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a a TWO THE FARMERS' VINDICATOR, VALLEY FALLS, KANSAS Friday, September 30, 1921 THE FARMERS VINDICATOR Official County Paper SOCIAL SOCIAL By HARMAN "PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as second class matter at the postoffice of Valley Falls, Kansas, under of March 3, 1872. Subscription price $2 per year in advance. ADVERTISING RATES Display, transient 30c per Inch Readers, per line 10c Renders, displayed, per line 15c Card of Thanks 50c Poetry, per 1 line Unquestionably had the Versailles treaty and the League of Nations been ratified by the Senate when presented by the President the condition of discord and dissension would never have materialized. The malcontents in the Senate, led by that arch conspirator, Lodge, would have seen that this country go down in oblivion if by so doing they could discredit President Wilson; and this is the legitimate result. As a sample of the economy practiced by the present state administration which has levied almost twice the previous tax on the people of the state, we quote the following from the state auditor: "We this time in the state house hastens ographer for the medical board of registration drawing a salary of $100 a month who does not have to exceed one good day's work a month: who could handle the records of all ten boards and there is not the least reason in the world why this economy should not be Introduced at once." At Kansas City the other day a local printshop was raided by the authorities and the property confiscated on the charge that it was printing lewd, salacious and obscene matter in a publication called Spotlight; and in the trial of the case the attorney for the defense placed Willard Battery Truths That Willard Threaded Rubber Insulation can be depended upon to outlast the battery plates.

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Olden Buick Co. Valley Falls, Kans. Willard Batteries Willard witnesses on the stand and made them admit that the Star, Post and Journal, printed just as lewd, lascivious and obscene stories in their news columns as the Spotlight had been arrested for, but they were not about the same persons. If one is looking for lewd, lascivious and obscene stories he need no farther than average big daily papersand bigger the dirtier. the Just as a sample sort of government the republicans under the leadership of Henry Allen and his political henchmen are loading on the taxpayers of the state we call attention to the fact that the entire cost of the Supreme Court with its seven justices and eighteen employes is $68,700 while Governor Allen's pets--the Industrial court and public utilities commission brought into existence for the sole purpose of making soft berths for the Governors pets- has seventy employes and an appropriation of $219,418.53 -almost a quarter of a million dollarg- and did anyone ever hear of any good thing coming out of either of these political hotbeds--their istence has been marked by an increase in for whatever they touched.

wonder taxes are expense, the highest ever known with all political debts to pay? Governor Allen told a Minneapolis audience one truth at least when he was discussing the question of Capital and Labor, and in referring to the oft repeated lie that labor (of course "union labor" is always meant) creates all wealth, called attention to the fact that if this were true China would be the wealthiest nation on earth-for they had about ten laborers to any other country's one. The fact of the matter is that wealth--the big things of earthwould never have been created had it not been for the brains of the men who are listed as capitalists -big business business-employers-the men who had of big things and were willing to risk their all of capital and brains and time to make this come true- as opposed to the men listed as laborers who desired a "sure hours on the job and a sure check at night. And this willingness to take a chance on the part of the majority of the people of this the greatest United States nation is on what earth makes! but if the 'labor unions their raved way about it all will be reduced to the present condition of Russia and There is a great commotion over the country about the five or six million -about the lack of purchasers of coal--about the shortage of freight and conventions are called and committees appointed to "investigate" the conditions and suggest remedies. "What fools these mortals be." If the people who are out of employment demanding two to ten dollars a day will get busy whatever they can find to do, at whatever wage they can get: if the coal operators will bring down their prices to some thing like before the war: if the railroads will cut their rates to correspond with the cut in wages; then and not tell then will the country get back on an even keel. But just so long as walking delegates of labor unions maintain their attitude of the dog in the manger-s0 long 88 big business refuses to make the needed concessions-so long as every last "son-of-a-gun" of the entire population wants the "other fellow" to be goat, present conditions will continue.

Order of Business The Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County will meet in regular monthly session on Monday, October 3rd, 1921, for the transaction of all business which may come regularly before them. The W. M. Shortall road case will be heard at this time. Miscellaneous business will be heard at this time.

Miscellaneous business will be taken up from time to time. By Order of Board of County Commissioners Attest: W. S. Daniels, Clerk. Manager Hauck and force are busy getting ready for the big Fair.

Miss Ruby Burkert, of Topeka, where she is employed as bookkeeper, spent last weekend at home here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Burkert. IT HAPPENED at.

THE ELECTRIC theater. A FEW NIGHTS ago. WHEN A large, determined. WOMAN APPEARED at the door. AND WALKED up to.

HARLEY TROTH. WHO HAPPENED to be there. AND ASKED him. IF HE had seen her husband. AND HARLEY smiled.

