The Leader Courier from Kingman, Kansas • Page 1

1 PAGES SECTION ONE Historical Society comp The Leader Courier OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER KINGMAN, KINGMAN COUNTY, KANSAS FRIDAY, APRIL' 7, 1922 VOLUME 44. NUMBER 43 DAIRY MEETINGS ALL NEXT WEEK Mr. Harcourt, Expert, Speaks Another Week In County (By L. Hildwein, Co. Agent) The dairy meetings which are being held in the county this week will be continued during the first days of next week, at various points in the county.

Although the weather conditions have been very unfavorable we have managed to cover the points scheduled and have in nearly all cases had attendance and good interest. On Tuesday night a meeting was held in Willowdale and in spite of the rain and muddy roads a fine crowd was in attendance. Mr. Harcourt delivers a very instructive and interesting lecture and the addition of the lantern slides showing types of dairy cows to select and the influence of the bull on the succeeding generation, drives home, the points he brings out still more forcefully. The schedule for meetings in the county on next week is as follows: Monday evening, April 10 Cunningham.

Tuesday evening, April 11, Cleveland. Wednesday evening, April 12, at Hoosier School House. Thursday evening April 13, Penalosa. Thursday, 2 p. Kingman.

Friday evening, April 14, Varner. All of these meetings will start at eight o'clock with exception of the one in Kingman Thursday afternoon. After hearing Mr. Harcourt give his lecture, we feel that we are exceedingly fortunate to have a man of Mr. Harcourt's calibre in the county and no one who can possibly arrange to attend one of these meetings should miss the opportunity of hearing him.

We would like a full house at all of these meetings for they are indeed well worth while. Mr. Harcourt's talks are practical all the way through, he has lived on the farm himself, is familiar with farm conditions as they exist, and shows how by hooking up the dairy cow with the production of grain crops, we are able to lessen the hazards of farming and increase the profits from our farm operations. Remember the dates and that every one in the vicinity is invited and urged to attend. NO JURY CASES By agreement.

with the several litigants who were to appear before the District Court at the last term the jury was discharged and the cases which came up were tried before the court. Most of the cases appearing on the docket were continued over to the next term. In the case of the State vs. Hoffine on a charge of violating the prohibitory laws, Hoffine was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500. In the case of the State, vs.

Reith a similar charge made, and he drew a similar penalty upon conviction. In the case of the State versus the Mexicans who were charged with holding up and robbing another of their countrymen near Murdock last fall, the court found one guilty and sentenced him to serve in the state penitentiary. Sheriff Fisher took him to Lansing last Saturday. The balance. of the term was devoted to divorce actions and some minor suits.

MISS TERESA VEALE TO BE MARRIED -0- The following account of the announcement of the engagement of Teresa Veale taken from a Wichita Falls, Texas, paper has been handed to The Leader-Courier. Miss Veale has been engaged in musical work at Wichita Falls for several years. She is the daughter of Mrs. Pearl Veale of this city. "Announcing the engagement of Miss Teresa Veale, well known young local singer, and Mr.

Loy Shrader, of Columbia, Miss Ethel Nycum entertained at the of Mrs. Will Gray Friday afternoon with a most attractively planned party the bride-elect. "The little. announcement cards, bearing the two names and the date, April 19, were concealed in individual sweet pea corsages which were the place favors during the serving of refreshments. The house was beautifully decorated and eighteen or twenty close friends of the honoree spent a very delightful two hours as Miss Nycum's guests.

Details of the wedding, which will be solemnized here in the First Presbyterian church, where Miss Veale is soloist, were HOLD WHITE ELEPHANT PARTY, TUESDAY, APR. 25 The. Episcopal Ladies Guild will hold their White. Elephant party at the city library club rooms on Tuesday, April 25. This is the party advertised for one day in January which had to be postponed on account of the weather.

Everybody is invited to attend. Further announcement details will be supplied later. The Baraca class, an organization of young fellows of the Baptist church, held a business meeting and a party at the home of the Rev. E. Marvin Wednesday night of last week.

