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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10
(First publication July 6, 1922
Notice for Publicaion--Serial Moo PSI z
Department of the Interior.

Department of the Interior,
United States Land once, Topeka Kan
July 2. 1912
Notice is hereby given that Jessie W.
Ghumm OF Ellis. Kansas, who, on March 49,
1908 made Homestead applioa ton 2O297 serial
No, O2517 southeast quarter of section Il town.
ship Is south, range 21 west. 9Th P M has
filed notice of intention to make final three
year (act June 6. 1922 proof to esta blish
claim to the land above described. before the
Hon. Probate Judge of Trego County. KAN
sas at Wa-Keeney, Kansas the 18th day of
August 1912
Claimant names as witnesses:
.Ellas M Wagner, John F. Meserve. Frank
kutlna and Henry G. Wagner, all of Ellis
Kansas
George w. Fishor,
Register
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10
SPREAD THE STRAW
Straw Needed as Fertilizer and Humus

Straw Needed as Fertilizer and Humus
Last year Kansas farmers had lit
tie trouble to dispose of their straw.
This year with a large wheat crop
hundreds of farmers are depressed at
the loss of good wheat ground cover
ed with stacks of straw. Doubtless
thousands of straw piles will be
burned, shameful thing to do. But
what can be done about it2 There
are several ways of avoiding this
almost sin.
In the first place the average farm
er does not use one-tenth enough
straw for bedding for his stock.
There is no more profitable way of
using straw than to use plenty of it
in the stables, thus conserving all
the liquid excrement of the animals
stabbed, and the Straw itself becomes
a valuable fertiliZing element. Not
only should more of it be used in
stables, but farmers can well afford
to use smaller yards for their dairy
cows, and even for their feeders" or
their fattening cattle, and then cover
these yards in September with two or
three feet of straw, and thus quad
ripple the quantity and double the
value of manure for the fields. A
hillside is no place for feed yard for
from twenty to forty cattle. The
time has come when the Kansas
farmer must study ways of increas-
ing his supply of farm manure.
The next best way to utilize these
dc Of c,fo oIzc r -%- &c -
spread them over the fields immedi-
ately after threshing. OF course,
this cannot be done safely if wheat
is to follow wheat, unless the ground
is moist when plowed. If the ground
is dry, the spreading should be post
poned until about the last of
October, when it may be spread over
the wheat field. Where wheat
Stubble is to be plowed in the fall
and put to corn or sorghum crop,
the straw may be spread any time
after threshing and plowed under
before November. Straw spread
right on the wheat in October or any
time in the winter will help to stop
blowing, will hold moisture and later
will add to the humus bonuent when
plowed under the next year. 1t is
important that our thousand of straw
stacks be put into the ground in
some way. Not one should be burned.
Straw is estimated to be worth about
81. 30 ton as a fertilizer and in nv
Judgment it is worth more than that
as humus material. Our western
lands are in sore need of humus, and
it will pay every farmer to study
ways of getting all his straw back in
to the ground whence it came. There
is no need of factories to use up this
straw as it is worth so much to the
farmer as humus and fertilizer
material, that he cannot afford to
sell it. 1t belongs to the soil. A
Kansas farmer has recently invented
a straw speeader that win spread a
''swath" twenty feet wide. But get
the straw back to the fields in some
way.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10
(First published August TO- 1e12)
Notice for Publication-Serial No O2O55

Department of the Interior
United States Land once, Topeka Kan
August 2. 1912
Notice is hereby given that Allen B. Hall of
Ellis, Kansas, who on October 1q 1905 made
Homestead Applica ton 1893 serial No. 02O55
for northeast quarter section 8. township
10 south, range 81 west, P. M, has fled
notice of intention to make final fye-year
proof to establish claim to the land above
described, before the Hon. Probate Judge of
Trego County. Kansas at Wa-Keeney Kan
sas. on the 18th day of September, 1912
Claimant names Witnesses:
Joseph kutina, of Brownell Kansas: New
ton HI Gif1n of Ellis, Kansas, r. F. D. No 2;
frank Edwards and Frank K. Suaer of Ellis,
Kansas.
George W. Fisher
Register
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10
A pathetic story and one that also

"A Pathetic Story and one that also
throws strong light on serious prob
lem of railroading is contained in the
following report to vice-President
and General Manager Scott of the
Union Pacific r. r. by Assistant
General Manager Ware, detailing the
death of one tresspasser and the in
jury to another:
SAT North Platte 6:45 this a. m.
July 25rd) yard engineer 1918 had
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10
Indian Killed On Track.

