The Blue Mound Sun from Blue Mound, Kansas • 1

JOltlr Established 1883 BLUE MOUND, LINN COUNTY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917 Vol. XXXV, No. 1 7 KINCAID CHAUTAUQUA Opens Sunday Afternoon, July 15 Will Go to France Will Jennings came down from Kansas City last Friday and left on Monday for Texas where his company will train until they go to France. Will was one of the 50 out of 2300 applicants who were selected by the Bell telephone company for the army Signal service. They will construct and operate telephone lines in the battle zones.

The conditions of service are favorable and Wills friends know he will make good. His mother came up from Bronson to visit him, stopping with her sister, Mrs. A. G. Dye.

Evening: The great drama, The Melting Pot, with cast of New York players. July 18. Afternoon: Schildkrets Orchestra and Senator Helen Ring Robinson. Evening: Schildkrets Orchestra. July 19.

Afternoon and evening: The Thurlow Lieurance-YVooley Company and Miss Ethel Hinton, character delineator. Sacred Concert by the Means-Anderson Company. Evening. Concert and lecture by Chancellor Bradford, Americas Destiny. July 16.

Afternoon and evening. Concerts by Harmony Glee Club; lectures by Dr. Dutton. July 17. Afternoon.

Dr. McKeevers Sunshine Lecture. Season Tickets: If purchased from committee $2.00 If purchased at gate 2.50 Children 1.00 Popular prices for single admissions Kincaids Greatest Chautauqua July 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 From the Land of Long Days Miss Edith Cash who is visiting her niece, Mrs. Inez Littlechild, daughter of Wash. LaMasters, at their home near Irma, Alberta, Canada, sent to her parents here an interesting letter, part of which we are privileged to pass on to Sun readers We came north thro St.

Joe and on up through Iowa and ran into a dreadful storm with high wind, dashing the rain against the windows. The fields looked very wet such large fields of corn but not very large corn. As we came into Minnesota the fields were mostly wheat. Every railroad bridge that we passed over was guarded by soldiers one at each end of the bridge and after we passed into Canada the guards were doubled. Will Green met me in Winnipeg and took me almost all over the city and to his home.

He certainly has a lovely family. He took me to the train at 6 p. m. and as we rode on we wondered and wondered that it did not get dark. No snuset until 9 oclock and they say (I was asleep) that it rose the next morning at 3, No wonder, with all this sunshine, that they have good crops in spite of the cold nights.

I nearly froze last night tho I slept between heavy blankets. Thecountry is beautiful allalong the railroad which runs almost straight west and just a little north. We passed lakes, swamps, hills, and pretty little valleys. The wild ducks wore thick on tho lakes. Every little bit wed see little gophers sitting up on their hind legs and looking like soldiers.

Theyre so thick around here, the bank along the road bed was perforated with their holes; you can look out of the window and see them any time. They do much damage to the crops. It seems strange not to see corn fields. There is so much open country not broken at all. They have no roads but follow fences or strike off across the country and follow the smoothest ground, avoiding the swamps or sloughs.

The country is just full of swamps and the misquitos are worse than I i magincd they could be anywhere. Today, July 2, is their big celebration day, Dominion Day, they call it, and were planningto drive into Wainwright just for me to experience a British holiday. The Rock Road Petition Robert Mackie Granted The funeral of Robert Mackie At their meeting, Thursday was held at the Federated church afternoon, the board of county last Monday afternoon, conducted commissioners granted the by the Rev. John Bamford. petition for the building of a There was a large attendance rock road over the route of the of neighbors and friends thereto Jefferson Highway across Linn pay tribute to his memory.

A county, which passes through choir. Miss Cleda Libby, Mrs. Mantey, Mound City, Farlinville.i Marion Travis, J. II. Burnett, and Cadmus.

This was done and D. F. Patterson furnished with a proviso that at least 15 appropriate music. Interment fol-per cent of the cost be paid by lowed in Pleasant View Cemetcrj the federal government. Thisj Mr.

Mackie had lived many aid having already been voted years on his farm home, four by the State Highway Com-'miles east of Blue Mound. lie mission and the roads to which 'was seventy five years old, be-it should be applied named jing born at Strath Head, Scot-specifically, leaves no doubt as i 'and. Dec. 29, 1812. In 18(7 he to the building of the road.

came to Ohio and 3 years later Missouri. Since 1872 he has Before July 20 Under the new school law, those graduates of the rural schools of the county who, before July 20 present to the county superintendent their diplomas showing that they are eligible to enter the high school will be permitted to attend without paying tuition. But this is only on condition that the diplomas are presented to the county superintendent before July 20, as the law makes it her duty to present to the county commissioners by that date a complete list of the names of rural school graduates intending to enroll in high school, in order that they will have a definite basis upon which to fix a tax levy which will cover the tuition of out-of-town students, asprovided bylaw. The law applies to those persons living in the country who have in the past been attending the high school. By presenting their diplomas before July 20 they may, like those not yet enrolled, escape paying the tuition.

Frederick Eaglesfield Now A firm of jewelers is new for Blue Mound but the firm is here and busy. W. S. Frederick who has been with the Stuhl Jewelry Co. at Kansas City came down last week with his family and joined forces with his son-in-law7, P.

E. Eaglesfield. These gentlemen believe the people will appreciate the expert service they give as they guarantee every piece of work. They will include several other towns in their business, making weekly visits to them. Savings Number Burt Perry Two very popular young people were made one, Friday at 9 a.

when Mr. Archie Burt and Miss Ethel Perry were made man and wife by the Rev. H. A. Babbitt at the M.

