Pratt Daily Tribune from Pratt, Kansas • 4

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Withers' Art Studio "No Staiis to Climb Car.d of Thanks. We wish to thank the many friends and neighbors for the beautiful flowers and for the wonderful assistance given us at the time of our recent bereavement. Mrs. Henry L. Thrall and Children.

Ralph Kridler is reported oh 1he flick list today. At Specialist We Examine the Eyri, Prescribe the LeoiM, Guarantee the Results. See Us Today and' See Better Tomorrow O. J. WESEMAN We Grind Our Own Lenses.

MEMBERS 53,000 Makers of High Grade Photographs. Enlarged Portraits and Frames. Kodak Film Developing and Printing. Floretta Fletcher tiled st for divorce in the district cOurtPyesterduy from Walter Fletcher. Kodaks and Films, More Than 90,000,000 Bushels of Grain Are Under Contract, in II Mid-West States.

ooooooooooooooo KANSAS CITY MARKETS, ooooooooooooooo BAPTISTS PICK OFFICERS. Tho Mothers' Club will meet with Mrs. R. H. Elder, 418 North Main street, on Friday, January at 2:30 p.

m. A full attendance of members is desired, as there will be election of officers. J. S. Barnes is ill today and con.

fined to his home. BASKETBALL TOMORROW. Cullison and Pratt Teams Will Meet in Liberty Gymnasium. Men Serve Banquet and Reports Show Livestock. Cattle receipts 3500.

Stpers- $6.25 Prosperous Year. The Missionary society of the Christian church will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the church. All members are asked to be present. J. K.

Vetter was in Pratt today making arrangements for showing Mr. and Mrs. N. E. King have moved fvom Second and Mound streets to G04 South High street.

Representative men of the First Baptist church Served a most delight ful cafeteria style dinner at tne an the Rex Ingram production of "The the KeX Ingram Production of Mrs. Anna Neugebauer left thi9 morning on a millinery buying trip to Tomorrow night at Liberty gymnasium here occurs the first game of the 1922 basketball season, when the fast Cullison bunch will be here to contest for supremacy against the squad of Coach Shupe of Pratt. The game is scheduled to start at 7:30. The Fairview Community Club will give an oyster supper tomorrow Friday night at the Fairview school house, as an aftermath of the big rabbit hunt. An invitation is extended to all to attend and participate in the festivities.

Mey- congregation last Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at the Elite theatre the last three! htf church, and Kansas City and St. Louis. to cows and heifers, $2.00 to $7.50. Hog receipts 3000. Bulk of sales, $6.65 to top, $7.30.

Grains. Wheat receipts 94 ears; market higher. No. 2 hard, $1.05 to No. 2 red, $1.13.

Corn market unchanged. No. 2 white, 41 Vic. Local Market (Furnished bv J. H.

Magruder.) No. 1 wheat, Otic. women members of the not a womun was allowed even a peep Vernon Shellenbargcr of Wichita, who spent yesterday with his cousin, in the kitchen. Following the din ner the officers for the coming year days of next week. This great picture has been showing in Kansas towns since last August to big houses everywhere.

It is a Metro picture, and cost the producing company a million dollars, it is said. Mrs. M. H. Hodges, returned home this morning.

were chosen for the church and Sun Interest in basketball is showing a material growth this year. Before the new high school building was erected the students at Pratt had no place to play basketball for several years, and hence the local interest in the game Chicago, 111., Jan. f. With more than 90,000,000 bushels of grain under contract from a membership of 35,248 grain producers in eleven midwest states, the U. S.

Grain Growers, Inc. enter the new year with the road cleared of the initial difficulties which attended the preliminary organization work and with brightest prospects for steadily increasing success in developing the organization and preparing to handle a tremendous volume of business in 1922, according to the officers of the farmers company, in an official statement released today. A total of 862 farmers' elevators and grain growers' associations have affiliated with the national selling agency under a five year agreement to handle the grain from local stations for the membership. Farmers elevators of Nebraska and Iowa have given theorganization particularly good support. Of the 214 agreements signed in Nebraska, 209 are held by strictly cooperative, farmer-owned.

day school. The annual reports showed the church to be in a very good condition, Edgar Martin, teacher of vocational agriculture in Pratt High School, went to Kansas City last night to attend a conference of the vocational section of the National Educational Association, which is. in session there this week. He is expected home Sunday. trt LOCKJAW VICTIIM IDIES.

A mysterious fire occurred at the E. B. Moore, one of the promoters of the oil well near here, but now of Fort Worth, Texas, was transacting business in town today. flagged very materially. Last year with all bills met and a balance in home of Howard Frank, living in Hopewell, some time Sunday evening, the treasury.

