Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-17
NO BIG WHEAT LOSS
Kansas Crops Survived the
Rains, Says Secretary
Mothers Report.
THE CROP KILLERS REFUTED
Only One County in Wheat Belt
Shows Heavy Loss-TotaI Yield
Not Affected.

There were two big surprises in the
Kansas crop report recently issued
by J. C. Mohler, secretary of the
Board of Agriculture. One was the
tremendous wheat acreage and the
other was the high yield indicated
The figures of the county assessor in
just one-half the counties of the state
have been reported to the board, and
these show an increase of 3 per cent
over the acreage of year ago, which
was the record acreage in the state
For two weeks crop killing reports
have been going from Kansas because
of the tremendous rains in certain
sections. But these rains did not at
feet the big wheat counties of the
state. Edwards county is the only
one in the wheat belt that shows a
heavy loss. while the other big losses
are in Eastern Kansas counties with
small acreages.
Last week Mr.. Mohler was asked
what the heavy rains had done. He
replied his reports indicated heavy
losses along the valleys of some
streams, but these areas were SO
small that the total yield in Kansas
would not be affected materially.
That interview brought to Mohler
thousands of letters and kilograms
telling him he was too optimistic.
Because Of this the annual harvest
report was made more elaborate than
ever before. The blanks were sent
to more farmers than ever before and
more than sixteen hundred replied,
giving their actual belief as to the
area abandoned, the probable yield for
each acre and the actual condition of
the crop. When the replies came in
Mr. Mohler struck out and refused to
consider many of the replies because
they seemed too high and took only
the most conservative figures report
ed from each county.
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No Waqqener "Kid" Picnic.-Sena-
tor Bailie P Wagner, known all over
the country the children's friend,
announced recently that because of
inability to attend to the details be-
cause of his age and other duties, he
would not give his annual children's
picnic July Is, as he has been accus-
toned to do the last fifteen years. In
former years all the children within a
radius of thirty miles of Atchison
have been the senator's guests.
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Held Court in Corn FieId.-When
farmers connected with a suit in the
district court at Emporia were unable
to leave their long delayed blowing
long enough to make the trip to town,
Judge w C. Harris moved court to
the country. The hearing was held
in a corn field, fences and plows
serving as seats. 1t is thought the
case can be entirely decided on the
one hearing.
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1enbeck. 1S-year-old son of the hotel
proprietor at Ivana, was killed by
lightning recently. He had been told
to go out and walk in the storm to
cure headache, when the bolt struck
the barn near which the boy was walk
ing. Death was instantaneous.
Winfield Gets the Cash.-The city of
Winfield has received the prize of
$1,000 offered for the best city in Kan
sas in which to rear babies. The
check was presented by Prof. w. A.
McKeever of Kansas University at a
mass meeting.
Capture Freight Thief-Harry Hun
ter, a negro "A years old, lies in the
county hospital at Olathe with his
left arm amputated just below the
shoulder and ball and cnaln around
an ankle to insure safe keeping He
was shot and his arm shattered while
stealing merchandise from a Frisco
freight train near South Park, this
county.
Weed Seed Makes Stock Food
Prof. E. H. S. Bailey of the Univer
sity of Kansas has discovered a meth
cd of extracting oil from a common
Kansas weed. the Devils Claw,
which grows profusely in the south
western part of the state
Clay Center to Burn Bonds--Clay
Center is planning a SIS. 600 Fourth O.
July celebration. 1t will be a rea
celebration, too. and what represent
ed $4,000 will be burned Clay Cen
ter is going to pay off the last in
staIlment of it's electric light bonds
July l and the state treasurer ha.
been asked to make a special effor
to see that the cancelled bonds get t,
Clay Center in time for the celebra
ton.
Drowned in Pond.-Lesler Bright
Is years old, son of William Bright
was drowned in pond on Josepl