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the earth He inflicted humanity with the presence of snakes and other slimy First published In the Frmers Friday, March Itth, 1015 LIST OF CLAlilS Mi town? the respect and friendship of the many with whom he has come in contact and he and his wife, and Mrs. Mc-Lucas will be greatly D. McLucas has rented her hotel to E. M. Edwards who will take possession about April 1st.

Mrs. McLucas will go to Glen wood, Iowa, to be near her daughter, Mrs. Thos. and Mrs. Chas.

Martin. May success crown the efforts of all. EOCTOlfYILLE ITEII3 Mrs. Ruth Wallace aged 87 years died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed.

Sharp, Thursday, March 11, after an illness lasting several weeks. Funeral was held from the Christian church Saturday afternoon. Burial in Mrs. Wallace leaves six children and several grand and great grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn her death. Hazel, the little four year old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Chas. Uphouse died at the home of Asher Hester in Norton-ville Monday morning of spinal trouble Funeral was held from the Christian church Tuesday morning at 10:00 a. burial in Nortonville cemetery Mrs. Verna Shughart, wife of John of war, even as we do today, those Boer republics in all likelihood would be in existence today, for England never did lick anybody singlehanded.

Japan was a willing tool a short time ago in the Pacific and we again lent a willing hand at so much per horse, cannon or whatever we sell them in the way of war paraphernalia. Yes, sure those Hessians were an "ornery" lot. Neither would the American farmer tolerate any law prohibiting him from selling the products of his farm, such as horses, cattle, grain, to whosoever might have the money to buy, in this country, (see Ledger) yet a few months ago, while the German fleet was still in the Pacific ocean, the man who had coal to sell in this country" found that there was a law prohibiting him from selling his coal to that German fleet, and they very likely had the money too, to pay for it. (It might have gotten us into serious trouble with England you know.) A short time ago there was a bill up in the House at Washington, a prominent part of our government, to prohibit the shipment of munitions of war to any belligerent nation of Europe, from the United States. That would have been true neutrality as far as we ought to be concerned.

(See definition in dictionary of neutral, neutrality. For neither side.) A few days ago that bill came up and was defeated. "Why? Because some of the and oozy and pestiferous odoriferous objects of loathing. And He also inflicted us with the gossip for what reason only He in His superior wisdom can teU. Is there a hereafter for the gossip? And if so, where is it? Heaven won't have them," and hell dont want them.

Are they "to pass down through the ages of eternity as a people without a final place of abode? Or are they like the reptile, a thing without a soul? The question is too deep for the human mind to solve. But perhaps the gossip can tell. F. W. Barbour.

School Report Report of North Cedar School for month ending March 8th. Number of boys enrolled 10; girls, 16. Average daily attendance of boys 10; of girls 14.9. No cases of tardiness. Olivette Scritchfield enrolled the last week.

Pupils receiving perfect attendance certificates were May Gordon, Luella and Omer Young, Lucy Votipka, Searcy and Dinsmore Johnson, Blanche, Austa and Edmund Coleman, Ruth and Earl Blumberg, Charlotte, Isabelle, Henry and Stanley Baumgart, Glenn Hatfield, Clive Sills, Arthur and George Cain, and Leroy Blankenship. List of visitors: Millard Ferrell, Roy Blumberg, Raymond Baumgart, Mary Blankenship, Robert Ferrell and Miss Sudie Anderson. Caroline Bickley, teacher The handsomest, keenest and most brilliant man in this community owes us a dollar on subscription, and we are expecting him to favor us with an early call. (That ought to bring 'em all in.) The editor of the Stockton Review believes that you can judge pretty accurately the character of a man by observing how he spends his spare time. Not a newspaper man, however, for he never has any spare time.

Jamestown Optimist. Did you ever sit down and figure how much it has cost you to maintain three or four of your favorite grudges through a large portion of your life? If you haven't actually lost good money by it, you have lost much valuable peace of mind, which is just as important. Don't harbor a grudge. It is too expensive. Tom Thompson.

