Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-05-29
SURE OF A BIG WHEAT CROP
Ten Southwestern Kansas Counties
Declare They Will Raise at Least
25,ooo,oO0 Bushels This Year.

Reno county expects to carry off the
banner in wheat yield again this year.
1t has two hundred and eighty-seven
thousand acres in almost perfect con-
dition at this time.
If there is Hessian fly or any other
enemy to wheat lurking anywhere in
the county, Reno county farmers do
not know it,
If there is an unpromising acre in
its area it is yet to be found. Clear,
moderate weather after the big rains
of the last few days added to the en-
couragement of the south part of the
wheat belt for another bumper crop
closely crowding the record breaking
yield of last year. Here are the big
wheat counties and their acreage, OF
the southwestern part of the state:
Clark, $4,000; Comanche, 114,0O0; Har-
per. 191 900; Harvey, 900: King
man, $4,000; Kiowa, 167 900; Meade
1O1 900; Pratt, 244,OOO; Reno, 2S7 900,
and Sedgwick, 1873, 900.
These ten big counties have one mil
lion seven hundred thousand acres in
all; about one-fifth of the total acreage
of the state.
In only two of these counties are
conditions at all unfavorable. In Co
manche, because of a late start and
damage in the early growth of the
crop, and in Sedgwick, because of a
small section infested by the Hessian
fly.
Degree Of Honor Won't Merge.-The
grand lodge of the Kansas Degree of
Honor at Wichita defeated by vote
of 173 to 81 a proposition to merge
with the Kansas lodge, Ancient Order
of United Workmen. The next annual
meeting will be held in Kansas City,
Kas., in March, 1916.
Former Atchison Mayor Dead.-M.
]. Cloyes, a pioneer of Atchison coun-
ty, is dead at his home in Atchison.
He was SO years old, and came to
the city in 1859. He was mayor of
Atchison for two terms, from 1891 to
1895. He is survived by a widow and
two sons, Mark Cloyes and Frank
Cloyes of Santa Ana, Cal
Died While on Camping Trip.-Mrs.
Lucinda Rayborn, wife of William
Rayborn of Mountain Ridge, Mo-, died
in a tent on the Overly farm, near
Emporia, the other day. With her
husband and son she was touring to
Montana and was camping on the
farm
Drainage Bonds SoId.-The Com
merce Trust Company of Kansas City
was the successful bidder for the $685.
521.73 of Delaware drainage district
per cent bonds. bids for which were
opened at Muscotah the other day.
The cOmOaDv took the entire iSsua and
paid a premium of S1619SO
Child Scalded to Death.-The 4-year-
old daughter of Jacob Zimmerman,
five miles west of MarysviIle, was so
severely scalded by falling into a boil
er of hot water that she died a few
hours afterward.
| Dennis Madden to Seek Office
Dennis Madden of Emporia will seek
the nomination for Judge of the Fifth
| judicial district at the next primary
on the Republican ticket
| Johnson County Pioneer Dead
Mrs. Margaret Perkins, 90 years old.
died at Edgerton the other day. She
came to Johnson county in 1857 and
had lived there ever since. She is
survived by five daughters and four
| sons.
Woman Hurt in Runaway.-Nrs
Omar Reed, wife of a farmer of Frank
lin county. probably was fatally in
jured as the result of a runaway re-
Gently. a passing motor car fright
ened colt Mr.. and Mrs. Reed were
| driving.