Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
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Major Ogg, the new Olathe execu-
tive, has made a general cleaning out
of city officers
CORTLAND, in Republic county, has
been quarantined because of an cpl |
demic of smallpox
By a decision OF Judge Stillwe1l In
the district court at Erie, oil and gas
leases are taxable property.
William Cogman, a negro bootleg
ger of Winfield was fined 500 and
sentenced to six months in Jail.
Among the incidents of prohibition
the janitor of the courthouse in Olathe
has been arrested for bootlegging.
1t is stated that Frank G. Bigelow
the Milwaukee banker, may die in the
federal prison at Fort Leavenworth-
1t is comparatively easy to enforce
the law in the town of Luray, which
has total o fonly fifteen ordinances
E. S. Loosely, conductor, was givenI
a verdict for $4,000 against the Orient
road at Wichita in personal injury
suit.
A Neodesha minister announces that
he is going to preach on the subject:
After Death 20 but the answer is not
stated.
Concirdia has made up it's Eind to
have a new opera house even if. 1t has
to be satisfied with one like Junction
City's.
The Troy Chief has followed the
Hiawatha Worlds example and left
word at the factory for typesettins
machine.
Unless an early dividend is forth
coming ION the First National BANK
of Topeka Inc state will have to stamp
warrants.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Smiley who
were killed N wreck near Detroit,
Mich, sew raj days ago, formerly lived
in Atchison.
Galena, with zinc at s55 and lead
at $40, does not pretend to care very
much what John D. Rockefeller does
to Chanute.
The allegation is made that a post
office in Norton county had to be
discontinued because nobody wanted
to be postmaster.
When a Santa Fe train struck a
threashing Quilt near Hutchinson, the
engineer. John Miller. jumped and
broke his arm.
the constitution of the state has
been printed in pamphlet form and is
being distributed by the secretary OF
state to the different schools.
The Meanest Man has been found
in Miami county within a few days. Al
though he had cheap gas he put lacks
in his meter so reduce expenses.
The Cherryvale authorities have fail.
ed to get clue to the men who crack
ed the safe in the Long-Bell lumber
yard office and started the big fire
Governor Hoch told the people to
stay at nome and hold family reunions
thanksgiving day. and then made
date tn Smith Center that
day.
Friends Of the defaulting treasurer
of Phillips county cannot understand
why he did ont hire an expert account
ant and place his resignation lin es-
crew..
Charles T. Lease. son or Mary Eliza
beth Lease died in New York He was
a gradute of Kansas university and
was employed in the New York GUS
tom house.
The Morgansville Mill and Elevator
company has filed complaint against
the Union Pacific railway. alleging it
gave short weights on certain ship
ments of coal over its line.
Some complaint is heard in Leaven-
worth because the state and federal
prisoners are to be fed turkey on
Thanksgiving whereas the frugal
householder must content himself with
chicken.
The Rev. J. b. Dodds OF Sterling in
a lecture on divorce at Topeka sug-
gested as remedy that the guilty
party be Imprisoned for five years and
the innocent party be barred from re-
marriage.
1t is the Atcnison Globes fnterpreta-
ton that wnen a wedding is described
as simple" 1t means there were at
least six people in the parade and
that t..ere was an orchestra. and
detective to guard the presents.
Two men were riding along lonely
road in Allen county decided to spring
Booth Harrington line of conversa-
ton on the next person they met So
when q farmer boy approached on of
LIEN said: "Can'st tell two weary
| travellers If perchance there be within
| an hours journey an inn whereat
food and lodging may be obtained?"
And the other rider chimed. in: Hold
sir. my Lorit Thon speakest in terms
| this good yokel doth not digest. Tell
me- my pretty lad. If those lights acros
| the moor befoken. n.ayhap. the abode
| of men. where we may sup and rest?"
| The young man fled.
The state railroad board has taken
| under advisement the salt rate case.
This is what the Manhattan Nationa-
list says about the sample road which
| is being constructed in Riley county:
1.-The oil smell that fingers about the
| oiled road In the west part of town
will last for months But never mind.