Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-01-09
WILL TEACH ROAD BUILDING
Agricultural College Offers a New
Course to Those Who Want
Practical knowledge.

fered for the first time for surveyors,
city engineers and county engineers
by the engineering division in the
Kansas state agricultural college The
short courses in engineering open
January 5, with the regular winter
term, and close March II. The total
expense for board and room, books
and incidental fee is $63.5O.
This new course is arranged for
those who wish to obtain a practical
knowledge of road building, irrigation
and drainage, bridge and culvert con-
struction and road laws. Thirteen
hours a week are devoted to class
work and twenty-five hours to labora-
| tory and field work.
Mr.. Farmer, do you want to know
how to do concrete work? The en-
cheering division is offering a 10
week course in concrete construction
which is suitable for contractors and
| farmers who wish to do their own
| concrete work. The course consists
of lectures and practical work along
| the lines of concrete materials and
tests, form constructions and designs,
concrete mixers and reinforced con-
| crete.
| Flour From Clay Center.-A car of
| $50 barrels of flour was shipped from
| Clay Center recently for the relief of
the Belgians. More flour will be
shipped later.
Long Trip to Bury ChiId.-Rather
than bury their child in alien soil, a
mother and father have just completed
a trip half around the world with the
| h0du Of fboir how Tho son
of Lieutenant and Mrs. Lackay died
in Manila, in the Philippines, ON Oc-
tober II. The mother is a former
Dodge City girl and rather than bury
her boy in that faraway land the par
ents started at once for home.
Accidentally Kills Sister.-Zelma
Ward, the 3-year-old daughter of Ell
mer Ward, a farmer living near Wells
vile, is dead after being accidentally
shot by her 7-year-old sister. Mrs
: Ward had placed a % caliber rifle on
a bed while she answered a telephone
call. The older girl picked up the
: rifle and in some way it was dis
charged.
4 Give Skin to Save Friend.-To save
5 the life of Marion Moore, a salesman
: of Sedan, who was injured in a mo
f tor car accident, four friends o.
: Moore submitted to operations in E
o hospital here to provide a square foo
d of cuticle for. the injured man. AL
five men are recovering.
Wheat Brings S1.12-Min and grai1
: dealers at Atchison are paying $1-1'
e and SLIP to farmers for wheat. Thi
iS he HI cI, sin, ~
n celebrated Letter wheat corner,
about fifteen years ago.
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y Rob Arma Postoffice-The post
s. office at Arma was entered recentl
% and between 800 and $500 worth o
d stamps taken from the safe A hard
v ware store next door also was eI
'r tered and five shotguns, five revolver
Is and ammunition taken
~ -
Gave 5000 to Beigians.-Alfre
a Landon, chairman of the Montgomer
~ county Belgian relief committee, i
I'd closing up his account found tina
TX Montgomery county has contribute
i'd more than $4,000 towards relievin
the distress in Belgium
or Had Big Year.-The Lyon Count
er Farmers Produce Association, whic
ne was organized Dec. Is, 1913, has tral
"a acted $4,000 worth of business j
at that time, according to a statemeI
re- made by A. B. Hall, manager of til
IL association.
he Il
College Staff Men Die.-Two men
bers of the Kansas Agricultural &C
B. lege stan are dead Captain B.
he Strother, superintendent of printin
IN died suddenly of heart disease, ar
IN Professor Carl Ostrum of the Englis