The Belleville Telescope from Belleville, Kansas • Page 1

Paid I Weeklies A Consolidation of Twelve Republic County Newspapers 1 NINTH YEAR No. 28 BELLEVILLE, REPUBLIC COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1939 PRICE: 5 CENTS 40TH HERE LvNCbl De))artment Store 6e- irtai As "Racket Store'' on February 28, 1899. Merchant Celebrates Fortieth Anniversary "ftpRNED OUT IN 1904 Building Erected in 1905; Originally Had Own Gas Plant. Bworth 's depa I' ni 'JBcUeville's oldest, locally- retail establishment, begins celebration of 40 years business with a "Fortieth An- Sale." Preparations "wnidh have been going on during pagt months point toward the sale in the history of the wre and on6 of the biggest value iVfaJts ever in this of The Te'lescope. examination of Belleville jiness history reveals that the Hahdswoi 'th name first ap- 'fid in with a "Hkdket Store" which was opened tor, business on February 28, 1899.

The at that time was located the Concordia Creamei'y co 'pipany now Occupied One-Story Building store flourished and a few- years later moved to its present location, occupying a one-story building which boasted the lie Cash Store." A glove RECEIVE WINTER'S HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HERE MONDAY NIGHT Nine Inches of Snow Bring :82 Inch of Moisture at Month's End. DRIFTS HALT TRAFFIC General Snow Ovei: Kansas Believed a Great Boon to Wheat Prospects. Hollandsworth, above, A.A.A. FIXES RATES ON PARITY PAYMENTS Set Price Adjustment at Cents on Wheat and 6 Cents on Corn. Nine inches of snow Avhich fell in Belleville Monday afternoon and night contributed .82 inch of moisture, soaking the topsoil for spring crops in Republic county.

A heavy 'ind which accomijaiiied the storm swept the snow from some fields, but most acreage received a beneficial covering. The general' snow throughout 1 the wheat belt of Kansas and Oklahoma will prove a great booii to wheat. From eight to sixteen inches of snow fell Sunday and Monday in Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Te.xas. The fall was particularly heavy in eastern I Colorado, the Panhandle section of Texas and southwestern I which should prevent blowing of the soil until the spring rains. I Should Soak Topsoil Although some producers in Re; public county believe there are 11 I from eight to ten feet of subsoil moistui'c, since the first of the yeai' 'al inches of topsoil has hai 'mful to the Snow and Traffic Jam at Rock Congestion ruled the Rock Island -yards and depot here Tuesday as traffic upon the railroad line, was temporarily halted until snow plows opened holes in drifts from Monday's storm.

Passenger No. 224, scheduled to arrive from Denver at 2:25 a. was many hours late, and was held until 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, when it was consolidated with No. 226, which should have left at 11, and sent to Kansas City under a double header. The last train from Kansas City to get through the storm came at 2:35 a.

there was no service between that point and Belleville until 11 p. m. Tuesday evening, when a passenger a'rriyed. A snow plow cleared the' tracks to Pairbury early Tuesday morning. No.

scheduled to arrive from the west at 11:40 a. rammed her nose in a snow drift once too often, and was towed to Belleville at 4 that afternoon, suffering from a broken pilot, or "cowcatcher." All members of the three train crews on regular runs between here and Kansas City could have held a convention hei'e Tuesday, since all had to lay over here, leaving points east crewless. It was neces- for one crew to get through to Kansas City before' a westbound train could be brought out. DR. PARKER DIES Oplomelrlst Had Come to ville for Years.

Belle- been dry and hai'mful to wheat. During February, how- 1 Dr. W. F. Parker, died Thurs- iever, plentiful snow should iiaveiday at his home in Phillipsburg, Parity iiaymi 'Mts on wlieat under wet the to put! from complications ai'ising from installed Adjustment ad- the wheat througli the winter.

i Malta fever, which he had suf- tft that time, pushing the total; .11 cents per i Temperatui'es the past i t'ered for several years. Park- 'er of employes to more than ENGINEERS SURVEY FURREA LINES IN NCK POWER PROJECT Thomas Studio Shows New Face to Public Begin With 130 Miles South Republic and North Cloud Counties This Week. MIGHT HAVE 250 MILES Part of Washington County Project To Be Included in N. C. K.

