Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-08
Kansas Notes

who wants to manufacture plows
there. When it comes to plow fac
tories Wellington will probably get
her share.
Here's a blow for Missouri sure
enough A Kansas editor near Law
renee says that on visiting Pike coun-
ty, Mo-. recently he found farmers
still hiding their mules in the brush
to keep the Yankee soldiers from steal
ing them.
Charles Smith of the Baxter Springs
News is battling with the servant girl
problem. AS an inducement to girls
to apply for the vacancy at his house,
he says in the News: The News fam
lily wants a good girl for general
homework. Young women contemplate
ing matrimony should apply for the
place-every girl who has lived at
our house has been married.
Wilbur Green, aged 81 years,
climbed three flights of stairs in the
Wichita city hall the other day and
registered, thus qualifying himself to
vote November 4. He said he would
vote for Craddock. The old man has
cast a Democratic Ballot at every cleo
ton since 1928 with the exception of
that of 1864 when he voted for Lin
coin In his boyhood he lived on
farm adjoining that of Aaron Burr. 8
There is an S-year-old boy in Leav-
enworth who is very much smitten
with a little girl who sits across the
aisle from him at school. The other
day his mother noticed as he was start
ing for school that one of his ears
was not clean, while the other was.
Tol, Oh
wash your left carp "Wot's the use,
mom,'' he returned. Minnie don't sit
on that side.''
Kansans must be very careful how
they prepare their ballot this year or
they may lose their votes. Attorney
General GODDARD was asked recently if
a ballot would be counted which was
marked in the circle and in all the
squares of the ticket upon which there
were no nominations for the several
offices. The attorney general held
that under the law a ballot is legal il
marked in the circle and opposite the
name of each candidate upon the ticket,
but not if marks are made in the
squares opposite the offices for which
no nominations have been made.
There is a country fiddler named
Pigg living near Lawrence. He should
be able to make a violin squeal.
ct seems queer" says Kansas edi-
tor, that the Waggeners, one of the
richest families in Atchison, do not
own an automobile" This editor prob
ably doesn't know that the Guthrie
family set the auto pace for Atchison
by buying the towns first machine.
Kingman now has a volunteer fire
department which is just aching to
try its skill battling with a con-
Migration
An Ottawa merchant is advertising
tout of sight clothing and John
F'ritts explains that it isn't underwear
that is meant, either
There is a fisherman in Lawrence
who says he can bait hook so skill
fully that the worm will actually feel
comfortable.
At public sale in Franklin county
the other day twenty men were pres
ent twelve of whom were candidates.
Much to the disgust of the farmer,
while the eight were busy buying, the
twelve ate all the lunch
And now an Atchison physician says
a good cigar smoked after dinner aids
digestion. He is probably trying to
rub IL IN on Drake watson, VINO mas
yearned for smoke ever since he quit,
months ago.
Editor Potter of the Lindsborg Rec
ord runs marriage licenses under the
head of Sentenced for Life" He
should run a "Pardoned" column for
divorce news.
Miss Ellen Stone told her story in
Emporia the other night and Invent"
well, but her delivery didn't. The
Gazette suggested next day that the
next time the brigands catch a mis-
sionary they be more careful and Das
a better lecturer.
1t is announced that penitentiary
Irvine will not be any cheaper next
year than it was this Isn't it possible,
though, that some legislator can WELD
influence enough during the winter
with the warden to Jewett down.
A certain section of the Coffeyville
auditorium is reserved for negroes and
the white people use the remainder.
Strange to say most of the thespians
who strike Coffeyville play" to the
black side of the house.
Cattle thieves at work near Brook
Vile have aroused the farmers. A tree
has already been selected
Editor Redmond of the Burlington
Jeffersonian, fully realizes what an
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