Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-02-03
SHORT KANSAS ITEMS

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The Winfield Gas company has gone
into the hands of receiver.
John Morris, a Jewell county, far
mer, is building skyscraper barn.
Ottawa is Dragging that it's new
county jail is going to be "Letts-proof.
Leavenworth county, has the larg-
est apple orchard in the world-40.-
900 trees
The Scottish Rite Mssons of Topeka
expect to have a class of 200 for the
next spring reunion
| The Methodist church at Marquette,
which was demolished by a cyclone
last spring, has Deen rebuilt.
A wellington man has invented a
combination pillow and harrow. Trust
a Kansas man 20 devise means to save
time and work
Dave Blaine of Pratt has given up
| the idea of licking the railroads with
the barge canal and will now have
| the law on EN-"
| R E. King of Kansas City, Kan,
has arranged to make an examination
of seventy-five Indian mounds in
Cass county, Missouri
| ]. L. Treu of Halifax claims to have
raised 104 bushels of corn to the acre.
| But if his story is as crooked as his
name, it may not be true.
| The soldiers of the Fort Riley garrf-
| son were ali vaccinated about two
weeks ago, and there are over hun
dred soldiers on sick report
| The Chanute Tribune fears that the
railroads will name the next United
| States senator from Kansas unless the
people take decisive action at once.
Samuel Croxton has been justice of
the peace in Grant township in King
| fisher county for fourteen years and
in that time has fined only one man
Bethany college, Kansas institu-
ton, has secured 100000 through the
Rev. A W. Lindquist of Kansas City,
as payment of a $4,000 college debt
Three men who had broken into
| store at Climax, were captured by the
sheriff of Greenwood county within
quarter of a mile of the Oklahoma
line.
A Harvey county man died the 9TH
er day after holding one office for
eight years This ought to teach 9TH
er politicians to quit when they get
enough.
"Of course money talks" remarks
the philosopher of the Cheney, (Kan.)
Sentinel, but to most of us it never
has a chance to say anything but
goodby.''
i Salina mas installed a paid fire de-
partment, and junction City expresses
the hope that Salina may next disband
its vigilance committee and hire a
policeman
The farmers of Mcpherson county
| have slaughtered thousands of rab-
bits the last few weeks and still the
supply does not appear to have di-
minished-
Citizens of Wichita will contest the
action of the state military board in
its order that all the equipment of
Battery A, Kansas national guard, be
sent to Topeka.
The appointment of Prof. Vernon in
Dictates that he is not as black as
he was painted. And yet anybody
who has seen Vernon must admit that
} he's mighty black
! after a woman passes 40" observes
{ Miss Garslde of the Atkinson Globe.
1.-The only attention her figure attracts
is Mercy, you are as thin as rail.
|. or Good gracious, you are as big as
a house,
, The following Kansas counties have
, no debts: Butler, Crawford, Elk,
Cove, jefferson, Jewell, Linn, Nc
Phereson, Miami, Usage, Pottawot-
omie, Republic, Russell, Smith and
| WOOdSOn-
Cyrus Townsend Brady, who used
to preach in a little church in Man.
haitian, is visiting relatives in Riley
, county He announces his purpose to
I give up literary work and return to
Z the ministry.
|, The state board of agriculture has
Z voted Secretary Coburn a three
months leave of absence on full pay.
| but Mr.. Coburn has been 30 busy all
his life he doesn't know what to do
with a vacation
This time the meanest man has been
found in Washington county: He is
so stingy that he never takes the girls
out except during the month of May.
{ when it is too late for oysters and too
D early for ice cream
, A thousand live young Kansas quail
{ have been shipped to Delaware and
j released on the game preserve or
Frank Thompson, a noted Philadel-
, phia hunter. The quail cost MI.
Thompson 81 each, laid down.
Topeka people were considerably
excited when the recent earthquake
caused the dishes to rattle on the
shelves. They thought the Devlin
bank had announced that another div
tdend was forthcoming
The Belleville Telescope probably
holds the record in Kansas for the
longest continuous service as official
county paper. 1t was elected official