Hunters Take Warning All hunters and fishermen and hunt ing with 9 dogs are hereby warned to keep off the premises owned by the undersigned. N. J. Kelley-- W. A.

Blake "Win. Hayward Andy Ratz Thos. Armstead Mrs. Mary F. Hull John T.

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Rosedale, Kansas 5 First published in the Jefferson County Tribune. Friday, March 12th, 1915 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION In the District Court of Jefferson County, Kansas. Elizabeth It. Hauck vs D. J.

Owens, Frank Harrison, L. Beard and The Valley Falls Mercantile Cora pany a Corporation Defendants State of Kansas, Jefferson Countv, ss: To D. J. Owens. Frank Harrison, L.

Beard and The Valley Falls Mercantile Company a Corporation You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Jefferson County, Kan-sas. by Elizabeth It. Hauck. and that she has filed her petition against you, with the Clerk of said above named Court, in the above entitled action, and that you must answer said Petition, on or before the 23rd day of April, 1915, or said Petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered accordingly against the defendants D. J.

Owens, and Frank Har rison, for tne sum of Light Thousand Two Hundred Forty Dollars, with interest thereon from the 27th day of February imz. at tne rate or six per cent per annum, until paid, and for costs of suit: and a judgment and decree foreclosing the mort gage given ana executed oy tne dezendant D. Owens, to one Lou Hanck and by him assigned, to said plaintiff Elizabeth 11. Hauck, securing the payment of said sum, on the following described real property to wit The West Forty Eight feet, of the East One Hundred Twenty feet, of Lots Four, Five and Six, and the South One Half, of. Lot Three, and the West Fifty feet, of the North One Half of Lot Three, all in Block Twenty Two.

in the City of Valley Falls, in Jefferson County. Kansas. Including the Fixtures, consisting of Shelving, Counters. Show cases, In the Hauck Department Store Building, and adjudging and decreeing said mortgaice to be a purchase price mortgage; and adjudging and decreeing tnat the defendants L. Beard and the Valley Falls Mercantile Company a corporation have no right, title, lien or interest in to or upon said described property, and for cost of suit.

Given under my hand and the seal of the District Court of Jefferson County, Kansas, this 8th day of March, 1315. A. A. LAIiKINS. Seal) Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, Kansas II.

N. Casebier, Plaintiffs Lawyer 3-12-4 1 Allowed by the Board ef County Cc remission ers of Jefferson County, Blart 1st, 1915. General Warrants Bea Schneider, condemned cows $750,00 E. C. Ken yon.

condemned cows W.00 E. M. Iteckards. county commissioner 1S.40 Harman Publishing supplies for county Harman Publishing county print ing 20.10 Oskaloosa Independent, supplies ror county 15.75 R. L.

Austin, janitor 42.50 Mel Legler Sons, lime for sanita- tion W. H. Rice, supplies for jail H. T. Phlnney, deposit with Supreme Court D.

A. Valentine, costs in Shocer vs Frlsbie case Mrs. O. C. Kirkpatrick, publication road notice, etc R.

L. Austin, locks and varnish Moxley lights for Register's 4.20 5.00 6.90 6.75 2.85 13.or 80.05 ornce, Jan. Hall Lit ho supplies for county. Crane supplies for county 16.B5 LocKwood-uazei supplies ror county 41.55 Moxley lights for Registers office. February 11.15 L.

P. Sheldon, postage and telephone 23.50 E. W. O'Brien, summoning Jury for March term 35.70 E. W.

O'Brien, postage and telephone for February 7.50 Chris Cobb, coyote scalp 1.00 Samuel Dodsworth blank records for county 50.10 Geo. King, witness liquor investigation 1.S0 J. II. Seal, rebate on 112 tax 1.74 E. W.

O'Brien, services in Kemper vs Allen case 5.10 W. J. Nincehelser, coal for court house 53.20 II. II. Kimmel.

county commissioner 11.60 II. I). Grainse, county commissioner 11.20 E. W. O'Brien, board of prisoners.

