Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-04-21

r. Yearly Subscrip1
Easter passed without the trad1-
tional showers.
ON Wednesday T. d. Hinshaw sold
the lots north of his residence to a
Graham county school teacher.
Rev. E. E. Gunckel, of Ellsworth,
was in the city few days this week
visiting with his mother and his
brother, J. f. Gunckel-
Grandma Munson, mother of Mrs.
Mccormick, is lying very low at the
stricken with paralysis.
Last Sunday evening the Methodist
young people presented an Ester can
tata which was very nicely rendered.
The little ones also took part in some
special songs arranged for them. The
house was packed.
Go early and get your reserved seat
tickets for the crayon lecture at the
court house next Thursday evening.
This is an extra number and requires
new tickets. The proceeds will be
added to the lecture fund for next
year. At the drug store, 35 and 25
cents.
San Francisco, CAL, experienced
one of the most terrible earthquakes
known in its history on April Is.
aIc Of nd i
lions of dollars worth of property
destroyed To add horror to the
scene fire broke out and swept fierce
ly over the city.
Jake Royer, the well known local
ball player, left Wednesday evening
for Texas, where he went to join
Texas League base ball team for the
coming summer. Jake is an artist
with the big mitt and mask and his
services are sought after by managers
on the hunt of first-class men-Grin-
nell Record.
A kind hearted man heard of
negro family in distress. He called
on the family and found the report
true. He gave the eldest boy dollar
to get chicken. When he was gone,
the mother said to her son: s'Sambo,
you done glib me dat dollar, and go
get dat chicken IN de natural way .
Troy Chief.
The Ellis high school ball nine
crossed bats with the Wa-Keeney
high school team last Saturday at the
school grounds in the wes5 part of
town. Tie score was - te4e -. fsas47r
of Ellis. The day was most too chilly
for good ball playing and as soon as
the weather warns up our boys will
warm up Ellis in fine style.
The tavorite prophet of the Council
Grove Guard, who exactly forecasted
the last three years says there Will be
a great August drouth in Kansas, and
advises planting an early variety of
corn and planting it early. This
prophet probably doesn't know any,
thing about it. but his advice is
pretty good on general principles.
Last Sunday morning the Metho-
dist Sunday school numbered eighty
three and special Easter collection
was taken for missionary purposes
Envelopes had been previously pre-
pared and the morning collection was
over ten dollars and the evening COL
lection was added to it making a very
substantial Easter missionary offer
ing
III. H. Freeman, representing the
Midland Lyceum Bureau of Des
Moines, Iowa, was in the city last
week. Arrangements were made for
the lecture course season of l9O6-O7,
which will include SIX numbers in
stead of five, as heretofore. The COM
mittee is assured of much stronger
course than we have had before.
Music will be a feature of every num-
ber except one.
A recent issue of the Denver Post
states that Tully Scott and two other
men at Cripple Creek have struck ore
that assays from $500 to 5000 ton.
and that there is probably half mil
lion dollars in sight. This is one of
the biggest strikes made in the gold
field for many onths.-From Ober-
lin Times.
Tully Scott was formerly a citizen
of Graham county and the town of
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