The Belleville Telescope from Belleville, Kansas • Page 1

NEW PAVEMENT AND R. I. BRIDGE ON'M' FIKE AT JIOOKEK HOME Oiijfin Destructive Hliize i 25111 Street Unknown. at Fir(! IhrealcnL'tl Lo destroy the. STREET IS PROJECT! UIIlLiijl IJ 1 I -ii-cnicii conquered the fliimcM that i.llAfL badly ramfi' 1 buildinK.

Project "Drops i The house was oceupicd Mrs. Sky" for Improvement ol' I John Hooker and who-v-'cro WINTER USHERED IN WITH CHRISTMAS AS MERCURY DIPS LOW Hair Mile Street. llKillWAY ROUTE Present of ment Will Not Support Heavy Traffiti, oatinfr breakfast when neiglibors noticed the roof was ahlaze. Some of tiie furniture was saved, iiut the fire had gained sueh licadway iicforc it was noticed llial one gable collapsed before firemen were able to extinguish the flames. Insurance was carried on the house, which is owned by T.

Sanborn. Origin of the firo is unknown, alUioiigh it. ai)peared it started from a dcfeelive flue or I'' sparks from the chimney. liut, No Snow Accompanies Coldest Spell'Of the Winter Season. Seven Million Volts of ElectHciiy MERCURY AT 2 ABOVE I OVER i The Henry Ghopp orchestra will give a radio program over KDBZ, from MATOUIRtbAffl An approximate half mile new pavement and the rebuilding of the viaduct bridge ovei' Island on street, over next Sunday 000 federal public, works highway allotment, according to the oMi- cial "Notice to Contractors" which iH scope.

The pavement is not in addition to that already laid, but is rather replace the present pavement, is not of construiition heavy enough to support 1 he traffic the highway now carries. According to the publication, street will he re-paved, bcginning- at the south edge of street: pavement and running north to 20th street. Another section to i be re-paved is that beginning at the 15th street corner and running Coldest Iteiidinjf Registered Tuesday Morning Is Low: est in State. was no snow in Republic eount.v for Christmas this year, but with the low temperatures of the past several days- there could be no nii.stakc about the Mercury dropped to within 2 de- grees of zero Tuesday morning, the reading of winter (HlT -iH was coldest spot in Kan- niiiiarnn Official reports credited FOR PAWNEE couiest REPUBLIC COUNTY IS IMPORLANT LINK IN RAISING CORN, HOGS Farmers Watch Closely for Developments on Federal Corn-Hog Plan. LOAN COiMMITTEE TO MMKT IN CORN-HOG STATE, TOO Kansas Ranks Fourth in Na.

tion in Number of Acres of Corn Planted. JUUiougli Reiuiblic eounty's corn County Advisory Hoard to Hear Farmers Each Because of the number ai)pli-. cations for reconsideration of J''u(J- eral farm loans, the Republic County I''arm Loan Advisory committee will meet I'cgularly each Friday afternoon at hliO in the; chamber of commerce rooms. The weekly meetings will be hold until further notice, service farmers Who have had difficuiiy in gettijig adjustments niade to complete their loans from the government. The county committee is com-i mittee is composed of T.

Charles-, Cluu'Ies W. Hanzlick, K. A. Fulcome.r, Qtto Vacha, and John WHEAT ALLOTMENT CHECKSENROUTETO COUNTY THiS WEEK? Official Washington Advicu Is "Checks Should Be Here in a Few Davs." ANVAIT FINAL TELECRArvl Individuals Will Be Notified By JMaii of Arrival of First Favment. CITY ST-REiq'S Many of the city's dirt stret Congresswoman Sees Hope in Present Ruling for PWA Projects.

spot in the state Tuesday morning A noUT 7,000,000 volts-ofelcctrlclty-shot between two giant clcclrodes and to every metal part of the dirigible hangar at South Darliuoulli, when the inercury in the govern-1 wlien the great generator devised by Dr. K. J. Van De Graaf of With the announcement by the National Park Service thtit pres- viaduct to a ont retrulations for south of llith street. The arc broad enough to jjrovirle for project also includes the recon-1 acquisition of land for a national struction of.

the bridge across the jiark, Mrs. Kathiyn O'Loughlin nient thermometer dropped to 4 degrees above zero. At the same time The Telescope's certified instruments registered a low of 2 above zero. llnoffidal-r-ei )ortS were that the temj)ctature there on Tuesday morning was 2 de- j. grees below zero, CHTID DHDDrDirC A Cold Sattirday were I pleasant, a high of 70 being recorded during the day and the coldest readingwas 38, but the! Massachusetts Institute of Technology was tested.

