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Greatest Paid Circulation Kansas Weeklies THE ft I 3 SIXTY NINTH YEAR No. 46 HEAT OPPRESSIVE IN SPITE OF RAIN HERE JULV FOURTH Mercury Climbs (o 08 Tiics-1 day Downpour of Ai Inch. Ccurtland School Approaches Completion OL DISTRICT HO 104 DEfiRKKS YKSTKRDAY' 'High for Year Recorded Mere First Above 100 Mark. Yosl i.iiw tlu' imnx-iiry clinih I 'I I'll iilidvc I 111' conlury iiiiirk for Ihi' tiiiu- ihis in Hcllcvillc, Wcuilu'r cini- liiuH'd to ciirii iiliicc iis cliiof 1opii' (il' cdiivcrsal inn tliu past us fi n'liirinjr on ni)) ciii'lh nuiilc Imniidil I'iKurc's liiKli. I iiVouRhoui.

tlio hjivc lic'ii ni'iMliy ciciir dur- liig llic ddviin-iit linni's cxcopl, wlicn thrcali'ninK clouds broiiKlit i ol' nioisUiro, Rjiin, I 'lir lin' I''()unh, of liy ilic wcnlluT Mi'rivi-d liaii'ly in linic Tni 'sday loj hall a I 'limbiiiK nio'cvn 'y wiiicii had i pi 'niiuHi'd lo ri 'acli Mic ccMtdry i mark ('nr ilic lime this sea-; son. A lii'ii'l' relief fi'om Ihe heal; an ai'liM'niiDn showor uliicli was I 'ldliiwed iiy a downpour bctw'ecn and seven o'ciofk tolalliii); iiieli of moist are. Vesieiday rlear willi plenlj' of heal in llie air. Cieai' skies Ihioutchnut I he day added Ut llie diseonifoi 'l altliouKli I here was a iireev I'rnin lla- smdliwest. iliirh veadiim for liie year eslali- lished in ijie artcraooa 'al lOl decrees.

Heal I'l-am I'rcsMirc Area The slate weatiu'r Inireau yesterday pr(uni lilije relief fi'iini dniinj: llie nexl few (iu area wliicli till' rain Tuesday is lireelly luirtli of Kansa- hriny lii leiiipera- liol 'liil herl winds. aK'o iliis week saw the soar lo llie l(Ml-den'ree rly evel -y da.V. Some re- K'aiiied I'roni tiie know- iwo and three years readinu's 1 (15 4. for the week irovernnieiit A Consolidation of Twelve Republic County Newsp THURSDAY, JUI.Y 6, 1939 PAGES In 2 Sections LITTLE EXCITEMENT ON FOURTH OF JULY IN REPUBLIC coin Belleville QuielJ lixccpt for Occasional Firecrackers Throughout Day. ANNIVERSARY Scandia Celebrates with IMc- nic, Rand Concert and Display of Fireworks.

ni'W stdiooi bulldiML; for Rural ITiu 'Ii Sehnol Dist.rict I'aiially al, Coui-Jlaiid, The hnildin-r enlirely modern in every respeel, and plans inelude llie lat.esV itienl. IniiH. afidrr a I'WA e-nl orick and reinl(ireetl eoMerele and eoiilains 'ei will eonlalii ciuirl. dressiiiK' No. 2 is al)f)ve, is in ecpiip- i.s of i rooms.

An audil.oriiim well iis a wilh i the hea. days. A )irodlieed lintreriun' --and tures and A year liiereiiry mark lief ran lodfc thai (lierinonieter Ic in on The weallier record I'ecnrded on the isti'unieiits in WARD HEADS LIONS CLUB FOR 1939-40 i Presidcnl (iroup Friday at l.ast Before Summer Recess. BOARD FILLS TWO SCHOOL VACANCIES lleni ij 7n (is (iV in (iH 'ID Prcc. Cliiir.

of Day ClPHr T. CJoiicly. .01 fli'io' Clriir 'riatn flicli Junn (I! I Jiaio HI I Jiilv --1 Kii. 'a nr. jol" Jiilv ini AfJHicK.Mi 'i Willi Aurei'iiienl.