Near Rochelle, ILL.,, an Indian went
to sleep on railroad track and was
killed by the fast express. He paid
for his careleSsness with his life
Often its that way when people
neglect coughs and colds. Don't risk
your life when prompt use of Dr.
Kings New Discovery will cure them
and so prevent a dangerous throat or
lung trouble. sit completely cured
cough that followed a revere attack
of Grip" writes J. r. Watts, 4F1oydada,
Tex, land regained Is pounds in
weight that / had lost. Quick, safe,
reliable and guaranteed. soc and
$1.o0. Trial bottle free at Gibson's
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10

There are two things everlastingly
at war, joy and piles. But Bucklen' s
"Arnica Salve viii Danish piles in
any form. 1t soon subdues
the itching, irritation, inflammation
comfort invites joy. Greatest healer
OF burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, bruised,
eczema, scalds, pimples, skin erup-
tions. Only 25cts. at Gibson's
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10

lam young travelling, salesman, y
writes E. E. Young, E. Berkshire,
Vt, land was often troubled with
constipation and indigestion till be-
gan to use DIR. Kings New Life Pills,
which ] have found an excellent
remedy" For all stomach, liver or
kidney troubles they are uneQualed
Only 25cents at Gibson's.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10

ing near Fleming, Pa, says he has
used Chamberiain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in his family
for fourteen years, and that he has
found it to be an excellent remedy
and takes pleasure in recommending
it. For sale by all derlers
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10

For Sale double disc pillow, four
horse grain drill, nearly new d. n.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10
Mother is a suffragette,

Mother is suffragette,
Pas Democrat,
Sisters Progressive,
And Grandma's Standing Pat.
Uncle is Socialist
And Auntie will not vote,
But one thing all agree upon
That Teddy is the goat.-Ex.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10

Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, will lead to chronic constipa-
ton Doan's Regulets operate easily
25c box at all stores.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10

Notice is hereby given. that SO much of
the following described tracts of land and
town lots as may be necessary to pay the
taxes of the year 1911 and charges thereon
lying and situated in the County of Trego,
and the state of Kansas. will
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1912.
and the next succeeding days. if not sold on
that day, be sold by me. at public auction,
in my Office in Wakeeney, Trego CO., Kan,
tO-wit.
G. Nj. BELL.
KaD~aS
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10

Gibson has big line. of base ball
goods.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10

Money to loan See E. d. Wheeler.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912
Delinquent Tax List of
Trego County.

Office of County Treasurer
Wakeeney. Kansas
The Washington herald., 1912-05-19
MY PET GOLDFISH.

