Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-07-20
For State Superintendent of Public In
struction.-W D. Ross.

For State Superintendent of Public In
struction.-W. D. Ross.
Following the announcement of
State Superintendent Fairchild that
he would not be candidate for re-
election came the notice of W. d.
Ross candidacy for the nomination
for that office.
Mr. Ross whose home is in Jeffer-
son county is a graduate of the I'm
iversity of Kansas, and since gradua-
tion has filed successfully positions
of responsibility.
The Labette County Republican
says of him: Three years graded
school principal. Four years high
school teacher and principal. Four
years county superintendent. Five
years city superintendent. Has taught
in IS county normal institutes and in
three state wide Institutes held at
Emporia. He~is qualified for the
Office to which he aspires and will
seek in every way to promote the
welfare of the public schools.
Mr.. Ross visited our high school
last October as State High school In
spector-He is a man of pleasing per
sonality and superior qualifications
and by training and experience of
exceptional fitness for the important
position of state superintendent. He
is a man of the people. Vote for him.
Misses Josephine and Edna Cloud
of Quenemo, Kans., came Tuesday
evening to make a two weeks visit
with their sisters, Misses Ida and
Stella Cloud.
Dysentery is always serious and
often a dangerous disease, but il can
be cured. Chambrelain's Collie, Diar-
rhoea Remedy has cured it even when
malignant and epidemic. For sale
by all dealers.
We wondered why there was no
horse shoe games on tap on the
grounds south of the Beason's black
smith shop this week. We inyestigat-
ed little and was awarded with
the news that the big chief and
champion pitcher, j. w. Blakely, was
in the harvest field helping his sons
harvest.
70 Mrs. e. Sellers. who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. j. e. Mccall for
the past two months. left for her
home in Republic county the latter
part of last week. She will stop off
at Manhattan and visit the Mccall
boys on her way home.
E. j. McComb, who used to live
out on the Saline, writes from Oswego,
Kans., that he is engaged in the real
estate business and is doing fine, and
adds Mr.. Barbee is in the office now
and wants me to remember him to all
Trego county friends.
Mrs. Tena Schnase was in from her
farm in Ogallah township last We'd
nesday trading with our merchants.
She remembered the editors family
peas; also mess of beets. She has
our thanks for the generous gift of
good things.
The entomologists, III. r. Jennings,
E. C. O'Roke, Dwight Isely and A. E.
Mallory, under the leadership of
1TOI- FTdDClS w llIldI1S are making an
extended fossil hunting expedition
throughous this part of the country,
securing specimens for Kansas Uni
yersity. They passed through Wa
Keeney Monday enroute to Hays from
a weeks camping down on the Smoky
near where the old Stockrange post
office used to be. Two of the boys
were College chums of Roy Wheeler,
who endeavored to show them good
time by an informal reception of
College graduates and others at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Gorrell.
Those present were; Misses Helen
Wilson, Mildred Neisley, Ida Cloud,
Alene Nelson, Beulah Icely, Grace
and Blanch Gorrell, Messrs E. G.
O'Roke, A. E. Mallorey and Roy
Wheeler. Others invited were strand
ed in the harvest fields.