The Gardner Gazette from Gardner, Kansas • 1

State Historical Society Third Annual Baskcl Ball Tournament, Friday and Saturday, March 9-10. Season Tickets, 75c; Gen. 25c VOL. XVIII 'GARDNER, KANSAS, MARCH 9, 1917 NO. 28 Third Annual Basket Ball Santa Fe Cow and Hen Train Prize dairy and poultry stock T5he Gardner Gazette By Ed Eaton Published Every Friday at Gardner, John son County, Kausas.

Entered at the Gard ner Kansas, postofnce. DEBATE Girls Made Fine Showing The Gardner Girls Basket ball team played in the Finals in the tournament at Baldwin last Saturday. In the first round they drew Baldwin and although Gardner H. S. vs.

Spring Hill H. S. FRIDAY, MARCH 23 QUESTION-Resolved, that the Federal Government should own and operate the railways of the United Stales. Gardner has the affirmative team con-sistihg of the following: Clarence Hig-gins, Lloyd Cole and Man ford Eaton. Tournament This Friday, afternoon, the Third Annual Basket Ball Tourn anient opens atvVestminster Hall with the following high school teani9 enterd for the contest; Bonner Springs, Eudora, Kansas pity, Kansas; Paola, Lecomp-tion, Baldwin, Olathe and Gardner.

This array includes some of the crack teams of Northeastern Kansas and there is every promise of a hard and exciting contest, not only in the preliminaries but, also, in the finals. There is considerable speculation as to the chances of "Gardner. The Gardner team has met defeat a good many times this season, yet they have howed good stuff at times and may spring a surf rise both upon their friends and enemies With good support from their friends, they will put up a nervy scrap and may bring home the bacon Bonner and Eudora each have strong teams as is well known and it is probable that some of theother entrants will show some interesting samples of plain and fancy ball tossing. Last season, when the finals were being played off, gray haired men and 15C of the state will be exhibited on board the Santa Se railway, emonstration train for extension of the two industries in the eastern half of Kansas. The train, which is being run with the co-operation of the Kansas State Agriculture college, will arrive in Gardner Wednesday morning March 21 at 10:15 and will leave at 11:30 after a meeting here.

It will consist of seven cars, including three meeting coaches, a car of live poultry ex hibits from the bluest blooded flocks of the state, and a car of dairy cattle, the pick of the Kansas State Agricultural college herds. Included in the exhibition dairy cattle will be Canary Bell, an Ayrshire cow, who pro duced 17,407 pounds of milk and 78G pounds of butter last year. She holds the highest milk and butter producing record of any living cow in the state and holds also the high milk and butter production record for 2-year-olds. Visitors to the train here will be instructed in buying, caring for, and feeding dairy cattle and poultry so as to obtain the maximum production. Prof.

0. E. Reed, head of the dairy division the college, who will be on the train at different times as will experts and heads of depart ments from the college, asserts it is easily possible to double the production of the average Kansas cow. the average cow this state, Prof, Reed asserts, produces 120 pounds of butter in a year. Speakers from the college who will be on the train and the days they will speak are as follows: Poultry Ross M.

Sherwood, acting head of the poultry division, March 6 to 17, and Prof. F. E. Fox, instructor in the poultry division, March 19 to 31 Dairying-A Neale, specialist in the dairy extension division March (i to 10; George S. Hine, state dairy commissioner, March 12 to 17; Prof.

J. B. Fitch of the dairy division, March 19 to 24, and Prof. O. E.

Reed, head of the dairy division. March 26 to 31. H. M. Bainer, agricultural and industrial sgent for the Santa Fe, will be in active charge of the train.

Mr. Sherwood of the college asserts the farmer in the Eastern half of the state may easily double their income from poultry if hens are handled so as to lay during the winter months, Mr. Sherwood and Mr. Fox will tell in a practical way, how this can easily be done. They will also explain various methods of increasing production through feeding, housing and general im provemenfof flocks.