Nearly live linica more continuous current voltage than had ever before been gonerated was achieved. The generator has been built for tlici'rafrpose of smashing the atom. The electrodes are twenty-live feet in height, the cohinins being six feet In and the spheres, from man-maac llt'htaing flashes, flfteen feeFln diameter. crop was also short in other parts of Kansas, and this county held its usual position near the top in production of corn among the counties of the state: The last re- )iort from the Kansas state board of agriculture ranks Republic i county seventh in corn production. I Now, it aiippars that Kansas I has I'aiiked fourth among the states of the Union during 1932 and in the number of acres i of corn with an average I of 7,578,000 acres.

She ranked seventh in production in 1932 with bushels, III the number of hogs produced 1 annually'for homo use, local sale, slaughtci-, and shipment, JCansas ranks seventh also. Uig Link in Production thirV 'weeks by men working on the city CWA project. Cleaning of ditches and regrading is tlie nature of the work that is giving employment to 10 men. Official was received fr 'iin evciing vonTrelira, cnuiily emci'- agent, that "wlicat allot- U.KyH:a be loceived j'or Republic ccuiity within a ii'W The notice accomiianit-d of "Notices of Accepl- Which" TO NEEDY KIDDIES Distribution Is Made to All Parts of County by Charity Workers. LRock Island tracks to eliminate! McCarthy, si district congress- the sharp grade on the approaches, i woman, expresses hope that steps Puzzle Over the Project may soon be taken for the devel-j mercury failed to rise above 23 on Just how the-work came -UDout'' Christmas day was is still a matter of mystery in i nearly a.s cold.

Belleville. In the past, it has been i fj the obligation of the city to main-' Mvs. McCarthy said: 'tain highways within the city have been informed by the its, and the state paid $250 per i National Park Service that the I mile for' maintenance of such ions or Public highways. In this instance, how- Yesterday morning The Telescope's thermometer registered a minimum of 10 degrees above. zc'i'o.

The cold snap was general It was a glad Chi'islnias day for the children of many of Reijublic JMith KiUisaA.inwiutingJijl'^^^ needie.st familie.s, a.s toys "head of" hogs annuaUy for slaugh-, -by iorah-mrrchrmt- MHDTII TAMrADni A ter or shippingi-tfTs apparent that; were to nUIlin t'oi'ii hog raisers of this state; t-ht'm, rebuilding their laiih jare going to important' Santa (. laus. I link in the Corn-Hog Plan which Katliured al the Losses Aggregating Contract Will.Be Friday is about, ilJl jn-ior to ance, which were in y'lv mail yesterday t'o' individual Kc- iniljlic county signers. VonTrelira expected nioim ii- tarily a tele.eram statin.sr that checks were onroute or ready ioi" Official notification of individ- who will receive checks will, be" given by mail from llui ofi-ie of the county emergency af ni, upon receipt of the clieck shipment. A Payment of 10,000 expected 'to be re ON CHRISTMAS EVE mately $100 Reported by Belleville Firms.

for Bridge on. the New Routing. Christmas, and those needing rein addition to reducing corn by the acreage hv at least 20 per training studGJiTs of Belle- Kansas farmers will be asked to "'ej? school. reduce hog production by 25 per I t'ontined to this city a one, cent of the average number of lit-! I at the charity siore show- throughout the northern and mid- awiuiKition -w temperatures prevailed iii the Da- even consulted the city about M- I -i the for reiiairing of pave-! "The on ylegisdation required a.tas, Minne.sota, Iowa, and neigh- ment. City officials knew noth-i Legislature boring-states, and in the Great intr of the conlemnl'ited action li'ansfening the jiresent aci'es Lakes region, a terrific windstorm Ihc dSrtint Wc I Lh.tt_^accomp^^^ nlans and specifications of the G'' and caused other damage, work were "niaced on file in the Special Session-and will taking a heavy toll of life.

