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Funeral Prices Reduced Independent ol all Trusts. Broadcloth Caskets Sold Elsewhere at $85, Our Price $35 Complete. 1 All others In Proportion. Large Variety to Select from. Open for Inspection. No charge for Chapel or At , . tendance. We save, you from $30 to $90 on Funerals. Goods and Services Guaranteed. Adults Couch Cascket re gular ...l $150 lor $80 Embalming regular.... 25 lor 12 Funeral car.. 10 lor 8 Saving $85 $185 lor 100 AHufts Caskets regular $85 lor $45 Embalming 1 25 lor 12 Funeral car ... 10 lor 8 Saving $55 $120 lor $65 Adults Caskef regular$40 lor $25 Embalming . 25 lor 12 Funiral Car 10 lor 8 Saving $30 $75 lor $45 We Give the Best of Service and Promp. Attention with (nil Equipment The same careful attention to the least expensive funeral that we give to the most Cotly. 1407 Main Street, Phone No. 9 J.B.WILLIS Funeral Director and Embalmer Phone 456 green f 4 t PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE J, Interest Paid on Time Deposits w A. Brinkman-Brack State Bank I $ 0LM1TZ, KANSAS J : ; CAPITAL 020,000 Individual responsibility Oye Oue Million Dollars Drafts Issuer1 on All Parts of the World. MEN ARE MADE STRONG CHRONIC BLOOD NERVOUS and SKIN DISEASES SEMINAL WEAKNESS anl SEXUAL ZMSBlLITY-ckusln the loss of SEXUAL POWER, with WmpleH sad Blotches on tbe tnee, aversion toso.-ieiy. extreme bashful. mu with confused Ideas and loss of mem try, eared for life. '. Follies of youth corrected aud removed. SEXUAL, NERVE nd BRAIN POWER tally restored. "606" or "9!4" SALVARSAN or IkO-SAiVAHSAN frS,Sir la 8horl Mu m Wesdmlntsierthi (treat r nviiv la our office without pain, lnconvnleoce or loss of work. You rat tK 'bl nvnmeiu and return hump theame day. Do not delay: CALL TODAY If you o .n n -I ca: wr te n lor full a tnulr. WHEN in ibe ci v f u vi tour rKEE Ml'SECM OP ANATOMY Set MAN li health and disease-A DM I -loN FKKE. ft,EOICAL OFFICES 304 MAIN STREET KANSAS CiTY, MO. Mr. and Mrs Chester Tomnitz were here from Ellinwood Sun day visiting with the Gus Selle family. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Johnson, of this city, who have been visiting in Ohio for several weeks, were called home the first of the week by the illness of their son, Don Johnson. Banker Frank Klepper and Will Meyer were down from Heizer Saturday evening for a visit with their many. Great Bend friends. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Trester, of " Eureka township, were in Wich ita 4ast week attending the Inter national Dry Farming Congress and visiting with friends. 'strm Loans We can make yoa a farm loan. Low rate loss s closed promptly. Prlvilcoc riven to ce partial payments. An nual Interest II desired w :: : w 1 ' Adults Couch Caskets re gular .$125 (or $60 Embalming regular 25 (or 12 Funeral car 10 lor 8 Saving $80 $160 lor $80 Broad Clothh Casket $65 lor $35 Embalming regular 25 lor 12 Funeral car . 10 lor 8 Saving $45 $100 lor $55 Child's Casket regular.. .$12 (or $ 8 Embalming 25 (or 12 Funeral car 10 lor 8 Saving $19 $47 lor $28 ; 4 4 4 4 4 4 Year after year Oeotfanal Praetle Treating DiMiM f Men to wska WC HAVE MADE GOOD it yoaltlT evidence inat we cure we dise mm walh are omr 8peoialty. HYDROCELE, Varicocele, Piles and RUPTUKB cured without the knife and of tea In one treatment. BLOOD POISOM and all Prlrate Dis eases Permanently Cared. , Newly contracted Cases Cared Quicklv. PROSTATIC and KIDNEY TROUBLES and All Affections of the BLADDER cured to stay cured. Pimples, Ulcers and SKIN DISEASES quickly cured and every symptom dis appears. Prof. Ebrl iota's Famous Discovery for the CORE of BLOOD POISON or SYPH- Mr. and Mrs. Will O'Connell of this city, are the proud parents of a fine baby boy who put in his ap pearance at their home last Sun day evening. Mother and baby are getting along in fine shape. Will is again able to be at his du ties at the Santa Fe round house, and Mr. and Mrs. Watt O'Connell are just about the proudest grand parents in this neck o the woods Curtis Potter, one of the old time residents of Barton coun ty, was up from St. John a few days last week visiting relatives and old tune friends. W. A. McCutcheon, of Hoising- ton, was here Saturday on a busi- nesstnp. rJ7,- rf - OTHER STATES TAKE LESSORS FROM KANSAS Iowa, Texas and Ohio After New Educational Plans. Remit of Action of Last Legislature a Great Saving to Kansas and Her Schools.. Iowa which originated tbe plan