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ft Vol. XX. Effingham, Atchison County, Kansas, Thursday, July 20, 1905. No. 51 I'' Some Crop Notes I For Right Writing I Ice Cream and Sodas While talking of crops it might be well to notice that the acreage of forage crops and millet is smaller this Wheat price have taken a big tumble the past week.

Those who had their wheat contracted and threshed and delivered it last week received 81 cents. The price continued to drop until Tuesday a year than usual. Farmers generally put these crops in ground that they did not get planted to corn or oats. a price of 69 cents was reached. 600 cars in Kansas City Monday The favorable season in the spring caused all, or nearly all, the ground to be planted to those crops.

Millet seed ought to bring a good price next fall. George McPhilimy returned from will give an idea ef the cause of the drop. George McGaulicy's 43 acres of the harvest fields of Graham county wheat yielded him 21) bushels per acre, Saturday evening. While the havest Charley Henderson's wheat yield Your acquaintances always notice the stationery you write to them upon and in a measure judge you by it. In our assortment of fine box papers we have what is proper and right and demanded by fashion.

In wall paper we are showing the latest designs. You may have a room or two that needs papering yet and we want to show you how cheaply it can be done when we are allowed to furnish the wall paper. Lincoln paints still lead and are the very best paints on the market. They stand the test of time was not as good as some of his neigh' bors. He had in 25 acres which turn ing was over with there was plenty of other work to do but he could not find a house he could rent for his wife and ed out 13 bushels to the acre.

The babies. He says Sutter Bros, and wheat was extra good quality. Hugh Gillen lost a lot of wheat on Our ice cream and soda parlor is a delightful place to visit these warm days. A bright, well ventilated room, cool, and the purest and best possible icecream and ice drinks served. Could you want anything better for a hot day? Our ice cream soda is one of the most popular drinks in town and there is complete satisfaction in eyery spoonful of our ice cream.

It has that smooth rich taste of pure Jersey cream and the flavor is of the choicest extracts of ripe, fresh fruit. The Effingham Bakery ALBERT R. HOUGH, Proprietor account of not being able to get it Leonard Leighton, who farms J. P. Henderson's farm, had a rattling good piece of wheat.

The twenty acres averaged 25 bushels per acre and harvested in time. Sutter Bros, bad put in an order for two headers but the companies failed to ship them and this was the cause of their loss This may convince you that the far mers around Effingham have been up tested 62 pounds to the bushel. He rectived 81 cents a bushel for it. The first car of new wheat was shipped out of Effingham by Cavanaugh Kelly last Thursday. J.

A. Bishop furnished it to them. He had 60 acres and his yield was 20 bushels per acre against it the 'past year: Cavanaugli A Kelly sold only a few cars of corn last fall and the last one they shipped was in November. Hendrickson Sharpless stored all the corn they bought and sold it back to the farm with a test of 61 pounds to the bushel, which he sold for 81 cents. John Petree was the first to market ew oats in Effingham.

He delivered Two Accidents. Frank Bishop had a couple of pieces Teachers' Certificates. Following is a complete list of is to Hendrickson Sharpless last week. He sowed them thin and the of hard luck last week. On Sunday teachers' certificates issued by the icld was 40 bushels to the acre.

The board ot teachers' examiners Satur- test was 37 pounds to the bushel. They brought him 28 cents a bushel. ay, upon examinations taken at he and his wife started to drive over the farm. As they drove up to a gate and after Mr. Bishop had gotten out to open it one end of the neckyokefell ers.

A few cars of wheat and oats were shipped out. In an ordinary year the elevators here will ship out at least a dozen cars of corn a week during the busy season and fill their cribs besides. But old times will be here again this year. There will be considerable more wheat and oats to handle than have been handled for years besides an extra large corn crop if present prospects develope into a crop. W.

A. Meador's wheat on the Benton place, which was badly hailed, turned out 13 bushels to the acre. the close ot the county normal in- This is tough luck: Stacksof wheat titute: belonging to Elias Graves and Jim W. Z. Hubbard, Arrington.

Marie Mangelsdorf, Atchison. Olive Mester, Atchison. Hazel Mester, Atchison. Clair Stillman, Nortonville. Addie Grigsby, Atchison.

Ruby Davis. Nortonville. Annie Snyder, Farmington. Cora Roberts, Muscotah. Sophie Gerardy, Wathena.

