Newspaper Page Text
SUtt Historical Society TTTr n lllQ VOL. XL. NO. 41 HAYS. ELLIS COUNTY. KANSAS . THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1921. SUBSCRIPTION SI. 50 PER YEAR rrprr 11 K 1HR.EE PRFSS CHAUTAUQUA LOSES NOT FOR MANAGEMENT, BUT ! FOR LOCAL UNDERWRITERS ! What Some Town in the Stat Are Saying About Traveling Snows j Called Chautauqua ! Sabetha, August 15. The Chau-' tauqua in northeastern Kansas are I losing plenty of money this year for the people. The one at Sabetha lost $500. At Hiawatha, the guarantors took an-assesssment of $4.50 each. At Falls City, the local management is wrestling with a deficiency. This class j of shows have all the best of it that j the local people are asked to under-: write the loss and do so in a written contract prepared by the chautauqua management. A chautauqua, seven days, now costs $1,900. Before the war it cost $1200. A five-day show j costs $800 and the gate receipts. j The local management takes what is left after the chautauqua gets the guarantee, three-fourths of the gate receipts and all local expenses. The farmers are witholding their patron age on the gTOunnds that they are re ceiving a third as much for their crops and because the moral tone is; clipping. The above special from Sabetha! tells the average story of the chau- tauqua proposittion. Just how it is possible for some smooth talking man ! or woman to come into a community ; and get the best business men of that , place to guarantee them a profit on their show to get out and work like : beavers, spend their time and money, j all to give a fat profit to a bunnch of; outsiders, who care nothing for the j community, except the money they can rake in is something difficult to understand. We grant there are plenty of good chautauquas just as there are doz ens of cheap ones but the writer; cannot see why they should be guar-j anteed a profit on their enterprise anyj more than a circus or any other tent j .show; and if all the towns were like this there would either be no Chau- ' tauquas or they would travel on their, merit solely. i "Yep." you guessed it; we have been through the mill and we know ; just how the game is worked. Valley i Falls Vindicator. . Oswego's Chautauqua was all right j and our people have no regrets; but; as the writters above say why not let ; the Chautauquas stand some risk. We found from experience in former, years that if you have no confidence ' in the drawing powers of your attrae-! tions the only business you will get! will be the guarantee, and likely leave a very bad taste in the mouths of the , guarantors. The fair way is the j mutual sharing of expenses and profit ( if any, the same as any first class theatrical attraction. Oswego Demo-j crat. FREE For Limited Time Only , Big 50c Jar of Wonderful COM-! B1NATION CREAM JONTEEL with the purchase together of one 50c box j of Face Powder Jonteel and one 50c j compact of Rouge Jonteel. Three j Famous Beautifiers for the Price of i Two. I We make this exceptional offer so ( that you may get acquainted with this j most delightful face cream. A cream j for softening, healing, beautifying) the complexion. Simply wonderful! as a base for powder. You love to. use it it's so fragrant, cooling and refreshing. Stimulates the tissues j and makes you feel as well as look , lots younger. j FACE POWDER JONTEEL is a soft, invisible powder with a remark- j able clinging quality. You notice the difference at once. ROUGE JONTEEL is so lifelike. Matches your own natural flush per fectly. Comes in convenient compact form to carry in purse or pocket. You can secure these Jonteel Beau ty Requisites only at The Rexall Store. KING BROS. DRUG STORE Miss Laura Rhinehardt of Benning ton, who has spent the summer visit ing her sister in Idaho, and was also a few weeks in Manitou, stopped off in Hays, between trains to visit with her friend, Miss Mae Hawkins. She left on the plug for Russell, where she will visit relatives for a few days hefore returning to her home. HOLDING PINK TEAS The National Council of Importers ' and Traders, which is composed, for; the most part, of representatives of j foreign manufacturers, "having failed I to impress Congress with the justness of its arguments against the Amer ican valuation system, has now turn ed to the women as a forlorn hope. The said Council has announced through the daily papers its purpose to argue its case at parlor gatherings of the women in different parts of the country, meetings having already been held in Chicago and other large cities. We understand that the re presentatives of the Council are tell ing the women that the American valuation will add to the cost to the consumers of all classes of goods. Fortunately the women are not so ignorant as to be fooled by such un