has hceti ccachcd be- Uvceii the city of Seneca and the Rural Kleci ril'icai ion adniiiiisi tiiMi for the ciiy to sell electric current (o (lie Coiinly rie which has planned miles of farm eli'isiic lines in the I wo count ies, ATTKNH.S Rev, V. 11, ilnwson of Belleville is oiir of 71 ministers who aiiended the four- day seiiiinar al I he of Km- piu'ia hist The purpose id' t.lie nieelin.t;' was lo offer fellowship in thoiijrhl tuid prayer anil rtiidy under the direciion of four chuicli HOLDS COURT LAST WEEK K. Ward was elected presi- ilie IJelleville Liolis clilh for the cluh al the filial of Die service club before its annual summer re- Ward succeeds (iene as head of llie uroup. lioh was clecl.ed vice-presideiii Albert elnr second vice Dr. K.

V. Kalin was Ihe uul II. continue as troas- ur (U'. i Coonibs will airain be tail twister and Maurice aVd'was retained as lion- tamer for Ihe comintr year. (i.

II. Hramwell and Thorn were ri '-elected directors two-year terms, l.asi Vriday's pron'ram included two vocal solos by Olara I'il- liiiKsle.V, who was iit the jiiaiio by Mar.iorie Moree. Conlracis Offered (o Now In-! struclors for I'Mrst, J'ifUi- Si.xlh Ihe troid jmst several years, the birUirtay anniversary of American independence slipped by in Bpllt'ville with explosions of fireworks more infrcfiueiit, than ever. I for l.he mo.st, part were limited lo family uatherinsrs e.x- cepi, al, who'e an all-day Viiciiic closed with band concerts community fireworks in the eveninu'. Tue.srI.'iy saw Ihe jsli'eels of rSelleville virtually de' sorted and only flag's at Ihe curb in he business (list rici, were re- ndnders of he cchhriit.ioii of the completion of the Declaration 1 of fndepeiidence.

iWany (leopk; took of Ihe holida.v for trips to luuK-hborinf: towns, but such jotu'iieys were mil as exleii- sive (his year as last when the Voiirtli came on Mondtiy, providing! a double that usually l''ourili of celebrations was a minor fad or duriiif? the tiity. Marly-iiiorniinr bombs caused little excilenu-nt aii'l scattering hursts of fireworks were heard infrequenily as the day wore on. Sonio riri ut Nijihl 'J'Jie onl.v fireworks dtiy nin'lil Betleville Youngsters ''Stake Claims" in World's Corners Perhaps you were unaware of it in hiRh schools. "If students until now, but ul; least 50 Belle- would learn to read biogi'aph- vine are working gold claims i they deal with real people," the li- slaked nut in every corner of the brariaii world, from the Gobi de.sert in i Reader.s are instructed to watch iMongolia to Spitsbergen in the' for the in the hooks Mrs. most to i.poi'ts arc'woi'lh a as well as long strings of I'ound gold dollar which is found within golden dollars.

a (I'easure cov- Every day is "Dollar Day" for oied with slicker.s from many foi'- the young readers who plan their eign ports. The young fnrttine adventures into books according hunter then ehoiwe.s, the ingenious plan of Mrs. Jack says (. eenland sea, receiving a rich re-, they read, and then report to liom the Belleville jiubhc library, I them. Two reports arc wo.

to froinsja large Jack i map upon the wall, the Kpot where Holiday, librarian, who says that I he will slake his claim, a string i.s there are, in I'ound numbers, 60 i attached to the at that point, ranging from the second and l.he gold (lollar slipped onto gi'ade ages through junini' high I the sti'ing. school, enrolled in her Vacation I No part of the world seems to Heading club. The children are havi' an edge on popularity, but allowed to tjvkc of their own i the United to only choice from a list of approV i two readers, one choosing the reafling both fiction and-Great Lakes region and the other non-fiction, aivd lagging summer Florida. All tithei's hiive gone far reading appetites are whetted by froni home lo do their digging, the contest angle of the gold'choosing India, dollar plan, a being offered i Madiigascar, and many at the end of the summer. Prizes other places.

