Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-05

Virgil Beamer and sister. Miss Yer
ma, are visiting relatives and friends
in this vicinity this week.
Mrs. Henry Wilhour visited last
week out in the country with Mr..
and Mrs Warren Wilhour-
Miss Elsie TiIley went to Emporia,
Wednesday evening, to visit friends,
returning Sunday evening
Eugene Millerof Kansas City was
in the city few days last week go
ing from here to Scott City.
Mrs. Emma Kerns. of Kansas City,
Kansas, is here visiting her sisters,
Mrs. Stricken and Mrs. Dieffenbach.
News is rather scarce these days
and what little there is we generally
get second handed or eludes us all to-
gether.
Well we're here again after weeks
vacation and will endeayor to stay
awhile this time if you have no OBJ
lection.
The next number of the League
lecture course will be December Sth
by DIR. J. S. Crumbine, of Topeka, on
the subject Rural Sanitation ~.
Several carloads of cotton cake
were unloaded here last week for the
different ranches on the river and
they have been quite busy hauling it
out.
The primary Sunday School classes
9 and 10 are packing large Xmas
box of toys and clothing which they
will send to the poor children at
Kansas City.
Martin Schoeppel arrived Wednes-
day evening to spend the week end
with home folks. While here he had
very ugly fall on Andy's motor, but
luckily did not get seriously hurt ex-
cept few bad bruises.
Misses Anna and Elizabeth NoIl
came home from Hays last week to
spend Thanksgiving with home folks.
Cyle Horchem took them back to
Hays, Sunday afternoon, in his Hup
staying over till Monday to take IN
the auto polo that day.
Several of the Ransom people spent
Thanksgiving away from home, a
number from here going to Utica to
see the basket ball games and several
others taking hike to Wa-Keeney
to see he auto polo game.
Mr.. ami Mrs. d. Hanshire of Rolfe,
Iowa, and Mr.. and Mrs. James Han
shire of Whiting, Kans., came in
Wednesday evening for visit with
their sister, Mrs. III. Tilley, and
other relatives at this place.
Practically al the business men ex-
Thanksgiving Day, to take care of
the turks, which had been coming to
town the past week and we guess
they did a pretty good job of it as
we fail to see them now.
We have had several days recently |
when indications seemed to tell US
that a rain was eminent but to the |
present writing it has not material |
lied, but we'll get it one of these |
days and we think in time to make |
another bumper wheat crop.
The League course of study class
at the NJ. E. church, is progressing !
fine; the attendance Sunday evening
being large and everyone is taking a
good interest in the course The |
subject discussed Sunday evening
was ''Women and Children in Indus
try" Subject for Sunday evening,
December ID, will be: ssThe Attack
Upon Poverty Miss Gladys Draher,
leader.
We have read good deal recently
about the formation of booster clubs
throughout the country in the differ
ent papers and believe that such a
club would be good thing here as it
would get all people to thinking of
the good things we have here. But
that is no reason why one should not
boost anyway whether there is a
club here or not and it would make a
big difference if every citizen would
boost for the country andhelp every
enterprise that helped the country.
If you can't boost without belonging
to club we will get club started
right away, sure we will.
Talk about road builders, we have
them right here among us. A few
of our enterprising citizens made up
their minds last week that they
travelled over that bad hill between
here and Ness City enough in its
present condition so they armed