The general condition of the church is very good. About and the building was totally de l.r0 neonle were present. J. M. stroyed.

The property is owned by iicu C. E. Lucas, and the loss is estimated LTsSLm2 Mrs. Ed Tillery, wife of a well farmer living northwest of town, who has been seriously ill at Ninescah hospital, is reported much better was the first for a long time that the gapie had received attention here, and despite this fact, the team made a very good showing. This year the squad is showing great improvement and bids fair to rank with the very best in this section of the state.

Coach Shupe announces that the game tomorrow night will open with the following line-up: H. Lockert and at around $900, covered by some, $700 Ted Dooling Passed Away Last Evening About 5:30 O'clock. insurance. Mr. frank and his family had been gone all day, and there was FOR RENT.

FOR RENT Two rooms. Tel. 5467. 261-2p FOR RENT Office room over Citizens State Bank. 258-tf said to be no fire in the building.

How it caught fire is a mystery. The LEGION MEMBERS ATTEN Ted Dooling, a 17-year-old farmer boy from Reed Spring, near Mo- TION. Regular meeting Friday night houses, one by a farmers' stock corn- insurance was carried in the Mennon-ite Mutual Company of Newton and they settled for the loss on Tuesday. J. Lockert, forwards; Milton Shupe, center; Paul Jones and Paul Pipkin, guards.

The sub list is as follows: late' Tuesday' died yesterday anJ. four by growers' organiza- i i i i i t. at 8 o'clock at Legion hall. Impor tant business. D.

R. SCOTT, Adjt. 262-2 evening about 5:30, a victim of the owrwww Tombleson, Stump, Burnett, Cooley, FOR RENT Light rooms. Tel. 5547.

house-keepinR 2Gl-2p ic Oi. .1 I I'rm' I CAfLULCU ill lUWcl are with farmers' co-operative ele- and Baney. Seating arrangements at the gym dread disease. He was unconscious most of the day and passed away despite the heroic efforts of Dr. C.

Phillips to save him. His father was advised of his death SEE J. S. BARNES and invest our idle money in safe, reliable tocks that pay regular dividends of will take care of several hundred members: W. F.

James, W. J. R. E. Greiner, Nate Buchanan, Frank Curtis, R.

S. Cravens, Leslie Enoch and Leland Scrogin. An orchestra composed of the following furnished the music: D. J. Cordes, Ray Gordinier, Emery Robinson, Ray McCoy and Norman Hogue.

Officers of the church and Sunday school are as follows: Leland Scrogin, trustee for three years. Treasurer, W. N. Hogue. Financial secretary, W.

J. Harrell. Clerk, C. H. Ogborn.

Pianist, Larue Sewell. Chairman music committee, Frank Curtis. Treasurer building fund, J. W. Crossfield.

Chairman financial committee, John R. Congdon. Superintendent Sunday school, E. A. Greiner.

fans, and the prospects indicate that percent to 7 percent per annum, ayable quarterly, and are not tax- the games this season will tax the ca and he is expected here some time to FOR RENT 3 room apartment over Smith Drug Store, 703 No. Main. Call S. H. Skinner, 331.

257-tf FOR RENT Two furnished rooms for light house keeping, also one bed room for ladies. Phone 6208. 255-tf pacity of the house. ble. lmar night.

The boy had worked for the past several months for Roy McMan-is, a well known young farmer living FLOYD GOBIN HURT. The Brotherhood Class of the First Christian church will hold their annual "get together" banquet and program in the church parlors tomorrow night at 6:30 o'clock. A special program has been arranged for, with Rev. Harvey Baker Smith, pastor of the Hutchinson Christian church and J. R.

Connaughton, an attorney and superintendent of the Hutchinson Bible school, as the principal out of town speakers. There will also be short talks by several local men, including Rev. James Cornish, pastor of the church. Music and other things are on the program also. Work is to be resumed tomorrow Victim of Auto Crash at Third and FOR SALE OR TKADB Jackson Sts.

Yesterday Evening. the construction of the Park Hills "ountry Club, house, it is announced. Cold weather hit the last of the concrete which was poured in the-foundation, and the part which was frostbitten will have to come out. northwest of town. He is said to have been very industrious and hard-working, and quite popular with the Mc-Manis family.

Last week one day he stepped upon a board with a rusty nail in it. When questioned as to why the foot began FOR SALE Round Oak stove, size 16. Tel. 6291. 202-2p vators.