AN going to tell you about my pet
goldfish. As it is impossible to take a
photograph of him l will describe him.
He is entirely gold, without speck of
white; he has long fan tail and black
eyes He is now a year and a half old.
He is in a round globe all by himself, and
when he is hungry he swims around the
globe and tries to attract my attention.
Then give him some food, and he comes
up out Of the water and eats out of my
hands. Often see him splashing and
jumping high out of the water and swim
ming around and around in his globe
Every time be sees his image on the globe
he fights with it. And also if put an
other fish with him he would kill it, so
thought it best not TO put any in with
him. Although many people may think
him lonely he is the happiest fish in the
world.
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village and to teach the tribe his wisdom
promising that they would be his faith
full followers and observe all his advice
This he agreed to do, and before long i
came about that themen Of many friendly
tribes came there to learn wisdom Of the
young prophet with the bright face, whom
they spoke Of as "the Thurder-Man-"
For after this the storm spoke Ian
guage that was very easy for the Thun-
der-Man to understand. Always, when
a storm was about to break, he would
climb to the top of his earth lodge and
fold his buffalo skin robe about him with
the hair side turned out. Then the men
of the tribe, standing below. would watch
him while the rain fell and the thunder
roared and the lightning flashed. And
each time the heavens gave out a
sound the Thunder-Man would nod his
head in reply; then in a bud voice he
would interpret the storm message to the
people waiting below. Often they would
have questions to ask and petitions to
present, and these the Thunder-Man
would shout to the storm. Then when
the next crash came he would translate
the answer to the waiting people below.
And neither the Thunder-Man himself
nor any of the people in that village ever
feared the storm again, for they under
stood that it brought kindly messages,
which 1t was always wen to heed.
Even to this day there are traditions
Of the wise things the tribe learned
through the Thunder-Man's storm mes
sages. There were times when he would
learn through the storm that there was
danger of sickness in the village, and
that the way to prevent it was to have
a tremendous housecleaning, which should
leave every earth lodge thoroughly
secured and freshened. And there were
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.AIOW is good time of year for girls
IN who like to keep records of their
good times to begin making a symbol
blanket like those which are made by
some of the Camp Fire Girls. The Camp
Fire Girls, as you perhaps know, is a
large organization of girls who have good
times out of DOORS and indoors, too, fol
that matter. The organization is ma
tonal, and there are local Camp Fires
to which any girl may belong. 1t was at
Camp Wohelo, of which Mrs. Luther h.
Gulick is the guardian, that two summers
ago the interesting method of keeping the
camp log or the record of the summers
doings was invented. Any girl who
wants to keep an account of her own
good times in this way may do SO, of
course, whether she is Camp Fire Girl
or not, but it is more fun when a group
of girls who go around together are max
ing the record robe or symbol blanket a,
the same time.
The record or symbol blanket may be a
large robe of tanned buffalo hide. as ii
was in the original record of the Wohelo
Camp, or if one can't very easily get a
buffalo hide or other soft skin robe, then
a blanket win do just as well. Yellow or
rather light tan is the best color for the
blanket, as It should be shade that does
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A FAITHFUL DOG GUARDIAN.
By C. EDITH wILLEs.

in the kitchen, and sometimes be comes
upstairs and opens the door and comes
in and hits me on the face with his paw.
Our cook left last month, and when she
was carrying her trunk out Don caught
her by the skirts and would not let her 80.
She just called to him to let her go, but
he would not. The other day the man
was bringing in the ice. Father had left
Don in charge. He was under tle table
and he made such a fuss that the man
dropped the ice and fed
One day mother and father were sit
ting on the porch and we were over at the
other house. Don heard some one cry and
came over and seemed to count US, then
walked home as if contented. When
mother was sick and could not wake the
nurse up he walked in when she was asleep
and growled at her and she woke up.
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cold gray dungeons Of the fog and mist,
and the endless vast shining storehouses
of the sun. Yet, after al, not much could
ever be told of this journey in the clouds,
for IT had to do with sights and sounds
that are unknown to MORALS. and that
cannot be put into words. A our time
goes, the journey occupied several years,
but the marvellous events followed one
upon another 50 rapidly that 80 far as
the boys own sensations were concerned,
1t might al have happened IN 9 single
night.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-19

I|OASTING down hill in home made
\ automobile is more fun than you can
possibly imagine unless you have tried
it, and it really does add a great deal to
the enjoyment when the car has been
made Throughout by yourself.
The material for the car can often
be got for nothing, or for q few cents,
from a carpenter or from the men who are
putting up a building If you happen to
live near a box factory it is sometimes
possible 70 get the boards that you need
from there.
You will need a board six feet by one
foot, for wheels and two axles. The axles
can be bought for fifteen cents and the
wheels can often be got from 9 bicy-
Gle shop. A second hand pair Of wheels
will do perfectly we'll You will also need
a box, one foot wide, one foot and
quarter deep and two and one-haf feet
long. This box is for the hood Of the
car.
Fasten the front wheels to a piece of
wood fourteen by four inches, as shown in
the illustration.
The axle for the front wheels Is At
tached to a piece of board fourteen b.
four inches, which has hole bored in
the centre of one side for the bolt. The
back wheels are attached to piece Of
board fourteen inches long by three wide,
which is fastened with nails.
The hood must be cut as in Figure ..
Fasten it to the board and bore hole a.
in Fig. s. A broom handle or a curtain
pole viii make good steering rod (see
Fig. 81. A wheel TO steer with is at
tached to the end of this rod
A box viii make the seat for the motor
car. as shown in Fig. 4.
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80 GOOD TIME BLANKETS
b1 WROUGHT BY CAMP FIRE GIRLS a
n \ PICTURESQUE RECORDS OF OUTDOOR FUN -

