Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-08-29
Wheat go cents Thursday

Pure homemade lard at Bakers adv
Our schools viii convene on Labor
Day-September It'll
| Geo. Baker Jr- left last Saturday
night for San Diego, California.
f. A. Wilds of Banner was trading
with our merchants last Saturday.
Paul Keraus was in Beloit, Kans..
the fore part of the week on business
Rev. Crawford of Grand Junction,
| Colo, was in the city Sunday even
| ing.
Register of Deeds Schaffer of Rus
sell was in the city Tuesday on bust
ness.
Don't forget to attend the wrest-
| ling match at Jones' garage Saturday
evening" p M.
Miss Clara Courtney, Of Great Bend,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernst
Courtney this week.
Acre returned home Wednesday
evening from Topeka
Or. Lou Gibson of New York City
visited his brother, w w. Gibson,
last Friday and Saturday.
Miss Hester Nixon was up from
Qgallah last Friday visiting young
| friends in the county capital.
Peter Park was up from Banner
| Wednesday. He says everything is
I
A. r. Long of Quinter was a Wa
Keeney visitor Monday. He had
! load of watermelons on our market.
Thursday morning rain began fall
| ing and continued through out the
day. 1t will delay threshing few
days.
W. n. Larabee and J. J. Keraus
represented Trego County at the
Democratic meeting at Topeka We'd
nesday.
Chas. Rogers and Rube Carpenter
day and patronized our hardware
dealers.
Last Saturday fire at the T. j.
Pickering place west of town des-
troyed hay stack and some farm
machinery.
Grandma Chalk and Grandma Lar
abee visited with Mrs, Chalk daugh-
ter, Mrs. BOUCHER, near Ellis the first
| of the week.
Mrs G. Sellers and children and
Miss Ethel McVey visited friends in
Hill City, Hoxie and Grinnell during
the past week.
Lost-First National Bank of
Stockton check book containing sew
eral notes. Finder will please leave
it at this office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Shriner of Big
Creek enjoyed visit from Mr.. and
Mrs. L. 3. Weisner of Ellis the lat
ter part of last week.
GUY DeBoer resigned his position
as manager of the Farmers Union
Creamery and Audley Croft has ac-
cepted his place. Guy will work with
his fathers threshing crew.
Mrs. Grace Olson of Topeka was in
the city Wednesday the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. w. c.. Olson. She was on
her way home from Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. t. B. Hays and Grow
er and Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Ellermeyer
and Paul Keraus returned from their
Colorado trip last Saturday evening.
Grant Billings has on exhibition
three ears Of corn at the Wa Keeney
State Bank grown by August Leitzen
on his place in Graham county.
They are hard to beat.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Lewis of San
Jose, Cal, are visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Walker this
week They formerly resided at Hill
City and are the parents of Mrs. Wal
ker. They visited in Iowa before
coming here.
Captain Northup of the Salvation
Army was in the city Sunday and
Monday Sunday evening he occup-
led the pulpit at the Presby
church. Monday he made his usual
says Wa Keeney always responds
most literally.
This week Mrs. r. B. Forester and
/ family moved to Manhattan where
they expect TO make their future
home. They have been residents OF
] Wake eney for a number of years
and will be missed from the com
munity. We wish them happiness
and success in their new home.
5 Next Wednesday September 2nd
+, the Trego County Fair will open
I The Fair Association have worked
9 hard and have met hearty cooper
alton from the citizens of Wa-Keeney
. and everything possible has beer
d done TO make it great success
J. This fair is for TIego County anG
c everyone in the county and all shouiC
: join together in making il memoir
able event in the county'S history
q There are many prizes offered FOL
u nearly all kinds of exhibits; Their,
d will be splendid attractions, shows
:. an air-ship which promises som,
thrilling flights and in fact every
thing that will be of interest ant
&c pleasure will be there. The assoc
= iation is looking for some fine poul
E. try and live stock exhibits, as well a
lgrains and garden products Tn
ladies will have charge of many de
partments, fancy work, art, cookin
Z etc., Everyone for miles aroun'