February 61.50 Taylor Riddle, expense paid on condemned cows 2.no B. T. Gay, pump, labor, for Jail 31.57 O. T. Johnston, auto hire in Sparks case 4.50 J.

J. Harman, disposing of diseased horses 1000 W. F. Leech, postage and lists of estate for assessors 17.50 L. P.

Sheldon, gophers, moles and crows, February Salarie and Expense Sudie Anderson, salary, postage, etc. 13S.0O H. Mott, justice fees 6.15 Julia E. Frisbie, deputy treasurer, February 50. 0O H.

T. Phinuev, salary for February Geo. A. Frisbie, salary for February 116.CG A. A.

Larkins. salary as District Clerk. February 100.00 W. F. Leech, salary as probate Judge, February 100.00 L.

P. Sheldon, salary for February llS.Gti F. W. Coleman, salary and postage for February 120.70 E. W.

O'Brien, salary ns sheriff for February 133.00 G. W. salary as deputy, Feb ruary 50.00 E. R. Gibson, deputy sheriff, Feb- ruarv 41.6o E.

Clark, surveying for December. 1914 E. E. Clark, wakiug road records, etc- 152.04 Total $2060.12 Road and Bridge D. Mort Beasore.

view and returns on Bourke road J. F. Shugart. view on Bourke road J. M.

Davis, view on Bourke road Jay Alexander, chain carrier Bourke road James otinyer. chain carrier on Bourke road Thos. Clinkenbeard, marker Bourke road Isaac Clinkenbeard. damage Bourke road S. C.

Clinkenbeard, damage Bourke road Lewis Bledsoe, damages Bourke road Riley Dodd. damages Bourke G. L. Miller, damage Bourke W. II.

Brown, blacksmlthing for Bea sore bridge Builders Material and Supply material for bridges R. E. Bnrsk, labor on Johnson bridge Albert Grainse. labor on county road Lambert Lumber lumber for bridges J. Thomas Lumber lumber for bridges I.

C. Bell, labor on county roads Chas. Golden, blacksmlthing on plow and scraper J. Thomas Lumber lumber for bridges John R. Hauke, land for ditch O.

T. Johnston, auto hire GOO 3.00 3.00 2. 2.00 2.00 45.75 33.50 5.00 48.88 3. .75 6.25 8.75 AIA) 1.75 24.32 10.00 24.57 Total $381.57 Poor Warrants Morrow Patrick, supplies for old soldiers widow 34.80 P. Machiels, tank heater for County Farm 4.00 Albert II.

Schuler, burial old soldier 50.00 Dave Edmonds, Juror in Spark case L00 Ray Richards, juror in Sparks case 1.00 C. G. O'Roke, juror in Sparks case 1.00 J. W. Vandruff, Juror in Sparks case 1.00 .1.

Maiioy. juror in spares case LOO Dr. Frank Schaeffer. Juror and ex amining piivslclan In (Sparks case 6.00 W. O.

Worswick, counsel in Sparks case 5.00 J. Thomas Co coal for county poor 16.20 Fred Hurst, male hog for county rami l.no AI. D. Lowry, Lane investigation 14.70 r. Gardner, Jlvery nire In Lane case z.w J.

M. Wallace, livery in Lane case 4.00 Total $152.20 Auto Warrants Thos. Hodges, dragging county roads 7.M) T. W. Shaw, dragging county roads 14.30 Frank veisnaar, dragging county roads 5.55 5.00 fi.Ki 7.00 14.00 Carl C.

Bliss, dragging county roads Frank Patterson, dragging county Price Meyers, dragging counfy roads Geo. E. McCoy, dragging county roads L. L. Bracken, dragging -wanty roads 6.30 Fred Moon, dragging county 12.00 Total $82.43 State of Kansas.

Jefferson County, ss: I hereby certify tnat tne foregoing is a true statement of the list of claims allowed by the Board of Courfty Commissioners of Jefferson County. Kansas, at their retralsr meeting beld Monday, March 1st, 1915, to tu best of my knowledge and belief. In witness whereof I have hereunto st my hand and seal this 12th day of March, (Seal L. P. SHELDON, Clerk of Jefferson County.