times called. The girls think UP their
own way of expressing what has hap
pened by signs and then these symbols
are either painted on or are cut from ma
teriai Of contrasting color and sewed
on. When a leather robe is used the
symbols may be painted on, but when the
robe or blanket is some fabric then it is
best to cut out the designs and sew
them on.
The robe in the picture bears the record
of two seasons fun at Camp Wohelo
The inner circle of symbols refers to
summer before last and the outer circle
to last summer. The symbols are quite
small so that you may not be able to
distinguish them. One of them which
you may notice is a canoe. This was
painted on the robe after the first canoe
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they supposed, and shortly became con-
scious again, wondering very much what
had happened to him. As he sat dazed
upon the ground a man suddenly Sp-
peared before him, with very different
look from that of any man the boy had
ever seen before.
who are your" asked the boy, in a
faint voice.
Il am a man, as you see me-" the
stranger said, ''for have taken this
shape to come to you. Elsewhere I am
the storm, and my face is lightning and
my voice is thunder. But I have come
to be your friend"
Gam I good enough for that?" asked
the boy.
You are very good, poor child" said
the stranger whose face was lightning
and whose voice was thunder. Il have
watched you for long time and I think
you have now become the best boy can
find anywhere. So l have marked your
face with my own sign, as you will see
when you look in a still pool of water.
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teriousiy befrended by the storm, and
they took him back into the village and
brought him before the chief and the
priests. Here they asked him many
the hardest they could think OF,
and he answered them all so wisely that
the grown men were breathless with
establishment, admitting to each other
that the lad was far wiser than they. Sc
they begged him 20 make his home in the
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rapidly out along the slant Of the wind,
and soon found themselves in the vast
mysterious spaces of the clouds. There
were endless wonders to be seen, as you
can imagine, and the boy beheld them all.
not only the bright, magnificent palace of
the storm, but the great blue caves of the
four winds and the bright warm en-
closures, like heavenly Conservatives,
where the raindrops are made and the
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who ara yOu.' boy With the bright
fsesr they asksd him. thinking that he
was perhaps god
81 am the friend of the Storm" he an
swered them. "And 1 have learned the
secrets of the lightning and the thunder.
But you knew me when was friendless
boy, and you sometimes gave me pieces
of dried meat"
Then they recognized him as the boy
who had been the lonely orphan, and they
saw that he must indeed have been mys-
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After the boys return to the hin where
he had met the storm, and his farewell
to his strange guide through the heavens,
he started walking without any plan, and
soon found himself at the entrance to q
village where he had often been before.
1t happened that the first men he met
conscious Just after the lightning had
painted his face, and who were now
amazed to see him alive.
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to whom this wonderful thing
happened lived very long ago. He was
very unfortunate, or seemed to be at first
because both his parents died when he was
quite small, and there was no one in the
world to look after him. The only way
that the poor child could live at all or
get anything to eat was to wander about
from village to village and tell his plight
now and then to some kind looking woman,
who would give him food and clothes. OF
course the boy became very unhappy
through leading this dreary and danger
Gus life, and decided one day that he
would go out alone upon the high hills.
The boy knew, for he had often heard
It said by the old men of the tribes, that
the best friends one could ever have were
the hills and rivers and lakes and clouds,
but that 10 gain their friendship one must
learn to be very good indeed and very
humble. So when he had reached the top
of the hill he called aloud to the sky and
air and clouds and surrounding hills, and
begged them to befriend him. But no
answer came. This meant, he knew, that
he was not yet good enough, and, bitterly
disappointed, he made his way down the
side of the hill and straight to the mouth
Of some dark and horrible caves, where
everybody knew that the most repulsive
dwarfs and monsters lived. Sticking his
head inside this dreadful blackness, the
boy called loudly to the unseen creatures
inside, telling Of his great loneliness and
begging them to be his friends. But again
no answer came. This meant the boy
knew, that he was not bad enough to be
a friend of the monsters, and if they, the
worst creatures in the world, would not
have him, what should he do?
For many weeks after this he wandered
about in great forlornness, for there
seemed no living creature willing to be
his friend One day while he was walk
ing alone, as Usual, the sky grew black
and the wind felt cold upon his cheek,
and an the little leaves began to shake
with fear. A hill stood in front of him
and the boy decided that he would run
to the very top of this and meet the
swiftly coming storm. So rapidly did he
climb that when he had reached the top
the storm was not yet near. So standing
there alone, with his arms stretched out to
the sky, the boy said
20 storm, o powerful, swift running
storm, come to me here and speak to me
and be my friend! am the most miser
able boy in the world. 1 have nothing and
1 deserve nothing. But pity me, Lightning!
Speak to me, Thunder! Teach me, wild
freSbets of rain, and clasp me, strong
arms Of the wind! And whatever you
wish of me win do"
Almost as he spoke a fash came that
seemed to split the very heavens, and
when it had passed the boy lay fat
upon his back, unconscious. And some
returning hunters, who a few moments
later passed over the hillside, halted with
a wild cry when they saw his face, for
the lightning, which had struck him, hadI
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other times when the village children
were ailins and the parents anxious, and
the storm, being consulted, sent word
that all the children must be bafhed
daily in the cool waters of the creek. And
as good always resulted from needing
the messages that came through the
mouth OF the Thunder-Man, and as his
skin in reading the language of the storm
grew ever more marvellous, he became
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Thunder Man

