Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-06-12
INDEPENDENCE WAS SECOND
to Prof. Mckeever at State
University.

First the judges asked Professor
McKeever if they could not divide the
first prize money between Winfield
and independence and give McPher-
son the second place, each city being
so nearly equal in everything that
goes to make a model town for chill
dren that the judges found it hard to
pick between the three. But the di-
vision of the money could not be made
Winfield will receive $1,000, given
by Governor and Mrs. w. r. Stubs.
independence will receive the $500
given by Charles F. Horner of Kansas
City. The money is to be devoted by
the two cities to making their towns
even better places for the children to
live in
There were fifteen towns contesting
for the honor of being the model town
The contest was limited to cities of
the second class and was based upon
these six propositions:
Opportunities for play and athletics.
School work and industrial training.
Social and recreation activities.
Physical and moral safeguards.
Activities of child fostering organ
iZations-
Attendance in Sunday schools.
The contesting towns were:
Winfield, independence, Chanute,
Yates Center, Ottawa, Olathe, Newton,
Sterling, Garden City, Great Bend, Nc
Pherson, Hays, Manhattan, Sabetha
and Hiawatha.
After the BootIeggers.-Putting into
effect an announced determination to
no longer compromise with the liquor
traffic by accepting the payment of in
ternal revenue after a plea of guilty
or conviction in the courts of Kansas,
federal officers have caused the arrest
of James Hall, Mack Miller and John
Smith, who have just completed SEN
fences in the Allen county jail for vio-
lation of the Prohibitory Law, and
took them to Fort Scott, where they
will be prosecuted und-r the Federal
Liquor Law. Miller, Smith and Hall
were without government licenses
when arrested.
Request to Employees Sustained
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Goemann received
a verdict in the district court at Medi-
cine Lodge recently, giving them pos
session of a $4,000 ranch decided to
them by A. NJ. Houchin, a wealthy pio-
neer, who died recently. Both had
DSon III HIS SmpIOy MANY years
brother and several sisters of Mr..
Houchin brought suit to set aside the
deed on the ground that it had been
the result of undue influence by the
Goemanns. The case will be ap-
pealed.
Died Birthday AnniVersary.-l
George V. Banks died at Salina recent
ly- 1t was his seventy-third birthday
anniversary. He had been a farmer
there forty-ive years.
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Former Postmaster Dead.-L. d.
McMurry, AZ years old, for four years
postmaster of Mcpherson, is dead at
his home in that city.
Kansas Eagles Eiect.-2. J. Morgan
of Leayenworth was elected state
worthy president of the Kansas Fra
ternal Order of Eagles at the annual
meeting in Mulberry. John Simon
of Pittsburg was elected vice presi-
dent; Peter Boyle of Kansas City,
Kas., chaplain; W. H. Smith of Atchi-
son, secretary; Charles Perry of Null
berry, treasurer; Ben Holtwig Of To
peka. grand trustee. The next state
meeting will be held at Atchison.
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Live Wire Kills Giri.-Annie Suchy,
the eighty car-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs John S. Suchy, picked up live
wire the other day and was killed.
stroke of lightning had broken the
wire, which supplies the current to
Eoisington, with Is 200 volts, and the
child's brother tried to pull her ava
after she grasped the wire. The cur
rent knocked him away.
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Lyon County Stocknan Dies.-Wil
liam H. Patton, a leading stockman
and banker of Lyon county, is dead at
San Antonio, Tex, after a nervous
breakdown.
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leahy on Wichita Reacon.-Dave
Leahy, for many years a newspaper
man in Wichita, but until recently con-
nected with the Eldorau Republican
as an editorial writer, has joined the
editorial staff of the Wichita Beacon.
Henry J. Aliens paper. Mr.. Leahy
will be an editorial assistant
Struck Gas in School WeII.-A good
flow of gas was struck at a depth of
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