Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-18
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new coal sheds
| Yates Center has a population of
s1CS- which is a gain of several hum
ured over one year ago.
The telephone company is making a
number of connections in the towns
surrounding Wakefield.
The city council has canvassed the
recent census and reports there are
2,O47 people living in Lindsborg-
Major Tom Anderson, of Topeka. is
referred to by the Hutchinson News
as the -prima donna of the Modocs"
| Anna N. Carlson, editor of the
Lindsborg News, asks Did you ever
| pin your faith to- an ideal and get
| scratched by the pin2"
Congressman Reeder of the Sixth
| district. is mailing a special effort in
the interest of irrigation, during the
present. session of Legislature
Abilene is Dragging of the fact. if il
be fact that certain citizens of that
| place has received a cash dividend on
a bunch of oil stock
c. d. Walker. of Atchison, is after
the Republican nomination for mayor
and says if he once gets the nominal
ton he viii do the rest
T. J. Fredericks. a capitalist of Ell
dora, Ia, was in Baxter Springs, and
other Kansas towns. recently, look
ing up location for a bank
1t is said that fruit growers in the
vicinity of Lenora believe that the ex-
IRENE cold weather of the past few
| weeks has ruined the prospect for
peach crop during 1905.
According to the Vermillion Times,
one of the most accommodating men
heard of lately was he who killed
| himself in order to give his wife a
chance to get $3.50 life insurance
OF course everyone knows what the
able editor of the Emporia Republican
was trying to say, but il was exasper-
| ating that the printer should make
him refer to Booker Washington as
AN expiring example"
The newspaper men of Wilson are
| a little particular nowadays of what
| they say in their papers A few days
ago an editor there was shot and
killed because he made sarcastic re-
marks about the city marshal
Abraham Scherling, of Inman, was
touched up for his pocket book, con-
tanning s37, at the Union station in
Kansas City, recently. A friend
bought him a ticket home, as he was
"a stranger in a strange land
Tie yourself to a post some day
counsels the humane editor OF the
Jewell City Republican, and let your
horse go in and warm and loaf around
for two hours Then come to this of
flee and tell us how you like it,
Frank H. Chubb, of Hoyt, boasts of
the fact that while making a trip from
Hoyt to St. Joseph, with a car load
of stock he was favored with three
wrecks. and yet came out OF the
scrimmage without any broken bones
The obituaries of 'Muskogee Red"
which were printed in many Kansas
papers five or six months ago turn out
10 have been premature. Red mani
-ested himself in Coffeyville recently
-Jng enough to work the fraternal pan
handle.
The Canton Commercial Club be-
iieyes more in work than promises and
mas raised money for the purpose OF
improving highways in Mcpherson
county, believing such step more
profitable than the passage of good
reads resolutions
The death of Samuel W. Forsha, of
Greene county, in Kansas City hos
pital, is much regretted over the en-
tire Seventh district, where he was
~idely known and highly esteemed
He was Victor Murdock's leading OPP
ponent for the congressional candidate
after the promotion of Mr. Bond to
the senate.
From all over the state comes the
reports of various attacks OF what is
presumed to be the grip The dis
ease generally attacks different per-
sons in different places. Most of
them recover. but some of them die.
The attack generally lasts from three
to ten days
The following counties in Kansas
have organized county high schools:
Atchison, Chase, Cherokee, Clay.
Crawford Decatur, Dickinson, Cove,
Labe..e Montgomery, Norton Pota-
watomie Scott, Sheridan, Sherman,
Sumner. Thomas, Cheyenne and Lane
All of these county high schools have
arranged courses of study which meet
the requirements for admission to the
freshman class of the state university.
disciple and imitator of Carrie Nation,
dareS the assistant county attorney,
with headquarters at Winfield, to put
her out of mis- office, she will probably
be yanked out of the room, either
standing or sitting. On a recent occa-
sion the attorney in question carried
her out of his office while she was
sitting in her chair. which had been
courteOusly rendered her before she
began her TRADE
Miss Jessie Perry of the Eldorado
Republican was in Topeka the other
day and wrote piece about it for
the folks at home She concludes: |
Next to the governor, Mr.. Stubs is |
the most important parsonage here |
He is a big man in every way and will |
go higher The weather is fine and |
everybody is on the streets Have no /