Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-03
In Addition to the Dead Four
teen Persons We're Injured
In the State.
SOME DEATHS NOT REPORTED
TWO Fatalities Resulted From Coal
Oil and GasoIine-Causes of
TWO Unknown.

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last month in Kansas, according to a
statement issued the other day by
| Lew T. Hussey, state fire marshal
This statement was compiled from
newspaper clippings, and is believed
to cover about one-half of the in
| Juries resulting from fires.
From the experience of the last
two years" said Imri Zumwalt, as
s1stant state fire marshal, 1--WE get
only about one-half of the injuries
from our clipping service
One death resulted from a gaso-
line explosion, one from a kerosene
fire; the causes of fires resulting in
two of the deaths are unknown Fol
lowing is the death toll of Kansas
fires reported so far for the month
of April:
John Bergen. of Moundridge, killed
instantly when a gasoline tank ex-
ploded.
Mrs. Martha Carson, of Haddam,
clothing saturated with coal oil. Be
Eeved to have been a case of suicide
Two-year-old baby, child Of X l.
Wien Inman, burned to death in bed
while mother was away from the
house. Cause of fire unknown
Mrs. Christiana Wilson, of La
crosse, clothing caught fire from
stove, it is believed.
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Prairie Fires BeneficiaI.-Prairie
fires in Western Kansas earlier in
the spring are believed to be the
cause of the fact that few Hessian
flies are bothering the wheat there
now. In Ness County there has been
no trouble caused by fly in the wheat.
The county is to have the bumper
crop of 80 years. Rush and Ford
Counties report that there is little
or no Hessian fly where there were
prairie fires.
Little Car Wrecks Big One-A rae
ing car weighing 1900 pounds,
driven by l.. ]. Dopps, was knocked
over by smaller car weighing 900
pounds at Pretty Prairie, when they
collided. Miss Ella Demoret and AL
Collingwood. passengers with Dopps.
are IN a Wichita hospital, suffering
from broken bones and bruises Miss
Demoret has a broken shoulder blaze
and internal injuries Dopps escaped
injury.
Crowned May Queen.-Miss Mary
Poison of F'redonia, Kan, was crowned
queen of May at the annual fete
which was held at the Kansas State |
Agricultural College at Manhattan re-
Gently Miss Poison is a member of |
the Delta Zeta Sorority and has al
ways taken an active part in student |
affairs and in debating, having rep
resented the college in inter-cille- |
giat debates the last two years.
Has sol More Motor Cars-An I'M
usually large number of motor cars
have been bought by Marshall Coun-
~ people in the last six OF eight
months. The licenses issued there
now number 1861, against 500 for
the total of last year.
Normal Teaches Kite Making-Kite
Tying IS part of a course at the State
manual Training Normal at Pitts
burg The flying, however. is only
incidental to the construction of the
kites. The kites are of the box and
bow tailless pattern.
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Killed While Stealing Ride.-Jobn
B. Kelly of Bridgeport, Conn. was run
over and killed at Salina by Rock
Island train just outside the city linn
it's Kelly, with Elmer Roberts of
Portland. Me, was stealing a ride
from Solomon to Salina
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Woman Dead at 92.-Jane Olsen. 50
years old, was found dead in her
home at Junction City, recently. She
had lived alone several years.
Arkansas City Miller Dead-Henry
H. Hill, thirty years resident of Ar
kansas City and secretary and treas
lrer of the Arkansas Milling COMPANY.
he'd at his home there of apoplexy.
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Leased 1900 Acres for OiI-Twelve !
thousand acres of land in the north
half of johnson county have been | .
eased by oil men. About three-fourths
II the amount is leased to J. H Ehr-
lardt of Pittsburg, while the Clark !
interests of Kansas City have leased ;
1000 acres The district mas shown :
Indications of being rich in oil and :
irllllng may be started in the summer. !;
ES-Mayor of Two Towns Dead
capt- r. t. Stanfield, Civil war vet ,
ran and former mayor both of Belle
lille and Republic, Kas., is dead AT
3elleville. At the close of the rebel :