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10 THE OLATHE MIRROR, OLATHE KANSAS, 16, i916 W.P.McCool A.Ryan. Mirror Want Ads "Cleanliness- is to Next FOR SALE Indian Runner duck says Holy Writ. Then how can a man be cleanly-ror Godly, if he doesn't have his spring suit cleaned and pressed by the Cut this -ad oat and bring it to our store, it" is worth 10 cents on a dollar anytime during 1916. Save just as many of these ads as yon can. We will be glad to honor any amount of them at any time during the year.

Furniture and Rags have advanced about IS per cent, but we had a large stock on hand when the prices raised, and we will, quote the same old price until we are compelled to raise. We have some nice patterns of Axminster lings, 12 for $20.00 to $22.50. Best grade Tapestry Seamless Rugs, 12, at $16.00. Wool and Fibre Rugs, 0 12, at SO.OO, and a general assortment of different sizes at -the same 'low Hoosier Cabinets from $23.35 to $35.00, which will certainly interest you. Call in and see us when in town and we will lie glad to talk matters of Home Furnishing over with you.

Bring this ad always -it is worth a dime on a dollar's purchase. AGENTS HAPPY HOME FURNITURE UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALM ERS Kansas FIRE FIGHTING APPARATUS. By Its Pnrchase Insurance Rates In Fdgerton Have Been Reduced. The city government of Edgerton'Tbe top mule brought Fred Wardrobe Phone 144. NOTICE.

The Humane Society will have a call meeting at Hotel Olathe, Saturday, March 18th, at 3:00 o'clock p. in the parlors, of the hotel. All members will please attend, as well as all others interested in the cause. A. E.

MOLL, President. When Paul Coons totaled the Jameson-Tibbetts sale at Spring Hill Tuesday, the amount was just a little short of $10,000.00. It was strictly a stock sale and nothing was sold but horses, mules and cattle. Lorimer, Jimmy- LaMasney and C. McCown were the big purchasers from Olathe.

Thev brought back about 30 liead. Mr. McCown will take his purchase of five to his new home in Dakota. Blankenbeker and Snider, who purchased the dry goods department of the Rose store at Gardner, inaugurated a big closing out sale last week, which will probably conclude Saturday night. The remaining goods will be brought to Olathe and disposed of in their big sale.

A. Nicholson and son By ron, of Camden. visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A J.

Ouder kirk, from Friday until Sunday. We have the largest stock of farm implments ever, brought to the county. Call and see. Willis C. Keefer, Hardware and Implements.

A. G. Brown of the firm Browni liverymen, was in Warrens- burg, last week looking after property interests there. Mrs. Al Ryan and Mrs.

Will Galla- naugh of Gardner returned home Thursday after spending a week in Excelsior-Springs. If we don't get a picture of the Big Racket force in their costumes worn the past three weeks, while working with the goods damaged by fire, smoke and water, we will always feel that we have missed some thing. The lady clerks, a half doz-h or more, don heavy blue denim jumpers, and blue aprons and dust caps, as soon as they come to work. Mrs. Blankenbeker, who has been I eegs for setting.

H. C. Nowling, Phone 58-B. lltf. FOR SALE Bay mare and gelding: Will sell cheap.

W. M. Schennan Olathe, Rt. 3. Tel.

1811 Le-nexa Central. 11 FOR SALE An extra good dairy cow, just fresh. Alex Chesney, 1-2 miles north of Olathe, and 1-2 west of Craig, lltl FOR SALE Corn, oats and hay in stack, see J. L. Housholder, Bu-cyrus, Kas.

FOR SALE A few hundred hedge posts, all sizes. W. S. Custer, Phone Spring Hill 564. FOR SALE A true pulling 15 hand 3 4 year old mare, $35.

Phone 2222. S. B. Terry, 2 miles south-1 past of Morse. 11 FOR SALE Baby buggy, bile hood and body, new.

Inquire Mirror. automo- Good as I 11 FOR SALE Rhode Island Red eggs for setting, $2.50 per 100. Mrs. J. C.

Duscuid. Phone 1213. lltf FOR SALE Purebred White Wyan-dottee eggs, $1 per setting of 15; also have a few choice cockerels yet for sale. A. E.

Neuhart, Phone 3221 Route 2. lltf! FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Country store, stock of merchandise and residence. Henry Page, Route 1, Eudora, Kas. Ilt2 FOR RENT FOR RENT Two furnished rooms iur iikui iiuuseivccpmg. Ao jmbi 1lt.l 1 1 A T1 I santa re.

fnone t4t-. u. FOR 7 room house, 215 E. Poular. See F.

M. Lorimer. FOR RENT Nearly new 5-roomed house at a bargain. McKee, Real Estate, Phone 359. Ilt2 Wants- All Kinds WANTED Pigs, wt.