for the single educational administration board, is now taking lessons in school management from Kansas. The'Kan sas law, stronger, broader and with greater authority for the 'board, was none the less framed after the Iowa law. Now Iowa has sent the mem bers of her board to Kansas to study the management and operation of the big state schools end the board has returned home declaring that Kansas has in 18 months accomplished things not attained in five years under the lowa law. Two members of the Iowa board of administration W. R. Boyd, presi dent, and W. H. Uemmell, secretary- spent two days with members of the new Kansas board. They discussed with the Kansas board the methods of submitting educational budgets to the legislature, the new and econom ical method of purchasing supplies in this state and last, but most import ant, the Kansas system of manage ment and employment of educators. The visit to Kansas, however, did not stop with a mere conference with the state board. The Iowans visited the Btate university, the state agricultural college and the Pittsburg manual " an wiysM w training school. When the 'visitors csd Ux- th Property owner's tax re left Kansas it was to recommend to "ipt would indicate that the Btate the Iowa legislature changes in their has not kePl Pace wlth Improvement law thai wnuld elvfi th Iowa w.hoola of u3r one branch of local govern- the same advantages enjoyed In Kan sas schools. Originally the Kansas law was framed after the general plan of the Iowa law. But the Kansas legislture went further. The Iowa board was hemmed in wlth restrictions and its authority was limited by requiring of ficial approval of all action by the Btate board of education. But few meetings were provided and the re form in the management of the Iowa schools was slow and tedious. In Kansas the educational admin istration board has been in session al most continuously since its creation. Its action is final. It keeps in close touch with every detail of school man agement and oversees the spending of every dollar of state funds. Use less duplications have been elimi nated. As a result of this action, the teaching corps in the schools have 'been reduced to the minimum and the tax payers have received the benefits of the new system of school manage ment The changes in the system of school management in Kansas was a revelation to the men from Des Moines. They did not hesitate to say bo. In discussing the work under the new law by the present board, it was declared that Kansas has in 18 months accomplished things that have re quired five years in Iowa under her present law. It is with this situation in Kansas that the state legislatures of Ohio and Texas are now planning to revolu tionize their state retool systems. Twice within six months Texas has sent prominent educators to Kansas to study the work being done under the law enacted by the 1913 legisla ture. Ohio has sent representatives to Kansas and a bill similar, to the law now in the statute books in this state, will be introduced in the legis latures of Ohio and Texas this win ter. WAR IN EUROPE, PEACE IN U. S., BLESS WILSON. A Proof That "Watchful Waiting" Pol. icy Has Been Popular In This Country, Despite Former Attitude. Topeka, Kan. "War In Europe;" "Peace la America;" "God Bless" Wil son." This is the inscription on a coat lapel button that will te distributed soon all over Kansas by the Demo cratic state central committee and the supporters and believers in the sue- cess of the national administration in the preservation of peace in this coun - w. I during the year, or from $126,908.23 to The button, an innocent looking af- f 15987.68. fair, will be available for general use ( That 'l8 xotj of taxes In' Kan in the state. Especially fitting was Bl the distribution during the week pre-. , vious to the Day of Prayer for Peace in American Sunday October 4. 1 ft the REPUBLICAN PARTY Americans proud and haughty, were disposed at one time to ridicule the attitude toward Mexko taken by : President Wilson and the national ad ministration. The "Watchful Wait-1 Ins" policy was the subject of many cartoons and ironical editorials. ' Now Europe is engaged in the' greatest conflict that the world baa seen. Thousands or men are flying doily on the battlefields in France and I Belgium and Germany and Austria and Russia. The crippling of cMII- ration endangers modern life. Europe b'east in gloom and mighty nations have tiansferred their activities for mankind to the battlefields. The United States has been brought face to face with the aspect of war fare. Although this country, In all probability, would not suffer such hor rors In war with Mexico, the even tual - engagements would tap the strength of the army, bring about other international complications, dis tract business and demoralize gen erally the peaceful attitude of this nation. Truly Kansas is ready to J:!a U r.3 Ecr.i!c-.t: ' ' SHftLL INCREASE III SINE 1 111 lip w n T . . i.i Une I Wenty " eiglUl! 