true statements. The only thing which the American valuation system will accomplish is to make all foreign goods of comparable character pay the same amount of duty, the basis for the assessment of duty being the wholesale values of such goods in this country, instead of the varying prices of the different foreign countries. A pair of scissors made in England will 'pay the same duty as a similar pairj made in Germany or another similar pair made in Japan. If the duty on j the English scissors is fifteen cents the duty on the German or the Japan- j ese scissors wll also be fifteen cents, ; though the foreign values may differ, j Under the law as it now stands, the English scissors would pay fifteen J cents duty, the German possibly ten j cents duty and the Japanese possibly, eight cents duty, the rate of duty he-j ing the same but the foreign values j being different. The claim is made' that it will be impossible to ascertain j the American wholesale values, a pro-' posterous" statement when it is nowi expected, under the present law, that the appraising officers shall ascertain J the wholesale values in all foreign . countries. If they can learn the for-j eign values in all such countries they; certainly will be able to learn the val-j ues right here at home. The truth of the matter is that the importers greatly object to the American valua tion because it will prevent them from deceiving the appraising officers con-j cerning the real values. They are con-j stanttly undervaluing goods and, only: too often are able to cheat the Gov-j ernment out of the legal amount of duties. The women no less than, the men are awake to the menace of unre stricted foreign competition which permits foreigners to sell their goods here at starvation prices, but which low prices do not benefit the consum ers, because the importers pocket the profits and do not permit the consum ers ot reap the benefit of lower prices. The result is, that domestic workmen are driven out of employment and only importers and foreign producers profit by the great importations of foreign goods which have been made under the Free-Trade Underwood Tariff. It has been amply demon strated that Free-Trade does not benefit the "consumer, for we have had Free-Trade ever since the fall of 1913, while prices have never before been so high. It will not do to listen to the false statements and arguments of the paid lawyers of the foreign manufacturers who are simply saying what they are hired to say. Before giving credence to any propaganda, it is always well to find out who is back of it. The opposition to the American valuation is financed by foreigners who want to sell their goods in this country. They have sold so many goods he-e now that nearly six million American workers are now idle and suffering for the necessaries of life. The only thing which will give these workmen employment is a return to an ade quate Protetctive Tariff, one of the necessary parts of which, under pres ent conditions, is the American valua tion system. The women know that as well as do the men. American Economist. Miss Ruth Thomas has accepted the position of assistant at the County Farm Bureau office. This place was formerly filled by Miss Diora Hughes, who is now attending Baker Univers ity at Baldwin, Kansas. Miss Thomas has had- several years experience in office management and for the last three years has Deen teaching" .in the School of Commerce at the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School. CHO-CHO TELLS CHILDREN HOW: TO KEEP WELL Famous Health Clown Gave Show to j School Children, Friday After- j noon j "How many had an egg for break- j fast?" j One thousand hands went up in the j air. "Ah, that makes Cho-Cho happy for boys and girls to eat eggs for break fast." The clown elicited one laugh after another from the children, and after a especially hearty peal, he told them the reason he made them laugh was to see how many had teeth like pearls and how many like coffee beans. He demonstrated in his amus ing but none the less forceful man ner, how the teeth should be cleaned, and further, the groans one hears when a little boy or girl has to sit in the dentist's chair. The recipe for a Cho-Cho sandwich was given as follows: "Spread two pieces of bread with peanut butter and put lettuce leaves between." Par snips, carrots, spinach and beets were also recommended. "There is as much nourishment in three prunes as in eighteen toma toes," said Cho-Cho, as he advised the children to have their mother cook j more prunes. He also advised the use j of prunes in the place of meat, which j is seldom masticated. j "You might as well eat sawdust as a cucumber," he said. Value of Drinking Milk The thing most emphasized in his patter and pantomime was the value j of