Bellevelle Telescope (Newspaper) - December 5, 1929, Belleville, Kansas 16 PAGES THE TELESCOPE In 2 Sections SIXTIETH YEAR A Consolidation of The and Republic County Other Republic County Newspapers 5^ REPUBLIC DECEMBER 5, 1929 TWO DROWN AS FATHER ATTEMPTS RESCUE SON Works Rase o Merchants for Jogus Checks ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE SON WHO CALLED FOR HELP Two Smaller Brothers of Clarence Green But Clark 56, Is Drowned in Icy Water In a Rescue Attempt Funeral services for Clark A. 66, and his 15, who were drowned when they fell Green home 13 miles southwest of here Sunday will be afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the Methodist church in The dobble tragedy occurred 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning after accompanied by two younger Walter and had gone to the Hondrickson 80 rods from the Clark to The ice was not frozen as deep as the boys believed and it broke with the weight of wha plunged into ten feet of icy in a heroic effort save his brother plunged in after but was unable to reach as Clarence had come up under the ice out of his Walter succeeded in getting back onto the Father Too Meanwhile Harold ran for the house screaming for and the father came to their Without rope or Mr. Green was unable to offer assistance without himself reaching a hand to his son who was still clinging to the edge of the ice. As Green lended the assistance fell into the the ice breaking under his Overcome by the icy water they sank to the bottom of the pond before Mrs. and neighbors arrived with a bodies rescued two hours lated by the use of A call for pulmotor and oxygon tanks proved fruitless as the bodies were too seriously exposed to chilling of the icy water for Father had a An claiming to be an airport for the United States government visited Belleville placed the stamp of approval on the ocal airport and his signature on several only a short time after he had taken a taxi to were found also James E. Kansas spector of airports for the government postoffice the shingle which the man hung up at the Elliott hotel Sunday where he lolled about the lobby NUMBER FOURTEEN local people doubted He dodged relative tn the air mail Becoming with a few of the boys about town he was ushered into the Clothing store where he made purchases totaling approximately and handed over a chock drawn on the First National Bank of with the same pilot license numbers as the Elliott He later presented a check to at the where he purchased dresses for his wife of Meanwhile Mr. president of Brewer's Air Service corporation and bragging about the seeks the air mail which was a paying him But ho a little extra currency he checked out so he gave Mrs. Elliott a check for to the chock besides his his Getting acquainted with local airport he scouted around the - announced it would rate only | Nordman that the and should be leveled i port was a He has ahd when it could be j not yet been was making arrangements to Knight when he arrived in The Salina Chamber of Commerce was ready to join in the celebration but Mr. Knight arrived 20 minutes ahead of schedule in his Belleville handed the another bogus and escaped from the Lamar hotel only ton minutes ahead of word from Sheriff made a grade port so far as government mail service was Knight claimed the air mail Omaha to had boon approved by the government three months despite the fact that The same ruse was in though the of his there was not He cashed several bogus checks in and Des and his total for Belleville was approximately LOCATE CONSTRUCTION PIPELINE OFFICE HERE KANSAS PIPELINE CO. WILL DIRECT WORK FROM THIS CITY Company's Own Crews to Build Spurs from Cities to Main and Pipe Gas Throughout the Towns C. OF C. GETS STREET DECORATION STARTED BUSINESS DISTRICT READY FOR HOLIDAY NOW A Special Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Also Appoints Committee on County Roads and Dedication of The division construction office of the Kansas Pipe Line & Gas company will be moved from McPherson to Belleville within the next according to J. B. in- sales inanager who was here During the past several months the com- Streets of the business section of Belleville took on holiday attire yesterday and with the costume goes the s of the for holiday merchandise has crowded the and goods assuming the front on shelves of Belleville pany has maintained its Kansas It was special meeting of the vision headquarters for construction { at that being a central for work from the gas fields to Belleville will be while the construction crows are working from Abilene north to Grand the northern terminus of the The bring its own office force and construction Chamber of Commerce last Wednesday when business men decided to clothe the business section of the city in holiday and promulgate the spirit of holiday shopping throughout the city and the entire trade same committee on decoration that handled the work a year ago is in charge nf decorating this season Christmas Edition Comes Next Week - Next week The Telescope will issue its annual Christmas Shopping Edition and merchants in this territory will make use of the