Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02
Spring begins March 10th


Alfalfa Hay for Sale--H. R. Peek,
four miles north of Voda 81
For Sale-Ash fence tsApply to
W. H. Miles, ''Skelton Ranch,' Wa
Keeney. 81
For SaleLOld Trusty Incubator
and brooder Used one year $50
egg capacity. Apply this office
The Woman's Guild will meet with
Mrs. Grant Marshall next Thurs
day afternoon, March I, at p. M
Sunday, March Sd, Rev. r. C. Tai
bot will hold services at the Church
of the Heavenly Rest at IL a. m. and
7.3O p. M
The results of poll taken at the
Keeney Wah club were as follows:
Roosevelt, II; Bryan, 6; Clark, 3; La
Toilette, L; Wilson, l; Taft, l.
The farmers intending to buy seed
corn of the committee should leave
their orders early as the committee
will take list of orders in rotation
and first come, first served
Robert Kirkendall was up from
Wa-Keeney Sunday morning to Tues
day evening, visiting his son w. R.,
manager of the Weber & Co, lumber
yard.-Sharon Springs Common
wealth.
Ralph Keilholtz brought some
tobacco back with him and gave some
of it to the boys here and it made
all of them sick; not so very sick, but
just sick enough to furnish amuse-
ment for all the rest of the boys
Stockton Review.
A great deal of interest is being
taken among the women in the forth
coming public demonstration of the
New Perfection Oil stoves at the Wa
Keeney Hardware Store in short
time. Dates will be announced in
The World.
A big firm is now after us to buy a
cash register and is sending us load
of literature daily. We certainly
need cash register. The old wheel
barrow which we have used for years
to haul our money to the bank is
about worn out.---Osborne Farmer
Jess Courtney of Wa-Kee ney, was
called here Thursday morning to
coax d. A. Borah's auto out of the
road west of town. The critter had
stuck its toes into the road and
wouldn't move forward, backward or
straight up.-Grinnell Record.
1t takes a rich man to draw a
check, a pretty girl to draw attention,
horse to draw a cart, a porous plas-
ter to draw the skin, topper to draw
a cork, free lunch to draw crowd,
and well displayed advertisement
in this paper to draw trade.
Up at Oakley there is quite diff
erence of opinion as to when the
Union Pacific will put back 1O1 and
102, the fast trains that were taken
off the first of the year Some say
they are bulletined to go on March
and others say not until May s.
Grinnell Record.
In our article about Ross 81 Waldo's
irrigation plant last week we made
an error which makes considerable
difference. In stating how much
water the pump would raise we saic
it would raise 40 gallons of water an
hour when we should have said AT
gallons per minute.
After thirty-four months of mos
efficient service in the r. F. d
Department of this Office HI. E. Trip
carrier on Route resigned his posi-
ton. Mr.. Trip was most faithful
and careful carrier and the peopl
regret very much that he felt il
necessary to discontinue his work
Reuben Haffa has been appointed
carrier until an examination can b.
| held.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Vose and MI
and Mrs FL. K. Mcleod were up al
Wa-Keeney yesterday attending /;
house party at the home of Mr.. ant
Mrs. /. t. Purcell. They returned
last night on No. ITO and reporta fin
time. Mr. and Mrs Jellison of Will
son and Mr. and Mrs. J. FL. Ward O
Hays were also in attendance-Ell
Headlight
A Nortonville man, visiting Atchi
son, was being shown around by
citizen. who said: s'Now lets go ant
see the Widows Home" The Nor
tonville man put his finger to the sid
] of his nose and winked and then said
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