Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-04-11

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c0llYER CARVINGS,
CoLLYm, April 8.

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/ First wild flowers.
Farmers are happy.
Heavy rain April 9Th.
Showers April LIST and 5th.
Acreage Of wheat and rye short.
Grass Is showing its color nicely.
j. e. Elliot, of Bison Park, registered
at the Ainslie House Tuesday.
Chas. Peterson, land agent at this place
Is taking business trip through Iowa
and Nebraska.
E. w. Elliott has recovered from his
recent sickness and last week resumed
his duties as pumper at the railroad wells.
F. o. Taylor, of Missouri Creek, Neb.,
stopped at the Ainslie House on Satur-
day, before looking around for home
stead.
W. n. Adams, of Lincoln, Neb., was in
town on Saturday. Mr.. Jones showed
him railroad lands upon which he re-
ported favorably to his friends at home.
Rev. Dodge, of Lane county, was in
town on Thursday, and made an appoint
ment to preach here in May. He also
wishes to organize union Sunday school
here.
Some campers rested in town on Sat-
urday. before pressing forward to their
new home on the blackberry, some seven
teen miles southwest. They were from
Osborne county, and had driven a few
head OF cattle with them.
Ere this paper reaches it's readers the
party given by the Woman's Relief Corps
will have taken place. Invitations are
now out to the effect that such party
will be given Friday evening, April 10, at
the residence of J. G. Martin.
The heavy expense connected with
harvesting and threshing wheat and rye
last season was the cause of so small an
acreage being put in last fall. But a
very small quantity of that raised last
season was shipped from here, most of it
being fed to stock
The family of Mrs. York was made ex-
ceedingly happy Saturday evening by the
arrival of Miss Jessie York, from Chi
cagO. Miss j. York is a sister of our
teacher, and it is to be hoped she will
decide to make Trego county her per-
manent home.
Owing to private business affairs Mr..
Birkeland hastily decided to retire from
the management of the Ainsie House,
and Tuesday removed his household
goods to his homestead. Mr. B. Richards
has engaged the hotel, and will no doubt
occupy it very soon.
Rev. j. Q. A. Weller, of Buffalo Park,
preached at the school house Easter
morning. There was quite good congre-
CATION. A committee, consisting of
Messrs. l.. A. Fisher, Jas. Siebert and D.
Webster, were appointed to ascertain if it
was the wish of the people to engage Rev.
Weller to preach here each alternate
Sabbath; the committe to report within
two weeks.
It is not often that an old settler gets
lost on the prairies of late, and George
VS. friends smiled audibly when they
heard of his driving within sight of his
own stacks on Monday evening, during
the storm, and then turning his horses in
an opposite direction from home, to finally
leave his wagon and precious contents in
a draw, and permit his horses to find the
way home for him. In justice to the
young man, your correspondent will add
that the precious contents" were not of
an intoxicating nature.
Some days had passed after Governor
Martins proclamation was published,
before it was fully decided upon by the
COllyer school to celebrate Arbor Day.
yet the program which was hastily ar
ranged proved quite success. During
the forenoon of Thursday, Miss York and
scholars, assisted by three ladies from
town, were busily engaged in rehearsing
music for the afternoon. About two
o'clock the audience began to gather,
Mrs. P. j. Gubbins and Mr.. Geo. w.
kessler being armed with trees, while
number of gentlemen arrived armed with
spades. It. was expected that School
Director R. G. Kessler would preside, but
as he was unavOidably detained at home,
School Clerk Jas. Siebert occupied the
chair and called the meeting to order.
In the following program, SO well ex-
ecuted, it would be impossible to give
special praise to any one piece. The
not only rendered their recita-
tons with credit to themselves, but also
much upon their teacher:
PROGRAM.
Song-Scatter Seeds of Kindness, School
Recitation-The Truthful Tramp,
Fannie Hays.
Recitation Daisy Time,. Bessie Siebert.
Recitation The Millionaire, John Walsh.
Recitation-Little Brown Hands,
Rose Power.
Recitation Deeds of Kindness,
Nettie Kessler.
Song If were Sunbeam, i. !. School
Reading-A Court Lady, Walter Siebert.
Recitation She Never Saw Tree,
Nellie Kessler
Reading goods First Temple,
Frank Fouts.
Recitation-Trees Wanted, Jesse Kessler.
Song-My Own Native Land, School.
The closing recitation, which was pre-
pared for the occasion by a friend of the
school, we give in full;
TREES WANTED