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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-04
A LAD.

There was a quarter Of an apple pie
Oh the lunch table inc mamma divided
1t between Bobby and Elsie. Bobby look
ed at his piece-then at his mothers
empty plate. Mamma" he said, earn
estly. Il can't enjoy my pie when you
haven't any. Take Elsie's.-Boston Tran.
script.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-04
BURLINGTON, OCTOBER 4. 1917.
WANTED.

new special column Of this paper. eome
bargains are offered there this week which
This paper has more than Is. 900 readers
svery week and one cent a word will reach
them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-04
A BAD

A W~estchester County man took his
numerous progeny to n county fair. As
they moved about the grounds, the father
felt his fifth born Juggling at his coat
tails. He turned. and the youngster beg
ged him to buy some candy.
BUY 1t yourself" said the father.
where's the dime I gave you a little
while ago."
TITS down my neck"
well. shake 1t QUIT"
But, dad. l can't. It was In my mouth
when it went down..
The Philadelphia Ledger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-04

Nick n Bill went up the hill.
Each promising no quarter;
Nick fell down and lost his crown
And many think Bill orter.
The Dayton, Ohio, Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-04

pIRECTORS-E J. Booth. John J Flynn. E. p Woodbury. J. q Patuek 3
L Cooke H. f. oebhardt J. Z. Macombsr
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
ORDWAY SCHOOL NOTES.

The school enrolment to date is
3S9 for the grades and 1O1 for the
high school and eighth grade.
One of the added improvements to
the domestic science department is a
new range.
The Freshman class has organized
with the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, Paul
Rohl; vice president, Frances Case;
secretary-treasurer, Charles Rhine.
The greatest dread of the school
month is here, the examination
time. This month only consists of
three weeks, on account Of the
teachers institute having been held
here the first week in September.
The Sophomore class has elected
officers for this year as follows:
Tressa Lee, president; Paul Eagle
ton, vice president; Winona Totten,
secretary-treasurer.
The Senior class hopes to be the
best class that has ever left the Ord
way schools. The officers elected
for this year are: Emerson Eagle
ton, president; Dorothy Green, vice
president; Lucille Berg, secretary
treasurer. The class motto is BIZ,
and class colors blue and white.
Lucille Berg has been leading our
singing in the High school since
school began. The air rings every
morning with patriotic songs. espec-
tally Canning the Kaiser" We ex-
pect to have music teacher as soon
as possible, but meantime Lucille
makes fine leader.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
KING CENTER

The parent-teacher meeting will
be held in the school house at 2:30
p. m. the first Friday in October.
Every one come. Thesemeetings are
the pupil.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Snodgrass left
for McCracken, Kansy Sunday to
visit their son, Allen, who has been
summoned before the examining
board for enlistment
Arthur Johnson came home on
Wednesday evening after being in
st. Mary's hospital. Pueblo, for thir-
teen weeks with violent attack of
typhoid fever.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Those Burbank spuds at Gala
vans are the finest cookers ever
brought to town. They are smooth.
clean and nice baking size.
Miss Bonnie Walker o3 0rdway
came to La Junta today and will b .
guest at the home Of her sister. Ma
w. E. Slaughter, s17 Ration avenue.
for few days.-La Junta Democrat.
William Burris, brother of s. ].
Burris, who underwent an operation
for appendicitis, is rapidly recov-
ering
Mrs. Joseph Waller of the Numa
district left Sunday night for Seneca,
Kans., to attend the funeral of her
denly at her home in that place Sat-
urday night.
James Organ came down from
Denver Saturday night to visit his
sister, Mrs. Charles Rhine. who has
been seriously i'll for some time. He
returned Wednesday, taking with
him his little daughter, Nora. who
has made her home with her aunt
since she was year old. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rhine will shortly return to
Illinois to spend the winter, and pos
sibly to make their future home. in
the hope that the change may benefit
Mrs. Rhine.
Ladies. read Gallavan's delivery
cob odr dr,1o in, hot I'D in, 10 icct
| The domestic science girls, under
the direction of their teacher, Miss
Mcintosh, gave picnic in the park
"Wednesday in honor of Miss Winona
| Totten. Miss Totten has been stay
! ing with Mr.. and Mrs. I. D. Divine
and attending high school. but will
return to her home about thirty miles
north.
( Mrs. George Herman and daugh-
ters, Thelma and Grace. went to
Pueblo Saturday.
! James Trainor is spending the
week in La Junta visiting with
friends.
A. A. Conwell has returned to his
home in Oneida, Kans., after visit
with his daughter, Mrs. E. P. John
son, and family. He came out with
i DR.. B. K. Kilbourne, a son-in-law,
( who also visited the johnson family
on his way to the San Luis valley
country for weeks fishing. DR.. Kill
bourne resides at Minneapolis, Kans.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. S. Weatherwax
were in Pueblo Sunday visiting with
their son. Sergeant Robert Weather
wax, at Camp Gunter.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
BOB CREEK

