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Western Kansas News XIT Ranch Reunion On Dalhart Lean, raw-boned cow hands from all sections of the Southwest cattle country and representing range riders over a 80 year span gathered in Dalhar Thursday for this Panhandle town's show of chows. The XIT ranch reunion, one of the most colorfu! celebrations of its kind in the West, ia on. Festivities started Thursday night with memorial services in honor of the cattle country's pioneers but the big funfest gets under way Friday morning with the XIT parade which will be repeated Saturday. Rodeo performances, baseball games, dances and typical rangeland entertainment will be in progress through Saturday night. Launched on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the fabulous ranch by a couple of Chi- cage financiers the XIT reunions have attracted nationwide attention.

Former ranch hands, many of whom long since hung up spurs and saddles for the last time, return for the event from all sec tiona of the nation. XIT was born in 1886 when the state of Texas traded its hundreds of thousands of sprawling acres to a couple of Chicago financiers in payment for the OCp.OOO red granite capitol building at Austin which still is the Lone Star state's seat of government. Many fantastic stories since have developed from the great cattle Drive For 4-H Ranch fund To Be Revitalized This Fall Desertion Liberal Plans for revitalizing the Rock Springs 4-H ranch fund drive this fall will be discussed at two district gatherings here and at Garden City early next week. Leaders from the 4-county 18th district which comprises Meade, Morton, Seward and Stevens will rather in Liberal Monday night at a dinner meeting in the Warren lotel on call of Willard Mayberry, Elkhart publisher and district chairman. Herb J.

Barr of Leoti, co-chairman of the Rock Springs campaign, and Lester Weatherwax, iVichita, will speak. Camp development committees from various counties, 4-H leaders, extension agents and county chairmen will attend. Second such session will be at Garden City Tuesday night, Aug. 2. Sam F.

Gish, Garden City banker and chairman of the 10- county 19th district, will preside. Barr and Weatherwax will speak. The 19th district comprises Stanton, Grant, Haskell, Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Greeley, Wichita, Scott and Lane counties. Revitalizing of the $750,000 fund campaign for the state 4-H club camp is slated for late fall after having been dormant for several months. Mother Tells Of Fatal Fight Garden City (AP) Wilmer Lee tebcns, 20, was bound over to istrict court on a first degree lurder charge Thursday following his preliminary hearing r.e Judg? M.

C. Schrader. He is charged with the slaying of Walter Mooney, transient worker from Mayodan, N.C., in the Stevens park band shell here the night of June 24. County Atty. Dale Corley changed the charge from second degree to first explaining the empire that was to the transaction.

grow from degree murder invest! gation Boot Hill Gun Stolen Dodge City A ,45 calibre pis- te! which bore 10 notches on the butt and which has been on display at the Boot Hill museum here has been stolen and Caretaker Hull is perturbed. Hull said the single action Colt revolver, model of 1875, was tak- tne restroom," Mrs. Whitman "gave reason to believe that robbery was the main motive." Stebens plead "not guilty" to the charge. His mother, Mrs. Caroline Whitman of Garden City, testified during the hearing that her son told her he held Mooney's head under water in the band" shell toilet for 45 minutes.

"Wilmer said he was trying to crush his head, and that he bumped Mooney's head several times against the concrete floor en from the museum. History of the ancient sidearm told the court. After the killing, Stebens tore off is not clear, although it is pre-jhis clothes in the restroom and sumed the weapon belonged to one ran naked to his mother's home, of Dodge City's colorful frontiersmen and possibly was divested Simony. according to Mrs. Whitman's tes- off the body of cwie of the men who died with their boots on.

The museum custodian wonders The body of Mooney was found buried 18 miles northeast of here July 4. Stebens himself led officers if some descendant of the the shallow grave he said he owner returned and appropriated had dug. According to Sheriff the revolver as a family heirloom. A. A.

