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The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
Party for Fifth birthday

A number of the little folks were
entertained last Friday afternoon at
the Fred g. Hilvert home In honor of
Petroniilal HlyeFt's fifth birthday.
The little guests played games and
had delightful time. Refreshments
were served. Those present were
Margaret Gallavan, Mildred Downey.
Eleanor McCleary. Marian McCleary.
ciema Ross, Margaret Shelton. Pa
tricia Hilvert. Margaret Enyart. Mar
gle Epyart. Patrick Gallavan, Joseph
Mast, Vincent Morrissey. Patsy Nor
rissey. James Hoffman. John Hoff-
man. Oral Trainor. Elizabeth Camp
bell.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
VOLUME NO. g..
Ordway vs.. Chicago

The subject we are about
10 take up Is a far. reaching
and very delicate one. and
one that is very dear to a
greab many people. and Of
much interest to all, SO that
it is our desire to handle it
without any personal feel
ings or narrow-mihded pre-
judices, but with open and
honest facts, If, We are.
wrong, tell US about 1t. II
we are right. well. err it
wohld-oh, we'll. TELL us so
If you care to.
In tha-first place Il do not
think anyone can truthfully
accuse me of wanting them
to buy any article Of me II
they can get the same arti-
Gle cheaper anywhere else;
even. though they be- my best
friend. II do not sell my
friendship.) but do think
I have a right to ask my
friends and the citizens of
0rd~ay and community for
their business, or at least a
part of 1t. If, ] have what
they want and at the same
price or cheaper. and I have
not got 1t, for the lands
sake get it of SONG of my
competitors here at home.
II you can't get II there, let
US get It for YOU.
We are going to try to
convince you that you can
buy as cheap or cheaper. at
home, as anywhere. Oh, you
say we have heard such talk
rs that before. but wait, we
said we were going to be
bonest..'' g. IN
To begin with :. the mai
order house does not handle
the same line of goods as
any merchant only as they
make a speciality of them
and on these they lose mo
ner iassthey have to buy
them retail. as the manufac
turers or jobbers will no
sell, them direct. Therefore
there is always question al
to'fquality. bvt as We ar,
going; I'd be honest we iwl
talsa YOU, at your'word ant
consider. the article as o
the same value.
In our own experience ant
in talking to others we fini
that the average cost o
freight is 10 percent. Thil
is on short and long hauls
drayage 5 percent: postage
and interest on money ac
tual time az percent; of
fee expense 1 X percent
breakage Il percent. Tota
II percent. Those are ex
penses you must add to wha
you pay for your goods be
fore you can compare price,
with the home merchant
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For sale-12 white leghorn
hens, in good condition
and laying well.

Some time ago-we mailed
out letters or cards to all
our farmer friends that we
could think of or get the ad-
dress of but we no doubt
missed some, in this letter
we. asked them to come in
the first, time they were in
town as we had something
for. them that we thought
would please them. Not all
of them have come in yet so
the invitation is still open,
and If you did not. get a
card please accept this as
your invitation and come in
the next time you are in
town. -
Are you needing a wash
ing machine? The "Rull-
ian" is the. best Call and
see 1t before buying.
Just received more house
numbers. We can now sup
ply YOU in either brass or
aluminium.
Have you bought that new
rug yet? We have q, few
nice ones left.
It's time to swat the fly.
Yes. we have the swaters.
The best marshmeliows,
maple dipped peanut squar-
Jos, pure sugar stick. dandy
chocolate. fudge, pepper
mint. wintergreen. all Just
in and fresh from the fac
tory. n. ndr ."
/ We have the best assort-
ment of wall paper that has
been in Ordway for some
I time. besides we have two
large books we can order
from and get 1t. the same
, day. Remember us when
in need of anything in this
: line. A look will convince
, you. t'-
Wire cloth, or commonly
called screen wire, any size
both black and galvanized
Mrs. Roy Grimes, OF Crow
5 ley district, was in Saturday
t and purchased one of our
r oil. ranges. .r.r
Mr.. Shippler, of Crowley
q says he wants to congratu.
late us on the quality OF the
r1ranse he bought of us some
: time ago. His wife says 1,
: is the quickest heater ant
the best baker she ever us
ed. Thank you Mr.. Ship
pler-that is the kind wt
y sell.
e Our lenoleums and con
goleums are sure going fast
Everyone says shat mating
y pattern, 8 feet wide, is tn,
: prettiest thing they ever saw
have you seen it7
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

