Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-17
HOME AND COUNTY

Vegetable cooking baskets at the
Wa-Keeney Hardware store
Good table potatoes at $3.50 per
busheI at A. v. Hixson's- 49-2t
The Hardman Lumber company S
car of Black Amber cane seed arrived
this week.
Arthur Fantaux of Ellis spent Sum
day in Wa-Keeney the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Ufford.
Next Thursday being a legal holt
day, Washington's birthday. the post
office will be closed from 10 a. m. to
5 p m
John Gunckel arrived home the
first of the week from Eastern Kan
sas, where he has been clerking in a
hotel.
Miss Ruth Cox left the latter part
of last week for Pendleton, Oregon,
where she will visit relatives and
friends for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Bayles, who
have been revisiting old scenes In
Illinois for the past four months, re-
turned bone this week.
Hardman Lumber Company has a
car of Reid's Early Dent seed corn, on
the ear which will be here sometime
next week and will sell for 90c per
bushel. D..
Taken up-Brown mare, crippled
in right leg. Owner can get same by
calling on Geo. Schneider, II miles
southwest of Wa-Keeney and paying
charges.
For Sale or Trade-A good six room
house, nearly new, for cattle or hor-
ses. 1t will pay those intending to
build to investigate. Address, ''Trade"
care World office, Wa-Keeney.
Mrs. Eric Lindberg and children
were in town last Saturday They
had enjoyed a weekend visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. @. Hickman and
were returning home.
Notice-Will advertise a few spec
ial bargains in real estate soon, and
if you have something good for the
money, or want a farm loan, come
and see NEE. D. Wheeler. 40 Ut.
Do you know the penalty is the
same for cumming telephone service
that it is for cumming your way on
a train. There are few persons here
who must stop doing Wa-Keeney
Telephone Company.
The prettiest Scotch collie we have
seen in a long time belongs to Jim
Finch. Jim got him in Kansas City
and expects to use him in the herding
business on the farm. He was GER
tainly some looks for dog. on.
Last Monday the best snow of the
winter fell. 1t was very wet and
heavy and under a warm sun Tues
day it disappeared rapidly, every drop
of it sinking into the ground. Pros
poets for a bumper wheat crop were
never more promising than now!
| As there was no quorum present at
meeting of the trustees of the
County High School board, the first
of January, owing to the severe wea-
ther, an adjournment was taken to
February Goth, 1912, at l p. m. Let
everybody come to this meeting and
talk over what the Trustees are do
| ing.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid will
serve at Geo. Bakers building, op-
posite the post office, on Main street,
a Colonial 6 O'Clock dinner, on Tues
day, February 20. Menu: Baked
beans, hominy, pickles, cranberry
sauce, cream potatoes, rolls, apple
and pumpkin pie, ginger bread, brown
bread, coffee.
The Trego County contest for G. B
E. A in spelling, reading and music
will be held at the court house, Sat
urday, February "A, at 2.3O p. m. The
reading contest is limited to the
grades and rural schools. Words in
spelling will be given from Part III il
the speller The music is to bt
chorus work.
Thirty years ago Mr.. and Mrs. f
d. Wonner settled on Big creek anC
built the stone house they live in. Ii
all these years Frank says the onl,
repairs made on it was the reshing
ling. In these thirty years Franz
has been a subscriber of the WorlG
except one year when the Pops haC
full sway and the World slipped ou
of his sight that year.
Last Saturday Al j Johnson celebrat
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