Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
Latest Kansas Events.

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Text Book Author to washington.
W. M. Davidson, superintendent of p
public schools in Omaha, author of trai
the Kansas state text in United had
States history, and for a number of injr
years superintendent of the Topeka bee
schools, has been elected to the SUI cou
| perintendency of the public schools dist
at Washington, D. c. Superintendent poll
Davidson has become one of the lead Ira
| ing public school men of the United wei
States. it
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Interurban at Newton. it
The first rails of the Arkansas Val pre-
| ley interurban, which will connect to
| Newton with Wichita, were laid re-
| Gently. A bridge across Sand creek
| is nearly complete and the viaduct
over the Santa Fe tracks is being qua
erected. The interurban will be e1- thr
| tended this summer to Bethel college, len
| two miles north of Newton. hea
ing
Burglars Got Artistic JeweIry. the
Burglars entered the residence of is
| Mrs. Pauline Barth at Atchison and can
| took about $500 worth of jewelry and late
retail clothing establishment and era
| travels extensively. Much of the wei
| jewelry taken was purchased abroad
| and had an artistic value above it's
| market price.
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| Hiawatha Extends Water Supply. eigl
Since the recent fire when the fire Kal
men were unable to do anything on of
| account of the low water supply, the yea
! city officials of Hiawatha nave strl
| bought the Meisenheimer springs in son
Guiding two acres of ground, paying will
| $500 therefor. The springs are the
about az miles from town and have of
| never been known to go dry. TIVE
in
Baldwin Now Has Sewers. Z
| The Baldwin sewerage system
which has been under construction I
during the spring has been completed tin.
and turned over to the city. Bald ing
WIN IS now modern town Win an but
the conveniences of city. The town Iv
owns It's own water electrlc nsne anu sta
sewerage systems and is furnished on
with natural gas. saw
poi
Phones in the Church. tur
Ihe SICK and 1nVanos IN the COIL fire
munity of Baldwin are now able to SIN,
| enjoy the church services of the
Methodist Episcopal church while
/ confined to their beds at home. {
telephone system has been installed 81
| in the church SO that it can be con- -
nected from the pulpit to the bedside to
of the sick person. NC,
| 25A Bushels an Acre. h.,
On the farm of James Anterior, 49,
near Plainville, in Rocks county, ~
threshing yielded 1,O2O bushels of ~ ta1
wheat or 2515 bushels to the acre
The average in Rocks county will not
| exceed five bushels to the acre, and 7
Mr. Atherton's crop is considered re- +iv,
markable, especially it was raised 81,
/ On new ground. ~
gat
Cattle Turned Alfalfa. son
| instead OF shipping tnelr catlie u chu
market Where the recent neaVy run poi
! OF STOCK whlch has Deen rusneo IN not
from the dry pasture districts has ple
| caused the prices 20 break, a number
| of Chase county farmers whose own
pastures are failing, are now turning 7
their cattle onto their alfalfa fields. for
VIII
New Poor Farm for Ottawa County. At
Petitions are being circulated in rur
| Ottawa county authorizing the coun- in
| ty commissioners to levy tax of acr
| one-half mill to raise funds for the me
| erection of new county poor house.
| The present building is an old worn
| out building that has OutHVeQ It's
| use The petitions are getting many cha
| signers. of
Cattle Broke His Leg.
e. J. Cole who lives a mile south
| of Thayer, was leading a COW across TIL
| pasture over a mile from his home, LIE;
| when the cattle in the pasture got bee
| into sQuabble and one knocked an the
other over onto Mr.. Cole, breaking ho
| the small bone in his leg. ira
thi
/ A prairie fire north of McCracken,
starting from camp fire, swept over
! 10000 acres of pasture in Rush coun-
| ~ hr1rU inc mile of