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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10
A Letter NON California
iitor wa-Keenev Evorid.


REEDLEY, CAL, july 1, '09.
I am glad to say tl-at the week
ly visits of your paper is like get
ting letter from home. Sorry
to hear of so many disastrous
storms in your locality, while out
here the weather is so pleasant.
We have just finished drying our
apricots, and the market at pre-
sent quotes s 12c. per pound.
We also received S25 per ton for
the pits, they being used to
make an acid.
WatermelonS are fine and ripe,
and are being shipped in train
loads lat $50 per ton. this week.
The average yield of the water
melon here is seven tons to the
acre. Next week we will get
busy with our peach crop, but l
have not decided as yet whether
to sell them green or dried. At
present they sell from $50 to $40
per ton green, some seasons as
high as $40 for choice.
Mr.. Editor, it would be a great
pleasure to have you go through
my orchard and see my extra
fine peaches and see how many
you could eat. My plum trees
are so loaded with fruit that the
limbs touch the ground. We also
have a splendid patch of black
berries, and our little Jersey
COW with plenty of alfalfa, sup
plies our table with cream, now
guess the rest. You know it
remins me of Epp, when he cries
a sale and says. talk about your
walk a-ways and getaways,
you should see us getaway with
those berries and cream.
You should see my vineyard of
seven acres, there are no better.
My father is here and he en-
joys geing TO. the shed TO cut
fruit. Our neighbor across the
road has % cutters in his shed
and six to eight fruit pickers.
We are all reasonably well and
like California very much; and
all things considered, are com
fortably situated
We can go to Kings river and
get fish, and say, why Joe Poff
ain It in it.
With regards we remain
Respectfully,
d. B. FULTON.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

Once a churn man with an
improved churner held the at
tention of a Michigan farmers
wife for some time. He told her
of the wonders of the apparatus
and how it would make from a
pound and a half to two pounds
more butter than any other
churn of its size. If you don't
mind, [ will bring one around
tomorrow and show you." said
he when he saw that she was in
tereSted and she told him that it
would be all right He came with
the churn and after putting in
the fluid he churned for an hour
or more, and when he opened it
there was no butter in sight
1t can't be the fault of the
churn. 1t must be the cream.
What did you put in there?" he
asked. That's the buttermilk
from yesterday churning 1
wanted to see you get the other
pound and a half butter out of
it" replied the sharp housewife.
Manchester Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

Senate bill 81 fixes standard
of weights and measures and
makes the county clerk of each
county the county sealer. He
must examine scales and deter
mine whether they are up to
standard. Under this law the
groceryman who sells you a box
of Strawberries with the bottom
pushed up within an inch of the
top of the box is liable to prose-
cution. In short the object of
the law is to make it sure that
when you buy a yard Of cloth,
you get a yard, when you buy a
quart of nolasses or other liquid,
you get a quart, and when you
buy pound of an thing. you get
a pound. +
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10
Progression.

Steam is superseded,
Electricity is king;
Forty horse power motors
Are now the proper thing.
Wireless telegraphy we have
Both on land and sea,
And we play machine pianos
And never touch key.
Belly ache we used to have
1t is appendicitis now
And we are eating creamey but
ter
That never saw COW.
We now have mounted police;
Their service is complete;
They even pinch a man
For splitting on the street.
Our court house is completed
After many years delay;
Everything is super 'bundant,
So the taxpayers say.
But never look backward
Or give up in despair;
In a few more years
Well travel through the air.
For progression is our motto;
Those things have come to stay;
But thank God we are still
Getting babies in the same old
way.
-Greensburg Argus.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

Theodore Kos's sister from
Austria arrived here last Thurs
day, She is staying at Charles
Folker's home during harvest.
Later on she expects to move to
town and make that her home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

The number of peole killed or
injured in the United States each
year is greater than all the casu-
alties of the civil war on both
sides during four years.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

Among other things contained
in the human body are carbon,
sodium. phosphorus. potassium,
magnesium, sulphur, iron, cop
per, lead, lithium, silicon, mer-
curry, arsenic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