Active organization work was in progress in seven states at the close of the year, and although temporarily suspended for the holidays, new members to the number of 1019 or about half of the average weekly increase were reported. Fourteen farmers' elevators affiliated during the holidays. Particularly aggressive organization work is in progress in the states of Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. Wfeather and road conditions have held up work in the latter state for several weeks but representatives of the farmers company are entering ten counties this week. The memberships in the eleven states are as follows: State Growers Elevators Illinois 8,618 254 Nebraska 7,262 214 No.

Dakota ,4938 95 Missouri 3,327 67 Floyd Gobin, son of Dan Gobin, suf fered a concussion late yesterday aft ernoon when a rord car he was m-U, sweI, and he began poulticing it, FOR SALE Corn delivered at 45c, by truck load. Also cobs, 4c per bu. Will Lunt, Tel. 1504. 260-5 ing anu a rora true driven oy jonn he continucd to treat the matter in a First assistant, C.

S. Hulburt. Second assistant, Jesse M. Good- Huttash Judging was delayed at the South-. employed by the scantiin sccmineiv itrht manner.

Mr. McMan- western Poultry show today, and it man is said Secretary, Miss Verta Kelley. Jesus Florez, a Mexican, who drank some wood alcohol the other night, is reported recovering nicely at the hospital. The Mexican is unable to give any account of just why he drank the poison. Whether he tried to commit suicide or merely wanted a drink, is not known.

is not expected that it will be com MUST SELL I have a 2-weeks-old Ford Roadster, with starter. Must go. Make me an offer. J. M.

Wood, 214 W. 3rd St. Phone 5142. 260-tf Superintendent primary depart- pleted before late this afternoon. Th number of people attending the show I ment' Mrs- Essa M- Congdon.

Only when the dread disease got hold of him did he seem to realize his true condition. Had Mr. McManis known the actual state of affairs he would have called in a physician Assistant, Mrs. Gretta Curtis. is increasing.

Admission is free and! every person interested in chickens is Librarian, C. H. Ogborn. Pianist, Miss Camille Tracy. All of the above officers except four were re-elected.

sooner. When caiieu. ur, rnimps se FOR SALE Two good iron pulleys, 18 inches diameter, 4 1-8 face, 1 3-4 inch shaft. Take them at $10. Daily Tribune, Pratt, Kansas.

260-6p invited to attend by the officers of the association. The list of prize winners will be announced tomorrow. cured the only supply of anti-toxin Indiana 3,033 20 for tetanus available and adminis- Oklahoma 2,665 57 Exhibitors today complimented show Poultry Company came together at the corner of Third and Jackson streets. Both cars were badly damaged, and John was slightly cut about the face, while Walter Bales, who was with him, escaped without any injuries. No one witnessed the accident, as far as can be learned.

E. C. Gould, employed at the livery barn on the corner, said that the first he knew of it was when he happened to look out the window and saw the Scantiin car go plunging onto the parking at the northwest corner of the street. Several people heard the crash and rushed to the scene. Among them was Newt Lottridgc, who called the ambulance and hustled the Gobin boy to the hospital.

He was knocked unconscious, and at first he was Charles Light, well known Liberal business man, who had some matters to attend to at Hopewell the other day, reported the wheat in his section of the state was not up at all. West of Plains and on down to Guy; mon, he said, the wheat does not show good at all. N. C. COUNTY HAS $100 PER CAPITA INVESTED IN ROADS.

Iowa 2,412 82 Colorado 895 11 Minnesota 910 20 Kansas 793 25 So. Dakota 395 17 officials on the building they had secured for the show. There is plenty of light and heat, and it is down town where it is accessible. Many farmers are attracted by the show. tered it to him.

He worked with the boy practically all Tuesday night and a large part of yesterday in an effort to save his life, but the lockjaw had secured such a hold' he was unable to make any headway. The body is being held here pending the arrival of the father or word from him. 35,248 802 HESS POULTRY PAN-A-CEA BOYS NOT TO SMOKE. Kinston, N. Jan.

5. A per capita investment of $100 in good roads is the boast of Lenoin county, of which this town is the county seat. With a population of 35,000, the county's total investment in paved Willy K. Estill, former pastor of the First Baptist church here, but now engaged in the real estate business in Wichita, was in town today Members of High School Basket Ball Squad Sign the Pledge. GERMAN PLAN OF EXTRACTING FAT FROM LIVE PIGS WORKS.

highways when its present program is completed, will be approximately Notice, Legion Men! The body of Maurice Helsel, formerly of Iuka, is due to arrive here from overseas Friday or Saturday night. A military funeral will be held over the remains at Iuka on Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Preparations for the ceremony will be made London, Jan. 5. Much excitement $3,500,000.