Dewey, Stebens said he had killed Moone yin a fight after the threatened to commit sodomy. Virtue Company Opens Store In Cuymon opening of the new W. W. Virtue store! in Guymon, jthe 23rd in the chair by the organization which a launched in Dodge City by W. Virtue, was held here Wednesda and Thursday.

The store is the third in Okla homa for the Ford county mer chandising pioneer. The othar are at Boise City and Ponca City V. E. Pickering, for three year assistant manager- for Virtue a Pratt, has been appointed manag er while Virgil Wolfe comes here as assistant manager from the company's store at Hays. Construction of the new store here has been in progress severa months.

The company was foundec at Dodge City in 1932 but presen headquarters are in Wichita. High Finance For Roads Summer road repairs usually toss enough work on the beleaguered county engineer but this year things have been especially tough. The result has been that Francis Rankin has been working late." "But I'm about caught up now," Rankin said. "Repairs are moving along and the budget is nearly ready." By the Budget, Rankin meant the maze of figures he is preparing the coming year. Out of them will come an estimate of what ie'11 need for Reno county's road next year.

He won't commit himself yet on the budget, but he does go far enough to admit "it'll be high finance." A different manner of handling state re-imbursements from the gasoline tax is going to make the road budget appear larger than normal. Lyons The high price of child desertion was brought Home forcibly Thursday to William R. Grenell Rice county district court. i It cost Grenell $900 to settle a $350 claim for unpaid child support when the case was heard before Judge Roy McMullen. He paid and was released.

Sheriff Clarence Patterson madej a trip to San Berndardlno, to get custody. When the case was heard in district court here Grenell expressed willingness to make although his parole had been revoked. It was not so easy. The court held that the defendant not only must pay the amount of delinquent support money due here but also ordered all costs of the sheriff's office must be met. The total bill was $900.

When payment was made into the court Jie original parole revocation was set aside and a new parole granted. Patterson said he was told Grenell immediately started back to California by plane. The HutchiiMon Friday. July 29, 1919 MYSTERY of Missouri Pacific train and car at Hendrlcks crossing, one-half mile west of Hutchinson, was a mystery Thursday. The wrecked car remained at the crossing all day.

City and county officers knew nothing: about the accident. The driver crawled out of the wreck apparently. unhurt. The car Is licensed to B. E.

Million, a carpenter. The train went on after the driver said he was not hurt. Long Separated Family To Be Reunited In Des Moines Shortly A chance meeting in i Moines, library followed by phone call is going to unite Hutchinson woman with two sisters and brother after a separation of 31 years. Mrs. Peder Dale, 106 East said Thursday she had received But he did have something pleasant to say.

The Yoder extension between the junction of the Yoder and Haven roads to the Andale road has been completed. Cook and Cone, Ottawa, did the grading and Bassett Construction Wichita, did the gravel work. Two bridges on the 7.2 miles stretch were built 3y the Anderson Construction Holton. But there's always a rub. Total cost of the road work was $59,539.47.

"Saturday," Rankin concluded, 'I'm leaving for Boulder, where I can get up above all this and look done on it." He won't be studying the Colorado roads either, He's going fish- ng for a week. Looking For Hi-Jackers for two men, posing as music box record salesmen who robbed Clyde Curran, Pratt, of $40 in cash and dumped him out of his 1946 model Ford three miles north of Greensburg late Wednesday night and surprise call from her sister, shifted! rances Cox a librarian in Des 'Moincs. Until Thursday she had been unable to trace any members of her family. The family separation occurred 31 years ago in St. Joseph when Mrs.

Dale's parents separated. Two of five children remained with their mother, two were adopted and Mrs. Dale was given to Mr. id Mrs. Earl Wyse, now of Pratt, raise.

With the Wyses she lived in Dodge City, Stafford, Hutchinson, Missouri and California. She grew up thinking the Wyse's were her real It was not until eight years ago that she escaped with his car shifted Thursday night to the Liberal area. Sheriff W. A. Woody of Seward county said the Curran car was recovered about 6 p.m.

