Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-06-09
KAESAS HAPPENINGS

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students self Supporting.
According to statistics prepared by
Registrar George o. Foster, more than
so per cent of the students attending
the University of Kansas are self-sup-
porting, or at least are earning the
greater share of the expenses of their
college course When it is considered
that there are more than ZOO students
in the university and that out of that
number nearly 500 are trying to win
a college education by their own ef-
forts, it can easily be seen why the
university authorities are proud of
the showing. By far the most of those
working their way through college
make their money before going to
school or during the summer months,
but, on the other hand, there are about
$50 that work and go to school at the
same time.
Digs Experimental Wells.
The water and light committee Of
the Arkansas City city council has
started digging an experimental well
This is the first of series and no one
knows how many will be dug. The
idea is to go to rock and see what
kind of water is found and how much
C<1il Oc ODldlAcQ L. NNOO01A- tA.o
waterworks superintendent, is work
ing with the committee of the council
and says the effort is to locate the
wells within pumping distance of the
plant The tests will be made for the
purpose of exploding some ideas and
incidentally Increasing the water sup
ply, which is badly needed
Was First White Settler.
Rev. ]. C. Bergman died recently
| at Caledonia, Mo-, at the advanced age
| of Sc years Rev Bergman was the
| first white man of whom we have
| any definite record who ever lived in
what is now Leavenworth county. He
| settled among the Kickapoo Indians
| at the present site of the town OF
| Kickapoo as a missionary of the Meth
odist church in the fall of 1888, or
nearly three-quarters of century ago.
| He was the first missionary to the
| Kickapoos after their removal to
| Kansas territory.
| Would Keep Carp in the Streams.
The order issued by the state fish
/ commissioner to seine the streams to
take out carp is meeting with consid-
cradle opposition from Franklin coun-
ty farmers. The fish commissioner is
appointing deputies to seine the
streams preparatory to stocking them
| with more desirable fish, and there is
| talk among the farmers of attempting,
to get an injunction preventing it, to
| make a test of the states right 10
| seine the streams for any purpose
wichita Wants s3Hired Girls"
A free employment bureau for wo-
| men and girls open and with appi
| cations galore, and no one wanting
| work is the state of affairs in the Office
of the secretary of the associate char
tiles at Wichita. Housekeepers who
want help telephone charity headquar
| tiers, write to headquarters and visit
| headquarters in search of willing
workers for employment in homes
They go away helpless and despair
ing of finding help.
4 Local Packing House Wins.
4 The bids on the big meat contract a.
Fort Riley for the last six months OF
this year were opened at Fort Riley
and the Junction City Packing COM
pany had the lowest bid. Several big
packing companies of Kansas City bid
on the contract and it was the first
time in many years that the local con-
tractors have succeeded in underbid-
ding the outside packers The lowest
bid on the meat was 1924 per hun
dred pounds.
Nine-wire Fence Around state.
A decorated train of 81 cars of wire
brought through Kansas in a daylight
run from Pueblo by a fence company
| of Ottawa was greeted at Ottawa by a
demonstration The mayor and lead
ing citizens met the train at Emporia
The shipment is said to have been the
largest ever sent out of the Pueblo
; mills. 1t is estimated that the ship
ment would build fence of nine
wires around the state of Kansas.
Women Destroy Liquor.
The w. c.. T. u of Lyons gave q
, free open air exhibition Armed with
axes, sledges and broomsticks, with
hair disheveled and cheeks flushed