Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28
Western Kansas Homesteaders
Are at Outs With the
CattIemen.
HERDS COME FROM COLORADO
Stock From Ranches Destroying Crow
ing Crops of Farmers-Troops
May Be Sent to Scene

War is threatened between home
stead settlers and cattle rangers in
two or three western Kansas counties
along the Colorado line. Warnings
have been sent to the governor and
attorney general and they in turn are
instructing the county peace officers
to keep close tab on the situation and
do everything possible to avert blood
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The range in Hamilton and other
adjoining counties on the Colorado
line is particularly good this season
and two or three big Colorado cattle
companies are running their stock
over on the Kansas range. In recent
years many homesteaders have taken
claims in those counties and they are
trying to raise some crops. They are
not in financial condition to fence
their land. AS a result the big cattle
herds are overrunning the homesteads
and destroying crops. The home
6teaders are furious.
County Attorney Yaggy of Syracuse
was in Topeka recently comforting
with state officials in regard to the
trouble. Aside from the law, the only
remedy offered by law is a civil suit
for damages. The homesteaders in
-sist that they must have crops to live
on; that they cannot thrive on law
suits. If it were a suit over just one
crop it wouldn't be SO bad, but to
plant crops every year only to reap
"a lawsuit is a thankless occupation.
They are insisting that the state give
,them protection and permit them to
pursue the peaceful pursuit of farm
ing
The sheriff has been cautioned by
the governor to afford the homestead
ers every protection the law provides
and to send word if the uprising be-
comes acute. If trouble should come
after the national guards are called
into military service and the sheriff is
unable to handle the situation the fed
.eral government will put some of its
troops at the disposal of the state to
.quell any disturbance. But the cattle
rangers, it is hoped, will show some
patriotism at this time and take steps
to check the destruction of crops.
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Big Drive on Roosters-There are
more roosterless flocks of chickens in
Smith county than ever before. In a
great three-day drive against the male
to market by the farmers and sold to
dealers, who made a special price of
IL cents a pound. AsfulI car load or
5000 birds were shipped from Smith
Center point alone. Dealers say the
absence of the roosters will improve
fully so per cent the keeping quality
.of eggs during the hot months.
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ley. years old, was drowned when
he fell into Spring river at Galena re-
Gently The river was dragged and
sthe boys body recovered.
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Towns Large Susiness.-Farmers
around Greensburg have marketed out
of the crops of 1916 products valued
at nearly million dollars, including
f695 cars of wheat worth 11A million
dollars; 50 cars of corn worth SAL
1000; 1S cars of hogs worth SIS, 1000:
80 cars of cattle worth $4,000; 9
900, and SO cars of other products
worth nearly 100000.
x
Has Five Sons in Navy.-Mrs M
E. Robinson of Yates Center has five
IL, u,
enlisted recently at Great Falls, Mont.
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So a Day for Observation-Disclosures
of Reno county near Pretty Prairie
have adopted So a day wage for
harvest hands this summer No l. w.
WIS will be allowed to stop. Four
hundred men are needed
ang that there is enough wheat wasted
annually during the threshing in Kan
sas to feed the state, J. c. Mohler,
secretary of agriculture, has issued a
statement in which he urged farmers
TO rethresh their straw stacks to avoid
loss.
Escaped in Superintendents Suit
Louis Strahammer, a trusty acting
as cook for j. N. Herr, supsrintendent
of the state reformatory at Hutchin-
son. put on some of Heirs clothing
and escaped while the family was out
riding A motor car was stolen down
town half hour later and it is
thought he took the machine.
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Won Interstate TaIk..Kenneth Cas-
sidy. representing Ottawa University.
won the interstate collegiate prohibit
ton oratorical contest at Wichita
Charles H. Klippel of Morningside Col
lege. Sioux City, Ia. took second place
land Beeler Blevins of Park College.
Parkville. Mo-. was third.
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