Cora Streeter, Muscotah. Winnie Presnell, Muscotah. Norma Gregory, Atchison. Mrs. Lucy Gregory, Atchison.

M. E. McClintock. Atchison. Atchison County' Population, According- to the reports turned in by the assessors Atchison county, outside ot the city of Atchison, lias lost 915 population since 1900.

During the same time Atchison, lias pained 2,442 The returns show that Benton township has lost 192 people which report is hard to believe when the boom in farm land of the township during the last three years is considered. The following table, compiled by the Atchison Globe, contains many interesting points: Colgan, near Atchison, and Frank ohletz, near Huron, were struck Professional grade Annie Miller, Muscotah. Cora McClintock, Atchison. J. W.

Campbell, Effingham. Alma, Calvert, Muscotah. witn iigntuing ana Durnea to tne ground during a storm last Thursday night. and scared the team. In getting Mrs.

Bishop out of the buggy he sprained his wrist. The team went over the fence but left the buggy behind, The following Wednesday he was sorting cattle and his horse fell and gave the same wrist another and more severe twist. He had to carry it in a sling for a few days. W. E.

Bradley's seven year old boy First grade Gadding J. F. Cole. Atchison, Pearl Murphy, Atchison. Luella White, Atchison.

May Kenser, Atchison. 1905 1809 1900 Walnut tp 1.264 1,277 1,194 About Advertising. The advertising in the New Leaf Miss Etta Graham will return to her J. Wilson and family returned from Woodbine, Iowa yesterday. Mt.

Pleasant tp 1,223 1,697 1,403 work in Kansas City Friday. got badly burned with -oiier Saturday. He set a short piece of gas pipe down on a board, pnt the powder into it and put a match to it wit' usual Ora GrandstafF, Atchison, R. R. has at least one reader: the Atchison Center tp 1,304 1,647 1,424 lienton tp 1,775 2,060 1,967 Second grade C.

T. M. Smith made a trip to his Globe, Mrs. C. S.

Moore and children iwent to St. Joe yesterday to visit at the Kas, farm near Goffs Monday. M. B. Samuel, Spring Hill, results.

While his eyebrows and eye This is the time of year when home of E. W. Benjamin. lashes were burned off and his face Mrs. Grable and daughter, Nell, country newspapers can talk their blistered none of the powder imbedded Kapioma tp 1,070 1,107 1,109 Grasshoppertp 1,616 1,897 1,773 Lancaster tp 1,532 1,680 1,994 Shannon tp 2,239 2,387 2,020 Atchison City 18,164 16,617 15.721 returned from a visit to Vermillion Mr.

and Mrs. John Fellers, who have been visiting M. W. Benjamin's heads off and still not be able to convince the merchants that It Pays to itself in the skin. The back of his Monday.

hands were badly burned. Dr. P. and W. B.

Bolsinger's returned to St. Advertise. Misses Emma and Sally Ellis are Moore attended the case. Joe Mondsy. Mrs.

Fellers is John 30,187 30,369 28,660 Does advertising pay? Mrs. "Belle visiting their brother, at Tescott. Benjamin's daughter. does not improve H. Curtis Longest any in health.

Longest's Clay Stevens, Fred Buhrmester and Do not fail to read prices on coal. George Stockdale, of Guthrie, Okla Frank Mowau left Monday night homa, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. McLcnnon spent sixty cents advertising in The New Leaf that she had honey enough to supply all comers and she thought she had. But after selling 700 pounds and promising another hundred ahead she decided Richter Keplinger are selling the for a trip through the Central Branch A. M.

Walsh. very best country lard. Nellie Murphy, Muscotah. Elizabeth Hudson, Atchison. Mamie Kecnan, Atchison.

Delia Hanna, Atchison. Myrtle Demoret, Atchison Penelope Landis, Brenner. Margaret Bechtel, Atchison. Edna Crandall, Nortonville. Iva Davis, Nortonville.

Margaret Hinkston, Muscotah V. A. La nd ruin, Effingham. Mary Vance, Atchison. Nina Bindenwald, Atchison.

Annie Miller, Muscotah. Liua Acheson, Effingham. Lucy Miller, Muscotah. Minnie Taylor, Atchison. Daisy Gibson, Arrington.