Kansas First published in the Jefferson County Tribune, riaay, tjio SHERIFF'S RALE In the District Court of Jefferson County, Kansas Mary O'Roke Plaintiff vs J. F. Ottlnger and E. M. Ottinger.

Defendants Bv virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me out of itaid District Court, in the above entitled action, I will on Tuesday, the 13th day of April, lyiu. at 2 o'clock, p. or said day. at the South front door of the Court Houne, in the city of Oskaloosa, in Jefferson County. Kansas, offer at public sale, and sell to tne nignest and nest redder for cash in hand all the right, title.

interest and claim of the above named defendants, J. F. Ottlnger and E. M. Ottinger.

his wife in and to the following described real property, to wit: Loc Seven and Lot Tw. in Block Twenty-seven, in Keeler's Addition to the city of Oskaloosa. in Jefferson County, Kansas. Said sale to be made subject to the rigut or redemption of six months, from the date of sale, and sold as the property of the atKe-named defendants. J.

F. Ottlnger and M. Ottinger, his wife. Given under my hand this utn i or March, 1015. E.

W. O'BRIEN, 4R fnerirr or jerxerson county, iian-- IL NV Casebier, Plaintiffs lawyer 3-5-5: Then again, the size of the hat a man wears is no indication of the amount of gray matter in his hcacL Many a section hand wears a-larger hat than the president cf the road. Bert Feci weak, fagged-ont, nervous; no energy to do anything You need a tonic! Cardui, the woman's tonic. There are times in every woman's life when she needs a good, strengthening tonic, to help her over the hard places. Cardui has helped over a million women in the past 50 years, and is the tonic lor you.

lake rA The Woman's Tonic Mrs. J. D. Cook, of Crane, says: "I was only 16 years old when I first took Cardui. Now I am 39.

"Whenever I was poorly or felt real bad, Cardui always brought me out all right. I have faith in it. I know what it has done for me, and I have seen what it ha3 done for others." Try Cardui. 1 Max Apel Still Refuses to See Topeka, February 15, 1915 R. F.

D. 4 Harman Publishing Valley Falls, Kansas. "Uses colored glasses." Perhaps so, but I don't seem to have a monopoly on them. One pair at least got away from me and is used by the author of "Colored Glasses." How the gentlemen could construe my article as it appeared in the Ledger, as a desire on my part to see this government "get in," is beyond me, when as a matter of fact I wrote it with the sole desire to see it get out of this war, and to show that we are in it. The discourse on the duties of foreign born American citizens is instructive, but nothing new to us, and it does not go far enough in stating, "When our English and German friends come to this country to rear their families, improve their conditions, morally, etc.

etc. they foreswore all allegiance to the rulers where they come from etc." as per article in last issue of Ledger. True enough, but the writer failed to state that by becoming citizens of this county we were also granted the privilege to express our convictions on political questions freely and fearlessly. In fact that Is one of the strong points of the constitution of the United States. Were we deprived of this privilege and had to adhere blindly and unquestioningly to the policy of whatever party might be in power, there soon would be no different political parties.

We would in a short time find ourselves under a rule of despotism, such as our sister Republic, Mexico, under Diaz. Sure, the very fact that the people of this country, among them you and me, are the real sovereigns in this land of ours, gives us the blessed privilege of criticising our servants, those to whom we give office. Just because we elect Ome man President don't compel us to revere him as a Deity. Just because we gave Bryan a position where he could display his statesmanship, if he had any, don't mean that we have to regard him as endowed with infallibility. Just because we speak our convictions freely on matters contrary to the convictions of some fellow citizen, don't make us undesirables.

That is what makes this country the best on earth. (Smoke? Help yourself.) The great trouble with Bro. Apel seems to be that he don't seem to understand the vital difference between the principles of this government and that of Germany. well, the writer or "uoiorea uiasses has nothing on me by making that assertion, neither does he. What the would do in case of a war against extermination, such as Germany faces today, to provide forage for his army is open to conjecture.