The Variety Store was re-
presented at the flying circus
in Pueblo Saturday by Miss
Alma Hartman of the china
ware and music department.
Mrsrt Tucker is taking a
vacation and rest. Shenleft
yesterday for Kansas on a
visit. ..,
We received two ship
ments of music this week
some of the latest songs
better get one.:~
Mays. formerly of.HasweIl-
havapurchased the. Eagle.
ton place, east of Sugar
City, and are moving into
their new home this week.
We tsill have one second
hand piano for sale price II
right quality good and IL
l'good shape.
: Popcorn for seed. RAISED
here. of the rice variety
COME in and get some.
Grindstone. Mr.. hay farm
.er we have a good, ballbear
ing steel frame grindston,
with an exceptionally goo,
stone that we can save yo,
money on. Come in ant
look it over.
Mrs. M. v. Roberts, of OF
ney Springs, was a caller a
our store Tuesday.
Just received n shipmen
of paint and .kalsomine
Nearly everyone is needing
paint this year. and man,
have already bought. Ma,
] we supply you too?
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
But you say 1 do not have
all of these as lido most eOY

But you say l do not have
all of these as l do most OF
this work myself: Say, don't
talk that way where. people
can. hear you, for IL your
time isn't worth anything
neither are you, for there is
a ready market for peoples
time who are worth some
thsng therefore. you must
get the article seventeen per
cent cheaper than you can
buy 1t at homie before you
have actually saved any
thing in the first layout.
That means a $1,00 article
at 81 cents. You will have
to, show ME.
Thus far we hive taken
only actual first cost. We
Twi1l take up. some other
I'costs IN the next issue. Get
out your old catalogue. put
on your thinking cap. figure
till you. are sure you are
right. Let's fight this out
to a finish, and. II you can
buy cheaper away from
home 1--WE will have all the
merchants IN Ordway close
there shops and let you get
everything out of town.
(continued in! next issue)
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

]. f. Downey returned Wednesday
from business trip TO Kansas City
where he went on Friday of''last
week AT Arnold, Kans.3 he was in
train wreck where coaches rooted
into the ground and where, track
was toRn helter-skelter, but no one
on the train was injured.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
Admired His Pluck,

."well." said Uncle 81 BrugginS after
solo by fashionable church choir
tenor, "if that amt the rudest thing
ever saw. Just as soon as that young
man began TO sing every other mein-
Der of the choir stopped. But he went
through with it. and must say ad-
mire his spunk. k."-Boston Transcript.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
How Mans strength Fluctuate..l

The strength of males increases rap
idly. from twelve to nineteen years,
and more slowly and regularly up to
thirty years, after which it declines.
The strength of females increases at
a pore uniform rate from nine to nine
teen years. more slowly to thirty, after
which Il lis off.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
'lCOMPANY ORGANIZATION
MOVING WE'LL, SAYS BEAGLE

Fred Beagle states that consider
able stock in the proposed brick com
pany- has been placed and that it
looks good for the sale of the re-
quired amount of stock and the or
ganization of the company.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

Eighty-five- Thousand German Hel-
nets. captured by allied troops' IN Sob
lenz. are to- .he awarded as prizes Ly,
Fedora; district committees in the
Victory Liberty Loan campaign. They
win be given to Victory note sales-
men making the best selling records
under competition in coduties md
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

Sheriff Lewis Worker returned
Thursday from Salina. Kans., in
charge of Ferdinand, .Karst. who is
wanted here on the charge of OBJ
tanning goods on false check. He will
be arranged Friday or Saturday.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
Prospects Good, Says Bsrrtlett

Crop prospects are looking good in
the adjoining stateS east Of Colorado,
according to D. F. Bartlett who made
a. trip recently to Iowa., He states
that the wheat thru Kansas Is in
excellent condition, and farm opera
tions are well along for the time of
the year
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

The annual convention OF the Kan
sas-C Colorado Boulevard Association
will meet in Ordway on Monday,
May 26. ~ - :-J
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
Diogcnes Knew.

Diogenes held his lantern before the
face of woman. 1t was Christmas
morning and she was remarking:
"How darlingl 1t was just what
wantedp Whereat, the old fellow
shook his head in despair and passed
on. "She is counting at this very mo-
mentl" unused Diog, ION what she can
exchange it for"
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
Something Worse.

