Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-08-15


Herman Ehrichs of Collyer town
ship was a county seat visitor last
Wednesday and made US very agree
able call.
There will be dance at Collyer in
Razaak hall, Saturday, August %,
1914. Good music and a good time
aSSured.-Adv
Miss Edna Walker was a guest at
the home of Mayor Chittsnden at
HAYS where she attended Chautau-
qua during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hickman en-
joyed a visit the first of the week
from Mr.. Chapman of Sterling, ILL.,,
an old school friend of Jakes.
Ralph Kristof of Voda threshed
four and half acres of wheat that
yielded little over fifry-one bushels
per acre. Who can beat it2
o. w. Shideler writes from Bould-
err, Colo: "We are nicely located, but
must have the World to keep posted
on Wa Keeney happenings.
A. J. McCollom left at this office
sample of his Eyerbearing strawber-
rieS. He sure has the berries for
this country as in a week or ten days
he will have more berries than he
can use.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benson and son, Mr.
and Mrs. f. c. Wollner and children,
and Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Larrabee,
tauqua visitors at Hays during the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Perrine have return
ed to their home west of town after
about a years absence in West
Plains, Mo. They says Trego county
looks good to them and our people
are glad to welcome them back.
Mr.. Edward McVey and wife were
guests at the home of her sister, Mrs
Q. Sellers, few days the first of the
week. They had been to Colorado on
summer trip and stopped here as
they were returning to their home at
Boone, Iowa.
The train Thursday evening was
packed with tourists going west to
escape the sweltering heat of the
not night that a person can't sleep
cool and comfortable without going
to the mountains
Lewis Atkinson, of Delphi, Ind,
writes: "We had good rain here |
last night breaking the longest
drought in the history of central In
diana, at least, since the weather |
bureau has been established; corn |
will probably make half crop here; |
glad to hear of the fine wheat crop
in Trego.''
w. E. Baldwin of Eldon, Iowa,
was in the city this week. He owns |
the old B. e. Grim ranch on the Sa- |
line. On this place he his built two |
big cement silos, threshed 800 bush |
els of wheat off 200 acres, has 200
acres of corn that will make so BUSH |
els per acre, besides tons of feed !
This has been a very profitable year
for Mr. B.
The Government Rifle Club was
organized at the Sheriff's Office on
Monday evening with membership
of twenty five. The following officers
were elected: President, W. a.
Swiggett; Vice President, G. b. Kelly;
Secretary, j. e. Fritts; Treasurer, J.
Ell. Hickman; Executive Officer, E.
81. Hillman. Under provisions of
congress Krag rifle is furnished
free to each five members of the club
and 120 rounds of amuni tion for each
member. Targets and score books
are also furnished free. There is no
obligation for military service but
the move is an incentive to promote
rifle practice in general way. Re-
wards are promised by the govern
ment for improvement and we may
expect something from our boys as
they are showing much interest in
the undertaking.
The Union Pacific Railway Com
pany has issued to it's several station
agents in the states of Nebraska, Col
orado and Kansas, bulletin showing
the rating of their several agents at
points on their lines outside of the
general Office at Omaha. This bull
letin shows that our agent, J. e.
Fritts, holds the rating as station
agent over and among more than five