Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-10-03
TREeO COUNTY TRAcINGs.
Served up by the Worlds Rustling
Reporters.
C0llYER CARVINGS.

Numerous green draws.
First month of fall gone.
Room for more general stores.
An opening for second hotel.
Sundays big shower went deep.
Winter wheat is coming up nicely.
Livery stable in process of erection.
Some Of the grass is autumn tinted.
Business few with the winds on Fri.
day.
| Mrs. Mcfarland is expected home this
week.
Who will be first to open drug store in
Collyer?
Brighter times for Collyer have COM
menced.
Scarcely a night when campers fires
are not seen near town.
Five loads of lumber followed each 9th
or out of town II ursday.
That Southwestern of Friday! A regu-
lar street cleaner and duster.
Purchasers of young steers would do
well to visit this section of country.
Our politicians are making prepare
tons for the primary elections of Oct. 10.
Miss Jessie WEIGH is winning many
friends, both personally and as teacher
of Big Creek school.
Let farmers remember that rice corn
makes crop every time, and for chicken
feed no grain is Sl1DariOr
/. Water was struck at the depth of 70 f..
in the bored well of L. A. Fisher. Bored
wells for Collyer are IL longer an exper-
iment.
Another report comes of poultry loss
from the visits of wild animals About
10 chickens were killed in few nights by
weasels.
The big prairie fire of Thursday was
many miles TO the west, but the dense
clouds OF smoke made one think it close
at hand.
With pleasure the Carvings records the
fact that Commander Hastings is able to
be about again though quite weak from
his late sickness
1t has been suggested that our town
would be good point for canned and
dressed beef establishment. Where is
the person with the enterprise and CAPT
tai to try?
L. A. Fisher expects to enlarge his
branch store at Oakley by erecting
stone building The railroad company
offers him the low rate Of SIS per carload
on stone to that point for building pur-
poses.
The friends of Miss r. Comfort are
pleased to learn that her business enter
prise at Wa-Keeney is proving a great
success. Her reputation as first-class
dressnaher is widespread in this part of
Trego.
Stephen McNichols took the fast train
Tuesday morning for his home in Ohio,
where he will spend the winter on ac-
count of feeble health. Mr.. Smith will
assist Mr.. Bundy IN well boring during
MIR. McNichols' absence.
Next Sunday our German friends well
have the second opportunity to listen to
a sermon III their own language in the
town school house, it hereafter being the
intention of Rev. Weller to deliver a SER
mon In German once month.
James Fl. Siebert will next week be
able to supply the community with fresh
and salt meats, at the market which he
Will open in town. Mr.. Siebert is one of
Collyers first settlers and his system of
fair dealing is well and widely known.
VIM. darlington and son, of Cameron.
Mo-, have decided to enter the lumber
business here. Their location will be
Just north of L. A. Fishers, and already
have fourteen carloads Of lumber now on
the way. Mr.. darlington, jr., will have
charge OF the business at this place.
Postmaster Walkey, of Sloey, Cove Co.,
paid Collyer pleasant visit on Saturday.
Mr.. w. is much interested in the school |
enterprises of Cove county, as well as the |
general up-building of the towns and sur.
country in Cove and adjoining
counties. He also has high hopes for the !
future of Cove City.
The mild wind and heated atmosphere
Of Thursday was followed by so strong
warm wind on Friday that no outside |
work was performed which could possibly |
be delayed. No damage to property has |
been reported. Saturday the breeze was
not near as severe, but the flying dust |
made evident the need of rain.
B. O. Richards is this week erecting
new building just north of the hotel,
which he will fit up for livery stable. J.
Q. Martin is engaged in building the
same. A livery stable has long been
needed here, but every one is surprised
hat such prominent corner lots should
have been sold for that purpose.
During Thursday afternoon, when the
lust was being blown northward too fast
.or comfort, about a half dozen camp
with their occupants, stopped ID
own, made their purchases, and then
,amped out until the next morning, when
hey pursued their journey to their new
homes, sixteen miles southwest.
L.. F. Jones changed his residence and
business Office yesterday from Collyer to
1rainfield, where he expects to make
more extensive real estate sales. Mr..
ZONES has been citizen of Trego about
! year and all have found him very ac-
and jolly gentleman. He
S also interested In the town site of Oak
ey (Cleveland) and will use his efforts to
BOOM that place.
Mrs. r. Cayna, mother of Mrs. Burn
lam and Mrs. Chase, was quite pleasant