advertising columns in presenting their message of Christmas shopping suggestions to the people served by this Not only will the next issue of The Telescope be a valuable guide and time saver to Christmas but it will contain many interesting features on holiday The Santa Claus letters will be featured in the Merchants are requested to aid department in So preparing their copy much work is required to Issue such editions on that cooperation the merchants is especially appreciated at that ASK GOVERNMENT FOR AIR MAIL CONTRACT PROPOSED ROUTE WOULD BE ALONG LINE Air Operating a Passenger Line Through Here the Past 80 Days Seeks the Government Mail ANNOUNCE VACATION FOR HOLIDAYS IN CITY SCHOOLS Mr. well-known in and the same but with a COLD WEATHER PREVAILS OVER PAST WEEK Moderation Tuesday Welcomed After Week of Cold and Flurries of Corn Husking Roads B. H. S. MAKES BEST GRID RECORD IN PAST 10 YEARS Score 1.51 Points to 33 for Winning Seven of Eight Bushby High Point Man With 50, Nesmith Second having formerly been manager the Utilities company 1'eiterated the statement of E. H. assistant to the general manager of the Kansas Pipe Line & Gas who a month ago told The Te gas would probably be available for use in Belleville by February 1. Mr. Allison said that date would give several days allowance for bad Start Ditching Here Jan. 1 little more will bo A of and green lights will dominate the streets and Christmas trees and holly also will be Consider Other Too On the body voted to cooperate with towns in the county in promoting the gravelling of side roads which will connect the smaller towns of the county with the already gravelled Several members of the Chamber of Com- Christmas vacation begins Friday December 20, continuing until the morning of January 2, school will again take School will j be held Friday and 2, 3 4. and thereafter the regular schedule will be Superintendent W. 0. Stark announced EXTENSION DIVISION TO GIVE AWAY A NEW FORD Construction crews which have been j merce had been asked by residents of working out of Belleville on the pipe 1 the smaller towns to assist in vain effort to rescue Two Grim Although a grim this was the second time in little more than a year that such tragedy had visited the Green In 1928, 16-yoar-old daughter of family was burned to death in an explosion of a Nor was the double tragedy of drowning the end of their troubles for on the afternoon of the same day nf the the modern farm honio or Clark Green's four miles north of was destroyed by fire The Howard Green family had gone to sit up with the dead when their caught The blaze was believed to liave in the and aside some contents of the the house and furnishings wore a Obituaries Clark Abner Green was in Oct. 28, 187:1, and i to Kansas with his parents in 1870 the ago of six chased tlie farm west of town where the Clark I family and Green his homo there coming He was to Minnie Day when quite young to them were three Arvella Wilson of Warren Green and Mrs. of Mrs. Green died only a few years the Severe cold weather has The B. H. S. Buffaloes the for the most part during the past j most successful football campaign in week over Republic county and this | ten years Thanksgiving when the section of A light snow Thursday evening and another evening brought little out battle with Scandia left in possession of a record marred by only one defeat in eight A ninth game on the with in from all upsetting pre- dictions of the weather was cancelled because of heavy snows ation Tuesday afternoon was but the total B. H. S. scores for the corned on every I eight games played was 151, while Farmers in the majority of cases the combined opponents scores this section are usually through ed only 33 with their corn husking at Smith the only team to ing but Pot so this The i defeat Coach Carroll's abundance of rain all fall has soaked | was the only able to the ground so thoroughly that it is more than a single touchdown against almost impossible to get into the The final four opponents were fields and farmers have barely imid scoreless by the B. H. S. and quite Bushly was the high point man for a time keeping enough feed on hand iho scoring 50 to feed their This condition was second ' with 30 not but is more or less general Bachelor made 31, McCarty ver and western 13, while DoBus was the only to make a six from a single Scheduling 1930 Games Next season's is line were employed by the Construction which was awarded the ditching contract on the cross-country The crews which will come here within the next few are employed by the Gas company and will build the thc towns where the company has franchises and also lay mains within the This is the work which will be handled out of as to the date when on Page INTO BASKET BALL SEASON Lettermen Back and Good Material on Playing Now at S. ting gravel spread on county roads and it is believed the next year will see considerable of that work H. A. W. T. Perry and W. D. Vance were named as the committee in charge of this for the Dedication of the local airport will Delay in the dedication has been due to an uncertainty in the form of A committee composed of Dr. H. E. V. Gundy