01 Total Showed a Gain in 12 Months. TAXPAYERS THINK LITTLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BURDENS An Analysis of Strictly a State As sessment Proves Rigid Economy In Kansas Figures From the Records. , Kansas paid but $67,976.23 more state taxes in 1913 than in 1912, ac- cording to Official figures In the Of- j flee Of the State tax Commission. ! . . .. These same figures show that the total tax in Kansas-state, school. 1 ' r ' County, '.ty, township and Sewerage ' iumned " 11. (577.276.28 over 1912. In other' words, the increased Btate tax of which politicians have com plained so bitterly, increased in 12 months about one-twenty-eighth of the total, while the balance went for local extensions and improvements new schools, eourt houses, better bridges, better roads, drainage and increased efficiency in departments of local government. ment During the same period that state taxes were being increased $67, 976.23, Kansas was spending $439, 735.35 more for county taxes than in 1912. At the same time the city taxes jumped (687,469.64. Cost of managing the affairs of the various townships increased . $299,448.67. In that same -year, Kansas spent $250, 067.99 more for local school purposes than in the previous year. Even the sewerage tax climbed $32,479.45 al most one-half of the total Increase in Btate taxes. The records in the offices of the Btate tax commission show some won derous facts. Each year Kansas has groaned and grumbled under tbe bur den of a presumably increased state tax. The man with a farm, a corner lot, a grocery store or an undertak ing establishment has reached deep into his pocket to find his tax receipt and testify before high heaven that the state was robbing him of his worldly goods and chattels. All the .time very little was being said about the rapid increase in the cost of lo cal government. The property owner merely knew that he had paid $10 or $100 more in taxes than the year pre vious. He has read of the increase in the cost of state management--and the state administration carried the burden.' , And this is the story the tax com I mission's books relate: In 1912 the state paid in taxes for H- purposes, the sum of $27,806,606.38. In 1913, the total tax for all purposes was $29,483,883.66 an increase in 1913 of $1,677,276.28. But walL Of this enormous increase of more than one and a half million dollars in taxes, but $67,976.28 was for state pur poses. Tbe official record snows tnat in 1912, the state levied 3,304,012.23 for state purposes, as against $3,371,' 988.51 in 1913. Figure it for your self. The balance of more than $1,600, 000 was distributed as follows: The county tax in 1912 was $6,582, 992.85, as against $7,022,728.20 In 1913, or an increase for 1913 of $439,735.25. For city purposes Kansas raised $8,891,101.66 in 1912 and $9,578,571.30 in 1913 an increase in this depart ment Of 1913 of $087,469.64. I Kansas townships levied a tax of , $3,407,760.00 in 1912 and $3,607,208.57 in 1913 an increase in township taxes of $299,448.57 in 1913. Local schools compelled the raising of a Ux in 1912 of $5,493,931.41. In 1913 this amount was Increased to $5,743,999.40 an increase of $250,- ot7.99, 1 seWerage taxes increased $32,479.45 ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. What is your program if you are returned to power? What Democratic laws . would you repeal? Would you repeal the Income Tax? . Would yon take a backward step parcei post? . you restore guie K ' . of the PavBe-Aldrlch-Smoot tariff? I , Would restore the pank. . , Currency Laws that . the great Indus- , lrlal flnan.i,i disaster of 1907! Would yoa repeal the Agricul- tural Extension Bill? Would you restore the tax of $120,000,000 a year on sugar? Would you put down the pip lines connecting the special inter- eets with the seat of government that Woodrow Wilson has taken up? - Would you return to Cannonism la the House of Representatives? Would you reestablish the old partnership between rotten poll- tics and rotten business? Only (First Published In The Barton Couuty Dem ocrat, October, , 19U.) PUBLICATION NOTICE. