Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
Kansas Notes

ed hiehWaymen Mcfarland is able, for
The first time, to turn up its nose at
| Coffeyville
| The editor of the Greeleaf Sentinel
has solved the problem of how to defy
the Coal trust this winter: He is go
ing to burn eobs.
| A Lawrence boy who intends to en-
\ ter the Pulitzer school of journalism
this fall is alretady practicing carry
| ing a pencil behind his ear.
Since cod liver oil has gone from
$22 barrel up to $3.50 a Coolidge
man says he is glad he never acquired
\ the habit of drinking it.
This years yield of wheat, corn and
| other grain is so enormous, the Cuba
| Daylight says, that there is nothina
left for the crop liar to do.
Marion's Town Joker met Ed Hoch
the other day and asked him why
Uncle Sam is like an orphan. The
| answer is (giggle here) that he "ha~
| neither Panama
Since Ottawa society ceased revolv-
| ing like a merry-go-round the Herald
has changed the name of its depart
ment from In Social Circles" to I'm
Society,""
The seventh district papers are in
clined to pick Judge Stuart as the
winner in the First district. Judge
! Stuart has red hair, and they remem-
Der Victor Murdock's performance
Representative Curtis mas cancelled
all engagements, political and other
wise, by reason of the illness of his
grandmother. Her death is expected
at any moment. She is SO years old.
The live stock department of the
st. Louis exposition, of which F. D.
Colburn is the chief, is only one which
| will offer cash prizes. The sum of
100000 will be given to exhibitors
In the event of vacancy on the
supreme bench the Cawker City Led
ger recommends Judge Clark A Smith
for the place, but mars an otherwise
glowing and effective boost by the
closing sentence: $50 mote is he"
Leavenworth new road through
the woods to the Soldiers home is
to be paved with twelve inches of Gin
ders. Judge Adna P. Gristlebone
warned the county commissioners
about the peril of cinder beetles, but
they gave no heed.
Protest from the patient exchange
editor of the Coffeyville Journal: IF
the Cherryvale News wouldn't mix so
much paper in the bunch of ink it
sends us we would like it better"
At the alfalfa carnival In Stockton
next month it is expected that all
the refreshments will be served a Ia
moved.
1t is hoped that the truant officers
provided for in the new law will have
jurisdiction to stop the juvenile elope-
ments in Emporia.
The Leavenworth Standard suspend
ed publication this week. Since the
death of Frank Lynch, ten years ago,
it has never been up to the old Stan
dard.
Three bucket shops in Topeka run
openly and pay a license of only 500
year. Councilman Nellis, in a burst
of righteous Indignation, is preparing
an ordinance to increase the license
to $3.50 yearl
The Twentieth Kansas regiment, in
session in lola, is being addressed by
a number of fluent orators who were
quite conspicuous in Kansas when the
soldiers were winning fame and glory
over in the Philippines.
Judge W. 1. Stuart is paying the pen
atty of running for Congress by hav-
ing his name get into most of the
papers Stewart" Just as J. R. Bur-
row is made to suffer for being secre-
tary of state by having. it printed
Burrows" almost always, and some
times "Burroughs''
Mack Gretchen has observed that
there are several ways of paying debts,
but the most general way is to pay
them reluctantly.
Another railroad title is brought to
light in Newton by F1ue We1der Grant
JOhnson's damage suit for $4,000
against the Santa Fe.
Some Hutchinson parties" it is an
nounced, have invented new kind
Of a railroad tie. Possibly it is a non
partisan board.
Now, while the price of soft coal
is going up some more, is the best
time possible for .Atchinson's fabulous
coal mines to materialize
Webb McNall of Gaylord has not re-
entered the Republican party yet. He
seems to be waiting around until no.
body is looking
According to the report of the col
lector of internal revenue there are
303 wholesale beer agencies in Kan
sas and upwards of 5000 saloon licens-
es in use Topeka has as many as
either Leavenworth Kansas City, Kas
Atchison or Wichita.
Mayor James w. Orr of Atchison
says Grover Cleveland could poll
big vote in Kansas. Hearst knows of
ten he wouldn't get.
The Native Sons of Kansas, who
haven't been d0iuo