In short farmers and others, interested in the improvement and extension of the industries, will be given the benefit of years of expert ments and study devoted to dairying and poultry farming by the college expe. ts and experts of the Santa Fe railway. This will be one of the few opportuni tie3 of people over the state to see and. study the finest cows in the famous college herds with out spending a lot ot money in making a trip to tha college. F.

B. Glimpse, industrial agent for the "wells fargo Express company, will be on the train March 6 to 10 and 21 to 31. Have Your Eyes Examined V. It. IVarce wishes to announce" that ho will bo hero for two week and will examine eyes anil fit glasses for anyone who wishes his services.

Appointments may be made by telephone. A Dollar a year LODGES A.F.&A.M. Gardner Lodge No, 65 Meets second and fourth -Thursday evenings of each month All members take notice." Vis tors always welcome. C. Bigelow.W.

M. G. B. Dent. Sec' M- W.

Gardner Camp No. 435. Meets second and fourth Fri day evenings each month Visitors always welcome D. Wilson, V. C.

F. B. Lyon, Clerk K. of Gardner Lodge No, 70 Meets in hall over Gardner State Bank every Monday night. Members take notice.

Visitors always welcome H. H. Moors, C. F. HlGGINS K.

of R. S. Gardner Lodge Rebekah No. 596 Meets every first and third Friday in the monts in the O. O.

F. hall. Visiting members welcome Mrs' Lucy Anderson, N. G. Mrs.

Gladys Russell, Secy. Gardner Grange, No. 68 Meets in I. O. O.

F. Hall every second and fourth Saturdays of each month at 2:00 o'clock n. m. Members please take notice T. D.

Goresline, Mrs. Florence Smith Master Secretary To Debate Government Ownership. The question of government ownership and operation of rail ways will be debated on Friday evening, March 26, at the school auditorium in Gardner. Gardner and Spring Hill meet to settle the question and Gardner has the affirmative and Spring Hill the negative. Lloyd Cole, Clarence Higgins and Mauford Eaton represent Gardner.

On the same evening a negative team, composed of William Bigelow, Loren Cub-bison and Harry Goresline eo to Olathe to debate the same question with an Olatho Sehoo, team Admission is 15 cents. Go and hear the debate and encourage the school. Preaching services will be held at the Church of the Brethren at East Maple Grove southwest of town next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock a. in. and in the evening nt 7.

Kev. H. T. Brubaker, of Olathe, known as a very able minister, will preach. To Give Free Show The Gardner Picture Shaw is offering a very fine program for the month, which includes some of he best Paramount films.

This program von will fihd on the last page of the Look it over carefully. You will Una some 01 Uh best photoplays listed, with somp of the famous moving picture actors starring in them. A Big free snow will be given Monday, March 18. Pearl White anpeara in "The Iron Claw," This will be the first episode of a good serial and there will bm good comedies and a reel of new fashion pictures. Gazette Will Entertain School Children.

On the afterncon of Saturday, March 3t, the Gardner Gazette wants all the school children of the lower grades to bo its guests at the picture show when Marv Picktord will appear in "Cinderel la," Every kid knows "Cinderella," and we want every kid to be there. We will tell all about it in our next issue. The Kansas City Star needn't think it is the only paper that can give the kids a free show. I. Baldwin was in the lead at the end of the 1st half, Gardner came back with renewed "pep" and won the game 17 to 12.

They played off the semi-finals with Merriam who had won over the Williamsburg girls. This was also a hard fought game but Gardner did some fast work towards the close of the last half and beat Merriam by 9 points, Score 40 to 31. The hnals were played off in the afternoon and Gardner came up against" the fastest girls team in the Kosedaie. the Rosedale girls started off in the lead and Gardner couldn't over come the handicap. Gardner's two forwards, Jenit Tawney and Ida DeNoon played a fine game but the ball was kept at Rose dales end of the field most of the time.