Call 596-B. A. B. 60 to 110 lbs. I Huff.

9tf Married Man for Farm Work Good house and garden furnished, can raise your own chickens and have use of cow. Good lay out for good man. W. W. Anderson, Wilder.

9tf FOUND A gold quire Mirror. breast pin. Tn- lOtl $5,000 TO $10,000 to loan on John son County farms. J. S.

Whit- ford. I0tf A JUNIOR IN THE HIGH School, strong, weighs over 170 lbs, has some time of afternoons and would like employment. Call Mirror. WAXTPn a -m f. r0ti0Mi work.

C. Pincomb. Overland Park. lflt2 i LOST Monday, Watch charm, leather strap, 1 buckle, one side charm lettered. Return to Mirror cr 11 WANTED Young' girl wants house work.

207 E. Santa Fe St. LiUsr saturaay, tne 4tn, or near Grange Store. Package con taining night shirt, pair sox and pair men's gloves. Finder return to Mirror office, please.

LOST Tuesday afternoon between F. W. Gras' grocery and meat market and the Grange Store, long buckskin pocket book with $4.00 an door key. Finder please return! to J. L.

Haj's, and receive reward. '11 WANTED Piano box. Phone 269-X. C. McCown.

STRAYED Tuesday night from 435 E. Loula, small Jersey cow. Ster- rett McElroy. Phone 443-C. lltl WANTED Small improved iram, close to Olathe, in Johnson Coun ty.

Have good income property to exchange. -Call at Mirror office. lltf WANTED Married man with no children, can secure a good place ft SSSSt school house. 11-1 WANTED J400 chattel mortgage loan. Good live stock for secur ity.

Inquire Mirror. has purchased two new chemical fire engines, each tank with a ca- pacity of 45 gallons, on a wheeled cart and 100 feet of hose attached to each. On Tuesday night a volunteer Jire department will be organized, consisting of not less than 12 members. Repeatedly Charles Mavs. editor of The Journal," has urged raoro adequate fire protection and, no doubt, his articles had no little 1 do with convincing those in charge of affairs, that the purchase should be made.

The engines cost only $670 00 and a cash discount of four per cent is allowed. Already; insurance adjusters have lowered insurance on brick buildings five per cent and on frame buildinsis and stock in stores four per cnt. The new apparatus may be kept in the city hall and if not, a house will be built to accommodate them. SHUT UP YOUR CHICKENS. Persons allowing their fowls to run at large within the city limits are guilty of a misdemeanor, under Ordinance This ordinance will be rigidly enforced without further notice.

By order of the Commissioners. S. P. HOWLAND, lltl City Clerk. Mr.

F. O. Thomas of the Dallas. neighborhood, but on this side, was here Wednesday concluding the sale of the old Thomas home stead of lfiO arrps. which hrnnirht $24,000.00 cash.

Possession must be given within 30 days, and if he does not succeed in renting another aim, he will have a public sale soon. Cleaners 123 E. Park helping, prefers a heavy coat, which lost both sleeves and a good portion of the back, in the fire. After a day's work you can hardly recognize any of them for the dirt and soot on their faces. The men are attired from head to foot in combination suits of blue dentm.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. D. R. Steiner, Pastor. Sunday School, 9:45 a.

m. Morning service, 11:00 a. m. by Rev. Steiner.

Prayer meeting, evening at 7:30. The Ladies Missionary Society will meet at the home of Mrs. Clarke on Monday at 2:30. Miss Ef-fle Parker and Mrs. Clark, hostesses.

DEATH OF RAY C. WILSON. The Bethany and Eureka neighborhoods were shocked Tuesday evening when it was learned that one of the fine young men of that vicinity died at 2:00 o'clock. Ray C. Wilson, after an illness of only six days with the grippe, which developed into pneumonia, passed peacefully away at the home of his mother, Mrs.

Agnes Wilson. The funeral was held from the home at 10:00 o'clock Thursday, and the body brought to Olathe for burial. The young man was just on the point of nearlng manhood, having-passed his 20th birthday February 26th. He was born and raised on the farm where he attended West Aubry school, District SS, until he finished the course some years ago He had been a student last winter, at an automobile training school I rj Kansas City and had chosen his lite: "Work as a mechanic, for which he was naturally fitted. Ray was all that could be desired in a son.

His was a strong, manly' figure with clean body and clear brain! He was an ideal young man. thoroughly respected and admired by all acquaintances. He is survived by his mother and two brothers, Claude and R. and a sister, Mrs. Arch Doherty of the Stilwell neighborhood.

Garden' seed, rakes, hoes, spading forks, garden plows, at Willis C. Keefer's hardware and implements. p. 1811 FOR SALE FOR SALE PedigreedDurocs, both sexes 4 head young horses, Hornless Shorthorn Bulls. S.