tions wore that all the robbcfriespiiption aiipearihg were committed by the "same dia today, and I "aion is to be on parties there were no clues left by' appears to the. share uop vhich the sheriff's office could i of improvement that US81 in laune public, Cloud, and Ottawa counties 1 1 alt'j)t 1 icss 'lam will receive out of the -TTCr cent ot court house, It is i)resumed that the iiroject is to be a "present" to Belleville, lib contract for partial payment has been entered into by the city. -And, of course, if' the state wants to build BelleviHe some new pavement and the Rock Island a new brirlge, it should be all right with the city and the railroad" I endeavor to get the matter up dur- Charity supplies were dealt out ing the next regular si'ssion. In genei'ously in an effort to moot the meantime, we will try to pre-; the heavy needs brought on by the Company: No date hits been, set for the placet to begin, although other WOTk being now is put under construction immediately, notice does specify tliat work shall be completed within 100 after it is started. vail, upon the national iiark thorities to aciiuire'the additional land needed.

"I am recommending a CX'Xl Camp for Pawnee Park for the next period-beginning in Ajn'il and hope that wo will be successful in a camp, althouirh there are hundreds of apijlications' in excess of the number of available camps." TWO AUCTIONS NEXT WEEK xjiULwcalh.eii_iu_RGp.uI)I ic cou ii ty. Weather Report I 'I'he Telescope's weather for the past CUar; I Dale HiKh Low Pte. nf da Dec. liii' I PKI- Dcf. 71 ciciu- L'4 Dec.

25 2.1 12 Dec. 2fi r.i 2 Clciir Dec. 27 in Clear trace the burglars. The biggest' loss was at Barney Wolfe's just north of the Rock Island viaduct dn-M where an eleetric drill valued at stolen after entrance had gained'by i window in the building. i ccive a half mile ui' new paving, are watching for develop-; At the Bellevillo Lumber com-Ireplacing on street that I ments and new announcements a back door was pried open i enough ta carry the concernitig it.

Ivlost recent infer-j and a radio and quantity of stamps ti-afficr and Concordia may re- niation is that it will, be launched stolen. ceivo a ne overjiass, spanning after the first of the i neediest faiii- ilies, listed for Christmas adoption, were taken and clothing and food supplied them. Others were befriended by individuals. The Belleville high sTRCDl Girl ibis toTal" iTfiprfiXb-' mately and will repro.sciu'.' a pa of 20 cents jier liu-lul on the allotted acreage. The ance amount of the cor.trm-; has been deferred, as was in the contract, until next siiving.

It is expected that the final pay- mev.t will not be until next June. Dist ril.Hition of the checks will be made from or from four or five towns in county, depending ujion the dcci- the county wheat allqtnu-ni committee. In I 'cceiving the checks', individuals will be required to- siern vc- and therefore the distribution cannot be made by mail, as was anticipated eai'lier. The om- codure is the same a.s thai: foll'r ed in other counties where checks have.already been received. A quantity of spark plugs were the railroad tracks on a new rout-' year, anil it is exnected that the stolen -dat4ii.

wheat checks -svill bx: received in.cici.v. oininuiy, the robbers getting into' ite announcement has been made to that time also. Farlee Sale Wednesday and sedlo Auction Thur.sday. IJo- Fornier iMarysvillc Man Suicide Frank .1. Fulton, cotton t.he building by breaking the glass i concerning'the overpass, however, a back wituiow to unlock it.

To Change Kouliiifr fourth place plundered was of the new' river the Sanborn Lumber company, change the routing of where a window was opened after, through Concordia, to miss WEDDED FIFTY YEARS Neb Ih Mr. and Mrs. M'. C. Hancock Now Live in Arkansas.

i '(lav. Mr. and Mrs. W. C.

Hancock, His auction list includes six former Republic county residents, cows, five horses and mules, farm observed tjieir golden wedding ))oiiltry, househohl y-nivcrsary at their home in SHoam noofi.s and miscellaneous. The sale Springs, last Saturday. begins at Mr. Hancock and Laiira Claudie Fiank Do.scdh'i will Jiold a big Bonsall mariieil in liepublic farm sale next Thursday, at the December Max Barton three add a They have lieeh engaged in half mile.s iiortli and one mile east the mercantile business in Kansas of the Cuba hifrh UNION MEETING The annual business and election of officers of the Re- pubit; county Farmers Union will next Thursday, January 4, courtroom in Belleville. P.

