Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-07-26

4 WdHbCu"1lOISCS ~ PnoL4IC w. H.
Walker, Wa-Keeney. Adv. % It.
J. l.. Nelson, of Quinter, was tran
sacting business here Tuesday.
Cal Lloyd transacted business at
Hays Monday, returning home in the
evening.
Mrs Jane Burns and son, Frank,
| of Ogallah township, were transact
ing business in this city Wednesday.
| Word received from Irwin Reddig
states that he is at Rock Island Him
DIS and is working for the Rock Island
Plow Company.
$500 Reward to the man who swip-
ed the #. Sampson wind wheel from
near Burl Frazier's house. j. R. Will
son. Adv. % IT
| Mrs. C. B. Fullington and children
of Navarro came in last Friday for a
little visit with her parents, Mr.. and
/ Mrs. r. G. Wilson and other relatives.
Chas. Steinberger spent Tuesday in
FIT Riley on business. He reports
everything on the boom and much
building being done around the train
ing camps.
James II. Parsons from over south
west of Colyer, was transacting bus
mess here last Friday He reports
crop conditions in better shape in his
vicinity than they are here.
! Wallie Olson came in from Okla
hona the last of the week and is Wis
iting with his mother and brothers.
He has been at Tulsa, Oklahoma, for
| the last few months but says he does
not expect to return there.
Those who have not paid the last
half of their taxes for 1916 will now
have the privilege of paying the pen
atty for their neglect. This penalty
was added Wednesday and the list is
being prepared for publication next
| week.
Miss Erma Shriner went up to Coll
yer Tuesday afternoon for short
visit with her friend, Miss Merle Hit,
and together they attended the big
picnic at Banner Wednesday. Miss
Shriner and Miss Hit We're class
mates in high school.
Miss Nellie Hendricks left Monday
morning on the jitney for Salina
where she will attend an Epworth
League convention. From there she
expects to go to Wichita for visit
with other relatives. She will be gone
about two weeks.
Up to yesterday morning there had
been $50 applications made for auto
mobile licenses in this, county at the
office of the county treasurer. Nearly
all of this money is to be used for
road work in this county. These $50
duLO1HOOIlGS IcpISSCuG al llVCSLil
of practically $5OO,000.O0.
Will Walker claims to have had a
bunch of hard luck last Friday morn
ing. One of his mich cows brought
him twin calves. He thinks it would
have been all right if he had any
feed for them or the COW, but he
doesn't like the idea of them doubling
up on him when feed is so scarce.
H M. Smith, who lives north of this
do t,-ix, TO + I,,t
western part of the state the last of
he week, the object being to get in |
line on some hay or other feed crop. |
He found the hay all right, and there
will be some of it for sale-but not
now. Those who own it are holding
it for higher prices.
G. w. Combs and family of La |
Jaunta, Colo, were here a few days |
the last week visiting with old friends
and looking over the city and country |
again. Mr.. and Mrs. Combs were res
idents of this city in the early days |
but left here thirty years ago and |
have not been here since. They were |
gladly greeted by some of the pioneer !
residents.
In parts of this county the inhab- |
itants are rejoicing over the fact that |
they received fine rains last Friday |
night and also again Saturday night. |
The rains covered the greater part of |
the county but this particular vicin- |
ity was left almost as dry as it was |
before the clouds came up. The west |
ern part of the county will raise |
plenty of feed for the stock with |
about another good shower at the |
right time.
1t will be remembered that Leo |
Myerly recently Unlisted with Com |
pany 1, End Colorado Infantry. He is |
now stationed at Camp J. G. Gunter, |
Pueblo-Colo. He says he is working |
hard but is feeling fine. There are |
about 900 men in the camp but they |
expect to make it 1000 in "a short |
time. He also says: eve have a Y. |
M. c. Ain the camp which makes it |
pretty nice for the boys" They are |
permitted to go down town in the |
evening between retreat and taps He |
wants the boys to call at the camp
whenever any of them are out that /
way.
If a couple of young fellows want
to have an ill-natured wrestling
match or a fist fight the way to avoid
the city crowd and possible molesting
by the city police is to take the sec
onds and time keeper and go out side
of the city limits. This method was
followed by a couple of young fellows
last Saturday evening and it worked
pretty we'll Of course a few auto
mobiles came along and spoiled the
first part of the program but the
program was finally pulled off as plan
ed. The result was a rough and tum-