But we will not discuss that as it has nothing to do with the issue at hand. -But understand me correctly now if you please, and dont twist the issue to suit your view. My contention is that we, as neutrals are getting in and not staying out. Far Is it from me to wish to see this country in a war with anybody, no matter what nation, but your admission of the fact that one collects indemnity from England for doing for the Southern Confederacy, what we are doing for the allies, seems to prove that we are at least laying ourselves liable. So our only legal point we had, to collect that indemnity, was because England interfered in a "family scrap." My, how clever you are.

What a brilliant remark. The writer of "Colored Glasses is evidently out of bis Drooer sphere. He sure would be a shining light in our present legislature. Oh ves. that Hessian episode.

I believe "Colored Glasses" voices the sentiment of the average American born citizen, a line cnance to get even But England has always been able to get other people to do her dirty work for them, even up to this cay. Who will deny that but for our as sistance of England during the Boer Rock Creek School Notes The Physics class has gone into a new line of business. They are making $5 gold pieces, these will be sold for $4.75, if you speak before the supply Is gone. The agents for, these gold picees are Prof. Alleman Ellsworth Weaver and the Physics class.

Beware of fakes, trust no one but the appointed agents We are glad to say that Herbert Rittle and Virgil Owen are again able to be in school after several weeks absence Mediaeval and Modern History class have finished their book and are now preparing their term themes Miss Douglas and Miss Robinson attended the Fritz Krieslar Concert Saturday night at the Grand Opera in Topeka The Sophomore English class are wondering where "Dunstan" went, after taking Marner's money Walter Gish was absent from school Monday The 8th grade pupils are study ing so hard, that they do not think they will be surprised if they wake up some morning and find that their hair has all turned white Many of the pupils remembered the good old St. Patrick last Wednesday by wearing a green ribbon The Iron Hand, by the All Star of Mount Pleasant, will be given in the school auditorium Saturday evening, March 20, 1915. 4 BOUND BY COAL CREEK Last Saturday is holding the pennant for this month in the sunlight League It is nip and tuck yet, whether spring is coming or if winter intends to stay awhile yet There has been some complaint because our mail carriers do not make their regular runs. Well if any body attempted to navigate the roads between here and Valley Falls last Saturday they would change their notion on that subject, believe me Grandpa Keen is not feeling so well these days Miss Frieda Zendt visited Miss Frietta Keene last Sunday Walter Hefty spent a few days at Vassar, visiting Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Schadt Rev. Peek is spending this week at Leavenworth where he is attending the annual session of the Kansas Conference of our church Church services were held Sunday a. only last Sabbath past year has been a fairly good one for our church activities, and probably we will be able to give a report of our doings in a later copy. Dr. Marks shipped another large bunch of hogs and cattle from the "Mound" last Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Keene spent Sunday with Andrew Keene have read and heard of some pretty shady fairy tales regarding the "Universal" (Ford) car, such as being quoted in the bible, and running twelve miles without an engine, but Mc Braum's tale of a blind folded chap thinking that a she grey i hound attached to a bunch of tin cans' running down the streets of Denison, sounded like a Ford car, is the limit. Why, Mac, in the words of the poet that is the most unkindest cut of all." Tone the next story down a little. Recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy! "I take pleasure in recommending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my customers because I have confidence in it.

I find that they are pleased with it and call for it when again in need of such a medicine," writes J. W. Sexson, Montevallo, Mo. For sale by all dealers. I 4- 3IT.

PLEASANT GRANGE NOTES 1 Please do not grab your nose if. stale, but, kindly remember that we were snow bound last week Mr. Jessie Shrock of Topeka has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. Michal The Fair Committee of the Grange held a meeting last Wednesday night. The Committee drew up the prize list which will be published in the near future Frank Metzger who has been quite sick is slowly improving Brown Brothers who abandoned their saw mill during the recent storm have returned to work Mrs.

Louis Puder- baugh who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. L. C. Parsons of Elm dale, has returned home People along the Rural Route thought we were to have another train when they heard a whistle earlyv the other morning, but It proved to be "Old Jerky" coming in after jumping a Mr. and Mrs.