Peterson, well-known Farmers speaker, will address the NEW TRACK AT N.C.K. FAIR The new will avoid the SPRAGUE NAMED SEAlERi -hhTTTift-7l7 -A -MT he Iiad land roarl v.diicii has been receivod roport ol a-suiulai- at Hebron the night. Gainers for-Tiianv year wlTTclr" Project, (o ftlake Track Safer has several times been floo.d.od bv Seal (ho Crilw Coiitaiiiing Faster (Jiving liniployinent I'ilc Damage Suit for high water. i Corn on AVhich Government la-CW-A Workers. i W.

H. Burton and Beiwie Burton The bridge will consist 'T are defendants in suits, totaling, J40-f6ot spans and two 90-foot, and Iowa, going i.o years i-ilaugl Ml "WTITtTiliV We Ariva nsas They have brought.by plaintiffs; spans, all type. Work is going The includes 8 on the rebuilding of the'racetrack near Stoiikton last May. The Sorague. Belleville.

Sati.sfaction Guaranteed." That'received a letter from T. B. Arm- the motto of The Telescono on sil mno- O-IHI I years ago. 1 hey have two 23 -an the North Central Kansas Free wreck occurred'when Burton drove lis the motto of The Telescope on strong Kansas state grain iiispec- ughters and three grandchildren, usually lug" list ()f Ki'ouinls, which is one of the a truck onto a highway where it every piece of printing that is tor this week giving official noti- 'n i household A projects under construction. was struck by a passenger car.turiied_out.:^Adv., as Imliaiia's Great War Shrine vliig souihwesi.

Ol jniods and miscellaneous articles. The fairgrounds oval will as- jfhe sale will begin promptly at sumo an entirely different appear- niion. Mr. Dosedlo is moving to ance when the project is complete- North Liiierty, la. Elevation of outer rim of the B6th sale bills ajipear in full in track is boiiig raised, and the sur- today's vey on which reconstruction is 4 for raOO -loot straigia- VANCL IS DE.AD away on each side.

The fence ui t.aiiloinu. tibuilding of racing pits lo Belleville. J.J. E.AST.MAX SFLLS OUT His Interest in Sales Pavilion Swen Carlson. J.

Eastman, who with John K. Skelton erected the K. S. Sales Pavilicm on the edge of Bellevillf; last spring, sold his interest in the sales, company last; has roacliod of and protective fences. Week to Swen Carlson, pf the the (loath of James Vance at (he track will Kackley Thechange Aiigeles, Cah on 15, i in ownership has already been Mr.

Vance II be by the uniform elevations: Republic county', poopte "as -l inako- it od C. S. Sales and cheese factory in Belleville. n'Jors ing Eastman's. Mr.

Eastman will chapter. Order 111 farming pear Norway': Star, a fm-thc fudtmtl-co i'n -4oatts- of the Eastern; NEED CHARITY CLOTHING was an-upde of Particular Need for Baby's Clothes Riddlebarger of Belleville. at Charity Store. XSJ J-i DliAN UR'l' I H. H.

dean of salesmen working outiof: Belleville and one o'f the', oldest salesnidn on -the road today, c.seap=.- Cash market prices paid by severe bruises when he Local I fell aisleepwhik! driving, near rloil Tuesdavr noon, and his ear grain and produce buyers. per bu: i dall Tuesday noon, wid Jiisr car or jreljowconi, per bu. 3Cc struck' a per bu. the steering wheel so -that, it i running, low. Butterfat, per i.

Cold w'eathcu-of. days has made necessary heavy withdrawals from the charity store, and Mrs. H. Fulcomer, in chargo of the store, yesterday asked The announce the for clothing-qon- tributions. Most needed-is-clotlt- ing for babies, although supply of -broken.

He is 83 year old, Lggs, graded 12c ha.s been traveling for 30 Eggs, current receipts, doz. 10c I For many years i county unless Springs, per lb. fic i all his trips by automobile. lavaiJablewheri. needed, The first snow fering to many; in Uepublic county.