This, it is believed, establishes a record. Every principal street in Kinston Members of the basket ball squad of Coach Shupe at Liberty High School have signed an agreement that they will not use tobacco in any form during the basket ball season. The thought to be seriourly hurt. An examination developed the concussion as the most serious injury, and today he was reported as wanting to go home. The Huttash boy was taken to a physician's office where his injuries were dressed.

In the smashup, the Gobin car re has been aroused here over the news from Schleichegrieben, Germany, that and every main road in the county will greeting old friends and transacting business matters. Mr. Estill was pastor of the church at the time the present building was erected. A. S.

Farmer, accompanied by J. N. Farmer of Anthony. P. H.

Parmenter of Wichita, and J. H. Murphy of Kingman, came in last night from Wichita, where they attended a meeting of the Johnson-Larimer Dry Goods Company, and left at once for Dodge City on important business. pledge, with the names appended, is be hard-surfaced when the program at the regular meeting of the Legion tomorrow night. All members are urged to be present.

T. M. BRY-DEN, Com. 262-1 as follows: i is completed a lew irom now Prussian farmers have devised a way of extracting fat from live pigs, so as to have the pig and eat it too. Fai.ers printed photographs show "We.

the undersigned members nf I The concrete-asphalt roads lead to ceived a broken steering wheel, the the Pratt High Schoo! basket ball the boundaries of six adjoining coun squad, solemnly promise that we will not use tobacco in any form during the basket ball season: Clyde Young, Guy Condit, Ray Miller, Gale Crowe, Roy L. Vickrey, Earl Curtis. Frank Bible, Willis VanVranken. Carlos Da- SPECIAL NOTICE. To subscribers of Warden Shirt factory.

Please call at once at 117 No. Ninnescah, next door to Christian church, and give your selections and measurements for shirts ordered. We are needing these orders to start work on. THE WARDEN SHIRT COMPANY. 261-3 top smashed in and other breaks.

The Scantiin car had a couple of smashed wheels and other damages. John was driving north and his car was hurled on to the parking, while the other ear was turned completely around and headed east instead of west, the direction in which it was going when the accident occurred. The corner is one of the most dangerous down town and it is very often that people in Dr. Arthur Aubenschain of Turon, was here yesterday vaccinating some cattle at the Banbury ranch and also some hogs. He vaccinated 53 head of ties.

A stretch of the Central highway which is 520 miles long and extending from the mountains of Western North Carolina to the ocean, passes through the county, and this for a distance has been converted into a memorial avenue for local war dead. The avenue begins at the Kinston municipal limit, and terminates at the grave of Richard Caswell, first governor of the state after the vis, Teddy Bergner, Stuart Corrie, Helps to Keep Your Poultry Healthy and to Make Hens Lay. ing pigs "before arfd after." When the pig had been properly fattened, it was said, it was taken to a veterinarian who administered a local anaesthetic, removed section of fat, sewed up the porker, tied on a large bandage and sent it home for more fattening. Interviews with prominent English raisers of pigs, revealed that this method had not yet been tried in England and probably would not be, because of its roughness on the pig. Considerable speculation was aroused, however, some persons thinking that the operation might be a useful adjunct to the monkey-gland hogs for several farmers north and west of town.

Today he is also vaccinating some herds near Iuka and Preston. At the Banbury ranch the cattle were to be shipped out of the stae. cars have narrow escapes from seri Glen feprowl, John Mawdsley, Dean Cornish, Milton Shupe. Howard Mitchell, Robert Lee, Don Farmer, Virgil Cochran, Ford Cale, Jean Det-wiler, Hillard Lockert, Kenneth Tombleson, Paul Pipkin. Jess Lockert.

Guy Lyon, Cooper Kelley, Harold Wonder, Manley Gillam, Leroy Bee-man, Roslyn Bales, Everett Burnett, ous accidents, it is said. An outbreak of hog cholera was reported on the farm of Charles Rose, northwest of town, and four or five hogs are reported to have died. Some of the other hogs showed symptoms and a veterinarian was called in and vaccinated the hogs on the farms surrounding the Rose place. This is believed to have effectively stopped state. Quality Service COLLECTOR MOTTER CLEARS UP SOME MORE POINTS IN THE REVISION Of THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW Emilio Maldonado, John McKibben Pratt, Kansas.

operation. Bay windows, it was pointed out, could be removed, thus completing the renovation. Beauty Wichita, Jan. 5. The fol specialists were also asked their ad- Jack McNicholas.

