Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-05
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and devote their athletic ener-
gies to preparing for the spring
field meet at Hays Plainville.
Hays, Hill City, Ellis. Russell,
Wilson and Wa-Keeney High
schools will be represented and
the meet will be an interesting
one. -Plainville Times.
Ben Dimond, formerly of this
place, will receive $3.50 for his
monthly salary as manager of
the Beloit league team of the
Central Kansas League. He is
considered one of the fastest
base ball players in the west and
while at present owned by the
Springfield, Mo. team, his re-.
lease will be purchased by Be
lott. The season for 1910 opens
May 16.-Osborne County News.
FL. r. Graham, Supt. of the
Palco schools, has resigned his
position there and will farm this
year. having rented the Terwilli
ger ranch south of Woodston.
He has traded his residence pro
perty near the Christian church
to Mr.. Terwilliger for farm ma
| chinery, stock and other equip
ment for farming, and about
March 1. will take charge of the
big ranch down there. We hope
Henry may make a barrel of
money, and we feel sure that his
style of industry and push will
win on the farm Stockton Re
view
AT the meeting of the Ellis Co.
Teachers Association to be held
here March 5, two contests will
be held, one in spelling and one
in defamation. Three prizes
will be offered as follows: Spell
ing contest, first prize, a valua
BILE book donated by j. H. Spratt
| Second prize. a fine pair of gloves
donated by [. Ziegler. In the
defamation contest the prize
will be a valuable book donated
by the Ellis Mercantile Co., of
Ellis. The ones winning the
prizes will represent our county
1 in the contests to be held at Rus
sell during the convention of the
Golden Belt Educational Associ-
alton, March Is and 10. Ellis
County News.
One of the largest land sales
ever made in Thomas county was
contaminated this week by the
Grain Belt Realty Company
The Fitzgerald ranch in MOI tn
west Thomas county, containing
over 1000 acres was sold to Iowa
parties, who buy the land as a
speculation The transfer in
wolves in consideration of close
to $4,000. The Grain Belt Com
pany takes in some valuable DeS-
MOines property as part consid
Grafton The land, while out
from market considerable dis
lance, is very desirable proper
ty and will no doubt yield the
new purchasers a nice profit be
fore they desire to sell it.-Col-
by Tribune
Burn the grass now" is the
advice given to the farmers of
the state by Professor S. j.
Hunter, entOmOlOgiSt in the Uni
versity of Kansas. if they are to
wage successful war against the
chinch bug This pest has been
unusually abundant this winter
about the roots of bunch grass
Cold. freezing weather has had
little effect upon It's health and
vigor Professor Hunter be-
lieves that if all the bunch grass
near wheat fields is burned, the
CT inch bug pest will be almost
exterminated. But if the pest
must be fought later in The sea
son, Professor Hunter is prepar-
ed to send to the farmers of the
state, packages of chinch bugs
infected with the we'll known
! fungus disease. The farmers
will also be- instructed how to
pen up the bugs in a small area
so that an entire field will not be
destroyed. Ness County News.
1t has not been so many years
| ago when it was supposed that a
man who followed farming did it
because he did not know enough
to make living at any thing else
| Twenty years ago an ad for big
public sale that cost more than
80 cents would not be tolerated;
now we print a great many sale
announcements and lists fprop-
erty where the space use.l
amounts to $500 per week and
more. This proves what is occa-
sionally denied by men who are
engaged in business other than