Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-07-08
Miss Agnes Poffenberger is now
clerking in the Heyl brakery.

his brother who arrived from Mime
sofa the first of the week.
Jolly NJ. G. Williams of Wallace
county arrived in town last Saturday
morning to harvest his wheat
The commissioners met in regular
session last Monday and allowed bills
then adjourned until July goth.
Sheriff Lewis was down from Cove
City last Wednesday. While here he
was the guest of Sheriff Altman.
Lost between town and 81. Harlan's
place-Ford hood. Finder leave it at
this office and receive reward--Adv
Harvest is well under way There
are plenty of good men and vito
continued favorable weather the
crop will be successfully gathered.
Robert Kirk returned from Odessa,
Mo-. Friday with a car load of thor
oughbred Hereford Bulls. This stock
will go on his big Salina River
ranch.
1t was reported at this Office that
Henry Meyer had both legs broken
last Saturday. He was driving a
header when the horses ran away
with the above result
Jack Gordon, who recently went
with the Wa Keeney bunch to Fort
Riley for the purpose of joining the
National Guard and expecting TO go
70 bo 10
by the federal examining officer
Jack was little too light in weight
to pass the examination. 1t was a
great disappointment to him but he
did his part and it was no fault of
his that he was not accepted The
rest of the boys passed the examina-
ton and were put into strenuous
training which takes both their
strength and grit but they are all
standing it fine.
Last Saturday morning Mr.. and
Mrs. 1. T. Purcell and son returned
home after visit of about month
in the east. Mr.. Purcell was dele
gate to the Republican National con-
vention held in Chicago the fore part
of June. He voted for Mr.. Hughes
on the first ballot and stayed with
him until the end. He said it was
wonderful convention and that it
could not be stampeded to Roosevelt
as many anticipated. Too many level
headed Republicans who looked into
the future welfare of things for that.
Mr.. Purcell says while they enjoyed
their visit in Indiana among his ear
ly associations yet Kansas and Trego
county look mighty good them.
" Frank Sauer, who lives in east Ire
go, hired a colored man by the name
of Hill to work for him in harvest
the latter part of last week. The
man worked for time and on Fri
day evening complained of not feel
ing well. Some of the men had been
sleeping in the barn and in the night
heard noise which awakened them
and found that Hill was desperately
sick. Help was summoned at once
but the man died before any one had
time to arrive. An inquest was held
and death was found to be from nat
urai causes. The body was brought
to Wa-Keeny and buried Saturday af-
ternoon in the Wa-Keeney cemetery
No trace of relatives or near friends
could be found as the man seemed to
be stranger in these parts
The 4th came and passed so quietly
that no one realized that the day had
really come and gone as far as any
noisy observance was concerned.
There was a time when noise was
synonymous to patriotism and we
cannot help believing that when
Charles Evans Hughes, republican
nominee for president, said that in
telligence is better than thrills in
patriotism when making a 4th of July
speech at East Hampton. n. Y, he
asserted good solid truth He fur
ther said we want patriotism and
that we will not soon lose it and that
we want great men, NOT noisy men.
sensible men. not foolish men.
straight men, honest men, dependa-
BILE men, real men, th& | is what is
meant by Americanisn Every true
American thrills at the sight of the
flag and the sound of the national
HYMN but something more than
thrills in our patriotism is needed
and that is thought and intelligence.
Some way this speech about fills the
bill with I1S and rDhslo