. O. 8. Davenport.
A work meeting will be held next
Thursday afternoon at the parsonage.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
Makes More Improvements

Geo. Riley has just completed new
garage and bee house for w. e. Sire
yer on Sweet Home ranch west Of
town. The building has y full con-
crete floor with cellar under por-
tion of IL 1t is 1882 feet 10 dimen.
siOns. -#
Mr.. Strever has been making num-
erous Improvements the past few
mon tbs, among them new barn.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
Mease--Mitchen

John F. Mease and Miss Matte
Mitchell, both residents Of north.
eastern Crowley county were married
at the Methodist parsonage on Satur.
day afternoon, October II, Rev. o. E.
Barker officiating.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23

The Christian EndeavOr society OF
the Christian church held business
meeting at Miss Ruth Hendersou's
last Saturday evening. After all bu-
siness had been taken care OF the
young people were invited to pull
.tafiy.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
cHAie'rER ".
01bDloeursa

In little eornsr ONCE. soberiy fur
nished, on the tcpmost Aoor Of one Of
lower ManhattAn's loftisst ofice-tow-
ers. little mosss.brown man sat over
. big mahogany desk: . little man Of
big Affairs, sols steward Of one Of
Americas most 1nfmidabis fortunes.
Precisely Il eleven minutes past
noon tor at the identical instant chos-
en- BY Alan Law 70 catspslt over the
edge OF cii1 IN Aoethesn, Maine) the
muted signal ~ .the ii1tIs man's desk
telephone citsba ana saesely Hitting
receiver to ess, ~ aodled WitA . smile
and said in As9eots ~ seme relief:
ASK her to spua1 "a q opcs. please" :"
S sJumpias ~ ~ ~ Y Sehass.iA b.
Innate juxtapositsera with his own:
and the door opened. and . young
woman entered.
The mouse-brown man bowed. Miss
Rose Trine?" he murmured with q
great deal Of Difference.
The young woman returned his bow
with show of perplexity: "Mr. Dig
byf"
"You are kind to come in response
to my-ah-unconven invita-
tion," said the little man. Wont
you-ah-sit DOWN."
She said. THANK you." grayely. and
took the chair he indicated. And Mr..
Disby. with an admiration he made no
effort to conceal. examined the fair
face turned SO candidly to him.
ut Is quite comprehenGible." he said
dif1dently-"if you will permit me to
say so-now that one sees you, Miss
Trine. 1t is quite comprehensive why
my employer-ah-feelst toward you as
he does"
The girl flushed. "Mr. Law has told
your"
Il have the honor to be his nearest
Continued ON Page 81
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Rally Day Service

A Rally Day service of the Sunday
school OF the Evangelical church will
occupy the full morning services from
10 O'Clock through the usual preach
Ing hour. There IS to be special mn-
sic and program fitting the occa-
siOn
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
Tax Levy Just
Made Is Sc Mills

The board of county commissioners,
1t their adjourned session held this
week made the above tax levy. The
special improvement fund is to raise
money for the building of jail for
the county. The levy this year would
have been two-tenths mills less than
that of last year b sd it not been for
the, special levy. thus IL is eight
tenths higher.
The commissioners adjourned to
meet 1t their next regular meeting,
which is on Monday, November 2.
They will then adjourn to meet fol-
lowing the election which Is to be
held next day.
At . meeting Of the city council
held Monday night the tax levy for
the year was Get It eight mills with
u special levy Of two mills for raising
) money TO pay back TO the water fund
money borrowed four or dve years ago
for the contingent fund. This money
was used to build Jail and has never
been paid back TO the water fund
from which 1t Was taken.
The usual q per lot levy was made
q frontage tax. with two cents per
front foot on acreage sea6 fronting
% wster. piped property.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23

For Sale-One Is.inch Hot blast
heater, at HoffmaD's harness and shoe
shop.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23

We want your oats: Come and see
US before you sell.-The Ordway Trad
ing ca.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23

Watch the F.. e. McKeeby Drug
Co.'S Saturday sales. Olney Springs.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23

acle came to post: for Mr.. Law. who
realized poignAatly that all this was
sheer. downrisAt nonsense. distinct
ly felt lips liks tslvet caress his fore
head.
He closed ~ eyes. tishtened his
grasp ON that Aand Of phantasy. and
muttered rather iAarticulately.
The voice asked: what 10 1t.
dearf" jF
He responAsA; "Delirium .
But like II ~. Let me ravel"
Then again ~ slept.
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
The Trey O. Hearts
Pevsl..d Ysss. sf de Nsss. P.s e Sane Nss
Prsdsesd ~ ths U.vssal Fna Co
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