The' class has grown from a membership of 16 to 31 in the last three months. J. L. Jacobson, of the high school faculty, is the teacher. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTORS AT WORK Directors of the Chamber of met at the rooms, Wednesday and Chairman Welch named committees to perfect new organization of the body to enthen gage, a paid secretary.

A committee consisting of Chas. P. Murphy and Chester Schooley will cast around for a secretary and four committees composed of the board of directors assisted chairman and S. D. LaFuze will call on the business men.

and citizens soliciting memberships. Another committee had already made a scale of memberships to be taken out by the various firms in the town. This scale was read at the banquet of the Chamber last week and all present voted to take the number of memberships allotted by the committee. The directors will call this week or next to get the official 0. K.

of each firm on the allotment. Mr. Murphy and Mr. Schooley will be assisted in their search for a secretary by Secretary, Jack Broadwell of the Pratt Chamber of Commerce. Mr.

Broadwell had already taken the matter up, to, some extent and had written various bureaus asking for recommendations of secretaries. SAYS GRAVEL ROADS ARE BETTER THAN PAVED ONES H. S. Ludwig, formerly cashier of Farmers National Bank of Penalosa, who is now in the business at St. Marys, Kansas, was in Kingman last week on business.

Mr. Ludwig says nearly all the road between St. Marys and Topeka is paved, but on some stretches a gravel road only has been built, and he thinks the gravel road is better than paved. The county will pave gravel spots as soon as. it the can get around to it, and Mr.

Ludwig thinks they are making a mistake. "The hard surfaced stretches of that road are paved with concrete," he said, "and as long as the farmers drive iron-tired wagons over it, the concrete will chip off and need constant attention." He also that the gravel road was easier to use in wet times than the paved roads. The motorists bring in the mud and slick on the paved road when they drive in off of the unpaved side roads and feeding roads he said, and the concrete is covered with a layer of gumbo which makes it slick as glass when the rain falls. The gravel roads do not get slick. CLOVER LEAF CLUB HAD PARTY FOR VISITOR -0- The Clover Leaf Club, an organization of the young ladies of the town who work in the stores, banks and offices, had a party at the home of Mrs.

Winnie Reynolds Saturday night, honoring Miss Roberta Flora, of Wichita, a member of the club and a former resident of Kingman. Miss Caroline Curl assisted Mrs. Reynolds as a hostess. The party was called an "April Fool" party. The house was decorated in things suggestive ode Easter.

Members the club are: Alice Bybee, Wanda Boroughs, Lillian Brooks, Caroline Curl, Susan Brill, Ethel Summers, Nora Foutz, Ethel Foutz, 'Iva Foutch, Golda. Woodson, Lura Sparks, Lola Litchfield, Edna Nossaman, Helen Nossaman, Jennie Watson, Marie Smith, Iona Giertz, Ruth Mitchell, Lulu Guthridge, Nell Woodson, Wilmeth Woodson, Hazel Crumley, Vesta Walker, Roberta Flora, Letha Sturgeon, Laura Harms, Viola McBurney, Mae Bennett, Blanche Viney and Winnie Reynolds. ALSO INTERESTED IN COWS The folks living in the community of the Wyler School southwest of Kingman are also interested in cows. more and better cows. The little school house was packed last Wednesday night by the good people who live in that neighborhood and all listened attentively to Mr.

Harcourt, the dairy cow lecturer, tell of her majesty, the cow. After the illustrated lecture Mr. Harcourt answered a number of questions about dairy that were asked of him by persons' present. farmers living in the neighborhood of the Wyler school believe in the cow. McPeek and his son specialize in raising Holstein cows and have been successful with these cows.

