Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-07-22

The county commissioners were in
session Thursday.
j. M. Holland is the new night
man at the depot.
DR.. Stoner of Quinter was in the
city Wednesday afternoon.
Attorney holland was up from Ellis
last Saturday on business.
Grandpa Stranahan was on the sick
list the first of the week.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. d. Lynn were Sail
ma visitors the first of the week.
Miss Hattie J. Kirby entertained
very pleasantly a number of ladies
last Friday afternoon.
Thos. Feeney has competed a Bee
Hive trash burner for the Moore.
Gibson and Kelly stores.
DR.. U. S. Miller returned nome last
Monday after ten days sojourn in
the mountains of Colorado.
Ernest Jesse was up from Frank
lin township the first of the week at
tending to business matters.
Captain John Fritts and wife of
Dolling Park, Fla, are visiting their
son, J. E. Fritts and family, of this
city.
Z Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Nelson of Abb
ington, ILL.,, arrived in the city last
Friday. Mr.. Nelson owns a good
farm southeast of town.
Rev. Woodward received telegram
Friday morning announcing the sud-
den death of his brother, Edward
Woodward, at Boston Thursday even
ing.
Mrs. Jos. Shaw of Sharon Springs
and sister, Miss Bernice Clark of
Ogallah, were the guests of Misses
Luella and Hazel Jones the last of
the week.
James. Council, who left here sew
eral years ago and located at Carroll
ton, Mo. lis revisiting old scenes in
Trego county He made the trip
overland.
Miss Eta, J. Elliott and Mr.. Cor
don w. Lane, both of Collyer town
ship were married at the Office of the
Probate Judge in this city last Satur-
day afternoon
Geo. o. Pierce and sister of Beres
ford, S. OAK. who have been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Mattingly and
fdaughter, Bernice, for about week
departed Wednesday morning fol
home in their car.
Attorney E. A. Rea was up from
Hays Monday afternoon attending &c
some legal business. Ed. is a candi
date for state senator of this district
and reports his chances fine for The
nomination and election.
The following certificates were
granted to Trego county teachers
who wrote the normal examination
First Grade-Delta Keyser. Second
Grade Paul Hancock, Maud Morgan
Jane Schimkowitsch, Ella Marcy
Pauline Mayer and Bette BeasoD
Third Grade Helen Disney, Winnie
| Wahlborg and Matte league.
| DuiiHS OLlO pdSb W0ch Oilc II all d.
ISOLATION committees have been busy
making preparations and getting
things in shape for the Septembel
fair. Surveyor Harlan was busy sur
veying for the new half mile tract
which is now being worked and being
put in good shape for the races which
| will be held during the fair. TIL,
4 premium list will be out in a few
I weeks. On Monday a force of mel
will go to work getting things read.
i at the grounds for the biggest ant
most successful fair Trego county ha
/ ever held.
4 t. H. Peacock, wife and young son
visited his brother a. S. Peacock, ant
other relatives Saturday and Sunday
Mr.. Peacock is tie agent of the Mil
waukee railway at Lennep, Montana
i They had been down at Las Vegas
New Mexico, visiting their marriet
daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Shelienberger
Returning by way of Denver it wa
convenient to drop down into tn
shortgrass country and take a look a
the Kansas wheat fields. Will,
here the party took an auto ride Il
Ogallah and also out to the resIdenc,
of i. G. Peacock on the Saline. The