IN HIS best manner. AND TOLD her he. DIDN'T KNOW her husband. AND THE WOMAN asked. IF HE wouldn't page him.

AND HARLEY said. HE DIDN'T THINK. HE WOULD like to do that. AS MANY persons. OBJECT TO being made.

CONSPICUOUS. IN THAT manner. AND THE woman then said: "WELL, I know. "HE'S IN this theater. "AND I AM ready to go home.

"AND I want him to go." AND THEN her face. BRIGHTENED UP. AND SHE said: "DO YOU care if I go. "TO THE door and whistle?" AND HARLEY thought. SHE WAS joking.

AND HE smiled again. AND SAID: "GO TO IT!" AND THE woman walked. RAPIDLY TO the door. AND STUCK her head in. AND LET out a shrill whistle.

WHICH startled the quiet audience AND IMMEDIATELY. A MEEK little man. WHO SAT well down front. DARTED OUT of his seat. LIKE A weasel.

AND BOLTED for the door. AND THE last time. HARLEY SAW him. HE WAS walking along. IN THE wake of a large.

DETERMINED-LOOKING woman. DOWN SYCAMORE Street. I THANK you. THE TOWN GOSSIP Cherry Trees In Bloom Rev. Chas.

H. Kimball reports that three of his cherry trees are now in bloom- pretty but rare sight. The trees, which in the early spring had suffered from a visit by Jack Frost, had dropped their leaves in mid summer, as in the Fall, are now. since the late summer rains have become dressed up in a new garb of leaf and bloom, creating quite a surprise in the orchard. The trees may have made a mis take in the season, as nature did last spring.

and fall a victim to old Jack again. But anyhow they are in bloom again gentle Susie. It is a violation of State law to kill squirrels in incorporated cities. any time of the year. Everybody has a knock for the man with a pull.

GNUT COLUMNS By Rub--This work is an awful grind! Dub- Well, the boss is a crank! The automobile gets many people out of doors and into the hospital. doesn't your car run faster?" "Well, you see, the rubber tires." The Cape Girardeau Missourian declares that fall invented the loose leaf system. The biggest home-town knocker home, oftimes is the biggest hometown booster when he's away. Usually when a woman is ordered to make a change in climate by the doctors there is a consultation--of dressmakers. Bobbed hair dates back to 1620, says an exchange.

But they called it scalping in those days, didn't Express. Old-time mosquito to Young Mosquito- to think that when he I was your could girls only on the face and hands." A gang of girl burglars has been operating in a Kansas town, and Pat Gray suggests that home-owners should keep a mouse instead of a bulldog. The sweatest meat I ever eat While visiting or at home Was that meat that ran on two feet And grew on a chicken bone. John Hammond A Pitsburgh man has been found with two wives who say that they have been held in one room through fear of their husband. We know a lot of brave men who wouldn't attempt to do that with one wife.

Smith Center, -As officers were hunting for home-brew factories at Gaylord last night, they ran across a keg of liquor in the cemetery. On looking over the keg they found it labeled, "spirits for the When sentence of death was pronounced on the Chicago gunman, O'Connor, the other dav for shooting a policeman. he called a "bum rap." L. D. Dolph says it occurs to him that it is not only a rap but a cap and a trap and a drap.

Teacher, after reading the poem "The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers: "Now, as a drawing exercise, I want you each to draw a picture Plymouth Rock." Willie: "Please ma'am, do you want us to draw a hen or a rooster?" "Three drinks of this stuff." said the wilv bootlegger, "and you'll hear the little birdies sing." "Not today," said the cautious citizen. "I had a friend who tried that prescription and it wasn't long before there was singing all around him, but he couldn't hear it." The other night I went to the theatre With a low-brow friend And the orchestra played "The Little Brown Jug." And he thought It was the national anthem And stood up And I did, too. Caspar Stein, as representative of the local lodge, Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias at Hutchinson this week, returning Thursday. Mrs. Alice Gardiner Sennrich, reprepentative of the local Temple, returned home this Thursday morning from Hutchinson, where she attended the Grand Lodge of the Pythian Sisters, this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Lochart, of St. Joe, who were called here last Saturday to attend the funeral of their friend, Eugene were the guests of Mr.

and Mrs. J. W. Lnagston. Mrs.

Lockhart and Mrs. Langston are sisters. For dinner Sunday the four were entertained at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Langston.

30 PEOPLE 30 NORTH BROTHERS STOCK COMPANY 30 PEOPLE 30 VALLEY FALLS 6 STARTING NIGHTS OCTOBER 3 "SPORT" NORTH and FRANK NORTH in the cast with 28 others. A city Stock NEW PLAYS NEW PLAYS Company of high standards, 27 years without closing. Showing five years in Topeka, New two years at Wichita, two years at St. Joe, three at Oklahoma City, two years New years Vaudeville at Fort Worth, Texas, two years at Omaha, and 20 weeks at Lincoln, Nebraska. Vaudeville and Opening MONDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, in and Orchestra a High Class Comedy-Drama, entitled: Orchestra BIG TENT "The Man Worth While" BIG TENT on on FAIR GROUND FAIR GROUND PRICE: Children, 9c.