Set-Up. DEPUTY ASSESSORS SET WHEAT VALUE AT 55, CORN AT 38 Deputies and County Cleric Draw Valuation Scale for the Year. MEETING HERE MONDAY 4 Machinery Will Be Assessed According to Schedule Set by State. years, I bushel normal production of the i week have been mild. The coldi'st er well known in Belleville, 3d''perfeons.

acreage allotment, and the i night of the week was Fiiday having for years made regular vThe New Year Edition of The I'aiity payment will be 0 i when the mercury droppetl to 14! visits here where he met his pa- Boneville Telescope, published De-I cencs per buidiel. These payment I Last Thuisday was the lieiits at the Riddlebarger Cilbriibciv 29, 1905, records the next have just been announced by warmest day, with thern.omcters period of the organization's liis- tbe AAA. recording 59 degrees, tory 88 follows: "But alas! A Payments will be made to farm-; woi'c cleai' for the ninsL stumbling block in tie path. Onwho plant wiihin their part over the week end, but Monthe morning of September 24, 1904, i at'reage allotments for these re-i day dawned dark and threatening the. building with its entire stock was completely destioyed by fire.

it was back, back, back to old quarters again." Present Structure Built followed and F. Johnson agreed to build the spective crops. Wheat growers will receive their i)rice fii'si, beginning early this spring. According to Ed Chopp, chairman of the county agricultural conservation committee, approxi- store. fre(iuent illnesses had kept him from filling appointments hei 'e several times within Ihe i)ast year.

Dr. Parker had ap- and began to fall heavily be- paii'Utly been well the first of the week, lien he attended a Democratic I 'aliy at Topeka. He is by his-widow, a daughter i aiifl son, a grandson, and several The house on the Blair Fai'ms in'brothers. Fuueral services were Lincoln township was destroyed Monday. completely by fire Saturday night.

Flames from unknow origin made CARS COLLIDE MONDAY before the blaze.i rcontlnued on page 6) 4. BLAIR BUR.NS One hundred and thirty miles of rural power lines in the south half of Republic and the north half of Cloud counties are being surveyed and mapped by the engineers this week, where roads are in passable condition. Indications are that an additional miles in Washington county will be ready by the end of the week for inclusion in the project. Members of the local rural electrification association are lioping that 70 or 80 additional miles of line, mostly in Republic county, can be made ready for survey when the engineers can get to them. R.

.1. Paulette of Topeka, engineer in charge of the project, spent several hours Saturday night with the local group going over the maps in an effort to tie into one system the various areas where the density of applications is the greatest. He expressed the opinion that while the surveyor was at work, routes which he included in his sketches could be brought to condition which would be approved in Washington. Add Washington County Link The additional 30 miles in Washington county was planned originally as part of the Clay-Washington project, l)ut cannot be reached from Clay Center and is being Jack Tofhort, District (iovcr- The attractive doorway, of the Thomas Studio, shown above, was designed by and Mrs. C.

C. Thomas. The interior shows the corner window, which affords an effective display space. The iron grill work al; the entrance was designed and executed by Mrs. Thoir.as' father, Frank Ferguson.

At a ireeting of deputy assessors of the county and the board of commissioners Monday with Charles H. Strnad, county clerk, a uniform schedule of valuations for personal property was adopted. At I the saiv.e time the assessors re- I ceived instructions and supplies for their work which began yes- 1 terday (Wednesday). All 20 towii- ship trustees and five additional appointees who will canvass Belleville and Munden were present. Wheat will be assessed at 5.5 cents per bushel under the schedule ai'ranged; oats at 21 cents; barley at 3U cents; corn, white and mixed al 35, iand yellow at cents; and alfalfa seed cents per pound.

Alfalfa hay or clover is listed at $5 per ton, lU 'airie hay at $2.50, and ensilage at if2. Values Lower on Farm Stocks LIONS GATHER FOR CHARTER BANQUET ,1 inately farms in this county Bsent structure which was- ces-; parity pay-, "The building, will.bc aeatcd mont payments, producers who' was discovered and attempts to in belleville Montlay noon, with hot water, lighted cooperate in the 1939 agricultural I 'lve the structure were driven by Harry Ferguson i conservation program and plant i Occupant.s hy. its own gas plant." A few the. house were: Frank Knedlik collided at cars and the transferred to the North Central Kansas jiroject in the hojie that it can be joined with this system. The last 70 or 80 miles of iiiio in Republic county lacks little of being ready for the surveyor.