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY. KANSAS. Sarah A. Wilka, Plaintiff, v. V. B. Low ranee, J. T. Danlry, Joe H. James, and The Atiihison, Tor 1.4 A Situta re Rail way Company, Defendants. The said defendant, Joe H. James, will take notice that he has been surd In thr above named Court, and that he must an IswiT the petition filed by the plaintiff, ;on or before the 2uth day of November, J1S14, or the said petition will be taken as nd a judgment will be rendered jordin;ly, quieting the title of the south- mneteen (19, range fourteen (Hi, in Bar ton County, Kansas, in the plaintiff and ex cluding and barring the said Joe H. James from any interest or cluim to said real property. JAMES W. CLARKE, ,..,.,. Attorney for Tlalntiff. ATrEST: S. M. K EL LAM, (SEAL) Clerk of said Court (First Published In The Barton County Dem ocrat October lfi. 191 1.) EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. State of Kansas, Barton County, SS. In the Probate Court in and for Slid County. In the Matter of the Estate of Alexander Killer, Jr., Deceased. Notice is hereby eiven that Letters Teta- mvlltiirv hov luun n-inl...l In k .....I... . signed, on the Last Will and Testament of Alexander Keller, Jr., late of said County, i deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid. S.Vf'J d'Y .f A- P- ,19.L4- Now, all persons having claims against the 1 said Estate, are hereby notified that thry musl .present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said Letter, or they may be pre cluded from any benefit of such estate: ana mal H such claims be not exhibited within two years after the date of saidl Letters, they shall be forever barred. I JIKb. ALIUS MJXtH, fcxecutor of the Ijist ell and Testament of Alexan der Keller, Jr., Deceased. October 15. 1914. (First Published In The Barton County Dem ocrat October 16, ihm.i NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT State of Kansas. Barton County. SS. In the Probate Court In and for said County. In the Matter of the Estate of Alexander Keller, Jr., Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested In the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that at the regular November term or the Pmlintn Court In miH fnr laid rnnntv. In be held in the Probate Court room in Great Bend, and County of Barton, State of Kan sas: on the Zlrd day of November, A. D. 1914, I shall apply to the said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate, and at such time application will be made for an order of the Court finding and ad judging who were the heirs of said de ceased. MRS. ALICE KELLER, Administratrix of the estate of Alexander Keller, deceased. Dated October 15, 1914. (First Published In The Barton County Dem ocrat uctnner s, SHERIFF'S PROCLAMATION. State of Kansas, County of Barton, SS. Olllce of Sheriff, Great Bend, Kansas, October 3. 1914. The State of Kansas, to all to whom these Presents may come, GREETING Know ye. that I, W. M. Brown, Sherirf of County and State aforesaid, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do, by this procla mation, give notice that on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday In November, A. D. 1914, being November 3, A. D. 1814. there mill be a "General Election" in the various voting precincts of Barton County, Kansas, and the officers at this time to be chosen as follows, to-wit: One United States Senator. One Governor. One Lieutenant Governor. One Secretary of . State. One State Auditor. One State Treasurer. One Attorney General. - One Superintendent of Public Instruction. One Superintendent of Insurance. One State Printer. One Congressman 7th Congressional Dis trict. One Representative 78th District. One County Clerk. One County Treasurer. One Register of Deeds. One County Attorney. One Probate Judge. One Sheriff. One Coroner. One County Superintendent of Public Instruction. One County Surveyor. One Clerk of the District Court One County Printer. One County Commissioner 1st Commis sioners District. Three Justices of the Supreme Court. . One Judge of the 20th Judicial District Two Justices of Peace. Two Constables. One Trustee, One Clerk, one Treasurer, for each of the Municipal Townships. Two Justices of Peace and Two Constables for each of cities of Great Bend and Hois ington. Also to vote on the following amendments to the Constitution of the State of KaiiMis: Amendments to the Constitution nrovld- ing for the re-call of public officials. Amendments to the Constitution provid ing for establishment and maintenance cf an equitable system of Taxation. