Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13

Sunday morning
Our enterprising citizens are filing
their ice houses.
Logan county will pay bounty of
three cents on jack rabbits.
Notice the good things on the in
side pages of the World today
One of NJ. w. Masons little girls
has been quite sick this week.
Mrs. Guy Dorman and children of
north of town are on the sick list.
Advertise in the World, best ad-
vertising medium in Western Kansas
John Jones has been on the sick
list this week. suffering from bad
cold
News is just about as scarce as
butter, eggs and sugar are at the
present time.
We are sorry to report that Mrs.
VIM. Wollner is confined to her home
by sickness this week.
The wiseacres that predicted that
one extreme would follow another
surely hit the nail on the head this
time.
Reports come in of terrible condi-
tions among the stock owing to a lack
of feed and the extremely cold
weather.
w. S. Berwick and wife are cozily
domiciled in the cottage opposite o.
A. Cortright's residence on Elm
street, in the east part of town.
Frank Chalk returned home the
latter part of last week from Carroll
ton, Mo-, where he visited two of his
sisters, Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs.
Courts.
Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com
plexion sallow? Liver needs waking
up. Doan's Regulets cure bilious at
tacks, 25 cents at any drug store.
W. II. Miles and Bradley Brown re-
turned from Denver last Saturday.
Mr.. Miles says there are ten men for
every job in and around Denver.
Mrs. Miles is expected next week.
The Board of County Commission
ers have called a special election for
Tuesday, February ID, 1912, for the
purpose of voting $4,000 bonds for
the erection of high school build
ing.
Mrs. o. A. Cortright entertained a
party of ladies at a o'clock tea the
fret Of hn
course luncheon was served and all
present realized the fact that Mrs.
Cortright is a very pleasant enter
tainer.
Weather Regulator Peacock, not
content with anywhere from eight to
twenty below zero weather, boosted
the ozone Thursday night to 25 below
zero and then had the nerve to come
down town Friday and ask; lis this
cold enough for you?'
The severe cold has caused a short
age of coal in town and the prospect
of getting any in is the problem that
is worrying the coal dealers right
now. The recent storms and drifting
snow has played havoc with railroad
traffic-both passenger and freight.
Hilda May Cass, the II year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Emery
Cass of north of Collyer, died
last Sunday from pneumonia The
remains were buried In the Collyer
cemetery Tuesday. The many friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cass extend to them
their heartfelt sympathy in this
their hour of sorrow
We have small admiration for the
ass that is always so willing to adver-
tiSe what dire calamities are befalI-
ing the people of this part of Kansas
| We grant they are bad enough but
we have never seen any brilliant re
suits from long loud wall sent uI
by some s'disinterested' philanthro
pist who wouldn't go down in his
own pocket to help feed jackrabbit
Last Monday evening the Imperia
Concert Company gave their enter
tainment at the court house. The
evening was cold but the house was
tcrowded. This was one of the very
good musical entertainments tina,
come to US through the lyceum bur
eau. The singer, the violinist and
reader were each most excellent anC
the program which they presented
was received with enthusiasm by q
very large audience the reader in
her child dialect selections capt.