Their neighbors have been watching the results obtained by Mr. McPeek and son and are well satisfied that it pays to milk pure bred cows, although more expensive at the first cost they are better producers than the ordinary cow. NEW ELEVATOR AT NASHVILLE The Larabee company is, tearing down the old elevator and is building a new one in its place at Nashville. A gang of workmen has completed the destruction of the old building and are now working on the foundation of the new building. The new elevator will be situated just of where the old one was and when, completed' will thousand have more capacity bushels of wheat, and better conveniences for loading and unloading grain.

FARM LOANS WANTED -0- After April the first all loan rates reduced. See me when you want 8 loan. 41-t10 C. W. SAMPLE.

City's Tax Levy Lowest of Kansas Cities of 2000 In comparison Kingman pay a lower tax than many other cities in the state. In fact there were only three cities of the second class in state that reported a lower city tax rate to the "Kansas Municipalities" than Kingman, No city in the state, as reported to the headquarters of the League of Kansas from two to three thousand peoMunicipalities, having population ple levied less than did the City of Kingman for 1921. The tax rate for the City of KingCity Pop. Council Grove 2,857. Anthony ,740.

Holton 2,703. Mulberry 2,697. Goodland 2,664 Eureka Humboldt Lyons ..2,516 Kingman 2,407... Hoisington Oswego 2,386. Osage City Garnett Yates Center 2,306.

Belleville Burlington 2,236. Caldwell Norton ..2,186 Sterling Sabetha ..2,003.. Cities of Peabody .2,455... Alma Ellsworth 2.065 The 8 mill levy for the City of eral 2.2; Bond int. 1.7; Park Alley Light, .9.

A. RUTKOWSKI DEAD -0 August Rutkowski, aged 81, a pioneer resident of the Missouri Valley neighborhood, died at the home of his son, Frank, last Sunday. He was buried yesterday by the side of his wife in the Waterloo cemetery. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Waterloo, conducted by Rev. Mueller, of the Lutheran church, of which' the deceased was a member.

Mr. Rutkowski was born in Germany and served in the Prussian Because militarism of the which he German abhored, syshe left that country as soon as possible and settled in the United States. He came to Kansas in 1879. and became one of the substantial citizens of the county. He reared a large and interesting family, three of the children still live in this county.

About fifteen or twenty years ago. he gave up all active work and made his home with his son Frank, who is now the owner of the quarter section homesteaded by his mother and father in 1879. Mrs. Rutkowski, the wife died some years ago, and is buried at Waterloo. The children, born to them, all of whom survive are Charley, Rudolph and Frank all of Kingman Lizzie and Albert, who live of Wichita, and Herman and Anna, who live in California.

The girls are all married. MANY HEARD RAINEY BENNETT -0- A large number of the congregation and others attended the lecture given by Rainey Bennet, noted lecturer who lectured at the Methodist Church last Sunday night. Mr. Bennett was a guest of Mr. and Mrs.

S. D. LaFuze over Sunday and consented to give his lecture "What Is Right In the World," free to the members of the Methodist Church and their friends last Sunday night. Mr. Bennett's lecture was well liked and the people who heard him were pleased to hear some one remind them of the things in the world today instead of the many that are wrong and giving his opinions as to how they should be corrected.

BAPTIST WORKERS HAVE A SOCIAL -0-- A social meeting of the Workers' Conference of the Baptist church was held at the' church Friday night. This conference is a meeting of the officers of school, the teachers of the Sunday school classes, and the officers of the classes. They meet every Friday night and talks are given and plans of, work made. A social meeting is held the last Friday of every month. They are served by one of the Sunday school classes at these times.

Miss Hoerner's class' served last Friday night. The little folks served faultlessly and won much praise for their efforts. The little girls baked the cakes, also. Their menu was: Creamed Chicken Mashed Potatoes Parker House, Rolls Butter Cabbage Salad Cake Berries Cocoa Cream SCHOOLS CLOSE AT NASHVILLE -0- The schools at Nashville were closed last week on account of an epidemic of diphtheria. There were no new cases of the disease reported last week but it was thought best by the school authorities to wait until after the lapse of time for those who may have become exposed before re-opening the schools.

