Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-05-10


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Dr. Countryman reports the arrival
of a daughter at the home sf Mr.. and
Mrs. Rheinert Haug, enmiles north
east of here Tuesday night--U tica
Enterprise.
Glade Martin is driving a new Ford
automobile now, which he Just receiv-
quite while without car this time
and it has been a question how he
stood it as long as he has.-Utica En-
terprise.
Who, without stopping to figure up
would have imagined that it was
twenty-four years ago that the IA
nous run was made into Oklahoma
territory? 1t seems almost like an in
cident of yesterday, but the other day,
April 23rd, the twenty-fourth ami
versary of the event was celebrated
at Crescent, Oklahoma. That's long
enough ago for it to be considered a
historical event.-U tica Enterprise
A more favorable dating having
been offered, it has been decided to
HAVE w d-hC0il01
this season Now let everybody be-
gin boosting by giving the fact as
wide publicity as possible. Write to
your friends about it and invite them
to visit Wa-Keeney during Chautau-
qua week which will be just after
harvest or about the first of August
The exact date will be announced in
few days.
A distressing accident occurred at
the Able home west of town Sunday
night, their little three year old son
having the ends of both thumbs clip
ped off in lawn mower. The child
rem had had the machine out running
it around the yard and Mr.. Able had
taken it intending to put it away and
was dragging it along behind him
when the little fellow who was fol-
lowing him stumbled and fell, in some
manner thrusting both thumbs into
the revolving cutter which clipped
them off as though they had been UNI
der a cleaver, cutting through the
bone on both. DIR. Countryman
dressed the injury and the little
patient is said to be getting along
all right-Utica Enterprise.
The Agricultural College has at
Manhattan two cement silos, two ce-
ment silos at Hays, and one silo of
that type at the experiment station
at Dodge City, and all are in perfect
condition. The college authorities
believe thoroughly in the cement
eli
have been assigned to assist farmers
and contractors in building these
silos. There is no charge made for
this assistance other than actual ex-
penses- 1t is required however, that
a competent cement worker be engag-
ed in order that he may be instructed
and be able to build other silos in the
same community The two men as
signed by the college for this work
are dated now up to June 20, but en-
gagements may be made for them
from June 20 to August 20. A bull
letin on the building of cement silos
will be mailed on application, and
more definite instructions will be
given by letter where desired. All
applications for assistance in the
building of silos should be addressed
to Superintendent Edw c. johnson,
Manhattan. Kansas.
Every once in a while we read about
a. school house being emptied of 300
studends in two minutes by means of
fire drill. The fire drill is good
idea and we ought to hear more of it,
Ordinarily it takes 200 people five
minutes to emerge from a small
theater, and if the same people are
struck with the idea that there is
need for haste, it takes twice as long
In case of panic at the thought of
fire, a great many never would get
out except by being carried, after
having several ribs cracked and ears
stepped on. The state fire laws are
strict, and make very wide provisions
for the safety of audiences in amuse-
ment places. But legislation, as is
often remarked these days, does not
change human nature. School kids
who haven't sense enough to know
how to come in out of the rain know
how to get out of a burning building
| in good order, all right, but grownups
stampede worse than cattld at the
/ last chance. People need fire drilling
NOT because there's danger of fire in
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