E. parsonage. After the ceremony the bride and groom accompanied by Mr. Leslie Perry and Miss Florence Isom, best man and bridesmaid, returned to the home of the brides parents where immediate relatives were gathered and a bounteous dinner was served. Miss Perry is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. W. F. Perry of the South Fairview neighborhood. She is a graduate of the Bronson high school and has taught successfully several terms of school She will be greatly missed by those in the community where she has lent her untiring efforts for the uplift of those around her.

At the time of her marriage she was superintendent of the South i Fairview Sunday School and vice president of the Ep worth League, Mr. Burt is the son of E. H. Burt of Liberal, Kansas, recently of Blue Mound. He is a graduate of the Bronson high school and Sermonette Fourteen ks I 1 1 i) i I to I been in Kansas.

In 1893 he mar-I ried Miss Maggie Saunders who died several years ago. Of their seven children but two sons and a daughter survive. Mr. Mackie was member of the Presbyterian church and a man of high character and principles. His devotion to his motherless children was very marked and before his own marriage he had reared the children of a widowed sister.

For several years he was in the mercantile business in Blue Mound and here as elsewhere his open life was oneof rectitude and honor. of the State University in the electrical department. He is a natural genius in electrical work and this, with his thrift and industry, has won for him the position that he now holds with the Electrical Company of Schenectady, New York. Mr. and Mrs.

Burt left, Friday evening, for Kansas City where they will visit a few days with Mr. Burts brother before going to their home in Schenectady. Bronson Pilot. Automobile Laws of 1917 The laws of 1917, going into effect 1st day of July, are of interest to every driver of a motor car. Among the new things are: Speed limit on country roads of 40 miles per hour, at all times a reasonable speed, taking into consideration the safety of the traveling public.

In town, 12 miles per hour. Six miles at street and railway crossings. After July 1st. front lights must have glass with dispersive rays to eliminate the glare, ground glass, or else there must be a dimming attachment which must be used on meeting any Sort of vehicle. No spot light may be used except to light corner turns, read signs, of watch for ditches.

The rule of the road is, on meeting, each car passes to the right of the other. If one car desires to travel faster than the car ahead of it, on signal being given the front car shall turn to the right, permitting the other car to pass to the left. The same rule applies to the other vehicles. The penalty is the same for all the foregoing. The supreme court has recently decided that half the road means half the traveled track, and not the distance between the fences.

Kincaid Dispatch. Wm. Grasty Dies in Oregon A. J. Grasty received a telegram last week, announcing the death -of his brother, John William' Grasty, at his home in LeGrande, 1 Oregon.

Wm. Grasty will be re-1 membered by many as he spent 1 3J years here at the home of his brother, returning to Oregon in FAIR PLAY This is a great victory for the petitioners along the line of the road and they fully appreciate the loyalty of the commissioners to their duty in the case. Border Sentinel. Give it to Pleasanton We must give it to the Tleas-anton neighborhood and to such leaders as Harry Evans, C. G.

Hamilton, John A. Hall, Mayor Tucker, and Julius Gottlieb for their noble efforts for the Red Cross work. In Tleasanton last week the contributions were running away past $3000. These men too have been going out to other points in the connty; LaCygne, Mantey and elsewhere, and putting knowledge and inspiration into the different towns and neighborhoods. Just now, we are rather proud of our east Linn metropolis and want to see the whole county keep step.

How to Help From the Lari ip fi Home Journal (Continued from7 last week) There is much room for men in the Red Cross work a3 well as for women. In any community the strongest bnsiness men should be the financial backers and managers of the Red Cross. Doctors are needed for hospital service or as instructors of Red Cross classes. Men are particulary wanted to take the course in first aid to the injured. In addition the Red Cross has need for men vol- 'Turn about is fair play.

You work for your dollars, why not have your dollars work for you Dollars are good workers. They are faithful, tireless and efficient. All they need is a good chance. Put your dollars by until you have a working capital. In time they will earn as much as you do.

You would like to have a man working for you free, wouldnt you Dollars are better because they work every day in the week and never shirk. Bring your dollars to this bank and give them a chance. We will teach them to have more cents. The Girl and Her Savings The average girl in our city who each day walks by our bank on her way to work or to school or on any other mission little realizes how much the bank would mean to her if she would only take advantage of its opportunities. It may mean an education, or it may mean a trousseau, or it may mean any one of the many comforts and luxuries that a little money laid aside can procure.

The habit of thrift and saving when developed in youth will manifest itself when the girl reaches womanhood and wifehood. It makes her more attractive to the man who chooses her for his life mate. Many a marriage has been made a complete success by the simple fact that the wife knew how to save as a girl and later taught her husband the same useful and helpful lesson. The start may be small, only 25 or 50 cents a week perhaps, but it is a start and it is worth the making. Perhaps next year a dollar a week can be put away.

And so in the course of time, though it is slow, uphill work, a snug sum can be accumulated. Fanners State Bank Bank of Blue Mound DEPOSITS the Kansas May. He was 78 years old, being base-hospital service, ambulance born at the family home near companies and sanitary training Georgetown, in 1839 and detachments; mechanics, cooks, coming to the later homes in Bates chauffeurs, clerks, stenographers, county, Missouri, and Miami 1 typists, accountants, pharmacists, county, Kansas, and going from both licensed and druggists as-, there with an older brother to sistants, electricians, plumbers, the gold fields of Oregon. The butchers, bakers, waiters, telefascination of the gold miners phone and telegraph operators, life held him to his latest years. carpenters, translators, packers, 1 He will be kindly remembered as teamsters and firemen, a gentle, industrious, worthy man 1 You know of at least one man whose death leaves our esteemed who would be willing to do some citizen, Mr.

A. J. Grasty, with-, kind of Red Cross work if you out a surviving brother. would ask him to. unteers capable of service in the following capacities: Privates for GUARANTEED under Guaranty Law We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates Not a dollar is loaned to any stockholder or officer of this bank I.