Adults, 50c. War Tax added. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7-All Children admitted FREE to North Matinee-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 JELLIES, JAMS PRESERVES Special! -ForFriday Saturday JELLY Sept. 30, Oct. 1 JAMS AND JELLIES Quart size Jam, assorted flavors 53c per jar Quart size jars Jelly, assorted flavors 43c per Jar 16.

oz. jars of Jelly 28c Smallest size jars Jelly 12c It is to your advantage to buy a supply of jams and jellies NOW. KA KAUFMAN'S "THE QUALITY STORE" TELEPHONE 26 VALLEY FALLS VISIT OUR STORE DURING THE FAIR Something on Special Sale everyday during Fair. Special for Saturday 12 quart Dishpans 19c We have just received some Double Human Hair Nets of fine quality to sell at 15c each. Also many other new notions that you will find on our conveniently arranged tables.

Teach Your Dollars to Have More Cents WAGY VARIETY STORES Valley Falls, Ks. Frankfort, Ks. Centralia, Ks. Adrian, Mo. China.

McClures at Home Again Mr. and Mrs. Bert McClure are at home from a month's motor trip and visit in Colorado. They spent most of their time with their daughter, Mrs. Roy Nichols and Roy at Elizabeth 47 miles southeast of Denver and them in various motor trips visited the Capital City, its beautiul parks and other places of interest, more than a mile high.

old Pike's Peak loomed up the offing some ten thousand highteeth er. Other cities and places of interest were visited: but the high altitude did not agree with Bert. On their return they called on Walla Thornburg and his sister. Nannie, at Utica, where they located from Winchester 33 years ago. Bert had joined them but a couple or so years there were enough for him.

The Thornburgs "stayed" through hard times to prosperity and are still doing well. Walla's Catalpa and hedge groves are beauty spots on the prairie. The trees have grown to poet size and larger, one hedge measuring inches in circumference. Bert says, eastern Kansas for him and his. Mr.

and Mrs. Jas. Hatield, of St. Joe attended the funeral of Eugene Miller Saturday. While here they were the guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Fount Hurst, and called on other relatives. Killed By Lightning The community was shocked and saddened last Friday afternoon when the word was phoned in that Carl McCoy, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Will H.

McCoy and brother of Clarence McCoy of Valley Falls, was killed by lightning that morning while in the field drilling wheat near Nortonville. Three one horse were hitched to the drill, horse, and mule alternating. Two of mules were killed, the horse between them and other outside mule escaping. McCoy's clothing was torn from his body and he was severely burned from the throat downward. Torn into shreds his clothing was thrown twenty yards away in every direction.

He was lying on the muddy ground with one foot caught on the drill. Ralph McCoy, a brother of the dead man, and Curtis Glassell, who, having been at work in an adjoining field had pulled out when his horses had become frightened at the severe lightning, found the body at 12:30 o'clock, as they were driving along the road, when they noticed, frem a certain point in the road, the four animals piled up at the drill in the middle of the field. Something had happened to Carl. Curtis ram out in the field and found the situation as above described, while Ralph drove his car around to a more convenient point. One of the horses had broken loose the harness having been torn to pieces, and the men freed the other.

The hungry animals 800n found a grazing place. The electric storm which cansed his death occurred about 10:30. it was believed. The coroner, Dr. J.

M. Marks, was called to view the body, and Anding the cause of death to be from lightning, decided that an inquest was n- necessary. Obituary -McCoy married to Mary L. Miller of Nortonville, October 8, 1901. To this union three children were born, Mrs.

Wm. Hoffman, and sons. Barney and Pern, who survive. He is also survived by his parents, Mrs. W.

H. McCoy, brother Clarence. and sister Mrs. Melvin Stafford of Valley Falls. His older sister, Mrs.

Ed and brothers Ralph and Fred of Nortonville. They have the deep sympathy of everybody. The funeral was held at the home Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large assembly, The burial was in the Nortonville cemetery, Oscar Simmons, of Los Angeles, who attended the funeral of Mrs. W. A.

Clark at Winchester Saturday, with them, spent last weekend here at the home of his cousin. H. Hinchman and family. Mr. Simmons, the well known banker, is on a business trip at Atchison and Obituary -McCoy Carl McCoy was born near Nortonville May 16, 1882, and died place of birth September 23, 1921, aged 39 years, 4 months and 7 days.

He grew up on the farm and was.