Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-08
Fresh beef at Bakers.


Money to loan. See E. d. Wheeler.
Fly netsi Fly nets! Fly nets. Ross
& Waldo, Ogallah.
The Trego Mercantile put on
new tin roof this week.
Ross & Waldo, at Ogallah, have all
kinds of harness repairs.
A ''keg' party was enjoyed by the
''wets" out on the Saline the 4th.
If you want a loan call on o. a.
Cortright, he can interest you. 19tf.
Abstracts of title made promptly
at reasonable rates W H Swiggett.
Henry lille shipped a car of hogs
to Kansas City the first of the week
Mound City Paints go farthest,
Lumber Co.
Bob Kirk was on the Kansas City
market the first of the week with
carload of hogs.
A. w. Heyl returned from his
weeks visit with home folks at Wal
ker Wednesday.
]. w. Phares returned from Colo
RADIO the first of the week where he
had been on business.
The Methodist folks enjoyed
basket picnic in the old Kobatish
grove on the Saline the Fourth.
On Tuesday of this week Jim
Mummert was kicked by colt and
painfully though not fatally injured.
H. E. Jones has the contract to
build L. Schoonover's house north of
town. He has force of men at
work.
On Wednesday evening relatives
from Iowa arrived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ellermeyer for a
visit.
A small son of H. Schneiders who
lives south of town had the miSfor-
time while playing to fall and break
his arm the later part of last week.
The young man who received a
severe scalp wound last Friday morn
ing by being thrown from the pas
senger train, is getting along nicely.
The extra police force appointed to
serve on the 4th found but little to
do as it was about as quiet as Sun
day scarcely anyone being on the
streets during the day.
G. B. Cartwright loaded a car with
household goods, implements and live
stock and left for Jasper, Mo, where
he will make his future home. His
wife left Tuesday evening on train
No. 10.
The cities which observed a sane
Fourth all report that death and ac-
cidents have been reduced to very
small numbers, resulting from the
care in the use of all kinds of ex-
plosives.
Chase. Wilson went out Wednes-
day and adjusted and paid William
Brabb for a wind storm loss that tore
part of the roof off his barn, afew
days before. 1t was caught in
whirl wind
S. E. Campbell has just finished
threshing 100 acres of wheat which
made Is bushels per acre and tested
81 lbs. He has left about 500 bushels
with The Hardman Lumber Com
pany, for sale at S1.00 per BUSHELS
The telephone line from Wa-Kee-
ney to Ransom is built as far as as.
BeniSch'S where the Ransom Tele-
hpone Co. agreed to build to. 1t will
be toll line and will be of great
convenience to the public when COM
pleted.
Saturday afternoon a miniture cy-
clone suddenly formed near the
American house and in the twink
ling of an eye stripped the tin roof
from the building and blew some
bricks off the chimney. Repairs were
started at once.
The Fourth passed off very quietly
here and by noon the town was
pretty we'll depopulated, many going
to the celebration at Ellis while
others went to Ransom to the ball
game between McCracken and the
Wa-Keeney Giants.
A. Lopp, janitor of the court house,
has done some mighty good and faith
full work in the court house yard this
summer, and without his vigilence
and care the grass would not be SO
green and beautiful as it now is.
Early and late Mr.. Lopp has worked
on the new lawn keeping the water
going and working the soil until our
court house yard is now a thing of
beauty on which to feast the eye.
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