Thursday on a side road near the Cimarron river about 14 miles north of Liberal. Curran told Sheriff LeRoy Peak of Pratt county that the men. en-j tertained him, finally ditched hi out of his own motor car north i Greensburg after relieving him i the money. Redwing Girl Hurt When Hit By Car Hoisington Delephine Polzin 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Joe Polzin of the Redwing community suffered a double fracture of the pelvis when she was hit by i motor car at a Main street Inter section here during a shower. Guy C. Nussbaum, Hoisington driver of the car, told officers he glanced out of his car to observe traffic and suddenly 'found the child directly in front of him. The girl, who was visiting at the home of her grandparents, the Matt Polzins here, was taken to Atkin hospital here for treatment. Man Seriously Hurt Near Garden City Garden City (AP) Harvey P.

Parrish of Neosho Falls, truck driver on the highway US83 resurfacing project south of the city, was seriously injured early Thursday morning when his truck overturned. Parrish is in a local hospital with a fractured skull. State Patrolman Gerald Murray said Parrish was thrown out of the truck cab when the vehicle overturned. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which fact Murray is at a loss to explain. Hurt In Fight Miller was injured seriously in a fight involving railroad construction workers on a Santa Fe extra gang here.

Miller reportedly was hurt when AojM of the workers kicked and mauled him. He was taken to a hospital in Pratt foe treatment! Former WAC Captain Out Of Prison Washington (AP) The federa parole board said it has grante parole to former WAC Capt. Katt leen Nash Durant, who was con victed in connection with the the of the million Hesse crow jewels in 1946. Mrs. Durant, now 45, was give a five-year term following her con viction by an army court martia and entered women's reformator at Alderson, West May 1947.

She became eligible for par ole after serving a third of he term. RIDING, ROPING Green, oil field contractor from Russell, gets the trophy from Fred Willard, left, rodeo chairman of the Sterling Old Settlers' picnic after being judged the best all-around cowboy in the 2-day event, winning first In both the calf roping and cutting hone rontetts. (Fisk Photo) Monty Basgall Back After Being Injured Pittsburgh (AP) Monty Bas Sail, second baseman for the Pitts burgh Pirates, was back in th lineup after being hit by a batte ball in a game with the New York Giants. The Bison, infielder wa struck on the jaw in the seventh inning by a ball off the bat Bill Rigney. The team's physician said Bas gall suffered no injury outside a temporary swelling and grog giness.

Ulysses Truck Driver Is Hurt Seriously Garden Roy Greiser, Ulys ses, was Injured seriously shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday in a crash 14 miles cast of Garden City when his ton truck went out of con trol and overturned. Investigating officers said no other vehicle was involved. Both of Greiser's ankles were fractured In addition he suffered neck and back injuries. He was brought to St.

Catherine's hospital here. Drive-In To Open Pratt The new Trail drive-in theater on US54 just east of Pratt will hold its formal' opening here Tuesday night, according to Sol Frank, Coldwater, and Charles Gregg, Caney, co-owners. BEAUTY SPOT-Thls beautiful Class snapshot won an honorable mention award In The News. Herald's amateur snapshot contest for Albert Powers, Ashland. Filth weekly News-Herald contest begins Friday morning.

Entries should be mailed to the Amateur Snapshot Contest Editor. Winners will be announced in The News-Herald Sunday. Desilearne'd otherwise. She tried then ajto seek out her brothers and sisters but was unable to. Her sister Frances and a brother, who died several years ago, remained with her mother until five years ago when she died.

The sister then took a job in Des Moines and recently met Mrs. Dale's foster aunt. She called a foster uncle, Ted Wyse, 512 North Plum, seeking the whereabouts of the Earl Wyses. The Hutchinson man told the sister that Mrs. Dale lived in Hutchinson with a family of four children.

