Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-12
Kansas Notes


in proving that he hasn't any
The case against the Coal trust is
a good thing for all concerned 1t
will please the public, and won't hurt
the trust.
/. The independence Reporter predicts
that one of the CoffeyvilIe glass COM
panies may run against snag be-
fore the fire is over"
Wichita's baby farm" seems to-
have been a great success, even il
Colorado does monopoilze the visitors
,of the Arkansas river.
Topeka, which permits busket shops
to run openly. has appeased its con
science by an ordinance placing a
prohibitive tax on billiard tables.
Now that Judge E. B. Post is mar.
ried again, the movement mas been
renewed in Kasas City, kas., to have
him shave off his superfluous "f.''
II County Attorney Wilson RECEIVERS.
from his present illness he may find
himself in contempt of court Judge
Swartz has decided, in eject, that he
is dead.
1t is announced that the Union Pacf-
fic depot in North Topeka has been
restored to its former beauty, from
which it is inferred that the driftwood
has been removed from the waiting
room.
The Boss Busters have SO far neg
Iected to avail themselves of one of
The best arguments they have: Cyrus
Leland combs his hair straight down
in the form of bangs.
One of the most common errors is,
to refer to Trembly and White as
the men who SWAN the Bag-Bag."
it was the Rio Grande that they swan.
not the Bag-Bag. The Kansas soldiers
crossed the Bag-Bag on a dismantled
bridge.
In Wichita two families play croquet
until so late that they have to use
lamps.
The Parsons Sun is much better
than it used to be. Still it refers to
Lou Dillon as the king of trotters.
In Hoisington the joints are trying
to fix up an early closing agreement.
SO they won't have to hire night bar
tenders! =
The Village Parson'' is sure of a
hearty welcome in Ottawa Friday
| night, although as a rule Ottawa is
much more cordial to Evangelists-
Harmon Wilson of Topeka is laid
up with typhoid fever, the result OF
drinking impure water. Who would
have thought that water would ever
Harm Wilson
Congressman Miller, who has re-
moved his wife as his private secre-
tary to make a place for Homer Hoch,
is supposed to have promised her
something equally as good"
However, the public believes il
general way that State Treasurer KEEL
NoHc lyr1n
more about the legislatures extrava-
gances than Mr.. Albaugh.
Farmer Doolittle of Wichita per
petrated what is considered great
joke by the Eagle a day or two ago.
This is a great day for the race"
said Doolittle. What race? asked a.
pleasantly along. tThe yacht race
retorted the farmer.
Some of the Democrats want to run
Mr.. Craddock for governor again. The
results might be the same if the Ar
kansas plan is followed, of putting
the candidates in a twenty-foot ripo
and letting them fight it out
1.-The Lords Coming Is Near" is q
sensational headline on the first page
of the Newton Kansan-Republican- 3
Fort Scott has need of Don't Do
That club 1t is to vote soon on the
proposition for public ownership OF
water works.
Attorney General Coleman says he Is
looking for data with which to pro-
coed against the Coal trust. What
more does he want than this scale
of retail prices: In October, 1900.
S1.75 a ton; in October, 1901, $3.50;
in October, 1902, s21o; in Septembe-
1903, $40?
The corn reports are all so f1atteri1e
that Atchison puts in all its spare time
regreting that it decided in an evil
moment to have no Corn carnival this
year.
This IS the way the Hutchinson News
expresses it: There are 1900 places
in Kansas which have paid revenue to
Uncle Sam to violate the state pro-
hibitory law"
Sam Forsha, of Reno, has bought the
biggest pillow ever brought into Kan
sas- 1t is twenty-four horse power, and
turns sixteen burrows at a time
There's no reason why ali the Kan
sas girls should not be at the height
of the fashion in the matter of mill
linery. Mrs Herman Oelrichs of New
York is wearing sunflowers on her
toques.
Hoisington has quit trying to sub
due Strong Drink entirely, and is now