Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20
THURSDAY. SEP. 20. 1917

Mrs, j. W. Hosie went down to
Abilene Wednesday morning for a
visit with old friends.
Mrs H. ]. Hille arrived home the
last of the week from Topeka where
she had attended the Kansas State
Fair
Mrs. Allen Toothazer, of Buffalo
Park, came down Wednesday for a
visit at the home of her mother, Mrs.
H. C. johnson.
Miss Lacy Herrick arrived home
Tuesday night from Kansas City
where she has been for the last five
weeks taking special treatment for
her eyes.
Uncle" John Kelly has been con-
fined to his bed at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. LaRue, for the last ten days
on account of illness. However, he is
reported to be improving at this writ
ing.
Miss Ruth Fliesbach, former
teacher, in the city schools but now a
student at FIT. Hays Normal, was here
Saturday and Sunday as a guest at
the home of her sister, Mrs. DIR. Her
rick.
All persons who wish to give books
or magazines for the soldiers will
please leave them at City Library on
Saturday. All good books of fiction
and magazines not over three months
old can be used.
VIM. Eemke is advertising a public
sale of live stock and farm machinery
to take place at his farm four miles
east and five miles north of Wa-Kee-
ney on Wednesday,, September &c.
See the advertisement in this paper
or the sale bills.
Good crowds from Collyer and OgaI-
lah have attended the fair this week,
but on account of the soil being in
such excellent condition for seeding
wheat the attendance is not running
tomorrow are expected to be the big
days.
George Musgrave passed through
Ellis Sunday morning with 10 cars of
8 year old steers for the Kansas City
market. He had purchased them on
the Colorado ranches near Kit Car
son. Mr.. Musgrave bought 80 head or
Sc, 400 worth from one man but the
other half of them were picked up in
smaller lots. He is going back next
week to buy some stock cattle to
turn on his ranch in Trego county
Ellis Headlight.
An Irishman passing a shop where
a notice was displayed that every
thing was sold by the yard, though he
would play a joke on the shopman, so
he entered the shop and asked for a
yard of milk. The shopman, not in the
least taken back, dipped his fingers
in bowl of milk and drew a line a
yard long on the counter. Pat not
wishing to get caught in his own trap,
asked the price. "Sixpence," said the
shopman. "All right, sorr," said Pat.
Roll it up; I'll take it-Argonaut.
You will probably say that the
paper is all fair this week but that
is the big attraction. Moreover, the
printers like to see what is going on
just the same as other folks and if
they make a small showing once or
twice year it isn't bad at all. A
heavy run of job work nearly swamp
ed US but thanks to the assistance of
our big linotype machine the work
was handled quickly and much more
satisfactorily than it could been done
by hand.
/. H. Phares will hold a public sale
of live stock, farm machinery and
household goods at his farm four and
one-half miles south and three and
one-haH miles east of Wa-Keeney, on
Tuesday, September 25th. See the
bills or advertisement in this paper for
further particulars. He is Offering
some first class Holstein cattle for
sale and those interested in that breed
should not fail to attend the sale.
After a Topeka man had got a
divorce from his wife and the other
he went home and found her there.
She asked him to sit down to dinner,
after which she asked him how he
liked the new arrangement. First
rate" he replied, "but can't under
stand it." "Oh, that's alright" she
said I'VE can live this way in con-
tentment, the other way we quarrel