"When she called, Mrs. Dale related, "I could hardly say anything. It was such a surprise." The Des Moines sister told Mrs. Dale that her brother Robert Smith now lives in St. Anthony and the other sister lives in Fort.

Des Moines. A family reunion" was promptly planned for Labor day in Des Moincs. Deaths Mrs. Sarah Froese Inman Mrs. Sarah Froese, Inman, died in the Bethesda hospital Goessel, at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday. She had been ill six months. Mrs. Froese was born in Russia Oct. 31, 1861.

She had lived in this vicinity 77 years, and was a member of the Mennonite church here. Survivors: a daughter, s. Henry H. Abrahams, Inman; six sons, J. Buhler, Henry, Hydro, Curt and John, both of Inman, Herman, Hutchinson, and Gus, Henderson, two sisters, Mrs.

Jacob Reimer, Goessel, and Mrs. Henry Ratzlaff, Newton; a brother, George Kliewer, Hillsboro; and six half-brothers. John W. Lanning John W. Lanning, 86, 1000 East Eighth, died at 11:25 p.

m. Wednesday at his home following a lingering illness. Mr. Lanning was born Mar. 7, 1883 in Cambridge, O.

He moved to Hutchinson in 1911 from Haven. He was retired. He was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren church and the Modern Woodmen lodge. He is survived by his widow, Orneta, of the home; four daugh- ers, Mrs. Ruth Mears, 906 North Plum, Mrs.

Alta King, of the home, Mrs. Mary Elliott, Wichita, and Mrs. Uleta Elliott, 329 East Third; six brothers, G. 817 East Vinth, Virgil, Haven, Henry, 701 East Fourth, George, Lawrence, ames, 611 East Seventh, and iarry, 2201 North Monroe; one ister, Mrs. Lola Chain, Haven; eight grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the First Evangelical Jnited Brethren church with lev. J. B. Morgan officiating.

Jurial will be in Eastside ceme- ery. Mrs. Clara Reece Clara Aman- 'a 80, former 'resident' of lie Groveland community "and more recently a resident of iutchinson, died Wednesday light in a Wichita hospital. A native of Wisconsin, Mrs. leece lived in the Groveland Daily Transcript Hospital Grace Jlmmle Dean Holzrichter, I 1 Burrton; Mrs.

Robert YuBt, Sylvia; El- vln Black, 70(1 East llth; Ed Grahcr, Arlington; Kenneth Kayl, 13, 327 Wont Seventh; Leslie Elmore, 14, 2-112 North Lorraine; Orfn Barton, 9 South Elm; Mrs. Lawrence T. Miller, 600 West Sherman; Mrs. Grant Neeley, RFD William J. Sllney, 1001 West Second.

SI. Elizabeth 1 Mrs. Walter Burnett, B2T West First; Mrs. Everett L. Tlpton, 213 Harvey; Chct Cowger, no address; Mrs.

Robert Freeman, 800 West Eighth; Mrs. David H. Richardson, 1821 West 13th; Mrs. Junior D. Burger, Nickerson; Sally Sargent, 4, 431 East llth.

survives. Funeral services will be held Saturday in Bentonville, Mo. Funerals Mrs. Jennie Teeter Funeral for Mrs. Jennie Teeter will be at 3:30 p.m.

Saturday in Johnson and Sons chapel with burial in Fairlawn cemetery. Rev. R.L. George will officiate. Mrs.

Mollie Qucrfeld Funeral for Mrs. Mollie Quer- feld will be. at 10 a.m. Saturday in Johnson and Sons chapel with burial in Burrton cemetery. Rev.

A. G. Cheney will officiate. ommunity before Hutchinson in 1929. moving to During the ast five years she had lived with daughter in Wichita.

Survivors include two daugh- ers, Mrs. Berniece Morris, Wich- ta, and Mrs. Ruth Boody, Washurn, a son, Lester, of Med- cine Lodge; a half-brother, Roy ell, Hutchinson; a sister, Mrs. lizabeth Weitzel, Moran; six randchildren and one great randchild. i Funeral service will be at 2 Friday in Daniels and Ball hapel here with Rev.