A ten-day extension is being requested from the VLEA i)artly to enable certain routes, wliich were to be included in the to bring their density up to passable coiKlition, and partly to allow time for ijie final link to come in on the original set-up: nor, (Juest Speaker Last Wednesday Night. Lions -Jack from Might If 20 now Have 250-Mile Line subscribers could of the Belleville 'club and their ladies heari Torbert, flistrict governor, Kansas City, as guest speaker at the aimiial cliarler haiuiuei which was held lasc Vv'ediicsday nighi; in the baseineni: of the Chriocian cluirch. Tables were tlecorated 'n keeping with tlie Washington's i birthday motif, be Mr. Torbert spoke extemporaiie- itepnths later the stock of goods allotments will iBelleville at the time the lire corner of 20th and streets. Both added on the line along this ously, holding the aLiention of the Vjas.moved to the present two-! agricultura siPiy building, and a sign was in- payment, which a stalled above the windows to label bushel on ral conservation -started, imounts to 17 cv wheat and 15 i Cash Store Merchantile per bushel on corn in Repub-! company.

i lie county. i -A number of years afterward, a Changes in Local Committee new partnership was organized Following the resignation of 1 and the business went under the x. Beck, ciiairman of the! name of Austin-Hollandsworth the' Mel-cantile company. Not until Curios ty and ambition to marked 1931 was that relation tL I vide readers with the type of news Local new Since the latter date 'che hps continued undei of W. A.

Holland i cars were considerably damaged. Readers Like Front Page Best, Says The Telescope's Survey Corn Loans Till March 31st. or additional guarantees of revenue can be secured from those who expect to become heavy users of current, there is little question that a 250-mile project can be submitted to W'ashington at one time, according to Glenn B. Snapp, chairman of the local association. grou)) as he outlined the expansion of Lions International dur ng the past year.

He spoke favorably of the work of the local club during that jieriod, and reported that district 17A, of which Belleville is a member, stood high on the national rolls. Pleasureful tomfoolery occupied alternate, is the member of the committee advanced to fill the vacancy. Frank altLirliate ing mation for whose circulation -mail nVio Such a project would get prompt, V. foUowpd by the Rural Electri- most of the evening, Guy E. Ward onlv an otSna I administration, since proj- 1 and Maurice Fitzgerald as lion heavy vote going to with smaller mileage column.

next bracket i FORMAL OPENING OF Remodeling Gcmplete, tors to View Modernized Thomas Gallery. A general lowering in the scheduled valuations of farm stocks is evident through the above list, wheat' being lowered from 8 to 55 cents per bushel, while coi'ii is to be assessed at 35 and 38 cents lis compared with 53 cents per bushel last year. to the decision of the STUDIO TOMORROW depending uptm the age ot the animal; ponies, cripples and plugs, and stallions will be taken at the I judgment of the assessor. Mules range from $40 to ijiUO and up. 1 Seven cents a pound was set as the valuation for full or half fed I young cattle, while steers from 2 to 3 years half or full fed wore set i at 8 cents.

Over three-year-old 1 will be assessed at 7 cents. "a Tomorrow and Saturday public will be privileged to inside and outside of the modernized home of the Thmuafs shown to the pound. Registered animals Thomas $2fl to S30 all opening. until 5 o'clock each day. higher in each class by Hogs will be listed at 7 cents studio since work" of began early in October popularity are have' tamer and tail twister jiroviding.

operate i merriment durins the dinner hour, tures, and inlaid linqjeum in the 1 Later under the direction of Eu- hlues and orange givejr. a striking floor pattern. Neon lights outline a weekly newspaper! departments as It Happened QP CANVASS toastmaster and will h.ivp per dozen, turkeys at $12, 4. ducks at $3, and geese at S6. a surprise'in store tor them, lor an entirely different arrangement 1 Machinery on State Schedule of room space has completely A uniform schedule compiled by transformed its appearance, the the state will be used for farm im- modern spirit of the exterior be- ploments, conveyances and farm ing carried inside in colorful dec- equipment which will be valued at orativc effects.

ithe asses 's judgment. The as- Remoileling included teai'ing out sessors pointed out that all prices partitions, removing one room and are in line with the prices used in adding another, to create a small- the adjoining counties of Cloud, er reception room and greatly en- Jewell and Washington, and also larged studio. Plank celotex in the counties adjoining these panels form an attractive wall counties. covering and this year. County Agent the H.

J. Adams has asked the assessors to keep track of acreage in is entirely byiin Kansas, Off 'n' On the Squai classified, editmdal, In Japans on corn in Reimbhe township committee, has I until been advanced to fill the vacancy Approximately 1,000 postal-card Days, community questionnaires were distributed to advertising, and sub.scribers selected at random i only feature in the paper which negative votes story. ds mailed, only ported that they news, pictures. The Committee Plans to Push List of Signers Upward with Drive This Weekend. the club, those present I the ceiling of the studio proper, as Mrs.