One reader, Dick in previous years have usually Black, used bis reading to good been subscriptions to iiopular; advanluge, and after carefully magazines. Kniphasis is placed coniputiiig latiturle and lonuitu'le, upon the non-fiction anil hiograph-i degrees and minutes, is digging ical type books on the approved exactly in Ihe sanu' spot off the list for the older groups, "in an ef- fAustralian cojist where the hero fort to get away from the "Lhatcjof his book went in seairh biographies" attitude now jiopular I suida-n galleon. PRICE: 5 CENTS Veteran Rock Island Officer Retires July 1 of PREPARE REA LINES FOR FINAL APPROVAL Drivers "Line Up" for New Licenses Total drivers' licenses issued froiii I K- office of county A treasurer should I'eacdi bv hnfiineers Are Now at Work' this week end, according to c. p. Plotner, Ile))ublic county sentalive of the vehicle' on Both and Projects for Cooperative.

Bldfevilie ciiiir i will coiitinu Tw of till the faculi.y of I education at night. Tlu that in the the iiiKh iliree in Ihe Helleville school filled by Ihe board of a Mniiday remainiii); position is Cnulisb depart iiieiii of chool, left vacani by the nm-ht in P.ellevljle were -i individual affairs. A few' agent I iieiuhborboods with a number electrification joiiieil in more aiiibil ious the Principally, however. of Meredith reS 1,1,1 welly. The scliool lioard has olfered aj contract to Mrs.

J.illiaii V. Jones i McKee of Emporia to ti'ach in the i first Krade during the F5 project of Ihe association in i on. distiicl to be suhniitled lo Wash- was a matter of the family gath-; July IS for ai)proval. This supplemental lu-uject includes IK miles of line south of ('ourtland, approximately 42 miles southwest of Concorflia in ('loud C'ounty and roughly 21 miles north of and Diamond Ceii- repre- depart- meiit, for cliiiffeiirs should total lad by that date, he said. have been coming in at the r.ate of approximately I(10 each day.

ArbuthiHi imblic county all day making artangemenls veiiresentat ives of the partmetit in every town J. Leahy of fHiicago, above, lia.ssenger traffic manager of tlu! liock Island lanes, retired I after 52 years e(mtimious service. One of the naiion's best known 1' a i 1 II passenger managers, l.eahy spent his entire business career with the Rock Island. WHEAT TESTS HIGH AS 1939 HARVEST APPROACHES CLOSE Wide Variety of Yields Reported from Scattered Sections of This County. PER CEN'l' Activity at Elevators Slacks Up After Feverish Rush of Fast Two Weeks.

REPORTS REDUCTION IN GRANTS BY FSA An esiinialeil 8 (i )ier ceiil: of the wheal crop )iad been harvested in llepulilic county yester- da.v, according lo II, Adams, county Dry wealher over the week end and until Tuesday afternoon opportunity for niany to finish their Combining. Aci.iviiy at irrain over the county has lieeii ai. a high i pitidi throiighniit the wei'k with purchases ranging from 10,000 to Cotiniy-wide ports iiiflicale an averaue yield of al- a differential is evident I liroiiirhoiil the area I year. Most ixive in llie upper average Stale Director (Jives Ke(te Own Condition. I 'cports" of the 'I'eleseope i I'otlowine: are more I from I ered sect ions Credit coiiiily from to Clients for i of tlic wheal yicUh re- ilioned in the vicinit.v of Republic I is that of W.

