The Norton Weekly Telegram from Norton, Kansas • 1

ESTABLISHED 1906. NORTON, KANSAS. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 19, 1916. VOLUME 10, NO.

12. NO TELECSRAM-'. WILL MAKE A FINE STREET. I WHEN DOLLARS FELL. Rrmities Words That Puzzle.

In the recent spelling contest the winner 'succeeded in making a record of 96 out of 100; the second, 94, and the third, 92. We have been somewhat interested in noting what the words were that puzzled and we find that hte following caused the most trouble: Bird's-eye The fault seems to have been that failure resulted from neglect to insert the hyphen. Prejudice It looks simple enough, but there are many who fail to get it Will Meet in Norton. On Wednesday, April 26, the members of the Decatur-Norton County Medical Society are scheduled to hold their meeting at the Commercial Club rooms. In the morning an automobile drive is to be made to the State Sanatorium and the Lathrop hospital and at noon the visiting physicians will be the guests of the local doctors at luncheon at Bowers' Tavern.

The following program has been arranged for he afternoon: 2:00 Address, F. H. Smith, Good-land. "The Common Injuries of the Eye" C. W.

Cole, Norton. "Appendicitis," F. Le- With the New School Building and the Street Opened Up Kansas Avenue Will Lead. From now on the workmen will be busy on the work of erecting the new City School Building and rapid progress will be made. The work of demolition is being carried out and "material for the new building is being unloaded so that there will be no reason for delay from now on.

The awards have been made for the property which is to be taken in order to open up Kansas Avenue to the aid W. J. Gray were the commissioners who appraised the land and the erss who appraised the land and the amounts decided upon by them are as follows: Mrs. M. A.

McCarty, $210; Mrs. M. Neef, $325; Paul Broquet, $130; J. M. Headley, $150; M.

E. Church, $60; J. M. Headley, $115; Mrs. O.

D. Smith, $105; Estate of Thos. Kidder, $115; Science Church, $375, making a total in all of $1,585. These amounts are ready for the property owners on demand. The opening of this street will make Kansas Avenue one of the best looking streets in northwest Kansas.

With its gentle slope to the School Building and with the building facing it on the north it is bound to attract the attention of all visitors to Norton and will excite favorable comment from alL With its beautiful Fair Ground site. wide residence" streets and beautiful drives Norton has all the advantages, necessary to attract people who wish to findd the ideal location in which to make a home and as it is noted for having the most enterprising Commercial club and the most progressive business men in this section of Kan-fai it is bound to receive plenty of valuable advertising in the days ahead. Try it Once Again. You once went to Sunday school, but now it has been a long time since. You will find many changes.

You will find better equipped teachers, bettei divisions according to grades. Yoia will find an orchestra and some of tha leading business and professional men and women of the city to greet you. It will show you that the Bible School is for men and women that are interest ed in the big things of life, men and women of brain and vision. They will be glad to see you there. Wake up! Get up, fix up, crank up, load up, speed up, to the Christian Church Bible School.

Easter Sunday, 9:45 a. m. Take Your Choice. The rain gauge belonging to Henry Milz registered a precipittaion of last night, while L. H.

Thompson declares that .70 fell at his place. We refuse to be involved in any controversy between rain gauges, but as L. H. has been so radically wrong on pol itics for such a time we have no doubt but that his rain gauge ia also wrong therefore we have set down .67 as the total amount of rain last night Died in Beloit. Word was received here last night that Mrs.

Anna Mildrexen had died at her home in Beloit Mrs. Mlidrexen was a sister of Mrs. Martin Gleason and had a host of friends here who will regret to hear of her untimely death. Deceased was only a little over twenty years of age and was formerly Miss Anna MagirL Talk it Up. Phone your neighbors and friends send a letter or a card, a telegram or a wireless, that you are going to be one of the 400 at the Christian Bibie SMinnl.

and that you are interested and anxious to meet them there. Henry Poppe came in this morning from his home at Clester, in order to attend to matter- business He informs us that the rain of last night did not reach the Chester The Rain of Last Night Was General Over Norton County and Brings Joy to the Farmers. A little after seven o'clock last r.ight the sky became overcast and the rain began to fall, accompanied by a stiff wind and some hail. The shower temporarily passed over in a half hour but about nine o'clock it again began to fall and before it stopped sixtv- seven one-hundredths of an inch of rain had descended. The rain seems to have been gen eral over the county, but was heaviest to the northwest and southwest, some sections reporting a fall of nearly two inches.