E.f'^^''^ modernistic, display presidem, joined in group singing 0. Adee gave a toast "To the window at the Signing of applications for 1939 ead only five indicate absolutely in- 1 ships is right up to schedule with -ue i whether he read only five indicate absolutely no in- ships is right up igible for loans. IU M- the 1938: jrHpnMlR a page, subject, 1 terest 111 'the display advertising, hist year, according qdrn lean program, was Itoaned on 108,722 bushels. JURY RECESSED TILL TODAY to Benton occasionally or In both cases, the tabulation shows Bachelor, membership chairman, never. No signatures were asked, that a three-to-one majority read He reported well over 100 paid and M-u-hinorv Ad- 1 Senei'al rather than those sections regularly as.

com-j yesterday and pointed out that uslment individual habits of readers; pared with those who read the have yet to be canvassed by eil 1.1 Ciowdr i sections oc- the committee, i Likes and dislikes among In mapping out the annual cam- he ladies were welcomed on behalf of the Lions by Luman Miller. A feature of the entertainment was music by a quartet wdiich Dr. E. V. Kalin, Guy E.

Ward, Maurice Fitzgerald and Luman Miiler. Combination nnstrnmental i- of old favorites closed when the group joined in the final song. Case of i'arker vs. Baker Draw Out with Many Delays. Action for damages brought by In.sect coiiirol and faim machiii-' Fred Parker, farmer living at Re- wy adjustment are the subjects bublic, against Ed Baker, et al of; to be discussed at a series of nieet- i'Concordia following an automobile ings 10 be held during the next ipcident.oo December 2 was de-.

week by the farm bureau. County Tayed Tuesday by drifted snow Agent H. Adams announces. -kopt. several.

jurors.from.the! G. Kelly, in.sect specialist on the same-card-, indieat-i-' ers were evident w'hen tabulation of answers began. Exact opposites in interests j'evealed themselves in different sections of this newspaper's territory, a in some cases both husband and wife in the household marked their an- Modern Apartment Also Plans also include a modern throe-room apartment, with bath, at the back of the studio. New the county infested with bindweed. Further steps will be taken this spriuF toward its eradication on the basis-of (Continued on page 6) Forum Set for NeM Monday Postponed because of inclement weather Monday night, the fifth community forum on the subject "Recent-Development- in-Our-Foi- public Counties Here Thur.sday.

ipping out the annual cam-1 Forty-five members of the Cloud miMits nrintoH nn'thp ballots were-iH city was divided into and Republic county bankers' as zones which are being visit-j gathered in Bellevilh POSTPONED HUNT SUNDAY A wolf hunt sponsored by the eign Policies" will be held at 7:30 I Republic American Legion is i Monday, March 6, according to an I scheduled for the second time Sun- announcement from Madison BANK ASSOCIATION MEETS i day, March 5, the heavy snow; Coombs, chairman of the public having broken up the ori- library board. 45 Members from Cloud and Re-i ginallines. As before, the corners Facts relating to the Rome-Ber-. Among the subjects or depart- LMits printed on the balli front page, local news, social news, i will start at 1 o'clock, while the side linos are set to move at 1:30. Extending the Nebraska If 1 court Yesterday morning, at the request of the defendant's attorney, the jury went to the scene of the accident two miles ca of Republic.

Deliberations didn't begin yesterday until 4:50 o'clock and the' from Kansas Staie college, will discuss control measures for farm Insects including garden pests and I ing the variation culiir tastes. in theii' parti- (Bu Thi Teljscopt's Haddam A general reckoning of the I'c-! i Johnnie Green received a gash grasshoppers at meetings to be suits on a contest basis among the I PW iield Thursday, Friday and Satur-j different departments of The Tele-! classified page dis-, (lay throughout the country On Thursday an afternoon jury was recessed until 9 o'clock sion will be held at 2 o'clock at the thib morning. Twenty-three wit- Republic city hall, and at. 7:30 p. ncsses have been called in to date m.

at Libertv Center school. Fri- for testimony. The case involves day's sessions will be at 2 'clock a sdit for $500 personal injury at Highland church and at 7:30 at and damages to hor ses, harness Wayne school. The Saturday meet-1 and' wagon, which the plaintiff ing will be at 2 o'clock at the 'claims resulted from a collision in-! Chamber of Commei head which required several i oiiieiem, 1)1 ine leie-' when his car struck a I scope places the front page at the I advertising, faim bmeau clod on the road near the notes. ingiis farm and overturned.