McC'lure. lie had 01 the hardhn Kansas; farm fanulies who received bnshcds per geiicy grants through the i.o Seciiriiy adminisi ration in l''cbrti-' of Lebaii- was in IJe- yesterday for I OI'M I yehieh. drill this ls that a lO-acre lie which acre, while anoihei' nearby made bushels. Tom Sid Dagger veporled one field averaging 'M Inishels. (I.

ii. NnllerV wheat miide aboul 20 biishi'ls, following a hail that 12 per cent. I I a damage of will who IN SIXTH CONCHUT TONKJHT o. whose Miss (Jeiz Municipal JJand ('ourllKiiise I A varied list of been for home is has had in till' succeeds cert bam of Ihe Will Plav ark at numbers Ihe sixth llevi hy as con- its iVIunicipal director Sallie Belle Holmes meiil for and Action Against l-'iank Hplichal. rdiisic will begin at from the bandstand in the courthouse park.

Well-known selections on Ihis eek's program are the marches "National Kmidem" hy Bagley and b.v Zimmerman, and the popular number "Over Then is in a inedle.v will be plaved in the second the concert. The final sel- 1 series ol which will binavion will be taught fChristine V. ill Kmporia. several years experieiic( schools at, lilooin. Miss (lelle Newbiirii, who wav iiistrvictor in the fifth and sixth gr.adi'S in Belleville during the past year.

Among other inisiness taken up al the school board made jilaiis for an aiidil of the books, accm'ding lo Dr. C. A. Crahb, president. csp IIK rring in the front yard, with par- eiil.s iva) I Oii while children touched off the displays.

i ourtland, approxim.ately 42 miles tion. The slaiutory In ceids AlilKKigh tlu- Iheriiiomeler in-' south west of Concordia" in ('loud operator 's license and for iliealed lemperalurcs in the nine- Cmmty and roughly 21 miles north chauffeur's license is the loinl ties, high humidity made of and Diamond Oen -icost. The additional offices are pre on the and in Washington county. establisheil as a matter of resideiils soii shelter from fhei jj Adams county agent i conveuietice to residents in scat- blazing rays. A year ago the out yesterday that jiS fore(l sections of the county They MKMciicy reached iOO degrees there is aiiv communitv in year.

Mrs. McKeu lias'l 'iad a area where" would-be REA users three weeks, according to Arbuth- iier uf vears" t.eaching experience 1 "rf are interested in the i in the at Burrton, Hutch-. i''' i pro.ieet. they should notify the .1 dea hue (or ohta.nuig the in She.i X'onthining and I hrc'sliing, hureau office. A density of u'ld ehau leiir.s licensi's I Succeed I ei i u-tder way on many farnis that Ttwo signers'tlPa nfile is'-amonK vnvJ 11 resigned her Belleville 1 I be h.

as usual, arriving I he for inclusion. Arhnlhnot ale How- In ing Ihi ough tion to accept aiuUlier at Winfield.lat one of the busiest seasons of Adams indicated that a or third public is urged apply The fifth sixth com-('he i (he fjirmer Wheat yields vicinity been verv irreu-ular, som'e ((I HA.S WP.A MHKARV PROJIX W'PA library servict project wouldn't be ''i -'uly as possible, up for some lime. I Miss Margaret Hill and i Itaymond H. Reed, en- Skeels are the two assis- in is pushing work on the A "'11" "iv handling the (deri-' lepair ot i project, working out the work of licenses III ar.v, only a lillle more I ban one out of liiree or remained on the list, in This information came yesterday to Thomas II, Brown, l''SA ion supervisor of Republic county, from; (leorge McCarty, state direelur at Tojieka. Keiluciion in Republic comily's grjiiit, rolls for Ihe same period approxi- mately 71 per cent or from lo Mcf'arty, in his statement to the various said, "I'redil for this splendid re- i dnction in need for direct rural; fP" r.rr overcome as soon as possible the conditions that made relief grants Thev cooperated with the tests have been 00 for most of it.

own ef- 1 hp I 'I'i 'vi f'nrr.) lo keep liviek of what': Dlsaiipoiminjir very fields yieldinn frmn 20 to lestinir rill and fiO, while oth.ers produce a low test and average pm- acre where the wheal IS shriveled and of Mualily. poor in instances, the be better than they spent and earned." Kxpeel Reduedoii to C'ondnue to McCartv, I la duetion can tinue be have been reported in the 'liion re- I luiod. Krank ol' wheat, whi )or- bad a field made bushels per acre, while Del Howeii reports an average acreage. of 15 bushels on his (Jets Costs City. .1 adg- iii half (d' eel ion before the "Star Banner" will be Irving Berlin's "(lod Bless America," which has gained a large following the American people recently.

