Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-05-15
WOULD REPAIR THE ROADS
w. S. Gearinart Calls Attention to the
Poor Condition of Kansas High
ways-TWo Plans.

Substitute the traction engine for
the Kansas farm horse and repair the
roads this spring, is the advice of w.
s. Gearhart, state highway engineer
in the agricultural college. Because
of the bad condition in which the
roads have been in the winter and the
rush of farm work it is likely, he be-
1eves, that the road work will be neg
lected until late summer or early fall.
Let the horses work Oh the corn
crop and let the traction engines fix
the roads, he advises. The roads have
deep ruts, and all the dragging they
can be given will not repair the dam
age. Nearly all the roads in Kansas
will have to be graded this spring if
they are to be in good shape for the
summer trayeL If the road overseers
wait until fall to grade their roads,
the road will be in an impossible
condition during q large part of the
winter.
Banker Candidate for Governor
John E. Wagner, president of the Kan
sas State Bankers Association and
president of the First State bank of
Larned, has announced that he would
be candidate for governor of Kan
sas. He will go before the primaries
| in August and ask for the Democratic
nomination
Farmers Wife Burned to Death
| Mrs. Henry Adams, "a years old, wife
of farmer near Anthony, was burned
to death recently by the explosion
of kerosene. with which she was
| starting a fire. Her husband ran to
her assistance and carried her out of
the house. He suffered painful burns,
but will recover
| News of Accident Fatal. = Two
| deaths followed an accident at Nc
Pherson recently. The 5-year-old son
| of Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Aspegren was
killed by freight train when he slid
from a chaff pile near the railroad
When neighbor. Mrs. L. Hammerick,
heard of the accident she died from
the effects of the shock
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Kansan Shoots HimseIf-Andrew
Bowman, SIS years old, went into
pawnship at Independence, purchased
a revolver and handed the shop keep
er a check. When the shopkeeper
| turned to get the change, Bowman
| shot himself, dying at once. 1t is not
known whether the shooting was acct
dental. Mr.. Bowman was a contractor
and is survived by his wife.
Kansas Lard to Europe-Three
trainloads of lard have been shipped
to the European war zone by the Cud-
ahy Packing Company of Wichita the
last month. They went by way of
New Orleans. The three trains car
ried about sixty cars and each car was
loaded with thirty thousand pounds of
lard. making a total of 1,S0O, 900
pounds
To Whistle at Big Fair.-James
Butin, junior in Kansas University,
has signed a contract to whistle at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition in San
Francisco Butin has filled whistling
engagements on lyceum and chautau-
qua circuits He will spend three
weeks at the fair. His home is at
Fredonia
Atchison Champion Reorganized-
A stock company composed of Shelf
field Ingalls,, Wilbur c. Hawk o. A
Simmons and A s and E P Ande-
rock has been organized to succeed
Anderock Brothers as owners and
publishers of the Atchison Daily
Champion
Train- Killed Farmer-L E ShoIz.
farmer and stockman living near
Beattie. was killed by a train near the
Grand Island depot at Seneca. He was
about so year of age and had q wife
] and children