Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-04-13

real estate men, was on our streets
Wednesday.
Dick Showalter went to McCracken
last week TO visit his sister and re-
turned Saturday morning.
Amish church services Sunday,
April IA, at home of Mr.. and Mrs J.
Y. Lehman, preaching by Elder Vast
Lehman.
Mrs Jonas B. Miller left for Nap
anee. Ind, being called by tele-
gram announcing the serious illness
of her mother.
Miss Bertha Funk of the Arnold
Mercantile force, went TO Ransom
Saturday night to spend Sunday at
her home. returning Sunday night.
The evangelistic meetings that
were being conducted here by Rev.
Layborn and interrupted by the bad
weather is expected TO resume Sun
day, April II.
Our genial depot agent. Roy Waltz,
says the weather and other condi-
tions incicate good duck shooting:
that only one thing is needed and
that is the ducks.
Andy Wessa came in the first of
last week from Bushton, where he.
had been spending a short time with
home folks and will in few days
leave for Pocatello, Idaho.
Miss Frances Pauch and Miss Sadie
Sherwood attended the play at Ness
City, given by the high school, last
Friday night, TO spend Sunday at her
home, returning Sunday night.
Ernest Whistler was called home
from OlmitZ where ne was acting as
section boss by a telegram announ-'
cling the very dangerous illness of his
baby. We are glad to be able to re-
port it much better.
We heard the other day that Jesse
Elliott got son struck early last Sun
day morning. Upon further investi-
cation it was learned that the Stork
had left a fine baby boy. Mother
and child doing well and we under
stand Elliott will probably recover
without any bad effects.
Engine No 6433, one of the engines
that was wrecked here in the snow.
Feb. %, came near making a new
record for itself the first of last week
by running down Mrs. Grant Smith
and two small children in the same
cut where it was wrecked in the
snow. Mrs. Smith was overtaken in
the cut by the flyer and only for the
exercise of rare courage and quick
action she and her children would
have been killed as the cut was too
narrow on account of snow for the
train to pass and too long for her to
go out ahead of the train grabbing
the children she tossed them clear
over big bank of snow to safety and
than by desperate effort climbed an
almost perpendicular wall of snow,
saving herself by mere fraction of a
minute. 1t was one of those thrill
ing experiences that can not be for
gotten in life time.
Carl Smith is working for Glenn
Smith this week.
John Steller of near Ransom is
visiting AL Showalter.
]. III. Williams is home visiting his
family and talks of moving east.
Miss Sarah Robinson of Ransom is
visiting with Miss Grace Smith.
Emmett Daugherty returned from
Lamar, Col, Wednesday morning
Miss Bertha Funk went to Ran
som Friday to have dental work done
Mrs. Harve Taylor returned from a
two weeks visit at Naming and Healy
Saturday.
John +. Miller of Yader, and a Mr..
Blue, came in on the flyer Tuesday
morning.
f. G. Yasmer and family visited,
Sunday with the family of Henry
Yosmer and Forester
Mrs Arthur Giddings entertained
Miss Bertha Funk, Miss Ella and
Will Giess Sunday at dinner.
The stork fingers around Arnold
fine boy at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. Sonnenberg last Saturday
Mrs. w. L. Brown came in Thurs
day night from Sana Fe, where Mr..
Brown has been winuering some stock
Sidney Hatcher has returned from
Minneola with horses he had winter
ed there He started from here after
them six weeks ago during the big
snow.
Weldon and Guy Luckey accompan-