"Remember, son, Garfield drove
mules on tow path and Lincoln split
rails" II know, dad; but, say, did any
of these presidents ever crank cold
motor In n blizzard for half an hour
before he discovered that he didn't
have any asolineq'-Richmond Times.
Dispatch,
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

Mrs. j. l.. Tucker left the first o.
the week for a months visit at Sew
cry. Kans. -
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
pon,t nreathe Either. Girls.

Cynlcus-The average girl can keep
her engagement secret just about as
long as she can the fact that she's
been eating onions.-Boston Tran
script.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

Typewriter ribbons for all makes
machines-at the New Era
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

cities. 9 In the picture shown above.
taken on the Treasury steps in Wash
ingtou.., are shown Frank. Il. Wilson.
director of publicity fleft,., aad Lewis
3. Franklin. director of War Loan
Organization trighp. Wilson created
panic in. the helmet .fiiarket by buy
ing the entire $500 allotment from
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
Uncle Eben.

'Many a man." said Uncle Eben,
"turns over h new leaf an den puts
de same oil writin' on it."
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

80" Optimistic Thought.
There is no one that does not once
In his life do a silly act.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09


Being some what over
stocked on Globe Danvers
onion Seeds: We offer what
we have at 40c per Alb. OF
s1.5o per Ib. =,
Among our late arrivals
in the novelty line is a COM
bination strainer. coarse or
fine, measure, funnel, jar
filler. making six articles
In one. all for zoe. a.
Two shipments of new
candy this week. Our candy
case begins to look more
like it used to before the
war.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. wickey
from Sugar City were call
ers on Saturday.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
Tire Repairing.

Let us make your tires like new.
We make over old castings, fix your
tubs and start you off.
Ordway Tirei Repair, Shop
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

the War De partmedt for 81. 'it cost
the German. Government more thsn
that amount to manufa cture each, cne
Of the helmets. The. helmets shown
wore a, special, supply held in reserve
for triumphal entry into Paris.
Eventually they arrived there BY
freight. 'ori o.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
Wedding Bells

! =
There has been some more
weddings arounu here that
we didn't know--of till after
it happened. but you can't
keep those things from us.
oh no. not where there are
showers where 1t rains pret-
ty' cut glass, hand painted
china, beautiful cups and
saucers. silyerware, g water
sets. nice pictures, alumni
mum ware. ETC., and when
they all come from our
And then, when the groom
himself comes in as did Mr..
John Smith and shily, says
er- 1 want to get a few
little things. and we ask him
-if-it- is an -irregating shovel,
a pocket knife. some nails,
pitch-fork. grindstone, or
any of the many articles for
the farm that we handle. but
he says n-n-no, I Cooking
at his paper) want to get q
broom, rolling pin, fright
then We know he is a newly
wed or he never would sup
ply the choicest weapons
wash-tub. wash-board, dish
pan clothes-line. and many
articles that are written or
the paper in feminine hand
there is no need for then
to deny the facts-the Sc.
cret is out. - ~
:. Now, DR.. Clark didn't hay,
the nerve to face us or els,
he was saving the life O
some Of the farmers horse.
or cows, as he did not com,
in, but must have told, hi,
wife where she could get al
of the nice things that ar,
necessary In starting III
housekeeping. for she was Ii
and. II we are, any Judge O
human nature. Doc ha
made a wise choice.
Anyway we wish to con
gratulate the boys and t
extend our heartfelt sym
pathy to the girls, - ,
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