The jirogram of beis follows: Activi the visit gJast rnient for in di.lrici court during of Tom Kennel included a and costs (o Sulle IJolnies in her city of Belleviile for mandatory and costs, A mo- 'I1H'" fill' a liew trial was overruled and (it) da.vs stay was The case involves wairu- -drainage Jicai: ihe home of Ihe plaintiff which she claims and a nuisance. Confirmailon of and in recovery eases occupied the remainder of the linie, Moiion f(n' sale was confirmed in the ix'Covery and foreclosure case of Robert and Ida Smith Smith, Ola Smith iind Tacy Smith, as uuaril- iVuis ol' Robert Smith and Ida Smith. Sale was also coiifirnied in the case for re-: from I I'Jmt iJlem IMarci'i, Overt iiri 'I he (iyp Allati Holiday "Kaliiilia" While Von Wor Marcli, 11 Alaivh, 'I'iie Blue (lilidoli. Til I I iSSiSSi PP I World War Me-liey, ()ver There Tlu' Old I''rot; Pond Bless America SERVICE Revereiifl )''ullon, Conrorrlia. Will Be I'nioii rhurrli Speaker.

The Uev. S. A. Kiiltun, of the I''irst Presbyterian churcli of fiin- coidia, will he the speaker Cm' the the and Augvist niiioil vesper services be liidd at the handshell in the city ri'crealion park evening. Reverend 'nltoii, who formerly was minister of the Kirst.

Preshyteiiaii re in Des will speak at o'clock. Of interest is the musfc for ilu' eveni, hy la (airell, which will be a 20-niiii-i ulc recital by tlu' Presbyterian eliiiir friiiii Ruth Cm-I itt director of the rhorus, which has iu Belleville on previous occasions, In the event of rain, he meet- church. Ihe work bert. A new state-wide library project i icen iiiiprovcd in making ix.ssible the contijiiiation 1 ol work which has been carried during (hi ha NEW DOCTOR HERK Beideiwell, graduate ot the Oklahoma university cal scliool, i.s moving hix family to Belleville where he iilans to Ancient Fossil niiiii- I''riml liast two years. Four general practice.

Dr. Beider- lecdinicallv-trained are i well has been resident ph.vsieian sui.ervisors on the project. past year at the St. I hospital at Wichita, hut IN.HIRKD i plans to locate here permanently liob Spangler, son of Mr. and i Mrs.

N. S. Spangler of received a badly lacerated wrist I Tuesday evening when his hand i l3CCin6IIClf7r'Iff CiO went through the headlight of an automohik' which he was attempting to push onto the pavement, near Lincoln. He suffered from ai severe loss blood, an artery and tendons in the wrist being and will be confined to the St. i hospital in Lincoln for days.

Sjiangler had at- tiiidcd the track meet at Lincoln and was returning home when driving rain forced him to stop his automobile on the shoulder of the highway. it was while attempt iiig to get the car onto the latorian of the class u( at Narka Rural high school, were awarded scholarshijis from business colleges at Crand Island, and Salinu last week. Miss Snip was iiresenled a $250 scholarshij) hy the (irand Island School oJ" Business and Miss Chaloupka was awarded a $00 scholarship by the Brown-Mackie I business college at Salina. Both awards were made on the basis grant-receiving family would put iu UIK I tare for an garden, store, and can garden proiluc- tion for winter use, include ade- ijuate feed for livestock in their; farm plan and have satisfaciory supply on hand by October, barring unavtddahle failures, Ad'ii'i 1 (f'xf Cofr.) Harvest in i he vicinit.v of Narka is about over. Most of the grain being conibined, there are a few who still have (i thresh.

