Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-20
Kansas Notes

put in the paper.
Two or three members of the We'll
lington carnival committee have gone
crazy, land the rest" says the Atch-
ison Globe, ARE going"
Kansas has a genuine grievance.
The historic adage, 'If you can't beat
'em, jine EN- is being credited to a
Missouri man instead of "Chet"
Thomas.
An Eldorado woman says there are
only two women in town who can walk
gracefully. 1t is feared the critic
picked out a muddy day to make her
enumeration.
One idea of a joke would be for the
Leavenworth dog catcher to go out to
the federal penitentiary and seize those
S., 900 bloodhounds for the 'tRon-wear-
ment' of tags.
Within the last two years farm land
in Kansas has gone up SIS and $40 an
acre. Many Missourians are buying it,
twelve Platte county farmers having
moved across this year.
The official report of Prof. Snow,
that 6.62 inches of rain fell during
August, is a surprise to those who
would have been willing to swear that
at least yard of rain fell.
Chicken stealing has become so COM
mon in Southeastern Kansas that the
Anti-Horse Thief association has de-
cided to enlarge its scope and go after
this class of criminals.
/ Anna Carlson of Lindsborg has no
sympathy with those women who extol
their own beauty. THE chances are"
she says, that a female alligator, if
it could talk, would insist that it had
small mouth
A crusade against the department
stores in the large cities is being con-
Quoted by the Lane New Leaf.
A Barton county rounder solicited
contributions toward a poor mans
funeral and used the proceeds to
bury his face in bucket of beer.
Eureka, which means II have found
It, feels that it has clear title now
to its name. Natural gas has been
struck there at the depth of 400 feet.
A young woman in Parker gave a
party complimentary to an out of town
girl, and the local paper headed a
catering account of the event, For
Another's Honor
There is some opposition to the
| scheme to organize Commercial club
in Larned. 1t is feared it may encroach
upon the Squirrel clubs sphere of use
| fulness.
Dodge City is about to jump from
| bad to worse. The automatic tele-
| phone system is being changed to the
| central arrangement with all of its
| attendant vexations.
A Wichita man contradicts the no.
| ton that cyclones are funnel-shaped.
| He saw one that was no larger at the
top than at the bottom, and it looked
more like an exclamation point mile
| tall.
1--WE witnessed fierce combat be-
| tween a snake and a wasp a few days
| ago. writes the Belvidere correspond
| emit for the Kiowa County Signal.
'The wasp would watch it's chance to
| sting the snake and then fly to a cac-
| tus. The snake would crawl to the
| plant, but would not strike while the
wasp remained there. The wasp made
several false attempts to fly and final
| ly induced the snake to strike. The
| reptile in striking became attached to
| the cactus and could not get away.
| The wasp then flew away and in a few
moments returned, bringing with him
several of his friends. who settled
upon the snake and stung him to
| DEATH
| Salina tests it's new fire alarm sys-
| tenn each day at noon, with false
| alarm. Last week there was a really
| dangerous fire just at noon. The alarm
| was sent in, and of course, no heed
| was paid to it.
| Speaking of odd names on the tick
cts, Mr.. Colt is running for office in
Riley county and developing some
| speed.
An indignant citizen of Dodge City
| has written a half column communica-
! ton to the papers to disprove the item
which has been printed that buffalo
| grass is rotting from excessive rains"
| Two bloodhounds have been received
| at the federal penitentiary, Fort Leav-
enworth, to be used in running down
| prisoners who have escaped.
| La Harpe is going to have foot
ball team this year and wants to ar
range for a big game in lola for
| Thanksgiving day. There are no
| teams in Kansas the challenge adds,
that need hang back for fear they are
| too good"
| A Topeka man who invented a
| chemical fume which was to exter-
| inmate prairie dog villages at forty
| rods has decided it is more useful as
| cure for catarrh. Another Topeka
/ inventor has discovered that Trego
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