Lynn S. yon officiating. Burial will be McPherson cemetery. Larry G. Hudson Garden Gene Hudon, 14-month old son of Mr.

and Raymond Hudson, Garden ity, died Thursday a victim of irus encephalitis. The child had een ill for some time of the dis- ase which is known 19 be carried mosquitoes. The Hudsons moved here, re- ently from Lancaster, O. In ad- ition to the parents one brother Dodge City Has 11,068 Residents Dodge City The civic recount of population in Dodge City found 1,829 persons who had been overlooked by regular enumerators but the final certified total is a shade under last year. The chamber of commerce count which has been certified to the state board of agriculture showed 11,068 residents as compared to 11,350 last year when tlje Veterans of Foreign Wars made the count.

Regular enumerators earlier had found only 9,239 residents within the corporate limits of the city. Gadgets On New Motor Cars Confusing on newer model motor car can be confusing according to Fred Ramage of Little River. Ramage was cited by highway patrolmen for falmie to dim lights on his new motor car in the face of oncoming traffic. He admitted it but said trouble was' he couldn't find the dimmer switch. The old car, explained the Little River man, had the switch on the steering wheel.

It cost him $5 in county court. Yoder Oil Company Owner Sued For Tires Russell Showalter, owner of the Showalter Oil at Voder, was sued for $3,193.81 in district court Thursday by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. The company alleges it delivered Showalter a stock of tires and ubes for a period of several months beginning Oct. 30 and-that he Yoder man has refused to pay them. The News-herald A Consolidation of Trw Hntthlntn Ncwr and Herald Published flam and tiunday at Bocono Walnut Streets and entered Post In Rutcnlnsoii, Kansas, (or transmission through malls Second Mattsr.

Bf THE IIUTCHINHON HCRLISUIMO CO. John P. Harris, Editor MEMBER OF 1Kb JuMOUIA'l'ED FBEHb Associated entitled cluslvely to (or rtpubltcatlon ol looal printed ID this newspaper, well as all AP news dispatches. TBKMH or HUBSCHIHTION Hutchinson Territory (Includlnt Southwest Kansas) Slngl copy Do dally. 12o Sunday.

By carrier per week 25e- rural mall, one year. S8.00: six (JO; months. J3.00: month 11.25. (In oarner maintained, mau will accepted, (at reiular carrier ratei.) man, year, 113.00; monUu, S9.00: Births Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Burnett, 927 West First, July 27 nt St. Elizabeth's. Mr, and Mrs. David Richardson. 1821 West 13th, July 28 at St.

Elizabeth's. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Miller, 500 West Sherman, July 28 at Grace.

Marriage Licenses William R. Cornell, 19, Ellsworth, and' Charlene Collins, 18, Burrton; Benjamin Whltmere 24. Hutchinson, and Betty Troyer, 16, Haven. Farm Bureau Budget Okayed A Reno county Farm Bureau budget for 1950, $160 smaller than the 1949 budget, was approved Thursday by the county commissioners. The total budget for the year will be $31,900 of which $19,000 will be supplied by the county.

The 1949 budget was $32,060 with $17,400 coming from the county, The commissioners pointed out that excesses carried over from previous years lowered the 1949 budget. However, surpluses in budget were used up this year with the hiring of an assistant home demonstration agent and purchase of an additional Overall reduction of the 1950 judget was a result of the fact that the bureau will not need car the coming year. The new budget carries moderate salary creases for bureau personnel and slight increases in operating penses. The bureau expects to receive i.OOO from Kansas State college, $6,000 from bureau memberships i.nd in home demonstration member dues. At present the bureau has 1,355 members and 900 unit members, ncreases in both are expected tor he coming of the committee ending the hearing were Carlton Benjamin, president of the bureau, Irs.