The average yield i.s about bushels and the test proxinialely cka had a 'lO-acrc aged 24 bushels Ernest, and wlieal tested litional reiiuireineiits to when grants were paid included I maintaining a dean home and' larmstead, keeping records of in- hown attending (he two in their four-years of hig school work. sound tarni and home practices. Is average ap- Henry Kvasni- field that aver- lo the acre. Kvaii pound.s, the best (Continued on paife 6) outstanding Zensliip and achievement scholarship in citi- SchultJ', I'OHRTH RY PIRr: Elected District (liu The TcUscope i Scandia Corr.J Vie Erickson "has something there," having unearthed a fossil believed by Frank Byrne, palean- tologist at Kansas State college, to be that of a marine reptile or lizai'tl, technically known as the masaiir, which inhabited the vic- of Scandia some 75 million years ago, when it was covered by a rhe every grants utt- other words, McC'arty said, no .1 family could expect, a grant in the BACK FROM CIH.NA CUU ha.l not mad Mini 111' I rts Con, 1,, MI-I Donald R.vser, son of Mrs. Rvser of Agenda, returiieil home Thursday.

June 22, for the first i 'I Hirs lime in years during which "(iraiit. clients now as he has 1 raveled as a radio opi'rafor I never before thai Hie.v cannot the Navy to ('hina. He depend on grants as sustained Ihe Hawaiian and Philip- 1 farm or family inconie," McCarty's the lime since statement, conlinuer most jiart, they BEGIN PENNY SALES TAX New Bracket Effpilivr Today; Old Zinc Tokens Will Re Redeemed at Face Value. Wilder realize now fossil; fmind workers in the l''reyne I'lre DepartmenI arr. Lake Star Spangle BIf VCLH Banner A 1 ford Berlin CARNIVAf; The carnival s))oiisored bv the y.

V. W. Bic.vcle Safety club last ruesday.m the V. F. W.

hall attracted a larfje crowd. Receipts affair which began at the Called To kesl I 'llecirie I Wednesday. Interest in fourth of fireworks svas climaxed at one o'eloi'k (Wednesday) morning "when the Belleville fire nieut was called to thi- Ke.sl Flec- tric to extinguish a blaze caused by a sliorted transformer a Neon sign in the building The fire did little damage to the shop although the building was filled with smoke. b.y—WPA- chalky lime roek Erickson's farm Off On the covery and foreclosure of the; o'clock were $0. Bankers Life In.suranc(! company of Nebraska versus Ralph Rams-; hottoni, el al.

The court con-. firmed in a similar action of Federal Farm Mortgage cor-; poration versus Francis L. et al. A motion for confirmation allowed and sale was con- She Wins Five Dollar Prize I Scandia was blown to the ground 'firmed in the ca.se of the Federal. y.

Kalin won fir.st prize rturing a storm. The next night a Land Bank of Wichita versus Ben 1 jfs the host contribution to storm from the opposite direction Tuma, et al. i the F. A. Coojjer teatuve "It Hap- set the tree back in itH former pos- Judgmcnt was issued for the I pened in Kansas" during May, ac- it appears to be as plaintiff for in the re- cording to thks week's cartoon i strong as ever, covery and toreclosure ca.so of the Federal Land- Bank of Wichita versus S.

J. Zakostelsky, foreclo- Kure being oidoi'cd with sot in ten day.s. The Federal Farm eorpoi'ation obtained a idgment for $2,468.89 in its case rocovery and foj'eclosure linst Floyd L. Stafford, et al. A motion to dismiss wa.s allowed In the case of the Farmers State biank of Cuba veisus Edward Huncovsky and Mary Huneov.sk.v, for rocovory of money IDKI which appears on page 3.

Mrs. i Kalin's item referred to the time in r.randstand (Jets New Label 180!) when Herb, Joo and Frank! Painters have completed giving Kanode of Rose Creek township wooden grandstand at the killed a huge prairie rattlesnake North Central Kansas Free Fair with their bare feet, Sketches Tree at Scandia A contribution of Irvin Nondorf of Scandia in this week's "It Happened in Kansas" feature relates that recently, Russian olive tree on the Jolin -P. Jonseii farm near a now coat of paint Preparations for this year's show include the name of the fair and the date emblazoned in huge black and orange letters across full length of the stand. The entire C. A.

