Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-02-21
WILL DRIVE OUT FOOTBALLS
Prof. Mckeever to Aid Lawrence in
Effort to improve Conditions
Among Students

A municipal pool hall. owned and
operated by the city, is the plan which
Prof. A. McKeever, director of the
public welfare work at the University
of Kansas. suggests as cure for the
pool hall evils il Lawrence.
For several weeks there has been
considerable agitation in Lawrence
against the pool halls Petitions were
circulated and mass meetings held
Several of the councilmen and the
mayor, E Z. Bond. have favored the
closing of pool halls. and the mayor
wrote and has personally supported
the ordinance which will come before
the city council next-aIonday light.
Though two of the councilm ems atti-.
tude in the matter is unknown. the
mayor is confident of enough votes
to carry the measures
Professor McKeever believes that
if the pool halls are closed, there
should be some place of amusement
provided by the city. The only solu-
ton. he says, is that THE city build
and conduct its own pool hall. 1t is
the evil atmosphere. rather than the
abolished, and the municipal pool hall
is to be the best way to accomplish
that end
Drought Killed Fruit Trees.-W
B. Thomas, a prominent farmer llv-
ing north of Clay Center. who has
Always been especially interested in
fruit trees. as well as shade trees,
states that the greater part of the
fl nit trees of his section are dead, due
to the excessivec heat and dry weather
OF last summer
The great loss to farmers of this
sction. says Mr. Thomas, from the
drought of last summer was not from
the loss of their corn crop and other
crops, but from the loss to the orch
ard and shade trees. find my
orchard practically ruined, an orchard
which l have spent years in getting
into shape, and | will now have to
cut out most of the trees and practi-
cally start over again. When spring
comes farmers will discover how bad
ly damaged their trees are Mr..
Thomas has always taken much in
terest in farmers institute work and
is a progressive farmer.
x
BristoW's Observation-Disclosures the
efforts of Senator Bristow of Kansas,
the Alaskan railroad bill which has
just passed the senate contains pro-
vision authorizing the President to
have any government railroad that
may be constructed in Alaska oper-
ated by the Panama Railroad company.
The bill. as it came from committee,
The bill. as it came from committee,
had a section which gave to the presi-
dent the authority to lease to private
Individuals or to private corporations
any railroad that may be built by the
government in Alaska, in event he
should decide that the best interests
of the government would be subserved
by such a course. Senator Bristow
came forward with an amendment au-
thorizing the president to lease the
read to the Panama Railroad company.
Fifth District Dentists Meet
The Kansas Dental Society of the
Fifth District held their CONVENTION in
Paola recently. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: j.
l. Morgan, president, Emporia: F. G.
Boyer, vice president, Paola; George
D. Mitchell, treasurer, Ottawa The
next meeting will be held at Topeka
in April.
Concordia Wins Suit.-The city OF
Concordia won an injunction suit
when Judge Hogin dismissed the case
brought to stop paving, which the
city was preparing to DO. under the
1913 law. The point of whether nom
residents counted on a petition or not
was involved Judge Hogin upheld
the 1913 paving law.
Threatened to Blow Her Up-Al-
leging that her husband had threat
ened to blow the whole outfit"
up with three cans of giant powder
which he kept in. the house, Mrs.
Sophia Lewendofski filed suit in the
district court at Leavenworth for di-
vorce from Theodore Lewendofski.
Change in College Ptans.-The Free
Methodist college of Orleans, Neb.,
will not locate at Abilene. After rails
ing $4,000 to buy a site committee
was sent to Orleans and reported that
the institution is too small to meet
the requirements. 1t may go to Nc
Pherson.
Mrs n. w. McClaughrey Dead
Mrs. Elizabeth Catherine McClaugh-
rey. wife of Mai r. w. McClaughrey.
formerly warden OF the United States