About two inches of rain fell
here Monday and Tuesday nights
The air is hot, damp and heavy,
making harvesting and cultivat-
ing hard work for botL men and
teams.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10
WEATHER REPORT

Maximum and minimum tenn
perature according to the gov
ernment thermometer at Wa
Keeney for the week ending
Wednesday noon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

Had dyspepsia or indigestion
for years. No appetite, and what
l did eat distressed me terribly.
Burdock Blood Bitters cured
me. j. III. Walker, Sunbury, O.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

Miss Shepherd. milliner for the
Trego Mer. Co., left Thursday
night for her home at Rulo, Neb.
She will be absent about three
weeks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

@. M. Rasmussen, of Oswego,
Kan, arrived the first of the
week and is harvesting his wheat
on his farm north of town
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

Mrs. H. E. Trip and children
departed Monday evening for
Russell county where they will
visit relatives and friends for a
month.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

For Sale-1OOO bushel of Corn
$50 bushels of Kaffir Corn. G. c..
Baird, 3 ID miles north of Wa
Keeney. r. F. D. L.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

w. E. Conness of Bloomington,
ILL.,, was in the city this week
looking up his Trego county dirt
to see what the harvest will be.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10
MISCELLANEOUS
7 COLUMN1
BY MRS. H s. GIvLER-
WORTH WHILE.

song;
But the man worth while is the
one who will smile
When everything goes dead
wrong.
For the test of the heart is
trouble.
And it always comes with the
years,
And the life that is worth the
honor of earth
In the smile that comes thro'
tears.
It is easy enough to be prudent
When nothing tempts you to
stray;
When without or within no voice
of sin
Is Turing your soul away.
But it's only a negative virtue
Until it is tried by fire,
And the life that is worth the
honor of earth
By the cynic, the sad, the fallen,
Who had no strength for the
strife,
The worlds highway is cumber-
ed today,
They make up the item of life.
But the virtue that conquers
passion,
And the sorrow that hides in
a smile
1t is these that are worth the
homage of earth,
For we find them but once in a
while.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Summer has arrived Now
come the flies. Every day now
means more danger from ty-
: phoid and other diseases, the
germs of which flies dissemin
ate Flies travel from filth to
the stable. Every one carries
from one to six million germs.
They breed at the rate eff 12O
every ten days. That means that
one fly can be the parent of mil
lions in season. The principal
breeding place of the fly is the
manure pile. In justice to your
neighbors, as well as yourself,
keep that we'll covered with
chloride of lime and remove the
refuse every ten days. Don't
be too fastidious to place fly
paper in every place where it
is possible to catch a fly. Keep
the house well screened.
To remove iron rust-For iron
rust take lemon or orange juice
and wet the rust spot, then cover
with table salt; or, mix the juice
and salt, and wet the spot with
it, then hang in the hot sunshine
until very nearly dry; wet again,
and put in the sunshine, repeat
ing this until the stain is remOv-
ed; then wash in soap sudS and
the stain will disappear
Kansas leads the union in an
important health requirement..
The state board of health has is
sued an order that after Sept 1
the use of common drinking cups
is forbidden in railroad trains.
in railroad stations, in public and
private schools, and the state
educational institutions. The
common drinking cup is the
means of spreading disease in
many places.
Medals for Wright Brothers
High honors have been accorded
the Wright Brothers for their
achievements with aeroplanes.
+, Medals from the Aero Club of
America have been presented at
Washington by President Taft.
At their own city of Dayton, O.
and by act of Congress. The
Dayton celebration included bril-
liant speeches by distinguished
men and a big parade.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10
Summer Specials.