B. Has-kln, Olathe, Route 3, Ola the and Le-nexa phones. 51tf FOR SALE Purebred Johnson County white seed corn. Took first prize at Farmers' Institute. Test 96.

J. E. Bartlett, Tele. 2430. 8tf.

FOR RALE 1914 Ford roadster, good as new. Olathe Auto Co. 9tf. FOR SALE CHEAP 3 In Stude-baker wagon, 2 carriages, 1 buggy. All second hand.

Willis C. Keefer. FOR SALE 10 purebred S. C. R.

I. Red cockerels, $1 each; eggs for setting. 15 for 75c. 100 for $4.00. Win.

Trager, Merriam Road, on Strang Line, Merriam, Kas. Home Phone Overland 542-J. FOR SALE Boone County White Seed corn. H. Goodloe, Route 3.

ll FOR SALK Purebred R. I. R. eggs for netting, 25c a dozen or $2.00 per 100. Mrs.

W. M. Cunningham, Route 1, Phone 5907, Spring Hill. FOR SALK $105.00 check, good until March 18, on a new piano at Mooney Kansas City, Mo. Milo Moore, Phone 72.

FOR SALK Trio two hens, one rooster. Guinea fowls. H. E. Johnson, Route 3, Phone 1013.

10 FOR SALK 8 H. P. twin Harley Davidson, late 1914 model, fully equipped. fine condition. Milo Crane, 499 E.

Spruce, Phone 433 9tf FOR SALE Good High Grade Shorthorn bull, comign 2 yrs. old, solid red. W. A. Gordon, Eudora, Route 4.

PhoneP rairie Center. 10 FOR SALE White Leghorn eggs for getting. Call Phone 2912. 9t3 FOR SALE Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching. Phone 3323.

9tf. FOR SALE Good top buggy and set harness. F. M. Lorimer.

9tf Native Lumber For Sale Some extra good native lumber. See or call Mr. Gilliam, Monticello Phone. 9tf. FOR SALE 7 Barred Rock pullets and one rooster.

Several dozen Brown Leghorns and White Rocks. Mrs. Marshall Walker. FOR SALK 4 White Leghorn roosters and several White Leghorn hens and pullets. Phone 3514 FOR SALK S.

C. B. Leghorn eggs for setting, $2.50 per 100. Mrs. S.

R. Hemphill, Phone 1212. 10t3 FOR SALK 100 lb. ice refrigerator in good condition. Midget Chicken Farm.

10tl FOR SALE One good plumber's wagon, one buggy, two sets harness. Call at Gas office. FOR SALK Pair Gray Ptrcheron mares in foal, coming 5 and 8 yrs. old. wt.

about 2650. good work mule, broke, coming 4. W. D. Lorimer.

Phone 2715. lltf FOR SALE Six Indian Runner ducks. II. Pence, Phone 2632. Ilt2 FOR SALK Three dozen thoroughbred White Leghorn hens and pullets for quick sale, $6.00 per dozen.

Phonr.514, 11-2 miles northeast of Olathe on Kansas City road. 11 FOR SALE Eggs from pure bred winter laying strain R. I. Reds, 50c per setting. Nelson, Phone 184.

FOR SALE Some baled alfalfa hay left on farm at city dam. W. J. Moore, County Clerk. lltf.

FOR SALE One good young cow, and heifer cair, 1 week old; priced right if taken this week. C. W. Stoddard, Phone 3714. lltl FOU SALE About tons mixed hay put up without rain, $4 per ton.

Edward Ellas Siler, West Olathe, Phone 411. 12 FOR SAL: Selected eggs, 75c per setting or $4 per 100 from Rick-Becker and Johnson's strains of pure bred S. C. R. I.

Reds. Mrs. J. E. La 461-A.

lltf FOR SALE Improved SO acre farm 4 1-2 miles northwest of Olathe. For particulars, see or write to Franc O'Roark, 1861 Indpendence Kansas City, Mo. 14 FOR SALE Yellow dent seed corn. Cood driving mare. S.

E. McCulley, Rt. 1. FOR SALE Small out house, easily moved. Inquire Mirror.

12 FOR SALE Barred Rock eggs at 75c per 15, from a flock of beau tifully liar red hens, with nine- pound cockerels of finest quality. Reduced prices by the 100. Mrs. Jno. Veach, Gardner, Phone 441.

1U4 FOR SALE Goose eggs for hatch-Inc. Phone 1322.. Mrs. Flock. lltl FOR halt: Buft Orpinstcn n.

5 BROWN BUG'S. Olathe, Janp Marie, the tlirpp weelrs old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thomas of Kansas City, died about 8:30 Monday night. Funeral service was held at the home at 3 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon.

The little one had been ill only since Saturday morning, blood poisoning being the cause of her death. The baby was the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.