drinking milk. Oatmeal and eggs were also added to the ideal break fast menu by the health clown. From a large market basket he took various vegetables and fruits telling whether j each was good or bad for boys and j girls. At the close of the demonstra-I tion he asked his audience to tell him whether each was good or bad as he held it up. The list of things good for children included boiled cabbage, let tuce, cooked celery, grapefruit, beets! cooked with the tops, carrots, ripe bananas, potatoes cooked in the skins, spinach, milk, boiled onions, prunes, turnips, chocolate if eaten at meal times, beans and asparagus. In an imaginary garbage can he tossed cu cumbers, radishes, peppers, pickles, doughnuts, and anything cooked in a frying pan. Cho-Cho advocates drinking lots of water and milk and omitting tea and coffee from the diet entirelv. He is strong for outdoor exercise, swim ming in particular, and insists on lots of fresh air in sleeping rooms. Chil dren should be in bed at 8 o'clock, he insists. Small boys who ordinarily look uncomfortable at the very men tion of a bathtub, howled with laugh ter as Cho-Cho gave an imitation of a small boy taking an ideal bath. Following the health game Cho-Cho amused his audience for some time with tricks, making flags of various nations appear apparently out of the air and taking six eggs from his mouth in quick succession. LET US BE THANKFUL We Have Lived in the Happy Medium This Year of 1921 I i In Pueblo and San Antonio, andj other points south of us, and in J Nebraska and the Dakotas north of us, the people have suffered great! perils from floods and tornadoes, and in Montana from frost and snow, while here in Hays we have suffered! only from the heat, which is now hap pily past. The Secretary of the In terior has announced that there are ! close to six million unemployed in our nation, a half million of them destitute and sleeping in the parks of New York City. Fortunate Western Kansas! where w-e suffer only slightly in any wise; come, therefore, to Ellis County, Kansas; make your home in Hays, where misfortune does not trouble, none are weary, and only the heavy laden need a rest. WANTED: Salesman for Hays and vicinity. Commission contract only, for spare-time or full time. We will teach you to sell income protec tion through our free school of in struction and help you build a profit able business. Massachusetts Bond ing and Insurance Company, Accident and Health Dept., Saginaw, Michigan, Capital $1,500,000. sl5t2 IT SOUNDS GOOD AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT i AT THE FORT HAYS NORMAL Teachers for High Schools Are in De mand No Better Field of En- deTor is Offered for Young People The fall semester opened at the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School last Tuesday, with an increase of thirty five per cent in enrollment over last year for the same period. During the war period the enroll ment in all teacher training institu tions decreased materially. Since the war high salaries and a shortage of teachers have continued to hold the Normal School enrollments down. The present enrollment idicates a return of attendance at the Normal Schools. The supply of adequately prepared teachers for both high school and grades is still far below the demand. Present indications are that this con dition will remain for a number of years to come, and teachers' salaries will oensequently remain high. There is probably no profession that offers a hott.Ar f!A fnr people at the present time than the ! teaching profession. Dr. K. Y. Moye Attended The American Veterinary Associa tion met at Denver, Colorado, last week. There were 1,000 Vets in at- j tendance. Every state in the Union ! was represented, besides delegates ' from Hawaii, Philippine Islands, Can-1 flrfa anH Alaela I All They Could Carry Two of our up-to-date business men went fishing the other day in Big Creek, and caught a barrel of 'em;; and, as the Irish girl said, "that's no lie either;" the catch included a seven ; pound carp, and all the others of j various kinds were not less than eight to twelve inches in -length, choice for the table, as we can vouch, as we had some of them for dinner. And this is in keeping with everything that smacks of Hays, which is a 1921 town, and getting bigger every dayr r ii , , onie, mereiore, ana make your, home in Hays, where everything is nice and good and cheap and, and ' A Change from Coal to Petroleum The State has in contemplation an experiment, the use of petroleum in place of coal, for generating power. This will include our Normal School! as well as the other state institutions. The state will demand a six months' contract for the experment, as the price of petroleum fluctuates so much that the state will not undertake the