Myrtle Coe, Huron. wheat belt. They will make their first stop at Edmond and will go on Mrs. George McPhilimy, and two Fred Sutter sold a pair ot two year old driving colts to Kendall, of Valley daughters visited her pareuts in Arr- Xo Hoxie to visit the Woodards. that the advertising had accomplished iugton last week.

Falls, last wee all she desired. 800 pounds of hoaer Mr. and Mrs. D. G.

Wilson left last J. F. Class, of Parnell, is spending Richter Keplinger are headquarters for breakfast bacon, country bacon, hams and all salt meats. A. W.

Mulligan is prepared to accommodate you with a livery rig at a reasonable price. Old Benjamin barn. McLouth has gone baseball crazy. A tram has been organized and thi-y have agreed to pay an imported pitch for a trip to Bogue, where their If you eyer do do the Sunny Jim the week with M. Rust and other son, Bert, is located, to Salina to stunt this is the time of the year and Effingham friends this week.

their daughter, Mrs. A Hawk, and the sort of weather for it. other points they may take a notion to Mrs. J. A.

Bishop left Tuesday to Jim Henderson, Bert Hershman and visit. Their stay will be indefinite. visit her sisters at Broken Arrow, I. and at Prcacott, Arkansas. Jerry Knoll pulled out for Palco Mr.

and Mrs. P. Killey, Mr. and er $125 for the season. So far they Thursday uight.

Each of them will Mrs. A. E. Mayhew and son, Carl, Mrs. G.

Wilson returned Sunday have cleaned up all opposition, put in 100 acres of wheat. Third grade Mr. and Mrs. W. M.

Walker, C. from a visit to her sons, Frank at Kelley. and Emmett, at Axtell. is a lot of sweetness. Lichtenstein, the new clothier who is coming to Atchison, is using a half page in the Globe every week to tell the people he is coming, although he will not be ready for business for over a month yet The grudging advertiser will say he is throwing his money away; that there is no use advertising when there is no business.

Still you want to keep your eye on the success or failure of the opeuing of this store, Mr. Business Man, and perhaps there will be a lesson in it for you. If you want peaches for your Sunday dinner leave your order with the Effingham Furniture Company. Green and Misses Sarah and Ella Green ef Sedalia, lett Tuesday Mrs. J.

M. Green and daughters Past and Coming Events for an outing in Colorado. arrived Friday to make an indefinite stay at the home of C. E. Gieen.

Harold Howell, of Nevada, Missouri A. K. Fiechter, Hiawatha. Catherine Barry, Atchison. Bessie Kelley, Atchison.

Eva Stoddard. Muscotah. Sarah Woolfolk, Atchison, June Patton, Atchison, Helen Sears, Atchison. Bessie Hall, Poller, Mary Brown, Effingham. spent Saturday and Sunday with his The Christian church at Potter Mr.

and Mrs, A. Uuey.of Atchi parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. M.

Howell celebrated the fiftieth aniversary son, visitea her parents, Air. ana Airs. He is a member of the Missouri Na of the church organization in thi tional Guards who were camping county in Shaw's grove, near Potter, Lake Contrary, near St. Joe and Sunday Five ef the charter members got a leave of ahsence to come were present. They are Mr.

and Mrs home. Joseph Potter, Mr. and Mrs. William Young and Mrs. H.

Sprang. The C. Heiuibach took his employes About Town Dogs program of the day consisted of his in the mitten factory fishing and pic niclng to the Delaware Saturday and a good time was had. One or two of torical sermons, a reunion of old mem bers of the church, a basket dinner etc Several from Effingham attended The Country Fair. The business men of EHingham are talking street fair.

Kflingham was greatly disappointed over not being selected as the place to hold the Protective Association picnic and think something ought to be substituted. The street fair or old fashioned country lair has been proposed and seems to take. The last of September of the first of October have been talked of as the time for holding it. It willlast two or three days. The Catholic church will be reopened a week from Sunday with ajiecial services.

Nortonville' ball team walloped the stuffin out of the Muscotah team Sunday. The score was 12 to 2. the girls waded beyond their depth Counting the people who were in til and had to be fished out but that always happens, There was plenty te.it, on the depot roof and on top of box cars the wild west show played to to eat, a case of pop and hammock for all. A few fish got into trouble a big audience last Wednesday night William Graham Sunday and Monday. Mr.

and Mrs. Carl Steverand daughter, Leona, came down from etmore last Thursday to visit friends around Effingham. George Carter and V. P. Brixey, who have been in Western Kansas are on their way back to Eflingbam traveling in a wagon.