He' will'ttwt begin his work until the machinery for administering corn loans, and the corn-hog pro- gram has been set up ready for; will ho. sometime afte.r January 1, according to pres- I ent iiulications. Fee charged for sealing cribs will bo approximate- I ly aijd Mr. Sprague will receive $3 a crib, the remainder going--fo the grain depart-, mcnt, after. 10 per cent has been I deducted to.

go into the state 'i'herc may be. more i ju.stnignis upoii "of -mer-' chaiUablo'eiTf corn, "No. 4 grade or i bettor, pronorly cribbed on the farm, at the rate of 45. cunts' per bushel." Those eligible to receive loans are- owner.s- or who actually the I c(u'n or who purchase corn from i other Kansas far.iiiors the loan i. I price.of 45 cents per-bushel.

AW 'cording to the present' advices', loans' will he made up to March 1,.: the maturity-date- of tlie i loans being Augnst 1, 1934.. The rate of interest is'fdur per Hens, iier lb. Stags, per lb. 4c, (ic Use Telescope Classified Ads. public's co-operation- is -the urgently STEAL FIJRS AT HADDAM i Waysiiiefbrr,) worth of furs wore r-, I -'tolon Irom tli level and liouses a shrine room, historical uiijBouia.

and meeting audi- piacldam, tM't) locks on the; toriuips for, patriotic societies. The Iji Its oiitlroty, will cover i door being broken by" the robbers live full city, blocks lu tlio -lioart -ito gain entrance to "the low will bring suf- i of thc doinlnant structure of the of the. needy of the IfidlHlurwar in Tnrtlanapblls, w'ns dedl- those supplies on Tho building to Of eel the' street I j. OF THE NORTH By HAROLD TITUS Our New Serial TITl'S, author ANNUAL "JULOTTA" SF.RViCE The Ada Lutheran church was filled to cajiacity early Monday morning on the occasion of the annual "Julotta," a Swcdisb Christmas The churcir has a large- me'mbership the' the county Miifl ihi- congregation turned out on for the service at 5:30 a. m.

A COUPLE WED FIFTY VF.VRS of BELOW ZERO and known to very many thou-. sands of Ameriran readers tor-his thrilling stories of the. another notable success in CODE OF rm NORTH, story of a regarded a deJJt of honor as.moiesacred than his own reputatioiij was willing to sacrilice the respeoc of the girl he square an account of many years standing. You'Ube fascinated by Drake's struggle to put the Polar is Lu mber Com pa on its feet, despite the obstacles placed in his path by uii- -scrupulous ri valsrYou '11 vv an to pose as Young Jim Flynn girl, wasin love with him, and what happened when fell in love Flynn, thegirl the whole camp supposed, was his own sister! a smashing tale of gtijut hearts' and tall timber- that makes.exciting reading of many ac- tion-filied'colum ns. will, enjoy every installment of this thrilling iMr.

and Mrs. Cooper Cclebralo Anniversary Monday. Mr. and H. 'l- servt'd tlVi'ir golden versavy 'tlieii- five, miles we.st -of Lihoriy, where they have lived the years.

They were iiiarvied Cli'iM- mas 188-3, in IC.ui.. and lived there until wheri -they-inuveil to- City. For nearly tliirty V.v. Cooiier was of ers and bank nt 'i dia. moving tn IVe engaged in the real esiaie ness before becoming head of the lO.lis.

Kr.n., KIII I-. 1017. In .10212 Mr. Cooler traded Kansas property for a. j'arm county and re turned to tt larni i.o home.

Mr. was horn ia in' Th mi 1 lived in Chicago for a niunlKi- y.ears, until thcirhome was the Chicago a boy 5 ohl. Cooper remembers sittimi' on fnlher's shoulders to view brnl.v 'of Abraham Lincoln lay in state in the old Cook coiinlv court on the way. to Sn'Miigfield, III. After jrraduation fron.i liigli school Mr.

Coopor-wenl and settlc'd in Republic sas, where he engaged in the. nicr- Tlfeiv A'l I ft'" Moroy. The in ilu: -tmTlri 'iT (IJeginning Next Week) Mr. Cooper soon became )oli- keeper in the Farmers bank. He cashier, 'Mr, Go.oiier wa.V one of tli'' founder's" of tin- teleiihime' syslein.

Scandia, about I 'luipU'-' was at -Monday. Mr. Coopevis 'il! years- old and 'Mrs. Cooper is.7i!.' Mv. Cooper is a inember-of tlie Kansas iirl O'iuul I tish Kile of Kan.sas City aitd Masonic ordei ll.e j.r-, one of niember.s of Ihe 1).

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