LOTS OF MOISTURE AND GOOD GROWING WEATHER -0- Yesterday was the first clear day for a week, and the old sun was hiding behind the clouds a part of the time at that. The First National Bank rain gauge recorded .86 of an inch of rainfall since the first of April, and the days have all been cloudy and cool. Just the right kind of weather for the wheat, according to the experts. Unless Easter springs its almost regular annual storm, the country is sitting pretty for a big fruit crop, a fair wheat crop, good spring crops, and ground in fine condition for later planting. Few gardens are completed.

The rains came so frequently that spading and plowing was impossible. A few more clear days and everybody be busy, and the garden truck will all roads" the ground sprouting. The the first of the week were almost impassable. Prior to the rain many' of the county roads had been graded and the soil loosened up extensively. The rain turned into seas of mud with no bottoms, and there was very little auto travel on some of the roads for a day or so.

But the draggers got to work as soon as the sun came out, and the roads will be as good as paved streets shortly. JOS. BREESE DEAD Kingman Odd Fellows have received notice of the death of Joseph Breese, formerly of Kingman, later of Red Bluff, who died the latter part of Mr. Breese liyed in the McBurney neighborhood in Union township, for several years and then moved to Kingman and lived here before the family moved to California. Mina Breese, a daughter married a brother of T.

M. Wells, of Spivey, and they live in Western Kansas. Old friends of the Breese family in Kingman regret to learn of his death. FIFTEENTH BARGAIN IS NEXT WEDNESDAY DAY. Kingman's Fifteenth Bargain Day will 'Somed next Wednesday, April 12.

excellent bargains are again advertised, among them many needed articles. Another big crowd can be expected to come in. The big circular advertising the sale was sent out this week, and the page ad appears in this issue of the paper. BIG AUCTION -WEDNESDAY -0- An added attraction to the April Bargain Day will be the big auction sale of used Ford and Fordson cars, tractors and trucks at the Rayl garage. The sale will commence at 1:30 and M.

F. Fisher will be the auctioneer. The Rayls have brought down some used cars from their Pretty Prairie branch and will add them to the ones they have at the home garage, and put them all on sale. BASEBALL TOMORROW -0- The first baseball game of the 'season will be played by Wichita High and Kingman High at Riverside Park tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 3 p. m.

Kingman had ever-victorious baseball team last year and almost the entire of the 1921 team is back in school this year. The boys expect a close game with Wichita and think it will be well SURPRISE MRS. LIVINGSTON Friends. of Mrs. William Livingston called at her home last Friday evening and reminded her that it was her birthday and it was a merry evening for all.

The guests were mostly residents who had lived neighbors or had been acquainted with Mrs. Livingston for years and the evening was pleasantly spent recalling experiences and visiting ing. Refreshments, prepared by the guests, before the parup. AUXILIARY ELECTS DELEGATES The American Legion 'Auxiliary at its meeting last Monday night selected delegates to represent the local organization at the state convention to be held at Salina April 17 and 18. There are 8,035 members of the Auxiliary, in the state, as of date 27.

There will be 744 delegates allowed seats and vote at the Salina Convention. The delegates elected to represent the local unit are Mrs. Ed A. Palmer. Miss Birdie Booth, Miss Fern Bramhall and Mrs.

Harold Stearns. DOESN'T THINK WHEAT IS GOOD AS REPORTED -0- Elmer Evans of Union township says the wheat out in that section of the county is not looking as good as it did in southern and central parts of the county, as reported last week. Several fields will be abandoned and some have already been plowed up, he said. Elmer estimates that the county's condition is about percent good and thinks the estimates. of board of trade experts of 65 percent is much too high.

Jack McFall, who came in last week-end from Coldwater, where he had been called to inspect some cattle, had no more than got settled again when he received a telegram calling him to the western part of the state look after some more mangy animals. GEO. FIESER WINS RACE FOR MAYOR Received Over 400 Majority Over R. W. Hodgson man last year was 8 mills.