And now want 10 take you with me on
a journey. 50 that you win be able TO
teach wisdom to the tribes when you
return"
Taking the boy in his arms, the stranger
then lesped from the top of the hiH. but
instead of falling, the two travellers slid
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painted it with all the rainbow eoiOrs'
so that it bore wide brilliant bands of
yellow and orange and red and purple and
blue and green. This is some magic, "
the hunters said, and leaving him went
on their way.
But the boy was by no means dead, as
The Washington herald., 1912-05-19
This Is Soma Magic, the
Hunters Said

known far ard wide As a great magician
and soothsayer. So that greatly honored
both by his own people and by strangers,
and favored always by the unseen powers,
the Thunder-Man lived long and happy
life.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-19

mean thunder and lightning, as there wal
a storm on the trip, and the rough waves
drawn in the lower portion are record
of the rough wate1>%hich they had to
Cross on the way back.
A queer crooked sign which you will
notice was put down to record q trip OIL
Crooked River. The crooked line ends in
a sunfower indicative of the bed of sun
flowers which the girls stumbled into
when they disembarked. In one Of the
twists Of the river there is a fire painted
which indicates that fire was built, and
above the river is a horse, which beast
the girls found in a pasture and tried in
vain to mount.
Two wooden looking figures carrying a
pail recall an afternoon when two girls
were delegated by the rest of the group
to go to a farmhouse for milk. A rattle
snake, a red COW and fire in close juxta-
position give a faithful though brief out
line of another afternoons pleasure, and
two strange figures going through motions
are symbol of the first FIRE which Mrs.
Gulick started.
The figures are all very crude, the
simplest suggestions of the objects to be
depicted being all that is required. The
effect when these symbols are made in
bright colors and placed on a dull back
ground is very good indeed, and the fun
of making them is immense. They are
not at ll.hard to do either when painted
or made of material. 1t is not neces-
sary to turn in the edses of the appliqued
symbols when they are made of felt or
any other material that will not fray
out. The symbols are placed close to-
gether on the blanket if they represent
the doings of one season. Other corners
of the blanket or other spaces are utilized
for the records of other times.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-19
Puzzle Answer.

The puzzle picture in last weeks page
for boys and girls represents the flower
called ragged robin"