Ed Knowles, Lawrence Greiner, Dan McKim, Clayton Vanatta, Douglas Ball, Paul Jones, R. Tregellas, Forrest Cooley. Victor Rieniets, Roy Keithley, Donald Ros-ser, Frank Knowles, Jack Baney, Joe Stump. Otho Shctterly, Hubert Las-well, Erville Hawk. Truck Burned.

The large G. M. C. truck belonging to L. L.

Clifford, northwest of Pratt, was entirely destroyed by fire this afternoon. Mr. Clifford was hauling feed at the time of the fire. This is the third fire of this nature Mr. Clifford has had.

Mr. Clifford believes in insurance. It shouldn't require a loss to your property to convince you of its value. See Pratt Investment Co. at once, tl clause would be $120.40, which is 4 per cent on $3,010, the amount of net income, Jess an exemption of lowing statement is issued by Col lector of Internal Revenue, H.

H. Motter, Wichita, district of Kansas: The Revenue Act of 1921 contains $2,000. The actual tax is $110.40, computed as follows: from the net two new and important provisions, Subscribe for The Daily Tribune vice as to whether such an idea might be used to help the fashions in women's shapes, introducing real fat instead of bustles, or having the fat removed instead of prohibiting malted milks and potatoes. A skeptic has, however, given these revolutionary ideas a set-back. He observed that the name of the German village mentioned means in English, "Sneaking which arc the subject of frequent inquiry.

The first relates to the personal exemptions allowed married persons, and the second to the provision requiring that a return be made of gross income of $5,000 or more. The act provides that a married person, living with husband or wife, whose net income for 1921 was $5,000 or less shall be allowed a personal exemption of $2,500. If the net in income of $5,010 is deducted $2,500, leaving $2,510, the 4 per cent tax on which amounts to $100.40. To this is added $10, "the amount of net income excess of $5,000." The personal exemptions allowed married persons, apply also to the head of a family, a person who supports in one household one or more relatives by blood, marriage or adoption. Heretofore, a person whose net income was less than his exemption ($1,000 if single, or $2,000 if married) ELITE POLICE OFFICER QUITS THE FORCE TO WRITE SCENARIO.

come of such person was over $5,000 Cleveland, Jan. 5. Cleveland's "best police officer" has quit the THEATRES the exemption is $2,000. Under the force. Revenue Act of 1918, the personal ex- was not required to file a return, emotion allowed a married person' Under the Revenue Act of 1921, if Special Sale on ALL FOOTWEAR at Rich's Shoe Store 1 lot Ladies' Shoes high and low heels in all leathers extra special.

Pair $2.75 WE SHOE THE WHOLE FAMILY Shoes Repaired While You Wait. the gross income of an individual was $2,000, regardless of the amount of net income. The normal tax rate remains unchanged, 4 per cent on the first $4,000 of net income above the equalled or exceeded $5,000 or if the combined gross income of a married couple and that of dependent minor children equalled or exceeded $5,000, a return must be filed, regardless of Inspector John Rowlands, who, the records show, was never late a single day, retired from the department after 29 years efficient service. He's left it, folks say, because he thought he would be going out anyway shortly after the new city administration took power. Twenty-seven of Rowland's 29 years as a policeman were spent "on the stmt," as a patrolman, sergeant, lieutenant and captain.

Rowlands was the undoing of the Today HOOT GIBSON in "ACTION" The best Western screen of the year. Sec "Hurricane Hutch" For thrills every week. Abo a Good Comedy Matinee Every Day at 2:30 Admission lSe aaa 2Se Today ALICE BRADY in Dawn of the East A Love Story of Old China and new America Also Pathe News and Aeaop'p Fable Admission lOe and Ue the amount of net Income. "Net income" is gross income, less certain deductions. The fact that allowable deductions from gross income, for business expenses, losses, exemptions and 8 per cent on the remaining net income.

In order that an income slightly in excess of $5,000 shall not be subjected to an inordinately disproportionate tax because of the reduction of the exemption to $2,000 thereon, the law provides that such reduction shall not operate to increase the tax, which would be payable if the exemption Wnen who committed the famous "San bad debts, may reduce the net income to an amount below the personal exemptions of $1,000 or $2,600, does not alter, the requirement to Die ta CUuS" murders in 1992. In 1818 were $2,600, by more than the net he terete a story on it for a local paper. Now he's getting up a acMnrflb oa TTWie tftd tfK men re-' income in excess of $5,060. I sv return- of grass ineome, if such HBST SHOW AT-70 For example, on a net income' of gross income eqvsjiM or exceeow loW. lot It $5,010, the tax, without 'this savrhg.