The lowest rate of any other city of the second class having a population of between two and three thousand peo. ple, as reported, was 9.29 mills, the City of Holton. In order that readers of The Leader-Courier may compare the tax levies for other cities the following tabulation has shown been the taken from the in publication the League of Kansas Municipalities: Assessed Val. City, Tax Bnd. Ind.

$2,147,067 .18.9 $3,497,979 16.1 520,310 $3,670,506 9.29.. 360,888 861,749 23. $2,146,505 23.4 432,098 $3,028,848 .15.95 $1,729,735 ....21.9 140,000 $3,349,915 12.25.... $3,219,595 8. 70,500 $2,004,435 ...11.25.

$1,600,945 28. 201,464 $1,806,945 17. 193,416 $2,321,823 .16.7 $1,911,251 11:9 $2,515,092 18.7 $2,180,895 ...14.4 289,484 $2,608,475 580,428 $2,438,043 19.8 567,631 $2,325,349 11.2 214,225 $2,567,032 .13.4 Third Class $2,795,216 .11.7 513,426 .16.76...... $3.145.987 284,000 Kingman was divided as follows: GenLibrary Fire Dept. St.

and SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS --0- Some of the contracts sent out by the school board to the various teachers of the high school grades were returned accepted and signed this week, but many teachers have not yet accepted. The wages of a few were cut, this being mostly of those who were working under a contract calling for higher wages than the average, first made in the days following the war. The clerk was unable to give the names of those who had signed and returned their contracts. HOSPITAL ALUMNAE HAD REUNION AND PARTY Alumnae of the Kingman' Hospital Training School held first reunion Thursday evening of last week. A short business meeting was held at the hospital after which nurses went to the Travelers Cafe.

and had a banquet. They finished up the evening with a line party at the theatre. All but four of the alumnae were present at the reunion. Those present were Helen McEvoy, Mude Anderson, Victoria Beat, Mary DeVore, Otoma Butts of the alumnae, and May Herrin, Mrs. Krebs, Branch Viney, Susan Brill, Rosa Bohrer.

Alumnae, who could not be present Johnson, Amy Carr Brubaker, Jack Carr and Mary Gerber. Officers of the Alumnae elected at the business meeting were Maude Anderson, president, Helen McEvoy, secretary and treasurer. OIL MAN HERE S. J. Haynes, the oil promoter, was in the city last week-end, getting some more acreage to sell in order to push development of the two test wells in Kingman county.

He was unable to say when work would be resumed at the Rayl well. The 8 inch casing is on the ground, and the drillers are awaiting orders to proceed. The well down about 1700. The Graber is shut down at about 2500. Mr.

Haynes has contracted with the Kingman-Hale Oil Gas Co. to push the tests to 3300 feet. No. further word has been receiv-! ed in Kingman about the new test to be drilled by Hutchinson and Reno county parties, 9 miles north of the Rayl test. McQUERREYS ENTERTAIN Mr.

and Mrs. J. H. McQuerrey pleasantly entertained a number of their friends at the home of Rev. and Mrs.

E. 0. Cole last Friday evening. The evening was pleasantly spent playing rook. Refreshments consisting of carmel nut ice cream, light and dark cake and coffee were served after the guests had finished with the games.

The invited guests were: Mr. and Mrs. R. L. McManis, Mr.

and Mrs. George Oden, Mr. and Mrs. F. L.

McReynolds, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Klaver, Mr.

and Mrs. Guy Jaggard, Mr. and Mrs. E. Houghton, Mr.

and Mrs. C. J. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs.

F. J. Cloud, Mr. and Mrs. J.

I. Wrenchey, Mr. and Mrs. George Bobst, Mr. and Mrs.

Mark Cloud, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Williams, Mr.

and Mrs. C. C. Zentz, Mr. and Mrs.