WaBhirig- ton, above, was elected district governor of District 17-A of the Lions club at its annual convention held in Topeka in June. Mr. Swiercinsky, who is well-known in. Belleville and Republic county, will be in charge of the largest district in the state, which has 42 clubs entire sign commands the atten- and approximately 1,600 membei'S. tion of niotorists on USHl high- There are three districts in Kan- wny west of the fairgrounds, SHS, i(iirii ry oil VJUVClllUl ur UIUII removal.

However, Mr. Erickson was abh- lo find pieces which measured six feet, aiul it is believed that the full length would bo more than ten feet. This beast was a ferocious carnivore and no doubt enjoyed many a good meal of Pclecypods, which arc related to our modern clam and oyster, found in the same spots. Eilckspn, who lias relics for many years, plans to build a curio room to house the (curiosities found in this vicinity. MAKES FLIGH'FTO HAWAII John Smies of Courtland in Crew of New Navy Bombers.

John Smies, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Smies of Courtland, was one of those chosen to man the 15 giant bombers which made a record flight to the Hawaiian Island last Tuesday.

A yeoman in the Navy air service, Smies was on one of the planes which left San Diego at 3:30 p. m. and arrived at Pearl Harbor at 9 a. ni. The previous record was 24 hours.

4 111 visited luiie Islands duriii first furlough. Fred Cheriiey, of Agenda, was 111 China several months ago, unaware that he was only 70 location. A "For tite an.sious (o gam their own living Ihrough their own (d'forts." He poiidcdOut lhat seasonal reductions in summer months are expected, and lulded third Agenda "iioy. Max iT conlTiniii also relumed from China habilitation s'r7V'rioN FiRi: Jonas Miller, owner of a filling station on highway L'SoG at Maii- kato, was critically burned Saturday night wdieii an t.ransiior an auto, and his station The driver of the transiiort, a fiab- hart truck out of Salina, was unhurt. Miller was taken to a Beloit hospital.

Kansas' new sales bracket wiilch provides for collection in pennies goes into effect today. (he providing for the abolishment of the zini' tokens, been used during the past two years, didn't go into effect luilil 1, niember.s of the couiniission the for the change to t). Accordintr to bulletins from the stale commission, e.vijerience fileiT' 1 tes- has-Khown praetice.s, their needs' the end of ji given period (he next winter should not be. so averages individual drasfica.s- ill foi-inei Look at date tag, and if your subscription has expired please send in remittance for vour renewal StaiidlinXineforiNew-Briver'sXicenses BLOSSER IS IMPROVED Martin Blossei', owner of the Blosser Motor company in Belleville, was released Tuesday from Patterson Memorial hospital, and is much improved. The Belleville buainesB man had been in the hospital the past 10 clays, suffering from a fever.

cents tluM'e is no tax; 15 conlK to cents, one penny; cents to two pennies; $L25 to three pennies, etc. Zinc tokens will he redeemed at value, according to a provision oC the law. Merchants will I'eeeive tokens from their ciisto- iners in units of one cent, or more, in with the new bracket. In turn, the merchant may send his tokens direct to Topeka for redemption. KITES HERE TOMORROW gi'ave-sido srrvice.s will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow (Friday) afternoon in Belleville cemetery for Fredei'ick R.

McNiel, who died Tuesday at a hospital in Topeka. Funeral geiwices will be held today in Toi)eka. McNiel, who was 88 years old, was a former Belleville resident, i although he hud lived in Topeka the- past 20 He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cornelia McNiel, of Topeka. Week at the county HAVE DIP AT POOL A number of Belleyille business men joined in a swimming party at the swimming pool Monday evening.

Representatives of many business firms attended the event which was the first of its kind yet staged at the local plunge..