Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-05-22
MARKING THE OZARK TRAIL
Work of Designating Route in Kansas
Starts at Oswego-3oo Miles
Already Marked.


The active work OF marking the
Ozarks Trail began from Oswego re-
Gently, in charge of w. H. Harvey,
president of the Ozark Trail Associa-
ton of Monte Ne, Ark. accompanied
by guide and two painters furnished
by the local organization in that city
First the route south from Oswego to
an intersection with a marked route
from the east into Blue Jacket, Ok,
twenty-eight miles south, was desig-
mated and marked. Starting from Os-
wego again the same force will pro-
coed north through Parsons, Chanute,
lola and intervening towns, to an in
tersection with the Santa Fee Trail at
Emporia. Returning again to Oswega,
the trail will be marked east from
there to Joplin, and west to Independ-
ence, Kas., as a part of the route to
Wichita, Oklahoma City and another
connection with the Santa Fe Trail at
or near Hutchinson. Oswego will
form the junction of the main north
and south and east and west trails.
The route to Emporia will branch off
at some convenient place to Kansas
City and the ultimate stop of the east
ern line will be ST. Louis. Mr.. Harvey
reports three hundred miles of the line
marked now and seven hundred miles
will be completed before the date of
the Ozark Trails convention at indie
pendence, June II. At a recent meet
ing in Oswego much interest in the
matter was taken and delegations
were there from nearby towns.
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Kansas Labor Head Names Aid
John Pelligrino of Mulberry has
been named as assistant state commits
sioner of labor and mine inspector.
Francis Keegan, present incumbent,
was notified by P. J. Mcbride, state
commissioner of labor, to turn over
his office to Pelligrino May 1. Com
missioner Mcbride also announced
the following deputy mine inspectors:
James Sherwood, Edison; Charles
Paisley, Pittsburg;, Martin Ketzman,
Frontenac; Fred Green, Columbus, and
Thomas Turvey, Scranton.
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Dug re Tons of Charlottesville
children of Mcpherson in one day
pulled about 5000 pounds of dande-
lions. A contest was inaugurated by
the Federation of Women's Clubs. The
merchants offered prizes of candy.
More than sixty entries were made.
The children of one family combined
in many cases to bring the weight up
for one of their number.
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Wellington Daily SoId.-C. R. Hav-
ems, postmaster at Wellington, has
sold the Daily Journal to Bruce Heg-
Ter and Chester Leasure of Wichita,
who will change the politics of the pa
per from Democratic to Republican.
Mr.. Ravens will continue to publish
the Weekly Peoples Voice, county
Democratic publication.
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Judge to Run for Congress.-Judge
Thomas c. Wilson of the district court
at Wichita has announced his candi-
dacy for the Republican nomination
for congress from the Eighth district.
w. A. Ayres, a Democrat, is the pres
ent incumbent.
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Woman Died in Taxi.-Mrs. T. C..
pendence. died in a taxicab recently
while on her way to the station to
take train for Oklahoma
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Wins Oratory Contest..-Edward F.
Barry, member of the football and
baseball teams of the St. Marys uni
versity, won the gold medal in the
Miller oratory contest.
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Circuit Rider Dead.-The Rev. Jas
w. Blundon, a retired Methodist
preacher and a circuit rider in the
Salina district in the COS, is dead He
was S3 years old. He retired only a
few years ago. He served four years
in the Civil War
Atchison Orpheum Falls In.-The
entire front and part of the roof of the
new Orpheum Theater at Atchison
collapsed the other night. The thea
ter, the finest in the state, was COM
pleted late last fall. The seating ca
pacity is about two thousand.
Garfield ScnooImate Dead NJ.
Sortore, a schoolmate of the late Pres
ident James A. Garfield at Hiram Col
lege in Ohio, is dead at Ottawa. He
was IS years old.
lola Gets a Signal Corps.-The sig
nal corps allotted to Kansas and
which will be equipped and supplied
by the government will be located in
| lola.
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