Coleman shinnick Of Pueblo
spent the weekend at the Drescher
home.
DR.. H. c. Swift is digging pit silos
this week. A pit silo is a hole in the
ground about six or seven feet deep
and any convenient diameter in
which the ensilage is packed when
prepared. The hole is left open to
prevent sweat and the ensilage is
fed from these silos as required.
Mrs. Gus Ericsson and two daugh-
ters spent Sunday afternoon at the
Beaches.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Wright and
Mrs. Price Leach went to Ordway on
Tuesday to attend the funeral SER
vices of Mrs. Moseley.
Drescher Bros. are grinding ensi-
lage this week to fill their new silo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bohannan Of Fow-
Ter visited Saturday with Mrs. Gus
Ericsson.
Charles Westcamp went to Denver
on Saturday. He returned Tuesday
with a new car.
The Enyart family from Douglas
Neb., and the Barker family from
Geneva, Neb.. left Thursday after a
three weeks visit with their rela-
tives, Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Enyart and
the Ed Whitney family. They will
stop in Denver to visit Earl Barker,
who has enlisted in the artilley there.
Mrs. A. F. Enyart accompanied them
as far as Denver.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
BUSY IN CAMP.

Milton Allen, who went to Fort
Sheridan a few weeks ago to enter
the officers training camp, writes
that they keep the men SO busy that
there is little time for letter writing.
He says:
I'VE are well taken care Of here
and it is amazing the way the men
are responding. Some of the COM
panies march like regulars and this
next week we will have actual trench
work and forty-eight-hour period
in the trenches under war condi-
tions."
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

Mrs. Hussan Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Stubs sold seventy hogs to
G. U. Norton Monday. The weight
of the hogs averaged between $50
and $50 pounds.
Mary and Ada Bowers of Florence
Are visiting their sister, Mrs. June
Work, for few days.
The dance for the benefit of the
American Red Cross work in Olney
last Saturday evening was success
in every way. All who attended had
delightful time. The patronesses
were Mesdames J. H. Cowden, N. E.
Harrington, e. T. Dennis and W. M.
Montgomery, william Gardner, Fred
Thomas; Misses Gladys Johnson and
Ida Belle Largent.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
AUTOS SENT FOR
SCHOOL PUPILS

Two autos have been put to SER
vice to haul the school children from
the Nero Hill vicinity and the vicin-
ity south of ordway. Both vicini-
ties are in the Ordway district and
as school for this year has been
abandoned the pupils will have ac-
cess to the Ordway schools. 1t is
Just as economical to bring them to
Ordway as 1T is to employ a teacher
at Nero Hill and the pupils have the
advantage of better instruction.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
PREsIDEs OVER
STATE MEDICAL MEETING

DR.. Hugh F. Lorimer was in at
tendance at the Wednesday session
of the State Medical association. He
stated that the president, who had
enlisted in army service, presided
over the meeting in the uniform of a
soldier DIR. Lorimer state also that
the session Of the meeting made one
realize that war was reality. DR..
Cloyd Workman of Sugar City was
also in attendance at the meeting.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
DON'T LIST YOUR FARM
WITH TALLMADGE