Sharrow of Indiana are working for Carl Puderbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Cambridge were visiting with Mr. Der ritt over Sunday. To the Housewife Madam, if your husband is like most men he expects you to look after the health of yourself and children.

Coughs and colds are the most common of the minor ailments and are most likely to lead to serious diseases. A child is much more likely to contract diphtheria or scarlet fever when it has a cold. If you will inquire into the merits of the various remedies that are recommended for coughs and colds, you will find that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy stands high in the estimation of people who use it. It Is prompt and effectual, pleasant and safe to take, which are qualities es-p cially to be desired when a medicine is intended for children. For sale by all dealers.

Shughart died at their home In Effingham, Sunday, March 14th, of heart failure. Mrs. Shughart leaves a husband and five children. The body was brought over from Effingham on Monday. Funeral was held from the Christian church Tuesday afternoon and the body was laid to rest in the Nortonville cemetery 1P.

W. Miller who has operated a store at the old Brunstetter stand, has rented the building to the Kansas Cash Grocery who will open up a chain of twenty-five stores in Eastern Kansas. Mr. Miller packed, his goods the first of the week to be shipped to a point in Nebraska, where he and his brother operates a store. The new company expect to open up for business April 1st Allen Stone of Edgerton, visited friends in Nortonville the latter part of last week J.

E. Hamm who visited relatives in Nortonville last week, returned to his home at Fort Morgan, last Sunday morning G. Zimmerman loaded out his household goods for Glen Elder, Kansas, the latter part of lastvweek. Mr. Zimmerman has accepted a call to preach at Glen Elder.

Frank Hen- drickson will work the coming year for C. Brock in his livery barn Harrry Whitaker left for California last week to attend the exposition T. M. Curry assisted Rev. Miller in packing his goods the first of the week, preparatory to shipping them to Nebraska R.

F. Carrier Floyd Rife who carries mail on Route 3, says that at one place on his route all he could see of his mule team was the mules ears and the horns on the harness. After traveling eighteen miles he had to give up, as the team was played out Mrs. Bernhardt Schneid er, living east of town continues to be very low. Mrs.

Schneider has been poorly for several weeks and little hope is entertained' for her recovery Township assessor J. L. Weishaar is assesing in Nortonville while the country roads are bad R. H. Humphries is reported on the sick list Uncle John Groves who has been quite sick was able to come to Nortonville Tuesday of this week.

He will accompany his daughter, Mrs. Jos. Stockwrell to her home at Lawrence, where he will remain until he gets stronger. What is a Gossip? Webster tells us that a gossip is a person "who runs about telling and hearing news." But Webster was a chivalrous gentleman, and times have changed since his day. His definition of a gossip' has become weak and lacking in descriptive force.

But common consent is more up to date more accurate and just in its verdict and by common consent the professional gossip has been d2sig-l nated as a thing in human ehape with more mouth than brains. The small town gossip can do more harm in one hour than a whole community of people can overeciie in a lifetime of effort. The gossip is the breeder of scandal, the wrecker of reputations and the blighter of hopes. The gossip is the buzzard of society, the bane of humanity and the advance agent of the devil. The gossip has but one creed, and that is the crucifixion of innocence and the perpetuation of infamy.

The tongue of the gossip is so forked it would bring the blush of shame to the face of the only other reptile of the split tongue species. The gossip lives but to revel in the slime of insinuations and innuendoes and calumnies. Scandal is the bread of life to the gossip, and the greatest desire and most intense longing of the profes sional is for "more gossip." The stock in trade of the gossip is like the rainbow it has no end. It just keeps on going, and enlarging, and crucifying until it blights everything it encounters. It is like the breath of hell upon the fair cheek of an angel.

The gossip's tongue begins to wag in the morning, wags all day, keeps on wagging into the night, and, like cascarets, wags while you sleep. The gossip construes the idle past-time of the Innocent maiden into the intrigues of a subtle and poisoned brain. If a man look twice at a woman, the gossip rips his character to shreds and nails his hide to the wall of obloquy. The gossip meddles in the private affairs of everybody within reach of the. vitriolic tongue, peers behind the curtains of every home, andV erect skeletons in closets where none exist.