Scale books at this office.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19
NEEDIESSLY
SACRIFICED
Gosernay Allen of Kansas, Appears
Before House Rules Com
n1ittee 20 Present
Claims.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. j
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-Ameri-
can boys were needlessly sacrificed
in the last hours Of fighting on the
west front. Governor Henry Allen.
Kansas, told the house rules commit
tee.
Colonel Carl Ristine, 18Th infan-
try, In letter to Allen read before
the house rules committee, said:
Someone ought to tell about the
things over here; how we were
stripped Of blankets and had summer
underwear and no overcoats for the
Argonne fght-during which wound
ed men almost froze to death. No
aInbulances for thirty-six hours and
then only six to nine small ones to
haul s,4oo wounded In six days.
These amb1lances frequently took az
long as thirty-six hours to get to the
field hospital and many died on the
way We finally evacuated the
strstcter cases by the hundreds In
tracks. We we're ordered TO leave
our kitchens. behind, and they sent
LIS 10 the firing line beef. cabbage.
egg plant and toilet paper IS food.
and for q long period after we came
out Of the fight, they sent US bully
beef IN tins and other field rations
which ne should have had IN the
fight
The Germans had been retreating
FOR days and were resisting only
enough 10 cover their retreat" Allen
said Everybody knew that when
the Germans were given seventy-tEFo
hours they would isign- From the
stsndpoint OF military necessity the
men sacrificed IN the last hours Of
fighting were neediessIy sacrihcedy'
Allen said mail conditions were
aburntnzbie. Before the senate commit.
tee Allen was even stronger In his
criticism Of the szcrince OF men after
the s-mistice negotiations were be-
gun "ETery man who fell IN the last
seTenty-tEo hours was sacrifice to
the glory OF somebody who wanted TO
chase the Germans still farther" he
said
Representative Siegel, New York.
also appeared before the rules com
mittee TO urge action on his resolution
for . general investigation of the con-
duct OF the war Siegel said he and
Representative Cooper, Ohio, had
crossed with Alfred w. Larson, Of Og-
den, Utah, and z. Fare OF McCook
Eeb-, two men who had been at
.Brest. They said. according to Siegel,
Their had to stand IN the mud TO get
food: were forced. to sleep in the
water and forbidden to complain.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19
STORIES OF
ACRE OF CORN
Compositions From Two Boys Who
Produced Prize Winning Corn
at the Elvaston Corn
Show.

'How 1 Raised My Acre of Corn, y
by William Ray Poland, age IL:
Every up-to-date Hancock county
farmer is interested in corn raising,
so / would like to give them a few
pointers on how / did 1t. The ground
was plowed the last OF April. One
crop Of corn had been raised on this
ground the year preceding. A big
rain or two came after it was plowed
When I got ready to plant my corn
the ground was SO loose that ! douole
narrowed ii, and it was in fine
shape. The corn was planted the
fifteenth of May When the corn
came up, It did not look like there
was more than half stand.
thought I was going to have to re-
plant 1t, but ] let 1t stand. And
lucky boy was /, for as the corn
grew larger, the stand looked nicer,
ane 1t stood the drought better than
it would if l had replanted it
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19
BIG INCREASE
BY MINERS
Production for Last Year Was Thirty
four Million Tons Over Year
Before, Reports
Show.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Feb. I9.-American
cal nafnerz increased the 1918 produc-
ton os coal $4,000, 600 over 1917, Sec
retzry Of the Interior Lane stated in
Irzlslnz their work during the war.
The 1913 production of SIS, 100000
t0zs Ess the largest in the nations
history and this was a TREMENDOUS
tzctor IN bringing the war to speedy
clozs. Laae said
czsBaIttes during the year totalled
1.ET5, bit deaths due to the explosion
0, gas and coal Gust were decreased
2zs from 1917.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19

] cultivated tos corr fo-zr tines
three times lsrzzhrzss ard one time
ErossZtEs I lid tkE cor- BY the
fourth q July sat {: Eooked fine. i;
was Is high - the no-Ees backs
had fine prozcecz ard ttozgnt =
would make EeTsztySITs bzsaeGs 20
the acre As I wsrt down the cc-n
rows with the con- te-6trz down
li7SFr the arches t50zzzt ! ara
helping 20 whip tLs kaiser by
crCp uid not do - vel a. expect
ed, because IL vas CIT aa0rr y the
hot winds. While school Ezs cioSe1
last fall, the girls AID aeZsd papa
shuck his corn, and tbeu tasT hsIDe1
me shuck my corr. We 81 zcxed *
, about the first OF Eoge-nSsr Then
we weighed the load, 1 had for1s-fozr
bushels and ten pounds fron ny
acre of corn. But tie bseg: Part Of
was that / kept my corn 50 clean
left the rusty old hoe hang on the
fence to accumulate more rust
Life History of My Acre OF Corr =
by Orwell Prior, age Ii:
/ selected an acre OF land extend
ing across an eighty-rod field which
was shortened by the railroad. Ylak.
ing ten rows an acre.
My acre lay across old clover
ground and stalk ground. scattered
seven loads of manure, mainly on
the stalk ground. Then I plowed and
narrowed 1t early in the spring and
planted it the tenth of May. Shortly
after, a rain crusted the ground
Just before the corn came up. | har-
rowed it lightly AS soon as It was
hi, enough 7 cultivated it and ksp-
the crust off and the ground mellow
until it was laid by after cultivating
six times. Just in the caring season,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19

