Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-06

Neither absent nor tardy:
Mary Bestor, Floyd Burnham.
Floyd Cliff, Blanche Gorrell,
Eva Shearer.
MRS. MAY GREENWOOD Teacher
voss, the Hays photographer, will
be IN his gallery in Wa-Keeney, Oct
% and 81.
Two gentleman arrived in our city
last Saturday and began business in
the old Monroe and Henkel building
on the corner and many were the in
quiries of what kind of business was
going on in that building-one fellow
said that they were patent medicine
men-making a catarrh remedy that
would cure all. Upon investigation
we found two pleasant gentlemen en-
gagged in assaying the products of our
gold fields. An expert assayer is max
ing test of shale from Ellis county to
Cove, and we were unable to learn
how much gold our shale beds contain.
Before they quit the experiment
thorough Investigation will be made
as the men making the tests are
thorough and competent in their
line. We hope they will find large
quantities of the yellow metal. If
they do everybody will think that
Trego is the KIondike of Kansas.
Abraham Frakes' Democratic
friends are telling a good one on him:
At the supper table at the American
House Tuesday evening he tried to
get cute and just like his Eureka,
Kans., remarks, sound just like him.
He told friend who joined him at
supper that he was from Kentucky
where they prided themselves on fine
horses, pretty women and the finest
quality of whisky. A lady was seated
at one of the tables and as everybody
knows Frake, so well that the aver
age reader would construe that these
remarks were intended for the lady to
hear. The lady at the table was Miss
Minnie Johnson, of Pittsburg, Kans.,
a temperance lecturer of state repu-
tation. Miss Johnson could, if she
would tell this story to her audiences
as she travels over the state, and fair
ly make Abraham's hair or ''whisk-
els" stand on end. She could make
thousands of votes against Abraham,
as the story was uncalled for and just
shows what an uncouth old bag of
of wind Frakes is.
The Demopop committeeman were
in sore straits last Saturday OCCASION
ed by the withdrawal of their candi-
date for Probate Judge-John Stew
art. They did good deal of skirm-
ishing all day and finally one long
headed Pop suggested that if we can't |
get one of our number to take the Of
flee let's give it to an old soldier Re
publican-maybe he will strengthen |
ouf ticket as the Republicans have
two old soldiers on their ticket. and it |
will give us the same number. Squire
Croft was hunted up and was gwen
to understand that il he accepted |
they would work hard for his cleo
ton. He accepted the nomination.
Squire Croft has been police judge,
Justice of the peace and coroner of
Tfeoo for number of years-yes; a
goodly number, and has always been
elected as a Republican and we are of
the opinion that Uncle Joshua will
support the republican ticket this year
the county ticket Another
scheme was tried by the Demopop
They spent most of
the afternoon chasing Republicans,
trying to get one of them to accept
,he nomination of trustee against
Jhas. Folkers- Last year they left
his Office blank, but some of Folkersi
enemies this year said. you will have
20 put a man up or We'll vote the
traight Republican ticket They Of ]
cred the trusteeship to a close friend
# ours who said they insisted on him
aking it. He said the gall of those {
elbows would sour the stomach of a 4
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