C. E. Strandberg, secretary, H. Krehbiel and itt, board members. Charles reman, county agent, and Jean Martin, HDA, also attended.

Divorces Filed Margarle Balsmeier, 712 East Third, vs. William P. Balsmeier, extreme cruelty, plaintiff asks custody of child and restraining order to keep defendant 'rom premises of home. The Courts Action In the matter of application Gorman Kleth Perrlll, a minor, for rights ol majority, suit filed to permit Perrlll, 18. to hold, convey and dispose of pro- icrty In his own name iind other property nherlted from his father; Eitta Guthrfe vs.

George Guhrle, order Issued by court restraining Outhrle from coming on premises of 107 West 25th and making withdrawals from bank accounts In First National bank. Deeds Recorded Joe Close ct.al. to Daryl W. and Jo Ann Parrish. part of two lots on northeast corner Sixth and Severance.

W. R. and Julia E. McCoy to Clinton J. and Arlene M.

Krehblel, one lot and part of another on south side 15th between Madison and Jefferson. Edward J. and Elsie Ventsam to Minnie Burkncr, part of four lots in Haven. Railroad Building, Loan and Savlug Association to A. A.

and Nancy M. Rem ngton, two lots on east side Main be tween 10th and llth. Harvey E. and Florence U. Brunne to Roy V.

and Gertrude N. Rogers a tract on north side A between Sever ance and Reformatory. Sidney E. and Juanlta M. Hughes to John N.

Mark, one lot on south sldi Sixth, between Cochran and Pleasant. Robert D. and Arthclla Cornish to Dean and Dorothy E. Cornish, parts of Iwi ots on south side 14th between Adam and Jefferson. H.

L. Whitcslde to D. J. Perry, om ot on north side Second between White side and Lee. Sam and Betty Jane Edlgcr to Arthu Venzel and Lucille E.

Neuburger, ont ot on west side Random road between Circle drive and Parkway. New Bus Station Opens In Great Bend Great new bus station for Great Bend was opened day at Tenth and Main where the four state, and federal highway of the city intersect. The Continental system lished its deport at the cafe, owned by Wayne Pritchard, city councilman, and managed by R. E. Moore.

A graded, surfaced parking area has been provided south of station, eliminating in-street stops for loading of passengers. Pritchard said Continental assured him central line service soon will be given here with the city included on the company's Chicago to Albuquerque route. The bus line will hold open house Sunday, displaying one of its new coaches and treating visitors to coffee and doughnuts. leads Liberal Legion Liberal H. Hobble jr.

has been elected commander of the Lawrence M. Wimrner post of American Legion in Liberal. Othei lost officers named were Rober Wood and Clifford Freeman, vice- commanders; E. W. Slaymaker adjutant; Jean Pretr, finance of icer; Dean Riney, historian; I.

Vanbuskirk, chaplain, Dale Warden sergeant at-arms; anc 'rice Davies, trustee. CLEARANCE? NO! Even thoufh the prices are low. You can't afford to mlM at this low coat Triple Vac to $10 Beverage Chest $15 Picnic Chest $7.50 We have the equipment you needier this Hot Weather. Call us or see your Ice Man PURE ICE CO. 515 E.

2nd Phone 93 Says Man Threatened Her Goldie Drumgould, 212 West police Thursday afternoon hat she was threatened by Elmer Moore, 404 South Walnut, who irew a knife on her at A and Main. Moore, she said, was pushed away. Police later arrested Vtoore at his home and he was jooked and released on $15 bond 'or appearance in police court Triday. See Our Selection of Fall Suits and Coats Before You Buy! Use Our Layaway Plan 8 East 13 Open Wednesday Evening RIBSTONE SILO Double the feed value of your crop and preserve it In a palatable form by using sile Protect against the loss of feed and the inconvenience of list winter, It's time to be making arrangements for your Ribstone Silo VOW. If you want the best you will buy a RIB- STOVE.

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