UNLESS you want 1t sold. am the
so'~ md exclusive sales agent of the
farm lands belonging to the Twin
Lakes Land and Water company
We have many calls for improved
farms. II you want to sell your farm
give me an opportunity and I will
find you buyer.
My only agent or representative
is Crowley County is A. G. Bowers
of Crowley, Colo. Write me direct
or telephone Mr. Bowers.
B. H. TALLMADGE
744 First National Bank Bldg.
PUEBLO, COLO.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
DR. JEFFERY Is CALLED

DR.. j. E. Jeffery Of this city. who
took the examination recently for
soldier duty in the hospital corps.
has received his commission as first
and ordered to make ar
rangements to report soon. He does
not know how soon he will have to
leave. but will be in readiness to
answer the call.
DR.. Jeffery has been located in
Ordway for the past fifteen years
and is well known all over Crowley
county.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
LOCAL AND PERSONAL


rancy porkers Monday and five cattle
on Tuesday. Their market is now
consuming car Of cattle and a car
OF hogs each month.
Mrs. Lura Foster stopped over in
ordway last Saturday enroute to her
nome In Turlock, Cal She Is the
sister of Mrs. Nellie Warren and had
Just left few weeks ago for a visit
IN the east when she received a mes
sage for her to some home on ac-
count OF the serious illness of her
husband. Mrs. Warren accompanied
her as far as Pueblo.
Mrs. C. s. Davenport went to Flor
ence the first of the week to visit
until Sunday
Mrs. B. c. Schneider, who has been
In Colorado Springs during the sum-
mer months on account of her health,
returned home the first Of the week
not very much improved.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Jake Weibert of Crowley vicinity
Friday, September 81, 1917.
DR.. Hugh F. Lorimer attended the
State Medical convention held in
Colorado Springs.
The Dean girls spent Sunday at the
J. D. Case ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry and Mr..
and Mrs. George Henry and family
returned the first of the week from a
few days outing in the mountains.
Harold. Billie and Miss LaVera
McNulty and their grandmother, Mrs.
Rea, motored to Pueblo Sunday and
met Mr.. McNulty, and from there
they motored on up in the mountains
and spent the day.
Buy your fruit jars at Gallavan g.
There's a reason.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Greene left last
Friday for about two weeks outing
in Wyoming Mr.. Greene expects to
hunt elk.
Leslie Teed, who was quite sick
from ptomaine poisoning, is now able
to continue his work with the United
States surveying crew north of town.
He is the nephew of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
d. Case.
Mrs. A. C. Henrie went to Pueblo
Tuesday, where she will spend few
days visiting.
George Rushing of Denver has ac-
cepted a position at the Cudahy
ranch as office manager and book
keeper. He took up his work week
ago.
Mrs. Nellie Reynolds and children
left last Saturday for Pueblo, where
they stopped off couple of days be-
fore going on to Riverside, CAL,
where they will make their home
during the coming winter. Mrs. Rey-
nolds is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. I. Olmstead, formerly of Ordway.
Sam Demarcus and family re-
turned the latter part Of last week
from all dutO Tip maui III iAoAoeao
and into Oklahoma. Mr.. Demarcus
states that he knows more about a
car now than he did before he made
the trip. He went up hills. down
hillsc and thru the sand better than
he could drive on level ground before
he took the trip. They visited in
Caney, Kans., and Copan, Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. lIerrsbsrger
left Wednesday for Few days out
ing in Colorado Springs.
Everett Doyle of Martinsville, Va,
spent few days last week visiting
with his brother, Harvey Doyle, and
family. From here he went to Las
Animas. where he has accepted a po-
sitionn.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

On Wednesday of next week there
will be another lot of the boys from
this county leave for training at Fort
Riley. There will be nine in the call
and they have all been notified to
appear. The boys will be given some
sort of farewell. which is now be-
ing arranged. The above list con-
stitutes the men in the call for this
date, and the three alternates.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
FROST VISITS
THIS DISTRICT
Little Damage Il Done to the
Crops, Owing to Excess
sive Moisture.

r.
Heavy frost was to be seen
Thursday morning Of this week
and had the ground and vegeta-
ton not been 80 thoroly moist
by the rain OF the day before
and the dew of that morning the
damage would have been heavy.
As it was there was little dam
age done. This frost came a
day earlier this year than last,
appearing on September 81,
while on the morning of Sep
tember 2S last year there was
not only frost but ice formed,
doing a great deal of damage.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
NlILsTEAD ENTERS SERVICE

J. d. Milstead Jr.,. who has been
in California, entered the United
States army service, enlisting last
Thursday from southern California.
He is stationed now at Camp Lewis,
American Lake, Wash.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
TO REPoRT FOR Duty.

