Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-02-15

inaugural was written that it has required
three revisions.-Ex.
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Three new land districts have been
formed in eastern Colorado and the land
Offices established at Sterling, in the
northeast corner of the state; Akron, on
the B. & NJ, and at Cheyenne Wells, on
the Union Pacific Oakley GRAPHIC.
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So Wilson, of the Wallace Register
has been arrested for hbeling a Sharon
Springs man. That's strange, for judg.
ing by the tone of the Wallace county
press we didn't suppose there was a man
in that county that could be ibeled.-
Oakley GRAPHIC.
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A bushel of corn makes four gallons oil
whisky. 1t sells for SIC at retail The
government gets $780, the railroads 81
the manufacturer 81, the vender 81, the
farmer for the corn out of which the
whisky is made only twenty-five cents,
the drinker delirium tremens.-Ex.
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Topeka now has forty-eight churches,
two more than existed at the end of the
regular building season of 1889, says the
journal. Before the year 1890 is closed
the capital of Kansas will have at least
half hundred church edifces. 1t would
be hard to find any city of $4,000 in the
country that can beat this record.-Ex.
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Speaking of the surplus papers in Lo-
gan and Wallace counties, the Register
says: "We doubt if single paper in eth
er county has made cent the past year.
AS for ourselves we are in the hole for a
suit on his hands and ought to be well
satisfied. Such is life in the far west
LeOti Standard.
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The Wa-Keeney WORLD calls upon the
people to pillow more fire guards. Its
voice should be needed. Many thousands
of dollars worth of property are destroy
ed in western Kansas every year by prai-
RE fires The state has laws for the
punishment of the fire setter. They
should be examined by the people of
every neighborhood, and enforced. The
making of an awful example of some one
of these fends woul d prevent at least
portion of these running fires.-OSbOrne
Farmer.
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The steam pillow was considered an ex-
pertinent only few years ago, but now
it is beyond single doubt, decided sue
cess. Trego county is going to give it
trial. Cove county should follow the ex-
ample of Trego, and after an investiga-
ton of the cost of running the pillow and
the benefit that would be derived from it,
perhaps some good may be done for Cove
county. 1t will cost very little to investi-
gate the matter, those who can should at
tend the exhibition at Wa-Keeney.-
Gore County Golden Bell.
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Kansas broom corn was one of the pay
ing crops last year-a manufacturer in
forming us last week that it is now
worth $160 per ton. We believe it would
pay southern Kansas farmers to investi-
gate the merits of this crop, and to prob
ably plant a large acreage. 1t is certain
that we grow too many acres of Indian
corn, and that in years of plenty the
market is so depressed that it does not
pay. Broom corn has been grown in
this county and of splendid quality, but
it requires expert handling to get top
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We are glad to see the WESTERN KAN
sAs WORLD commenting on the need OF a
law compelling land owners to pillow good
and sufficient fire guards around their
lands. A law that would cover this mat |
ter thoroughly would be one of the great
est boons that could befall a county
which is owned in a large measure by |
who are holding land for |
speculation and making no improvements |
whatever. An actual settler may expend |
thousands in buildings and cultivation of |
his farm; he may labor long and faithful |
ly, but what will it avail him when the |
thousands Of acres of land owned by non
lying on all sides of him, Gov |
cred with heavy coat of grass catches fire |
and burns off i'll an hour, leaving bedind |
nothing but an expanse of blackened |
prairie that will take nature from three |
to five years to bring back to its former
condition, for that is exactly what the re-
suit is every time prairie fires burn over
any amount of territory. Laboring under
such disheartening conditions is akin TO |
laboring in vain. Give us a compulsory /
fire guard law. 1 have no right to leon
ardize my neighbor's property by nv
negligence to provide suitable protection
for my Own, which may unfortunately
Join him.-G0Je Comfy Gazette.
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