The game ended with score of 32-14 in favor of Rosedale. Gardner, as the Runner's up received a basket ball presented by Baker Uni versity. Just Dirty Politics. We understand that Senators Stone, LaFollette and their colleagues of the United States Senate, whose filibustering tactics prevented an overwhelm ing majority of the Senate from granting to President Wilson authority to arm American merchantmen, take refuge be hind the constitution of the United States. The meantime, American commerce is swept from the seas and the United States stands humiliated before the whole world.

We are glad to see. that Theodore Roosevelt denounces, the action of these senators as unpatriotic. Stone and LaFollette may seek to hide behind the constitution but, we i. i .1 oeneve, tney are merely piaying politics and mighty dirty politics at that. The City Administration has ordered two more carloads of oil for future delivery and, as soon as the weather is right and the streets in proper condition, the oil will be shipped and put on.

All of which will be pleasing to the people of Gardner who, long ago, have made up their mind that the best thing they ever did was to oil the streets, that is next to building the new school house. All winter long the streets have been free from mud and paving could not have been better. Ihe farmers have appreciated it even more than the nomilo in tnwn nnif tViov looking forward to the time when thev can come to town on oiled roads. Gardner will take no backward step. In this snlen- mtio rnwr TYinat- nf thom will r.onrl tha root thmr rlnva nnif they are trying to while they are alive.

enjoy life Helps Toward Thrift The Gardner state Bank is helping to promote thrift by offer ing to every boy or girl a nice savings bank. Go and talk to them about how to get a bank. They will be glad to help you. Hedge Telephone Poles Wanted- The Johnson County Tclephoiie Co. wants some hedge telephone poles at least 10 feet long and reasonably st raight.

If you have them, call phone 940 G. John Rice was day on business. in Olathe Mon- H. J. J.

ADMISSION Faithful to the Flag. "My country, riaht or wrong; if she is right, may she be kepf and if wrong, may she be set right." Addressing a large audience at St. Peter's German Evangelical church in Kansas City last Sun. day, Rev. John Saur earnestly declared that all Americans of German birth, should endorse the above words of Carl When we read his words, we remembered the words of Rev.

Henry Bueker, spoken at the dinner given by the Sons of Veterans at Westminster Hall. We cannot give his exact 1 words but, he said in substance: ihe old German tongue is sweet to my ears; there dwells in my heart a deep love of the Fatherland," my native la id in whose soil reposes the dust ot my ancestors. But America is my country; the American flag is my flag. Here will I live out the remaining span of my life and in the soil of my adopted Country the Country I love- will my ashes find repose." This splendid sentiments will find an echo in the hearts of those of our friends and neighbors who have dwelt by our side in this good community for so many years, but who hrst saw the light of day in the "Father land." They will earnestly hope and pray that war may not come but, if war should come, we know that they will be found faithful to the flag. Kelly Bros.

Public Sale. Frank and Charles Kelly want to let go of everything but the shorthorn breeding business for this is increasing so rapidly that it takes all their time. They are going to get rid of a uiee lot ol young stock and someone' is going to get something worth while at their public sale which will be held Thursday, March 15, at their farm 2 miles enst n.ml 1 north of ner, 7 miles southwest ot oiatiio and 1-2 milo west of Clare. They will sell 4L neau ol live stock, in cluding 13 head of draft horses, mostly broke to work; some good milk cows and a nice buueh of young shorthorns, all high grade but not registered. They will also sell two registered shorthorn bulls, 7 Duroc Jersey cows and other stuff.

Terms are liberal and th'j st uff is good. A nice lunch will be served on (lie grounds. Col. J. A.

Marshall will cry the sale and it will be clerked by II. C. Bigelow. Parents-Teachers' Meeting. The next meeting of the Caren Is Teachers Association will be held at the auditorium tntlie evening of March 1G Mayor V.

M. Harris ot Ottawa, will deliver an address and there will be a program. Admission, is free and, everyone is invited. Interest in M. E.