At Norcatur, the fall was Oberlin reports about the same; Almena had a fine rain and rhillips- burg had about one-fourth of an inch. That was about as far east as it extended, as we understand that Smith Center failed to get Henry Toppe, who came in from Chester, this morning, informs us that the rain in southern Nebraska extended east to the neighborhood of Red Cloud and none fell at Chester. The wind did some damage to the north and northwest of the city and several windmills are reported to have been blown down, but the details are lacking. We have also heard it reported that considerable damage was done between here and Colby, but far have not been able to obtain Specific information. Reports indicate that ene rain around Clayton was about the heaviest in this neighborhood and it is said that over two inches fell there.

At daybreak the Prairie Dog was run ning bank full and the other streams to the west of us all show that a heav rain must have fallen. Today a few miner showers give indication that more is yet to come and naturally the farmers are elated. Last night Beaver City, had the same amount of precipitation as Norton, .67 of an inch, but a report just received from there states that unusually heavy fall was experienced after dinner today, amount not dated. The present fall is most welcome to all, for while the soil is in pretty good condition as the result of the last snow nevertheless this precipitation has been taken into the soil and will guarantee us sufficient reserve for some time to come. The Automobile a Religious Vehicle.

The automobile has become a commercial asset, a farm necessity, let us now see what it can do in a religious way. A strict count will be kept of the number that come in them to the Bible School next Sunday at the Christian Church. Give us a boost, drive in for this great service. Notice. The two Ladies' Aid Societies of Oronoque will have an Easter bazaar and Dutch Market at the hotel, Saturday afternoon and evening, April 22.

Everybody come. Proceeds for benefit of the churches. 57-59 The Markets Today. Hog Market Furnished by C. G.

Page No report has been received from the hog or catl market up to the hour of going to press. Grain Market Furnished by John-Fon Grain Coal Co. Wheat, corn, barley, oats, .40. The rain of last night was mighty fine for the people of Norton County and vicinity, but it has made news gathering a rather hard proposition today. Few have come through the mud to reach the 'ty and travel generally has been light However the rain spells prosperity for all and few will grumble if items of news are temporarily scarce.

Mrs. Lulu Hamilton managed to come down to the Court House but as she is still suffering with a heavy cold she was unable to remain very long on the job. The City Council is meet tonight scheduled to A. T. Laughlin was here from Norcatur last evening.

The May Grafanola here. Stapleton Bros. o- records are H. A. Staus of Edmond was a Norton visitors last evenir.g.

Come in and hear the new Easter Grafanola records Stapleton Bros. -O-r Perry Campbell i here from Burr Oak and mingling with his old friends. o-j Horace Hilsingerj returned this morning from a business trip to Kansas City. Roy Woodward was here from Edmond last night mingling with his many friends. Dr.

G. M. Edminston returned last night from a professional trip to Jennings and Selden. Geo. Jackson left for his home in Oberlin this morningafter spending a couple of days ii L.

A. Sproul was here from Edmond yesterday This office ac knowledges a pleasant call. Miss Madge Hicks left Tuesday for Topeka where she is to take up a course of study at Bethany HospitaL 'v Lent will soon be over and the in dications are that several marriages will be celebrated within a very short time. "Bob" Rhoades informs us that the lain of last night was the heaviest he has had at his place in the last three vears. Miss Maude Wicker leaves tonight for Emporia, where she will attend the spring and summer terms at the State Normal Mrs.

Clyde Dieter and daughter left last night for their Lome at Superior, after a visit here with her mother, Mrs. Donovan. Miss Daisy Buck, who has been here visiting with her sister. Mrs. F.

L. Hicks, returned to her home at Tempe Tuesday morning. The firm of C. R. Ingraham Son, who had the contract for the electrical wiring at the State Sanatorium, have completed the work and the foreman departed for Manhattan last evening.

-John Bantam came in from Almena this morning. His son was operated upon at the hospital this morning and of course John desired to be near him. We understand that the operation was most successful and that the young man will be very apt to make a speedy recover'. As far as we know there is no intention to offer any prizes for the millinery parade which is scheduled for Easter Sunday, but the entries are very gratifying and no doubt prizes will be entirely unnecessary to induce the wearers of the "creations" to make the needed display. O.

C. Pusch, representing the F. Pusch Cigar Factory of Marysville, was a Norton visitor today. It takes Oscar three months to get around to this section, but it i3 always a pleasure to him to get here as there are so many former residents of Marshall county in this vicinity that he feels at home. right without coaching.

Detach That is not a very hard one, ordinarily, but when you have one hundred to puzzle over it is not surprising if you fall down even on some that look simple. Aery We would be tempted to overlook an error on the part of any one who wrote that airy. When you have to separate aery from aire, airy, aerie, and aeri it would not be surprising if you slipped up. Counsel Segregating that one from council and consul is not as easy as it looks, not by a long shot Ceaseless This one caused several to fall down and so did deficit and supercede. On the other hand it 6hows how much aid it is to us all to have a comparatively new word kept before us, as we find that most of the contestants had no difiiculty with chauffeur.