The tongue of the gossip is the most poisonous and deadly, instrument of tortue in existence, for it has no regard for truth, veracity or for human suffering. The poisonous "reptile strikes, and inflicts, a mercifully quick death. But 'the gossip maims and lacerates and crucifies until the human' soul is seared with its burden of agony. When God created the heavens and members of Congress contended that the passage of that bill might be of advantage to Germany, so they made sure to see that the advantage stayed on the side of the allies. Neutral? Friend of the colored goggles, can you prove it? i In order to make myself perfectly clear so there can be no possible chance of misconstruance of my contention, I will state again ,1 do not wish to see this government get into this war, for we are in a certain sense into it already, but to stay out off it.

Neither are we neutral. If there should be a reply to this, which I hope there will be, will it be confined along these contentions? Bro. Apel. HOCK CREEK BUXORS Don't be a 'Crab Boost and the world boosts with you, Knock and you're on the shelf; For the world gets sick of one who'll kick, And wishes he'd kick himself. Boost and the world boostes with you.

Boost when it starts to rain. If you happen to fall, don't lie there and bawl, But get up and boost again. Geo. Armstead shipped a car of cat tle to St. Joe Monday evening Mr.

and Mrs. Grant McLucas and daughters, Inez and Hazel of Meriden spent Sunday with Rock Creek relatives John Seal of Mitchell, Kansas, was in Rock Creek between trains Monday morning The call of the prairie, or perhaps the good wheat crop of last year in the west, has persuaded Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Upchurch, who have resided in our community for the past two years, to return to their form er home Menlo, Thomas county and they expect to leave with a car of stock and goods in about a week. We will therefore lose good neighbors and friends but hope Thomas county may prove to be the garden spot they anticipate and that success may accompany them.

F. B. Barnes is loading several cars of baled hay while the roads are good Vmr. Allen and sons baled alfalfa for Mr. Upchurch the first of the week Mr.

Dan Hig- gins and family are guests of his mother, Mrs, Carpenter, this week Mrs. Anderson spent several days in Topeka, returning Monday evening Rosa Owen is clerking in the R. C. Mercantile store during their spring sale IMrs. D.

McLucas spent Sunday in Topeka at the home of Miss Duglan Mrs. Geo. Knowlton has been suffering with the grip the past week but is better Mrs. D. E.

Council accompanied her brother, Mr. Omer A. Snell and wife who had been her guests, to Topeka Monday for a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. P.

C. Goff. Mr. Brown and J. G.

Martin are loading a car of oats here this week Tuesday was moving day for Mr. and Mrs. John McGrew and Mrs. Arvila Gish and sons who decided to exchange houses. Mr.

McGrew will farm the west Edwards quarter; Mrs. Gish and Walter will farm their own land Mrs. Geo. Patterson Is re covering from an attack of grip and tonsilitis trouble Mrs. Fred Denner is visiting a sick aunt in Madison, Kansas Miss Gladys Addy visited at the home of her parents, from Fri day evening until Monday Geo.

Pat terson was transacting business in St. Joe Tuesday- Mrs. Henry Edwards set a hen on fifteen eggs some time ago. In the course of time the eggs hatched and she took off sixteen chick ens. Who can beat that Miss Gladys Gish is sick at the home of Mrs.

Armstrong Lee and Edith Kaiser were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Sunday. Mrs. B.

Worcester was in Valley Falls Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Martin of Meriden visited Rock Creek relatives Sunday They will leave soon for Iowa to make their home Ladies Aid will meet at the church Wednesday p. March 24.

All interested please attend. Several farmers sold hogs here Monday. Cramer of Ozawkie was the buyer- We are soon to lose one of our most young business men, Chas. Martin who has resigned as manager of the Thomas Lumber yard, resignation to take effect April first. He will go to Glenwood, Iowa, to as sist his brother, Thos.

In the Lumber yard purchased at that place. Chas. grew to manhood here and has won war, by furnishing them aramnnitiona.