Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-27
Smoked hams at Bakers.


lone from California next week.
d. j. Wilson and John Herbert, of
Glencoe, were county seat visitors
Wednesday evening.
A. b. Redmond of Banner was
county seat visitor Tuesday. He re-
ports stock doing fine.
Clarence Cochoran has quit his job
as section foreman and moved to his
farm in Wallace county.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. ID. Kristoff. of Blue
Rapids, Kan are visiting relatives
2 and friends near Colono-
NJ. p. Redmond was in from Banner
on Wednesday and reports the sick in
his neighborhood improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ashcroft of st.
Peter were in the city last Monday
visiting his mother and sisters in the
east part of town.
The usual services at the Presby-
terian church next Sabbath the 2Sth
inst. The collection in the morning
is for home missions.
Hugh Tidball of the Saline north of
Collyer was in the city Tuesday He
is now cutting his third crop of alfalfa
which is fairly good.
Henry Meyer has located upon a
miles south of town and is erecting a
frame house upon it.
Ed. Hawkes., of Banner, was inter-
viewing our business men Tuesday.
He reports his baby which has been
sick for some time as improving
Linus Benson is visiting on Big
creek. He is working for Charles
Cue down in Barton county. Mr.. Cue
is holding 300 head of young cattle.
Jim Bell, representing the Samuel
DoddSworth blank book manufacture
ers of Leavenworth, was in the city,
Wednesday, interviewing our county
officials.
Clarence Cochoran and wife left on
the evening train Wednesday for their
home in Wallace county. Mr.. G. has
been foreman on the east section the
past seven months.
L. G. Johnson was up from Ellis on
Thursday. Len is going to make some
money out of his alfalfa crop this
year as he already has 100 tons stacked
and will get another cutting.
John Cloud, whose home burned
several weeks ago, is building one
story frame house 28x2s. Carpenters
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each donated two days work.
We are pleased to note that Mrs.
d. Mcknight, of Banner, who was
quite sick. is convalescing. She will
accompany her daughter. Mrs. Blanche
Miller, to her home at Leadville, Col.
John L. Cook was down from Cove
county Thursday on land office bust
ness. He informed us that Cove had
received several good rains the first of
the week; that corn and forage crops
look good.
James Feeney and Willie Beardwell
of Happy in the south part of Ora
ham threshed their wheat last week
and from 120 acres they had 2.265
bushels making an average of nearly
10 bushels per acre and tested 60 lbs.
per bushel.
Mr.. Smith, an up-to-date dry goods
salesman, will be found hereafter in
the dry goods department of G. /. Yer
beck's store. Miss Ashcroft, who has
been filling that position will attend
the Normal and teach school the COM
ing term. Mr. Smith is pleasant
and affable gentleman.
The Hays City Blue and Gray Mar
BILE company have an ad in this issue.
A. a. Hoover, the senior member of
the firm is one of the well known bus
mess men of Hays, is honest and up
right. Mr.. Richmond is manager and
marble cutter, and in his line he has
few superiors. If you need anything
in their line give them call
A number of cattlemen from east
ern Kansas were in town this week
looking for pasture land. The grass
crop is almost total failure in the
east and they will be compelled to
ship their cattle into the short grass
country. Our farmers who have feed
and plenty of range will get good
price for feed and labor if they will
set fixed price and then stick to it,
Under the biennial election law it