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their home at Towner, Colorado.
Miss Alma Courtney and little
nephew, Vernon Courtney, visited at
Grinnell, Sunday, returning home
Monday.
Herman Long transacted business
at Hays, Tuesday, and visited with
Mrs. Long who is in the hospital at
that place.
Stanley Straw was up from Wa
Keeney, Monday, distributing Ire
go county fair catalogues. They are
go county fair cataloguse They are
making much preparation and will
doubtless have good fair. The date
is September 18 to 81 inclusive
Quinter Advocate.
The postoffice authorities at Wash
ington announced, recently, that end
less chain letter schemes were lille
gal, for the reason that they gener-
ally work a fraud upon the public.
This gives postoffice authorities the
right to take all letters pertaining
to chain letters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Wilson and fam
lily, of Oklahoma City, Okla, were in
this city Monday as guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Poffen-
berger. Mrs. Wilson is a cousin of
Mr.. Poffenberger. They were on
their way to Colorado where they
will spend few weeks in the noun
tains.
Mr.. w. F. King of Glendale Farm,
Trego county, gave SO to the Red
Cross War Fund. This was the sum
"Addie Astra" won as 3rd prize at the
Fourth of July races. This was the
young lady's maiden race and Mr..
King has promised Is per cent of ev-
erything she wins in the future to the
war fund. Ellis County News.
A hungry tourist put his head out
of car window as the train pulled up
at Cheyenne Wells and said to a boy.
"Here, boy, take this dime and get me
a sandwich, will you? Get a sand
witch, for yourself, too" Thanks,
boss" and the kid darted away. He
returned munching a big, fine sand
witch just as the train was starting
off. He ran to the tourist, handed
him a dime and said: Here's your
dime back, boss. They only had one
sandwich left Hugo Democrat.
The corner stone of Sherman coun-
tvs new court house will be laid at
Hoxie August II. This recalls that
new court houses. Judge S. j. Os-
borne held the first court in the court
houses of Trego, Cove and Logan
counties; Judge Lee Monroe in the
court house at Hays till 1898; Judge
J. H. Reeder in the court house at
Russell till 1902, and the present
judge held the first court January 1,
1915, in the new court house in Wal
lace county.
Engineer John Olson, who pulled
the jitney from Hugo to Sharon
Springs, Sunday afternoon, reports
to this paper that he saw a bunch of
antelopes grazing along the sides of
the track near Ascalon, 40 miles west
of Sharon Springs. In the olden days
this was a frequent and pleasant
sight to the traveller, but of late
years the antelopes have kept as far
from the main thoroughfares as pos
SiOAS AiiC pAOL~StLiS u IIAS game
laws of both Kansas and Colorado
may mean that the antelope will in
crease in numbers in this section. We
hope soo.-Sharon Springs Times.
My friend, your idea that the world
is running about looking for the fell
low who is hiding his light under
bushel is all right, but there is moth
ing to it. The void is too busy trim
ming its own lights so they will shine |
the more brightly to tip over your
bushel. If you want your light to
shine you will have to get out from |
under the bushel, trim your own wick |
and show the people that you have "a
bout the finest light in the village. |
The fellow who thinks everybody |
knows him and he doesn't have to |
advertise is hiding his light under
a bushel. His competitor if he is smatr
knows it and proceeds to get him |
where the hair is short. A whole lot |
of canoes are drifting about on the |
commercial seas because the owners |
foolishly thought they could turn |
them loose and somebody else would |
paddle them You may have a light |
of million candle power, but if you
keep it hide away from the world you |
will slep in an unknown grave and |
will Ho -1hoJry e;-o