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at my office at Great Bend, Kan sas, this 3rd day of October, 1914. w. M. ishuwx, bherirr. SCHOOL DIRECTORY. unosnDher. trpiitt, book kteir, auditor, p"""L . iT T? Rnyonffoa Bostnen School . J tkXk txktxi uuy tiain you for oca f 01 ibMe potiuont and Mp yoa to rcttit Am placing-our ttudenu aa inatrartorg in commercial college and office position at nigh talari. Mow College J cm real full of loterwt- ft? Ing Information itxmt how to obtain a coed position FREE. C W. Ransom. Pre. 3!7 lawkM., Hiaafcnaal uij. a. X'r-J P,t ijutni fortrlJ Ba. Earn from 11. OO to 11&0.00 DtriBoaiau Un all about aotomobiiea U ail wacki br THE "SWEENEY SYSTEM" (tf practical enerlenea. Ia oar tnachin ainio. urui ana na th vo4 v Imi. i aetnal aiutrienoa how to Dalz. driv. nuui trite and j I aTivmrH 1 . -T--7-J.T i-rw genfl for f'.Ct citato explaining The "Srefiey System" and showing views of lie i'Tgct and bet equipped auto school ia the World. Write today. Now. SWEENEY AUTO SCHOCH 1 E. 15th, St. Kansas City, Ma IF YOU STAMMER Write McKIe School for Stammerers, 242 . 12th it, Kansa City, Mo. Homi and school combined. Highly Indorsed. Conducted by former stammerer. 8 Urn merlng. If neglected, ruins your eharw for success In life, but It can be speedily corrected by proper training. by Mine burinau firm u tMvf rr. secretary. r KANSAS CITY Conservatory OF MUSIC rH Term Begins September Tttu .' ftud'nts may enter any time. IN3 FC3 LATEST CATALOGUE. L'n t "".-.-.1 ?- v"-e A- - v First Published In fiie Cation Cunt Democrat, Aufiust 7, 1914.) SENATE CO.NCLKKE.Nr EESOLVT10X NO. 4 A proposition to amend sections 1 ,and 3 ot article 11 of the constitution of the state ol Kansas, relative to finance and taxation. Be it resolved by the Legislature of (ha State or Kansas to-thirds of the mem bers elected to each House thereof con curring therein: ' SECTION 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the state for their approval or rejection: That sections 1 and 2, article iL be amended to read as follows: Section I. The legislature shall have power to establish and maintain an equit able system for raising state aud local re venue, and may classify the subjects of taxation so far as their differences Justiry the same, in order to secure a just return from each. All property used exclusively Tor state, county, municipal, literary, edu cational, scientific, religious, benevolent iiu ( lHruump mirnMM ni M,.n.i fT to the amount of at least two humfcred dollars for each family, shall be exempted from taxation. Tn... .. w. i . i - - " j miM UK I1I1IMCTU on incomes, franchises, privileges and oc- 'T " 1KU "xes may be graduated and progressive, and reasonable exemption may be provided. lir . .P11, Proposition shall be sub mitted to the electors of the state at the general election in the year 19U for their annmvul a riM.ity.n ti . hereby proposed ghall be designated on the ballot hy the following title: "The Ux amendment to the constitution," and shaM utdTer e,ducfhrtitlerg,,nSt " PrV,dwl by '.W .,Li; P11 "'utlon hall take effect ??inn iin.orc? .fr?ra .nd " Pli cation Jn the statute book. . Passed the Senate February 4, 1913J Passed the House March 7. 1913. Senate concurred in House Amendments March 7. 191. Approved March 10 1913. I hereby certify that the foregoing ls true and correct copy of original Senate wumuiirui ncsoiuuon no. , now on rila la my office. CHAS. H. SESSIONS. Secretary of State. KIMBALL PIANOS :. Prices and terms very at tractive at Pritchard's Auto Shop Great Bend, Kansas Don't buy an automobile until you have seen the Maxwell "25" a! $759 and the Helz'"22" at $475 ' at Pritchard's Auto Shop Great Bend, Kansas J.B PROSE . . LAWYER ' ITnlcInnfnn. Knncn CU1GIIESTERSPILL0 DIAMOND BRAND UDIE3I lak Tr DmmM for CTTfRVil.Tn t A tlAMOND bRAND PILLS la Iro aodxX Colo metallic boies, sealed with BlueXOl Kibbon. Tit HO orsst. By of yae i 9ntUt aa4 k far CHPCMeS.TaS V lUMHl IBAUD FILLS, for twenty-It) year regarded at Best.6afet, Atwy Reliable, SOLD BY ALL DRUGGJSTS tiuju) EVERYWHERE tkst! iiii mm DIL R. N. RUSSELL Veterinary Hospital Comer 16th end Uzln Mm