Au~ @"Tk Esa.s H..A. "Tks b. 6sst Tn 6ssse 6as
usuhassl VII PAssspssAs hsa IL fesss Pfs1sesia
The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
Profit Tomatoes
Fisssres Prove It

At Crowley oely few months ago
canning fa0tofy sprung up and
opened new Industry for the county.
A year ago, . nan who might have
grown tomatoes would have found lit
tie or no market. Now come figures
which are telling TO a cent what one
rancher, Henry Mcclellan, realized
Oh sn average sixed patch of toma-
toes this season:
Mr.. McUellau had exactly three
and four-nfths Of an acre. He sold
s449. % worth OF tomatoes to the fac
tory, or an average OF sli9 SO per acre.
How's thatp Hr. Mcclellan lives on
the Boston farm.
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A temperaucs rally will be held 10
the Numa school house Saturday eve
ming, October n. Every one in that
community 10 iavtted.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-28
A White Man Speaks

Editor Kansas City Sun:
Permit me to speak a few words
through the columns of your valu-
able paper with reference to Mr.. ].
Silas Harris letter to the Post. In
writing on this subject l may be per-
mitted to say there is no other mo.
tive which prompts me to do this
aside from the desire to see justice
prevail, controversy destroyed, reason
enthroned and good will to man.
l read with interest the different
replies from members of Mr.. Harris
race. Some of them impressed me
with the right spirit with which they
speak of his ill-considered move. If
anyone is mistaken, though he may
be honest, we can never help him by
crossing swords in disagreeable
words. It can only be done in the
way the great moral Teacher carried
out His work. He was patient, kind,
forbearing and inspired with love for
his fellowmen even in the moment
of betrayal and murder He prayed to
the Father to forgive them. This
much for one phase of the situation.
| wish to call the attention of the
colored people in this city, as well
as in every community, that the aim
of the. devils most able agent is to
cause dissession among a class of peo.
pie who are struggling to free them
selves from certain injustices and
prejudices. He chuckles in his sleeve
when he has accomplishe dthis.
speak from experience and of many
years observation, whenever this evil
influence has extended itself among a
certain class of people it has fulfilled
its mission to the detriment of all
who are concerned, sometimes caus-
ing not only hatred and malice and
ill-will, but even bloodshed How the
dear Master understood the work of
the demon when He exclaimed:
What | say unto you, l say unto all
watch" l trust that all who are
concerned in this matter will awake
to the cunning evil and instead of be-
coming discontented and estranged
to each other, join hands with only
one desire in their, that of working
praying and doing all in their power
to advance their great and just cause;
for it is the cause of humanity, and
we all may repeat the last part of
the Lords Prayer, For Thine is the
kingdom and the power and the glory,
forever"
In conclusion l wish to say the n,
A. A. c. p has right to exist and
it is fulfilling it's mission and it is
here because God wants it to be here;
good only can come from its labors.
Respectfully,
ALBERT JACOBSON.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-28
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR coNcLAvE

The annual Templar Conclave was
held at Lawrence, Kas., Thanksgiv-
ing day and was participated in by
Far West of Kansas City, Mo-; North
western of st. Joseph, Mo-; Cyrene of
Topeka, Kas., and Mt. Dread of Law
renee, Kas. The Communicates Of
Liberty, Mo-, and Kansas City, Kas.,
we're also represented. Melford's cell
ebrated band of Kansas City led the
parade and furnished music for the
evening entertainment In the con-
test for the Cup presented by the
Love Regalia Co., Mt. Dread of Law
renee was declared the winner.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-28
A THANKSGIVING TREAT.

A number of young colored men EN-
ployed on Grand avenue organized
themselves into club under the lead
ership of H. d. Timmons to furnish
Thanksgiving dinner to the children
of the Children's Home, 1406 Vine
street, and gave an order to the High
land Avenue Baptist church to furnish
every inmate everything they could
eat, and they are now preparing to
give these children as we'll as the in
mates of the Old Folks Home anoth-
er feast Christmas day. Hurrah for
these splendid boys. May others imi-
tate their excellent example Their
names are: H. d. Timmons, 1859
Michigan avenue, 81; F. f. Harris,
619 North Twelfth, Kansas City, Kas,,
ST. G. l.. Lewis, 2445 Euclid, 81; j,
C. Young, 1404 East Sixteenth, 81 !;
Fred Youngerman, 2701 Sherman,
Kansas City, Kas., 80 cents; Edward
Young, 1915 West Prospect, 20 cents;
Geo. Holler, S24 East Twenty-fourth
81; T. NJ. Pate, 17l7 East Eleventh
80 cents; w. G. Green, 1919 Vine
so cents; Geo. Weathers, 1710 McGee
25 cents; Bass Booker, I'LL East
Eleventh. so cents; Frank Clark, 1862.
Tracy, 25 cents.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-28
THE 100000 Y. M. c. A. OPENS,