Revivals Continues to Increase If attendance is any indication and it surely is the revival services being held at the Meth odist Church are taking hold upon the community and arousing a great deal of interest. Last Sunday evening, the church was crowded with attentive people who heard a sermon of power. A solo by Miss Goldah Mehl, daughter of Rev. Mehl, was a much appreciated feature of the services, Mrs. Mehl, accompanying her, at the piano.

Miss Mehl has a very beautitul soprano voice and she sang with 'great tenderness and feeling. The meeting will continue at ieast until next Sunday and, perhaps longer. That they have accomplished much, few can doubt; that they have aroused many to a sense of their spiritual needs, is un-doubtedly true and that the result will be a nuickened conscience and an awakening to the duties and privileges of religious life will be conceded by all who have been attending the meetings. Do not neglect the opportunity to at tend the remaining meetings Some of the subjects which Rev. Mehl will deliver before the meetings close are: Why I am a Christian.

Mv Record, The Divine Challenge, What is there at the End of the Road? Gods last Call to Man, Safety amid Storms and A Preachers Fare well. Americans It was a man of German birth speaking with a pronounced German accent, who proposed toast to the President of the United States at the Knife and Fork Club, and called on the members to let every word and every thought be one of patriotic determination to stand by the country in this crisis. The attitude of Mr. Goebel is the attitude of the vast majority of Americans of foreign birth Their ideals and their loyalty have been sineerely transferred to the land of their adoption Kansas City Star. Death of Mrs.

W.J. Ott; The people of the community were shocked Tuesday when the word went round that Mrs. W. Utt was dead for many were no even aware of her illness whit was of brief duration. Mrs.

Ot was a good woman who made a abiding place for herself in tl hearts of our people. The funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock, at the Presbyterian church. An extended obituar will appear next week. Mr. C.

E. Wells, of Maryville, and Dr. Charles Ott, of Pittsburg, Kansas, arrived Thursday to attend the funeral of their mother, the late Mrs. William J. 6tt.

women shouted themselves hoarse and the air was electric and nerves taut. This year, there is every reason to believe there will be just as many thrillers and just as much to quicken the blood as last year, and ttfiat is saying a good deal. Season tickets are placed at the very low price of 75 cents and single admissions at 25 cents. Obituary of Joseph Rankin Moore Josph Rankin Moore was born Nov. 28, 1853, near Chemung, McHenry County, Illinois, and psse0yaway February 28, 1917 his liome in Gardner, aged 63 rears anc 3 months.

He was tnb marriage Sept. 9, 1S79, liWilkTda J. Miller, who still ves him. To this union 'f hnrn fnnr pVi ildrpn Rortrifl rank Charles B. and iilie.

all of whom are living. man in this community was held in higher esteem by his friends and neighbors. He was a good citizen and neighbor, honest, upright and kind. He was a faithful husband, a loving father. In every relation of life he was above reproach The high high regard in which he was held attested by the was outpouring of his friends and neighbors when the funeral was held at the Presbyterian church Friday The services were held by Rev.V.

D. Love, pastor of the Church of Christ, Kev Jones assisting and burial was in the Gardner cemetery. There were many beautiful floral tributes. Mr. Moore made nlace for himiselt in the com rnunity and he won that best of all possessions, a good name.

His loved ones can be comforted bv the memory of his life and the assurance that he is now free from all pain and suffering, having put on the body ineorrup tjible and received the Victor Crown. Only A Law. Kansas has a bone dry law but Kansas is not bone-dry. law doesn make a social con dition. The people make The bone dry law will help, but nnlv as the Deoule of every com miHiitv each county, city and tnwnshiD have used sense and patriotism in electing law-en forcing officers--county attorney mnvnr sheriff and constables will the state be dry.

Where the people have voted politics neighborly prejudice or some other political stuff and nonsense thev will sret law-breaking. Laws are good; but they only help tteople. Laws do not create any Fing. Emporia Gazette..