A. R. Hough, Mac Ballou, Misses Bessie Kayliill and Laura Bonnell attended the band coucert at Norton-ville Saturday night. C. M.

Knoll who has been pushing Western Kansas real estate for a week around Effingham, left for Osborne Tuesday. M. M. Remington went with him. Rev.

and Mrs. E. L. Thomas, of Waterville, who were on their way to Ratoou, New Mexico to spend a month with their sous, stopped off in Effingham between trains Tuesday. Mrs.

Mary Speerarrived in Guthrie, Oklahoma in time to attend the recep Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Acheson left Friday for Salineville, Ohio, where a There were real Indians and cowboy and the Sunflower band furnished th music. The only bronco busting wa brother of Mrs. Acheson is fatally ill the riding of a big dun horse belong, This is their first trip back to their old home in Ohio since they were married ing to A.

N. Conroy. It was ridde The Knight of the Condemned Dog is a new organization which will be started In Effingham. The badge of the order will be a loaded shotgun and the motto "Kill every dog that comes around your house at night and Like every other town the dogs of Effingham have more privilege and license than the people and the K. of C.

D. will attempt to adjust things so that the people will have at least an equal show. For the past week or two every person has been complaining about dogs. They traveled in a bunch and seemed to be out on a serenade and managed to cover the whole town before morning. The writer was one who had to get up at two o'clock a.

m. and drive by two riders and furnished plenty ot and came west thirty years ago. Th extent of their visit will depen this sort of amusement. One seen Atchison has selected September 13 Impressed itself on the minds of th' largely on how well Mr. Acheson can in his end of town will depart by the atrych-nine route.

Several others will see their revenge carried out by the use of the shotgun. Any one ha a right to keep a dog but he baa the right to keep it at home. In talking ot dogs a man, who knows, says that while he always has to pay his dog tax lie knows where there are dog owner who never pay a cent. He further say that if all are not treated alike this year he is going to have his money back or know the reason why. Now if he will only carry out hi threat he will do much toward abating the dog nuisance and will receive the everlasting gratitude of a suffering community.

Doggone a town dog anyhow, A Seneca man died of hydrophobia last Wednesday who had been bitten by a mad dog two months ago, audience. A girl had beeu caught red and 14 as the dates for the corn carnival, and the Globe announces that a feature of the flower parade will be an enjoy himself. A woman can have good time most anywhere but it different with a man. handed stealing horses and was hun by the neck by the Indians. Sh automobile section We suppsse there T.

J. Bohannon and W. M. Walke was the favorite daughtcrof a wealthy will also be a Coal Mine section. rauenman ana ne ana nis cowboy accompanied a party of mine promoters from St.

Joe to Jurilla, New started out to look for them. You may imagine the father's grief when The executitve committee of the Mexico last week. They left Wednesday and returned Sunday only spend he found his favorite daughter hang. tion of a new grandaughter born two weeks ago. She is the daughter of Benton township Sunday school convention held a meeting Friday after' Ing a day looking over tne uunin ing oy ner pcck wiin ner leet on a Dox property.

There were about eighty 1 he cowboys formed in single rile an started back home and the band struc George Speer an C. H. S. graduate. Mrs W.

M. Howell, her daughter, men in the party and everything was furnished tree. u. IS. sniitn, noon and arranged for a convention to be held at Monrovia Saturday, July 29.

The program is published elsewhere in this issue of The New Leaf. them away in order that the household night sleep and It looked to him as if the dog were piled three up. pathetically "Site in the Arms of of But she wasn't: it was the Huron, F. W. Cummings, of Lancas Ruth, and her sister, Miss lah, of Vermillion, spent Friday in Kansas ter, J.

M. ChalUs. 8. at King, Dr. fellow who claimed to be her pa wh naa ner in nis arms, i ne snow was deeD in a Iree-for-all fight in front Each Sunday school In Effingham Allaiuan and several others from Atchison were In the company.

Th perfectly respectable but the peopl will make an effort to see that they City and Leavenworth. The fort and the Soldiers Home at the latter plane were Hie points of interest, ot the house. One man who doesn't keep a dog ay.s if it keeps wp dogs wno pain aaiuisaion Qion get very Effingham men report the trip being a. very pleasant one, are well represented, Dig aiviaenas. r-i.