The machine was badly damaged. ses- top of the list, since not a single card was received with the space I (Continued on, page 6) talks were given by Mrs. Mary 1 '7, Lacey and Miss Opal Doris Childs i of Belleville, and Miss Wilma rp Spratlin and Miss Gleason of Con- -nOpe lO JliXirdCl cordia. It pays to use The Telescope's advertising First and Present Buildings Show Local Store's History lin-Tokyo axis will be included in the talk by Mrs. George Menden, hall, while the place of the Phil- line to a boundary 5 miles north of ippines in our present-day foreign US3G and east from the river to 3 i i-elations will be discussed by the Rev.

F. H. Dawson, formerly a I resident of the islands. Events of historical importaiuo are taking place daily in foreign affairs and- Miss Fannie Dilsaver, director of the forum, will give a brief summary of world news before the panel discussion is begun. The usual open debate from the audience will follow the talks by two scheduled speakers.

STATE H. S. HEAD HERE yce rooms in defendants Belleville. Dr. Kelly is well known to many I farmers in Kansas through his radio broadcasts and many years Don Mobr Taken to Topeka extensiim service Thi.s series terday on State Charge.

is expected to be very bcneJicial to all gardners. and Pon Mohr was arraigned at i fanners. volVing him and the early last December, SECRET SER VVE STEl'S IN perjor Monday on a state warrant and brought to Belleville by Sher- Moore, Secret service men assumed custody yes- (Wednesday) and took John Ferguson, farm mechanics specialist from Kansas State, will hold an all-day meeting Tuesday, March 7, for a discussion of cave i and adjustment of farm machin- Mohr to Topeka where he will ei-y. The meeting open at 10 Tap5 of passing counter-1 o'clock at the county shops north folt nioney, Mohr's arrest followed discovery counterfeit $5 bill which he passed last week at the filling stjition west of Republic operated by Hejnry Wadby, He had made a attempt at a Superior istoi'e previously, but the bill's- and demanded another at time, Mohr produced the Uterfisits ibjr cuttjngr the'- figure the corner $5 bill and jjfjit to A $31. bill which he folded 'paBBed it in of Belleville where a tion on adjusting plows will be given, -The afternoon-meeting -will he held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms.

The farm bureau believes this meeting timely, with the large increase of. money invested in farm machinery since the j'a 'aiia- combines', CHICKEN THEFT CHARGE Preliminary hearing has been set for Saturday for, Lawrence Liang of Cuba, who was arrested February 28.on charpea of steal- .1 "28 Gold at Republic The gold excitement of less than two years ago has been revived in Republic with the arrival of a I machine claimed by the inventors to extract gold in paying quantities. The machine, a mechanical giant, vyas invented by Donald Daye, inventor and operator. Its capacity handling of sand is 800 tons daily. Immediately on its arrival it was pulled into the Aaron Price fai-m near Republic where it is atcracting much attention.

As on former occasions, free gold is to bo found in the sands of that section. Values at laboratories show a run of from $1.50 to $7.50 a ton. Heretofore much ex- )cnso and time has been put forth an endeavor to. extract the precious metal from the sand, but lormer efiorts proved luttle, were given up for the time being and the promoters left for other parts, Investigations on the grounds (at since, by Daye, an-experienced mining' man who has spent years in the placei-gold fields of California and convinced him there was real value in the i )9Ublic plans a machine to extract the pre from the sand." After much Te ijito mastered the And: he taken 12 cents worth, Callahan Speaks Highly of Local High School Set-up. Callahan, state high school superintendent from Topeka, spent Thursday and Friday in Republic county visiting the high schools according to the state law which requires official examination every two Mr, Callahan spoke highly of Belleville's school foilowing his call there Thursday.

He commented on the splendid building and equipment as well as the, capability of members of the staff, I'emarking that the set-up is worthy of a city much larger than Belleville, He said that all of the high schools in the county which he had visited were well above standard. POSTPONE NORLUND SALE The public-auction plannedi-bj Mrs, 0, P. Norlund and Tuesday has been postponed bb-, cause of inclement weather until nfra next Tuesday, March 7. Beginning 'JM ai-1 o'clock, the sale will bo held fSt '-tfie-Norlund- farm- -1 mile north, miles of Wayne, Along list of.ima?vi chinery: is included in horses and cattle. JEhane 88.fpr any hind, of.