VAIE STILL have complete stock Of Cool Summer
Fabrics that just the thing this
Weather But have decided leave the
RED TAGS these Goods, and give
the advantage Remarkably Prices
Big Sale a
&c. Antrim Lawns > cents
IOC. Lawns and BdtiSeS 3
25C. Fancy Ginghams I9
50C. JaCquards and Silk Stripes s.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

N c. Mlinek, formerly of Coll
yer township, writes from Oma-
ha, I enjoy reading the World,
find 81 to keep it rotating
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

John McCullom of Topeka is
spending his vacation with his
Grandma Rhoades northeast of
town
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

Rev. w. HI. Sweet of Salina,
will occupy the pulpit at the M.
E. church next Sunday morning.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

w. j. Barber has been appoint
ed substitute carrier on route
out of Wa-Keeney south.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

J. n. Squires of Wilcox was a
county seat visitor last Saturday
and made US en- agreeable call.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10
Pick While the Picking is Good
TregO Mercantile CO.

Subscribe for the Western
Kansas World
E. McAtee is the new city mar
Shal.
The Saline is on another ram
page.
J. A. Law is on the sick list
this week.
Prof. Niesley is spending his
vacation in Denver.
Read the Trego Mercantile
Co.'S new ad. on page 1.
sioners met in regular session
the first of the week.
w. J. Barber has been appoint
ed substitute carrier on route 2
out of Wa-Keeney south.
J.N. Squires of Wilcox was a
county seat visitor last Saturday
and made US en- agreeable call.
Rev. W. HI. Sweet of Salina,
will occupy the pulpit at the M.
E. church next Sunday morning.
John McCullom of Topeka is
spending his vacation with his
Grandma Rhoades northeast of
town
n. G.. Mlinek, formerly of Coll
yer township, writes from Oma-
ha, I enjoy reading the World,
find 81 to keep it rotating
For Sale-1OOO bushel of Corn.
80 bushels of Kaffir Corn. G. c.
Baird, 12 miles north of Wa
Keeney. r. F. D. 1.
@. NJ. Rasmussen, of OSwego,
Kan, arrived the first of the
week and is harvesting his wheat
on his farm north of town
W. E. CONFESS of Bloomington,
ILL.,, was in the city this week
looking up his Trego county dirt
to see what the harvest will be.
Miss Shepherd. milliner for the
Trego Mer. Co., left Thursday
night for her home at Rulo, Neb.
She will be absent about three
weeks.
Mrs. H. E. Trip and children
departed Monday evening for
Russell county where they will
visit relatives and friends for
month
Had dyspepsia or indigestion
for years. No appetite, and what
i did eat distressed me tarrihlxr
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

The board of county commits
SionerS met in regular session
the first of the week.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

Read the Trego Mercantil
Co.'S new ad. on page 1.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-25
4 chasrgul Lsa.sr.

The following was sent by a country.
man TO bic son In college not many
years ago:
My Tear son--I write 10 send you two
pair Of old breeches, THAI you may have
q new coat made OF Them also some new
socks. which your mother knit ~ cutting
down some OF mine. Your neither sends
you $40 without my knowie,lge. ana for fear
you viii not spend 1t wisely | have Kept
back half and only send Ave. Your moth
ar and | are we'll. except your sister An-
ME has a0t the measles. which we think
would spread amons other gtrls II Tom
had not had them before. and he Ii the
only one left, | hope you are well and
will do honor to nay teachings. IL YOU
10 not YOU are an naa, and your mother
and myself are your af9eettonate parents.
-Hantucket Inquirer and Mirror.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-25

The Evening Press challenged the
Journal to q circulation contest Ia
watch we offered 20 show more thaa
three times the bona fds circulation
OF that sheet on a forfeit Of $50 II
che Journal would put ap = similar
sum and prove that our challenge
is not true. the money 60 so to char
asy. The Journal answered this BY
stating that the Evening Press Is
knocking H. We win make the offer
broader BY adding another $50 that
we receive \ daily tslegraphle re-
port and the Journal steals al OF Its
telegraph from other daily papcra 10
al the columns not allied with boiler
plate. II that Is knocking the Jour.
nal has . chance TO knock also.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-25
SCIENTIFIC FEEDING.
Health 40 q Primary Factor IN IntelIi
gent Living.