experiment without a fixed price for the oil for that length of time. Not altogether, but for the most part, if fuel oil proves to be the most econom ical, it will be used rather than coal. HAYS HIGH SCHOOL NOTES The present enrollment of the Hays Hays School is one hundred forty-one. The number of pupils enrolled in each class Is as follows: Freshmen, 53; Sophomores, 31; Juniros, 32; Seniors, 25. The largest enrollment at any time last year was one hundred ten. The following students are enroll ed in High School from other coun ties: Trego county Belma Brant, Orvilla Brant, Bessie Tauney, Abbie Tauney, Geraldine Ivan, Elwood Hut zel; Graham-county Marie Kobbler, Leo Kobbler, Ruth Hawkins, Harold Lewis, Ruth Lewis; Russell county Lawrence Wunderlich; Sheridan county Elsie Scott; Osborne coun ty John Taylor; Rooks county Earl Barry; Logan county Orval Corell. Last Friday's assembly period was used for the election of class officers. The officers elected are: Senior Class President Laura Velie Vice President Earl Barry Sec'y and Treas Antone Terasinski Junior Class President : Eva Wood Vice President Rosina Allbert Sec'y and Treas John Shively Sophomore Class President Rex Spencer Vice President Orton Sims Secretary Harold Brown Treasurer Francis Addison Freshman Class President Rosalind Noble The Foottball boys of the .Hays High School, were called together by Coach Carman, last Tuesday, and ar- ranged for a practice. Thirty-two boys reported at the gridiron Wednes day evening. Eight letter men from last year are back, and we also have some excellent new material. The line promises to be the heaviest that it has been for years. The first four games of the season are as follows: Plainville at Hays, September SO. Stockton at Stockton, October 7. Chapman at Hays, October 14. Great Bend at Great Bend, Oct. 21. The remainder of the schedule will be published later. We have several new teachers with us this year. ' Mr. Colins is head of the Science department. Miss Kathryn McLain is in charge of the History depatrment. Miss Marjory Bright is the Latin teacher. Miss Tharp was compelled to resign her position as Latin tetacher on ac cout of the illness of her father. Mr. Reynolds substituted until Miss Bright arrived. New desks had to be ordered for the Commercial room. Tables will be used for the extra students until the new desks are installed. Edward Francis Madden On Sunday, Edward Francis Mad den, who has been ill for the last six years, died at his home on West Sec ond Street in this city. The funeral services were held Tuesday, at which the members of the family and a few old time friends and associates of the deceased attended. Mr. Madden was born in Virginia,. Cass County, Ill inois, and was a lad of eleven years when the Civil War broke out. Later he went with his parents to Mercer County, Missouri. There he went to school, taught school and instructed in county institutes. In 1878 he came to Hays. For a number of years he was engaged in the implement busi ness and became interested in the First National Bank of which insti tution he became president in the early 90's, and which position he held until 1916 when he sold .out his in terest to E. M. Speer of Hoxie. But the deceased did not confine his energies entirely to this city or c6un ty, although he was heavily interested in cattle and horses, but promoted townsites in Goodland, Oakley, in this state, and in Colorado at Kit Carson, Cheyenne Wells, and Siebert. This can be said that he was energetic, hardworking at all times and fought for his rights, and in every townsite enterprise he won out, and not only 'that but won and kept the good will and esteem of his antagonists. When the fight was over all was forgotten and all pitched in to make a good' town. He was a member of several fra ternal orders, among them the Modern Woodmen and Occidental Mutual Benefit Association. The lat ter order he helped to found at Salina and was a member of its managing board. for a number of years. , He is survived by his son, W. J. Madden, and his daughter, Mrs. Al bert Glathart, both of this city, and five grandchildren. His wife died several years ago. HAYS Yes, This is Hays. We Love It Be cause It is Home Abroad the stranger passes in sil ence and I him. There is no propin quity. Everybody knows nobody. Hays is the shining store for the wan derer. Here, he is at home, safe and j secure; my neighbor across the street nods on his way, and the child smiles as she passes along. If you are ill in an hour or two all the friends know about it, and breathe a sigh -of sympathy, which they do not express in words, and soon they will go to the hospital to see how you are getting along. They feel an interest in you, and, when you are better, the house hold labors, and