Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

j. W. Hill and family moved down
from Collyer this week.
Miss Hazel Evans was in from Ban
ner Saturday and Sunday
Rhodes & Hixson bought quite
number of hogs last Monday.
P. J. Melody and wife are visiting
relatives i'm Iowa They will be gone
about two weeks.
Mrs. W. w. Gibson gave a card
party on Halloween and all report
an enjoyable evening.
The ladies of the Methodist Aid
cleared 1913 from their chicken pie
dinner Tuesday evening.
Uncle Billy Sommerville who is
known to be pretty tough las far as
his health is concerned) was on the
sick list the first of the week.
Stops earache in two minutes;tooth
ache or pain or burn or scald in five
minutes: horseness, one hour; mus
cleache, two hours; sore throat,
twelve hours-Dr. Thomas Electric
Oil, monarch over pain.
Mrs. j, w. Spena received word
this week that her uncle, Anton HUI
deck of Thompson, Nebr., had died.
Mr.. Hudecek will be remembered by
a number of Trego county people as
he lived here at one time.
r. @. Wilson went to Emporia the
first of the week and while there act
ed as member of board to accept
or reject a heating plant which was
being installed in one of the new
Emporia College buildings.
The grading on the deep depression
just south of ]. w. Spena's garage
has begun and when completed will
add much to the convenience of
traffic on this road as it has always
been bad place in wet weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Courtney en-
tertained the members of the Ep-
worth League at a Hallow' cen party
| last Tuesday evening. Halloween
games, singing, and a general good
time was the order of the evening.
All report fine time.
| Saturday evening Miss Agnes Poff-
| enberger entertained about thirty
guests at her home in honor of her
birthday. Being SO near Halloween
the decorations consisted of jack O.
lanterns and small candles in all the
rooms which gave them the desired
effect. An elegant and bountiful
supper was served after which the
guests INDUCED in games and music
until quite a late hour, when they
departed declaring that it had been
one of the jolliest parties of the sea
son. Miss Agnes was the recipient
of a number of pretty gifts.
| Judge Ruppenthal said recently
Lawyers for the defense in criminal
cases are won't to talk about the
| great state of Kansas and how weak
and insignificant poor unfortunate
defendant is. when compared will
the state and its power and wealth
But while this makes fine figure te
use in appealing to a jury, the cold
painful fact is that by constitution
and laws and Interpretation and Gus
tom, the state has been bound hanC
and foot, blindfolded and gagged anc
made inferior, weaker and more
helpless than the average defendant
on almost every point. This in par
accounts for the disrespect for law
the escape of criminals and the mis-
carriage of Justice"
G. Nj. Ufford writes to friends from
Florida that the weather is very no
and enumerates the following con
ditions: ocean breeZeS, mosquitoes
flies, bacon, sweet potatoes and fish
but no frost this year. 1t is very DIR
and no prospect of rain or crops thu
far. Butter is 4Oc pound, eggs so
dozen. He reports that all are feel
ing fine and working out doors eacl
day and that little clothing is re
, Quired and only sheets are used o.
. the bed, as the weather is so hot
Judging from this condensed repor
) so aptly put by Mr.. Ufford, we ca
say that Trego county is not tn
worst place in the world. And whel
you consider we have had good crop
for sixteen years we don't need to b
discouraged over this as we are goin
to have crop next year.