Health 40 Primary Factor IN lntelIi.
gent Living.
Health and success are 10 largely
dependent upon balance, upon sym
metry Of development, physical and
mental harmony. that we should do
everything possible to secure that
physical polse which also means men,
tal and moral polse. large part Of
our Ills come from one sided develop
ment, caused by overstimulating some
tissue cells and starving others--oveF-
feeding and undertaking. Scientific
feeding. therefore, IN of vast impor-
lance.
OvereatIng and Improper eating are
among the curses Of the world. Think
Of the people who put all sorts Of In
eOmpatibIea into their atomachs At the
same time and then use all sorts Of
nostrums to get rid OF their bad ef-
tecta.
One OF the most pathetic sights In
tho world IL that of a human being
struggling hard to carry out his am
bition. yet handicapping himself BY
bis ignorance Of physical laws.
What q pathetic igure Carlyle cut
10 the world--a one aided giant who
might have been symmetrical power
possessor OF a colossal brain largely
controlled by a dyspeptic stomach! HI
was cross and Grabbed and did jus
the things that be did not want to do
things that he knew It would be bet
ter not to do. but he was the victim
Of starved nerves. Of exhausted braiI
cells largely for want Of common sens,
feeling. Orison SWEET Aiarden in sue
cess Magazine.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-25

One friend Rho has spent q long
and useful life and looks good for an.
other half century expects bis reward
in heaven aud meantime Is Il pbilos-
opher He can talk on any subject
under the sun, from ''the flower Of
poesy" to ''the procession Of the equi-
noxes." He apparently knows the
"IlIad" and odyssey" BY heart. 50 |
knew that when he banded me q Bit
OF verse II musI be good.
Here 10 q hymn on the solar sys-
Eem or some other lofty theme"
thought I. placing the sheet IN my let
ter case. When arrived home ! read:
The lizard climbed wall. He climbed II
He climbed II swice-then cra~Ied away.
The bee slipped a flower. He slipped 81
once.
as slipped II twice-tbsn Jew away.
The man kissed a maid. He kissed her
He kissed her twice then walked away.
The wall wasn't sunny; the flower had NJ
honey:
The maid had no money. FUNNY
The problem now Is whether the con.
tFibution IL a Joke or gem. National
Magazine.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-25

In Guiana Il child h slow In its
movements the parents apply an ant
to the child Instead Of whip to make
It move faster, This little eut bites
more cruelty than mosquito. aud It's
bite b apt TO be troublesome after.
ward. As you can Imagine. this treat.
ment does not make the child klna to
others. and the children Of Guiana are
said 10 be particularly cruel to ami
mails. che little boys In Guiana do not
reckon their age By years. but BY their
ability to endure pain. Until be gets
10 the point where be can let the HHcu
ant bite him without wiHciag he h
considered merely = hAbg.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-25
SPARED BY THE ENEMY.
A Dramatic incident IN tire Career 81
osnersi de 0aliifek.

A Dramatic incident III tl1e Career 81
osusrsi de 0alIifes.
II was on that sasal day. sept. /.
1870, that General de 0aIllfet disEin-
guished himself BY commanding the
cavalry charges intended to clear the
elevation az lily, with the view Of
opening a passage toward Floing.
where It was hoped the army might re-
treat. The drst charge overthrow the
Eighty third regiment OF the Prussians
and penetrated among the German
troops. but the latter formed again
rapidly after the retirement Of the
French cavalry.
General DucrOt then asked IL they
could renew the charge with what re-
manned OF the light cavalry and hus-
sars, and then GaIlifet answered In
the words that have become historic,
"As often as you wish. general. as
long as q man remainsT The second
charge was not 80 successful as the
flrst. Only a few men. with their gen.
eraI at their head, succeeded in pene-
trating the first ranks Of the enemy.
II ia known that the king OF Prussia.
who was watching the battle from the
top Of the hill Of Marfee, exclaimed
with admiration, "Oh, len braves gems"
Just at this moment an astonishing
event occurred in the midst Of the bat.
tie. Az GalIifet was returning with
few survivors. their horses for the
niost part wounded or foundered. he
passed before the Nassau regiment
The PrussIan officers ordered their
men to cease fire and even struck up
some OF their guns. The French sa-
luted and shouted. ''viye rempereur"
and the German officers acknowledged
the salute. some OF them applaudlng.--
Westminster Gazette.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-25
Kslvln AZ pameslss.