and will report back to as to name and Belleville Business Men Will Present New Ford Roadster to Someone in Trade Award Will Be Made December 24. never in the history of has been more Id roads in than has largely I of the the almost ami snows have of and have way -I - PRICES GO UP raise in the price of declared 1 by of and friers were advanced from five cents in the with a strong line-up of The Buffalo team next year will be another strong football Although a of the of 192!) will lost through The season's football 1^ n. a pint and ten cents a quart to seven ir. IT. 0 Smith Ho 11 roll and twelve with cream raised cost of cows together with her third child and several years jnc prices were given as reasons u. - 151 for the directly behind the blaze piled to fight the and little i damage was Green was to Piety Scott at Kans. To this union were born eleven FIRE IX REFRIGERATOR CAR nine of whom They are Mae and all of the was born April 97 in on the home where he had made his He attended the county schools entered fall for Besides his and Mr. is survived by his Mr. and AV. C. of by three Howard and Harry Green of Concordia and Walter Green of and bv two Mrs. Homer Ott of and Harrison Cool of MASONIC ELECTION Lodge No. 129, A. F. & A. held its annual turkey dinner in connection with the election of officers last evening when over one Masons gathered for the dinner and ritualistic SECRETARY CO. ENGINEERS V. B. county engineer of Republic county elected stove loo nign m une subjects as well as The tram crew m the caboose date of the be a Chamber of a trade extension A Belleville and other matters of routine business were settled at the + HOLDS LAND AS VALUE GROWS The Trade Extension division of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce will present a new Model Ford roadster to some customer of local business The awarding of the hew car will be made the day before December 24, at four o'clock in the Practically every firm in Belleville is a member of the extension division C. of and will be glad to Power With four lettermen back and a lot oi good material from which to five the Belleville high school basket ball squad will got into the official practices basket has been the past two and have a team for this year's The games started off night in size to Muscle Shoals the defeating the is being Mr. Hazen owns give particulars usual Christmas The presentation of the new Ford is just another way of demonstrating was appointed to that local business houses appreciate 0 the petition for air mail service the patronage of this trade strings tied to the Belleville is always a good place to and with the holiday buying just getting into full the customer has now another incentive to trade in Petitions are being in Salina requesting air mail service which will not only speed up delivery service between these cities but also afford better connections with the east and It is believed a contract with the Brewers Air Service Operating the line here the several will be H. P. president of the Browor operating the passenger was in Belleville last week and together with a representative of the Belleville Chamber of Cm merce flew to Omaha where the was to the Omaha of The Omaha organization has taken charge of the circulation of the each of the four towns obtaining some 300 or signatures as a demonstration of the faith of the people in air mail and to prove there is a demand for such through this Circulate Petition Here The local Chamber of Commerce discussed matter at a special meeting last Wednesday night and a committee was appointed to circulate the petition through the business section of The W. C. John Ramsey A. Q. met with accord on every The people all want air mail Postal officials of Wichita and Belleville have been among the most enthusiastic boosters of. the proposed and postal authorities are also in accord with the - The Brower company has been for nearly three months past and during that time has made a satisfactory record in their scheduled expected the company will be given hearty the cities it Several may be required before the government acts on the COMPLETE RADIO CENSUS Hazen Interested in Project in Delos resident of Robbins Receives Radio Given and well known throughout Republic Connection with Canvass is particularly interested in ' a water power development near The radio where a huge dam has here by the King been built and a power plant lound 247 radios owned m i 514 Belleville homes covered in the Fifty-three different makos CO. MEET The board of county commissioners was in session the first three days of the attending to county FILES DAMAGES SUIT of Blair Theater at Alleges Malicious girls and the junior 1-500 acres of land adjoining the found in these tlie freshmen 25-5. The having purchased the land a class number of years ago for an the freshmen girls last night land now is estimated to 40-2 and the senior bovs beat the worth nearly an Tonight at 7:30 the will the juniors for the with Majestic leading in Atwater Kent and bo Freshman followed next in W. Belleville was awarded the Majestic OFFICER AT P. E. O. connection with the K crowd was present at