Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-31


you despite your imperfect address.
A postal was recently delivered with
out delay to resident of "Keeney,
Wa county, Kansas
Old 81 has kick a-coming because
his name gets mixed up so often with
Aunt Simpy's in these grams He
says Aunt Simpy is a little too
blamed primpy and proper for his
style.
If you can't say a good word about
a body, don't say nything.-Aunt
Simply 1 never miss chance to say
something. old ST. 1 seldom have
to kick myself for saying too little
Uncle Heck.
Old ST says that there are only two
ladies in this town who hold their
crochet hooks in the proper manner
Old 81 knows because he has heard
the two admit as much to each other.
All the others are different
Poetic license covers a multitude
of sins. 1t is a great refuge for the
reckless.
This department is requested to
furnish the address of Mrs John
Brownerick, nee Emma Wilson,
formerly of Nebraska, for whom an
estate is waiting. 1t is believed that
this lady and her husband, who is
horse trader by trade, drove through
this town in covered wagon about
two years ago. Can you name the
harbor where this craft is anchored?
Probably it would have been a good
thing if the legislature of 1913 had
passed an act defining the status of
the various classes of female voters
in this state. For example, the
American woman who has married
an alien: also the wife of foreigner
who has taken out his s'first papers,
What do you think about it? Should
either or both of these classes of wo-
men be allowed to vote? As the mat
ter stands now it appears that both
of ehenf may berefused the privilege.
Why not work up friendly test
case or cases at some of the special
city elections being held in the state
and give our supreme court a chance
to pass on the questions before the
November election or even before
August if possible.
1t has become a matter for
comment that private business
methods and equipment have inn
proved rapidly in the last few years
but that the public business largely is
conducted in the same old. inaccurate
and inefficient way and with the
same old lack of office facilities.
There is reason for this difference.
The private business man spends his
own money and buys what he thinks
he needs for his own good. Public
office equipment must be ordered by
men who do not personally use the
same, and consequently they may
not realize the actual need of it.
They must buy at public expense
and their personal interests as officers
and taxpayers leads them to econo-
miZe, though it may be in fact
false economy in the long rum And
again, county commissioners are i'm
portuned and harassed to buy this
or that, or to spend public funds for
this or that public improvement, and
very naturally are inclined to spend
the money where there is the most
clamor and where the expenditure
will be seen and appreciated by the
greatest number of people. On the
other hand, the mere clerical occu-
pant of an office is only one person,
one voter, one taxpayer. and though
he may know what is needed for the
public good he cannot force his de-
mands. 1t looks like selfshness on
his part. What he wants and needs
will not be seen or appreciated by
the general public He may buy a
typewriter at his own expense, and
take it away with Linn when his
term is out Tor sell it at half price,
but he cannot afford to provide gener-
al office equipment or records which
may be required to put improved
methods into effect. In the mean
time Especially s.mean''0 the county
commissioners are between fires
They ssget it, coming or going, and