A characteristics always Of Lord KEEL
win was bis absolute faith In ngures.
and this ruling passion once led 70 bis
experiment as a namocles, When IN
once solved u problem 10 mathematics
be was willing 10 stake upon lsa cor
Fectnesa not only bis reputation but. Il
necessary. Ills life. Taking On I'm
mense heavy cannon bah, he calculat
vi with the utmost accuracy the size
oe the smallest wire which would bear
the weight OF the had OF iron, lie
then procured q length OF wire Of just
the requisite strength and 10 prove the
truth Of bis figuring had the cannon
ball suspended over bis lecturlug plat.
form al the very spot where II would
Do most llsely 10 strike ana crush him
should the wire give way, aud Il r..
msined there for weeks.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-25

The difnculties experienced by OUT
f0refathars In trying 10 reckon money
In very small proportions appear in
the various values given to a mite"
In the sixteenth and seventeenth cen.
fury books OF commercial arithmetic.
The original unite" seems to have
been a third Of . Flemish penny, but
the use Of the word for the widows
coin Of the New Testament made its
regular English meaning half q far
thing. and some old people may re-
member applying the name to the
short lived nineteenth century coins
OF that value. In those old arithmetic
books unite" stands for various val.
ues not represented by actual coins.
but obviously nsed in reckoning. A
work Of 100 makes Il one-twelfth of
penny. two sixteenth century books
one-alxth OF q farthing. and in 1914
Jeake's arithmetic made it as little
"a one slxty.fourth Of q pennyt-Lcn'
don Chronicle.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-25
PlIkerten Won the Raee.

At one Of the regattas OF the Ma
tionaI Association OF American Oars
men during the early ulneties James
PiIkerton. for many years the cham
piOn sculleT OF America. was matched
TO row double against another team
He and his mate were the champions
and the general belief was that they
would win without effort But the
night before the regatta public opinion
suddenly and mysteriously changed.
MIR. PiIkerton knew that this was not
caused by any new development Of
strength In bis opponent or any loss Of
skill 90 his own part. After making
some quiet Inquiries he discovered that
there was talk Of his rowing mate hav-
Ing been bought up by the other side
and OF an arrangement to throw the
race.
He didn't say anything about bis sus-
picions. but when the two men were
seated III the shell and were well out
Into the deep water he leaned over 10
Ills mate and said:
Look here. you blooming cutthroat'
You've got TO swim, drown or win this
rAcel You know mew He won.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-25
CHOICE
Fruit Lands

@9OO-Ten acres close to city, suit
able for chicken ranch or fruit.
81 ,8OO-Ten acres, deep, rich soil;
young orchard; house 24xS0: good
well OF water; chicken house, and
only three miles from the city.
S2,1OO--21 acres, Ave miles from
town; near electric line.
81 ,BOO-Five acres OF choice land
within city limits, near good
school; has city water.
"a, 900 -Fifty-three acres. black soil,
four miles from city; seven acres
orchard. one-half Of 1t in beating;
spring water cows, team, wagon,
hack, farm implements, barn and
other outbuildings.
So, OOO-Thirteen acres, young apple
orchard, cnoice varieties: clobe to
this city; no buildings:
-, 6OO-Twelve acres, q 1se to city;
| has 700 fruit trees, part OF them
In bearing; one acre strawberries
live spring Of water; no buildings.
SIC, OOO-5S acres, close to city; 10
room modern brick house, hot air
furnace; large barn; IA acres
bearing orchard; AZ acres young
orchard; 10 acres rich bottom
meadow, balance OF land suitable
for fruit; two large springs, water
piped to house.
81 ,0OO-Five acres of Good land
close In; suitable for small fruits
and garden; city water; no build,
ings.
s3,OOO--Fiye acres. close to city;
four-room house; barn and chicken
house; one acre Strawberries loo
fruit trees, 90 shade trees; elty
Wnter