Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-13

Russian thistle and placed it in the
bank where those who desire may see
it. The Russian thistle is attracting
a great deal of attention at present
| throughout the state and is increas-
| ing quite rapidly in some localities.
1t does not resemble the ordinary
thistle and so far as we know it has
not yet made its appearance in Trego
county.
The commissioners are wrestling
with the Russian thistle problem this
week, and of course are receiving all
kinds of advice from everybody. The
question is certainly serious one,
for SHOULD orders for determination go
out, according to law, and that law
afterwards be declared uncOnstitu-
tiOnal, the county would be hopeless
ly bankrupt. On the other hand the
commissioners insist that they have
no option in the matter and must
comply with the law. In the mean
time there are portions of the county
where the thistles are becoming
dangerous menace to the farmers
-[Colby Tribune.
A great many farmers in this cOun-
ty have lost their entire crops by hail.
In fact this seems to be an eXtraordi-
nalily bad year for hail storms, as
there is seldom a rain unless accom-
panied by more or less hail. In por-
lions OF the county the grasshOppers
the crops. Olof Thorene, in Vega
township, had patch of wheat which
would have made him at least 500
bushels, but it was entirely destroyed
by the pesky hoppers in a couple of
days. Misfortune, it seems, never
comes single handed [Sharon Springs
Times.
The Cove County Leader doesn't
seem to be so hilarious as the fine crop
p aspects would naturally indicate.
At Tie same time he is about right:
'"This issue commences the 18th
year OF The publication of the Cove
CouDGy Leader and it's predecessor,
t 'e Gr2ilield Cap Sheaf. The Lead
e. S the Oldest paper in the county
now being published. Up to date the
,o'lOwiny papers have been published
at some time or other since the set
til 4: o. Tie county: Settlers Guide
az Quinter; Pioneer, Buffalo Park;
Cap Shelf, Grainfeld; Golden Belt.
Gcinnell; Smoky Globe, Jerome; and
the Graphic, Republican, Gazette,
Echo aud Leader at Cove City. The
Echo has been merged into the Ga
zeoue, the Settlers Guide into the Re
pu 1lican and tie Cap Sheaf into the
Leader, all three now being published
and trying to live in pastures where
there is only grass for one"
The Republic City News tells a
whole lot of truth in the following:
God Almighty has never fashioned
out of clay, nervier, nobler lot of men
than the ''boys' who run newspapers
in the western half Of Kansas. Dur
ing the boom they'd come to gather
ings dressed in the height of fashion.
The spring suits of '89 are doing duty
with some Of them yet. Reyerses
have overtaken many of them, and
their purple and fine linen is a little
played out at the edges and seams,
but they are faithful to their country
and cheerful in their adversely. They
always stand up for KanSaS-they
sing her praises and severely denounce
the first caluminatOr to throw dis
credit on her fair name. DO we like
those kind of fellows? You bet we
do
w. Bristow, superintendent of the
Ogallah forestry station, spent Sun
day in the city with his son, j. L.
B.isGow. When he left Ogallah there
bad been three days of rain-in fact it
was difficult to work among the trees
lishment of the forestry stations
throughout the western part of the
state is proving to be great boon to
Uhe IA mers OF that section. They
trees. These stations have determin-
ed by experiment what trees thrive
best in their respective sections and
the best methods of getting them
sta, ted. The setting out of forest
trees and the starting of groves is
vety much needed on the prairies of
the west, aud the forestry stations are
doing much toward settling the ques-
tiol OF how it can best be accomplish
ed.-[Salina Republican.
The rule of the road is always turn
to the right" and it's non-Observance
often causes embarrassments. This
rule is usually understood and COM
piled with by drivers of vehicles and
most cities have provided by ordi
nance that cyclists meeting in pub.
lie thoroughfares shall turn to the
right. But pedestrians often do not