Arthur Helms received word on
Tuesday that he is to report this
coming Tuesday at Prescott. Arix. \
for duty. From there they will
probably go to Fort Riley, Kans.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

Dr.. B. E. Moody of La Junta will
be at the Ordway Jewelry Co. Satur-
day, September 80. Practice lin
tied to diseases of the eye, ear, nose
and throat and fitting of glasses.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
APPLES

Our lowest priced food. Harvest
ing began at my Crowley orchard
September 25 and will begin at my
olney orchard October 1. Some help
needed. West Orchards.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
APPLEs! APPLEs!

Plenty of them at from 25 cents
to S1.25 per box, according to as
sortment. Ready for market now
One and one-half miles northeast of
olney Springs. H. T. Craig.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
MORE men TO
REPORT SOON
Nine Are Called to Report on
Wednesday to Begin.
Training.

James Horace Lemaster.
Price l.. Strickland
Frederick v. Hickman.
Willie West.
Henry Grasmick.
Levi Bqheman.
Leonard william Ryan.
Henry Dellas.
James Raymond Mock.
Alternates.
Thomas Willard Hill.
Albert H. Henderman.
Ell Roy Durow.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28
IN APPRECIATION.

We desire to express our grateful
thanks to our many friends and the
friends Of our beloved sister. aunt
and cousin, Mrs. Mary T. Moseley.
for the many kindnesses shown dur
ing her illness and following her
death. We are also appreciative Of
~ naay 'Aersi oissriass ia.her nssn-
orr. "a. Il, 4
MRS lGATTIB sALYNR,
GRAFTON TH0JIreo olfs1
Y sNo8leq zDe9nx.S k1gD yvlE1
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

FOR SALE-NEW FREE SEWING
machine $500. The dealers are
asking $500 for this. Call Ordway
SO. 8-30tf
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28


One OF the heaviest losses by the
elements was that done thru the
Box Springs district on Tuesday
evening of this week when a heavy
hail riddled crops in quite an ex-
tensive area. The hail went thru
from the northwest to the southeast
on the Colbert and William Worker
ranches. Workers loss was perhaps
the heaviest.
Total rainfall last. seven months
of 1915 was 1862 inches. starting
with June, when the New Era's gov
ernment record was commenced.
The moisture for the corresponding
period OF 1916 was 791 inches.
The moisture for the first five
months of 1916 was 3.75 inches and
for the first five months Of 1917
was ATS inches.
Total rainfall for 1916 was 11.6b
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

GOOD BUGGY FOR SALE CHEAP
by j. L. Bunger, Crowley, Colo.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

FOR SALE, COTTONWOOD BRIDGE
lumber and building material, al
so fire wood $1.OO per load. w. E.
Thomas. miles south of Ordway -2S
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

GRAPES FOR SALE.
Grapes at 4c per pound. F. B.
Bolles, Crowley. Phone SOFA.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

ENSILAGE FOR SALE
have 200 tons fine corn ensilage;
heavy grain. F. s. Miller, Phone
65R4 1916
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

FOR sALE-A GOOD FAMILY COW.
: Inquire of ]. L. Murray. 1912
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

RESIDENCE FOR SALE
II taken in the next sixty days.
you'll get bargain for we will sac
rifice to make quick sale. ]. L. MUIR
ray, Ordway. 1912
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-28

FOR SALE-7-ROOM MODERN
house, furnace, fine basement. gar
age, lawn. shade and both water sys-
TENS. D. F.. Bartlett.