Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-08-05

here Thursday on business.
Mrs. Bert Benson, of OgaIlah, and
SON were trading in the city Thurs
day.
Mrs VIM. Wollner and children
are visiting Mrs. Wollner's parents
at Pendennis.
Mrs. Chas- Baird and son left We'd
day evening for bingham, Kansas,
to visit relatives.
Collie Inglis has added to the COM
forts in his restaurant by Installing
three electric fans.
Atty. Holmquist, of Hays, stopped
on here Tuesday between trains while
enroute to Colorado.
The Board of County Commission
ers will meet in regular session next
Monday to make the tax levy.
Trego county is now threshing OUT
132, III acres of wheat which is averag-
ing more than 20 bushels per acre.
Harry Roscoe left Wednesday even
ing for Barnard, Mo, called on &C
count of the illness of his father.
J. M. Killfoil was called to Topeka
last Monday to a. tend the funeral of
Mrs. Killfoil's father, B. F. Philip.
Take out Butler Grain Bin for
that wheat, oats, corn and other
small grains. J. ]. Keraus Adv. %
John Merriam, of Smith Center.
representing the Lockwood Halle
Printing Co was a caller on the court
house boys Thursday.
Miss May Curry left Sunday for
Lawrence, Kan, to spend her vaca-
ton with her parents. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. w. S. Gorrell.
Atty. L. B. Bearsley, of Russell,
was looking after his wheat here
Tuesday and Wednesday. He collect
ed over $500 90 rent off of one quarter.
Wade Evans of WaKeeney was in
town Monday in company with Frank
Stoner. Both are statesmen with the
Lux Nero, Co, of Topeka-Graintield
Cap Sheaf.
When YOU want a long or short
time loan on your land, see the
Wa Keeney State Bank They will
make you rates and terms satisfact-
DRY. adv. 7
Chas. Hillman and Andy Wine
burner and their families autoed over
to Nicodemus Wednesday and attend
ed the big celebration. They report
a big crowd and a good time.
Mrs. J. II. Dietrich and Mrs. Frank
Glass of Collyer, were here Wednesday
and Thursday this week transactinSt
business in the Probate Court relative |
to the estate of Jacob FL. Dietrich.
We have piano in the vicinity of |
Wa-Keeney partly paid for. Parties
and are compelled to take |
piano back. Bargain to party paying |
balance due on it. Write Means 81 /
Pearson Piano Co, 2O5 east 10th street, |
Kansas City, Mo.-Adv. "a.
A farmer near town came in Wed |
nesday and bought a washing machine
and gasoline power engine for his
wife. He remarked that he had /
every convenience for himself in his
work and that the wife should be
in the distribution of |
these labor savers. Some mani
Judge A. s. Peacock accompanied
George P. Taylor, of Stockton, to |
gutter "Wednesday. The city of Quin. |
Ter IS planning for II electric lighting
system as is also Ransom on the
south. Mr.. Taylor was the engineer |
for the WaKeeney Light and Water |
plants He has just completed a |
plant at Hoxie, Kansas.
The State Tax Commission in |
session at Topeka last week approved |
and accepted the report for 1916 of |
Trego County's assessed valuation as |
by the board of county COM
No changes were made. |
County clerk, @. FL. Benson, repres- |
ented tlie county at this meeting and |
was instrumental in securing the
adoption or the report.
Fire discovered at o'clock a. M. /
Thuriday destroys ed the barn and con-
tents OF Gotlieb Mangold about two /
miles west of Ogallah About 400 /
bushels of wheat, some corn, oats. |
hay, harness etc. The wheat was in
'ured but we could not learn of other
Insurance How the ire started is a |