Thoma3 of this city. Misses Anna and Jennie Sutton G. Girls Fri entertained the T. I day night for their sisters, Mrs. Chas.

McGill and Mrs. Warrie Cramer, of Paola. Guests ouside the club were: Misses Florence and Kate Briggs, Anna Trotter, and Edna Peck of Kansas City. Miss Corrine Dixon spent Satur day and Sunday in Kansas City with her Grandmother Dixon. Since "Furl Attipr has snlil tinnlr onrp ntid niirchn5Prl hnnHsnmp siv he spends considerable time at the different farms of 800 He is seeding this year 85 acres, will seed 80 more next year, and so on until it is nearly all seeded, then he win rotate the cros.

Fred Marvin is back from Excel sior Springs feeling much better aft er his three weeks rest there. 1 Mrs. M. J. Stuart, the milliner, has been in Kansas City two days this week purchasing an immense line of Easter hats.

Willis C. Keefer, Studebaker agent for this county, has a car load of six Studebakers coming to be un loaded next week. All of them are slcl but two. He went to Kansas viij cuucouaji uiiugiug uul a six. cyiinaer car ior ratner uraing ana a four cylinder for Dr.

C. M. Wilson Mi. Wilson has driven a Studebaker for the past four or five years, and has traded in his old car on a new one. Mr.

Keerer nas sold sixteen 1916 cars this season. MARTHA ANN WITCHER. The death of Mrs. Martha Ann Witcher occurred Wednesday morn ing at 7:20 at the home ot her daughter, Mrs. Rose Gillihan, 123 South Willie Street, after an illness beginning January 2nd.

which kent her confined to her bed mosf of the time since that date. The funeral service will be held at the home at 2:30 Thursday afternoon, Rev. F. Jordan, officiating. Interment will be made in the Olathe cemetery.

Martha Ann Miller was born in Washington, D. in the year 1S38. She came to Missouri with her parents when' about 8 vears of ase and hived on a farm until i860. On that date she was united in marriaee to Tandy K. Writcher and to this union civ -It il rl ran wcro hnrti rn 1 wr nf wnom are now living, Mrs.

Anna Hallisey and Mrs. Rose Gillihan. She has three grand children, Elmer Rennick of Wellsville, Ethel Hallisey of Olathe, and Mrs. Vinnie Ja cobs of Kansas City, and one gTeat granddaughter. Miss Jacobs, of Kan sas City.

Two sisters survive, Mrs Feltinberger and Eliza Reed. Mrs. Witcher and her late husband celebrated their golden wedding' in 1110. Since the death of her husband in 1911, she has made her home with her daughter. Mr.

Wit cher in the early days was a Santa RV froltrhtr matins? fivft trins with rnn one these trins I ne went the enure distance bare- footi. was a member of Com- hnv nth MiRsonrt Cavalrv and served three years in the war of the I rAhplHnn I. H. Hershey was ill in bed the first of the week with the -grippe. Mr.

and Mrs." James Kirkpatrick returned home Tuesday night from a three months stay at N. for the benefit of Mr. Kirk- Patrick's health. He is somewhat i improved The Presbyterians had an enjoy-ble social at the church Tuesday nISn The D0Ts' band made deiignt- ful masic and were 1 served consisung oraougnnuis, cor- l1. sanawicuea auu piiies.

Everyors vith a C7reet L-tin-T'o- her We will sell at public auction at our place of business, the Star Livery Barn, northwest corner public square, Olathe, Kansas, on SLY, beginning at 1:00 o'clock 'j Implements Horses tome There will be L. bneiton, jj. a. Lrienn, anfilnT()n frm U'Mtnnrt tn Santa Fe. 10 'Mesd of -Horses and Muales Fart, of the stuff to be sold is ours, the rest ic owned by outsiders.

A small commission of 01.00 per head will be charged to sell your horse, mule or cow. If you have anything to sell bring it albn Saturday, there: will be plenty of buyers. John Nesbitt started ou a hike to Le nexa over tne oiled roafl. i ney. were Kept so busy dodging antomoDiies from both directions mat wnen tney reacned Adams 5ta- iiuu.oa iae oirang nne, iney waitec ior xne clock car and rode back to Olathe.

Now, this is the real reason they did not finish the trip as per agreement, and not that Dan became tired and wanted to turn back home. At the City Commissioners meet- rZ Tr: I- oiocio appuiuiea iu assess me benefits derived from the for blocks t)f paving on Elm Street, from the railroad to Water: Will Hyer, Will Ekengren and Charles Gorsuch. W. and Harlan Lanier were annointed to audit the ritv clerk's books. city clrk was in structed to advertise for bids for painting the -stand pipe and tower.

Dr. Bronsoxx has purchased, a mm II ill (-- i from the.

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