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THE PORTIS INDEPENDENT
J.E.KISSELL, EDITOR, OWNER AND PUBLISHER
PORTIS, OSBORN CoO., KANSAS ©

“eptember the 26th,
T 9 3 9 eeve#es

Dr. f. OC. Allen,
Lawrence, “ansas.

Dear Doctor Allen:

I guess I have been a little tardy in writing you occasion-
ally to set you right on the various problems of the conntry but
must blame it to general busy=ness which I guess occupies the
time ef everyone who tries to get along without government interfer-
ence. I would like to talk war, economics and othe? stuff but
can't now so will take up the object of this writinge

Wonder if you are available for addresses for school
gatherings on afternoons, particularly the aftérnoon of Saturday ,
October the I4th at the high school at Osborne,

On that date we will have the first fall meeting of the
Osborne County teachers and the Osbonne County School Board asso-
ciation. We want a speaker for the aféernoon at perhaps two-thirty.e
We d not have any hefty sum for the address but could take care of
all expenses I judge. To bé frank, I imagine that $15. or $20,
would be the top we could go. I thot you might happen out this
way somewhere that same day or night before and maybe stop with
us and be able to get away and back to Lawrence that evening.

tI am President the County School Board Association and
the Co. Supt. is Frank Paschal at Osborne, It would be a pretty
big day and likely have luncheon at noon,

We need to know soon and this should reach you Wed. as me
and if you can answer at once, I will get it Thursday morn here.
That will be alright. But if you wish to, call me phone collect
at Portis Wed. night number SEVEN after eight o'clock and can talk
it over. If you come, we will want cuts or mats and dope at once.
If you can't come and can write at once, very wells otherwise phone.

Very dry here and has been hot but sudden cool wave last
nighh hit us unexpectedly. War is all the talk. It makes me mad, -
which I guess is the thing it should not do, at least just now.

Kindest regards, and hope to hear from you.

Sincerely, de Be ./ Portis.
By the way my son, Max, is in school here
and getting along well in every way, and he
is no particular slouch in any sport and par-
ticularly basketball, Can't decide on where to send :
him, What do you suggest among Northwestern, Leland St.,
Forrest Cox's mountain school and Haskell Institute? In
another year, he will be leaving and I will hate to see him

de

go I spose.

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