THE 100000 Y. m. C. A. OPENS.
AS did the corner stone laying. so
it seems that the opening week of
the Y. M. C. A. building is eclipsing
any similar event. DR.. j. E. Moor
land, who spent three days with the
men during this period, was deeply
impressed with the quiet, earnest man
ner in which all the members of the
association conducted themselves,
with the feeling of responsibility
each assumed, The gymnasium audi
toium was packed to the doors to
hear the words of congratulations and
admonition given by him on Sunday
afternoon. Those who have heard
DIR. Moorland many times say that
this was probably the most soul stir
ring address he ever delivered. AT
the close of his address owe $1OO
was subscribed to further the work
of the international committee. Fiji
ty-three dollars of this amount was
cash.
The enrolment campaign between
the Reds" and blues" is enrolling
scores of new members, and we look
for one of the greatest enrollments
that the building may boast of for
years to come.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-28
"A GREAT BAND

Those Kansas Cityans who We're
fortunate enough to be at Convention
Hall Thanksgiving night had the
pleasure of hearing one of the great
est Negro bands in America
dunes Band >of Omaha, Neb. Their
program was excellent and the saXa-
phone solo by Thos Watkins, silver
Threads Among the Cold" provoked
thunderous applause and he was com
PEELED to give it again during the even
ing. Capt. Thomas as cornetist, has
no equab and his triple tongued solo
required an encore in which he most
effectively rendered Dearest Memo
ries." Levi Broomfield made his first
appearance before Kansas City audi
ence as a baritone soloist and he lit
orally took the house by storm. But
above all was the incompatible lead
er, Capt. Dan Desdunes, easily the
greatest Negro bandmaster in Ameri
ca, and composer of recognized ahil-
ity After the concert dancing was
indulged in until 1870. About 900 per-
sons were in attendance.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-28

DR.. CYRIL N. KANE IMPROVES.
Montreal General Hospital, Dorches-
ter and st. Lawrence Streets, Mon
treal Canada.
Nov, 10, 1914.
My Dear Mr.. Crews; From the
above you will note that l am yet a
patient at the above institution. To
morrow friday will be exactly five
weeks l have been here. l had a Sc
we're case of acute articula rheuma-
tism, chiefly affecting my shoulders,
wrists and fingers. l have been sick
seven weeks altogether, four of which
have been absolutely helpless, had
even to be fed (and everything else
the hand is used for by the nurse).
| have been running a normal temper
ature now for nearly three weeks and
at present time of writing am very
much improved; can help myself but
| am not allowed to get out of bed
yet. My feet have not touched the
floor now for five weeks. Every cour-
tesy and kind treatment has been ac-
corded me here. l could not desire
better treatment. II is the best in
stitution in the Dominion, and has
nits staff some of the best men you
can find. 1t is in this hospital that
the celebrated Dr. VIM. Osler received
his training, this being part of Nc
Gill University. Mrs. George Julian
was in to see me today and showed
me letter you wrote her husband in
auiring after me. l highly appreciate
your kind interest and the interest of
all of my Kansas City friends who
make inquiry. In this sickness have
indeed suffered and that means all
that suffering. implies. missed in
deed the presence OF near and dear
friends in Kansas City, but hope tc
be able to join you all again as soor
as | am able to travel. If improve
ment continues as it is at present
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-28
PoRo AGENTS MEET.

Nine. Pope-Turnbo-M Malone, proprie
tor of the Poro College at st. Louis
Mo-, and the discoverer and inventor
of the wonderful hair preparation
known the world over as PORO, ac.
companied by her husband, Prof. A.
E. Malone, formerly principal of the
schools of Quincy, ILL.,, and her pri-
vate secretary, Miss Maudelle McMur.
ray and their chauffeur, who drove
their high power Packard, paid a visit
to Kansas City last Monday and were
delighted with the beauty and deyel-
opment of Kansas City During the
afternoon they met the Poro agents of
Greater Kansas City at the residence
of Mrs. B. F. Isaacs, S35 Freeman ave-
nue.. Mrs. Pope-Turnbo-Malon pre-
sided at the meeting with her able
secretary, who recorded the proceed
ings. Prof. A. E. Malone came over
with a photographer and group pho
tograph was taken of the agents of
Greater Kansas City. At o'clock,
when the routine of business was COM
pleted a dainty luncheon was served
by the agents.
At $3.50 p. m. at the Second Bap-
tist church, Mrs. Alice Thomas, presi-
dent of the Poro Club, presented Prof.
A. E. Malone, Miss Maudelle McMur-