Some of the other words which were not difficult to the contestants but which would send many of their par ents to hunting a dictionary were: Misdemeanor, reimburse, chagrin, singeing larynx, crocheting, gauge, lieutenant linoleum, restaurant, par allel, quotient, meager and sepulcher. When one considers that the con testants had one hundred of these words to write we are willing to take off our hat to the winners for we feel that there are not soery many of those who have been writihe and worrying over words for years who could have done much better. Crooks-Gay Nuptials. Announcement has been made of the wedding of Miss DeEtte Oldham Crooks to Clyde E. Gav.

the cere mony having been performed at the home of the bride at Hutchinson bn Saturday, April 15. Clyde Gay is well known here as he was born and raised in Norton and has a host of friends. He is now in the employ of the Larabee Milling of Hutchinson and the young couple will make their home there. The people of Norton extend congratulations and best wishes for the hapiness and prosperity of this worthy young couple. Your Only Hope.

The truths taugh on Easter Sun day bring the only hope to man of living after death. Be a friend to yourself. Make it a day to be remem bered. 400 who believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and conse quently of life beyond this, will meet to sing and worship the glorious death conquering Christ, at the Christian Church, Bible School 1 A. A.

Davis came in from his home in Jewell County on the Jersey yes terday for a short visit with his broth' er, J. E. Davis, before the latter leaves for Virginia. As soon as J. E.

Davis and son, E. have finished their visit in Virginia they will be met in Ohio by A. after which the entire party will leave for a trip through Wiscon Ein. A coat of paint has assisted in materially improving the front of Snyder's restaurant In fact State street seems to be leading the city in the matter of painting and burnishing up the store fronts. Auto Llvtry.

Call up E. W. McNeiUy, on either phone at the residence, or at W. J. Gray's ofSce if you have ary driving to do.

Come in and hear the May Grafanola records Stapleton Bros. nora. "Gastroptosis," W. C. Lathrop, Nor ton "School Reports," I.

L. Parker. Hill City. case Keports," F. D.

Kennedy. XVorton. "Home Made Vaccines," H. Moses, Salina. Round Table, H.

O. Hardesty, Jen nings. The Useful Tractor. In conversation with A. P.

Laughlin of Norcatur last evening he informed us that in a little more than a month last year he disposed of twenty-one Bull tractors and so successful have been the purchasers that the outlook is very bright for the coming year. Fred Paden of the Lenora neighbor hood was one of those who made pur chase and he used the machine to plow up 370 acres of land, shell 90,000 bush els of corn, filled his silos and did oth er work with it The recent demonstration and ex hibition here will unodubtedly lead to the sale of many tractors this year end the outlook could not he more promising. It has demonstrated its need, is revolutionizing the" work on the farm and with the bright. -crop prospectss ahead there is every reason to believe tha this country will be in the lead in the ownership and utilization of tractors before long. Advertised Letter List.

Letters remaining uncalled for at the Norton postoffice for the week nding April 18, 1916: Sr. Lalbador Tberea, Mr. E. C. Shull, J.

H. Wills, Miss Gertrude Pittaway, Mrs. Ruth Bell, Mike Harmon, Mrs. Etta Russ, Mrs. H.

F. Baker, Mrs. John Baker, Mr." A. L. Frazier, C.

D. Bissbee, Mr. Mrs. Fred Evinger, Mrs. Annie Kimball, Mr.

Ben Smith, Mrs. Jennie Smith, Miss Anna Shick, Mr. H. G. Stuart, D.

F. BRUNER, P. M. Captain Jams W. R.

C. To the members and friends of Captain Jarvis, W. R. C. Please remember the Easter Bazaar and food exchange to be held Saturday.

Bring articles for sale in the bazaar early so they can be marked and put on display. It i3 hoped that every member will respond and that we will have a nice display. Tlease bring things for the food exchange early in the day so people can get their Easter dinners before they get tired waiting. 57-59 We are informed that the wheat in the Oberlin neighborhood has suffered somewhat from bugs, but trust that it will be found that realization will disprove anticipation. Conditions generally are so fine that we regret to hear of any section suffering.

Northwest Kansas has wonderful prospects and from them we hope all will profit W. H. Chappell and wife left for a business trip ot 3Iankato this moraine. Thev intend to motor to that point but the chances are that some pretty mean roads will CTwcuntered before they get out of the "mud belt.