A. D. Rayl, Dr. and Mrs. B.

H. Pope, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yeoman, Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Freeland, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hubbard, Mr.

and Mrs. Sterrett, Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson, Mrs. Nell Walter, Mr.

and Mrs. Elmer Oak, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sanders, Miss Lillian Cheatum, Norton McQuerrey and V. M.

Ravenscroft. Patronize the want ads. -0- George W. Fieser was elected Mayor of Kingman over R. W.

Hodgson at Tuesday's election by a vote of 546 to 131, a majority of 415. Mr. Fieser carried every ward in the city. No other issues were voted upon and there were no other candidates or any other offices to be filled. About 1100 were registered or eligible to vote.

The vote by wards was as follows: Fieser Hodgson First .181 39 Second .176 34 Third ....166 40 Fourth 23 18 Mr. 'Fieser happens to be a Democrat in (or was formerly classed as a Democrat) and it is said that Tuesday was the first time a democrat ever got a majority of 400 in Kingman City. Many Republicans voted a "straight Democratic ticket" for the first time in their lives Tuesday. The City of Kingman did well in electing George Fieser mayor, Tuesday. He has the friendship and the good will of every one who knows him, be they Democrat or Republican, and The Leader-Courier predicts that he will make one of the best mayors Kingman ever had.

He is a man of common sense, fair in all his dealings, conservative when needed, and progressive when progress is due. Kingman, under the administration of Clyde Murphy, kept a sane and even course. While other towns were bonding themselves to the limit paving streets, erecting city buildings, and throwing money right and left as every one did during the period of inflation, Kingman kept her head. Paved streets will be laid in Kingman and other public improvements will be made some day, and that day is probably not far off, but the people who pay the taxes to foot the bills will not be paying a double price for the improvements. During Mr.

Murphy's administration the tax levy has been reasonable and easy to pay. At the same time the city has been able to pay off some of the bonded indebtedness, and will this year pay off $3,000 worth of bonds, in spite of the fact that Kingman has a lower tax levy of any town over 2,000 population in the state of Kansas. The commissioners under the old administration tried a to better raise and the bigger wasupply of water could be on hands in the summer time, but the ordinance raising the rates was voted down at a referendum. This is the only unfinished business of any importance on the new mayor's desk. The water rates must be raised or obtained in some way to enlarge the plant and the source of supply in order for the water department to meet the needs of the city.

Kingman has, or rather can have, the best water in the state all the time at a slight increase in the rate. No other city in the state is paying as low for its water as Kingman, and no others can get better water. WALLS UP ON TOLAR ROOMS -0-- it The walls are almost on the new Tolar building of rooms. on North Main street, the interior finishing will start soon. The south room of the will be occupied by the stall.

Bakery, The owned other by Harry, rooms have been leased as yet although parties, Mr. Tolar said, have ed with him about renting The front and rear walls are of new brick. Only north fire wall between the Tolar and the new Murphy was built of the brick taken the old school house. MURPHYS ERECT BUILDING -0- The Murphy brothers, Clyde and Oren, have decided to build their new brick building on North Main while their neighbor, J. L.

Tolar, is putting up his building. The Murphy building will adioin the Cannonball garage on the south, and the new Tolar building on the north. It will be one-story high, as the Tolar building. The recent storms have been putting lots "static" into the air, and the Meade: theatre radiophone has been unable to work successfully since, the outfit was completed. Electrical storms affect the wireless phone just as they do the regular phones, or even worse.

A loud buzzing occurs which drowns out the sounds, intended to be heard. The machine worked in fine shape night before last and last night, and when the air completely clears up the Meade wiN nut on a real concert. The theatre was able to hear a little from Kansas City for the first time Tuesday night, but there was so much static, the message was not clear. TOURIST CAMP AT McPHERSON McPherson will spend $6000 to make 4-acre tract of ground one in of the most convenient camp grounds the state, it is reported. Late last year the chamber of commerce of McPherson purchased a tract ground on the outskirts of that city for such a purpose.

completed three and very three Sunflower Schoafnot several figurthem. built wall, buildbuilding out of.