the business at the counter and in the office resumes its wonted course. Abroad, there is the lack of the friendly feeling which makes us wondrous kind. Isolation, distance, how they freeze the cockles of the heart! The lotus-eaters gazed upon the wearying, lapsing wave and sighed that they should see their native land no more; but in due time the fortun ate one turns his feet homeward and sees as in a glowing; vision, the kiss, the welcome, the warm embrace for that is home that Is Hays. And by and by, when the sun of life has set, ' loving'friends will tenderly resign the temple of clay to the dust, and the. sun will shed his beams abroad oveir the earth, the grass will spring, and the birds carol as they have ever done since the world was young. Contributed. THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX I am the voice of the voiceless; Through me, the dumb shall apeak ; TUi the deaf world's ear be made to hear The cry of the wordless weak. From street, from cage, and from knnel. From jungle and stall, the wail Of my tortured kin proclaimed the sin Of the mighty against the frail. For love is the true religion. And love is the Jaw sublime; And all that is wrought, where love is not. Will die at the touch of time. And Science, the great Revealer. Must flame his torch at the Source; And keep it bright with that holy light Or his fet shall fail on the course. For he mho would trample kindness And mercy into the dust H has missed the trail, and his quest wHI fail: He is not the guide to trust. Oh, shame on the mothers of mortals Who have not stopped to teach Of the sorrow that lies in dear, dumb eyes. The sorrow that has no speech. Oh. never a brute in the forest. And never a snake in the fen. Or ravening bird, starvation stirred. Has hunted his prey like men. For hunger, and fear, and passion Alone drive beasts to slay. But wonderful man. the crown of the Plan. Tortures, and kills, FOR PLAY. He goes well fed from his table; He kisses his child and wife; Then he haunts a wood, till he orphans a brood. Or robs a deer of its life. He aims at a speck in the azure ; Winged love, that has flown at a call; It reels down to die. and he lets it lie; His pleasure was seeing it fall. The same force formed the sparrow That fashioned Man, the King; The God of the Whole gave a spark of aosl To each furred and feathered thing. And I am my brother's keeper. And I will fight his tight. And speak the word for beast and bird. Til! the world shall set things right. Long Beach, Calif., Aug. 29, 1921. Mr. A. L. Clark, Hays, Kansas. Dear Mr. Clark: Please find enclosed check for $1.59 for subscription to paper for Lily Johnson, 222 Grand Ave., Long Beach, California. Father and Lily have-bought a very neat little bungalow just completed. After they get all settled I'll be ready to come back to Kansas. The weather is fine here quite cool at night. I hear you are having -some rain. Well, that's good. Well .when are you going to ap point your P. M.? Yours as ever, Peter Johnson, Jr. FLOUR EXPORTS INCREASE Movement Through Galveston Show a Huge Gain Galvetosn, Texas, Sept. 15. The export movement of flour through the port of Galveston jumped from 3, 313,973 pounds in July to 13,359,632 pounds in August. England and Hol land showed a decided preference tot the product of American flour mills. Of the total last month 1,049,860 pounds went to London and 201,000 pounds to Hull. Rotterdam alone, however, with 7,811,755 pounds, took more than twice as much as moved through this port in July. The ship .ments to Amsterdam aggregated 1, 993,185 pounds. Scandinavian ports appeared for the first time as heavy customers of American flour, taking 1,100,000 pounds. Kansas City Star. Wouldn't it be nice if the new Golden Belt Railroad was built from Hays running direct to Galveston so some of the splendid hard-wheat flour of the Hays Mill could be shipped direct to these foreign ports. The flour shipped years ago to South America from the Hays Mill took the highest prizes. The Lutheran Ladies' Aid Society will meet at the church next Thurs day, September 22nd. They are pre pared to tie comforters. Mrs. W. W. Paul, Pres. The Salina Chamber of Commerce will visit Hays on the 21st of this month. A substantial structure is being erected on the Fairgrounds for the Poultry display. The grounds are be ing cleaned up for the great Ellis county annual event to open on the 27th. Come to the Fair, bring the family and all the neighbors. All the approaches to the Normal College should be paved. Wilson ave nue leads directly to the Coliseum and should be a paved street. The Great Majestic Range Sale starts October 3rd, and lasts one week. A set of Cooking Utensils Free with every "Majestic Range bought during; this sale. Bellman &. niingworth.