the King t the class championship and the junior Mrs. Yetta Speck of Z. Sn boys will play the seniors at 8:30. state inspector of the P. E. -Z ' i the charge is made for the chapter B M AN OLD CONTEST two games December 4, at the home of The schedule for this season's Mrs. W. T. A one o'clock was served and the Dec. 19-Republic R. and G. of ritual Jan. 7-Courtland. B. 1st and meeting was held and approved by with a beauty Both contests are open to Jan. 10-Narka there B. and G. Belleville Miss Louise Republic as explained Jan. 17-Concordia, accompanied her to advertisement ip today's A Jan. 21--Munden and dia where she was entertained that | consisting of dance numbers Barrett's pupils and others SELLS CAFE i will precede the Perry L. Advent of brought suit ill district court for naming 1',. and Morris on charges of malicious is of a ' of many at climaxed a jury not Next Wednesday and f ago a ' an Old Contest be hold at the Chapin a beai open SELLS SANDWICH SHOP Frank who has conducted STEVENSON'S SALE south side of B. 1st and 2nd. Jan. 2-1-Mankato Jan. 31-Clyde, B. and G. Feb. 4-Courtland, B. 1st and 2nd. Feb. 7-Hebron, Ward closed a deal last week j HOLDS ANNIVERSARY SALE in which the East Side commemoration of his first 0. & S. Sandwich which in grocery business and Feb. ho has been operating for the past Feb. 14-Cuba, B. and G. I few was sold to C. on Sam Ki ton 21-Scandia, B. and The new owner took Feb. 25-Cuba, B. and G. i sion the the is offering special values in an anniversary sale in today's tanco to everyone in filling their Telescope Classified In Broadcast Saturday The orchestra of Belleville and Cuba will broadcast from Saturday December 7, at 8:40, continuing in at least three 20-minute Members of the orchestra are as Mrs. George age 12, Frank violin and Frank Bedford Joseph Steve Louis clarinet and Blanche age 13, Dorothy age 11, and Edmond age 8, Many Republic county people will be turned in for the Turkey Dinner in Belleville Wins J Dollar Prize in Denver Contest A Thanksgiving story about a dinner served in Belleville 5'ears a dollar prize for Mr. Mrs. Frank iir a contest conducted last week by the Denver The have made their home in Denver for several The story is interesting to many but especially so to Mr. and Mrs. Paul who with the were chief in the short Since the Riemans the ones who lost the and they invited to the King home for a Thanksgiving it leaves no doubt in the mind of the reader concerning the identity of the in the The following story was sent Mr. and Mrs. with see I'm still collecting on that written on the margin of the THEIR TURK AFTER ALL Our Thanksgiving dinner was panned and turkey fattened in the coal A few nights before the coming thankful friends of ours came to spend the also to invite us to their home for duck dinner on We decided to accept the invitation and have our turkey some other The next morning wo went to the shed to feed our only to find it Wo told our friends it was a good thing we were invited as someone had stolen our On the eventful day both families were seated at the on the table except the Then it made its appearance on a mammoth platter and was placed directly in front cf We both sat staring at for it was a No one said a some little then my husband broke the silence the that's our And it MRS. 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Santa Claus Asks for Little Notes In The Telescope The Telescope this week received a letter from Santa Claus asking % us to continue our practice of mation as to just what the kiddies in Republic county Letters addressed to Santa Claus care and write to Old Santa He said he would watch next week's Telescope particularly for the After that he gets pretty so better write your letter So it will reach him not later than December 7, if Santa is a firm believer in early and if you don't get your order in early he won't know what to buy for Santa Claus is coming to Belleville a week from but he never has had time to take notes on the want list of kiddies file down the street for their The Duckwall store is bringing Santa to same jolly old Santa that was in Kansas City a week will be sure to get before the dear old ho is a very careful reader of The Telescope just like everybody But Santa watches particularly for news about the Last year 300 kiddies | when ail the kiddies of the big wrote to Santa Claus through The turned out to see and we haven't had a i preliminary trips single complaint on the results i never interfere his making the they got their Christmas when ter make your want he really the The If Santa Telescope wants to help him get a thinks you want too much may line-up on all the little boys and have to cut down on your but l so drop a line in of The a letter addressed to him I Your letter will be care of The Telescope ' if you write it right will be the safest way to your wants * sure to send your letters Better sit down right away Delay may make it impossible to get your letter to him in time for the order to be Watch next week's paper for the ' and asking the n in the state closing attorney-general declared would file if to close the trial of a test 7^|n(.'