Our tariff wall took care Of this
condition for several decades, but in
the process we killed our merchant
marines and shut ourselves out from
successful competition In the other
countries of the world, whose trade
we shall need more and more.
This is not intended as a TRADE
against labor unions" Mr.. Kellogg
said. but is simply to point out that
powerful as they are, they can do
great harm II they transgress the
basic laws Of economics-the laws
not made by men, but inherent in
men and their mental relations.
Will Test orr Common Sense.
The coming year is going to test
our common sense and poise as has
nothing in our national history since
the civil war;" said Mr.. Kellogg in
concluding his consideration Of the
crisis after the world war. 1t Is
time when men OF Judgment must
sit steady in the boat, and not only
refrain from rocking II thems elves.
but restrain others from doing 30.
In such a time, clear thinking is I'M
perative.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19

there came : dry spell which fired
the corr and cTt the yield consider
ably As soon as the corn was dry
enough. picked some seed occa-
sionaIly. II the fall / sold the corn
10 Mr.. Frank Walker for s1-25 per
bushei. It was weighed over his
scales and weighed thirty-seven bush
els and thirty pounds, which brought
me s4sS7 IN all ! saved a bushel
o. seed besides this. I gave half OF
the corn money for rent and put $40
in war savings stamps and depos-
tied the rest In the bank.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19
STANDARD OIL CO. Qt1w JERSRx3
- BrssAwsy. Ns~Ysrk

coming fast enough to suit her In the
normal course Of peace"
Every new theory of business, so
ciety or government must meet the
test OF the basic economic laws be
fore it is admitted to good standing
in our midst. 1t is our duty to our
country, as educated men. to chal
lenge every new theory and make II
show its passport"
Unions Saved the British.
The labor union came into exist
ence from the conflict of two eco
nomic laws, just as electricity is pro
duced from the combination OF two
natural forces said Mr.. kellogg
toward the end Of his address,
neither of which forces alone would
produce this result" They started in
England when restriction upon men
moving from place to place forced
the wage scale below the necessities
OF life, and self-preservation created
the labor union. THE creation of
the labor unions really saved the
British nation from exhaustion, the
physical condition OF the Iaboring
man was so bad in those days" he
said.
Il think It can fairly be stated
that at the present time the pendu-
lum has swung to the other extreme,
and we now have the spectacle OF
organized labor. by its force Of num-
bers and organization, forcing a de-
parture Hrom the natural law OF sup
ply and demand in the direction OF
forcing labor prices higher than that
law would put them" he added.
Must Conform to Economic Laws.
This makes the cost of living high
er for all: and it puts us at serious
disadvantage with countries where
the law of supply and demand oper-
ates witheqt restriction
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19
s,,s--a set FIre 20 victim.

United Press Leased Wire Servfce.1
DE.-vTR. Colo. Feb. 1e-Before
life was extinct, robbers set FIRE to an
Tn conscious ran they had cl15bed IN.
sensible and dragged 20 city dump.
City ezn5lCTes discovering the
francs 1ozed into the burning waste
Pile and 1ncoTered the corpse, burned
slnos4 20 . crisp. The police have
$50 fzr been unable TO establish the
victims identity and have no clue to
the rnur5erers eZceDe fheir footprints.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19
The Golden Rule Applies.

cit is because this is true that the
nractice of thrift is a national as
well as q personal virtue; and 1t is
because money is human labor that
it is a sin to waste it." Mr.. Kellogg
said
TIE Golden Rule is the real test OF
all doctrines of dividing all capital
among all citizens, he said, and no
body need give more than he would
have others give him.
Under the. American revolution
were principles of economic law, and
the principles of the bolsheviki are
not. Law as applied to the acts
OF a legislature Is different word
from law applied to natural pro-
cesses. The statute stating the pun
ishment of labor, can be changed.
The law that water runs down hill
cannot be changed. Economic laws
cannot be changed. although some
what harder to discover and less
generally understood than physical
laws.
MIgrations and Wars Economic.
THE whole history Of the world is
a story In economies" said Mr.. Kel-
logg. who then traced civilizations
beginning in the rich valleys Of Asia
and Africa, and the movements OF
the races into Europe, all based on
search for food. He .said America
was discovered by a search for a
short trade route to India, and was
populated first in a search for gold
ISThe economic basis of the great
war5 just closed is palpably clear.
Germany hoped to secure by force
economic advantages that were not
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19

Just as soon as you eat tablet or
Pape's Diapepsin all the dyspepsia,
indigestion and stomach distress
ends. These pleasant, harmless tab
let of Pape's Diapepsin always make
sick. upset stomachs feel fine at once
and they cest so little at drug stores