Western Kansas world., 1914-08-22
36TH YEAR-NUMBER Is

]. @. Cartright, who several years
ago operated the A. B. Cooper ranch
north of here, came up from Clafiin
yesterday morning to see what the
prospects were for run of threshing
around here, with a view to bringing
where he has been threShing since
harvest.-Utica Enterprise.
News has been received that Cap
tain Matthew A. Cross, together
with nineteen other army officers,
sailed for Europe, August 6, on the
armored cruiser Tennessee to aid the
Americans who are stranded abroad.
The cruiser is carrying seven and
one-half million dollars. Aftere6he
distribution of the money the officers
will separate and. go to the different
American embassies where they will
remain for some uime.-ElliS Head
light.
Those Keeneyites who were pres
ent at the Wallace county court
house ceremonies last Friday were @.
r. Kirby, 81. f. Kline, w. N. Lara
bee, S. j. Straw and A. S. Peacock.
Mr.. Kirby and Mr.. Straw returned
on the first train in the evening.
The others waited for the second
train and were given a ride out to
the state irrigation well about 8
miles southwest of Sharon Springs,
near WeSkan. The well is 248 feet
deep, 142 feet of this being in water
bearing sand. A centrifugal pump,
having a capacity of 800 gallons per
minute, and driven by a large trac-
tion engine was flooding a prepared
field with water plenty good enough
for any purpose, the supply being
apparently inexhaustible. The trip
out to the well was made by an auto
over a fine graded road extending
across the county. Two of the party
Id l~ls
pleasure of this ride to Mr. Nj. A.
Cowles, the energetic and enterpris-
ing commissioner of the first Wallace
county district. Wa Keeney people
will remember Mrs. Cowles, wife of
Commissioner Cowles, as Miss Mar
tha Heine, formerly a teacher in our
high school.
lace county courthouse was laid with
Masonic ceremonies last Friday,
August 18th. Charles III. Chandler,
Grand Master of Masons in Kansas,
opened a special session of the Grand
Lodge in the Oddfellows Hall in
Sharon Springs at 2 p. m., after
which the body repaired to the build
ing site where the corner stone was
laid with the traditional ceremony.
About IS members were present, re-
presenting II different lodges and
from four different states. Good
huSlC WAS pTONlu0O Dy -UD0 SHARON
Springs band and a mixed chorus,
the local o. E. S. chapter assisting.
Rev. F. NJ. Cox, formerly M. e. pas
tor at Wa Keeney was the acting
chaplain. Hon. j. @. Ruppenthal, as
orator of the day, delivered an able
address commencing fraternity and
good citizenship. The new court
house will be of brick and reinforced
cement construction, almost fire.
proof. Although not quite as large
as the Trego county court house it
will be more modern building.
The walls will be of a golden gray
tinted brick, backed with hollow tile.
The building will be heated by steam
and lighted by an electric light plant
placed in the basement. The total
cost viii be about $50, 900, including
furnishings. Wallace county needs
this new building ard its citizens are
to be commended for their courage
and enterprise in providing so SPLEEN
didly for the present and future des-
pite the reyerses of recent seasons