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

BILE business"
Mr. Forman, the government cat
tie inspector, was unable to detect any
ticks in Arkansas City, and his watch
+ hadn't stopped either
| In order to keep up an outward ap-
pearance of sociabi1ity the people oil
Lonesome Hollow, in Pottawatomie
county had two big dancing parties
last week.
Mrs Thomas jefferson has been de-
clared insane in Neodesha She is
negro woman of advanced years. and
her hallucination is that she and her
! children have been sold back into
| slavery.
A Topeka dispatch conveys the as
surance that the state of Kansas is
going to vigorously contest' the suit
| in the federal supreme court to pre-
vent Colorado from using more than
| it's share of the waters of the Arkan-
| sas river.
One Kansas railroad has total as
sessed valuation of only $19.46S 1t is
| the Kansas Southern, located in Pot
tawatomie county. 1t is eight miles
long. and owns one passenger coach,
two locomotives, two box cars and
three flat cars. No telegraph line is
needed, as it runs only one train
day.
A North and South railroad. which is
to be constructed in Central Kansas,
perhaps, asks for $4,000 from each
township through which it passes.
Theer is nothing more simple than to-
build a railroad and have the bene-
ficiaries pay for it.
Behold" says the Kingman Journal
the man as he passeth along with
haunted look on his face and a new
$1-5O garden fork, 81 hoe and a rake
in his hands. He delveth in the noise
earth and sweatheth great drops of
sweat He buyeth worth of tools and
IS worth of seds and plants; he does
SIS worth of labor, and 10, the harvest
time cometh, he gathereth 10 cents
worth of warty lettuce, a half dozen
leathery radfshes and dieth of the
collie and the world forgeteth him,
Consider his ways and be WISE
Maud Downey, on trial in Topeka
for grand larceny, testified that her
husband made her steal man who
is too lazy to do his own stealing
should not be tolerated in any COM
munity.
Salina is finding its Gamewell fire
alarm system costly p1aything. 1t
has been out of repair. for some time
and the council has hired an expert
electrician to find out what's the mat
ter with it.
Daniel Trott who died in Dickin-
son county recently at the age of 81
years, must have been an exception
ally good man. A writer In the Abb
Iene Reflector pays him this high
tribute: HE did not leave debtor
In the world. He may have had
g.
to deal dishouorably, use deception or
even make an impure expression
never"
When Governor Bailey gives his
Kansas dinner for President Roose-
Welt the menu will not, as suggested
be restricted to coffee from Coffey-
Vile, cherries from Cfrerryvafe and
garden truck from Garden City There
Will also be rice from Rice county
green's from GreenIeaf fish from
Ffnney county, beef from Stockton,
venfson from ETk county, rabbits from
Chase county, to say nothing of liquor
from Bourbon county, ~chasers" from
CoTdwater, salt from Saline county.
maple sugar from Maple Hill and
shredded wheat from Hays. The meal
can be cooked on coal from Colby:
the party may occupy chairs from
OHSrOke6s IHeF may use cutlery from
Barber, and amy vacancy art the table
IAN be filed by kin from KinsIey
Pardon day" on the fifteenth of
each month, has been abolished by
Governor Bailey. Sad news for the
,S5 innocent convicts at Lansing.
Elk City, which struck another gas
veil this week, has prospects of be-
ng credit to the order
Farm loans are I per cent cheaper
n Kansas than in Vermont, probably
or the reason that the security is
much better
A Lawrence man has patented a TOW
cannon, but why he should hate chill
iren is not explained
Esther Death of Blue Rapids mar
led Willis Ray Lea recently. The
went has occasfoned a number of
,leasantries, the most popular of
which is that the groom literally
.ourted Death"
Leavenworth has discovered that
he clay which abounds thereabouts.
mixed with shafe, makes excellent paw
ng bricks. Why not mix it with
rrego shaie and make gold bricks?
Just to show it's appreciation. High
and has decided to put It's city Of
icials on salary. The pay roll VIII
'e az follows: Mayor, $25 a year.
reasurer, $40 a year; councfImen. 81
or each meeting attended.